Hermione was very stressed out by lunch time. She decided to go outside and get some fresh air, maybe eat a bagel by the benches.
Hermione purchased her bagel and went outside.
She spotted Blaise strumming a guitar.
Hermione rushed over to him. She didn't know him that well, but she did seem to like him as a friend, as she liked Gina.
Blaise was overjoyed to see her.
"Hermione!" he said jovially. "Long time no see!"
Hermione smiled. "I know! So where's Gina?" she said curiously.
Blaise shrugged his shoulders. "She just went to the tea shop to meet you. She'll realize you're gone and come back," he said reassuringly.
Hermione nodded.
"So what's on your mind?" he said curiously.
Hermione sighed. "A lot."
Blaise smiled warmly at her.
"I can see your problems through your eyes. It's one of the gifts that singers have," he added.
"You're going to play a song for me?" said Hermione, grinning.
Blaise took out his guitar and strummed it. "Gladly."
He started singing :
desperate for changing
starving for truth
I'm closer to where I started
chasing after you
I'm falling even more in love with you
letting go all I've held on to
I'm standing here until you make me move
hanging by a moment here with you
forgetting all I'm lacking
completely incomplete
I'll take your invitation
you take all of me now...
I'm falling even more in love with you
letting go all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
By then a whole crowd came, and was clapping to the beat enthusiastically. Blaise really knew how to draw his crowd.
But what confused Hermione was that this song was how she was feeling.
Blaise kept singing throughout the whole song and she felt soothed by his voice. No wonder Gina was so taken with him.
Hermione noticed blonde hair moving through the crowd.
She felt immediately alert, but sank back down. He was sure to be with his fiancé.
It hurt to think that every part of the song was true to her.
Blaise smiled warmly at her in the end while the whole crowd cheered.
Girls were going nuts over him. He was growing as popular as the prince.
Hermione chuckled at the thought.
"Wow Blaise that was awesome!" said Hermione sincerely.
"Does it sum up how you feel?" said Blaise, wiggling his eyebrows.
Hermione laughed.
"Really? It does," said Hermione. "Do you have like Seer blood in you or something?"
Blaise shook his head. "Again, Hermione, you aren't a true singer if you sing what's in your heart and what's in your people's hearts. That's the true gift of being a singer."
Blaise let out a breath.
Gina was smiling at him, her eyes watery.
She threw her arms around him and squeezed him tight.
"Choking..." said Blaise dramatically. Hermione and Gina laughed.
Feridina was glaring. How could Hermione seem to have such luck with every one? And Gina?
Hermione clutched on Malfoy's sleeve tighter.
The crowd seemed to want more music from Blaise.
Gina pointed this out to him.
Blaise grinned.
He turned to the music hungry crowd.
"So you guys want more music?" he exclaimed to the crowd.
"Yeah!" said the crowd.
"Ok. I have a song in mind. It's a song about being somewhere you don't want to be," said Blaise, as a matter of factly.
Blaise strummed his guitar a little more violently.
He sang :
lights go down,
its dark
the jungle is your head
can't rule your heart
a feelings so much stronger
than a thought
your eyes are wide,
and though your soul
it can't be bought
your mind can wonder...
Hello hello
I'm at a place called "vertigo"
its everything I wish I didn't know
except you give me something
I can feel
feel
the night is full of holes
as bullets rip the sky
of ink with gold
they twinkle as the boys play rock and roll
they know that they can't dance
at least they know...
I can't stand the beats
I'm asking for the check
a girl with crimson nails
has jesus round her neck
swingin to the music, swinging to the music
oh oh oh
Hello hello
I'm at a place called "vertigo"
its everything I wish I didn't know
except you give me something
I can feel
feel
check it
just for
you need it (yeah!)
All of this
all of this can be yours
all of this
all of this can be yours
all of this
all of this can be yours
just give me what I want
and no one gets hurt
Hello hello
I'm at a place called "vertigo"
its everything I wish I didn't know
except you give me something
I can feel your love teaching me how...
Your love is teaching me how..
How to kneel!
Kneel..
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
The crowd cheered louder. Hermione and Gina looked really, really impressed.
Wow.
Hermione felt really connected to his songs.
Another person seemed to too.
(A/n I know this chapter sounds really, really boring but better chapters are ahead!)