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Chapter Twelve – I Can't Win
Hermione walked to the Astronomy Tower before setting out to find Pansy so she could have a moment to breathe. It was after supper so the torches lit up the corridor in an eerie way. The stone walls set off a cold feeling and Hermione felt lost. Not lost in the castle, but lost as a person. After fifteen minutes, she finally made it to the Tower. Luckily she had her cloak to protect her from the winter chill as she looked over the beautiful yet peaceful horizon.
Everything was happening so fast. She expected Blaise to confront her in a few weeks, not today especially after Draco had paid her that hurtful visit. Hermione felt bad for Blaise, because he seemed as lost as she did and he didn't know what to do. She didn't lie when she said that she only wanted to find out where she came from, she didn't want to intrude on his family. Hopefully, reading the letter would clear things up for him and he'll know what to do afterwards. Hermione had been so caught up in how she felt in this situation, that she never imagined what it would be like for her biological family. No matter how accepting her birth mother seemed, Blaise was distant. Hermione had never seen this side of Blaise before.
She agreed with what Draco had said when he told her to just be Hermione, not Hermione Granger or anything. She just wanted to know exactly what that meant. This whole year had changed her and her life. Who was she? Hermione remembered what was written in the letter about her being under a glamour charm. Maybe she needed to see what she really looked like even though she couldn't possibly imagine her looking like anything but what she looked like now. It seemed like a good idea, because she was tired of always falling into the same rut with Draco and not standing up to Emma like she should. Maybe a change would make all the difference.
Thinking of Emma and Draco brought her back to the source of her hurt. The thing that confused her was why wasn't Emma flaunting that information around? If she thought about it, Draco and Emma would be the perfect couple. They were both gorgeous people, blond, and their personalities were similar. They were both interested in the same things and Emma was practically perfect. Emma was a society pureblood raised with the proper etiquette worthy of a Malfoy. Tears started running down her face as she thought about it. What was she thinking when she hoped that her and Draco would ever be anything more than they were? Hermione always thought that her and Draco would end up together, but the more she thought about it, the more impossible it seemed to her. She would have to keep it in the past and hopefully move on. Why was it so hard to picture a future right now?
Hermione decided it was time to pay Professor Dumbledore a visit. Her anger towards him had faded once she realized she wanted to find someone to blame. She had to do this. Hermione had to embrace both the Grangers and the Zabinis and move on from this. There had to be a way that she could. Hermione wondered how different she would look now.
Hermione was happy that the Professor's office wasn't too far away from the Astronomy Tower and quickly walked to the gargoyle. The gargoyle stood there silently as she thought of the password.
"Lemon Drops," she said gently.
The gargoyle moved for her and she walked up the winding staircase. The wooden door was shut and she knocked on it.
"Come in," Professor Dumbledore said.
Hermione walked in nervously and could tell that he was surprised to see her.
"Miss Granger, what a surprise. What can I do for you?" he asked her.
"I wanted to talk about the adoption, sir," Hermione replied cautiously.
"Come sit down. What did you want to know?" the Professor replied knowing that this conversation had been coming for a long time.
"Was everything in the letter true?" she asked sadly, "Did she really give me up for those reasons or are they just lies?"
"I assure you that she didn't lie to you. Voldemort was gaining a lot of power at that point and he was pressuring your parents to join him. Voldemort would have gone to any lengths to get them and if Mr Potter hadn't stopped him that night, then I don't know what would have happened to your brother," Professor Dumbledore explained.
"Blaise? Sir, what did she mean by the glamour?" Hermione asked him, "How different do I look?"
"Well what does Mr Zabini look like?" he asked her in return.
"He's quite tall, has black hair, green eyes, and is a little tanned," Hermione replied.
"You'll probably resemble your brother, but you won't look exactly like him. Did you want to undo the glamour?" the Professor wondered aloud.
"Yes sir," she answered quietly.
"I placed it on you so it shouldn't be too hard to remove. Please close your eyes," Professor Dumbledore directed her.
Hermione couldn't see exactly what he was doing, but she could feel that he was performing a counter charm on her. It took about ten minutes, but afterwards she felt different. Professor Dumbledore gave her permission to open her eyes and he held a mirror in front of her.
Her height and built was exactly the same as it had been before. Apparently you couldn't magically lose or gain weight. Her hair was exactly the same as before, except it was black instead of brown. Her freckles had disappeared and her eyes had turned a shade of light blue. Other than that, there wasn't much of a change. Her boobs were the same size thankfully. Mrs Zabini was right, there was hardly any changes except to her face, but that was necessary.
