A/N: Hey everyone! I know it has been such a long time since I have updated this story, but my sister lent my USB stick that had the ending of my story on it to one of her friends, so I couldn't do anything for about a week. Then I was being lazy for two days and I finished it yesterday. YAY! Please don't hate me too much! Oh, and pretty, pretty, please review?
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Chapter Twenty Five - Ginny and Blaise
The next morning, Draco and Hermione got up quickly and walked back to their rooms to get changed before going down to breakfast. Both were met with the excited, smiling faces of their friends, who greeted them with huge hugs.
'So Hermione, still no names?' Ginny asked. Hermione sighed.
'No Ginny. We haven't thought up any names yet. I promise to tell you when we do.' She said, a slight smile appearing on her face. Ginny pouted and Hermione laughed.
'Let's turn this conversation away from me for a second. How are you and Blaise?' Hermione whispered conspiratorially. Ginny went a bright red and turned her head down to face her plate.
'Well, okay.' Ginny muttered.
'Ginny! What happened?' Hermione asked excitedly.
'Nothing really. We just talked. It turns out we have a lot in common.' Ginny said shyly. Hermione smiled brilliantly.
'You so have to tell me what happens when it does.' She said. Ginny just blushed and nodded, and then turned back to her breakfast.
'I am so going to set you two up.' Hermione muttered, but Ginny still heard it.
'What? You are so not. We will get together when we want to thank you very much.' Ginny practically yelled.
'Calm down. All I'm saying is that you need to do something about it before he goes off somewhere else, or doesn't make a move. Now go!' Hermione said. She ushered the girl out the door of the Great Hall.
Little did either of them know, Draco and Blaise were having the same conversation.
'Would you bloody well just tell her that you love her, you idiot! Because if you don't, I'll tell her for you.' Draco whispered harshly. Blaise lowered his head to hide the blush coming up on his cheeks.
'Fine, fine, fine. I'll do it. But she might not even like me! How would you know?' Blaise asked. Draco rolled his eyes.
'In case you weren't listening last night, I have a girlfriend who is pregnant with my child. I think I know a bit more about girls than you do!' Draco hissed furiously.
'Fine, fine! Okay, you managed to get Hermione pregnant, whoop-de-doo. Anyone could do that. But how did you know that she liked you?' Blaise asked. Draco had to roll his eyes again. The boy was just being plain stupid.
'I know, because I took a chance. I had to start it, by becoming friends with her and the rest of her friends. You already have that advantage. She likes you. It's plain for the world other than you two to see it. Make a mover already!' Draco insisted.
'Fine, tomorrow. That way we have the whole weekend.' Blaise said.
'Good. Now come on, we have to get to class.' Draco said, forcing the boy out of his seat and through the Great Halls' massive doors. They got their books and Blaise and Draco met Hermione down in the History of Magic classroom.
'Ready to fall asleep Blaise?' Draco asked his best mate with an amused glint in his eyes.
'Indubitably, old chap.' Blaise said. Hermione just rolled her eyes and hit Draco's arm.
'What? I can't help that his class is so boring!' Draco exclaimed.
'Yeah, yeah. Come on you two, let's grab our seats.' Hermione said.
'Hey, where are Harry and Ron?' Blaise asked.
'I'm not sure, they weren't in Gryffindor Tower.' Hermione answered, sitting beside Draco at the front of the class and Blaise sat behind them.
Soon afterwards, Ron and Harry entered with Sierra and Pansy in tow. Hermione turned around with Draco and Blaise and they all raised an eyebrow at them. Harry and Ron just smiled broadly and Sierra and Pansy just grinned.
'Where have you guys been? I couldn't find you in Gryffindor Tower!' Hermione exclaimed. Harry and Ron grinned sheepishly.
'Well, we brought all of our stuff down with us. To breakfast, you know? Except you were talking to Ginny, so you wouldn't have noticed, and then, when you walked off to get your stuff, we just met up with Sierra and Pansy and, well, walked around for a while.' Harry said. Hermione rolled her eyes and turned back to the front. Draco and Blaise just shook their heads and grinned at the boys before following Hermione's lead.
With that, Professor Binns floated into the classroom and started his lecture from the textbook. Hermione instantly started taking notes and Draco just laid his head down on his desk and turned it to look at Hermione.
She looks so cute when she's concentrating. Draco mused. He smiled to himself at the thought. I love her so much.
Class passed rather quickly for Draco, though, Hermione did have to wake him up a couple of times. Once he sat up at lightening bolt speed and rubbed his eyes, trying to wake up some more.
'What? What happened?' Draco asked wearily.
'Mr. Molfit, if you would please keep quiet while I'm in the middle of my lecture, thank you.' Binns had droned at the time and Draco turned red. Hermione had giggled and continued taking notes, smiling all the while, causing Draco to shoot her playful glares. This little development had only made Hermione giggle more.
