THE PHOENIX

Chapter Fourteen


Hermione came down to the Great Hall as ‘Hermione’ and sat down beside Harry and Ginny. “Nice to see you back Hermione,” Ginny smirked.

“So how is your grandmother?” Harry asked. “Hope the trip wasn’t too ‘hard’ for you?” he smirked.

Hermione laughed, “the trip was a memorable one.”

The ones closest to Hermione went on to talk about the events the past couple of days, and the appearance of ‘Phoenix’, and the race she participated in. “So, are you ready for tomorrow ‘Mione?” Ron asked.

“Yeah, I think so. I think I’ll ride the new bike for the race against Draco.”

“Have you tried it out yet?” Harry asked.

“No, I thought I’d try it right before the race.”

“What time is the race supposed to be at?” Ginny asked.

“Right before lunch, then I have that photo shoot with Glen in the afternoon where I ‘come’ out.”

They finished their dinner with Hermione glancing to the Slytherin table now and then, meeting Draco’s eye. She felt a warmth spread through her body at his heated gaze. She was interrupted watching Draco when Harry nudged her to get her attention.

The students started to make their way outside to watch a large round cage being levitated and propped up on the open area by Hagrid’s hut. Hermione sat on the grass beside Harry, getting comfortable as a motorbike made it’s way inside the ball.

Draco and Blaise sat behind them. “Have a nice visit Granger?” Draco asked smirking.

She nodded and looked behind her, “yes, it was very nice.”

“You missed all the excitement Hermione,” Blaise added smiling mischievously.

She looked to Draco who was gazing at her mouth. “No, I don’t think so,” she said softly as she darted her tongue out to lick her lips.

Before he knew what he was doing he leaned over to touch his mouth to hers while his hand went to the side of her neck to bring her closer. He kissed her softly and slowly, putting feelings into the kiss that he didn’t even realize he felt yet.

She melted into the kiss, leaning into him. The two of them were so involved in their kiss, they didn’t see some of the people around them turn their attention to them in surprise. Pansy had gotten up and was storming towards them when about three biker women stood, blocking her path. Pansy glared at them and stalked back to the school, truly pissed.

Draco pulled away from the kiss with a warm smile. “Missed you,” he said quietly.

She smirked, “yeah, I could tell.” And leaned back between his legs. His arms went around her waist holding her close as they watched the show.

At first there was one bike that went around inside the large metal ball, picking up speed as it went around. Shortly after a second bike came in, criss-crossing from the other one as it would appear that they would collide as they swept past each other. Everyone was enthralled by the show and the applause erupted from everyone at the end of the performance.

Afterwards, Harry, Ron, Lavender, Ginny, and Hermione were getting ready to leave the group to go across the lake. Draco and Blaise were going back in the school when Hermione came up to them. “And where do you think you’re going?” she smirked.

“Inside,” Draco said simply.

“No you’re not. You both are coming with us. There’s a party across the lake just waiting for us to join,” she said as she put her arm around Draco’s waist to steer him in the other direction. “And besides....the fireworks will be amazing from over there.”

They then went on their way, grabbing their brooms to travel across. They were greeted by Sirius and Remus who dragged them to the large tent. The lot of them were surprised to see Snape and McGonagall sitting with a bunch of bikers, with a drink in hand.

“Oh great, that means we have to behave,” Blaise said as Snape walked their way.

He came up to them wearing muggle jeans and a turtle neck sweater...in black of course. What was most surprising was that he was smiling as he approached.

“Well, now I’ve seen everything,” Ron said smirking as he looked to the snarky potions professor.

“Have you really Mr. Weasley?” Snape said smiling as he waved his wand to have a drink in each hand appear. He smirked at their hesitation. “I assure you....it’s not harmful, unless you drink a large quantity of it of course.”

Draco and Blaise were the first to sip their drink and smiled. “Firewhiskey,” Blaise said smiling. The others all took a sip and licked their lips as it burned it’s way down their throats.

Hermione and Harry led them to a nearby bench where a band was warming up in front of them. Angie came along with a large bottle and funnel where she had people lean back to pour the shooter mix in their mouths. Once she came to Hermione and the others, she stopped. “So, how’s the tattoo Draco?” she smiled.

“Great. I think I’ll keep it,” he grinned taking another sip of his firewhiskey.

Angie turned to Hermione, “you might want to watch out for that Pansy girl Hermione, she saw you two kissing and stormed off earlier today.”

“Thanks Ang....I’ll be careful,” she smirked. “Now, how about a shot?” she asked, motioning towards the bottle and funnel. She leaned back, holding onto Draco’s arm while Angie poured the mixture in her mouth. “Mmmm...that’s good,” she said licking her lips.

