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Chapter Four: Understanding
The rest of the school week passed quick enough for those dying to have some weekend fun. But Ginny was dreading it. Why? Because both Saturday night and Sunday night she had to patrol with Blaise. But why would she dread it when she smiled him at breakfast the day after the first patrol?
Ginny entered the Great Hall on the Saturday morning. She spotted Hermione sitting alone eating some toast and reading the Daily Prophet. Ginny headed over only to be pulled down into a seat beside Harry.
"What?" asked Ginny frowning at him?
"We have Quidditch training after breakfast," said Harry."
"Already? But the season doesn't begin for another month!"
"We need to prepare. Gryffindor has the best team in the school."
"Whatever. What time does training exactly start?"
"8am. Don't be late."
Ginny didn't reply and stood up and continued her way to Hermione. She sat beside her and piled scrambled eggs onto her plate.
"Ginny you'll get sick eating all that," said Hermione looking at her stacked plate.
"I have Quidditch training. I need to eat well."
"I see. But why so early?"
"Harry said we need to prepare because our team is the best in the school."
Hermione just nodded and turned back to her paper.
"When do you patrol next?" asked Ginny.
"Tonight after you and Blaise… than Monday night."
"Okay."
"How did you and Blaise go on your first night?"
"We didn't talk when we didn't have too."
Hermione and Ginny both looked at the Slytherin table. They saw Blaise to be eating while Draco beside him was all over the girl he had his arm around. Blaise looked up and the two girls looked away before they were caught.
"Ron claims he saw you smile at Blaise earlier this week," said Hermione "Did you?"
"Maybe."
"You don't like him do you?"
"Hermione I don't know him do I? So no I don't."
"Good because I told Ron he was seeing things and that he should eat more."
"He eats enough as it is."
"Well he agreed with me."
"Ah crap," said Ginny looking at her watch, "Five to eight. Got to go!"
Ginny stood and climbed over her seat and ran out of the Great Hall.
!B!
Blaise watched as Ginny ran out of the Great Hall as if her clothes were on fire. He looked at his plate, than heard a moan escape from Draco. Suddenly he just wasn't hungry anymore. So instead of waiting for Draco to reclaim his tongue, Blaise stood and left the Great Hall heading to the Library, he had nothing interesting to do and thought he'd best get started on an essay from Potions.
Once in the Library, Blaise began his research. He wanted his grades to rival Hermione's, to prove he was different to Draco and was his own person. Blaise found ten books with top recommendation on what he was researching for and began to read them, taking notes.
Finally after two hours or so the blonde haired devil himself showed up.
"Blaise I have been looking for you," came his cold drawl, "Potter has Gryffindor practising. Why don't we go watch and see what we can learn?"
"Why don't you go alone?" replied Blaise, frowning as he read the notes he'd just taken.
"Because I don't want to go alone. The other team mates are all busy."
"And I'm not?"
"You are just reading. No big deal."
"What about Crabbe and Goyle?"
"They are playing exploding snap."
"Oh gee so busy."
"I know. So are you coming?"
Blaise stood up, his eyes narrowed as he looked at Draco, "I am bloody busy studying here. Go find your girlfriend and take her okay?"
Draco stepped back, slightly shocked. He quickly recovered and glared at his friend, "What is up with you man? All week you've been distant. Actually ever since you had patrol with that Weasley girl. I bet your screwing her."
"Unlike you Draco, I have dignity. So I don't drop my pants every time a girl offers to screw me. So in case you didn't catch what I meant, it means nothing is going on between the Weasley girl and me. We don't even talk. Do me a bloody favour and go find someone else to annoy."
"You are going to regret, ever, saying that too me."
"Gee, should I be scared?" replied Blaise piling up his books and paper and walking to the check out desk.
Draco followed him fuming and watched as Madam Pince checked out all ten books. Blaise put them in his book bag and left with Draco close behind.
"You should be scared of me Blaise," snarled Draco once outside the Library.
Blaise spun around to face Draco and narrowed his eyes at him, "What's there to be scared of? Who was it that fought your battles, ME, who stands up for you when you are knocked down, ME. So in the end without me, you are pathetic."
