Title: Helping Her
Genre: Humor/Romance
Category: Full Story
Summary: No one ever thought Draco Malfoy would show compassion. But him being the cause of a major turn up at Hogwarts, he must show at least a spark of it for what he has to deal with.
Krysta's Notes: Sorry for this, I really planned for them to have a day at the lake but Draco ended up losing his memory, so I'm gonna have to play with it. And as you saw, Ginny is going to ask Blaise to the Halloween Ball! So, the BlaiseGinny part is being resolved a bit.
Disclaimer
Krysta ((in front of crowd)) so, this is why I was denied rights to own Harry Potter.
Reporter: I'm suing you! I'm J.K. ((takes off mask))
Krysta: What the hell? Alright! I admit defeat. I don't own Harry Potter. But I do own the plot and this adorable Draco plushie. ((squeezes plushie and it squeaks)) This is as close to the characters as you can get from me...
Helping Her's Pensieve:
"Harry, what's up?" Ron asked, when Harry practically shoved the bacon into his mouth like he was trying to choke himself.
"Zabini knew. I asked him where Hermione was last night, and he said he didn't know. Damn bastard."
"I told you, mate, they're all evil." Ron said, through a mouthful of sausage.
"I just wish Hermione didn't need them so damn much." Harry said.
What he said was partly true. Hermione did need them. But, Blaise's teary face at night, and calm but nerve wrecked demeanor during the day proved something else. That they needed Hermione too. And probably more than she needed them.
Always thankful to Sabrina!((DarkReader)) my wonderful beta and friend for being so handy in the art of grammar!
Krysta
Chapter 10: Sugar High and My Date to the Ball
Blaise was on his way out of the Hospital Wing. Walking slowly towards the Great Hall, he opened the doors and sat down at his respective table, knowing that Potter and Weasley were glaring at him, but he felt another set of eyes on him. Dismissing it as everyone was let out, Blaise made his way towards the greenhouses for Herbology.
At lunch, Blaise was finishing up his homework chart for Arithmancy when he felt a gaze on him. Frustrated, he finished his chart with a flourish and left the Hall towards the Slytherin Common Room.
Harry and Ron had gone to see Hermione after Divination. ((So, Blaise's aforementioned Arithmancy homework, was due the same time as Harry and Ron had Divination))
Walking up the stairs to the fourth floor, they opened the doors to see Hermione helping Madam Pomfrey sort out things on a cart.
"Hermione!" Harry said. The girl turned around and smiled, giving Harry and Ron a hug.
"What were you doing?"
"I was helping the nurse put the potions on the cart!" She told them, sitting on her bed, which was made up neatly.
"I'm allowed to leave, now Harry." She said, telling the nurse goodbye afterwards.
"Come on, we have a free period, let's find Ginny." Harry said, taking Hermione by the hand and leading her from the Infirmary.
They walked out onto the grounds after Hermione put on a Gryffindor t-shirt and jeans. Ginny was sitting in the middle of the field, doing her homework. Hermione ran towards her and flipped over her head.
"Hi Ginny!" Hermione said chirpily, as Ginny launched about five good inches off the ground.
"Hermione!" She gasped, out of breath.
"Don't do that!" Harry and Ron laughed at Ginny, whose face was flushed.
"Sorry!" Hermione said, sitting down next to Ginny, who was picking up her books and such. Dean and Seamus came outside and began chatting with Harry and Ron about Quidditch, so Ginny and Hermione walked away from them.
"Let's play tag...You're it!" Hermione said, running away from Ginny.
"Hermione! No fair!" Ginny said, placing a featherweight charm on her bag and running after Hermione. She crashed, yet again, into a very frustrated Blaise Zabini. She jumped up without her bag and sprinted after Hermione. Blaise picked up the bag, noting the charm on it, and slung it over his shoulder.
"Tag!" Ginny said, out of breath. She and Hermione had been playing tag for fifteen minutes, running away from each other. Hermione collapsed on her bum and Ginny slid down next to her. They were in the middle of the hallway.
"Okay, Ginny, you got me." Hermione stood up.
"We gotta go."
"Oh no! I must have dropped my bag when I ran into Zabini!" Ginny said, running off again. Hermione followed her, but Ginny wasn't paying any attention to the little girl, she was walking back outside, where Blaise stood with her bag. Hermione hid behind a bush to watch them.
"Thanks." She said, taking the bag from him.
"Welcome. What were you doing anyway?"
"Playing tag with Hermione." A downcast look came over his face.
"It'll be back to normal soon." She assured him awkwardly.
"Hope so."
"I'm sorry for last night. I was feeling a little angry." Blaise admitted.
"S'okay. I didn't have to slap you, though." She smiled.
"Did you hear about the ball?" Blaise smiled and nodded.
"Yeah. It's a bore. Not like anyone would go with a Slytherin anyway." Ginny blushed.
"Well-- I was wondering-- you know-- if you don't have anyone to go with-- I mean-- I have a costume and-- if you really want to--"
"Weasley? Are you asking me to the Halloween Ball?"
"Maybe..." Ginny blushed red.
"I think it's sweet. And maybe I'll go with you." Blaise said softly. He leaned over and kissed Ginny softly on the lips. Ginny's eyes were wide with surprise as she watched Blaise walk up the hill. Hermione smiled from behind the bush. She began to walk back into Hogwarts, towards the kitchens.
'That was cute. But I knew Ginny liked him anyway, she always acted that way around him. Besides, she was practically staring him down at breakfast and lunch. It might've made him a little ticked...'
