Chapter 3: For the sake of sanity?

Blaise turned on his broom to face his one and only best friend, Draco Malfoy and they both exchanged knowing smirks as they circled the goals in mid-air. Blaise was holding the quaffle and had a maneuver planned out to put the medium sized ball through the hoop thus winning the game and breaking the tie.

As he veered right and faked left with his broom Draco lunged to the right expecting that move but what he hadn't been expecting was for Blaise to dive under him and surface in the air and make the winning goal.

Blaise headed towards the ground and landed gracefully back on his feet his hair being jostled by the wind, his tanned face triumphant and his piercing blue eyes taunting as Draco landed beside him.

"Nice move, I should have expected such under-minded trickery form you." Draco said resentfully at having lost

"Your one to talk." retorted Blaise and proceeded to remind Draco of the Quidditch incident only a week prior. By the end of the story Draco was smirking and Blaise was hiding a secret smile at always knowing how to get on his friend's good side. Through flattery and a bit of exaggeration.

"Yes that was a strike of brilliance on my part." said Draco more than a bit pompously and then after a pause, "Do you mind coming with me to the Ministry, I have to pick up some special ordered potions ingredients before we can proceed to our double dates with Mina and Danielle." He wiggled his eyebrows suggestively at the girls' names and Blaise just shook his head.

Blaise nodded as they proceeded from the Malfoy's Quidditch pitch and into the Malfoy Manor. He hoped that one of the girls would be likely candidates for the position of Mrs. Blaise Zabini but he doubted it since Draco had gotten them the dates He had been friends with Draco Malfoy since he was five years old, they had grown up together discovering broomsticks, girls, and most importantly power mostly at the same time. He trained his eyes on the elaborate manor so like his own and got into the shower, he hoped the dates wouldn't be a total waste of time.

Later that day

Blaise and Draco sat in the waiting room in the office of Extremely Rare Potions and Their Creation. They had neglected to remember the fact that it was indeed a Sunday meaning that no one would be working in this department until the next day.

Blaise drummed his fingers on the table next to him which held a few wizard magazines and in a bored manner and turned to look at Draco, "There's no one here shouldn't we just head to the restaurant?" Although, ironically just as the words left his mouth a door to one of the offices opened revealing a very pretty brunette. Her hair was curly and tied up in a neat pony tail that showed her hazel colored eyes and soft features while her outfit consisted of a pair of muggle jeans, a long sleeve blouse and a traditional black robe. She was slim and petite, looking to be about 5'4.

"Please, don't touch anything." the brunette said to someone inside the room, "Let me get the ingredients for the potion so that we can sober you up before heading to your mum's. We can't have you going to dinner looking like you do what were you thinking?" There was a hiccup from inside the room and a shuffle of feet before a voice answered the agitated brunette.

"I don't know what I did wrong…I thought…he said…I want more whiskey." said a slurred obviously drunk female from inside the office.

"You sit in that chair or so help me I will tell your parents, more specifically your mum. No more alcohol for you tonight and maybe after you take the sobering potion you can actually explain to me what the problem is because you aren't making any sense, Gin." chided the more sober of the two woman before shutting the door and turning around for the first time seeing the two purebloods.

She had the decency to blush before saying, "This department is closed on Saturdays and Sundays." She moved to a wide cupboard and pulled out her wand performing a spell and taking out a few ingredients that were needed to make a Sobering Up potion. As she was about to walk back into the office Draco stood in her way blocking the entrance.

"You can of course make an exception for a member of the Malfoys." stated Draco with a smirk but it didn't have the desired affect on the young woman as Draco's smirk usually did, making most woman smile and get all giggly. Instead, the girl glared at him getting out her wand.

"That just gives me all the more satisfaction of saying get the hell out of my way before I hex you." replied the girl with a sneer making it obvious that Draco's family and heritage didn't impress her at the least.

"I could hex circles around you, I graduated at the top of my class." said Draco with a an authortive air, Blaise got up out of his chair, not to help Draco, but getting ready to stop him before his quick temper got the best of him.

"Now, don't lie Malfoy we all know you were always second best." said the girl with a smirk and I wondered how she knew that. Had she gone to Hogwarts?

Suddenly the drunk female from inside the office exclaimed, "HERMIONE, where are you?' in a ditzy sing song voice. Draco's eyes widened and Blaise stiffened both of them turning curious eyes to the woman.

"Granger?" asked Draco incredulously but Hermione tired of dealing with them shoved him aside while he was still in shock and opened her office door to a very drunk Ginerva Weasley now in plain sight for both the former Slytherins to see. Hermione put all the ingredients she had obtained into a vial and swished it around making it turn a light green before shoving it in auburn haired girl's hands.

