Valentine's and Easter
Ohh…I'm changing so that Leah is only like…popular singer in the wizarding world. Muggle world just brings too much stress.
By the time Valentine's day had come, Leah had already promised to dance with about seven guys. She was sitting in the library reading a book that she had bought over the summer but never got the chance to read until now. Harry, Ron and Hermione had gone to dinner. The party thing was the next day, but Leah didn't feel like rehearsing songs that night. She knew all her songs and felt no reason to practice them. The sound of a chair being pulled away from the table brought Leah's attention away from her book. She looked up to see a tall boy about her age sit down in front of her. She recognized him as one of Draco's friends.
"What's up?" Leah asked, looking suspicious.
"Nothing much." Blaise said. Leah tilted her head. "What?"
"Did Malfoy tell you to talk to me?" Leah asked.
"No…should he have?" Blaise asked. Leah shook her head. There was a minute of silence.
"Let me guess…dance." Leah said.
"Dance? Oh right the valentine's party." Blaise said. Leah smiled slightly.
"Well…you'll have to join the list." She said. She reached into her bag and pulled out a piece of paper that had names of the seven guys Leah had already promised to dance with. "Just so I remember who."
"You need a list?" Blaise asked, smirking. Leah smiled and shrugged. "Alright then. How many dances do I get?"
"One…unless you pay." Leah joked.
"How much?" Blaise asked, jokingly.
"Hundred galleons." Leah said.
"Well then." Blaise said. "You are joking right?" Leah smiled more and nodded.
"You are Malfoy's friend…right?" She asked.
"Yeah." Blaise said. "Why?"
"Just wondering." Leah said. "Well…add your name if you want a dance."
"Why not." Blaise said, pulling the paper to him and writing his name down. "See you there." He stood up. They smiled at each other before Blaise left. Leah looked down at the list before putting it back into her bag and returning to her book.
"Where'd you go?" Pansy asked Blaise when he entered the Slytherin Common Room. Draco looked up at Blaise.
"Library." Blaise said, smiling.
"What's in there that got you so happy?" Draco asked.
"Leah." Blaise said.
"You're calling her by her real first name now?" Pansy asked. Blaise just shrugged. "What happened?"
"Talked to her…joked with her." Blaise said. "Managed to get a dance with her."
"What?" Draco asked.
"You heard what Drake." Blaise said. He looked at Draco then at Pansy. "Hey…Parkinson. Need to do some man talk. Get lost." Pansy gasped but rose and went up to her dorm, muttering something. Blaise sat down on the couch with Draco.
"What?" Draco asked again.
"Would you know why, when I first showed up, Black asked me if you told me to go talk to her?" Blaise asked. Draco stared at him for a second.
"I don't know. Should I?" He asked, pretending to not care.
"I think you should. Not only was she suspicious about be being there at the beginning…but you seemed pretty pissed just now." Blaise said. "I guess it wouldn't help if I told you about her having a list of guys that she's going to dance with tomorrow."
"What!" Draco asked, jumping up.
"What do you have with this girl, man?" Blaise asked.
"Nothing." Draco said, sitting down.
"Yeah right." Blaise said. "You're really not acting like all the other guys who just want to get on her good side just to sleep with her."
"Just drop it man. Dance with her…snog her…shag her…I don't bloody well care." Draco said. He then went up to his dorm.
"Riiight…he doesn't care." Blaise said, smirking slightly and shaking his head.
Leah did about three songs at the start before jumping off the stage and dancing with four of the guys she had promised. Once she finished with the fourth, she did five more songs before dancing with the other guys. When she got to Blaise, she found him waiting extremely patiently. She thought he wouldn't be that patient…especially knowing he was one of Draco's best friends.
"Hey." Leah said.
"You ready?" Blaise asked. Leah nodded. "Cool. Let's dance." Leah smiled and moved to the dance floor with Blaise. They started dancing.
"You're pretty good…what ya do?" Leah asked.
"Huh?" Blaise asked.
"Dancing…how'd you get good at it?" Leah asked.
"Just watching mostly." Blaise said. Leah shook her head, smiling. She did two more songs before ending and winding up spending the rest of the night sitting at the bar and talking with Blaise or dancing with him. Thankfully Ron was too busy with Hermione, and Harry was busy with Ginny, for any of them to notice.
