Chapter 4

The welcoming ceremony was short but sweet and to the point and then the first years came in to be sorted. They were quite small group because of the fact the wizarding families were frightened to send their children to Hogwarts so a few of them went to Durmstrung or beauxbatons. But it didn't matter if the thirty children were down to fifteen because the whole school applauded and shouted and screamed when one first year was sorted in any house.

Hermione sat with the rest of the Gryffindors as they shouted and cheered, she looked over to Ginny and Harry who looked as though they were quite uncomfortable with each other, she then proceeded to look at Ron whom she found looking around uncomfortably as well his gaze landing one to many times on lavender whom was smiling silkily at Ron.

Squirming a bit of all the tension she only looked up when she felt a pair of eyes looking through her, she looked up and at Ron slightly hopeful but no it wasn't him, she looked to Harry and Ginny but it wasn't them. Finally, looking at the slytherin table she locked eyes with a pair of molten silver eyes. She stared deeply in them until she knew she would lose herself in them, when someone nudged her in her side. It was soft and gentle but rather so hard she thought she would lose her breath. Looking away before they could capture her again she looked to the person next to Malfoy and that was Blaise.

She had been secret friends with me since fifth year when they were on patrols together, he wasn't such a bad guy and she knew that he had to be part of the dark side because of his family but otherwise she knew he would have chosen the light side.

Thinking he was looking at her, she blushed slightly at being caught having an intense moment with Malfoy, but noticing that he wasn't looking at her but rather past her. Stealing a glance to where she was looking she saw that he was looking at Ginny, fondly.

"hmmmph, this will be interesting. This year will be interesting." She thought to herself.

Dinner was soon over and they walked away when Hermione was pulled into an empty classroom.

Gasping she pulled her wand and turned to find Ginny looking at her, a crazed look in her eye.

"Mione you won't believe what happened."

"What?, what, Ginny, what happened?"

Draco was shouting with all the houses when a first year was sorted, he thought if he had children what would they be like, what would they look like, which house would they be sorted into, who would their mother be. His body betrayed him once again when he looked at Hermione when those thoughts went through him. She looked positively gorgeous when she laughed, the light dancing on her silky coils that were more tamed than ever before.

He was staring for awhile when she looked at him, they locked eyes and she could see a myriad of emotions going through her eyes, most too quick for him to pick up. He was becoming lost in her honey eyes when suddenly pain flashed at him and she opened her mouth a bit as if to suck in air that she had lost. He was infuriated with the girl sitting next to her whos face he couldn't see. He wanted to stand up and show her that his love wouldn't be hurt.

Oh, damnit he had called her 'his love'. Stop it Draco she isn't yours. She'll probably never be so snap out of it now.

Looking down embarrassed with a slight pink in his cheeks only the person next to him would've noticed except he was looking at his lady love.

Blaise was completely drawn to scene before his eyes. Potter kept trying to badger Ginny about something and she had unleashed her fiery fury at him, the one that made Blaise's heart race. He couldn't seem to pull his eyes from her. Blaise almost missed dinner though his dinner was really putting random pieces of food in to his mouth without tearing his eyes off of her. He just couldn't. Dinner finished rather quickly and before he knew it everyone was leaving except him and Ginny it seemed. Seeing as this was an opportunity for him, he grabbed it and walked over to where she still sat.

"Weaselette, okay there?" Blaise asked as he reached her.

"what?... oh, um, yeah its just, its just frustrating." Ginny answered him with a slight blush tinging her face

"what is?" Blaise said as he sat down across from her.

"I don't know if you should…"

"trust me?" Blaise supplied. "don't worry, I wont tell a so ul. Anyways the only person I would tell, well people, is Draco and Olivia and neither of them would tell anyone for their own reasone. So please tell me. It'll help to get it out of your system don't you think?" Blaise coaxed her.

"well, okay. I'll tell you, its just its two things irritating me really. The one is Hermione, shes in relationship with my brother right? But now that I see them here, I don't think theyre perfect for each other really you know? And then there's Harry, he asked me through out the journey to go out with him and now, I don't know, I don't think I like him. Well, actually the thing is that I know I don't like him, its just the problem is that I… i… well you see, its just. I-like-someone-else-and-I-don't-know-if-he-likes-me." Ginny said in a rush blushing a red that matched her hair.

"well, in that case. I want to ask you Ginny…"