October rushed quite fast.
Quidditch matches, lots of class works and assignments, hanging out with Blaise as much as Ginny could, not forgetting Luna as well, and soon, October drew close to an end, with a drama that started with a Slytherin called Tracey Davis.
"Hey Luna, did you hear about the career talk we'll be having with our heads of house tomorrow?"
Luna nodded as they walked past a bunch of empty classrooms.
"Yes, professor Flitwick passed the message across last night. I think it's a great idea too you know? Before we take our NEWTs and all"
Ginny nodded. She really wanted to do well in her exams so the goblins wouldn't have anything against her.
She'd gotten in touch with Bill and he'd been ecstatic that his sibling wanted to follow in his footsteps. He promised that if she did well, he'd recommend her name to the goblins for consideration.
Blaise also passed her the name of the books on silent casting and Occlumency and she sent them to Bill if he had them.
Thankfully, he did. He also passed her a book on basic Wandless magic, saying it was important to know. Things like basic unlocking spells, Wandless Lumos and levitations.
She hadn't even gotten a single one. The book did say she had to be good at Occlumency. Block away all distractions. She'd been doing her meditation exercises for 2 weeks now and while she hadn't really seen any difference, she felt extremely lighter and could remember things she read or saw easily.
"Yeah, it's a really good idea isn't it? I wonder what McGonagall would ask. Especially since we're much this year with the whole mixing and—"
She didn't finish her sentence when 3 people stepped in front of her and Luna.
Ginny frowned when she saw who they were.
Their expensive looking robes billowing in the afternoon breeze. Today was Sunday and both girls had nothing to do, after just finishing their assignments and leaving the library.
The girls glared at the 2 and Ginny subtly tried to bring out her wand, noticing Luna was doing the same.
The ebony haired Slytherin in the middle noticed what she was trying to do and pointed her wand at Ginny, the other 2 doing the same to Luna.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you princess, if you don't want me blowing you up in smithereens "
Tracey Davis, Pansy Parkinson and Millicent Bulstrode.
Ginny gritted her teeth. She knew this 3 were trouble the minute they stepped in front of her and Luna.
"What do you want?"
Pansy stepped in to sneer at Luna and Ginny.
"What do you think you filthy blood traitors?? Hang out with you? Please! We've only come to warn you"
"Stay away from Blaise and Draco. I am warning you two now"
Tracey started, glaring directly at Ginny who glared back. She wasn't one to step back from a challenge.
"I won't say this again. Blaise is mine. I don't know whatever it is you did to him. He is mine. Mine and mine alone. Don't think he'd ever want anything to do with you, bitch. You're just some annoying poor girl who would never amount to anything and you're just looking for a clean break." She drawled.
Ginny wasted no time as she saw red and landed a punch on Tracey's right eye who screeched. Luna immediately went into action, casting the 'expelliarmus' on Pansy and her wand flew into Luna's hands. Millicent though, had her wand and immediately went into action, casting a tongue numbing hex on Luna so she couldn't cast anymore.
At the time, Ginny brought out her wand and cast a bat bogey hex on Millicent who dropped her wand in pain as bogeys took the shape of huge bats and wrenched out of her nose, attacking her and Pansy and giving them scratches.
With Ginny busy, she didn't notice until late when she heard the incantation for the bludgeoning hex. She tried to dive but it still connected to her right shoulder and she felt it disconnect.
She let out a shout of pain in the midst of the chaos and in anger, raised her wand and casted the bat bogey hex on Tracey as well too, hearing her shrieking.
Just then, McGonagall rushed over and gasped.
"What in Merlin's name is going on here?!"
Infirmary
Ginny sat on the bed next to Luna and the other 3 Slytherin girls on beds away from them, groaning and whining and Ginny rolled her eyes.
They really were useless.
She touched her right shoulder and winced. It was still quite sore. Pomphrey had treated her shoulder and given her numbing cream to use but it was still sore.
Luna had also been treated on her tongue numbing and was humming to herself in satisfaction. Ginny chuckled.
She looked to where Tracey was and grinned.
She was sporting a black eye. The swelling had stopped and Pomphrey had also given her numbing cream, but it was still a bit swollen and purple and Ginny giggled. Luna saw where she was looking and also giggled.
Tracey noticed them and glared before wincing.
Ginny had to remove her jacket but Pomphrey told her not to worry about her shirt since it was a spaghetti strap but now she was having real trouble putting it back on without wincing.
Just then, McGonagall walked back in, glaring at them and Ginny sighed.
"Of all the things to fight about, I can't believe its about boys! Honestly! I have informed your heads of house and I am going to be punishing you 5"
Ginny groaned but silenced when McGonagall glared at her.
"5 points removed from Gryffindor and Ravenclaw and 10 points each for you 3 from Slytherin for starting this whole shenanigans. Also, detention throughout next week for you 3 girls"
"but professor!!"
