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Blaise looked up as the green flames filled his fireplace. Draco had taken to drinking his fire whiskey after Hermione had left, causing him to ramble on about how Ginny had betrayed him, but he still loved, but he didn't know how to react finding out she had lied to him.
This had cause Blaise to come to the conclusions that being a best friend, especially to Draco, was hard work, and had taken to counting the minutes until Hermione returned, hopefully with Ginny.
He smiled softly as the brunette stepped through the fireplace, the youngest Weasley grasping her hand. Draco finally shut up.
"I think you guys need to talk," Hermione said calmly, seating Ginny next to her fiancé, breaking free from her grasp. Blaise stood and motioned for Hermione to follow him, leaving Ginny and Draco alone together, god he hoped they didn't start yelling, or crying for that matter, well he hoped Draco didn't start crying since Ginny already was.
"Did you see Harry?" Blaise asked as they stepped into his spacious kitchen.
"Briefly, I didn't talk to him though, I though it would be best if I bought Ginny straight here," Hermione looked at him, a glint of mischief filled her eyes. Blaise thought it was best to ignore it, choosing instead to take two glasses out of the cupboard, before proceeding to the fridge.
Carefully, as not to rip her dress Hermione, slid and sat on top of the kitchen bench, and continued to watch Blaise. Returning to the glasses, he bent his head slightly as he filled them with orange juice, the only thing in his fridge, his black curls falling across his eyes. He leant against the bench where she was sitting and handed her a glass. Taking a sip of his own, he vaguely stuck his free hand into his pocket, fingering the small box that lay there.
SO much for the perfect timing, he thought to himself miserably, taking another mouthful of his drink.
"Blaise," He looked up at Hermione, her dark brown eyes smiling at him. Tonight really would have been perfect too, since they had had a fantastic day together, and she looked as beautiful as ever in that gold dress, yet here they were in his kitchen, drinking orange juice, while their best friends sorted out their lives. Suddenly Blaise remembered Hermione was waiting for his response.
"Yeah?" He looked back at her, her brown eyes now filled with laughter and curiosity.
"can I have my surprise now?" she grinned at him, and slipped off the bench, wrapping her arms around this waist. Blaise thought for a moment, should he propose to her now? He looked at her, as she waited for a response, she really wasn't expecting it Blaise told himself, while silently agreeing to do it now.
"Do you really want it now?" he breathed into her ear, and she nodded gently, "you have to close your eyes then," he stepped back from her and watched as she slowly closed her eyes, noticing how adorable she looked as she bit her bottom lip.
Silently, Blaise knelt on one knee and pulled the box out of his pocket.
"Okay," Blaise said and she slowly opened her eyes, seeing Blaise kneeling before her they grew wide, but she quickly covered up any emotion she may have been feeling, watching Blaise blankly. He took a deep breath.
"Hermione will you make me the happiest man alive, by becoming my wife?" He took her hand and she too knelt so that their eyes were level, Blaise continued, "I love you with all my heart, you are the most beautiful, kind, generous, gentle, smartest person I know, and nothing would make me happier than to spend the rest of my life with you."
Finally as he finished he opened the box, revealing the ring to her. But before Hermione even looked at the ring, she whispered a yes, her voice not being able to go much louder in fear she would begin to cry. Carefully Blaise slipped the elegant ring onto her small finger, before kissing her gently.
Ginny sat on Blaise's couch, just staring at her hands, finally she had stopped crying, although she could still feel the stains drying on her cheek. She felt Draco shift slightly next to her. Neither of them spoke.
She looked down at her left hand, fiddling with the engagement ring on her finger. Draco shifted again, standing this time, and Ginny finally looked up as she watched his back move toward the window and stand there, his hands grasping the window seal tightly.
She took a deep breathe and ignoring the large lump in her throat she began to talk.
"Draco, I'm sorry," she managed to whisper. He turned to face her, his face softened at her quiet voice, before being replaced with a blank look, a look Ginny knew well when he tried to cover p any emotion he was feeling. He turned back and looked out the window.
When he didn't say anything, she tried again.
"Draco, please, just let me explain," Ginny said, ignoring the lump, her voice becoming louder then a whisper.
Draco shook his head, but continued to look out the window.
"I don't want your explanation Ginny," he finally spoke, running a hand through his blonde hair.
"I don't care," Ginny said confidently, standing up, "I need you to listen to me."
Draco finally turned away from the window and faced her.
