Pirate Blood

Chapter 43

A New Secret to Keep

Everyone was in the Great Hall eating breakfast. Today, instead of taking her seat at her usual seat at the Gryffindor table, Chris was sitting next to Draco at the Slytherin table. No one dared to say anything straight to their faces, but all around them people were whispering and pointing. "What in Merlin's name are these bloody idiots staring at?" Draco asked no one in particular.

"Just ignore it. Like you said, they're idiots." Chris said as she laced her fingers in between his. Somehow, that managed to make Draco feel better.

"Blaise doesn't look like he's really here." Draco noticed. Chris looked across at Blaise. He was physically there, but mentally he was a thousand miles away. He was looking across the room at the Hufflepuff table. Chris followed his eye line and saw what he was staring at. Dani.

Daniella James, Dani for short, was the girl from the charity event that Blaise claimed he saw in a dream...before he met her. More importantly, in Blaise's dream Isabel had turned into Dani.

"Blaise," Chris waved a hand in front of his face, "dude, come back to earth."

"Sorry, what were you saying?" Blaise said.

"You really think it's her, don't you?" Draco said, "Look, just remember that it might not be her."

"Draco, you don't know–"

"Don't get all defensive. I'm just saying that it might not be her. You could've seen her at school before, and it might not have registered in your mind."

"Whatever." Blaise said without taking his eyes off Dani. She looked over at him and he looked away.

"Because talking to her would just be too easy?" Chris asked.

"You don't know what it's like to do this. You're married." Blaise said. He looked back over where Dani was sitting. She wasn't there. His eyes scanned the Great Hall for her up and down. He saw her leaving through the doors by herself. "Later." he said to Chris and Draco.

Blaise practically ran out to catch up with her. But then he stopped himself after the doors of the Great Hall shut behind him. He moved a bit slower now. He stayed a good distance behind her so that she wouldn't notice him. Once he was in front of the Head Girl and Boy's dorm, he hid behind one of the statues so Dani couldn't see him.

He took out his wand and whispered a spell that made Dani's bracelet fall off of her wrist. The bracelet fell to the floor making a clattering sound against the marble. She gasped as she felt the bracelet fall, leaving the tattoo on her wrist completely exposed. She looked around. There was no way that the bracelet could've fallen off on it's own. It didn't have a clasp or anything. She didn't have time to cover up the tattoo before Blaise came out from behind the statue.

"I knew it. I knew it." Blaise said, as he walked over to Dani.

Dani's eyes were wide. She was too shocked to even say anything. Blaise cupped her face in his hands and kissed her. He kissed her passionately, and she kissed him back with the same amount of emotion. When they broke apart he said the password to Hermione's and Draco's room.

"C'mon." Blaise said. He took her by the hand and brought her into the Head common room.

"How did you know? I've been trying so hard for so long." Dani asked after the portrait shut behind them.

"The dream. You changed to Dani. You know that you can change back to your regular form here. Kaylee and Jesse do all the time. It's protected by so many charms." Blaise said.

Dani changed from being a petite brunette with olive skin to a fair skinned, curvy blonde. "Wow," Blaise breathed.

"Bad wow or good wow?" Isabel asked. She looked different than the last time he saw her. She had a few more curves and her hair was a bit longer.

"Good wow. Very good wow." Blaise smiled. "I just can't believe it's really you."

"You know that this has to stay a secret Blaise. I can't have anyone know I'm alive. No one."

"I know. I'm keeping Kaylee and Jesse's secrets too. I can handle one more." he snaked his arms around her waist.

She slid her arms around his neck. "Blaise, I mean no one. Not even Jesse or Kaylee."

The smile faded off his face. "What? But they're your family. They are bo–"

"No," Isabel cut him off, "I'm not putting them at any more risk. Do you know how much danger they are already putting themselves in? Jesse didn't even change his name. Draco and Kaylee are openly together."

"Izzy, anyone could have the name Jesse. Draco could date any girl, it just happens to be the new student."

"And how many people have our eyes? Two American transfers in one year. One of them is involved with one of the most powerful wizarding family's son. Jesse, he doesn't always hide who he is either. He is so stupid."

"What are you talking about, Is?"

"He goes out to Hogsmeade and performs at one of the clubs as Jesse Sparrow. I couldn't believe my eyes. He isn't even trying."

"I don't believe that he would ever put his sister in danger like that. He knows what could happen."

"That's what I thought."

"I really think that they can take care of themselves though. They would rather know that you're alive."

"They spent fifteen years looking after me. It's my turn now. I can't put them in danger Blaise."

"So you really think it would be bad if they knew?"

"Yes. Three people with the same purple eyes and same tattoos hanging out together? It's plainly obvious."

Blaise kissed her on the lips. "Alright, I won't tell them."

Isabel hugged him. "Thank you." Blaise wrapped his arms around her. She smelled exactly as he remembered, like vanilla. He had missed it so much.

"I missed you so much Blaise."

"I missed you too." he said before his mouth captured hers.

(A/N: Well, if you've followed my writing before, then you know that this isn't as long as I've taken before to update. I am really, really sorry though. I've had writer's block and I've had school. I've had a lot of school work this year, so that has been making it tougher. But I decided that I have to finish this. I'm making myself finish this before I start another fic (my first non-harry potter one). I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Once again, I'm extremely sorry for taking over six months to update. I'll try not to take this long again. I'm not making any promises about my next update, but I would like to finish this story by summer. As always, REVIEW! I NEED MOTIVATION! L8R, Nikki)