One brick at a time | By : Cheichei87 Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 5246 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1 |
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Sorry for the delay, thanks to anyone that has reviewed. Hope this is the right direction for this story, to be honest!
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Chapter 7
'Ahhhhhhhhh'
Hermione moaned as the hot water cascaded down her body in the steaming hot shower. Muscles ached where she didn't even know she possessed muscles before this week. The only relief at the end of the day was this shower and the way all her muscles finally released the tension that had built up over the day.
It wasn't that she wasn't enjoying her work at Hogwarts, she just didn't realise the depths of what was involved. Although Headmistress McGonagall had alluded to her tasks involving a simple checklist process, it was in fact much more complex. Including several charms and tests of the curse breakers work and efficiency. Which was then reported back to the Headmistress and said curse breakers. Unfortunately, there also seemed to be some lack of belief initially, amongst said curse breakers of Hermione's abilities to test the designated spaces.
Again here Malfoy surprised her, by coming to her defence, and in public to her ultimate surprise;
They were in the Great Hall on their communal lunch break, where she had come to seek out one of the curse breakers. A slight cough, could be heard from behind her, as she stood facing the Curse Breaker, Aldis, after she had just informed him that in fact the former charms classroom on the second floor was not as curse free, as he had signed off on.
"Listen here girly," he retorted, obviously doubting her assessment, "you may have hung around your mates, had a few good turns and a hellofalotta good luck along the way, when it came to defeating the Dark Lord, but that room is clear" Aldis smirked at Hermione.
"Whilst I respect that you may think that the room was clear, it in fact is not." She replied, trying to ignore the comments in regards to her role in the war.
"There are still underlying dark remnants in the artefacts used on display in the charms classroom. Items that look as if they are there for decorations, have actually been used by students, for years, to practice their charms on. Thus these items have become of a magical nature and due to this, some have absorbed the dark magic they were exposed to." She paused briefly and made eye contact with Aldis,
"Whilst they may look harmless, when another student approaches them to practice with, who knows how the dark magic may manifest."
Aldis stared at Hermione, eyes narrowing, just as he was about to respond she spoke, as if sensing his retort,
"Because of the items size and the amount of dark magic distributed amongst them, it wouldn't be enough to set off your sensory alarms initially, only with a further detection spell did they present themselves."
With that, she passed Aldis the list, which he had formerly returned to her, before hearing her out, turned and headed toward the exit. She could hear Aldis grumbling something incoherent behind her, choosing not to pay attention to the disgruntled man.
"Turns out it might have been a bit more than luck that defeated the Dark Lord, hey"
She stopped walking and turned her head slightly, just to check she wasn't hallucinating. There sat Draco Malfoy, casually finishing his lunch, having just defended her.
"Shut it, Malfoy" Aldis scowled at him.
She kept walking from the hall, still a little shocked he would speak up in her defence, considering he had been on the other end of the remarks for so long.
Hermione was brought back from her daydream by a bang on the bathroom door.
Bang, bang, bang
"Granger, I'd like a shower this century."
"For fucks sake, Malfoy give me five minutes" she groaned. Partially for being interrupted and the other because she realised she'd been thinking of Draco Malfoy, in the shower.
Hermione turned off the water, stepped out and patted herself dry. She followed her now religious routine, of covering her body in a bruise paste based moisturiser. Finally feeling like a real person again, she wrapped the towel around her body and opened the door. Draco was still on the other side, leaning against the wall.
"Finally Granger" he smirked, "get yourself off in your own time"
"Excuse me, Malfoy?" She asked, not moving from the door.
"I said," he replied taking a step closer, "get yourself off in your own time, I could hear you moaning from in my room."
Hermione didn't miss the way his eyes wandered down her body, missing the familiar look of disgust, replaced with something else.
"Hate to burst your bubble Malfoy, but I wasn't getting off" she took a step forward, refusing to back down, or be embarrassed.
"And my eyes are up here"
They were mere centimetres from each other, Hermione looked up at Draco through her lashes, knowing her skin was giving off a slight glow from the moisturiser. Hearing his breath hitch slightly, Hermione smiled and turned away walking into her room, making sure to swing her hips slightly. It wasn't until she closed her door, leaning against it , breathing heavily that she heard the bathroom door close with a bang.
'What am I even doing, was I just flirting with Malfoy?.... Nope, I'm not doing this, fuck it, this is why I came here, to do things I wouldn't usually do.'
On that note, Hermione got dressed and made her way down to dinner. Deciding that she didn't care what old Hermione did or didn't do, this was the point of her being here, finding out who she wanted to be. One thing was for certain, new Hermione liked this flirting/sparring with Malfoy, and she wasn't planning on stopping anytime soon.
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