It had been a month, a month, since that almost kiss. And absolutely nothing had happened. When Blaise and Ginny saw each other at Dumbledore's Army the next day Ginny had hoped that the Slytherin would say something to her. But of course he didn't. It was as if that moment by the lake had never happened.
Ginny was much more upset about this then she should have been. This is why she found herself in the library much more often than usual, in fact, that's where she was at this very moment. She assumed that if she filled her mind with nonsense such as school work then her mind would be taken off of Blaise. Right now she was planning the next meeting of Dumbledore's Army.
The Carrow's were tightening their grip on Hogwarts. More students were being punished, and those students were punished harshly. Nowadays a detention would mean a whole weekend being forced to clean everything. Or having to write essays on how unworthy mudblood's were. The school was now a sick joke of what it used to be. Albus Dumbedore was probably spinning in his grave.
Ginny felt that Dumbledore's Army needed to do something about it. To show the Carrow's there were still loyal followers of Dumbledore here. She just didn't know how to do that without getting in trouble. Her mind was running with idea's when Neville came and sat down next to her.
"Hey Gin!" he said cheerfully.
Ginny grinned at him and Neville sighed. "How have you been?" he asked in a slightly concerned voice.
"What do you mean?" she asked slightly taken aback.
Neville shifted in his seat and said "You just haven't seemed 100% lately. Is there anything bothering you?" When Ginny didn't say anything Neville scratched his head. "Well is it maybe something about Blaise?"
Ginny nearly dropped her pencil, but luckily she stayed calm. She repeated the same question from earlier. "What do you mean?" However this time her voice was a little wearier.
Neville seemed extremely awkward in this conversation, but was truly concerned for his friend who seemed to be down. "You guys seemed to have been getting really close…and I don't know, maybe something happened between you…?"
"No! There's nothing going on between Blaise and I. I have just been really busy trying to think of stuff to do for Dumbledore's Army and-"she searched in her mind for an excuse that would make her being down seem normal. "I'm really worried about Ron, Harry, and Hermione."
Neville's eyes filled with pity and he said "We all are. But that's why we have DA, so that when they come back people will know we have tried to keep the school okay."
Ginny leaned her head on her friends shoulder and really started to think about how her brother and friends must be. "I wish they could tell me something. I just want to know they're okay." She said as she closed her eyes.
The two friends took comfort in each other for a couple of minutes before Neville sat up in his chair. "So you've been trying to think of things for DA? What have you got?" he asked.
Ginny let her head hit the table before muttering "I have nothing."
Neville laughed and then said "Hi Luna. Hey Grant!" Ginny looked up and couldn't help the grin that came to her face. Luna was hand in hand with Grant Page and they looked adorable together.
Luna smiled dreamily at the two of them and sat down in a chair next to Ginny, while Grant took the seat next to Neville. "What are you guys doing?" Luna asked cheerfully.
Ginny groaned and said "Trying to think of something to do for Dumbledore's Army."
"What do you have in mind?" Grant asked.
Ginny groaned again and said "I have no idea!"
"Want to know what would be sort of cool to do?" Neville asked suddenly. The three sets of eyes landed on him expectantly. "If we did something to prove to the Carrow's and Snape we were here rebelling."
Everyone agreed excitedly and Luna got a faraway look in her eye. Ginny assumed the girl was daydreaming about Nargles until she spoke up. "I once heard that to prove a point, muggle's would vandalize things."
Ginny and Neville looked at each other with excited glints in their eyes, each knowing what the other had in mind.
Meanwhile, Blaise was in the Slytherin common room playing a game of chess against Goyle. To be honest, it was like playing a rock.
"Checkmate." Blaise said lazily.
Goyle grunted in frustration and Blaise rolled his eyes. Goyle walked away rather quickly when he saw Crabbe walk in with two cupcakes in his hand and Blaise leaned his head back and kicked his feet up on the table in front of him. He closed his eyes and saw what he'd been seeing for the past month.
Ginny of course.