"There you go Miss Granger, what do you think?" the Professor asked her.
"I think that it'll take me awhile to get used to. Do I look that different?" she asked him worriedly.
Professor Dumbledore laughed, "No you don't look that different. You do, but it's still noticeable that it's you Miss Granger. Was there anything else?"
"No thank you sir," Hermione told him.
"Good night Miss Granger," he replied.
Hermione walked out and wondered where Pansy would be. The only two possibilities were the Heads common room or the Slytherin dorms. The Heads common room was closer so she decided to look there first. Hermione almost laughed at Edward and Annabelle's reaction to her new look. After reassuring them that it really was her, she said the password and entered.
The common room seemed weirdly empty without Draco or Blaise. Pansy was sitting there reading a book, when she looked up. She almost dropped her book and blinked a couple times to make sure she wasn't seeing things.
"Hermione?" Pansy asked incredulously.
Hermione laughed, "Yes it's me."
"I don't understand," she wondered aloud.
"I was placed under a glamour charm remember? Well, this is how I really look like," Hermione explained.
"Well you look sexy. The boys will be running after you even more now," Pansy laughed.
"I have so much to tell you," they both said at the same time.
"You go first," they said in unison.
"Go first," Hermione asked her gently while sitting down beside her on the couch.
"Blaise still hasn't talked to me at all, but I noticed that he looked better today. I miss him a lot," Pansy smiled sadly, "But I also talked to someone really surprising today."
"Who?" Hermione asked curiously.
"Potter. I was taking a detour, because I wanted to think for a bit on my own and I ran into him literally. At first we weren't friendly, but then he asked for a truce. We started talking and I don't know. He realized what a bitch Emma actually is thank god," she told her.
"Wait... you talked to Harry? The one that didn't believe me?" she said disbelievingly.
"Hold on, I'm not done yet. He realizes his mistake with you. He knows you were right and he's sorry. I figured out why he's been doing all that jerkish stuff lately," Pansy said.
Hermione laughed, "Is jerkish even a word?"
"Probably not, but it is now. You must know this by knowing him, but I think he was acting out. Not only that, but he was trying to push everyone away, because he doesn't want his friends to die. I sound pathetic don't I?" Pansy asked her.
"Just a little bit," Hermione laughed, "I'm just kidding. I can see that happening. Harry was very self sacrificing when we were friends."
"I told him a bit about Blaise. I didn't mention anything about your adoption, but I talked to him about it," she mentioned.
"I'm happy you found someone else to talk to about these things," Hermione smiled.
"So you're not mad?" she asked.
"Why would I be mad? It's perfectly alright. I'm not going to tell you who you can and can't be friends with. That would make me a terrible friend," Hermione told her.
"Thanks," Pansy smiled, "Now tell me about you."
"I got many visits and talks today actually. First off, Draco came and talked to me. Don't do that face Pansy, I know what happened. He told me everything. Is it sad that I'm honestly not surprised? I'm disappointed, but I'm not angry. I'm hurt that he would go to those lengths and for what? I don't understand him. I also told Draco about the adoption, because I needed to get it off my chest and I needed to tell him. I'm used to leaning on him and Blaise needs someone to talk to about it. He was shocked that Blaise was my brother, but he let me talk it out and he gave me some advice," Hermione smiled sadly, "He's the reason I decided to do this actually. I can't keep hiding from everything and from Emma. I can't be just Hermione Granger and I need to figure out who I am. That's why I decided to take off the glamour charm to see what I really looked like."
"I'm sorry for lying to you. I just didn't want you to get hurt once more by that idiot who can't seem to control himself," Pansy said angrily, "I'm happy that you were able to tell him though. I know how much you guys meant to each other."
She smiled, "Thanks. I also talked to Blaise. I feel so bad for him Pansy. He really doesn't know what to do. We didn't talk for very long, but I left him the letter. He's so lost right now, he doesn't deserve it. I wish I wasn't doing this to him."
"Oh Hermione. It's not your fault. You're just caught in the middle of a situation that's all. Blaise doesn't blame you, I know him that much. He'll figure it out and it's a good idea that you left him that. Hopefully he'll know what to do now," Pansy comforted her.
"I hope so too. I don't think any of us know where to go from here," Hermione commented.
Pansy was silent, because they was no need to vocally agree to that. It was true. Pansy had never been separated from Draco and Blaise for so long. All four of them were always together, but now they were alone with no idea where to go next.
