Ginny's thoughts told her to do something quick but her body didn't seem to be thinking along the same lines. She was bloody frozen still with Gary in her arms and Branimir didn't look the slightest bit happy with what was going on.

His handsome face had managed to scrunch itself into anger. He still looked handsome though. He was clenching his fists tightly as his half brother made his way towards them with his fiancee by his side. Branimir didn't seem to notice just how beautiful Gabrielle was, he had his eyes focused on just one person.

Ginny held her breath when Blaise managed to catch her eyes attention. He smiled at her as if everything was all right and normal and grinned at her. She couldn't believe what he was doing at a time like this but she decided to not do anything about it as a sudden move by her could cause a series of problems, like dominoes...

"Branimir?!" Blaise exclaimed, behaving as if the situation between him and his brother was perfectly normal. "Long time no see! I've been looking all over for you. It's been way to long-" he eyed Ginny for a moment before looking back towards his brother. "- I see you are hanging out with an old friend of mine?"

"Yes, it's been a vhile, far too long," Branimir said without emotion to his voice. "I see that ve both know Ginny Grace? She's very nice don't you think?"

Blaise nodded.

The scene before Ginny was very tense. She didn't know if she was supposed to speak or not as it seemed that the Zabini brothers were in control of the whole situation. She wanted to have her say at something but something inside of her told her not to say a word.

"Have you met my fiancee?" Blaise asked, putting an arm around Gabrielle and showing her off. "A pretty little thing isn't she? Took me quite a while to get her to go out with me and look at where we are now. If I hadn't asked her out in time, she would have married some stupid muggle who has a profession in teeth. What kind of wizard does that?"

"Congratulations on the engagement but to be honest, I really couldn't care." Branimir said. "I really couldn't care."

Ginny was shocked at Branimir's behavior, being the gentleman he was, she had expected him to behave in a good manner even when around those he didn't like. She was going to keep quiet though, she knew it wasn't her place to say anything. It was between the two brothers.

Blaise didn't seem to be put off by his remark though, he just smiled with his head tilted slightly so that his face wasn't up straight. He turned his head for a moment to have a look at Gary. "He's grown quite a bit."

"He has a name," Ginny said angrily, speaking for the first time. Maybe speaking once or twice was all right.

"So the lady stirs," Blaise said.

For a moment, Ginny thought that Blaise was quoting someone from a muggle play... Romeo and Juliet or something... She pushed the thought aside and glared at him. Now wasn't a time to think about the star cross'd lovers.

"He's called Gary," Branimir said, defensively as if he were protecting her.

"You seem to be very fond of him," Blaise suddenly said. "I have been watching you guys for three days or so, playing out here at the beach. I had expected you to behave a bit more strictly... but never mind. I guess you never liked mama's rules."

"You know very vell that Gary is a Zabini," Branimir said through clenched teeth. "He could be either one of ours, unless our mother has had another son our age or something vithout our knowledge. Being the woman she is, we probably have brother's a little older or younger than us."

Gabrielle looked at Blaise curiously at this. By the expression on her face, it clearly showed that she was going to have more than just a word or two with him when they left. She didn't look one bit happy.

Blaise gave a tense look with a mixture of hate and anger. He then looked at Ginny as if warning her to not say a word. "Gary is definitely not a Zabini. Now if you'd excuse me- I mean us, I need to send Gabi off by floo back to France. I've promised to return her to her parents before dark. Ciao."

Branimir didn't once soften the expression on his face as Blaise and Gabrielle walked off. It wasn't until they completely disappeared around a corner that the look on his face faded. He turned to look at Gary before muttering something to himself.

"I am sorry about my behavior," he suddenly said. "Accept my apology and I vill be happier."

Ginny blinked in surprise as that had been a very quick change of mood. "Why are you apologising?" she asked.

He didn't reply to her question immediately but smiled at her in a rather stiff way. "You'd understand some day," he said.

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Two weeks had gone since the clash of the Zabini brothers. Ginny had decided to spend the day on her own and Hermione had gladly accepted looking after Gary for the day. She was never going to understand how Hermione really thought like. Wasn't looking after two hyper toddlers enough already? Ginny exhausted very quickly with just Gary to look after and not to mention Viktoria... She was one of the most active and crazy toddlers she had ever met.

