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Chapter Ten – Fighting For All the Wrong Reasons
The next morning, the sun rose up like any other day like nothing out of the ordinary happened. If only nothing had changed, Hermione, Pansy, Blaise, Ginny, Harry, and Draco all thought. The night before had changed many things and set out different paths for everyone to take. Some people set out to achieve forgiveness, while others set out for revenge, others discovered things that would changed their lives, and everyone had a choice to make with how they dealt with something. No matter what you did at least one person was going to get affected by it.
"Fuck, what was I thinking?" Draco asked out loud as he paced back and forth, "I can't face Hermione today, Blaise. I pretty much just had sex with someone who purposely sets out to destroy her life and hurt her."
Blaise was sitting on his bed thinking about what had happened the night before.
"A couple of months ago, Hermione told me that Harry was cheating on me with Emma. I was pissed at her for cheating and Emma had told us that was what she would do, so I didn't believe her. She said that she'd be there for me if I needed her after I said that. I found out that she was right," Ginny said sadly, "Look, I regret hurting Hermione and I want to start making it up to her. Can you please help me? I have no one else to turn to."
"If you really want to, you're going to have to work hard for it. Got it?" Blaise asked her seriously.
"I'll do it. Hermione has always been there for me and I haven't been there for her," she answered.
"Okay. I'll help you just don't talk to me right now. I'll find you," Blaise told her as he walked away.
Ginny stood there, happy that she was getting a second chance. Maybe her and Blaise could get closer after this, he seemed like a really nice guy.
"I don't know man," Blaise started, "You really screwed up if you wanted to get Hermione back. If she finds out, there's a huge chance she won't talk to you again."
Draco threw his hands up, "Fuck. I hate Emma. She's so goddamn manipulative, it's not even funny. I think she might be almost as good as me."
"That's why you have to stay away from her. Honestly, she'll only mess up your life more. Don't confront her," Blaise warned.
"I won't. Fuck, I'm not going to be able to look at Hermione anymore, let alone talk to her," he said.
"You're going to have to or else she's going to suspect something," Blaise said as he decided to actually get ready this morning.
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Pansy ignored the other Slytherin girls, because she really couldn't be bothered with it right now. She regretted pushing Hermione to read the letter from her biological parents. She really hadn't expected to find out that Hermione was Blaise's sister! It was too much drama to deal with, because either way she lost. If they forced her to choose a side, she wasn't sure she would be able to. They both meant the world to her.
She was really nervous to see how Blaise would take this, because he was going to be unpredictable. Pansy couldn't believe that Mr and Mrs Zabini never told their son that he had a sister somewhere out there. She guessed that in case Hermione never wanted to find her real family and if Blaise knew about her, then he wouldn't be hurt. Applying more mascara on her eyes and taking the creases out of her Slytherin uniform, she forced herself to go face her boyfriend, more scared than ever.
Walking down the stairs, she saw Draco and Blaise hanging out on the couches. As soon as Blaise saw her, his eyes lit up and pulled her down to him so she was sitting in his lap again.
"Good morning," Blaise said as he kissed her.
Pulling away, she smiled at him, "Good morning Boyfriend."
Pansy was going to make every last moment count with Blaise, because she knew that once he found out and he found out that she had known the whole time, he would hate her. Blaise looked down at Pansy and noticed that she looked sad. Grabbing her hand, he gave her hand a squeeze while they walked towards the Great Hall for breakfast.
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Hermione woke up from a very vivid dream that she found out she was Blaise's sister. Laughing it off as impossible, she got out of bed slowly and headed to the bathroom to take a shower. After she got out, she walked towards the mirror. Examining her features, she noticed with happiness that none of her features resembled Blaise's at all. Smiling in triumph, she started brushing her teeth and getting ready for the day.
There's something that you aren't going to like and it's that we had to put you under a glamour charm so there was no chance that anyone could recognize you.
Hermione remembered that part of the letter suddenly and felt like crying. She had grown to love how she looked and she tried to picture herself with Blaise's dark brown eyes and his slightly darker than her skin. It didn't seem like her at all and she left before she could think of anything else. She blinked away her tears and got ready to face Blaise. There was no way that she could tell him, so she had to pretend like everything was okay. Him being her brother was obviously the reason she trusted and felt so comfortable with Blaise. He was her twin.
Leaving the portrait, she was surprised to see Theo waiting patiently for her. She wanted to be alone right now, but decided that she should probably hang out with him since she was with Pansy for the past few days.