"Why should I listen to you?" He asked, his voice cold.
"Because I know you don't want to end it like this," Ginny replied, her voice quavering a bit, she could feel the tears beginning to form again, he really does want to end it, she said to herself silently.
He watched her carefully, waiting for her to continue, to tell him why she lied to him.
"I- I wasn't supposed to know where he was," She whispered, " I found out by accident, I went to the burrow by accident the day he was leaving, he – he asked me not to tell anyone, especially you, Draco, because he said you wouldn't understand,"
"He was right, I don't understand how some one could be that selfish and leave everyone who cared about him behind, just so he could have a better life," Draco interrupted. Ginny looked at him.
"That's not why he left," Ginny said quietly. Draco knew she was right, but he still couldn't help but feel angry.
"Then tell me why he left Ginny, tell me what the big reason was," He said harshly, the bitterness clear in his voice.
"He left so we could have a better future, he didn't want anyone to get hurt anymore and he thought the best way to stop that was for him to leave, I begged him to stay, telling him that Deatheater would be after us even if he wasn't there," Ginny answered, looking down at hands, fiddling with her engagement ring again, "He wouldn't listen to me and told me he ws leaving for California but not to tell anyone because if I did then he probably wouldn't come back. He needed the time and space Draco."
Draco looked at Ginny, but before he could respond, she continued to talk.
"I wanted to tell you so much. Every time you went out searching for I knew that you wouldn't find him and it broke my heart to see you come home disappointed every time, but I couldn't tell you because one I hoped he would come back. I do know how much it hurt you when he left, and I wont stand here and tell you it was easy for me to keep this from you which is why I understand that you need time." Slowly the tears began to slide down her cheeks.
A knock came from Blaise's front door. And before Ginny could move, Draco was already opening it.
"Hello?" he asked frowning.
"Um, hi, is Blaise here?" The girl asked, frowning slightly too.
"I'll just get him," he said, letting the girl in, moving toward the kitchen. He opened the door to find Blaise and Hermione sitting at the small kitchen table, well to be technical Blaise was sitting at the table, while Hermione was sitting in his lap.
"Um, Blaise, there's some girl here asking for you," he said awkwardly. Unfazed, Hermione stood up to let Blaise go see his visitor, but he grabbed her hand and kept her close to his side as they followed Draco back into the lounge room and to the hallway where the mystery person was.
"Emma," He said smiling, "what are you doing here?"
His cousin looked up at him, her blue eyes filled with a slight look of worry. Draco left and returned to the lounge.
"Your folder must have got mixed up with my stuff toady and we took it by mistake, I dropped by your office but no one was there and I thought it was a bit heavy to attach it to Zabi," She said grinning at him at the mention of their childhood owl.
"Oh, thanks," Blaise said taking the folder and carelessly placing it on the hallway bench.
"Would you like a drink?" Hermione asked, smiling brightly.
Emma shook her head, her straight brown hair flick slightly, "Brain's waiting for me in the car downstairs, we've got a late shoot tonight," she vaguely she glanced down at Hermione's hand's, Blaise noticed this.
"Congratulations," She said, hugging a slightly shocked Hermione, who hadn't expected anyone to notice the ring yet, as Emma turned to hug Blaise.
'SO I'll mum to set and extra place on Tuesday?" She asked him and he nodded, grabbing Hermione's hand again.
"Well, I expect I'll see you soon," Emma told them before opening Blaise's front door and letting herself out.
"Blaise, she already knew you were going to ask me, didn't she?" Hermione asked.
Blaise nodded in reply, " I told her, but I didn't tell her when, so Tuesday night, do you want to meet the rest of my family?"
Hermione nodded, before kissing him gently. Blaise deepened the kiss, but Hermione pulled away.
"I wonder how Draco and Ginny are going?" She asked, ignoring Blaise's attempts to kiss her again.
Draco walked back into the lounge room, vaguely thinking about the person he had just met, she seemed so familiar.
Looking up to where he had left Ginny he found an empty spot. Quickly he glanced around the room, but found it empty.
Slowly, he sank into the leather lounge, and put his head into his hands. That's when he noticed. There on the coffee table was the ring he had given Ginny, a lump formed in his throat and Draco felt the need to throw up.
Instead he picked the ring up and slowly turned it in his fingers, the bile rising in his throat.
"Draco, where's Ginny?" Hermione asked him. He looked up from the lounge and looked at the couple, tears prickling his eyes. Suddenly he didn't care that she lied to him, he needed her in his life.
