Zacharias Smith noticed the woman he was talking to, Cho Chang, had turned her glaze to stare at someone behind him. "Cho?" he asked, politely.
"Oh, sorry," she apologized. "But I saw Ginny and some other woman walking towards us." She nodded behind him.
Zacharias quickly turned to see the stunning, and very pregnant, Ginny Malfoy and an even more stunning, and very unpregnant, blond woman walking towards them with what looked like a clear purpose. Ginny looked lovely, with her long red hair and pregnant lady glow. But Ginny was nothing compared to the woman beside her. The woman had gourgeous blond hair that was cascading sexily over her shoulders, enhancing the slender, creamy skin. Her green, clingly dress showed off her small waist and curves. Her face might have been even more beautiful than her perfect body. Her face was flawless with an innocence that he doubted were true.
And, he realized with delight, they were walking stright towards Cho and him.
"Hello," Cho greeted the women.
"Hello, Cho," Ginny greeted her friend warmly.
Zacharias smiled and merely nodded at the women in acknowledgement of their arrival.
"Zacharias," Ginny said, quickly, "this is Daphne Greengrass, Draco's friend." She introduced the beautiful woman with the ease of a Malfoy and hospitality of a Weasley.
Daphne smiled at him beautifully. With a chivery he wasn't aware he had, Zacharias gently took her hand and lifted it to his mouth to place a small kiss on her hand. For a moment she looked stunned -- he liked that "A pleasure to meet you, Miss Greengrass."
She smiled, obviously waiting the other half of the introduction.
Ginny, as if catching on, quickly rushed out, "And Daphne, this is Zacharias Smith."
Ignoring Ginny, but as if taking cue from her, Daphne said sweetly, "Charmed I'm sure, Mr. Smith."
Zacharias let himself take a moment of silence to let her innocent beauty set in. She was unlike any other woman he had ever met, and he had met quite a few beautiful woman in his life. Daphne didn't just have an innocent face, but she had a look in her eyes as if she knew something no one else knew. It was like she held a secret that no one could possible understand but her.
She smiled peacefully and demurely at him without saying a word. The silence wasn't uncomfortable, but it wasn't comfortable either. Cho obviously couldn't take the silence any longer and said, "So, Daphne, how do you know Draco?"
"I went to Hogwarts with him. I was in Slytherin," Daphne added plainly, her smile never faultering.
Zacharias found himself even more intrigued by her statement. A Slytherin? Well that could prove interesting.
"Oh," was all Cho could say.
Cho smiled at Daphne, but not as perfectly unflawed as Daphne smiled at her. Just a few moment before Zacharias had been in the middle of trying to get Cho to go home with him, and now he was comparing her to Daphne. As if she compared.
Without warning, Cho's false smile began to spread into a geniune smile. "Micheal," she exclaimed to someone behind Daphne and Zacharias. Ginny frowned at the person.
Daphne turned with Zacharias to see who Cho was addressing. Micheal Corner, Zarcharias friend, stood behind the two of them in a suit. He wore a tight expression that was somewhere between a smile and a frown, almost stright mouthed.
"Hello, Micheal," Zacharias greeted him, reaching out to shake his hand.
After a moment Zacharias realized that something strange had came over Daphne. Her sensual mouth that had been in a small, perfected smile was now frowning and her eyes lost their mystery. Her eyes were dull and without a trace of mystery, but filled with hurt and confusion, but most of all shock. She obviously knew Micheal, but didn't like him. For some reason, without knowing her really, Zacharias knew her composure rarely faultered even slightly. Something about her and Micheal's history made her loose her composure.
In a blink of an eye, her shoulders re-straightened and her lips curved into her small smile again. She was back to herself. Zacharias was confused by her breif lost of composure.
"If you'll excuse me," she said quickly, trying to make a polite exit.
"Of course," Ginny said with sympathy that was not masked well.
Cho leaned forward and kissed Micheal gently on the lips. Obliviously, or just uncaring, to Daphne's new reaction, Cho slid next to Micheal and Micheal brought his arm around her, pulling her to his side.
Again, in a blink of her eye, Daphne regained her composure.
"Daphne," Cho said, "Why do you want to leave so soon?"
"I just..." Daphne stuttered, "I just want..."
When she trailed off, at a lost for words, Zacharias said, "We just want to go out for some air."
Before even Daphne could respond, Zacharias linked her arm with his and started to lead him to her to the door to the balcony.