Blaise stepped inside of the small office watching as the girl sat depressed on the desk just staring at the vial and in a small voice asking, "Why, why, why? What did I do wrong?" Hermione glared at Blaise before going down on one knee next to Ginerva and soothingly lying to the intoxicated girl, "This potion will make everything right."

Blaise watched in amusement as Ginny's green eyes lit up in hopefulness and she quickly downed the potion like a shot of whiskey. Slowly her facial expressions changed from depressingly dreamy to confused to saddened and when she caught sight of Blaise and Draco to embrassment.

"Hermione, what in the world are those to arseholes doing in your office?" hissed Ginerva already in a bad temper and making Blaise scowl at her.

Hermione turned to them and bluntly said, "Leave." At those words Ginerva burst into hysterical tears. She was sobered up but her state of depression had obviously not been cured. Blaise turned to Draco with a raised eyebrow not used to seeing a Weasley having a break-down. Draco smirked and mouthed 'guy problems' and they both quietly sniggered as to not alert the two fiery women.

" It's just…you said leave an-and, Oh, Hermione, Harry cheated on me with Cho Chang!" exclaimed Ginerva tears trailing down her cheeks making her eyes puffy and red, "It's been going on for a whole year."

Blaise stopped sniggering as a feeling of curiosity over took him. Potter cheated on Weasley with Chang? He studied the young woman next to him trying to find out the answer that way. She had dazzling green eyes, auburn colored hair that her whole family was famous for, a button nose on a face rid of blemishes, and looked to be about medium height. She was a pretty girl, even Blaise could admit that and he could also admit without feeling the least bit ashamed that she would be a good one night stand.

Only a one night stand. The reason: respectable purebloods didn't date Weasleys. Their family was a disgrace to pureblood society. Draco tapped his foot in irritation before finally saying, "Granger, I'm not leaving without my ingredients so you better give them to us before Weasley tells us her whole life story." Blaise smirked at his friend's comment knowing that it was very true, Draco was too spoiled to give up on the things he wanted.

Hermione walked out of the room obviously knowing Malfoy was going to be true to his word also leaving the two boys alone with the distressed young woman. Ginerva glared at them as Malfoy smiled and commented, "It must be nice to have someone cheat on you, I've cheated on someone and I can say from my experience that it feels great."

Ginerva clenched her fists and furiously retorted, "You are a cold-hearted arsehole who will eventually know how it feels to be cheated on and will eventually get it through your thick head that you aren't the sexist man alive and then you will realize you are really gay and in love with Zabini over here." She jerked her finger towards Blaise who glared at her in return to the insult(however lame it was).

"It's a wonder your boyfriend cheated on you. Poor, ugly, and utterly idiotic, what more could you want in a girl." said Blaise hotly making Ginerva blush slightly but just as it was going to become a full out row Hermione walked in handed the ingredients to Draco and pushed the two purebloods out of the door.

At Dinner

As Blaise stared at his beautiful date he knew his mother would happily agree with the engagement if he chose her. She had blonde hair, blue eyes, and one the most spectacular bodies Blaise had ever seen. She also showed signs of intelligence and didn't have overly flashy clothing. Yet…Blaise did not want to marry her or really he didn't even want to be on the date.

All he could really think about was how he wished that he could stay a bachelor while getting his mother off his back about marriage. But she had said as long as the choice was a pure-blood she would be satisfied. If Blaise changed his mind and refused to find a bride his mother would probably end up choosing one for him. He brooded silently as Draco told the elaborate story about the incident at the Ministry earlier that day.

Where would I find a pure-blood that my mother disapproved of? Blaise asked himself barely listening as Draco explained how the female Weasley had broken down in front of them. Blaise turned to face the window looking out at the night sky feeling a sense of dread, mentally reviewing all the pureblood families in his head but he just couldn't find any one pure-blood girl that his mother would disapprove of. Blaise gave up turning his attention back to Draco who was now smirking.

"I mean who would subject themselves to dating a Weasley? They are a disgrace to not just pure-bloods but the whole wizarding world." Draco sneered and slowly a smile appeared on Blaise's handsome face. Of course, a disgrace to the wizarding world yet still purebloods. Blaise had just found his solution; there was only a slight problem. Ginerva Weasley hated him and he hated her. Mind, body, and soul they loathed each other so there was no way she would subject herself to being with a Zabini.

But would he try to do it for the sake of bachelorhood? And for the sake of his own sanity?

Or would he do as his mother wishes him to do and settle down, having kids and a boring life filled with waking up to the same face every single morning?