Loving You From A Distance
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters they belong to JK Rowling.
Chapter 6 - Fiery Orange Hair
She saw him first thing the next morning when she walked into the greenhouse for herbology class. He was standing next to Draco, she took a deep breath then she went to join them. Professor Sprout walked into the classroom and up to her desk before she turned to address the class.
" Morning Class," she said cheerily.
"Today we will be working with the puffapods as a refresher," she continued.
The class breathed a collective sigh of relief, knowing they had a virtually easy class ahead of them. Pansy looked around the Slytherins and saw that they were just as relieved as the Gryffindors at this news. She caught sight of Draco grinning at Blaise and when she stared at Blaise, a knot of guilt rose in her stomach. It was a silly argument, they shouldn't throw their friendship away over a silly argument but she also saw now that Blaise's point made sense and realised there was some truth in it.
Professor Sprout clapped her hands to grab the attention of her students. The class after a moment, fell silent.
"Now to pair you all up," she said smiling then she looked down at the list of names in her hands and began to read them aloud. Pansy glanced at him, neither of them had spoken a word to each other since Professor Sprout had matched them up. A tray of Puffapods sat in front of them and she reached over and picked one up then she handed it to Blaise to plant in the pots of soil that lay beside him.
Suddenly Pansy dropped one, the puffapod slipping through her fingers and landing with a soft thud on the ground in front of her. It instantly burst into flowers, she cursed aloud. Blaise watched all this and began to laugh. She glared at him as her face began to turn a slight tinge of pink. Looking around she checked to see if anyone else had noticed her little accident but it didn't seem like anyone else had, all of them were too caught up in their own work.
Immediately She bent down and began to clean up the mess. Suddenly Blaise also stooped down and began to help her.
"You know with your quick fire temper, you could be a Weasley," he said.
Pansy instantly glared at him.
"Excuse me," she shrieked a second later.
"I am just imagining you with that fiery orange hair that they have," he continued, a small smile playing on his lips.
She glowered at him. He had to admit that he enjoyed winding her up.
"It would definitely match your temper and I think you would quite suit the red hair," he teased her.
Pansy relaxed as she heard the playful tone in his words, he was just teasing her she realised.
"I don't know," she said looking at him with an impish smile.
"I think you would suit the red hair better than me and with the little freckles around your face, you would look rather cute I imagine," she continued, teasing him back.
He looked at her and he blanched at the thought then he saw the amused look on her face, bursting out laughing immediately. Pansy joined in his laughter.
Once their laughter had subsided, they stared at each other for a minute. Suddenly Blaise got to his feet then he turned and held out his hand to help her up. She took his hand and once back on her feet, began to wipe the dust off her clothes. He stared at her in silence. She looked up and caught him staring at her but instead of looking away she held his gaze.
"I like it when we are like this," she suddenly announced. He looked down at his feet guilty as he was reminded of their argument the previous day.
"I'm sorry Pansy." he said instantly.
He looked up into her eyes.
"I shouldn't have said the things I said yesterday, I was out of line," he continued.
She smiled at him softly.
"Blaise, it's okay," she said. She sighed and glanced over at Draco, staring at him for a few seconds. Turning back she looked at Blaise with sadness in her eyes.
"Some of the things you said yesterday make sense," she continued.
"All of it does actually." she said softly.
Her words tugged at his heart and he wanted to comfort her but he didn't know what to say. If he said anything he would only repeat the words that he had said yesterday and he didn't want to add to the hurt that she already felt. He turned and stared over at Draco, in that moment he despised him and hated him for what he had done to her. The hurt he had cause her to feel and for not appreciating her and loving her the way that he should have done. He stared at her trying to find the words.
Professor Sprout stared over at the two students then she clapped her hands loudly to grab their attention. They both turned to look at the professor.
"Parkinson." "Zabini." she said loudly.
"Back to work now please," she said cheerily.
Both of them looked at each other and began to work again immediately."
Pansy's hand brushed against his as Blaise handed her one of the final pots. She smiled at him and he smiled back at her.
"Are we friends again now?" she asked, whispering to him softly. She needed to know the answer.
He grinned at her and nodded. Blaise was pleased to see that she looked relieved.
The bell rang loudly signalling the end of the lesson and the class looked at Professor Sprout expectantly.
"Great work today class." she said, smiling at them all.
"Class dismissed," she said cheerily not wanting to hold them back, knowing that they were all desperate to leave straight away. All the class bolted towards the greenhouse exit.
Pansy picked up her book bag, turning she looked at him and smiled.
"I will see you later tonight in the common room?" she asked him.
He nodded. Pansy smiled at him once more before she turned around and began to walk in the direction of the greenhouse door. He stared after her as she went. She walked out of the greenhouse smiling, happy and relieved that everything was now resolved between herself and Blaise. She was glad that they were friends once more.
Author note: I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I am going away for a few days soon so this will be the last update on this fic for a little while however I intend to work on this fic while I am away so hopefully there will be tons of updates when I get back. Reviews would be greatly appreciated.