Leah wound up booking a 'date' with Blaise for the next club meeting (she didn't play then) and for the next one after that which was another all school visit. Hermione and Ginny found out two nights after the Valentine's visit when the three girls were pretty much alone on the grounds.
"So you're dating Blaise Zambini now?" Hermione asked, raising an eyebrow.
"No…at least…I don't think so." Leah said. "Definitely doesn't look like that from my side. But it might from his. I don't know." She sighed and glanced over at the pack of Slytherin's that were about twelve feet from them. Draco and Blaise were part of it. Blaise caught Leah's eye and smiled. She smiled slightly back before looking at Hermione and Ginny.
"Well…it would promote inter-house unity." Hermione said. "I mean…you're Gryffindor…he's Slytherin. You two together can maybe put an end to the two houses centuries long fight."
"Glad you see it as a good thing." Leah said. "But remember…I don't consider me and him as a dating couple. I just consider it as a friendship."
"Yeah ok." Ginny said. Leah punched her in the arm before laughing.
Gryffindor won the next quidditch match against Hufflepuff by two-hundred and eighty to one-hundred and seventy. Harry and Ron found out about Leah and Blaise when he appeared out of no where after the team had changed and left the change room. He had hugged Leah and congratulated her while Leah went scarlet and glanced at Ron and Harry, both were giving her evil looks.
"You could have told us you were dating Zambini!" Harry said loudly as he and Ron managed to get Leah away from Blaise and the rest of the Gryffindor team. They had gone to the lake while the others went into the school.
"I'm not dating him." Leah said. "And I didn't tell you anything because I knew you would take it badly."
"Of course we'd take it badly!" Ron said. "He's a Slytherin. And worse yet…he's friends with Malfoy!"
"This is exactly why I don't want to share my personal life with you guys." Leah said.
"You're personal life was Harry a few years ago." Ron said.
"Yeah…and that turned out just so well didn't it." Leah said, sarcastically.
"Still…we're your friends. We should know who you date." Harry said.
"Well my friends should be supportive of my decisions. They shouldn't nag me about who I decide to date." Leah said.
"AH HA! So you are dating him!" Harry said.
"I didn't mean it that way you bloody idiot!" Leah said. "Like I said…this is why I don't share my personal life with you guys because you guys just don't like the fact that I'm around someone and it's not you guys. Just because I was practically inseparable from you two for the first three years here…doesn't mean I am now!" With that, Leah turned around and marched up to the school.
Even considering the fight, Leah, Harry and Ron made up a few days later. They agreed that so long as Leah was happy…then they'd have to except what she choice. They also agreed that Harry and Ron had full permission to beat up Blaise if he ever hurt Leah in any way. Also…they didn't want to see Leah and Blaise together.
"You actually gave them permission to do that?" Blaise asked as he and Leah walked around the lake two days before the next club visit.
"Of course." Leah said, smiling. "Why? You afraid of Harry and Ron beating you up?"
"No." Blaise said.
"Well…I had to give them permission." Leah said. "Their my friends. It's their job to worry about me."
"No it's not." Blaise said.
"No really it is." Leah said. "They made some kind of contract back in second year that said they were allowed to worry about me whenever they wanted. They had me sign it too."
"You are serious?" Blaise asked, staring at Leah.
"Yep." Leah said, smiling and nodding. Blaise just laughed. "I know…we're weird."
"Maybe…but you are definitely hot enough to make up for it." Blaise said. He made it sound more like a compliment then anything so Leah didn't take it badly. "You give them a lot of permission."
"Yeah…I'm a nice guy…girl…person." Leah said.
'I think girl works best." Blaise said, sliding am arm loosely around Leah's waist. Leah didn't move away, surprising both of them. "Here's a question. Would you give me permission to kiss you?"
"Kiss me…how?" Leah asked.
"Only a small one." Blaise said, flashing a cute little smile.
"Hmm…let me think about it." Leah said, smiling slightly. "How about we compromise."
"How?" Blaise asked, raising an eyebrow in curiosity.
"How about I kiss you?" Leah said.
