Blaise got to his apartment and went straight to his study. He sat down in his leather office chair and put his head in his hands. He hated asking Ginny to relive that horrible night, but he had to hear her story, he had to see if the pieces of the puzzle fit together. Three days ago he got the oddest call of his life.
Blaise was in his office at the Ministry, filing some paperwork, when his secretary came in.
"You have a visitor, Sir." She said quietly, being rather intimidated by the cold slytherin.
"Who is it?" Blaise barked, "I'm a busy man." He still enjoyed making people like her squirm.
"Umm, he wouldn't give me a name, Sir, but he said he's an old friend."
"Fine, send him in." She shut the door quietly. It opened again shortly after but Blaise didn't look up. A voice he hadn't heard in a long time made him drop the papers he was looking through.
"Long time no see B."
When Draco had walked into his office that day, Blaise was in shock. He didn't know what to think. All he knew was that his best friend who was supposedly dead was standing right in front of him. On questioning Draco, all Blaise found out was that Draco was alive and needed a place to stay. Blaise gladly offered him apartment and that's about all that was said that first day. The next day, yesterday, Blaise didn't have to work so he and Draco spent the day talking. All Draco wanted to know was what was going on with Ginny. He only told Blaise bits of what happened the day the Dark Lord fell. He said a friend saved his life but he had to go into hiding. He wouldn't say who, and he wouldn't say why. Now that he was home Blaise didn't know what to do. He and Draco where always completely honest with each other in Hogwarts, but now Draco was keeping secrets from him. The door to his study opened with a creak.
"Blaise?" Draco's voice was cautious.
"Ya?"
"You went to go see Ginny." It was a statement, not a question.
"How did you know that?"
"Because I know you. So, what did she say? Is she glad I'm back?"
"I didn't tell her." Blaise waited for the explosion.
"WHAT? You didn't tell her? Why not?" Draco was livid, how could Blaise do this to him.
"Drake, calm down, let me explain." Blaise's voise was as cool as water. "Sit down and we can talk." Draco reluctantly sat down. "She's been through hell, she's not over what happened. She wants to move on, work on her career, get on with life. How would she feel knowing you've been alive all this time and you haven't even tried to see her?"
"I've seen her. All those days in hiding, every second she was on my mind. Those times I was wandering around, I'd see her, I'd see how happy she was. I was afraid Blaise, afraid. What if she'd moved on, what if she didn't love me anymore. I couldn't stand not having her love. When I was first let out, I went to her office, they told me she wasn't there. So I came to you. I didn't know where else to look for her. Her parents never knew about us, they would just stare at me and tell me to go away. I came to you. I knew you would understand and you of all people would know where I would find her." Draco had unshed tears in his eyes. "Please Blaise, please help me back into her heart."
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