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A/N: you guys had me laughing wit the review, and I was tempted to add earlier but I willed myself not to. This part is a lot longer I hope you like it.

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CHAPTER #8- Keeping Him Warm

"Hermione you betrayed us, how can you expect us to forgive you." Harry screamed at her, at the top of his lung.

"I didn't mean to, I had no choice, they were going to kill me." She cried, tears running down her face like wild fire.

"I told you she was a spy!" Ron spat, as he turned his nose up at her.

"No, no, that's not true." She tried to get her words out but all that came were sobs. " You guys are my best friends."

"Then why did you do it Hermione?" Harry questioned. "Or should I say Kacy, Kacy, Kacy?" Harry repeated his words like a broken tape recorder.

"Kacy, Kacy, Kacy wake up." Hermione opened her eyes to see Blaise looking down at her; he's hand shaking her gently. "Kays it's time to get up, we're at King Cross."

"What?" Hermione said blinking, trying to adjust her eyes to the sudden light. She looked past Blaise to see Draco and Pansy already grabbing their trunks. Hermione yawned and got up to stretch. Walking to the shelf she didn't see her stuff, she turned to Draco. " Where's my trunk?"

"Don't look at me." He said nodding his head towards Blaise at the door.

Hermione walked to the Slytherin boy, but didn't even see his trunk." What you do with my stuff?" she asked looking at him curiously, as Draco and Pansy passed by them and out onto the platform.

"Don't worry I shrunk it, it's in my pocket." He said following the two out. Hermione ran behind him with a scolding looking on her face.

"We're not supposed to do magic away from Hogwarts." She huffed.

Blaise stopped walking and turn to look straight at her " Well then I guess it's a privilege of being in Slytherin, that I don't give a damn." He smirked.

She didn't say anything as they began walking again. Draco and Pansy were ahead of them by a few feet holding hands. Hermione sighed, as she caught herself looking for her parents, remembering who she was; she leaned against Blaise and asked.

" Do you know how Draco and I are getting home?"

"We're taking the flow" he replied not looking at her.

"We?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah, me and Pansy are staying the night before returning home."

The rest of the walk was silent, for Hermione could think of nothing more to say. Shortly Draco and Pansy came to a stop not to far ahead. When Hermione and Blaise reached them in front of the out-door fireplace. Draco dropped two sickles in a metal cup and the floo powder appeared. Draco and Pansy stepped in at the same time holding hands; Draco dropped the powdered and said simply.

"Malfoy Manor" before the green flames engulfed him and Pansy. Blaise went in next, leaving Hermione standing there looking after him.

"How rude" she hissed out loud to no one.

Stepping in the light green flames, she felt the familiar tingly and said as clearly as possible "Malfoy Manor!"

She felt herself spinning soon as the green flame engulfed her. Seeing hundreds of fireplaces as she spun faster and faster. She didn't think she was going to keep her breakfast down when she came to a stop and tumbled out of the fireplace into Blaise's waiting arms.

"-Uh, thanks." She said as she looked up into his smirking face.

"No problem."

She looked around at the massive sitting room. " Where's Draco and Pansy?"

Suddenly there was a knowing gin on his face. " Catching up. They should be at it was night."

"Who, should be at what, all night?" Narcissa said walking into the room.

"Nothing aunt Cissa" he smiled sweetly at her before heading to the door.

Narcissa turned to her newest house guest" Let me show you to your room."

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Hermione knocked on the door in front of her waiting for the person on the other side to answer.

"Come in." they called and she opened the door and looked around the dark room. Blaise was lying on his bed looking at the ceiling. She looked at him, then to the enchanted ceiling like the one at Hogwarts.

She smirked at him. "Let me guess, another perk of being a Slytherin."

"No actually, this is a courtesy of your mom, She knows I like star gazing so she enchanted it for me." With that he turned away, his back to her, hoping she'd get the picture and leave him to his thoughts. She didn't. Instead she plopped down next to him.

She laughed and did it again. " I hope my bed is this bouncy." She said to his back, as she started wiggling to get comfortable.

He looked at her over his shoulder." Why don't you go test it and see."

She ignored the attitude he was giving her and sighed as she found her comfort zone. "Nah I'll pass."

" Why are you even in here?" He asked finally turning to face her.

Because my new room is next to Pansy's and she and Draco are' how did you say it?' catching up."

Blaise laughed

" All I hear is the bed rocking, it'd nerve racking. There cant be that much catching up in the world."

" You don't know the half of it." He chuckled. For the first time he noticed how close she was to him. " You can stay in here but do you have to lay here." He said trying to push her off the bed.

"Stop, I'm comfortable here," she pushed back until he gave up trying to get her off by force instead he tried to convince her off

"What if Draco walks in here and see you lying on my bed. He'll blow a basket."

"First of all I'm about to be seventeen in a while, if he has a problem with me laying here that's just it, he's problem, it has nothing to do with me. And second how can he talk about us; when we're not doing anything, and he and Pansy are in there knocking boots."

"What's knocking boots?" Blaise asked confused.

"It's a muggle saying. That's not important, what is important is he's a hypocrite if he try's to get mad. And plus I think Pansy's got he's undivided attention at the moment." She laughed.

"What about your mom, I don't think she'd appreciate you lying in my bed. I mea-"

"She left half and hour ago, said she was going to a Mrs. Pattenson's for dinner and wouldn't be back till late and not to wait up." She said cutting him off.

Changing the subject she asked. " So, what did you get me for Christmas?"