'That was wonderful! But he shouldn't have done that I might end up catching him in the halls and shagging him.' Ginny thought as she made her way to Charms. How she was going to pass this exam was beyond her, she'd probably end up writing Blaise's name all over the test, even where her name was supposed to go.
She got lucky; she got as far as 'Ginny' and then wrote 'Zabini'. She magically erased it before the Professor came over.
Hermione tickled the pear on the kitchen door, a tip she had gotten from Professor Dumbledore. The elves were scurrying around, and she sat at the table. Dobby walked up to her.
"Miss Hermione? Staff is saying you is little, but you is really little!"
"Hello!" She said, waving to Dobby.
"I is Dobby. What do you need, Miss Hermione?"
"Can I have some chocolate chip and some sugar cookies?" Dobby nodded.
"Okay, Miss Hermione. I be right back." Hermione swung her feet from the kitchen table, tapped her fingers patiently for Dobby to come back.
"Here you are, Miss Hermione." Dobby said, handing her two freezer bags full of cookies. One bag was chocolate and the other was sugar.
"Ooh! Thank you, Dobby!" She said, hugging the elf and returning to the Gryffindor Common Room.
In the Common Room, Hermione sat on the couch, eating the bag of chocolate cookies first and then the sugar cookies. When the boys and Ginny came back inside, Hermione was jumping around on the couches and chairs.
"Hermione!" Harry said, grabbing the girl and setting her on the floor.
"What's wrong with you?" Ron asked, but Ginny seemed to know.
"Are you two that blind?" Ginny asked the two who were trying to calm Hermione down.
"Yes, then tell us, genius!" Ron said, dodging Hermione's arms, which were swinging around in an attempt to free herself. She smacked Harry's glasses off, and managed to knee Ron in his groin. He moaned in pain.
She jumped around.
"She's sugar high!" They looked at her crazily.
"Hermione!" She stopped and skipped over to Ginny.
"What did you eat today?"
"I ate some eggs, some bacon, an orange, a banana, a sandwich, some vanilla pudding, a bag of chocolate cookies, and a bag of sugar cookies!" She said, bouncing on the balls of her feet.
"Sugar high is when you have so much sugar in your system that it speeds you up, so it'll wear off if she keeps running around."
"But we have Quidditch practice!" Harry complained.
"And Hermione is five!" Ginny whined right back. "She needs to be taken care of."
"Let her run around the pitch. The bludgers don't fly that low." Harry said.
"Fine, but you're in trouble if she gets hurt."
"Why can't you watch her?" Ron asked his sister.
"I have class. A dangerous class that Hermione can't be in because we're learning dangerous stuff."
"Oh." Harry said, taking Hermione's hand and telling her that they were going to the Quidditch Pitch. She ran off, and Harry and Ron followed, while Ginny went to History of Magic.
'They are too easy!' Ginny thought. 'I already had Charms, Transfiguration, and DADA. Potions isn't dangerous, neither is Arithmancy!'
They started, and at first, Hermione took to running through the stands. But when the practice really kicked off, Hermione flew onto the field and began running around in circles and also unknowingly dodging the bludgers at the same time. She was close once, and Harry swooped down to grab her and dropped her on the stands.
"Stay put." By then, she had calmed herself down, and watched them play.
"Well, it seems we intruded on the Gryffindorks' practice." A voice said. The team touched down to face a crowd of green-robed Slytherins.
"Get off the field, Malfoy." Harry said, keeping Hermione out of his view. But he saw her.
"I don't think we will, Potter. And are you protecting the itty bitty Mudblood from the big bad Slytherins?" He asked, pointing to Hermione. Harry pulled out his wand, but Hermione was quick. She grabbed it out of his hand and yelled.
"Stupefy!" The Slytherin Team fell back, Draco landing hard on the ground.
"I don't need protecting, Malfoy. Especially from you, creeps." Hermione walked over to him and kicked him in the side.
"But you should have protection from me." Hermione walked towards the castle, tossing Harry's wand back to him.
"She's not sugar high anymore." He said to himself, as the team broke off the practice.
In the Common Room, Dean and Ginny seemed to be arguing.
"But I like you Ginny! How could you go with him?"
"Because, Dean, I like him, alright! I can go to the ball with whomever I want. And you have no say in this!"
"What about Ron? Won't he be mad?"
"Well, then let him be! Because I'm going with him whether you like it or not!" And Ginny stormed up the stairs. Hermione followed her up.
"Going with Blaise?" She asked.
"How'd you know?"
"You've been staring at him all morning, and at lunch. He got a little pissed, though." Hermione said, sitting next to Ginny.
"How do I tell Ron?" Ginny asked her.
"Just, tell him. Say 'Ron, I'm going to the ball with Blaise Zabini.' Mind you, not on the top of a hill, but somewhere near pillows." Hermione suggested.
"You're right." Ginny walked back down the stairs.
"Ginny? You're going with--" Ron couldn't even finished his sentence. Dean had just told him.
"Yes! Alright, yes! My date to the Ball is Blaise Zabini!" She yelled, and everyone was quiet.
"Now, leave me the hell alone!" And everyone left her alone.
Krysta's Notes: Next Chapter, holds some reconciliation with Pansy and Hermione, but not Blaise yet... Sorry!
Helping Her's Crystal Ball:
Hermione hugged her.
"Pansy, I'm sorry. I just thought it'd be easy if things were normal for Draco to get his memory back."
"He's not gonna get it back that way, thinking that he still hates you. He needs to see that one time he did have a fun time with you, and that he did care."
"And nothing is normal if you make it that way." Pansy told her.
"I'm not ready to go back to Blaise, yet. I'm still a little off about that." Hermione told her.
"That's alright, but in the meantime, let's have some fun!"
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