Chapter 2:

The next morning Blaise awoke to find a very smug looking Draco already up and dressed, waiting in the lounge for him. Sighing Blaise ran his hands through his silky black hair and gave a weak smile. "I'm guessing you've already decided on a girl." He commented as he moved past his best friend toward the door.

Draco fell into step beside him and grinned proudly. "Of course, and I'm certain that you won't have to many complaints about her. Seeing how much everyone could benefit from it." He explained as they traversed the maze of corridors in the dungeon on their way to the Great Hall for breakfast.

Blaise gave him a look that said 'I doubt it' but didn't say a word as they passed a group of noisy second year girls. Several broke into giggles as they whispered amongst themselves watching the young men pass. Neither male gave them a second glance both were preoccupied with the current matter at hand.

Once they were alone again Blaise shifted his book bag to his left shoulder and gave Draco an expectant look. "So are you going to tell me what poor girls life you're trying to ruin?" He asked wondering why he was even allowing this to go on.

Pausing the blonde smirked at him. "Potter's little red headed fan girl." He replied crossing his arms over his chest and waiting for his friend to reply. Blaise had to think for a moment to place who he meant. "You don't mean Weasley's little sister do you?" He asked lifting a brow curiously at his companion.

"Of course, who better? It would take care of your problem, and piss off Potter. Weasel, and the mud blood all at once. What more could you ask for. Besides, using that little fox for this will be the perfect way to get her back for the hex she put on me a couple years ago." He growled recalling the bat boogey hex Ginny had placed on him during fifth year.

Blaise sighed and shook his head. "Mixing business and pleasure huh Malfoy?" He asked unsure how he felt about using the sixth year girl. She had never done anything to him personally, but he wasn't surprised to find Malfoy twisting this into a revenge plot as well. The blonde merely gave an uncaring shrug and they started off toward the Great Hall once more.

"So are you agreeing on the little Weasel then Blaise?" Draco asked almost hopefully as they started up the stairs. For a moment Blaise didn't answer, and finally he let out a sigh. "Why not. At least she's a somewhat decent person, and I definitely have no complaints about her appearance. She's got to be one of the most gorgeous girls at Hogwarts."

He noticed the excitement in Draco's eyes at the challenge but chose to drop the subject for now. Especially when he saw Pansy standing by the entrance, obviously waiting for Draco to arrive so she could conveniently seat herself next to him. Ignoring Draco's pleading look Blaise sat across from him while the annoying girl latched her self onto his arm and started up about the first trip of the year to Hogsmeade next week.

Blocking the girls voice from his head Blaise looked up at the Gryffindor table to see if he could spot Ginny. Sure enough she was seated directly next to Hermione Granger and Colin Creevey, who as always had a camera with him. Something about that just seemed off to Blaise but he didn't dwell on it as he took in the young woman's appearance.

Today she had her hair pulled into a ponytail. Which kept the long strands out of her gorgeous chocolate brown eyes. Her robes were no longer hand me downs from her brothers, but new, and of good quality. Nothing to the extent of the custom made ones he, and Draco owned but, not tattered or dirty. At the moment she was laughing at something her brother, who was seated across from her said, showing off her bright smile.

Suddenly as if she could feel his gaze on her, the sixteen year old looked up, directly at him. Her brown eyes locked on his dark blue ones for a moment before her attention was drawn back to the table. Deciding he'd done enough staring Blaise went about piling a few items onto his plate and starting on his meal.

Ginny finally managed to stop laughing at Ron's most recent impression of Snape when he had caught a Hufflepuff boy sleeping in his class and how he went on to rant about the importance of potions, and decided to give the Slytherin table another glance. She had been surprised when she had felt as though someone there had been staring at her and had looked up to meet Zabini's gaze.

Normally the two never even acknowledged one another's existence other then her being Ron's sister, and he Draco's friend. She wondered what had caused him to be staring at her all of a sudden. Figuring it was nothing to cause concern she quickly finished her breakfast and decided to head to class early.

She still had some work on her potions essay and History of Magic was about the only place outside of her free time to do any unfinished work. Saying goodbye to her friends she headed out of the Great Hall. She had made it only to the staircase when a male voice called out her last name. Turning she was more then stunned to see Malfoy striding up behind her.

"What do you want ferret?" She asked shifting her weight from one for to another as she waited for whatever insult he felt like bestowing on her. "Actually Weaselette, I was wondering if you would do a friend of mine a favor. See he's got absolutely no experience with girls, and I was wondering if you would be willing to help him out."

The red head just blinked at him for a moment. "Your joking right Malfoy?" She asked lifting a brow. "Honestly Weasley do you think I would ever request anything of you if I wasn't serious." He replied crossing his arms and frowning up at her.

Ginny realized he was very serious and rolled her eyes. "You must be crazy if you think I would agree to something like that Malfoy. I would never touch you or any of your friends, even if you were the last men alive." She responded having had enough of this conversation and turning to leave.

"How about for a hundred galleons?" His offered before she could go. Glancing back at him Ginny made a disgusted face. "You can not bribe me Malfoy, and if you try again I'll hit you with a hex far worse then bat boogeys and in a far less desirable location then your face. Now if your done making a fool out of yourself I need to get to class. Have a nice day." She finished sarcastically before walking off.

Draco just stood there dumbfounded as Ginny stalked off. She had completely told him off and he hadn't been able to think of a single retort at the time. Though several were running through his head at the moment. Shaking his head he set out to find Blaise and see if his friend had any ideas on how to warm the little spitfire over to the idea.

He found the other wizard already on his way to their first class of the day, Transfiguration. Not one of his favorites but it's not like he could get out of it. Striding alongside his dark haired friend he sighed. "This isn't going to be easy." He commented more to himself, causing Blaise to glance at him and smirk. "She was your choice mate. If you can't handle it then we can always call it off." He suggested.

Draco sent him a cold glare. "Not a chance. Malfoy's don't give up. It might take a little time but by the time I'm through with Ginerva Weasley she'll be doing anything I ask, and that includes sleeping with you." His word caused Blaise roll his eyes as they reached the door to the classroom.

Neither said anything as they took their seats and took out their supplies. Finally Blaise glanced over at him and tilted his head to the side. "Her names Ginerva?" He asked obviously finding it an odd choice. "Yeah, but if you want this to work don't call her that, she hates the name. That's why her friends call her Ginny."

Blaise shrugged after a second. "Actually it's rather pretty now that I think about it. Just unique, though I guess coming from a family of so many boys, she is as well." He explained uncapping his inkbottle. "You certainly know a bit about her though." He added sending Draco a teasing look.

The blonde snorted and opened his textbook. "It's always a good idea to know things about your enemies. How else are we going to pull off this little game of ours?" He said with the hint of a smirk. Blaise chuckled from beside him "We could always spike her punch at the Halloween Ball." He joked as he went over his homework from the night before.

His words caused Draco to freeze for a moment in thought. Seeing this Blaise shook his head. "Nuh uh Malfoy, don't you dare. You're not getting Ginny drunk just to pull off this stunt." Unfortunately at this point Draco was already ignoring him, obviously lost in the thoughts and possibilities just brought to his attention.

Knowing it was useless to try and talk sense into him at this point Blaise sighed and went back to reviewing his schoolwork. Maybe he could get through to his friend after class, but judging by the blonde's expression, it wasn't likely.