Draco raised his fist and swung at Blaise, but missed. Before Draco could prepare Blaise had dropped his book bag and crash tackled Draco to the stone ground and was on top of him and beating him around the face.
Had it not been for Professor Snape showing up and breaking the two apart, Blaise may have killed Draco due to him being extremely angry with his friend more than ever.
"This is unacceptable!" said Snape glaring at the two, "Mr Zabini, you are Head boy, Mr Malfoy you are a prefect. For once I am going to have too deduct 10 points from Slytherin for the both of you. If I see you both like this again I will have too do more than deduct house points."
Blaise nodded, grabbed his bag and left, fuming at Draco under his breath.
!G!
Ginny flew beside Seamus. She looked at her watch and saw it to be now 1pm. Her stomach gave a loud growl, which Seamus heard.
"What's the time?" he asked passing her the quaffle.
"One… where has Pavarti gotten too?" replied Ginny noticing the other Chaser was gone.
"She said she had to go to the bathroom. When does practise end? I'm starving."
"Don't know," replied Ginny throwing the quaffle back at him.
The two watched as Harry blitzed past in pursuit of the Snitch, which he caught seconds later.
"Hang on a sec," said Ginny before flying over to Harry, "Harry!"
Harry turned on his broom to face Ginny, "Yeah?"
"Look, everyone is really hungry. Can we call it quits for today and head in for a shower and lunch? I have homework and patrol tonight."
Harry looked at his watch and his eyes widened, "We practised way longer than normal."
Ginny nodded and watched as Harry reached for his whistle. He blew it and everyone flew to the ground looking at him expectantly.
"Great practise guys. Sorry it went so long. I lost track of time. Okay, so let's shower and I will see you all at the next practise which is on Wednesday."
Ginny walked into the girl side of the change rooms and took a long warm shower. She than dressed, packed her Quidditch gear and headed to the school laundry.
After placing her washing in the Gryffindor section, Ginny went to the Great Hall. She spotted Hermione eating a ham sandwich and quickly walked over to her.
"Gee, did you even leave the Great Hall today?" asked Ginny making herself a tuna and cheese roll.
"Yes I did. In fact I witnessed something really shocking," replied Hermione looking at Ginny.
Ginny frowned, confused, "And that would be?"
"Blaise and Malfoy were in a full on fist fight outside the Library a few hours ago."
"Are you serious?"
Hermione nodded, "Look at Malfoy."
Ginny looked over at the Slytherin table. She scanned her eyes up and down the table until she spotted the obnoxious blonde. He was sporting a black right eye and a bloody lip. She frowned than looked for Blaise, Ginny found him siting at the end of the row alone. He didn't have a mark on him.
"Malfoy didn't hurt him," commented Ginny.
"Malfoy's weak. He acts like a big Macho tough guy. But he isn't. Anyway, how was Quidditch?"
"Long."
"What's long?" asked Ron as him and Harry sat across from the two girls.
"Don't you wish too know."
Ron looked alarmed and looked at Hermione.
"Calm down Ron," said Hermione, "She wasn't talking about what you thought she was."
Ron breathed a sigh of relief, "Mum sent us a letter. She said to say hello and to be careful around Zabini."
"You owled her about it didn't you?" snapped Ginny dropping her roll onto her plate.
"She had a right to know Ginny."
"I guess I don't have the right to live my own life then."
"Ginny, clam down."
"Calm down? Calm down you say? Do you clam down whenever I try to take a stab at something on my own? Do you calm down when I get a boyfriend? I think not Ron! For once in your life, stay out of my business and LEAVE ME ALONE!"
Ginny stood up and ran out of the Great Hall.
Hermione sighed and shook her head.
"What?" asked Ron.
"Nothing Ron… nothing. Just the fact that you really know how to piss people off."
!G!B!
At 7pm Blaise left the Slytherin Common Room and headed to the Entrance Hall. He spotted Ginny standing in the middle reading something. He walked over and tapped her on the shoulder making her jump and spin around.