Tracey tried but was silenced as McGonagall turned her back on her and walked out.
Pansy glared at the 2 friends.
"This is all your fault! And you Lovegood! Just leave my drakie poo alone! Did you think I wouldn't find out?"
Luna only hummed and nodded before speaking.
"You should check yourself pyansy. It seems the nargles are quite fond of you"
Pansy shrieked in anger and just then, 4 other Slytherins walked into the infirmary.
Blaise, Draco, Theo and Greengrass.
"What the hell?"
Theo mumbled in amusement. Took one look at Millicent's bandaged nose and red spots on her hands and face, similar to Pansy's, except for the bandaged nose, and Tracey's bandaged nose and swollen eyes and began laughing out loud, holding his tummy like it hurt.
Thankfully Pomphrey didn't come out. Lucky him.
Millicent ignored him, standing up and walking out the infirmary in a grunt.
Pansy shrieked and brought out fake tears.
"Oh drakie poo, it was horrible! Those 2 just came at us and attacked us for no good reason! I was so lucky—"
"For God's sake Pansy, never call me drakie in your life!"
Draco snarled in anger and embarrassment and Theo chuckled.
"You forgot the 'poo' part"
Draco glared at him but was ignored.
Blaise though, just looked at them all with a blank face, before walking up to Ginny as her heart beat fast.
"You okay?"
He asked her and she nodded.
"Yeah, just some bruises but I'll be fine."
He nodded and motioned his head to the doors and she nodded.
Grabbing her jacket, she slowly put it on, grimacing in pain at the sore shoulder, not noticing Blaise frowning at the bruise but Daphne noticed how his jaw clenched.
Theo noticed of course, while Draco was too busy trying not to blush as Luna talked to him and Pansy screeched like and harpy.
Tracey though, stared at Ginny in anger and jealousy, tears in her eyes.
"So I heard you were ganged up on."
Blaise said once they stepped out of the infirmary.
Ginny snorted.
"ganged up on? Not really. Just a bunch of little girls in our way is all."
Blaise looked at her amused.
"Just?... What did you do to them anyways, I noticed how injured they seemed to be and you and Luna looked better, except that bruise on your shoulder of course"
"Well, Luna cast the disarming charm on pansy and then Millicent sent the tongue numbing hex at Luna so she couldn't do anything. I punched Tracey, sent the bat bogey hex at Millicent and the bogeys attacked her and Pansy. Then, Tracey used the bludgeoning hex on me and I retaliated with the bat bogey on her and then Professor McGonagall came and the rest, as they say, is history"
She finished, smiling proudly and Blaise chuckled.
"If I didn't know better, I'd say you liked the outcome"
"Oh yes I did! They deserved it alright?"
She defended herself and Blaise rolled his eyes.
"I didn't say they didn't, in fact, if it was me I'd have done worse… I'm trying to say good job"
She looked at him and blushed.
"Oh, well thanks"
She smiled at him as they got to the grounds outside and sat where no one would disturb them by the lake side.
"I guess I didn't even expect a confrontation. She can't even talk to me, so when some rumor passed by the Slytherin dorms, I had to know"
Ginny smiled humorously as she laid on the ground next to him.
"oh, well I didn't know you were a gossip Blaise"
She chuckled and he smirked.
"There's a lot of things you don't now about me… little Weasley"
She scowled at him and gritted out.
"Stop. Calling. Me. Little. Weasley."
He only shrugged back nonchalantly
"I'll stop when I want to"
She rolled her eyes and looked up at the sky. It was bright and beautiful. Birds flew past every once in a while, the trees ruffled behind them and, curious, she turned to Blaise.
"I'm curious about something"
He kept on looking upwards, his eyes closed and she had the opportunity to see the outline of his face closely, his jawline, how his adams apple moved and the way his hair fell on his face.
"Well curiosity killed the cat"
She blushed as she was pushed back to their conversation. What the hell! She just checked him out! Ugh!
"Shut up… I just wanted to know what you'd be up to after graduation. I mean, you never told me"
He hmmed and didn't talk for a moment before speaking, her eyes drawing immediately to his lips as he spoke.
"Well… I'll love to go into my family business immediately. Well, not exactly immediately, but a month or so after graduation. My family comes from a long line if Italian businessmen. We Zabinis look for opportunities and make it a reality… like I did for you."
Her eyes widened and she turned to look at him as he smirked, winking at her having caught her staring at his lips. She blushed but stood her ground and kept staring at him and he smiled a small smile which left her fluttering inside.
"Well, my family has a lot of businesses we run, mainly my father, as it came from my Zabini line, and it is my Zabini line that's thriving the best. There is another Zabini line you see, the Zabini-Russo. They split from my family the time of my great great grandfather. That's four generations before me. My line has made it far more than theirs you see. Their line focuses more on selling and distributing potions ingredients to the whole of Italy. My line, we have a vineyard in Italy and Spain and we have a line of hotels as well, in Italy, America and here in Britain. We also have 1 magical each in Italy and America. I'm going to learn under my father, the ways of the family so when I inherit it all, I know not to mess it all up."