"Works for me." Blaise said, smiling. Leah laughed slightly before leaning forward and kissing him gently. Slowly, Leah wrapped her arms around his neck. It almost felt like that first time she kissed Draco that year, except this time, the rape flashes didn't stop her. The kiss grew from the small one that it was supposed to be, into a more passionate one.
Somehow Leah wound up with her back against a tree with Blaise's hands running up and down her sides. He was the one that pulled away, leaving both of them gasping for air.
"That's really not my idea of a small kiss…" Blaise said. Leah laughed softly, still trying to catch her breath. "God…you sure do know how to kiss."
"I've had practice." Leah said.
"No doubt there." Blaise said.
"Somehow…I'm getting the feeling you wanna go for like…round two or something." Leah said.
"Well…ok yeah pretty much." Blaise said. They both laughed before Blaise kissed Leah again. This time she had no rape flashes so Leah gave all into the kiss. She could tell Blaise was slightly surprised by it but he obviously recovered fast. His hands slid from her waist to her lower back and pulled her against him. Leah pulled away to breath, never really having caught her breath after the first kiss. She opened her eyes slightly.
"Ok…who wins?" Leah asked.
"Let's just say that you did." Blaise said.
"Ok then." Leah said.
Later that night as she lie in bed, she couldn't help but wonder…was she kissing Blaise because he was…well…himself…or was she kissing him because he was like Draco and somehow Draco was almost always on her mind now-a-days. Leah sighed and rolled over onto her side, staying at the curtains around her bed. She fell asleep after twenty minutes of lying with her eyes closed and thinking.
Over the next three weeks, news about Leah and Blaise was pretty much all over the school. He sat in front of her in potions and had charmed a piece of a paper so that, occasionally, they could talk in classes without appearing to do so. Leah stayed true to her word though and wasn't around Blaise as much as some people thought they would or should be. Harry and Ron barely had to see them together. Only occasionally when Blaise would either take Leah from them either during spare period or during meals. For their part, Harry and Ron said nothing at all.
Same went for Draco. He didn't say anything and always went silent whenever talk turned to Leah and Blaise started talking about all the fun times he's had. Although neither of them mentioned 'love' whenever the subject in conversations got thrown in the direction of the couple. They both said it was just a for-fun thing. Leah didn't talk much about her and Blaise when Harry and Ron were around. Hermione and Ginny told the guys things anyways. Little by little Harry and Ron stopped caring…especially when the girls alternated telling them and kissing him. Leah normally seemed to walk into the common room after making out with Blaise…only to find Ginny and Harry, or Ron and Hermione…or both sets, making out in the common room. She always laughed about it.
"You do the same thing with Blaise." Ginny pointed out. Harry made a gagging sound behind her.
"I know…but it's funny seeing my best friends do it." Leah said. "And yours is all for the lovey dovey-ness of it. Mine's just for fun." Harry made the gagging sound again. "Shut up Harry." He and Ron had taken to thinking the Leah/Blaise situation was a funny one instead of a bad one. Leah took that as a good sign.
"Why does Malfoy seem so mad?" Hermione asked as she and Leah arrived at potions after muggle studies.
"Huh?" Leah asked, looking up at the Slytherins. Draco was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed, glaring. Pansy was right next to him. "I don't know…probably because he's finally realized that he's stuck with Parkinson." Hermione and Leah laughed, grabbing Blaise's attention.
"Hey babe!" He said, coming over. Leah kissed him quickly. She was glad that Draco and Blaise were still friends. That was definitely a good thing…for some reason. "I got a question, come here." Leah followed him away from the class. "What are you doing over Easter holidays?"
"Umm…I think I'm spending it with my mom." Leah said. "She said she had some things that I should see and know about."
"That sucks on my half then." Blaise said. "I have to stay here."
"Well…spend the time in thinking of things that we can do when I get back." Leah said, smiling. Blaise smiled a huge smile. Snape then caught their attention and they joined the others in going into the dungeon for class.
Leah told Harry, Ron and Hermione that Sabrina had something planed and that she couldn't tell them why because she didn't know why. Harry had thought it had something to do with Dumbledore.
"So where are we going mom?" Leah asked as she slid into the passenger seat of a car Sabrina had gotten.
"Visiting." Sabrina said.
"Who? Or what?" Leah asked.
