admiring

for the march creativity challenge

blaise x astoria romantic - "do not call my breasts 'quaffles'"

wc 605

"Blaise. Can you please stop doing that?" snarled Daphne.

"Doing what, Daph?" he asked her.

"You know what!" she insisted. "Staring at my sister across the table!"

"There are many people in the Great Hall at the moment," defended Blaise. "What on earth makes you think it's Astoria I'm looking at?"

Draco snorted, "You honestly couldn't be any more obvious, Zabini," he stated bluntly.

"Not as obvious as you are," retorted Blaise.

Draco scoffed. "I don't even fancy anyone!"

Daphne rolled her eyes, "He's talking about your rivalry with Potter, he thinks it means something."

Draco shoots Blaise a dark glare at the mere thought. "I told you to stop hinting at that ages ago."

"I'll stop hinting at it once you stop spending all-nighters making Potter Stinks badges," retorted Blaise.

"That was -"

"Oh, stop changing the subject, you two!" growled Daphne. "What matters is that I want people to stop looking at my sister like that! She's only thirteen!"

"Again. It's not Astoria I'm looking at," he insisted.

Daphne snorted, and all three of them knew that was a lie. Blaise didn't know why he was so drawn to Daphne's little sister. It was honestly more of a harmless crush than anything else, but he'd gotten to talking with her a little this year - and he started to fall in love with her laugh, and just...how she looked. Though it could be argued that a lot of guys close to her age were in love with how she looked.

"Morning, sis! How's your day been going today?" called Astoria's warm voice, as she approached Daphne. She had a fair number of friends with her.

Blaise watched as the two sisters hugged. "Morning! It's going great so far, love, and you?"

Astoria's eyes lit up. "Oh, I've been having a great day so far! I've just found out I've gotten an O on my Transfiguration essay! Isn't it great? Can you even believe that? It's always been my worst subject."

"Of course I can believe it," said Daphne. "Especially with how hard you've been studying recently."

"It really does feel good," she nodded. "Well, my friends and I best be off. We're meeting up with a couple guys by the Black Lake."

Daphne narrowed her eyes at that statement, but she didn't say anything about it. As Astoria and her friends turned away, Blaise cleared his throat. Daphne turned to give him a black glare, but he didn't particularly care.

"What is it?" asked Astoria, turning to Blaise. She looked both curious and impatient at the same time. The girls surrounding her looked merely annoyed.

Later, Blaise would go on to be one who was smooth with the ladies. That day was not today.

He stammered, "I - I just wanted to say that you look really pretty today. Your hairstyle is great, your outfit is great, your eyes look great - just everything about you -"

"Yeah, yeah, we get it," interrupted Draco rudely, taking a sip of some pumpkin juice. "And I suppose you're also gonna say her breasts are as round as quaffles, you're such a sap, Zabini."

Astoria glared at Draco. "Do not call my breasts 'quaffles.' And actually, that was really sweet. Thank you," she smiled at Blaise.

"No problem," he managed to get out, watching as she and her friends left the Great Hall. His euphoria at this wouldn't go away for a long time.

Draco snorted at his friend's obvious crush, while Daphne just shook her head.

Blaise didn't need any of them at the moment, because what mattered is that she loved his compliment.

also for -

insane house challenge - 988. (food) pumpkin juice

365 prompts - 349. (word) harmless

caffeine awareness challenge - macchiato - write a story set in the morning

forty days challenge - only characters under 20

writing club:

character appreciation - 36. location: hogwarts

showtime - nowadays (roxie) - (dialogue) "isn't it great?"

count your buttons - (word) euphoria

please R&R :)

-Ana