Short chapter, but I've got writer's block and I don't have much time. Please review!
Ginny knocked on the door of Blaise's apartment tentatively. She knew that she had to talk to him, but she wasn't so sure that it was a good idea to go to his apartment. Blaise answered the door looking slightly dishevelled, but still devastatingly handsome. He raised his eyebrow at the sight of the redhead standing on his doorstep.
"Weasley, what are you doing here?"
Ginny stuttered,
"Uh, well I just wanted to apologize for what happened today…I was just quite upset…and overwrought after breaking up with Harry."
"Weasley, shut up."
Blaise's curt interruption stopped her rambling and he said languidly,
"It's fine. Slytherins aren't so dumb that they don't realize that a girl doesn't mean to do something especially after they've had a…traumatizing experience."
Ginny blushed and was about to leave when Blaise invited her in. She was so surprised that she allowed herself to be pulled in. He led her into his living room and sat her down. She sat on the edge of her seat awkwardly. Never in a million years had she thought that she would be in Blaise Zabini's apartment after kissing him previously. He sat down in a chair opposite her and looked at her steadily.
"Has Potter tried to get you back yet?"
"No…and he won't. We've just been arguing so much that there is no way that he would want to get back together and Cho…well, I have talked to him and since Hermione offered to share her apartment with me since she kicked Ron out, I've allowed Harry and Ron to keep our apartment and Hermione and I are going to move in together. Should be fun."
Blaise nodded and said,
"Draco and Granger have been spending quite a lot of time together."
Ginny was surprised and ashamed to realize that she had been so absorbed in herself that she hadn't even realized that. Every time she saw Hermione she was thinking about herself and her relationship problems and therefore didn't really register what Hermione was talking about. She said quietly,
"I wouldn't really know…Hermione and I haven't really had a chance to have a close talk. It's just been…there's just a lot that's happened recently."
Blaise nodded and surprised her yet again.
"Do you want to go for dinner one night?"
"Dinner?" Ginny repeated dumbly.
"Yes, dinner, you know you choose the restaurant, we eat, drink, talk, I'll pay, a date I guess you could call it." Blaise said slightly dryly.
Ginny nodded, too caught out to say or do anything else.
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"What was wrong with Weasley?" Draco asked Hermione as they sat down to lunch. Hermione shrugged and answered,
"She broke up with Harry. They had just gotten engaged, but Cho's in love with Harry and Harry, though he may not admit it, still had feelings for her. Of course he would never have acted on it, unlike his best friend, but still it was unfair for the two of them."
Draco digested this news.
"You have to deal with Weasley's problems a lot, don't you?" Draco asked.
"No…of course not. I mean yes, but she helps me with ours…we're best friends so…I guess it's give and take…and…" she stuttered.
"In other words, yes," Draco interjected.
Hermione subsided, knowing that Draco spoke the truth. She began to think that everything had changed since Hogwarts. They had all become slightly more self-obsessed and the Slytherins…they had changed too. They were so much nicer and Gryffindors like Ron had become selfish and uncaring. Ron…the thought of him still stung a little, but Draco's presence always soothed it.
"What are you thinking about?" Draco's voice sounded in her thoughts.
"Ron…it's just that I think that I'm over him now…what he did hurts still, but I wouldn't ever take him back."
"Really?" Draco leaned in, hopes rising at her words for some reason. He still couldn't identify what exactly he felt for Hermione, but he always felt happier in her presence. She nodded her breath hitching. She started to lean in too and the moment their lips touched it was like an electric shock had gone through her. He deepened the kiss, both of them caught in the feeling of the kiss.