"We should go to a party. Theo told me about one the Ravenclaws are having. Are you in?" Hermione broke the silence.
"Yeah I'm in. We haven't gone to one in awhile and I need to let loose for one night," Pansy smiled.
Hermione agreed and they went straight to talking about what they should where and who would be there.
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Blaise Zabini stared at the letter silently. He had no idea what this meant, but it changed his whole life. He wasn't as angry at his parents after reading it, but he still had no idea what to do. It was obvious that Hermione had looked at this letter often, because it was creased everything and some words were starting to smudge. He couldn't imagine being in her shoes right now, because that would be difficult. They had placed her under a glamour charm! No one he knew would enjoy that. It made him wonder what she really looked like. Did she look like him?
"What's on your mind?" Draco interrupted his thoughts.
"Nothing man, nothing," Blaise replied.
Draco scoffed, "Don't lie to me. She told me everything."
"Hermione or Pansy?" he asked.
"Hermione. She was worried about you," he responded.
"She had no right," Blaise said angrily.
"Blaise, calm down. Yes, she does. Hermione is your sister now, accept it. She cares about you, you guys were close before that remember?" Draco told him.
Blaise sighed, "How is it possible that I have a sister? Fuck, why didn't my mother or father tell me about it either? Apparently in this letter they sound quite concerned."
"Well, when a boy and a girl fall in love... I'm kidding. They probably had a tough time giving Hermione up and couldn't forget about it," he said.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. It's just so weird. She's my... sister," he said weirdly.
"It's going to take awhile to get used to. I wasn't going to say anything, but I'm pretty sure you thought of her as a sister before anyways. You were quite protective of her right from the beginning. Are you going to forgive Pansy?" Draco asked him.
"I guess I was. I never thought about it that way. I don't know man," Blaise replied.
"You don't have a reason to be mad at her. I talked to Hermione about it. They had only known for a day and a bit. Pansy was pushing Hermione to tell you," Draco explained.
"That's not what I overheard. Pansy was telling Hermione not to tell me and that we were both untrustworthy," he retorted.
"And do you blame her? She was angry at both of us, more me. I fucked Emma and you knew. She was just trying to look out for Hermione. You know that Pansy can be hot headed sometimes. I've seen her around and Pansy looks absolutely miserable," he told Blaise.
"I know I should be able to forgive her, but I can't. I need someone to blame for this and I'm just having second thoughts about her," Blaise explained.
"I thought you loved her?" Draco asked him.
"I thought I did too, but now I'm not sure," he said.
"You need to tell her then," he said suddenly.
Blaise laughed, "Like I should listen to your advice. You screwed over my sister remember?"
"Your sister? You're already getting there. I know and I talked to her about it. I don't know what's going on there, but I doubt she'll ever talk to me again. Tell Pansy, she deserves it," Draco told him.
"I'll think about it," Blaise said stubbornly.
Blaise put the letter away to give back to Hermione. Maybe Red and Draco were right, but he didn't want to think about it anymore. Draco suggested that they should go out and play quidditch and Blaise agreed completely. He was tired of always feeling like this and needed to get away from it.
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"Okay, how do I look?" Hermione asked Pansy for 50th time.
Pansy rolled her eyes, "You look fine. I've told you that how many times now?"
"I'm sorry," she smiled, "This is just the first time everyone is going to see me like this. I want to make sure that I look good."
"I know you're nervous, but you do look good. Emma is going to wish she looked half as good as you," Pansy replied, "Now how do I look?"
"You look amazing Pansy. Blaise won't know what hit him," Hermione giggled as Pansy threw a random shoe at her.
"Don't say that," Pansy asked her sadly, "I don't want to get my hopes up."
Hermione gave Pansy a hug, "Don't worry about it. Last time I checked he was crazy about you. Now that I have sort of sister privileges, I can kick his butt without getting in trouble."
Pansy laughed, "Thanks. Are you ready to go?"
"Yeah, let's go," Hermione said as she dragged Pansy out of the room.
When they finally arrived to the party, it was already crazy. There were drinks littered everywhere and everyone was out dancing. Hermione looked around for a particular person and when she found him, she jumped on him.
"Woah... Hermione? Is that you?" Theo asked.
Hermione jumped off of him and laughed, "Yeah it's me. How do I look?"
"You look gorgeous, I can already see guys checking you out," he chuckled.
Pansy gave her a confused look to ask when her and Theo were cool again, but Hermione just shrugged.
