Chapter 2
"Who?" Pansy replied at lunch. She turned to face Blaise and threw him a suspicious look. "You mean the girl McGonagall sat you next to?"
Blaise shrugged his shoulders and tried to look like he didn't care. He had been having a hard time doing so in front of Pansy as she set her glittering eyes on him. He hoped that she didn't read minds or hidden emotions.
"What's going on?" Draco asked as he joined them at the table. He took a seat next to Blaise and greeted him with a smile before acknowledging Pansy's hopeful look in his direction.
"Oh some girl McGonagall sat Blaise next to during Transfigurations," Pansy snorted. She tossed a section of her short black hair over her shoulder and reached for her goblet of juice.
Draco turned to his friend and studied him. "What happened to sitting next to Pansy and the Slytherins?"
"McGonagall decided to embarrass him of course," Pansy broke in as she set down her goblet. "She decided that it was appropriate to sit him next to some girl in the front for the rest of class. Really stupid if you ask me."
"What did she look like?" Draco asked Blaise.
Blaise shifted in his seat and grabbed a roll from the basket. He focused on adding jam to it as he began to describe her. "Ravenclaw girl...Asian...short, choppy hair," he said, not looking Draco in the eyes.
He looked out of the corner of his eyes to see Draco turning in his seat to look over at the Ravenclaw table that moment. Blaise watched as his friend scanned the Ravenclaw table for a good 3 minutes before turning back to face him.
"The one with the gold eyes? Her name's Tomoko Kajiwara," Draco announced with a smirk.
Blaise bit his tongue and forced himself to stay silent. He was tempted to correct Draco as her eyes were amber and not gold, but instead, thought better of it.
"I'm right obviously," Draco replied as a smug smile appeared. "She's in Charms with me and hangs out with those blood-traitor Weasley twins."
Pansy's face went from suspicious to disgusted and irritated. "Oh she must be some poor, pathetic Mudblood that they sympathize and hang out with," she replied. She crossed her arms over her chest and leaned back in her seat. "Honestly Blaise, don't tell me you've fallen for a Mudblood!"
Draco narrowed his eyes at Pansy and shook his head at her. "She's not a Mudblood," he said. "Actually, a Pureblood with royal ties. I think she's related to some ancient Japanese emperor, don't know which one though."
Blaise watched as Pansy's haughty expression changed dramatically once more at this last bit of news. She probably wasn't happy to hear that this girl had power family status wise in not only the wizarding world but also historically.
"My father said her family is as rich as ours, if not more," Draco said. "But then again, her father works in a good position for the Japanese branch of the Ministry overseas."
"So? What makes her so special?" Pansy half-shrieked across the table. "I don't care if she has loads of money or is a Pureblood! She's just another blood-traitor!"
The last sentence had been shouted so loudly that everyone in the Great Hall had looked up to see who was yelling. The room became quite silent as everyone stared at the Slytherin table. Blaise groaned as he snuck a glance over at the Ravenclaw table and scanned it stealthily for Tomoko. She hadn't seen him looking at her, but she had obviously heard what Pansy had said about her. Her friends around her began whispering to her comforting things about Pansy being a prick and other like things. He caught a few words of what they were saying to her.
"...she's just jealous...don't worry..."
"She's hideous Tomo...don't listen to what she says..."
He watched as Tomoko waved away their comments and stood up from her seat. She walked over to the section of the Slytherin table that he, Draco, Pansy, Crabbe, and Goyle were sitting at. Blaise bit into his roll and began chewing quickly, hoping his beating heart wouldn't give him away. Also, he didn't want to be the one opening his mouth in case Pansy decided to demand back-up.
