Disclaimer: Well like I said last time I'm not JK Rowling, and if I was… I'd be swimming in my millions, swimsuit, snorkel and all but like I said earlier I'm not…. So I'll just have to swim in water like the rest of the world excluding Bill Gates and the Queen Mother…. Oh wait… is Jk richer than them too?
A/N: Hey again yall! I would just like to thank my first reviewer Trancos for reviewing… You gave me the incentive to shirk responsibility and forget about my term paper and write the next chapter, Who by the way reviewed before my supposed "best" friends did! To all of my best friends you are bitches and Vick if you forgot the name of my fic you should have asked… Triplet (If you ever read this, I applaud you on your choice of backpack because it perfectly complements your hair…*sigh*) and Toby (mmmm….Toby…. does a body good…) Anyway on with the Story! P.S.: in this fic Blaise is a guy (think Draco only with brown hair and lilac-blue eyes, oh yeah I almost forgot he's also bi)
Last time on Another Piece of Fabric…
"I wonder if I'm worrying my life away, I miss Harry so much, but he doesn't care and he's probably shacking up with some auror chick right now anyway. I guess I need to move on, and maybe Nev's right, maybe I need to try being single for awhile because this hurts to much." and with that final thought Ginny pulled out her newly bought muggle I-pod and began her trekk home while listening to Jason Mraz's "The Remedy"
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~*~*Chapter 2: In which Blaise and Colin make a business offer*~*~
"Fire Breather Industries, this is the front desk. How may I help you?"
"May I speak with Mr. Blaise Zabini (executive head of public relations) please?"
"Yes, just a minute let me connect you…"
"Hello, Blaise Zabini speaking"
"Blaise, I have a proposal to make"
"Why Colin… I never knew you cared, but of course we'll have to tell Neville, and we'll have to make the invitations, silver writing I think, and of course the cake, I'm rather partial to chocolate myself and…"
"Blaise! Don't start sending out the invites just yet," Colin yelled into the phone snapping Blaise out of his reverie
" All right Col I was just kidding, so how can I help my favorite dance partner?"
" Blaise that was only one time."
"Yes, but you know you had fun."
"Yes I did but I shouldn't have gone home with you." said Colin seriously
"Well technically you weren't with Neville yet so no harm no foul, but if you wanted to get together tonight I'd have to call you naughty…but then you are… so how bout it?" said Blaise suggestively
"No, Blaise"
"Your no fun, at least not over the phone, anyway what do you need?"
"Well, you know how you've been trying to get Draco to get out of the office and have some fun?"
"Have I ever! I think he's already forgotten what fun is!" said Blaise a hint of bittersweet laughter in his voice.
"and you know how I've been working my arse off to get try and get Ginny out of the house and over Harry, as you probably know my efforts have failed so I thought we could…"
"Set them up together," Blaise finished, "I love it Col it's brilliant, they'll never suspect a thing your wicked Col positively wicked. So tell me how you plan to pull it off."
"Well,"
Meanwhile on the other side of the highest level of the Fire Breather Industries office complex….
"Parkinson!" Draco yelled over the intercom
"Yes Mr. Malfoy coming right away" said Pansy as she skirted into Draco's office
"Ms. Parkinson why have you forgotten to send out my memos?"
"Well I…" Pansy started but was rudely interrupted
"and Ms. Parkinson why have you neglected to tell me what meetings, I have planned for today?"
"Well Mr. Malfoy that's exactly what I was coming to tell you…" Pansy paused searching his face hoping that she might find a small trace of a laugh line for her news was not good.
"Well Parkinson?… are you going to tell me or shall I have to perform an act of legilimency and search that empty void that you call a brain?" said Draco acidly
"Well Draco…"
"That's Mr. Malfoy to you." Said Draco his eyes narrowing and his eyebrow raising "Pansy?… there wouldn't be any chance that your trying to hide something from me would there? Would there? Would there?… Pansy!!!"
"Well Mr. Malfoy you have a pressing engagement for tonight…"
"Well what is it?"
"You as vice president of Fire Breather Industries, and the rest of the executive board for Fire Breather Industries are to attend the 133rd annual Ravishing Robes fall fashion show, and you will be screening the newest designer head, for the fashion and design wing of Enchanted."
"Well then what the hell is the problem?, I get Crabbe to lay out one of my club suits, I grab my wand, and PGC (Platinum Galleon Card), and I'm off I don't see a problem!" said Draco trying hard to see the error in his reasoning
"Well see you are to bring a female guest." Said Pansy backing away towards the door
" There are plenty of women on the board I'll just bring one of them." Answered Draco a victorious smile on his face
"Sir your not allowed to, because their judgment could be impaired because they are under you and their jobs could be at stake, if they don't see eye to eye with you."
"What! I would never, fire someone over something as petty, as petty as a little disagreement."
"What about, Susan Bones, fired on the 3rd of January last year because she said yes to The Weasley's Wizard Wheezes, you said no and she won?"
"That was not a dispute over social security, it was because she was being insubordinate." answered Draco truthfully (a/n: yeah right!)
"But, Sir I must mention their business is one of our most lucrative, in fact they paid back their grant, and are now one of our biggest share holders. " said Pansy with a look on pleading on her face.