She had found it sort of hard to leave the mansion at first as Gary had been crying about wanting to go outside with her as it usually meant that they were going to see Branimir. She was happy that he had taken a liking to him, it meant him well. She had had to tell him that they were going to see him later this week which made him tilt his head and smile, it had been the only way to make sure he stayed at home.

She was taking a walk in one of the wizard community parks in London and was taking in the greenery with her blue eyes. She could see many couples with children walking around her looking pleasantly happy and she suddenly felt a stab to her heart like something was missing in her life. It brought her to thoughts on Gary and she suddenly wished the next two weeks would go by quickly as she wanted to see the results soon. She didn't want Gary to live without knowing who is father was even if he wasn't going to be living with them.

For some reason, even though Branimir was a much more nicer and friendly man towards not only Gary but herself, she wanted Blaise to be Gary's father. She wasn't going to be able to explain herself if somebody asked her why, it was just that her heart knew that this was the right thing.

Blaise's current behavior could be due to the fact that he was so close to getting married but had a rather irritating 'interruption' in the way. She had always remembered him to be a nice and friendly guy back at Hogwarts. He had been the only nice Slytherin who hadn't seen her as a blood traitor. He had always been the hopeless romantic sort who wanted love to just happen and be there for him. He wanted his life to be perfect and complete, not a broken and complicated puzzle piece where none of the pieces fitted in with each other. The broken pieces were Ginny and Gary, the possibility of a perfect and flawless life was with Gabrielle, she was- is, the perfect finished picture. Maybe he was being all moody and sort because of the choices he had to make between the two of them.

She was walking by the famous fountain now that had been donated to the park by the famous Harry Potter. Her feelings for him had drifted away now and she couldn't believe or remember ever having any feelings for him. What she had for him had been a silly school girl crush. For a moment you think you're in love, the next you can't even remember his name. That was what she had felt for him, it hadn't really been serious.

She watched as the water fell from an edge and into the pool where a few knutts and galleons could be seen. The water seemed to be so carefree, relaxed and comfortable, she felt jealous of it as it had what she didn't, a happy and comfortable life... She saw a shadow next to her that stopped a part of the pool's water from glistening brightly from the sun's rays and turned around to find herself a surprise. It was Blaise Zabini, who happened to look very sexy in his muggle jeans and collared shirt. He looked anachronistic as they were in the magic part of London and not Muggle London, everybody around them were wearing wizardry attire.

"Hello there," he said, as his held tilted slightly to the side with an angelic smile on his handsome face.

Ginny smiled as she realised that he was alone. Gabrielle wasn't here and for some reason, this made her happy. She felt her heart feel warm and tingly all of a sudden and felt that the day would go on all right. She didn't know why.

"Hi," she greeted.

"You alone?" he asked.

"Yeah." she said.

He looked around for a moment as if looking for somebody then frowned as he didn't seem to find who he was looking for. "Where's Gary?" he asked.

"I came alone." she said.

"Oh." he looked disappointed.

It was as if the sort of rift from two weeks ago had not happened and he just looked at her like they were close friends. He reached for something in his pocket, muttering something along the lines of 'I got something for you'. He then reached for her hand that was by her side and placed something on her palm.

"I got something for Gary," he said. "Thought he might like it. If you enlarge it with a charm, you'll find that it's a play house. I think he might like it. I've got another present inside this present. He'll find it somewhere in the play house."

Ginny glared at him upon his last sentence. "Where's Gary? I got something for Gary?" she repeated in spite. "Since when did you ever give a crap about Gary, Blaise?! All this time you were being all stuck up and horrible about him and now you act like nothings happened and everything would be all right? What the fuck, Blaise! Fuck you!"

Some parents who had their children with them covered their ears immediately to avoid them from hearing Ginny's use of language some more. The parents hushed their children off and disappeared around a bend. Ginny gave them a glare which clearly expressed that she didn't want to be watched.

Blaise looked unfazed by her behavior or language and just looked at her with the usual Zabini expression of an 'Is that it?' on his face.

"You were being really bitchy you know, a bitch," Ginny said, glaring at him. "You're brother was and is a whole lot nicer than you. He was so much more open when I first told him about the situation I was in. Gary really likes him too you know. Too bad that it's your loss. You missed out on the chance to be close with Gary and see where it got you? You're a bitch, Blaise, a bitch and I'm glad you're missing out on this because that's what you deserve."

