A/N:
okay, so here is my, what, second story this week. Wow I am on a roll. So this is a one-shot that just popped up in my head when I was daydreaming in class yesterday. I hope you like it 'cause I was supposed to be making a presentation for this friday xD. . . .
So pairing is Blaise/Daphne, one of my favourites, and i think this is a possible way they could start up a fling xD.
In my head, Theodore Nott, is Daphne and Asteria's cousin. I don't know why i think like that, but maybe it's just a result of my dislike of Daphne/Theodore pairings.
And besides Blaise/Daphne is CUTE! (in my head anyway xD)
Bless you
Daphne was walking down one of the isles of the library, looking for some book she had been told would help her with some transfiguration homework she didn't know what to do with. She was worried someone from her house might spot her, the ridicule would never end if anyone saw Daphne Greengrass in the library. It wasn't like she was stupid or anything, she just really didn't want to study, it was just boring.
She looked at the long shelves in front of her and nearly gave up immediately, how was she supposed to find the book in the midst of all of them. She rolled her eyes and turned around to get out before anyone saw her, not that there were many Slytherins in the library, except maybe her cousin Theodore and her sister Asteria, but there was always the chance that some Ravenclaw might tell Pansy. She would just have to tell Theo, that he would have to find the bloody book for her.
She was nearly at the end of the isle when something caught her eye, a book on the bottom of a particularly old looking bookshelf. She was surprised herself that she even noticed she title, but it just seemed to pop out from the others. Pride and Prejudice, it was a muggle book, she could tell that much just by looking at the author: Jane Austen. Asteria was always going on about different writers, both muggle and wizard, and Daphne remembered her telling her about this one. She looked around her to check if anyone was in sight, and then took the book out from the shelf. It was dusty and it made her sneeze loudly.
"Bless you." a voice said from behind her. She jumped, dropped the book, and spun around to face no other than Blaise Zabini looking at her with an amused grin on his face. Wow he really was hansom.
"B-Blaise, what are you doing in here." her voice was a bit higher than usual, and she annoyingly couldn't help but stutter as she had said his name. She had always had a crush on him, and being alone with him certainly didn't help. She'd never acted on the crush, because she knew how much of a ladies man he was.
"Oh, I was just looking around for Nott, he forgot he was supposed to show up at Quidditch practice." said Blaise and looked her up and down. She felt her cheeks go red, and smiled shyly at him.
"Well, I- you don't want him to play do you, he's terrible." she said and grew more red as he chuckled.
"Yeah I know, but he's the only bloke in our year who doesn't play, and Draco somehow convinced him to at least see us play so he wasn't so clueless." She giggled and looked at her feet.
"Well, good luck, my cousin can be almost as stubborn as my sister, and I don't really think he wants to know about Quidditch." She was starting to sound like herself again, but the flush in her cheeks remained. Blaise chuckled again, and noticed the book on the floor.
"What's this, have you finally been swain into widening your academic horizon?" He was referring to a comment Professor Snape had made the other day in class about her work ethics. He bent down to pick up the book and she panicked when she remembered it was a muggle book.
"Oh, that's nothing, it was, ehm it had already fallen out when I p-picked it up." she was horrified when he looked at the cover, but he didn't seem disgusted at all by it.
"Hm, well maybe you should take a hint then, it's a good book." He looked up at her and handed her back the book. She must have looked completely shocked.
"You've read it?" She sounded shocked too. Seriously? He wasn't exactly known to read a lot either, but he just smiled, and shrugged.
"It's a good book." He said simply. They stood in silence for a few seconds, and she bit her lips nervously.
"So, were you going to find Theo?" she was kind of hoping he would stay for a bit.
"Eh, yeah I probably should." She really hoping that the disappointment in his voice wasn't just her imagination.
He turned around to leave, but stopped a few steps and turned around, walking backwards.
"But read the book, it really is good." Then he turned and disappeared around the corner. Daphne leaned on the bookshelf behind her and happily sighed. When she left the library, the book was in her bag. Maybe those muggle writers weren't that bad.
So, let me know if i did a good job with this. Have in mind that while i was writing this, i was really supposed to figure out what the hell to do with my life o.o That sounded sad, but whatever xD