Draco had sat back grinning at Hermione as she took all the drink in without sputtering. It looked like she had done this before. “Taste good?” he asked.

She looked to him impishly and grasped the back of his neck as she brought her lips to his. Her tongue came out to plunge into his mouth to swirl around his. She pulled back and smiled, “what do you think?”

“Yes....I would have to say it’s quite good. How about another taste?” he said trying to pull her to him again.

She laughed and pushed him away, “later.”

A couple of hours later, and a couple of drinks later, they had a good buzz going and were laughing and joking with everyone. Hermione was then pulled up by Angela, “come on ‘Mione....wet t-shirt contest is about to start.”

Hermione laughed, “but, I’m wearing a bra this time Ang.”

"Well then,” Angela waved her wand at Hermione’s upper body, “now you’re not.”

Hermione laughed then looked to Lavender and Ginny, “what do you say?”

Lavender got up and unhooked her bra under her shirt then slipped the straps over her arms, and pulled the bra out from under the shirt, without taking her shirt off. She handed it to Harry, who brought it up to his nose and inhaled as they laughed around him. Ginny had decided to sit this one out.

“It sounds like she’s done this before,” Draco said as he scooted beside Harry.

“Yeah, she’s even won a few times,” Harry said smiling as he looked on at the stage where about ten women stood.

Draco took a swig of his drink as he watched Hermione. You could see the outline of her nipples as they strained against the tight white t-shirt, which seemed to pucker even more when Hermione caught his eye to see the heated look he was giving her.

There was a wizard behind each woman with a large bucket of water at the ready. Sirius stood behind Hermione on a stool waiting for the count. At the count of three, ten buckets of cool water were splashed down on the girls, at the immense pleasure for the men, and some women in the crowd.

The guys moved up to the front of the stage to get a closer look. “I am so glad I don’t have to choose the winner,” Mitch said from the stage grinning, holding onto his beer in the one hand. “Now, for each of these lovely women, we’ll get you to applaud for the one you think has the nicest.......rack,” he smirked as he looked to the ogling crowd.

Mitch led each girl to the front of the stage where the applause was deafening at times. There were three girls who were about the same in the applause, Lavender, Hermione and a biker who went by the name of Blaze. “I do think they need to get a little more wet....don’t you?” Mitch suggested and nodded to Sirius.

Sirius nodded and grasped the nozzle on the hose, and let loose, wetting the girls from head to toe. The cheers in the tent were getting louder even though several of the audience members were also getting wet in the process.

Draco’s leather pants were getting tighter as he looked at Hermione. Her white t-shirt left nothing to the imagination. He glanced at Lavender and Blaze who looked pretty good wet, but....Hermione looked the most appetizing to him. When it was her turn to come forward, she smirked to the drunken crowd and reached up to ring out her hair, her breasts lifting and straining even more against the t-shirt. The applause erupted amongst the bikers, Draco clapping and whistling the loudest.

It turned out, although Hermione’s applause was loud, Lavender’s was louder. Hermione and Blaze each gave Lavender hugs, to the catcalls of the guys. Mitch had stood at the back with dry shirts for the girls. Lavender and Blaze grasped theirs in their hands to change off to the side while Hermione turned her back to the crowd and lifted the wet t-shirt over her head, to take the dry one from Mitch who was grinning at her. He was the only one to see the full frontal before she put the dry shirt over her head. “Hey Mitch, you want to dry the leather pants for me?” she asked smiling. He took his wand out and spelled the leather pants and her hair so she now stood completely dry. “Thanks Mitch.”

Draco was about to jump on the stage to cover Hermione when she took the wet shirt off in front of Mitch, when Harry pulled him back. “What are you doing Potter?” he said glaring to Harry.

“She’ll be here in a minute Malfoy,” Harry said.

“But I should be the only one to see her like that,” Draco replied never taking his eyes off of Hermione.

“First of all....everyone has seen what she has through the wet t-shirt, and second, Mitch has seen it before, it’s not a big deal,” Harry said shrugging his shoulders.

“Mitch?” Draco asked.

“Yes, Mitch is a healer. He has healed Hermione so many times throughout the last years, either from crashing her bike or from fighting. He is like the brother that she never had,” Harry said smiling as he watched Lavender come towards him, now dry, and the full bottle of firewhiskey that she had won in her hand.

Draco turned back to the stage as Hermione came forward again. She sat on the waist high stage as Draco came towards her. She pulled on his jacket to bring him closer. “You should have won Hermione,” he said as he stepped between her legs, putting his arms around her back.

“Oh well,” she shrugged smirking, “Lavender deserved to win.”