"You're one to talk, I saw you checking out that girl over there. Anyways, thanks for the invite," Hermione told him as her and Pansy left.
"What's going on between you two?" Pansy asked confused.
Hermione laughed, "We're friends, nothing else. I don't know, he was part of my life and I don't see why we shouldn't be friends if we're okay."
"You're one weird girl, Hermione," she replied.
The girls pushed their way through the crowd to get something to drink. There was an okay song playing right now, but Hermione wasn't paying attention. Her mind kept drifting to a certain blonde, but she was thankful he wasn't there. She left Pansy to go talk to red head that had been making her quite angry lately.
Ginny was just leaving into a quiet hallway when Hermione grabbed her arm forcefully.
"What do you think you're doing Ginny Weasley?" Hermione said angrily.
Her face was as confused as ever, "I don't know what you're talking about."
Hermione laughed sarcastically, "Don't play dumb with me. I know what you're trying to do. Stay away from Blaise and go back to Harry. You guys are perfect for each other. Leave my best friends alone."
"Blaise is my friend. I have as much of a right to talk to him as you guys do. I didn't do anything to cause Pansy and Blaise to fight. I don't know what you're trying to get at," Ginny explained.
"Actually, Blaise is my brother and I'm not going to let you confuse him or even worse hurt him. You might not have caused them to fight, but I know you. I know what you're trying to do and it's not going to work. Are you trying to get on my good side by being friends with my friends? It's not going to work. Give it up," Hermione said forcefully letting all the anger she had felt lately out.
Ginny stood there red knowing that she had been caught.
"Look, I realized that I made a huge mistake trusting Emma over you. I'm sorry that I left you when you needed us. Could you give me another chance?" Ginny asked.
Hermione was staring at Ginny with her new blue eyes, observing whether she was being genuine or not. After a few minutes of unnerving silence, Hermione finally spoke.
"Maybe sometime in the future, but for right now, no. A best friend trusts the other best friend and doesn't leave them when the whole school turns their back on them due to a lie your darling brother and Emma made," Hermione explained, "You know that I'm huge on trust. I can't trust you at all and if I manage to one day then yes I'll give you another chance. If you mess with my best friends though I promise I'll give you hell."
Ginny looked stunned at Hermione, before Hermione walked back to the party. If Ginny thought that all it took was a simple sorry to erase everything that had happened, she was wrong. Hermione had observed that Blaise had been looking better around the time she had started seeing them together. It angered her to see that Ginny had tried to weasel her way into their lives. If she couldn't see that Blaise and Pansy were perfect for each other, then she really was blind.
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Pansy looked around the crowd searching for Hermione, but she couldn't spot her anywhere. She walked around for a bit trying to spot her, not really caring to be social. Pansy could see the sympathetic looks around her and it made her angry. She hated to be pitied. Right before she was about to leave, someone gently grabbed her arm.
Surprised, she turned around expecting to see Hermione, but to her surprise it was Potter. Since when were they good enough friends to talk to each other in front of the whole school? Rumours would be flying around tomorrow, she thought morosely.
"Are you okay?" a pair of somewhat concerned emerald eyes asked her.
Pansy felt insecure that she could be read that way, "Yeah I'm fine. I didn't expect you to be here."
"I felt like getting out," Potter shrugged.
Her hazel eyes met his, "I know exactly how you feel."
"Tomorrow should be pretty fun," he said simply.
"The rumours? Yeah, I'm definitely looking forward to that. Why are you talking to me anyways?" Pansy asked him confused.
Potter shrugged, "I'm bored and everyone's too wasted to be fun at this point. Weren't you with Hermione?"
"Yeah I was, but she disappeared. I know what you mean though. I feel really boring, because I'm this sober," Pansy laughed.
"Then let's do something," he said randomly.
"Like what?" she asked unsure knowing what he could be thinking about.
Potter grabbed her arm gently and lead her out of the room, "Let's go outside. There will be more to do there."
"Okay sure," Pansy replied.
Pansy normally wouldn't have gone, especially with Potter of all people, but Hermione was no where to be found and she really was bored. She didn't know that this single decision could be the best and worst decision of her life so far.
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"That was fun. I haven't played quidditch in ages," Blaise said tiredly.
"Yeah I know what you mean. I need to book some practices if we want a chance at the cup this year," Draco replied.
"What's going on with you and Hermione anyways," he asked.
Draco ran his hand through his hair, "Nothing man. I told her everything though. I just had to tell her, she deserved to know."
