They landed once more and Ginny felt like she was going to pass out as her stomach protested rather violently. Yup. She felt like puking now.

"welcome my dear, to your destination."

She gently looked where she was and her jaw dropped. Okay, even if she wasn't a gold digger, she sure as hell knew how to admire something this magnificent and architecturally beautiful.

The Manor stood on a hill and spread across luscious grass and looked high and mighty. It was a picture of wealth and prestige and Ginny immediately became self conscious. This wasn't exactly what she was expecting. Oh she knew he was rich. But if this was where he lived, then he was possibly 3 times richer than his cousins, the Malfoys!

What the hell was she doing here?!

"My dear, just walk up the front door and knock. I'm afraid I must be on my way back home. Ciao!"

And he apparated away.

Confused on what to do, she did as the old man, Alfonzo told her to do and went with her briefcase to the large intimidating looking front door and knocked.

The door opened and an house elf was in front, a female, wearing a cute maid dress with an house Crest, possibly the Zabini own, on it.

"You must be the Miss Weasley! I have been told to direct you to the living room when you come Miss Weasley. I am Giulia and I will be your personal elf for your stay in Zabini Residence Miss Weasley!"

With a snap of Giulia's hands, Ginny's briefcase disappeared while she was still in the shock, of having a PERSONAL ELF!!

And a quite adorable one too! what with the way she always mentioned her name continuously. And her accent while speaking English!

She followed numbly after the elf, her hair bouncing around her like dark flames as they fell to her waist.

They moved past a giant gold and black spiral stairway and into a huge ass living room that basically screamed of wealth.

Okay, now she knew why Blaise had always seemed like an ass to her.

She heard a woman speaking in Italian? And saw the woman as she fully entered the room.

Her back was all Ginny saw as her platinum white luscious curls of hair reminiscent of the Malfoys, fell to her waist shiningly and reminded her of the Malfoys. Her skin was a bit tanned and she wore a form fitting dark blue knee length gown that showed her assets in a tasteful manner. Her hands looked manicured and painted a natural brown and on it, a really large emerald ring and another silver wedding band on her ring finger. Her wedding rings. Her heels were a silver color and possibly cost quite a lot.

Just looking at her like this, she knew this woman was Blaise Zabini's mother. The ways she spoke powerfully. Soft but firm to the 3 elves that were in front of her. Possibly head elves.

Once she was done, she turned and Ginny had to stifle a gasp. This woman was beautiful and intimidating to be in the presence of.

Her eyes were so much like her son's, so different from the Malfoys grey. She had smile lines on her face and she looked like and ageless beauty. She looked to be in her early 30s but Ginny knew she was in her 40s.

"Mistress, the Miss Weasley has arrived."

Mrs. Zabini smiled and walked over to her, confidence and poise in her footsteps.

"Ah! You are Ginny Weasley! My son never told us just how beautiful you are! And look at that hair! So magnificent! You will be the Belle of any Ball I can assure you!"

The woman spoke in English with a mixed accent of both Italian and British, placing kisses on both of Ginny's cheeks.

Ginny blushed a bit before curtseying a bit like she was trained by her mother when she was young.

"A pleasure to meet you ma'am. Might I say, you have a lovely home."

The woman smiled before nodding in approval and Ginny immediately felt she'd done something good.

"Oh thank you dear. And none of that ma'am nonsense. While not in public, call me Esmeralda or just Esme."

Ginny smiled, nodding.

"Now dear, I'm sure you are quite tired and need to refresh, Giulia will take you to your room. She'll be your personal elf for the duration of your stay here. I'm sure Blaise would soon be back from visiting a few friends. Once you're done refreshing, Giulia will take you to the dining to have a nice spot of breakfast and then you should rest up. We have the rest of the week to catch up."

Esme smiled as she patted Ginny's cheek and Ginny smiled, relaxing a bit. Okay, maybe Mrs. Zabini wasn't going to be scary.

She followed the elf through the beautiful flight of stairs and past beautiful antiques and portraits. They reached a white door and Giulia opened it, gesturing for Ginny to enter. When she did, she gasped. Okay, she definitely wouldn't mind this holiday!

The room was large and spacious and all the warm and pastel colors went with each other as well.

"I chose the colors and décor Miss Weasley, I hope it's what you like."

The elf hoped and Ginny smiled gratefully at her.

"Oh it's wonderful! You did a great job!"

Giulia perked up and bounced happily on her feet.

"There is an indoor room for putting your clothes and also an indoor bathroom. Giulia has arranged your clothes into a wardrobe as well. There is also a bunch of towels and robes as well for after your bath. I will leave now and be back in 30 minutes for you to have your meal."

And with that, she popped away and Ginny smiled, looking around. Maybe she deserved to holiday like this before the stress of NEWTs came upon her. She also brought the homework she hadn't completed so when she had time, she'd do them.

Ginny relaxed in the tub for about 20 minutes before cleaning up and dressed in a pair of her new black leggings, her ugg boots and a mint green long sleeved cold shoulder thigh length sweater that was form fitting. She put her hair up in a ponytail and Giulia arrived just in time to direct her to the huge ass dining room where she was served like a princess. She was real glad her mother thought to teach her mannerisms.

Once she was done, she was escorted back to her room where she quickly wrote a letter to her parents that she'd arrived safely, told Giulia to help her send it and drifted into a nice and comfortable sleep.

When she woke up, she felt more energized than before. Sitting up, she yawned and stretched before standing up and smiling. She went to the bathroom to go fix herself up and decided to explore a bit. The tempus charm showed that it was just past 2 after all.

As she got down the spiral staircase, she saw Blaise walk through the huge front doors.

She didn't know why, but she felt he was even more handsome than she last saw him.

His hair was a bit tousled in the pompadour style and his skin was just a bit tan. He wore a long sleeved black form fitting shirt and light brown pencil trousers with a pair of black dragon hide boots, one hand in his pocket as he closed the door and turned just in time to see her staring at him.

She didn't know why, but deep down, she felt that she missed him. A lot.

He had a small smirk on his face when he saw her and she blushed as she got down the stairs.

"Hey…"

She greeted him as she stood a few feet from him, her fingers playing with her silver bracelet.

He walked up to her and raised her hand in his, his eyes catching the bracelet as he pecked her hand and she felt her insides flutter.

"Hello little Weasley."

At the sound of the name, a scowl appeared on her face and he looked down at her amused.

"I thought you'd have forgotten that ridiculous name."

"Of course not. When did you get here?"

"Around 9 or so I think? Your uncle, Alfonzo brought me here."

Blaise hmmed.

"And I met your mother too."

"Oh?"

"She's really cool."

He smirked.

"Well, she's my mother."

He said cockily and Ginny rolled her eyes.

He then moved and put my hand around his arm as he escorted me somewhere.

"Come. Let me show you around."

She scoffed.

"Like you gave me a choice."

She saw the outline of a smile on his face but ignored it.

Night came soon enough, and as she lay on her bed, she smiled. Today had not been bad at all.

So I finally updated!

Happy December everyone!

Seems fitting I'm updating based on the Christmas period hm?

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