"Lucky break, it was about time those cheeky oafs, set their minds to something" said Draco a disgusted look on his face
"and what about Dean Thomas, Cho Thomas, Lavender Brown and Marcus Flint?"
"Insubordination, insubordination, insubordination, and he was just a narcissistic asshole!"
"Well either way you look at it sir, to looks as if you don't handle rejection, or conflict well, so…"
"Just Shut up Pansy I need to think!"
"Oh forget it!" yelled Pansy with an exasperated expression on her face "You're unable to be helped! Maybe you'll listen to Blaise!" said Pansy opening the door and placing the sonorous spell on her voice "Paging, Blaise Zabini, Blaise Zabini to Draco Malfoy's office." After waiting a few seconds with no answer Draco took matters into his own hands
"Pansy?"
"Yes Mr. Malfoy?"
"You may go now."
"Yes Mr. Malfoy." Said Pansy walking out the door
"Oh and Pansy, shut the door."
"Of course, Mr. Malfoy." She said shutting the door and for moment it was silent and then….
"Blaise!!!!" and then there was silence
"Blaise get you good for nothing over paid ass in here! Now!" Draco finished his rant just as Blaise shut the door of his office
" Why Draco! You left out so many of my good qualities!"
"You have good qualities?" Draco replied sarcastically
" Yes, you left out, the fact that I'm a narcissistic, self-serving, lazy, pretty boy." Said Blaise sitting on the edge of Draco's desk
" Oh… I'll try and remember those next time, anyway I you called in here because…"
" Don't tell me! Because I already know what's wrong,"
"You do, do you?"
" Yes as a matter of fact I do, you as usual waited until the last minute to find a suitable female to accompany you to some function or another that you will sit hours through and no matter how good this person or product is you will most certainly turn down whatever it is they are trying to sell, and so… you feel that if you don't bring a good looking female others will look down upon you, and think that your losing your touch, does that just about sum up your dilemma?" finished Blaise with a Malfoy worthy smirk on his face
" You and your damn omnipotence, it's the most infuriating thing in the world, but your right… and I don't know what to do… so any ideas?" Draco finished lamely
" Well… I have a friend, who has a friend, who needs a date and she just so happens to be going to the show, so are you interested?"
" Well what does the bird (a/n: bitch=bird in the U.K.) look like?"
"Draco! Watch your language! Anyway from what I've heard she's a knockout but don't take my word for it, say yes and see for yourself."
" Let's just say for a minute that I said yes," Blaise's eyes lit up the moment the words were out of his mouth, then Draco quickly added " and I'm not saying I am," completely wiping the excitement from Blaise's face
"but if I was what would this "date" entail?"
"Oh nothing, just the show and that's all, strictly keeping up appearances."
" Really, Blaise? Tell the truth"
" Why Draco you've wounded me, it hurts me to know that you think I would lie to you."
"Blaise quit the shit what else?"
" Well you…"
"Blaise!"
" Dinner… damn it! Draco dinner!, You would watch the show and then you would take her to dinner and then that would be the end of it, I swear on Voldemort's inner circle." Blaise looked pleadingly at Draco and after a long silence Draco replied
"Alright, I'll do it."
"Great, I'll get back to you tomorrow night, you won't regret this!" said Blaise heading for the door
"Blaise?"
"Yes Draco?"
"Don't screw this up."
"I won't, I promise! I promise on the faded mark on me' arm I promise!" said Blaise saluting
"Alright then, get your good for nothing ass out of here!"
"Yes sir!" said Blaise shutting the door and walking to his office
In his office…
"Hello Neville, may I speak to Colin?"
"Of course Blaise just a sec…" said Neville and air of suspicion in his voice
"Hello, Colin speaking"
"Hello, Colin, you're sure you don't want to go dancing?, I mean we could skip the date and go straight to my place?"
"God, Blaise! How many times must I say it No!, anyway how did it go?"
"Operation "Amantes Sunt Amentes " is in action"
"Great! Tell me how you did it."
"Oh well first I'd drop my pants and then you'd…"
"Blaise!" it was Neville this time, "I'd appreciate it if you'd refrain from hitting on my boyfriend and get on with whatever it was you two were talking about"
"Oh Neville, not a problem" said Blaise a hint of annoyance in his voice "Anyway Colin I was able to convince him by…." and Blaise's voice faded off…
Meanwhile back in Draco's office…
'I wonder if Blaise's right maybe I do need to get out more, hey I might even find out this girl's really something, yeah right, no matter how I look at it I'll always be a Malfoy, and like they say it's in the name'
"Pansy! Please lock up I'm going home"
"Yes Mr. Malfoy" and with that Draco arapparated onto the street hailed his limo and rode began to walk home listening "In The End" by Linkin Park on his new I-pod.
A/N: So how did you guys like it? Man it was seven pages! That's 3 pages longer than my first chapter, stay tuned I promise there'll be some D/G interaction in the next chapter and send your ideas and thoughts and I'll seriously think about using them, oh yeah I can't forget to give some shout out's to my reviewers Love yall!!! and thanks for giving me the incentive to write!!! Oh yeah and about my usage of muggle electronics, all I have to say is that it's my fic and I don't care what you think! Anyway please, review!!! Love Yall!!!