"A bit of both." Sabrina said. Leah was quiet. They drove for about an hour before Sabrina stopped the car at the entrance of a cemetery. "Come on." Leah looked confused. "Come on." She got out of the car and followed Sabrina through the tombstones. They stopped in front of a pair of tombstones. Leah's eyes widened when she read the names.
"Mom…why are we at James and Lilly's graves?" She asked.
"Because we've never been here." Sabrina said.
"Yeah…because it's a graveyard…graveyards are creepy." Leah said.
"There's also…another reason." Sabrina said. Leah frowned. "Lilly's been in your dreams lately hasn't she."
"Her and dad…and sometimes James…sometimes grandma and grandpa." Leah said. "In yours too I'm guessing."
"Yeah." Sabrina said.
"Why? Why are dead people visiting us?" Leah asked.
"I don't know. But…" Sabrina said. She went down on her knees and dug a bit at a spot to the right of Lilly's tombstone Leah frowned again. What the hell? "I've been here before…only once. When they were first buried." Sabrina pulled out a box before pushing the dirt back into the hole. She handed the box to Leah. "Lilly and I had these since we were fifteen. Molly had one too. It's in here."
"These?" Leah asked. Sabrina nodded at the box. Leah looked at it. Sabrina, Lilly and Molly were written all over it, as well as friends 4-ever and other stuff like that.
"We kept adding more and more onto them until we left Hogwarts. We added some when Molly and Arthur got married, then a few years later when Lilly and James got married, me and your father got married…we added a few more then." Sabrina said, standing up. "We added some more when Ron was born, then when you were born, and when Harry was born. Go on…open it."
"Ok." Leah said. She opened the box and found three charm bracelets. Each of them had about fifteen or twenty charms on them. "Wow. Mom…they're cool."
"Yep. And now they're yours." Sabrina said. "Use them as friendship things."
"Oooh." Leah said. "I could give Molly's old one to Ginny. Keep yours for myself, and give Lilly's to Hermione…right?"
"That was the idea." Sabrina said. "You three are pretty close. You remind me of…well…Molly, Lilly and myself when we were your guys' age. Cept we were all in the same year…and Hermione has brown hair instead of red." Leah smiled. They walked back to the car and Leah slipped on the bracelet.
"Now what?" She asked, looking from the bracelet to Sabrina.
"What do you turn into?" Sabrina asked, starting the car.
"Huh?" Leah asked.
"Come on Le. You're the child of Sirius Black. If you haven't perfected turning into an animal…he'd be very disappointed." Sabrina said.
"Oh…umm…Panther." Leah said.
"Cool." Sabrina said. "Leopard."
"Huh?" Leah asked.
"Me…I'm a leopard." Sabrina said.
"Oh…why'd you wanna know?" Leah asked.
"Just wondering. Could come in handy someday you know." Sabrina said. "Also umm…this week is a full moon."
"Yeah…Remus turns werewolf. So what?" Leah asked. She has long since been used to this information.
"Well…he's not going to be with the other werewolves you know." Sabrina said. "He's afraid he'll follow them out and bite someone."
"Oh…" Leah said, understanding. "You wanna do what you used to do with Dad and James?" She deliberately left out mentioning Peter. Sabrina nodded. "Cool…can I come?"
"That's why I asked." Sabrina said. "I actually want to see if he has the same reaction towards you as he does with me."
"What's that?" Leah asked.
"He won't attack me." Sabrina said. "I mean there's play fighting…but ever since that one time when he really hurt me near the end of fifth year, Remus seems to be in control of the wolf whenever I'm there…as the leopard of course but he doesn't attack me when I'm myself as well."
"Yeah…I remembered that back in third year." Leah said. "I was wondering what would have happened if dad didn't jump on him and drag Remus away from us."
"I heard about that." Sabrina said. "And I thought we got into dangerous stuff…you, Harry, Ron and Hermione get yourselves nearly killed at least three times a year. At the very least." Leah laughed. "You ok with going back to headquarters?"
"Yeah sure." Leah said. They drove to headquarters in silence, Leah singing along with the radio from time to time.
Tralala! Another chapter is done. I really hope you people don't get mad at me for the Leah/Blaise thing…but she needs some fun in her life this year. And who better to have it with then Draco's best friend? Lol. REVIEWS PLEASE!