Every night Blaise had the same dream. He'd be walking with Ginny and suddenly she would pin him against the wall and would lean in to kiss him. However every time her lips got within an inch of his mouth, Collin Creevy, Neville Longbotton, or Luna Lovegood would apparate into the room and pull her away.
Each day the Slytherin's resentment for Collin Creevy grew because the boy had taken the girl of his dreams away right as they were about to kiss by the lake.
His thoughts were interrupted when Jenna Watt, the girl from the hallway who confronted him about Ginny said "Want to play a game against a person that has a brain."
Blaise's eyes widened in surprise, but in his usual cheeky tone he said "Well since you're the only person willing to play I guess I'll have to settle with you."
"Always so kind." Jenna mumbled. She sat down in the seat that Goyle was occupying before and she made the first move.
They each made a couple of moves before Blaise let his curiosity get the best of him. "To what do I owe this honor of playing a game of chess with you?"
Jenna looked up at him and said in a quiet voice "I've noticed you and the Weasley girl walking around together. I know that you go to some sort of meeting together because you always walk through some door that disappears whenever I try to find it."
At this point Blaise was worrying. What if Jenna turned in Dumbledore's Army, or tired to blackmail him or something! Jenna noticed the apprehension on his face and she quickly said "Don't worry! I'm not trying to turn you in. I just want in to this group." She looked all around the room, purposely not making eye contact with the stunned boy before her.
"You- you don't even know what we do!" he said in a whisper.
Jenna looked down at her feet and she said "I know, but you're with her. And she is good." At this point Blaise had his mouth slightly open in confusion. "Don't give me that look! Ever since you have been with her you've changed. Nobody else has noticed, but I have. Its written in your eyes, your eyes used to shout 'Im a Slytherin, and I want every girl possible.' Now they just show that you have something in your life worth fighting for."
"But why do you want to be in this club?" he managed to get out of his mouth.
"Because I have chosen what side I am on and I want to help." She said solemnly.
Blaise was about to respond, until he felt a certain coin in his pocket warm up. He pulled it out quickly, knowing that it signaled a DA meeting. Blaise looked from the coin in his hand to the girl sitting with a pleading look on her face.
"Come on." He said to Jenna. A smile appeared on her face and she followed Blaise out of the common room.
Ginny was talking to Luna about their plan when the door to the Room of Requirement opened and Blaise walked in with another Slytherin girl Ginny had seen from time to time in the hallway. Ginny watched as Blaise motioned for the girl to stay where she was. Blaise walked over to Ginny with a small smile on his face.
I swear to Merlin that if that's his girlfriend, I will hex him into oblivion. Ginny bitterly thought to herself.
"Ginny!" Blaise said happily. Ginny stood and stared at Blaise with her arms crossed. Blaise looked really confused as to why she was treating him like this, but shook it off and addressed the matter at hand. "This is Jenna Watt." He said while he pointed his hands in the direction of the dirty blonde.
"Let me guess, she's your new Slytherin slut and you couldn't bear to leave her alone for more than five minutes." Ginny said bitingly.
Blaise stared at girl's fury in awe. Did Ginny honestly think he had a girlfriend? "Actually, she's just one of my friends. She is a Slytherin who simply does not belong in Slytherin. She wants to help prepare herself for the war, because she has chosen good."
Ginny felt relief wash through her and suddenly she was much more friendly to the boy in front of her. "Oh, well in that case she's welcome to stay."
Blaise grinned and called Jenna over to him. She reached Ginny and Blaise and gave a timid smile to the redhead. She reached out her hand and said "Hi, I'm Jenna."
Ginny greeted her and then went over to Neville to start the meeting. Everyone looked up and Ginny said "Lately I have been feeling that we need to do something that shows the Carrow's whose boss. I was having trouble finding something until-" she shot a thankful look to Luna. "Luna gave Neville and I an idea."
Blaise straightened up feeling quite curious as to what plan Looney had given Ginny. Ginny looked around at everyones faces and said "So tonight we are going to write on one of the school walls in some paint that I luckily bought from Weasley's Wizarding Wheazes during the summer that is nearly impossible to take off the walls."