"Oh… it's you," said a startled Ginny.
"Yeah… me," replied Blaise, "Shall we get started?"
"Where too first?"
"Well I just came from Slytherin's chambers… and you Gryffindor… so Ravenclaw than Hufflepuff?"
"Why Ravenclaw than Hufflepuff? Why not Hufflepuff than Ravenclaw… and we can work out where too after."
"Whatever, it works."
Ginny just nodded and folded up what she was reading and placed it in her pocket.
"So…could we possibly… get along at all?" said Blaise with an air of nervousness in his voice.
"Do you think that would be possible? After all you are a Slytherin, was Draco Malfoy's bestfriend, I'm a Gryffindor, Ron Weasley's bloody sister."
"What does house rivalry have to do with getting along? I mean even if we just put our differences aside for our shifts. I don't fancy walking around with you for 2 to 4 hours in complete silence."
"Neither do I."
"Than can we get along… at all?"
Ginny nodded, "We'll start from scratch. Hi, I'm Ginny Weasley, not Ron's Sister."
Blaise shook Ginny's hand, which she had held out for him, "Hi Ginny. I'm Blaise Zabini, not Draco's Friend."
The two smiled and kept on walking.
"So tell me about yourself," said Blaise.
"Well as you know and so does everybody else I am Ron's sister. The youngest of the Weasley clan. I am a Chaser on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. What else do you want to know?"
"That's a start."
"Than tell me about you?"
"I'm the Slytherin Keeper, only child of my family, which has a longer pure blood line than those Malfoy's."
Ginny nodded, "Right… does being pure blood even matter?"
"No," said Blaise which shocked Ginny, "I think personality matter's more."
"I couldn't agree with you more. But I seriously thought you would've had the same opinion as Malfoy about purebloods."
"Everyone seems to think I am a Malfoy clone."
"Oh…"
"But I'm not. I have different views on life."
Ginny nodded, "Sorry."
"It's not your fault… you are just judging on what you see."
"I know, but still… its wrong that I did… what you see is different to what is actually going on."
"Don't you have the same problem?"
Ginny hesitated before nodding, "Ron's Sister this, Ron's Sister that, the girl who has a crush on Harry Potter."
"Do you like Potter?"
"No. Harry is my brother's bestfriend, he is like a brother to me."
Blaise nodded, "It sucks doesn't it?"
"What does?"
"Being labelled a name because you are someone's friend, or related too someone…"
"And at times you just want to break away from that label…"
"Prove to people you are more than that…"
"Have your own identity."
Blaise and Ginny looked at each other and smiled.
They both reached the Hufflepuff Common Room entrance. No disturbances could be found and the two turned and headed to the Ravenclaw tower.
"So… how do you think you will do on your NEWT's?" asked Ginny to break the silence.
"Hopefully good. I want to be a healer doctor at St Mungo's… I need top marks for that."
"That's a good goal."
"What about you?"
"Me… I really don't know yet. My parents keep on nagging me to pick a career. My father wants me to work with him… Percy says I should be like him… Bill and Charlie just tell me, you'll know what you want when the time comes and I believe them."
Blaise nodded.
For the next two hours both chatted on small topics, just getting to know one and other. They both found that they had much in common, both had the same views on certain topics and sure they had their differences, which was natural.
Finally they walked their way back to the Entrance Hall to see Hermione and Harry waiting for them. The two were talking quietly and jumped when Ginny coughed to get their attention.
"Hey you two," smiled Ginny, "Nothing to report. All is clear. We just came from Gryffindor… so start at Hufflepuff."
Harry and Hermione just nodded and quickly walked away. Blaise frowned at them and turned to Ginny.
"Is something going on between those two?"
"I think so," smiled Ginny, "So I'll see you tomorrow?"
"Sure… oh and Ginny?"
Ginny looked at Blaise, her eyebrow raised.
"You have a nice smile."
Ginny gave him the same small smile from earlier in the week and turned and ran up the Entrance Hall staircase
A/N: So action is starting between the two… hope you all liked the chapter!
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