On their way out of the classroom, Hermione kissed Draco on the cheek and smiled up at him cheekily.
'You were so cute before; when you woke up.' She said. Draco just gave her annoyed look and started to grip her tighter. Hermione just laughed some more.
'That was pretty funny, Draco.' Harry said. His arm was around Sierra and was laughing at Draco.
Draco himself looked at his friends with mock hurt.
'What is this? Gang up on Draco day?' He asked. They just laughed some more and walked to their break out in the courtyard; then, to their next class, Transfiguration.
Again, Transfiguration went by quickly, but without some weird things happening. They were supposed to be transfiguring a wombat into a butterfly, and many people's results turned out to be rather interesting. Seamus Finnegan turned his wombat into a rather large, hairy, brown butterfly with rather ugly looking wings and a face. This scared that bajesus out of everyone in the classroom, and McGonagall had to get rid of the thing before the whole class got out of control.
In the end, only Hermione, Draco and, surprisingly, Harry, were able to successful in turning their wombat into a butterfly. For this, they got ten points each.
'Well, that was a successful class.' Draco sighed. 'What now?' Draco yawned hugely and wrapped his arms around Hermione. She sighed and wrapped her arms around him again.
'Hmm, I think it's Defence.' She replied, resting her head on his shoulder as they walked.
'Good, at least it's not some crappy subject.' Draco said, kissing the top of her head and pulled his arms back, taking her hand instead.
'Let's have some fun with Lupin.' Draco said, leading the way with Hermione following.
After an interesting class with Professor Lupin, they made their way to dinner and ate what they could. After, they split their separate ways, half to Gryffindor, and half to Slytherin and they fell asleep almost immediately.
The next morning, they all got up and went down to the Great Hall for breakfast, then met up outside in the Entrance Hall. Ginny would be coming with the sixth years as her own friends said that they couldn't afford to go with all their homework. Blaise was incredibly happy about this. He hadn't got the chance to ask her to come with him the night before, so to him, this was brilliant.
'Come on everyone, let's get going.' Draco said, winking at Blaise and taking Hermione's arm, leading her out into the chilly air.
Blaise caught Ginny's arm before she left though, and she shot him a questioning look. Blaise just smiled at her and held a finger to his mouth. Ginny still looked at him questioningly. When the others were out of earshot, he turned to her and suddenly went bright red.
'What's wrong Blaise?' Ginny asked concernedly. Blaise opened and closed his mouth a couple of times, before being able to get out what he wanted to say.
'Would-would you like to spend the day with me?' He asked quietly. So quietly, in fact, that Ginny only just heard it. But she did, and her face lit up brilliantly.
'Of course I will!' Ginny exclaimed, and hugged him tightly. Blaise got over his shock quickly and hugged her back. Blaise broke the hug and took her hand, and lead the way into Hogsmeade.
In the small village, they visited all the shops, buying things here and there and generally having fun. Blaise soon got over his nervousness about going on the date with Ginny and started acting like he usually did around her.
Little did either of them know, they were being followed by their match-making friends.
Draco and Hermione hid behind a pillar and watched as their friends gave each other goo-goo eyes. Draco turned to his girlfriend.
'We aren't that bad, are we?' He asked. Hermione just giggled and kept watching.
'No, I don't think we are. Or if we are, I certainly haven't been told about it.' She answered him in a whisper. Draco turned back to watching Blaise and Ginny also.
After about five hours of "friend-watching", the couple decided to go to the Three Broomsticks for a drink of Butterbeer before heading back up to the castle, because Hermione was starting to get tired.
'Do you want me to carry you?' Draco asked. Hermione laughed and leaned into his embrace. Draco had his arm around her.
'No, I think I can walk up to the castle by myself, Draco.' She said. Draco pouted slightly and Hermione laughed again. Draco was determined though, he swept Hermione from her feet and she squealed with surprise.
'Draco! Put me down, now!' She squeaked. Draco just laughed and continued to carry her inside.
'Draco! Stop!' She yelled. He finally put her down as the reached the Entrance Hall, though he didn't let her go too far. When on the ground, he pulled her to him and kissed her sweetly. Hermione returned the kiss, which soon got more and more passionate.
Soon enough, Draco had Hermione pinned to a wall.
When he pulled away, both were breathing deeply and a little out of breath. Hermione smiled up at him.
'You haven't kissed me like that in along time.' She said, and kissed his neck gently and wrapping her arms around his neck tighter. Draco wrapped his own arms firmer around her.
'Should I do it more often?' He asked her quietly. Hermione groaned her response and Draco smirked. Jeez, he hadn't done that in a while.
Suddenly, they heard a moan and gasp from around the corner, and it immediately piqued both their interests. Draco let go of Hermione and they quietly tip-toed down the end of the corridor and looked around it curiously.
What they saw made them gasp and their eyes to widen significantly.