"Hey," he said when he finally saw her.
"Hey, I hope you didn't wait for me too long?" Hermione asked him.
He smiled, "I didn't."
Theo grabbed her hand and started walking to the Great Hall with her. On the way, they ran into Blaise, Pansy, and Draco. Pansy looked a little more awkward with Blaise than usual and she felt terrible for being the cause of that. Pansy gave her a little smile and she smiled back.
"Hey guys," Hermione said as they joined them.
"Hey Hermione. Theo," Blaise replied.
"How was practice?" she asked trying to not make her uncomfortableness awkward.
"It was good. The changes we made really helped," Blaise answered after Draco didn't.
We're scared that he's going to hurt Lily and James as well as your brother if we don't join.
Blaise was looking at her funny and Pansy quickly jumped in to help her out when she didn't reply.
"We just studied for the Charms test in a few days and gossiped, you know the usual stuff," Pansy covered for her.
"Good thing we weren't there, hey Draco?" Blaise replied trying to get Draco into the conversation.
"Yeah, good thing," he replied absently.
Hermione noticed that Draco seemed to be avoiding any kind of communication with her and she wondered if it had anything to do with her. Fear suddenly came over her, when she thought that he could've overheard the conversation about her and Blaise. Thinking that that wasn't the case or else Blaise wouldn't be so normal, she pushed that thought to the back of her mind. She would have to ask Draco about it later.
"So what were you up to?" Hermione asked Theo.
"I hung out with Josh Harper after he was done with his practice," he replied.
Luckily they arrived at the Great Hall, because Hermione had no idea what to say. Her uncomfortableness, Draco's awkwardness and Pansy's worrying made the whole mood just kind of weird. They all sat down on one side of the table and quietly ate. It was weird for everyone, because they were usually so loud about everything. It made girls like Daphne Greengrass and Millicent Bullstrode gossip about it, because what would make the popular quartet plus one (Theo) act so weirdly.
As soon as breakfast was over, the group immediately split up. Pansy and Hermione walked together and Blaise and Draco walked together, even though Blaise, Hermione, and Draco had the same class. Theo had caught up with Harper, because he had no idea what was going on.
"I can't do this Hermione, you need to tell him. I can't pretend like everything is okay," Pansy told Hermione after they were sure no one could eavesdrop.
"I can't tell him. Not yet. I already opened the letter, I don't want to bring it up with Blaise yet. I'm sorry I dragged you into this," Hermione apologized.
"I brought it on myself by pushing you to open the letter. It's okay though, I understand," she replied.
"I'm sorry. Anyways, do you know what's wrong with Draco today?" Hermione asked her.
Pansy thought for a minute, "I don't think so. Maybe it's because he hates seeing you with Theo."
"Pansy! He doesn't like me that way anymore," she exclaimed.
"Sounds like you're in denial. Listen, you're still in love with him. Anyone with eyes can see it. You're distant with Theo and you look a lot happier with Draco. Draco is still crazy about you too, but I would hurry and act on it. He's not going to wait forever," Pansy explained.
"I can't fall for someone that hard again, because it hurts so much when they don't want you anymore. I could be happy with Theo," Hermione said as she pushed her bangs out of her face.
"Key word: could. You're not happy with him right now and you shouldn't learn to love someone. You either love them or you don't. It's not something you can learn. You have to stop leading Theo on, because one day he's going to fall in love with you and you're going to hurt him. You're going to hurt him, because you're going to realize how much you regret not going for Draco when you had the chance," Pansy said before she left for class.
Hermione was left standing there and realized that Pansy was right. If she waited forever, she would only make up more excuses why her and Draco couldn't work out. She had to risk it, because she knew how happy she would be if she was going out with Draco. Hermione would be ecstatic. She didn't even have to worry about Harry or Ron, because they didn't care anymore. Well, Harry cared somewhat, but not enough. Ugh, this whole situation just confused her nonstop.
Deciding to enter her class again, she sat down in her usual seat. Hermione was surprised to see that Blaise and Draco weren't there yet and that Emma was sitting alone at the desk. Since she had no one to talk to, she opened up her books and prepared her stuff for class. Right before the bell rang, Blaise and Draco sprinted into class with Blaise in the lead and Blaise took the spot with Emma leaving Draco with the last spot in class. Beside her. Most of the time, she swore that Blaise and Pansy were in on it together.