"Nothing" he said simply turning to look back at the stars.

" What?" She shouted, putting her palm to her heart looking mocked offended. " Ouch that hurts. I thought you loved me."

"Well you thought wrong," he paused " besides you didn't get me nothing."

"Yes I did. But I guess I'll have to take it back." She pouted.

" You do that." He sneered looking away from the very face he had been thinking about before she came.

" Bloody hell, what do you have stuck up your ass?"

Blaise sat up straight, looking her right in the eyes. " I was minding my own business; thinking peacefully before you came in here, disrupting me." He spat.

What he didn't say was what she was disrupting; was him driving himself crazy thinking about her. Mopping because Draco was in there fucking the shit out of Pansy when he and Kacy barely talked to each other.

" Fine I'll be quite but don't make me leave." Kacy said turning to watch the stars.

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" I'm sure they've stopped bye now." Blaise said not taking his eyes off the stars.

They had been lying there for thirty minutes, neither talking, just enjoying the stars. During this time Blaise found that it was easier to calm his hormones if he didn't look at her. He could still smell and feel her closeness and that alone drove him, but looking into those big, gorgeous brown eyes would push him over the edge. So he kept his eyes on the stars, looking nowhere else.

" Kacy." He turned to her for the first time since she had quite talking to find her fast asleep. She arms were tucked under her face like a pillow and her body was facing him. She had an angelic look on her face and he instantly wished he had a camera to capture the portrait before him, so he could have it forever.

He thought about taking her to her bed, but quickly discarded it as a bad idea, for two reasons. One; her room was next to Pansy's which was all the way on the east wing of the of the manor. Two was for more selfish reasons; he didn't want to be parted from her.

So he quickly got out of bed and walked to the other side. Cupping her in his arms he pulled the covers back and laid her down. He pulled the covers over her and walked back to he's side and got in.

Turning towards her, he watched the soft rise and fall of her breathing. He's hands itched with a longing to touch her fair skin. Practicing self restraint he keep his hands at his side, but it was getting harder as the temptation grow stronger.

He verbally abused himself as he reached out and touched her cheek. It was so soft and warm, but he moments later realized it was a big mistake for he wanted more now.

He slowly wrapped his arms around her waist pulling her into him. He froze when she moved; he held his breath praying she wouldn't wake up. But she just readjusted herself turning her back to him but snuggling closer, than she was still again. He sighed and re-wrapped his arms around her, holding her close.

To Blaise, it felt so natural to hold her. He wondered if there was such a thing as a past life and if so did he hold her in it as well. He closed his eyes and buried he face and he soft blonde hair. He took a deep breath inhaling the sweet scent of jasmine. He held her tighter and let his body relax into hers. Soon he was fast asleep, Hermione still safely in his arms.

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Hermione tried to snuggle deeper into her firm bed as the sun threatened to awake her. She breathed in a familiar scent of fresh air and chocolate and couldn't remember from where she knew it. All she knew was that it seemed to be surrounding her at the moment and she wondered if the house elf's sprayed it on her blanket.

She had been fight a losing battle to stay asleep when she felt something around her waist pull her back into something firm, behind her. Her body tensed as she lay there wandering what was pulling her back.

It was then that the memories of the night before flooded her senses, images of her and Blaise talking, the stars on the ceiling and falling asleep in his bed suddenly attacked her mind.

She knew her first reaction should have been to jump up and get as far away from him and his bed as quickly as quickly as possible. But something in the back of her mind told her to stay and enjoy the moment. She did.

She turned to him and buried her face in his chest and smiled to herself when he held her tighter. She snuggled against him and enjoyed the scent of chocolate and fresh air that played on her nose. She had to admit that Blaise felt good; he was firm and warm, the thought of his arms around her waist gave her goose bumps even those she wasn't cold and when he's warm breath touched her neck she shiver involuntarily.

But every good thing comes to an end. This one did when she started thinking about a relationship between them. Not only was he a Slytherin and she a Gryffindor, but she was also living a lie. What would he think when there was no more Kacy and Hermione was back? 'He'd hate me' she thought and knew it was time to go.

She started rising slowly not wanting to awaken him, but he just held her tighter when she tried to move. She tried to slide down to the end of the bed and got a couple inches away when he pulled her back to her original spot. She turned her back to him and tried to ease his hands loose-.

"Stop!" he hissed and she jumped not knowing he was up.

"Blaise?" she asked softly turning again to face him.

His bright blue eyes looked right into hers. Her stomach flipped flopped as she stared into his beautiful eyes. "Blaise I have to go." She said softly, as she tried to raise herself out of his arms.

"No!" he wined keeping her where she was.

"But I have to." She said soothingly.

" You cant your keeping me warm." He whispered in her ear and she again shivered feeling his breath on her.

"That's what blankets are for." She said sighing. "What if Draco sees us." She figured using his words against him might prove more effective. It didn't.

"Fuck Draco!" he growled in return

She knew this was going nowhere and was out of idea's so she did the only thing she hadn't so far." Blaise please." She whispered softly in his ear.

This time, it was he who shivered, before sighing and releasing his hold on her. She got up slowly, looking him in the eyes as she did. "Thanks." She said softly before leaning forward and planting a kiss on his cheek. She blushed slightly and got out of the bed and headed for the door.

Only one of the two of them was aware of the chill that suddenly engulfed them both. He growled and buried his head in the pillow that still held her scent, cursing to himself.

The other oblivious one crept quietly to her room, not realizing she felt colder with each step away from him she took