He stood up and moved towards the fireplace, throwing a handful of the green powder into the fireplace, he stepped into the green flames and called out 'the burrow' hoarsely.
Hermione and Blaise watched as Draco disappeared before their eyes, before Blaise bent down and picked up something off the floor.
On closer inspection he found that it was Ginny's engagement ring, the ring Draco had dragged Blaise around for hours trying to find.
He looked at Hermione and showed her the ring.
"She won't be at the burrow," Hermione said quickly and stepped toward the fireplace, "Go get Draco and bring him back to our apartment." (A/N; 'our apartment' means Hermione's and Ginny's)
Blaise watched as Hermione disappeared with the green flames, before stepping in and following Draco to the burrow.
Draco stepped out of the fireplace, to come face to face with Mr. & Mrs. Weasley, Ron, Fred, George and Harry. Ignoring all their stairs. He looked straight at Ron.
"I need to see Ginny," He asked, and Ron's stunned face turned confused.
"She's not here," HE began.
"I need to see her," Draco said, not believing him and tried to step past the two Weasley twins who were standing in front of the kitchen door.
"Draco, love, she's not here," Mrs. Weasley interrupted, standing up from the table, "What's happened?"
Draco looked form Ron, to Harry, obviously neither of them had told anyone what had happened earlier.
"Draco," Blaise stepped out from the fireplace, "good evening Mr and Mrs. Weasley, I would love to stay and chat, but I need to take Draco with me for a second."
He pulled the blonde boy back into to the fireplace, before anyone could object and flooed to the girls apartments.
Mrs. Weasley looked at Ron, then at Harry.
"Would either of you like to explain to me what is going on?" She asked sternly.
Hermione stepped out of the fireplace and into the lounge room of the apartment she and Ginny shared. She knew this was where Ginny would have come, the burrow was always busy and she wouldn't want to face anyone at the moment.
Quietly she moved into the hallways, which lead to the bathroom and each of their bedrooms. Finally she came to the redhead's door. Slowly she knocked, before carefully opening the door, revealing a sobbing Ginny curled up in a ball on her bed.
"Gin," Hermione said softly and sat next to her best friend.
"Hermione, I've really mucked things up now," She sobbed, crawling into her lap, as Hermione stroked her hair.
"You know that's not true, you did it because you love Harry like a brother, Draco understands that," Hermione comforted her.
Ginny shook her head.
"No, he doesn't he hates me, I betrayed him Mione, I don't expect him to want me now," She said, a new wave of tears flowing down.
"Ginny," Draco's hoarse voice came from the doorway.
Ginny sat up, and Hermione used the opportunity to stand and leave the room, leaving them together once again.
"N matter what, I don't want our engagement to turn out like their's" Blaise said as Hermione wrapped her arms around him once joining him in the lounge.
"Your what?" Ron's shocked voice came, and the couple now noticed that Ron and Harry had both stepped out of the girl's fireplace.
"Blaise asked me to marry him, and I said yes," Hermione said calmly, a smile forming on her face.
"Congratulations," "I'm happy for you," Came Harry and Ron's replies.
Both Hermione and Blaise beamed at the comments.
"So, um, are Ginny and Draco here?" Harry asked nervously.
"They need time together Harry," Hermione replied, looking at her friend, "we on the other hand need to catch up,"
Harry nodded.
"Anyone want a drink?" Blaise offered, Ron nodded, while Harry sat down motionlessly.
"I'm just going to get changed," Hermione announced, moving back down the hallway, placing a silencing charm on Ginny's room so that both groups could go uninterrupted.
Suddenly Draco didn't know what to say. He knelt at the foot of Ginny's bed, and took her hand. Gently he reached up and wiped away her tears.
"I'm sorry," He whispered, his voice breaking slightly, "I need you, I can't live without you Gin,"
she didn't say anything, but a stray tear slid down her cheek.
"I forgive you, please Ginny don't leave me alone," Draco continued.
"I won't," Ginny whispered back, placing her hand on his. He leaned up and kissed her gently, his lips brushing hers softly.
"I love you," he said confidently as he slipped the ring Blaise had given back to him back on her finger.
Together they laid back down on the bed, where Ginny snuggled close to him, her tears now gone.
A/N: okay so I'm going to leave it here…next chapter will probably be either the gang catching up or I might move the story forward a bit more…. anyway hopefully I'll be bale to update soon….
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