He smiled wryly and Ginny nodded, taken by his family history.
"That's a really long family history you know. Italy sounds lovely, I hope to visit one day"
She smiled dreamily.
"it is. Maybe if you do come, I'll show you around"
He smirked.
"Really?"
"I wouldn't mind… acting as a guide for a beautiful lady isn't bad…"
He turned on his side, only a hairs breathe away from her, she could feel his breath on her skin with the closed contact they shared.
Just then, he stood up, leaving her confused for a moment before she shook her head.
"We should get inside. Its past 4. You should rest that shoulder"
"Oh…y-yh! Good idea…"
She mumbled and he helped her up, steadying her and they began their walk back to the school.
"I think I'd actually like lunch right now though…"
Ginny mumbled In thought.
"Not a bad idea, lunch should have started a while ago, come I'll escort you to your table"
Her yes widened and she stumbled a bit.
"What? But… people would be there!"
He smirked at ease.
"All the more fun"
Just then, right as they entered the great hall, most of the conversation stopped.
They'd after all, seen the two of them together for the past month now and while it was shocking, it wasn't a new thing anymore.
More conversation stopped though when he escorted her to not Gryffindor, but Ravenclaw table next to Luna.
Before she sat down though, he lent down and whispered in her ear which gave her tingles.
"Get better little Weasley"
And then, he pressed a kiss to her cheek which everyone saw and some students gasped and gossip began.
Ginny numbly sat down next to Luna who just smiled serenely.
Blaise walked back to the Slytherin table and sat next to his cousin who was smirking amusedly.
"You sure know how to gather attention cousin… and look who's trying to kill you with a glare"
Blaise looked up and right to Harry Potter who was glaring at him which such intensity that Blaise was at first surprised but he smirked back at Potter who gritted his teeth before looking away.
The games were just starting Potter, just you wait.
Ginny was in the Gryffindor common room, going through her Occlumency textbook, Neville sitting next to her having just told her a joke when the golden trio barged into the room and straight for her, Ron leading them.
She groaned.
"Oh, here comes trouble"
Neville chuckled as he looked up from his potions textbook.
"They might not be up to causing any trouble, you know?"
"Ginny! What do you think you're doing with that slimy snake?!"
Ron bellowed out as the common room grew silent. Neville broke it by sighing.
"Seems like I was wrong"
Ginny smirked at him.
"Told you"
"Answer me!"
"Or what Ron?! Are you going to force it out of me cause you know I won't take it!"
She growled at him and Hermione put up silencing wards around them, including Neville since he was in their vicinity.
"Ginny, when he sat down, I saw Malfoy smirk at him. They're both up to no good"
Harry spoke to her trying to make her see his way and Ginny scoffed.
"you do realize that's his cousin right? He can smirk at whoever he likes"
"And he smirked at me too Gin. He looked up right at me and smirked. That should tell you he's up to no good."
He tried to plead with her. Possibly 2 months ago, if Harry had told her to listen to him, she would have with little argument, but now, there wasn't any chance of that.
"And I don't care harry. I'm happy you are at least not shouting out like Ron here, but I have everything under control."
Hermione scoffed.
"Under control? Ginny this is serious here. We just got through a war, we're only trying to protect you. I know we're all trying to move on from past grievances, it doesn't mean all the Slytherins have suddenly changed."
Ginny scoffed.
"All?? What do you mean by ALL! Are you trying to say Andromeda Tonks is a nasty Slytherin too? You have a lot of nerves"
Hermione hesitated, face turning red.
"N-no, i—"
This time though, Neville stepped in, sighing.
"You know you guys are not supposed to be sounding like this? First of all, Zabini isn't a bad person. I've known him since I was 10 when I was invited to a Bones Christmas party. He's a pretty cool guy, he might look heartless and uncaring, hell you might think him an emotionless bastard but he really isn't. Also, his family never sided with Voldemort… wait! I know, his mother is a Malfoy… but do you know why they call her the black widow?"
The trio shook their head and this time Ron spoke up.
"Maybe his mother was some nasty snake??"
Ginny scoffed.
"Exactly Neville, and Ron shut the bloody hell up! You guys just jump into conclusions. She's called that because during the time of the first war, she joined the ministry's hit wizards, a more ruthless organization, like muggle soldiers I've been told and she was a ruthless and valued member. She later left to get married, settle down and have Blaise. The only members of the Malfoy family who actively followed Voldemort was Lucius Malfoy and Abraxas, his father. The others were neutral or just never were involved in the war. Honestly, you claim to know all but you don't do your research correctly. You know what, Neville I have to go to my room. Good day." Was all she said as she walked away from them.
"See you."
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