"How did she take it," Blaise wondered.
"I don't know. She didn't really say much. It surprised me though, she wasn't angry. I hurt her though, I could tell," he told Blaise.
"She looked pretty upset when I came and saw her. Have you talked to Emma lately?" he asked while flying casually on his broom.
"Fuck no. I'm done with her. I shouldn't have even been friends with her in the first place. I'm glad that I scared her enough for her to stop hurting Hermione," Draco said angrily.
Blaise sighed, "Do you still love her? Hermione, I mean."
"Yeah I do," he said reluctantly.
"Do something about it then," he told Draco.
"I screwed up too many times and I don't deserve someone like your sister," Draco said angry at himself.
"You screwed up, but I think she's good for you. Give her time, but don't give up," Blaise advised him.
"Maybe," he replied deep in thought, "What about you and Pansy? I know what you said earlier, but what happened?"
"I don't know. She just kept something huge from me and I just feel like I don't like her the way I used to," he replied.
"What did you expect her to do though? It has nothing to do with Ginny Weasley does it?" Draco asked him disgusted.
Blaise sighed frustrated, "I don't know. You're crazy."
"No way. You have the hots for the Weaselette? After everything she did to Hermione, you're going there? She's a complete bitch Blaise," Draco warned him.
"Don't talk about her that way. I know what she did and she feels awful about it. No one's perfect, they can make mistakes," he said angrily.
"Calm down Blaise. Honestly, you're making a mistake. Go back to Pansy, before it's too late," Draco replied.
A giggle broke the tense silence and they had to search through the silence to find the source.
"It's just some couple," Blaise said losing interest.
Draco paused, "Blaise. That's Pansy."
Blaise turned on his broom so fast he almost fell off, "What? Who's she with?"
"You're not going to believe this, but she's with Potter. It might not be anything though. I don't see them making out or anything," Draco said carefully.
"Whatever, she may as well be a Gryffindor the way she befriends them," he said flatly.
Draco chuckled, "You're one to talk. Remember Weaselette? Like I said, hurry up before it's too late."
Draco wasn't impressed that Pansy was with Potter of all people, but he couldn't hold it against her. Blaise was being an ass playing with her lately. He just hated that Potter was brought into it. It was bad enough the Weaselette was brought into this, but Potter too? This was getting ridiculous. They may as well be fucking Gryffindors.
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Hermione entered the party and looked around for Pansy. She swore she had only left for a few minutes, but it was impossible. Hermione had searched all over the room and there wasn't a trace of her. Finally, she found Theo and decided to ask him.
"Have you seen Pansy," Hermione yelled over the music.
Theo thought for a minute, "I'm pretty sure she left with Potter."
She looked shocked, "Are you serious?"
"Yeah, hard to believe. It's the talk of the party," he yelled back.
"Thanks," she said as she walked away from him.
This school year just kept getting weirder. Her and Draco, befriending Pansy and Blaise, getting into a fight with Harry, Ron, and Ginny, becoming pretty much a Slytherin, and finding out she was adopted made it a pretty crazy year. She hoped everything would be able to get back to normal soon. In the mean time, she saw a few of Pansy's friends that she had befriended so she was going to enjoy a carefree night.
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"Who would've thought that Pansy Parkinson would agree to hang out with me," Potter chuckled.
"Shut it or I'll go inside. I really don't know what I was thinking," Pansy told him reconsidering her decision.
"You're not going anywhere," he said knowingly.
Pansy rolled her eyes, "What are we even going to do?"
"No idea. I do have this though. It might help," Potter said as he grabbed out a firewhiskey that came out of nowhere.
"You're really full of surprises Saint Potter," she said as they walked close to the forbidden forest.
They walked quietly towards a clearing near the edge of the forest. Pansy and Potter were close enough to the edge that they were safe, but in deep enough so that they weren't seen by anyone in the castle. They each took a shot of firewhiskey. Pansy shivered after.
"Haven't had any in awhile?" he asked.
Pansy rolled her eyes, "It's been awhile. Firewhiskey isn't my drink of choice. Let's play truth or dare."
"With two people?" Potter asked questioningly.
"Yeah, truth or dare? If you don't answer a question you have to take a shot and if you chicken out of the dare you have to take 2 shots."
"Okay. Truth," he said nervously.
"Typical Potter. Let's see, why didn't you believe Hermione?" Pansy asked hoping she wasn't pushing too far.
