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The next week, to Blaise's disappointment, he didn't see Ginny much at all again. It really was a shame that she couldn't be a year older, he thought to himself, as he circled around the Quidditch pitch taking in his team. And according to him at this moment "They Sucked."

Blaise really wanted to show up Ginny at the first game, and so he was working his team extra hard. They weren't too thrilled about it, but he knew they would thank him when they won the Quidditch cup. "Practice is over." He yelled. They all voiced their happiness and Blaise quickly got changed.

He pulled out a note that a certain red head had dropped in his lap in Muggle Studies today and reread it for the hundredth time.

Meet me at six. You know where.

He knew that this meant tonight was his First Dumbledore's Army. He couldn't believe he was actually joining it. But like he's said before, he wants to be able to protect people he cares about.

So at 5:55 he made his way down to what he knew to be the Room of Requirement. He couldn't help the smile that came to his face when he turned the corner and saw Ginny leaning against the wall with her eyes closed.

His smile turned into a smirk, as he knew he wasn't going to let this opportunity pass by without using it properly. He quietly walked up to her and as quick as a flash grabbed her, covered her mouth so she couldn't scream and held her against him.

She squirmed and he had to try hard not to laugh. He almost felt bad, because the poor girl was probably thinking she was about to get beaten or something. He was right about to let go when he felt her teeth dig into his hand. Before he could pull away she bit harder and he felt the blood on his hand. She let go and he pulled away, dropping her to the floor in the process.

"Bloody Hell, Ginny!" he yelled.

She looked up from the floor and her eyes widened when she realized it was Blaise. Then without thinking, she burst out into laughter. He glared at her causing her to laugh even harder.

Here she was thinking she was about to get raped or something and it was really just Blaise playing a joke on her.

She got up off of the floor and in between her laughs she said "How's your hand?"

He showed it to her and said "I think I might not ever be able to use it again, thanks to you!"

Ginny snorted and slapped his head. "Stop being such a drama queen."

He growled and grabbed her hand and put it in front of his mouth. "How would you like it if I bit your hand?" he asked.

She shrugged her shoulders, pretending it wasn't a big deal. His teeth got closer and closer to her hand and she saw goosebump's appear on her arm. She gasped and pulled her hand away. Why did she react like that?

"Next time don't grab me from behind and cover my mouth." She grumbled.

He was a bit confused as to why she pulled away but shook it off. "Let's get going now! I'm actually a little excited for this."

Ginny forced the thoughts racing through her mind away and linked arms with Blaise. Without looking at each other they both smiled at the contact between them. It felt nice being close to someone. They walked around another corner and Ginny let go of Blaise's arm.

He couldn't help but notice the absence of warmth as she walked away and began walking back and forth in front of the wall in front of him. Then before his very eyes a door appeared. She walked over to the door and motioned for him to join her. "This is the exclusive meeting place of Dumbledore's Army."

Without further ado she pushed open the door and pulled him through the door. Blaise looked around and saw every other head in the room shoot towards him. Their eyes were dancing between Blaise and Ginny's face.

"Umm, Ginny. Can I have a word with you?" Neville asked with wide eyes.

Ginny sighed and walked over to him. He brought her away from everyone else's listening ears. "I don't know if you've noticed, but you brought a Slytherin with you tonight."

"I know." Ginny said calmly.

Neville crossed his arms and tapped his foot. "He's a Slytherin. We're Gryffindor's. Luna's a Ravenclaw. We're all different, and yet here we are for one cause. To learn defense against dark arts that they're not teaching us. That's all he wants. To be able to defend himself." Ginny said.

Neville's eyes softened and he said "Fine. But if he betrays us, it's your fault."

Ginny kept her temper in check, knowing that Neville was just worried, and walked back over to Blaise. Everyone slowly began talking again and Blaise sarcastically said "Well this seems to be going well. What did Longbottom have to say?"

"He just pointed out the fact that you were a Slytherin." Ginny said.

"Ah, so he basically said I was untrustworthy and going to tell the Carrow's on you the second I get out of here." Blaise said with a humorless laugh.

Ginny could tell that this actually really bothered him so she decided to not say anything. She looked up at him and saw a new determination in his eyes. He walked over to the rest of the group despite Ginny trying to hold him back.

Everyone looked up at him when they heard his throat clear. "Hey! I know what's going through all of your heads. 'Oh Merlin! It's Blaise Zabini! He's a Slytherin, he obviously is a bad person. He was Draco Malfoy's friend after all!" His eyes darkened. "'His mum has been married so many times its rumored she can't even remember each husband's name!"

Everyone's gaze looked down in shame. Then Collin Creevy with sudden courage looked up and said. "Well excuse us if we are referring back to past experiences with Slytherin's." Several others nodded their heads in agreement.

Blaise threw his hands up into the air and said "I'm not like all the other Slytherin's! I don't agree with all the prejudice!"

