Chapter Ten
Oh What A Tangled Web
Blaise's POV
Ronald Weasley would be mine. There was no question in my mind. He would fall to me and we would paint the world red with our love.
This was not my first time being in love. The first had been Cedric Diggory. Voldemort put a stop to that. Maybe because he was a half blood. Maybe because I loved him. I knew, rationally that Voldemort had no idea of my feelings. Still, I had resolved to be more careful with Ron. I was not going to lose him now that he was finally free of Granger.
Granger is okay, I guess. I don't particularly like her but nor do I dislike her. I might be closer to liking her but for years she's been a hurdle in my progress with Ron.
Ginny was another hurdle, but one I knew I could easily surmount. I was going to have Ron and not a damn thing in the world was going to stop us this time.
Of course, I had to make sure he liked me back. I knew he liked me. Maybe not the way girls and boys usually like each other, not yet at least, but he was aware of me and aware of the fact that I was a girl and a good looking one at that.
For now, that was enough. Enough to start my master plan.
In any case, I knew Ron was partial to his kid sister. Not that I blamed him. Ginny Weasley was an adorable specimen of the female form. She was hard not to like. Even Draco had melted under her onslaught.
So, when I saw Parkinson about to Crucio the sister of my future husband, I knew two things. The first was that Ginny could dodge this attack single handedly. The second was that it would probably not do me harm to help her out.
Now, Ginny stared at the crazy bitch who dared to attack her.
"Are you sure?" She asked me.
I folded my arms over my chest. "As much as I would like to think the worst of my dear school mate, I rather doubt she was acting alone here."
"What? Like she was possessed?" Ginny asked with a frown.
"Dunno for sure. Shall we take the sall down to Dumbledore then?"
Ginny nodded. "I'll get Snape."
I was tempted to argue that Snape would probably listen to me more, but then I realized that if I left Ginny alone with Parkinson, one of them probably wouldn't survive and I doubted it would be the unconscious one still standing when all was said and done.
I lifted Parkinson with a simple spell, letting her follow me as I mounted the stairs to Dumbledore's office.
Pansy and I had never seen eye to eye on how to treat men. She seemed to think they were her toys, part of the reason I was more than ready to see Draco with anyone but her. THe fact that Ginny was stepping up to fill her vacancy was more than alright in my book.
Ginny was a sweet girl and Draco utterly deserves her. She will push him to places he's never been and he'll take her to heights she couldn't reach on her own.
Oh, they're so perfect for each other.
In rhetrospect, it was a poor decsion on my part to let Parkinson out of my sight and mind for so long.
(A/N: Yes, another cliffie. Get used to it! :P