{I} t was the weekend. Finally.
We were going to and ask some upperclassmen if they had any swim suits we could borrow for tomorrow.
Now the lake was known to be quite cold, but since it was a warm day, we were hoping to have some luck.
Draco tried to weasel out by just wearing some shorts, but I insisted that if we were to make a whole day out of it, to put everything into it.
Apparently, Hermione had already brought some— she was a whole new level of prepared— and Ron and Harry could borrow from the twins. Who knows what they did in those, though.
Currently, clearing my throat in attempt to not get too nervous. "Sorry, does anyone have a swimsuit I could borrow?"
Silence.
I rolled my eyes, "Come on, now. Please?"
A third year stood up and took my hand, leading me upstairs. "I might have something that fits," she winked.
She ruffled through her bag, pulling out a green— obviously— lump of cloth victoriously. When she shook the clothes out, my eyes widened.
"Oh."
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Draco and I went first, since Harry just sent Hedwing to tell us that they were going to be a bit late.
"Come on Dracoooo!" I beamed as we made out way down to the lake.
I was wearing his jacket over my swimsuit, which I had stole a month ago and never returned. He was just wearing his trunks, and had a towel casted on his shoulder.
"Is that mine?" He asked.
"Maybe."
I set down the blanket I brought on the sand, and Draco jumped down. I had also brought some snacks from the kitchen, but unfortunately could not find the cliche picnic basket. "The water's too cold," He whined.
"When are Harry and Hermione coming?" I asked out loud.
"Ugh." He pouted to himself until snatching a cookie from my plate.
"Behave." I warned him.
"Yes, ma'am." He saluted sarcastically.
"Was the water that cold?"
"Yes!" he exclaimed, taking another cookie for himself.
"Drama queen."
"Shut up."
He didn't gel his hair today, since there was no point in doing so when the water was going to wash it off anyways.
"I like this look." I scuffled his hair, despite his protests.
"Oi!" a familiar voice called out.
"Harry! Hermione!" I greeted. "Ron."
Hermione sat by me, also wearing a hoodie above her swim suit. "What did you wear?"
My face might or might not have blushed. "Just something an upperclassmen lent me."
"Oh?"
"Are you guys done?" Harry grinned, "Let's go swimming!"
I laughed at his excitement. Harry pushed Ron in the water, and Hermione took off her hoodie. She was wearing a cute black one piece that accentuated her curves.
I watched them as they played in the water, I kind of shipped Harry and Hermione.
"Aren't you going to swim?" Draco asked, glancing at me sideways.
"Yeah," I replied evasively.
Hermione came back to shore, looking ecstatic. "Come on, Lexi."
"No, you guys swim first, I'll join later."
She bumped shoulders, "Feeling shy?"
"As if."
"Oooh!" She gave Draco a look and called out to the others, "Guess who's feeling shy?"
Harry and Ron looked back from the water. Ron muttering loudly, "There's nothing there to even feel shy about." Earning a smack on the head from Harry.
"Oh, shut it." I unzipped my jacket and flung it at Hermione.
I was wearing a pretty generic emerald green bikini, but goddamn I looked pretty hot, sorry not sorry.
Everyone was silent for a second, until Hermione appreciatively whistled.
"Oi, stop staring at my sister you goons!" Harry complained.
Draco turned away, the tips of his ears a bit pink.
"Hey." Another voice broke the silence.
"Cedric!" I announced, as Draco rolled his eyes for what seemed like the fourth time today. I pulled Draco up and pulled him towards the water. "We were just about to swim. You in?"
I caught myself staring at his back for too long. Oh my god, those back muscles though. Was he carved by a god?
Hermione elbowed me, meeting my blushed face with a smirk.
What? I mouthed, pushing her away.
She gave me a knowing look, that made me even more red. Unfortunately, I could literally hide almost every single emotion except when I was blushing.
Even when someone was wrong about a crush, I would blush and make them even more suspicious. It was kind of really annoying.
I dipped a toe to test the water, and it immediately made me shiver.
Scrambling back dramatically, I scanned for my next target. Draco was bickering with Ron, who was emerged in the water. Angling properly, I launched myself at him from behind, pushing him into the water along with me.
"Arghh!" He yelped in surprise. "What the hell?"
"You had it coming!" I laughed as I stood up in the waist deep water. I felt a tug at my ankle and a deep knot settled in my stomach. "Oh no," immediately I was pulled under the water by no other than Cedric Diggory.
"Really?" I sputtered as I broke the surface, gasping for air.
"Couldn't resist."
"What should we do? Hide and seek? Marco Polo? The weird thing where they wrestle with one person on their shoulders?" I asked while wiping the water off my face and plastering my hair back.
"Are there even places to hide?" Ron muttered.
"I mean, if you look closely enough, yeah." Cedric commented, observing the terrain.
"So we're starting with hide and seek." I announced, "Who's it?"
"I will." Harry volunteered. What a nice sport.
"Okay, count to 50." Hermione instructed.
"One, two, three..." Harry started, covering his eyes.
We all scrambled back, trying to get as much distance in as possible. I found a space between a rock and a tree that was forming a "L" shape. It was small, but when I curled up, I could hide from his line of sight.
"Forty-one, Forty-two..." Harry's voice carried out.
I jumped as Draco suddenly appeared in front of me. "What the hell, you scared me."
"Scoot!" He exclaimed.
"No! My hiding spot!" I argued childishly.
"Please?" He asked with his adorable grey eyes.
"Fine." I grumbled, making space. Not much space, mind you, it was pretty cramped. My back was against the tree with my knees against my chest.
His hair was dripping wet, and the droplets of water were landing on my shoulder. I tried to rub off the moisture off, slicking back his hair.
"Oi!" He whispered, "What are you doing?"
"It's cold!" I whispered back.
He looked as if he was going to respond, and then his eyes drifted down for a second. Immediately his cheeks flushed and he swirled around and mumbled, "Sorry."
All of a sudden I realized the close proximity between us, the moisture in the air, the apparent lack of clothing. My face started to warm, and I could see Draco was turning red as well.
"Draco—" I started.
"Found you!" Harry announced, popping out in front of us. "Why are you guys so red?" he narrowed his eyes suspiciously.