Ginny couldn't take it anymore as she watched the doubt on everyone's face. She stalked over to Blaise and said "If you don't trust him, fine! Because I do! If any of you have a problem with that you can talk about it with me!" she looked at them all expectantly and nobody said anything.

"Good. Now that that's over with, today we are going to work on stunning and maybe patronus's at the end. Partner up." She said in a slightly more cheerful voice. Everyone obliged and Neville looked up at her. Typically they worked together and then would check on everyone else, but through an unspoken agreement it was decided Ginny would work with Blaise while Neville helped everyone else.

"Hey partner." She said to Blaise.

He didn't say anything but "You first." Ginny accio-ed some pillows over so that when she stunned him he would have something soft to land on. It seemed Luna had forgotten that with Collin as Ginny watched him crash to the floor.

"Pillows, Luna." She said tiredly. It seemed like Luna wasn't the only one who forgot as almost everyone else in the room called pillows to them. She looked back up at Blaise and said "Ready?"

Ginny saw as his eyes filled with their usual glint. "Come on, Ginger. I think your stalling. I know you don't want to hurt my body, but you're going to have to if you want to learn."

Feeling relieved he was acting normal again, she gave him a playful smirk. Without offering a retort she simply yelled "Stupefy!" It hit him square in the chest and he fell onto one of the pillows. Right as she was about to heal him, she saw Valerie Smith walking over to her.

"Neville is working with everyone else and I don't have a partner." She said nervously.

Ginny looked back over to the still stunned Blaise trying to hold back her smile at seeing him so defenseless. Oh the possibilities…She thought mischievously. Then she remembered Valerie standing next to her and she said "You can work with us."

Valerie grinned thankfully and held up her wand readily. Ginny laughed and said "How about you go and wake up sleeping beauty over there." As she pointed to Blaise.

Valerie giggled, but then blushed in embarrassment. "Umm…how do I do that."

Ginny slapped her forehead, totally forgetting that she hadn't taught the poor girl yet. "Point your wand at him and say 'Eneverate.'"

She nodded and walked closer to him. She closed her eyes for a second and then yelled "Eneverate!" nothing happened and Ginny stepped towards the girl.

"It's ok. I didn't really expect you to get it. Here let me-"Ginny started.

Valerie held her hand up and said "No. I want to get this, just give me a sec." Ginny stared wide eyed at the girl's total determination.

After a few more tries of more failure Ginny was about to really stop her. Then she yelled it one more time and she saw Blaise move slightly. Ginny walked up to Valerie and gave her a hug. "Great job!" Valerie beamed and sat down tiredly.

Ginny pat her on the back once more and then walked over to 'sleeping beauty.'

He was stretching his arms when Ginny offered her hands to help him up. He put his strong hands in her tiny ones and laughed as she attempted (and failed) to pull him up. "Might want to lay off on the pudding." She said as she dramatically caught her breath.

He kicked her really quick and she neatly jumped out of it. Blaise looked away from Ginny's face and looked at the young girl sitting on the crowd by the side. "Who is she?" he asked. She looked awful young to be learning this kind of thing.

"Valerie Smith. First year who brought you to consciousness again." Ginny said proudly.

Blaise's eyes widened and he said "A first year can do that? She's going to be better than Granger!"

Ginny laughed halfheartedly, feeling the sting of thinking of her missing friend and gazed fondly at the young girl sitting in front of her. "Hey Valerie, would you like to be stunned next, or I?"

Valerie stood up and said "I'll be stunned, that way I can just lay around for a couple of minutes." Blaise smirked and stepped forward with his wand raised. Valerie gulped, but didn't speak her fears as Blaise shouted the spell.

By the end of the lesson both Blaise and Ginny were both exhausted. "Great meeting tonight guys. Check your coins soon for the next meeting." They all waved and walked off.

Blaise and Ginny walked out of the Room of Requirement with Blaise still looking in awe at his DA coin. "This is bloody brilliant, this is." He said looking at the coin fondly.

"Thank Hermione for that." Ginny said smugly. He loved shoving the fact that the know it all beat him out of everything.

He scowled and stuffed the coin back into his pocket. Then completely shocking her, Blaise wrapped an arm around her waist in a friendly manner and it felt like her side was on a fire. She didn't say anything and neither did he, and believe it or not, the silence was not uncomfortable.

When Ginny realized that they were getting closer to the Gryffindor common rooms she pulled herself out of the comfortable warmth by him. "So how's your hand?" Ginny asked timidly.

Blaise blinked in confusion but then remembered when she had bit it earlier. "It's ok. I mean for someone who got brutally bitten by a rampaging Ginger." He smiled and she laughed and stomped on his foot.

Then she grabbed his hand and looked at the mark she left. Without even realizing it she had brought the hand to her lips and gave it a soft kiss. As what she had done just hit her, she tried to hide her embarrassment and said "Well, goodnight."

Blaise was in such a shock as to what had just happened that he just stood where he was for a good five minutes. Then when he finally had enough common sense to go to bed, he walked to his room with a huge grin on his face.