Potter sighed, "I think deep down I did, but it was just so easy to believe Ron and Emma. I got too into it and couldn't hear what Hermione was telling me when she tried to talk to me. I'm ashamed of how I dealt with it. Truth or Dare?"
"Truth," she replied thinking over his answer.
"Now who's typical? What's going on with you and Malfoy?" he asked randomly.
"He's one of my best friends. Like you and Hermione were, my brother kind of. I've never or could never like him in any other way. Truth or Dare?" Pansy asked knowing he would pick Truth again.
"Dare," Potter replied.
"I dare you to go skinny dipping in the Black Lake," Pansy smiled evilly.
Potter looked shocked, "You're kidding right?"
Pansy smirked, "Nope. Let's go."
They took another shot and started walking towards the Black Lake.
"What's going on between Hermione and Malfoy?" Potter asked her.
Pansy smiled, "They're in love with each other, but they just can't see it or accept it. They keep messing it up, but eventually they'll date."
"That's weird," he said shaking his head.
"I know. Are you still friends with Emma?" she asked him curiously.
"I don't know. I'm not her friend, but she has to be around because Ron is dating her," he explained.
They finally got to the lake and Harry quickly stripped and ran into the almost frozen lake. Pansy burst out laughing at his horrified face when he ran in the water. He was smiling at her laughing face, but the smile quickly disappeared. Pansy saw that the giant squid had emerged and started approaching him. Harry let out a yell and ran right back out completely dripping. She couldn't believe how nice his body was, but shook her head. Pansy lazily performed a drying charm on him while he dressed. He had to have the worst luck ever to have the giant squid who hadn't been seen in a year come out just for him.
Pansy laughed when he joined her, "That was very entertaining Potter."
"I'm glad someone enjoyed it," he growled grumpily.
She grabbed his arm and started dragging him, "Cheer up, let's go to the quidditch pitch. We can go fly on some brooms."
"In this state?" he chuckled, "I think we're better off just running around on the field. That dare did sober me up a bit, but not that much."
They were approaching the quidditch pitch and Pansy was happy. She couldn't believe that she could actually tolerate Potter, let alone have a good time with him, but it was a fun night. Pansy started giggling uncontrollably.
"What?" Potter asked confused.
Pansy couldn't stop laughing, "I'm just picturing your face when you saw the giant squid and that girly shriek you did while you ran out."
He frowned, "I did not shriek like a girl! I'd like to see you do that then."
"I'm sorry, it was just pretty funny," she told him controlling herself, "I'll race you to the pitch."
She started running right after she said that and he had to sprint to catch up to her. It was beyond him how Pansy could run that fast. He had always assumed that she didn't do anything athletic, but to run this fast she must do some kind of sport. Luckily, Harry just passed her right as they arrived at the pitch.
"Wow, you run fast. You're not quite what I expected Parkinson," he told her.
Pansy laughed, "A lot of people have said that to me before. You barely beat me by the way."
"I know," he mumbled.
"Who knew that Harry Potter was such a baby," she joked.
"Hey! I'm not," Harry exclaimed.
Pansy was about to say something to contradict what Potter had just told her when she was interrupted.
"Well look who we have here. Pansy and Potter, who would've thought," the cold voice of Blaise Zabini came out of nowhere.
Pansy felt herself go rigid and when she looked at him, all her hurt, guilt, and every feeling she had been feeling about Blaise came back. He still looked as perfect as he always did and she hated how she had hurt him all over again. He looked like a stranger, because all the warmth had disappeared from his face. Deciding that she had to be strong, she decided to reply.
"Why hello Blaise," Pansy said coldly, "It is quite surprising, but then again it's none of your business."
"If you guys are going to work everything out then you should talk somewhere else, but if you're not then we should leave Blaise," Draco told him while looking sympathetically at Pansy.
Pansy smiled at Draco, "Thanks, but I already apologized. There's nothing more I can do. So if you don't want to talk Blaise, then I'll talk to you later."
When he didn't say anything, she grabbed Potter's hand and dragged him to the quidditch pitch out of Blaise's sight.
"Good job," Draco said to him sarcastically, "I'm pretty sure you just lost her to Potter. Good job."
Blaise didn't say anything as he walked back towards the dorms with Draco following in tow.
Emma will appear next chapter ready to cause more trouble after staying low key for so long. I know that most you asked for Pansy/Blaise and Harry/Ginny or just not have Harry and Ginny with anyone, but I've been wanting to play around with the pairings for a little while. If you guys change your minds, then let me know =).
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