"What are we going to write?" Seamus Finnigan asked.
Ginny smiled and said "We are going to write 'Dumbledore's Army Lives on.' Nothing too bad, but enough to make them angry."
Everyone in the group was smiling. Blaise himself thought the idea was genius. Then a downside to this plan struck him. "What if we get caught?" he asked.
A frown appeared on Ginny face and Blaise could tell she hadn't really thought of that. Then she stood up tall and said "I'm willing to take that risk." Blaise was about to argue with her, but was cut off when Jenna spoke up.
In a quiet voice the girl said "Well, I've been working on disillusionment spells. It's not 100% foolproof, but it's better than nothing."
"You can do a disillusionment spell?" Hannah Abbot asked in shock.
Jenna nodded slightly and Ginny clapped the girl on the back before turning her grin to Blaise. "Looks like you actually have some good judgment in friends Blaise."
Blaise smiled lazily back at her and said "I only accept the best." Causing Ginny to blush and Neville to watch the two in amusement.
Later that night Dumbledore's Army crept down the hallways of the school. Ginny felt high on adrenaline. Jenna's disillusionment charm worked splendidly and everyone was blending in with the walls. "Here, let's do it here." She whispered.
Everyone stopped and Ginny pulled out the paint that she was thankful her brother's were genius enough to make. She silently opened the lid and everyone began telling her where and how to write it. When she was finished she shakily put her hand down and closed the paint lid.
Everyone silently cheered until they heard something down the corner. Ginny felt her heart beat pick up. She couldn't see anyone else but she was sure they were all wearing the same facial expression she was, which was terror.
She put a vanishing charm on the paint can and backed against a wall, where there was someone already standing. Instead of pushing her away they held her closer and instantly Ginny recognized the person holding her as Blaise.
He whispered in her ear "Stay calm." She relaxed slightly in his arms right as the person walked down the hallway. It was McGonagall.
Ginny was expecting the woman to see them all right away but instead she stopped in front of the writing on the wall, and to Ginny's utter astonishment, the ghost of a smile appeared on the older woman's face. It vanished quickly when another noise could be heard down the hallway.
Would it never end?
McGonagall quickly strode away and Ginny could feel the atmosphere in the hall getting more and more worried about who was going to be next to walk through the hallway. Ginny almost laughed out loud when she saw it was just Mrs. Norris.
"Okay everyone, go back to your dorms before Filch comes. I'm going to go back to the room of requirement and put everything away." She assumed everyone listened and left because when she called out to see if anyone was still there, no one responded.
It was then that she realized she was still being held by Blaise. No matter how much she wished she could stay like that, she got out of his arms and said "I'm going to go."
"I'll come with you." He said.
The two walked down the hallway and right as they reached the Room of Requirement the disillusionment charm wore off and Ginny watched as Blaise appeared before her. His face was flushed with excitement and she was guessing that's how she looked too.
They entered the room and Ginny grabbed her bag filled with homework and started tidying up the room.
"You did great tonight." Blaise said from behind her.
Ginny spun around and was shocked at how close he actually was to her. From where she stood now, they were barely five inches apart. "Thanks." She said breathlessly.
Not being able to contain himself any longer, Blaise lowered his head to Ginny's and wrapped his arms around her waist. She gasped against his mouth but nonetheless returned his kiss with equal ferocity.
"You don't know how long I have been waiting to do that." He said as he pulled his head away.
Ginny put her forehead against his and asked "Then what took you so long?"
He smiled at her and kissed her again. She deepened the kiss and Ginny felt like this was one of the greatest things she had ever done.
Then suddenly the door opened.
Neville stood there with a smirk on his face and he said "Nothing going on between you two right Gin?"
Ginny blushed furiously and Blaise returned the smirk. "Absolutely nothing." He said. Then he picked Ginny up and gave her the most wonderful kiss she had ever had in her life.
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