Ginny and Blaise were snogging rather furiously not too far away from where they were standing.
Draco put his hand behind him and pushed Hermione back without saying a word. She complied and they walked up another direction to the Great Hall. Hermione burst out giggling soon after. Draco shot her a strange look.
'What are you laughing about? Blaise is most likely going to be killed if Ron finds out.' Draco said. Hermione calmed down some and looked at him smiling.
'Well, I was just thinking about the look on Ron's face and burst out laughing. It was hilarious.' Hermione said. Draco just smiled at her. Just then, as if by some horrible coincidence, Ron and Pansy walked in, just a rather loud groan came from down the corridor. Both looked that way in surprise and made to go over there.
Draco and Hermione exchanged horror-filled looks and ran over to them. They grasped their arms and pulled them in the opposite direction. Ron and Pansy gaped at them and started to try and talk, but Hermione and Draco slapped hands over their mouth and dragged in the direction of the Great Hall.
When inside, they let their friends go and they breathed heavily.
'Why did the bloody hell did you do that?' Ron asked.
Hermione and Draco exchanged looks again.
'Trust me, you don't want to know.' Draco said. Pansy and Ron gave up after they said that and Ginny and Blaise walked in holding hands and slightly red in the face, but talking amiably. Draco and Hermione turned slightly red and made an excuse to leave, saying they were hungry, wished everyone goodbye and went to their tables. It was now Ginny, Blaise, Ron and Pansy's turn to exchange confused looks.
Harry and Sierra came in the door soon after and they all sat down for lunch. When Ginny got to the table and sat down beside Hermione, she broke into giggles. Ginny shot her a look and Hermione calmed down slightly.
'Did you have fun in the corridor?' Hermione asked and laughed again as Ginny went wide-eyed and extremely red. Hermione burst into giggles again and Ginny shoved her hand over her mouth looked around dramatically, checking to see if anyone was watching.
'Yes, in fact I did. Oh you and Draco were the couple around the corner from us snogging the daylights out of each other. I should have known.' Ginny whispered back. Hermione just smirked and didn't turn red at all and rolled her eyes.
'I could have told you that without you having to ask about it. You should be thanking Draco and me too. We saved Blaise' life by pulling Pansy and Ron into the Great Hall before they caught you two at it in the corridor. He would have died for sure.' Hermione said seriously. Ginny went as bright as her hair at the mention of her brother nearly finding out about her and Blaise in the corridor.
'Thanks.' Ginny muttered. Hermione grinned again and leaned in conspiratorially.
'So, how was it?' She asked. Ginny grinned brilliantly and told Hermione all about how she and Blaise walked and talked, all the while holding hands, and wrapped in each others embrace. A couple of times Hermione interrupted with an, "Awww", or a sniffle, or a giggle. Ginny just went a brighter red and ended in a dead whisper with what happened in the corridor. Hermione ended in all out laughter. The others looked at her oddly, but she shook her head and waved her hand, dismissing their questioning looks.
'So, it's official, there is such thing as Blaise and Ginny?' Hermione whispered to her, leaning in conspiratorially. Ginny blushed lightly and nodded. Hermione squealed and hugged Ginny tightly. Ginny giggled and hugged her back just as tight. Across the other side of the room, their boyfriends were talking about much the same thing.
'So, you and Ginny are, you know?' Draco asked. Blaise all of a sudden went red and nodded to his plate. Draco laughed.
'Since when have you been shy about going out with anyone?' Draco asked.
'Since I love this one.' Blaise whispered harshly. Draco raised his eyebrows and gave him a questioning look. How Blaise hated that look.
'Yes, Draco, I love her. I never thought that I could love anyone, but I love her.' Blaise got that dreamy smile on his face that Draco had often seen on that Ravenclaw girl, Looney Lovegood? It was something like that anyway.
'Aww isn't that just sentimental.' Draco teased, smirking at him. Blaise punched him in the arm and they both laughed.
'You can't say much lover boy. Whenever Hermione's around you go all gaga eyes.' Blaise tormented. Draco had that stupid little half-smile on his face that he always had when someone mentioned Hermione's name.
'See, you can't even stop smiling when someone says her name.' He added. Draco gave him a half-hearted glare.
'Ginny.' He said. Blaise broke into a huge smile and Draco smirked at him again.
'You have my problem. It must be love.' He said. Blaise nodded, still smiling dumbly. Draco just shook his head and chuckled.
'We are in so deep.' He muttered. Blaise laughed too and shook his head.
'Yep, and there's nothing we can do about it.' Blaise said.
'At least you don't have to get her pregnant.' Draco muttered under his breath. Blaise cringed.
'Yeah, you got the short end of the stick there, mate.' He said patting Draco's back.
'Ah, it's not that bad. I love kids. I want to better for whatever children than my dad did for me. I'll love my children.' Draco said with a small smile. Blaise patted him on the back again and continued eating.
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