Chapter Thirteen
Ginny smiled charmingly at Draco.
With the most supreme of efforts, Draco resisted charging over to her table and doing something rash, like making out with her.
Where the hell was Blaise? He thought irritably.
As if in answer to his unspoken question, a stunning, raven haired young woman walked up to the Gryffindor table, where the pirates sat.
Draco grinned. The show was about to start.
Pansy gawked freely at the raven haired young woman. She was incredibly lovely and impossible.
The woman caught her eye and Pansy could see it.
Blaise, you damn fool, she thought in glee. She wanted to laugh but stopped herself. Doubtless this was some grand plan of his. Blaise never had been good at plans. Draco was much better but he was currently wrapped around Ginny's little finger.
It was five days since the last exchange between the two ships. A lot had been happening. Draco still antagonized Ginny at every turn. Ginny returned like for like but Pansy could clearly see the girl wanted to just make out with him already. She had also noticed a decided tension between Parvati and Theo. She knew her boys well enough to know that Theo had it bad.
Now Blaise had something up his sleeve. What could it be, she wondered. She caught the woman's eye again and made a small sign.
Girl Blaise's eyes widened. He knew what she meant. Pansy made another sign.
I won't interfere, she told him through the quick signs.
He/she nodded.
Pansy looked down the table and noticed a pair of angry blue eyes on her. She sighed. She didn't need to be messing with Blaise's charade. She had her own trouble to deal with.
Boy Weasley seemed to want his former back and want her hard. Hermione was blissfully oblivious to this. Who the hell knew why Weaselboy had decided this. Pansy sure as hell didn't care.
What she did care about was the mental distress this would undoubtedly cause Hermione if her girlfriend knew about it. Despite her harsh words, Hermione still liked Ron as a person.
So Pansy just slipped her arm around Hermione's shoulders and curled a finger around a strand of Hermione's hair.
Hermione smiled at her and Pansy returned the smile. Over Hermione's shoulder, Ron Weasley fumed.
"Hello?"
Ginny snapped out of her reverie and turned to face the striking raven haired young woman. She gaped freely for a second.
The girl was lovely beyond belief. She had long, dark hair and the most elegant features Ginny had ever seen.
Ginny finally pulled herself together. "Yes?"
"Is this where I sign up to be a pirate?"
Ginny glanced over at Luna, her fearless captain. Luna was looking slightly distracted so Ginny cleared her throat. Luna finally looked over. "Yes?"
"This lass here wants to join crew," Ginny said, pointing to the dark haired girl.
Luna frowned at the dark haired girl. "What's your name?"
"Blaine Cook," the girl replied.
Luna continued to frown. "Are you aware your last name is a verb?'
"So is your last name. Well, half of it."
Luna grinned. "Excellent. Welcome aboard."
She rose to her feet. "Let's go to Hogsmeade together."
Ginny sighed in relief. Occasionally Luna forgot what weekend was a Hogsmeade and what ones weren't. For once, Luna had gotten it right. Of course, the carriages weren't leaving until after breakfast but Umbitch had stopped trying to curb the Female Pirates of Hogwarts. After all, Hermione knew every law ever written for the school and she was not adverse to using her power for piratical means.
"Let's," Pansy agreed.
Hermione rose to her feet and Parvati broke the eye contact she had been holding with Theo for the past three minutes and nodded as well.
(A/N: So ever since I came up with the idea of Blaise dressing like a girl, I wanted someone to know about it and it seemed only natural that Pansy would be the one to know that.
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