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Chapter 9
Our lazy day of quietly sitting and talking on the sofa had finally come to an end as dinner rolled around. We decided it would be best to go down and face the music, together as a couple. At six we walked down hand in hand, ignoring the stares and whispers directed our way. I had originally worried that if this got back to Voldemort Blaise would be in trouble, but Blaise assured me that it would actually make him look better. Make him look like he was gaining my trust and Voldemort would be pleased. So we walked on. I was so nervous.
When we got to the Great hall he leaned in and pecked me on the cheek before going to his respective table. I walked to the Gryffindor table expecting to be shunned again and instead I found that Ginny and Neville had made a space between them. I sighed and took the seat between them. I got a few glares throughout dinner but if there were more I took no notice because Ginny and Neville were doing quite a good job at making sure I was entertained, giving me juicy bits of gossip I'd missed like Lavender and Seamus had broken up and she was now going out with Ron. They tried very hard to keep my attention and I was very grateful for that but occasionally zone out only to find my attention was focused on the Slytherin table. Blaise sat alone picking at his food but not really eating it. I felt horrible about it, but he caught me once and winked at me across the hall. I blushed and brought my focus back to Ginny again.
After dinner I realized that was one of the most pleasant dinners I had had since everything had started. Things had started to look up. I caught up to Blaise out in the hall after dinner and we decided to take a walk around the lake.
It was a beautiful day, and as we walked around the lake we stopped to watch the sun set. I leaned back into Blaise as he put his arm around me. It was perfect; there was no other word to describe it. "Hermione…You know I'd never hurt you right?" I heard Blaise whisper into my ear.
"I know." I said as I turned around and looked into his eyes. But I wasn't met with the soft eyes I knew. They were contemplative and unsure, but before I could say anything they went back to the soft eyes I knew. I almost thought it was a trick of the light but it couldn't have been. I shrugged it off and decided that it was probably nothing. We both sat watching the sun for a while.
Eventually we decided to go inside before we got into trouble. We both silently walked back to our dorms and to our surprise found Ron and Harry slumped and asleep at the foot of our portrait. I thought about waking them up but I was afraid to because I had no idea why they would come here. Apparently there was no need to because they started to stir and looked up at us. I thought Ron was going to speak first but Harry beat him to it. "Hermione, we know you probably won't forgive us. I know I wouldn't. We just got out of a meeting with Dumbledore, but not before some very harsh words and a few Bat Bogey hexes from Ginny. Neville even threatened to beat us up. I'm so sorry we couldn't see it. We're sorry we didn't trust your judgment. We should have known you wouldn't betray us. We we're first class idiots. We just came to apologize and tell you how absolutely wrong we were to accused you of such horrible things. It's just we thought that…we aren't going to try and excuse ourselves from what we've done. We were just so upset. We didn't want to lose you. You're our brains, one third of they golden trio, and we know we've been horrible friends lately and have barely been paying any attention to you. We are so sorry and if there's anyway to get you to forgive us from what we've done we'll do it. We were jerks, assholes and nothing that could possibly have any semblance to what a friend should be like. They should be accepting and look at all sides of a situation before making accusations. We know you're probably not going to forgive us and we accept that but just know we feel terrible and when you feel like forgiving us we'll be waiting for you." They said as they got up and walked away. But not before turning to Blaise. "Zabini, be good to her. Treat her better than we have. Just know if you hurt her you'll have us to deal with us." And with that they left. I just stood there for a few minutes before Blaise pulled me into our common room.
If I hadn't been so distressed about what to do I would have noticed how nervous Blaise seemed to be. He gave me a chaste kiss and retreated to his room. I slowly walked to my room with a million things buzzing through my brain. I decided a hot bath would be perfect for getting relaxed enough to sort everything out. I started to take a bath and as the water warmed up started to think about what Harry said. He sounded so sincere like he really did feel horrible that he'd hurt me so much. But the thing was they had hurt me. I couldn't just forgive them. My stubbornness wouldn't let me. I got into the tub to soak for a while but my thoughts keep racing. I wanted to forgive them, but then again I didn't, it hurt so much, like I had a small tear on my heart and I knew that would take some time to heal. I finally was able to fully relax, I would forgive them…eventually but it would take a while and they were going to have to earn my trust all over again. I sighed and closed my eyes, surrendering to peace and feeling as if everything was all right.
After about twenty minutes I heard a knock on the door. "Hermione are you in there?" I heard Blaise call from behind the door.
"Yeah, I'm in here I'll be out in a minute," I said as I dragged myself out of the tub. I wrapped a towel around myself and walked out only to find Blaise standing there waiting for me.
"Hello gorgeous." He said suavely. I laughed at him but noticed there was a subtle change to him. I couldn't pin point it though. His eyes weren't the same; the glimmer seemed to be gone. Again I shrugged it off. After all it had been a long day and my eyes were tired. I got out and walked to my room where I changed into my pajamas. I came out in my flannel pants and comfortable tank top. He was sitting on the sofa reading a book and I came over and kissed him. He just looked up and smiled. I grabbed a book off the shelf and carried it over to sit down and read with him. "It's been an interesting day hasn't it? Are you going to forgive Po-Harry and Ron?" He said while reading his book. I noticed he stumbled over Harry and Ron but thought nothing of it considering he was a Slytherin and probably was used to saying their surnames.
"Yes, I think I will eventually. I can't just forgive them. They'll have to earn it. And yes, it's been a very interesting day. You know you've been a little off today. Is there something going on?" I asked.
"Well, you know I just didn't get a lot of sleep last night and I'm sure I'll be right as rain come tomorrow." He said adding a yawn to emphasize his point.
"You should probably get to bed soon, you look a little peaky." I said with a small amount of concern.
"Yes, you're probably right. I'll turn in. Goodnight Gra-Hermione. I'll see you in the morning. Say, would you like to go for an early morning stroll? Just you and me?" He asked with a bright smile on his face.
"Of course. Around seven then?" I asked thinking he must be tired; he almost called me by my surname.
"Yes, that sounds wonderful." He kissed my cheek and walked up to his room. I continued reading late into the night before finally deciding that was enough because I had an early morning tomorrow. I had gotten myself so tired that as soon as my head hit the pillow I was asleep. At least I wasn't plagued by my thoughts.
The next morning I woke up at six-thirty so I had time to dress. I put on a black tank top with a forest green jacket hoodie and a pair of jeans. I also used a cream colored ribbon to tie back my hair. I walked into the common room only to be met by Blaise. "My lady," He said as he offered his elbow to me. I graciously took it and he led me out into the crisp morning air. "I have a surprise for you," he whispered as he led me toward the Quidditch pitch. I got an eerie feeling as a shiver ran down my back, but I kept walking. We got past the pitch and it looked as if he was leading me into the forbidden forest.
"Blaise you're starting to scare me. Where is it?" I asked anxiously. I turned to him but he only smirked and led me on. When we got to the edge of the forest he took my hand and led me in.
"Here open this," he said as he handed me a small box. I opened it completely confused by the day's events. Inside the box lay a bracelet with a small diamond heart hanging off it. "Let me put it on you," He said with a smile. As he was putting it on I got a nauseous feeling in my stomach something wasn't right I knew it, I felt it.
"Blaise what's going on and why are we out here? We could have done this somewhere else. He smirked again and that's when I felt the tug at my bellybutton. It wasn't just a charm it was portkey…