Draco walked awkwardly beside her, but he was thankful he didn't have to sit beside Emma anymore. He couldn't stand her. Finally, he took his seat beside Hermione and the Professor started the class. Hermione tried as hard as she could to pay attention to what he was saying, but she was distracted by the person that sat next to her. She wondered what was bothering him and finally, she just wrote it on a spare piece of parchment.
'What's wrong? You've been acting weird all morning.'
"Nothing, don't worry about it."
"Come on, tell me. I'm your best friend, you can tell me anything."
"I'm fine, I'm just in a weird mood today."
"I don't believe you, but that's fine. If you don't want to tell me then it's alright."
Hermione ignored Draco for the rest of class, because she really needed to concentrate on what the Professor was saying and she was a bit hurt that Draco didn't trust her. Maybe Pansy was right and it had something to do with her and Theo. It didn't make sense though, because her and Theo had been going out for a month and he only started acting weird today. She was at least thankful she didn't have to sit with Blaise today, even though he looked absolutely miserable sitting beside Emma. The class was dismissed and Draco almost sprinted out of class. Blaise walked up to her and they walked out of class. Emma walked right behind Hermione and whispered something only she could hear.
"Draco's acting weird today. I bet it's killing you that you don't know why and I do," Emma smirked and left.
Blaise saw Emma whisper something in Hermione's ear and Hermione's face and immediately asked what was wrong.
"Oh nothing, she just rubbed it in my face that she knew why Draco was acting weird and I didn't. She must have known that I asked him and he wouldn't tell me," Hermione told him.
"I wouldn't worry about it, he's just being himself. Moody as a girl," Blaise laughed.
Hermione was suddenly serious, "You know you're my best friend right Blaise?"
"Of course, you're mine too," he replied confused.
Hermione smiled, "Sorry, I was just thinking about my parents."
"If you want to talk about them, I'm here for you. I'm not going anywhere," Blaise told her.
If you ever want to find your brother, his name is Blaise Zabini.
"Thanks, I'm not going anywhere either," Hermione replied suddenly feeling at ease around him, "So when are you going to tell Pansy that you love her?"
His tanned skin immediately turned red, "I don't know what you're talking about."
Hermione laughed, "Are we going to go through this again? It's kind of obvious that you love her. "
"Just like you love Draco?" he chuckled.
"Oh shut it. I just thought you should know that she loves you too," Hermione laughed as she skipped away just to bother Blaise.
"You never denied what I said before," Blaise shouted down the hallway.
Hermione just turned around and shrugged before turning back around. Blaise shook his head at his best friend's crazy antics and was nervous for her and Draco. He really didn't want Hermione to find out that Draco had sex with Emma, but he knew those kind of things never stay a secret. He almost felt like hitting Draco for doing that, but he knew how well Emma could play on other people's insecurities and jealousy. Blaise just wanted his best friends to see that the only way they would be really happy is if they were together. They were both too thickheaded to see that. Blaise sighed, before going to join Pansy in Transfiguration since they both had that.
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"Fancy seeing you here," Emma said as she approached him.
"Ugh, can't you ever just go away? Can't you tell that no one wants you here?" Draco asked frustrated.
"Well Harry and Ron want me here for sure," she said cockily.
Draco smirked, "What if they found out that you fucked both of them while you were dating Ron and that you also fucked me."
Emma's eyes narrowed, "And what if little miss perfect found out that you fucked me? I was so close to telling her today, but I figured that I should drag it out. It's not everyday that you have blackmail over Draco Malfoy."
"You wouldn't dare. If you told her, I would tell Potter and the Weasel exactly what you've done. What would Harry Potter think if you and Ron lied about Hermione all this time?" Draco said tauntingly.
"You're too coward to do that," Emma said though she was nervous now.
Draco walked closer to her and pushed her against a wall, "Trust me, you DO NOT want to push me Dumont. I could make your life hell. I could destroy you more than you destroyed Hermione and no one will be there to help you. I seem to remember hearing at a party that you were expecting? I'd not only have to tell Dumbledore, but then I would have to tell Potter and Weasley that you wouldn't know who the father is. And if you're suddenly not pregnant anymore? You and I both know that the rumour will be that you killed it. Be careful who you try to blackmail."
Draco threw her away from him like she was a doll and stalked away from her angrily. He was confident that he had scared the shit out of Emma Dumont and he was right. If he would've looked back, he would've seen that she lost all the colour from her face, but was otherwise alright.