He leaned forward as he kissed the corner of her mouth softly, then moved to her waiting lips. She opened for him, twining her tongue through his while his hands moved to her lower back to bring her closer. They both groaned as his erection ground against her sex. Her legs came around his waist as the kiss deepened, the people around them oblivious to them as they partied amongst themselves.

They were brought out of their haze when Snape stood behind Draco, clearing his throat, trying to get their attention. “Haven’t you two had enough already today?” he smirked.

“No,” they chorused, but pulled apart anyway and grinned to the happy professor.

“Well, I came to get you because the Weasley twins will be starting their fireworks shortly. I heard that they will be quite spectacular,” he said as he steered them both outside.

Severus walked behind Draco and Hermione and smiled to himself as they clung to each other. It was nice to see his godson happy, even if it was with the Gryffindor know-it-all. Although he had to admit, that she was not as uptight as in her earlier years. She managed to have a life away from Potter and kept her grades up. He saw a whole new side to Hermione in the last couple of months....maybe a little too much to his older eyes, but he had to admit he was impressed with her accomplishments. He just wondered if the two of them realized yet how they felt for each other.

Draco conjured up a lounge chair beside Harry and the others, and lay back while Hermione sat between his legs, her back to his chest. He opened his jacket for her to snuggle into and put his arms around her middle.

They watched as others either lay on the ground or conjured up something to sit on. Hermione stifled a yawn behind her hand and linked her fingers though Draco’s at her waist.

“Tired?” he asked into her ear before kissing the side of her neck.

She tilted her head to the side as he continued to kiss her neck. “A bit,” she smiled as she yawned again.

Draco chuckled as he hugged her tight. “It’s no wonder. First you had that race....which you won, then you had that photo shoot, then we had amazing sex,” he said licking the lobe of her ear. “Then you proceeded to drink and bare yourself in front of about fifty people.”

“Gods....was that all today?” she laughed. “No wonder I’m tired,” she turned her head so she could look at him. “Did that bother you tonight? You looked a bit.....shocked.”

“Yes and no. Yes because I want to be the only one to see you like that. And no because I realize that’s the way you are. And I wasn’t really shocked.....just incredibly turned on,” he said smirking as kissed her upturned mouth.

Their kiss was interrupted by a loud bang, then spinning screeches in the air. She gave him a brief kiss then leaned back against him as the fireworks lit up the darkened sky.

The Weasley twins were phenomenal in their firework inventions. There were small ones that fizzed out quickly, then there were loud ones that seemed to explode in the sky where people on the ground felt the vibration. The best ones were the animated works. There was one where a white ball of light shot in the air, then popped, then spread, where glittery unicorns galloped in every direction to dissolve into the sky.

There was one where three shots of light went up then formed into flying dragons in green, red and gold colors as they circled around each other, then dove to the ground where they fizzed out before they hit the ground. A large phoenix in reds and golds flew into the air where it exploded into multicolored flashed of glittering lights. The twins also managed to duplicate the look of various motorcycles, their riders revving up their engines as they sped around the lake. The lights reflecting off the calm waters.

Overall the fireworks were said to be the best show that a lot of people had ever seen. The finale was spectacular. Fireworks went off on several castle turrets where it popped, whizzed and soared for about half an hour, the colors brilliant against the blackness of night.

Draco tried to move afterwards, but felt the stillness of Hermione. “Hermione?” he said quietly.

Sirius and Harry had looked over and grinned at each other. “I can’t believe she fell asleep,” Sirius said.

“Well, we should probably head back to our dorm so she can sleep in her bed,” Draco said.

“You can use my room in the trailer Draco,” Harry said as he put his arm around Lavender. “I’ll head back to the school.”

“Thanks Harry. Maybe we should wake her up,” Draco whispered as he sat up a bit.

“Here, I’ll take her,” Mitch said as he came to the group. He put his arms under her leather clad legs and her back and lifted her as if she were light as a feather.

Draco followed Sirius and the big blonde biker as they went into the large trailer, glancing briefly at the inside as he followed Mitch into the bedroom.

Mitch laid her down gently on the bed and walked over to Draco. “See you tomorrow,” he said and walked out leaving him alone with a very passed out Hermione.

He pulled her boots off carefully as to not awaken her and brought out his wand, whispering the spell for her pants and jacket to disappear. She lay there now in the briefest bikini underwear and her t-shirt. He took a minute to just look at her body and felt the strain across his pants. He covered her up with the blanket then slipped out of his pants and shirt, laying down in just his boxers. She turned for him in her sleep, his arm went around her back as her leg went over his, then was still. He kissed the top of her head then almost immediately fell asleep, her body pressed close to his side.

thanks to Lessa for beta-ing!