Title: The Unthinkable

Author: xXNaughty-By-NatureXx

E-mail: dragonslayer_25@msn.com

Summary: *fifth year* One Slytherin tries to save the one friendship he values the most by summoning up old memories. Are they both ready for what they thought was impossible? Are they ready for love? (D/G!B)

Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. In other words, I don't claim to own anything I didn't make up!

Author's Note: I always thought Blaise was a girl, first of all. I always wanted to write about a Slytherin since most of what I write is Gryffindor-based. I always thought that she was sensitive too, possibly even artistic. I also think she has a lot of inner demons. A brunette, long wavy hair, light hazel eyes…If you have a different idea of who she is, don't flame me saying that I'm wrong. Constructive criticism is cool though.

~*Chapter 2*~

Where It Began

~*~

The next day, Blaise woke up early in the morning, changed into a set of winter traveling robes and put her winter cloak on. After grabbing her rucksack, she stepped out of her room, walked down the long hall and went down the long spiral staircase. She headed for the front door and started to walk.

She didn't have a specific destination but her heart drew her to a place nearby: The Dark Star Children's Academy Of Witchcraft and Wizarding. It was a good twenty-minute walk. As she wandered around, taking the same path she had taken as a child, she saw hers and Draco's younger selves, running around, having fun.

She finally stopped at the schoolyard where the children played. She sat on a swing, lost in a flurry of memories. She pulled out her sketchbook and a pencil then put her bag down on the ground nearby.

"I knew it was only a matter of time before you'd find yourself here," Draco's voice came from in front of her moments later.

Blaise stopped what she was drawing, looked up and found him there, smiling. She shrugged, her expression unreadable.

Approaching, he went on, "Hard to believe we first met here ten years ago. It seems like yesterday to me…"

Blaise nodded as Draco stopped in front of her. "I guess you don't know where you're going if you don't know where you've been," she commented.

"So…now that you're here where we've been, do you know where we're going?" Draco asked unemotionally.

Blaise shrugged again. "What about you? Do you know?" she questioned.

"I honestly say I know…but all I can say is that I want us to figure it out together…" Draco told her, a bit of emotion slipping.

Don't be afraid of this! a voice said in Blaise's head. "Don't look at me like that…" she said too softly to be heard as she looked down at her feet.

Draco looked down at his own feet and wondered out loud, "Look at you like what?"

"Like that! Like a hurt little puppy!" she exclaimed, "It's making things so hard…"

Draco blinked. "Making what things so hard???" he demanded to know with frustration evident in his voice.

"Things in general…life," she explained, her voice quavering, "You seem to be on your way to redemption but I'm not sure I'll make it. You keep saying you're afraid to lose me but you and I both know we'll be pulled apart. You said so yourself, it'll be harder for me because both of my parents. I don't know what will happen to me…I…sometimes…I think I can do it but…I don't know…"

Draco sighed. He wrapped her left hand with both of his and kissed it. "You know I'd never let anything happen to you, Blaise. You're the only one at Hogwarts keeping me sane," he confessed.

Blaise smiled faintly and replied, "You do the same for me, Draco. So…yeah…" She swiftly changed the subject and asked, "So how's Allyssa?"

"Ally…she's great…today's her last day before Christmas holidays and I just dropped her off. She's really witty and resourceful…she can't wait to go to Hogwarts. She's been learning about how Muggles celebrate Christmas and she's been telling me about this plant, they call it mistletoe or something like that. Yeah…apparently, one Muggle Christmas tradition is that if you end up underneath the stuff with a member of the opposite sex then you have to kiss each other."

Blaise laughed lightly. "That's clever!" she exclaimed.

"So, you wanna head back and grab some hot cocoa at Wilkenford's Café on the way?" Draco suggested.

Blaise smiled brightly and nodded. Hand in hand, the pair went on their way.

~*~

        The moment they got to Wilkenford's Café, the lady behind the counter smiled at them and exclaimed, "Hey, there! Long time no see, Miss Zabani, Mr. Malfoy! My have you two grown! How have you been?"

        "We've been great, Evea!" Draco told the woman behind the counter, "We've stayed at Hogwarts for the holidays last year. Good times, right, Blaise?"

        Smiling good-naturedly, she added, "We've had a good time away at school but there's no place like home."

        As Evea gave them their hot chocolate, they began to reminisce about their childhood and the precious moments they missed from that time long ago.