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Lunch time finally rolled around and Hermione was nervous. She realized that Pansy had been right earlier today and she knew that Blaise wholeheartedly agreed with her as well. If she was honest with herself, she couldn't love Theo. That was the problem with stupid Draco Malfoy. Once you loved him, no one else could possibly compare or take his place. Under all that bad boy image, there was a good guy there waiting to be discovered and she had found him. Now the only thing to do was to find Theo and break it off with him.
She searched through the hallways to find him and after awhile she did. He was hanging out with Harper like he usually did and she smiled at him. There was just something about him that she liked, but that wouldn't be enough. His dark hair and dark brown eyes just had a way of getting to her, but she couldn't think about that right now.
"Theo, could I talk to you?" she asked him nervously.
"Yeah sure, I'll talk to you later Josh," Theo told his friend.
They walked around the more abandoned parts of Hogwarts and Hermione struggled to think of what to say.
"You wanted to talk to me?" he asked her.
Hermione sighed, "Yes I did. Sorry this is just hard. I don't think we should be together anymore."
"You're kidding right?" Theo asked hoping it was a joke, but he knew deep down that it wasn't.
"I'm sorry. You're an amazing guy that any girl would be lucky to have. I just can't be that girl," she said sadly.
"There's someone else isn't there?" he asked tiredly.
Hermione looked at him sadly, "I'm sorry, but there is. There just a guy that I used to be in love with that I realized recently, I never stopped loving him. It's not fair to you if we keep seeing each other."
"I get it, you love Malfoy. I should go," Theo said reluctantly as he started walking away.
"Wait!" Hermione exclaimed as she ran towards him.
"If I had never met Draco, you know that it would be you right? I'm not kidding that any girl would be lucky to have you," Hermione told him breathlessly.
"Thanks," Theo smiled sadly, "If only things were different."
"Yeah, well goodbye," Hermione said as she gave him one last hug.
After they pulled away, Hermione walked towards her dorm and luckily there wasn't anyone in there. Hermione was sad that they broke up, because he was someone she had started to depend on and she had really liked him, but she couldn't fool herself anymore and the sooner she did it, the less it would hurt him. Hermione remembered his reaction when she told him about her parents death. He had been kind and caring and she would always be sad that she could never love him.
She didn't know what to do with Draco though. Hermione felt like she needed a break from guys until she could sort herself out. There had been so many changes in her life this year that she needed a break. Her feelings needed to be put on hold while she dealt with Blaise. Hermione really didn't know how to talk to him about it or if he would even believe her. Her first instinct was to send a letter to her mother, but she knew that she couldn't anymore. It was something she was going to have to get used to and it just added to her sadness. Hermione knew that if anyone could relate it was Draco.
Someone entering the girls' dorms broke her out of her thoughts. Looking up, she was surprised to see that it was Pansy.
"You're the last person I expected to be in the Gryffindor Tower. How did you get in?" Hermione asked her.
Pansy smiled, "I'm a Slytherin and best friends with the Head Boy. You really should've seen the Gryffindors' faces when I entered the portrait. It was priceless."
"I can imagine. If you don't mind me asking, what are you doing here?" she asked.
"I heard that you broke up with Theodore and I thought that you deserved some company," Pansy replied.
"Thanks, you're an amazing best friend. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise," Hermione smiled a little sadly.
"Thanks, you're pretty great yourself Hermione. You did the right thing by breaking up with Theo. You guys weren't meant to be together," she told her.
"And Draco and I are," Hermione laughed sarcastically.
"You'd be surprised. I'm positive that you guys are. From what I've heard and from what I've seen, you guys would be a pretty kickass couple, not to mention a good looking one, after Blaise and I obviously," Pansy giggled.
Hermione threw at pillow at her playfully, "Thanks, but I think I need a break from dating. I just need my life to calm down before I start thinking about going out with Draco. I barely know myself as it is and I need to figure it out before I can get in a serious relationship like he wants. He's also acting really weird around me so I think I'm going to give him a bit of space to deal with whatever is going on. I asked him about it, but he didn't tell me what it was. He knows I'll always be here for him, so I'll just wait for him to get out of his weird funk."
"I can't believe you just used funk to describe Draco," Pansy laughed, "But I agree that you need a bit of a break. So have you figure out what you're going to do with finding out about that you have a brother?"
"No, I don't know what to do. If I was him I would be pretty pissed. I mean you go through your whole life thinking you're an only child and then one day it's like bam!, by the way you have a sister. I just don't want to cause any family problems," Hermione explained.
