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Chapter 9: Blaise spills.

"I think they like each other." Hermione said giggling as she sat on the couch in front of the fireplace in the Heads common room with Harry one afternoon. They were watching Quin and Demetrius (Harry's group's fox) playing on the rug in front of them.

"What do you expect?" said Harry moving his hand around Hermione's waste. "They're siblings."

About a month had passed since Hermione and her Gryffindor friends had covered Malfoy in paint. Since then, many pranks had been pulled including Malfoy being turned into a ferret. However, the pranks had stopped with the approaching date. The masquerade was in three days and everyone was anxious. Harry was going with Hermione, Pansy was going with Malfoy as friends, and Blaise, Ginny, and Ron were going alone. Everything was ready.

"I'm so sorry I have to give Quin to Parkinson and Zambini." Hermione rolled her eyes. Up until she had become friends with Pansy, Hermione couldn't act to save her life. Now, she could trick even Pansy and Blaise. Harry and Ron were the easiest people in the world. They had actually thought in a month that Hermione and Ginny still loathed Pansy and Blaise with every bit of passion in their bodies.

"I'll come, I don't trust them."

"NO DON'T!" Hermione yelled. Harry looked alarmed and gave Hermione a look. "I mean, I can handle them, I took on Bellatrix Lestrange, a very powerful death eater."

"Oh right…" Harry frowned they picked up their foxes and left.

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"I think I'm going to ask Blaise to the dance." Ginny said as she stared at the ceiling of the room of requirement. It was about 12:00 AM. Pansy Ginny and Hermione had been staying the night together in it every Friday

"Here's some advice," said Pansy looking at Ginny. "Ask him to go as friends and then ask him to dance. Blaise is very sensitive towards being rushed in a relationship."

"Thanks… and how do you know this?"

"I dated him in 5th year. Blaise is one of the only people I know who hangs out with his former girlfriends."

"Oh…" Ginny said, her face darkening.

"So how are you and Harry doing Mi?" (Hermione's Slytherin friends call her My, HerMIone)

Just then there was a knock at the door making the girls jump. Ten seconds passed and there was another knock. Then they heard Blaise's voice.

"Come on let me in." He said sounding pretty pissed "I know you're in there."

"Oh… its just Blaise." Said Ginny putting a hand on her chest. Hermione got up and let him in.

"Oh my god you guys is having one of those girly little slumber parties."

"Yes and Hermione was about to talk about her relationship with Harry so sit down and shut up." Pansy snapped.

"Fine, geeze. My god you girls are so fucked up. Why are you so obsessed with who's dating who? It makes me sick!"

"Blaise," Hermione said stepping towards him "I think you're a good guy, but if you want to be friends with Ginny and I then I think you need to tell us why you're so uptight. You act as if once you get close to someone other then Pansy or Malfoy they'll disappear."

"Hermione, don't." Pansy muttered

"No she's right Pansy." Blaise said looking at the three girls lying on the three beds in front of him.

"What's going on here?" asked Ginny

"Blaise had an older sister named Annabelle."

"Oh my gosh I remember her, I'm so sorry Blaise."

"Its fine." Blaise muttered

"COULD SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON?" Hermione yelled

"Annabelle is dead Mi. She was in a horrible accident."

"Can I continue?" Blaise asked calmly

"Yeah, sorry."

"Well as Pansy said, Mi Annabelle was in an accident and needed a blood transfusion. When in comes to blood transfusions purebloods can only take pureblood, muggleborns can take muggle blood or muggle born blood, and Half-bloods can take anything."

"Wow I didn't know that." Said Hermione

"Yeah, well when my parents gave their blood for Annabelle she died. When my parents asked the doctor why they said that she hadn't been pureblood, this means that she had been muggle born, and actually taught my parents that blood doesn't matter, they still loved Annabelle when she was alive even if they didn't know she wasn't pureblood."

"Wow." Ginny said leaning back in her bed.

"Blaise I'm so sorry I didn't know." Hermione said

"No I was acting like a bastard anyway. You kind of remind me of her Hermione, so I guess I was a little touchy." Then Blaise did something Hermione had never seen him do, he smiled.

"Well I'm going to bed." Pansy said instantly pulling her sheets over her head.

"Me too." Said Hermione catching on to Pansy's idea. She as well pulled the covers over her head and left consciousness, leaving Blaise and Ginny all alone.

It was now or never.

"So Blaise." Ginny began

"Yes?"

"Your not going to the dance with anyone are you?"

"Of course not." Blaise scoffed

"Well, would you like to go with me?" Ginny could feel her heart beating in her head, this was one of the only times where she got nervous.

"Like on a date?"

"Yeah, on a date." Ginny mentally slapped herself. She knew that he would say no, she had done exactly what Pansy had told her not to do, but she liked Blaise so much! The thought of only being friends with her made her chest feel as if it was being torn into little bite sized pieces.

"Well, I would normally say no, but I really like you Ginny, so I would have to say yes." He grinned. Then, Ginny did something unexpected. She hugged him.

"Wow," Blaise mumbled, sounding shocked.

"Well what do you expect?" Ginny asked.
"Nothing. I was just wondering how we keep this quiet. We are going to a dance together."

"Blaise, it's going to be easy." Ginny laughed, "It's a masquerade!"

A/N: Hey I'm sorry. This is probably my worst chapter so far. But I want to get the masquerade up so we can get to the DMHG part of the story, so I'm kind of rushing things.