Pansy laid down on Hermione's bed, "I understand why you're scared, but I know Blaise. Hell, I love the guy, but he would want to know. He might take it badly at first but I know he would come around, because he already thinks of you as a little sister. Blaise just might need space for awhile, so while you give Draco some space, you can also give Blaise some space too."
"I know, but I don't want to complicate anyone's life," Hermione sighed.
"You won't, you're way too kind to do that. Just start from the beginning and try to find yourself that way. To find out more about yourself, you'll have to meet your parents which means you do have to tell Blaise," she told her.
"Do you know Blaise's parents?" she asked Pansy curiously wondering why she never asked her.
"I know Uncle Nate and Aunt Lizzy very well. Draco, Blaise, and I pretty much grew up together so their parents are my parents. That's why Blaise and I couldn't be there for Draco when his mother died, because we were both grieving ourselves," Pansy explained.
Hermione was surprised that she never knew that, "Can you tell me about them?"
Pansy thought for a few minutes, "I don't really know where to start. I know that you got your intelligence from Uncle Nate for sure, too bad Blaise missed that gene. I can tell that you get your beauty from Aunt Lizzy, you both have similar features now that I know you're related. They're both really nice people. They aren't strict, but there are some rules to follow at their house. Trust me, you'll absolutely love them."
"Yeah, I'm sure I will," Hermione said more to herself.
"Don't get too ahead of yourself, just take one step at a time. Focus on telling Blaise first and then deal with everything after that," Pansy told her.
"If I do, that means Draco's going to find out. I don't want him to though," she said.
"Why not?" she asked Hermione.
"Because what if starts liking me for being a pureblood. To be honest, I forgot that I am a pureblood, but as soon as Draco finds that out then I think things will change," Hermione said sadly.
"Hermione stop worrying! He likes you for you. He doesn't care about blood, you know that. Come on, we have to leave or we'll be late for Defence," Pansy said as she pulled Hermione up and they walked out of the dorms.
All the Gryffindors stopped what they were doing when they noticed that Pansy, a Slytherin, had been there the whole time. Whispers started and fingers were pointing. Pansy and Hermione looked at each other before laughing and running out of the portrait before the Gryffindors could do something to them.
Out of breath, Hermione decided to tell Pansy her decision, "Fine. I'll tell Blaise tonight, if that'll make you happy."
Pansy let out a squeal and hugged Hermione, "Thank you! I'm sorry, but this situation is difficult when it involves your best friend and your boyfriend."
"No problem," Hermione smiled as they walked to class.
The rest of the day was spent worrying about how she would tell Blaise. There had to be an easy way to break it to him. She made a deal with herself. If Blaise couldn't accept it, then she would stay away. He deserved that much and she wouldn't intrude on their family, well his. Hermione also worried about what Draco would think once he found out. She knew that he would, because he was Blaise's best friend. It wasn't like she could tell him, he was busy avoiding her like the plague.
Hermione was shaken out of her daydream when she saw that everyone was leaving the class. Reluctantly, she got up and headed to the common room where she knew Blaise, Pansy, and Draco would be. She didn't want Draco to be there, but at the same time, she did. Hermione wanted him to know that her and Theo broke up and then maybe he'd stop avoiding her. Her arms clutching her books, she made her way to the room. Edward stood there patiently waiting for her.
"Hey Edward, where is Annabelle?" she asked the portrait.
Edward smiled at her, "She's just visiting another portrait."
"Oh okay, thanks," Hermione replied.
After telling Edward the password, she entered the common room. The house elves must have cleaned up, since the room was completely spotless. Hermione saw her friends on the couch and things seemed to be a little tense. It was like they had all been fighting about something by the way they were acting around each other. They hadn't noticed her yet and Hermione took that moment to figure it out. Pansy looked the most pissed off out of the group, Draco just looked guilty and pissed, and Blaise was just mad in general but not as much as the other two. She assumed Draco did something to piss Pansy off. Last time, Pansy had asked him for advice on which colour of nail polish to use and when he picked one, she completely snapped at him. Sometimes Pansy overreacted and luckily she hadn't faced it yet.
"So will anyone tell me what's going on or do I have to keep guessing?" Hermione asked the group as they jumped at her sudden arrival.
Immediately, they stood up and looked at each other with indescribable looks on their faces.
"Umm..." Blaise started.
Pansy looked at him in annoyance, "Let's go Hermione and leave these two alone. I really can't stand to look at them right now. They're completely disgusting."
"Okay?" Hermione looked helplessly at the other two, but they refused to look at her.
Pansy grabbed Hermione's arm and dragged her out of the common room. Everyone in the hallways were giving them weird looks, but Pansy took no notice and brought her to the Slytherin dorms. Hermione had never been in it, but she heard a description from Ron and Harry before. It was darker than she liked, but Harry and Ron hadn't described it properly. It was dark, but at the same time it was a gorgeous common room, just completely different from the Gryffindor one. Of course Dumbledore wouldn't give a house an ugly common room, she thought sarcastically. Pansy peeked up each staircase and around the room and when she was satisfied that no one was there, she brought Hermione up the stairs.
Pansy turned back to Hermione with a grim look on her face.
"You can't tell Blaise," she said softly.
Hermione looked surprised, "Why not? I thought you told me to."
"I've changed my mind. We already have enough drama as it is and I don't think right now is the time to add to it. You were right anyways, you just opened up the letter yesterday," Pansy decided.
"What happened between you guys?" Hermione asked, "It's really making me annoyed that I'm the only one that doesn't know what's going on. Is this about me?"
Pansy sat on her bed and put her head in her hands, "Don't talk to Draco anymore. He's a complete tool. Blaise and I are taking a break too."
"Okay, slow down. Why can't I talk to Draco?" Hermione asked her.
"I know that on some level that you love him, but he's just going to keep on hurting you. He's been playing you since the party, because of some bet that he and Blaise made. Not only that, but apparently Blaise has been talking to one of your little friends, Ginny Weasley," Pansy told her angrily.
"No, Draco wouldn't do that anymore. I thought the reason that he was avoiding me was because of me and Theo? How could Blaise be in the bet? I thought he was my best friend. Since when do they talk?" Hermione said upset.
"Well Draco did do that and now you just need to forget about him for a little while. He started to avoid you, because he felt guilty since you guys started being friends now. Blaise is still your friend, he's just being an idiot right now which is really not surprising since you're the one that got all the Zabini intelligence. I don't know, apparently recently. I saw this message in his bag saying 'Thanks for giving me a chance. I have no one else to turn to, especially since I found out about Harry.' What the hell does that mean?" Pansy wondered frustratedly aloud.
"She must have found out that Harry was cheating on her. Honestly, I warned her about it and she didn't believe me. I'm sorry, I don't know why she would go to Blaise, but maybe it's not what you're thinking. Blaise is a good guy, he's just making stupid decisions right now," Hermione soothed Pansy.
"I hope you're right," Pansy said quietly, "Maybe I'm being selfish not letting you tell Blaise. If you want to tell him you can."
"No, it's alright," Hermione said, "I don't know what I would say to him. It's so weird to think that Blaise is my brother. Not only brother but twin brother. I don't know. I kind of hope he doesn't find out."
"Umm... About that. It might be a little too late for that," she told Hermione while looking past Hermione.
"You're kidding," Hermione said disbelieving.
"No. Turn around, I'm serious," Pansy said shaking her head.
Hermione slowly turned around to see Blaise standing there in shock. She wondered what he was even doing there in the first place, because they were in the girls' dorms, but then she saw some flowers held in his hand and she understood. Blaise had come up here to apologize for god even knows what at the moment, so he must have heard the conversation or at least a bit of it. He definitely heard the last bit of it, there was no way that he missed that. Blaise dropped the flowers he was holding and looked at them in disbelief.
Blaise looked at Pansy angrily, "Here I am feeling guilty for keeping something from you that had nothing to do with you, while you're keeping something fucking huge from me that has everything to do with me. You're such a hypocrite, I can't even look at either of you."
Blaise glared at both of them and stormed out of the room. Pansy went to pick up the dropped flowers and Hermione was shocked to see that Pansy was actually crying. Hermione quickly grabbed Pansy and hugged her. Hermione just held her while her thoughts were running around in her head. It had happened so fast, she couldn't even focus on it. She knew that Blaise was extremely upset and that meant that Pansy was right. He needed space, just like Draco did. She vowed to be as good of a friend as Pansy had been to her. This was only the calm before the storm. They were all right this morning. No matter what you did, someone would be affected and not always in the best way.
Please Review! Thanks for all your patience, I really appreciate it. Blaise finally found out and Pansy now knows Draco's dirty little secret. With Theo gone and Blaise and Draco needing space, what is Hermione going to do?