Blaise chuckled at this and gave out a sigh that sounded pretty close to a sigh of relief. That confused Ginny.

"My loss?" Blaise said with an expressionless smile on his face if that was possible. There was no sign of happiness on his face. "I'm just trying to be nice okay? Can't you accept a little gift for your boy? And I don't care if I missed out because I was never part of Gary's life to start with. You forced me into it."

"I forced you? I forced you?! Oh please!" Ginny scoffed. "I did not force you into it! I just stated that Gary looked a lot like you. It's not like you ran off and disgareed with me right? You stayed in that room until I finished talking. You could have just left you know? But no, you didn't. You stayed, Blaise, you stayed. You didn't run off. And you bloody listened to me."

He laughed out without merry and looked at her with a hint of a glare in his eyes but it didn't show evidently. "Why would Blaise Zabini run off from anything?" he said.

"You're a Slytherin you coward!" she said, fuming. "A bloody Slytherin."

"Does being a Gryffindor make any difference?" he asked. "Neville Longbottom was a Griffindor and he chickened out at anything!"

"Don't talk about him like that! That's mean!" she said, getting more irked by the second.

"Why can't I?" he asked, voice raising. "I'm only stating the truth!"

"You're being mean!"

"So were you by bitching about me in my face!"

She glared at him furiously. "Don't you use my word! Since when did Blaise Zabini use the word 'bitching'?"

"Will you two just quit arguing like old couples over there?" a park patroller asked with a glare just as menacing as Ginny's. "Would you two like to settle your love life elsewhere or have be hex you two out of here?"

Ginny was about to comment furiously and argue that they weren't in any form of relationship but Blaise stopped her by speaking first.

"Our apologies at our rudeness," Blaise muttered before grabbing Ginny's hand. He then Apparated, bringing her with him.

Ginny took five seconds to adjust to her new surroundings. She was either in another park or a very very large garden quite like the one the Krum's had. She saw a fountain akin to the one she had seen a while earlier and saw how the water's flowed over and hit the ground. It soothed her down for some reason.

She then turned around, remembering that Blaise had brought her here. She saw him a couple of meters away and glared at him. "Where the fuck are we?" she asked.

"Just because your son's not here, doesn't mean you can swear your life out in front of me," he said with a grin. "Be that kind and gentle woman you are when Gary's around. You never know if I might be his father. Imagine that?"

Ginny was about to comment on what he said but he continued.

"Imagine the three of us living in a mansion? I recently bought one in Italy, we could live there," he continued, looking very happy as he continued to dream on. "We could have lots of fun, the three of us. We could even give Gary a couple of brothers and sisters."

Ginny blushed at that, knowing just how that was supposed to happen. She couldn't help herself as she imagined doing it with Blaise on some king sized bed... his hands all over her.... She snapped herself out of her imagination and tried to glare at him but she couldn't bring herself to.

"I just never thought that I could be a father some day," Blaise finished, with an innocent and fulfilled look on his face. He slowly smiled to himself as if the best thing had ever happened to him.

Ginny couldn't believe the major transformation in front of her. Only two weeks ago, or a day to be exact, had the young man in front of her been so negative about Gary and everything. He had been so against it and had hated even the sight of Gary to be frank. Something must have happened in order for him to change like this all of a sudden. Ginny needed to find out.

"Why are you so different?" Ginny asked, softly.

"What?" Blaise asked.

"Why are you so different?" she repeated herself as gently as she could.

"What do you mean?" he asked, looking thoroughly confused.

"You were just so so different on Gary before, why the sudden change? Did something happen?" Ginny asked. She decided to not add on to what she asked. She wanted to keep it as simple as possible and get a simple answer in return. She didn't want riddles.

He looked at her slightly pained and then Ginny realised what it was. She had seen the same look in his eyes many times before and had seen it in her own eyes. The look of heartbreak, loss, pain... Gabrielle must have broken up with him. She wanted to make sure...

"Did Gabrielle break up with you?" she asked, plainly. She wanted to get straight to the point and didn't care if Blaise got hurt through the process. He had hurt herself and Gary so that was what he got in return.

"Yeah, was it that obvious to you?" he asked, not giving a hint of the pain he was probably feeling in his voice.

"It's just the look in your eyes..." she said. "It's not as alive and as happy as it had been... it's like the light from the candle has been put out. You look lost."

"Oh..." he said. "She called the wedding off after hearing the fact that I might have had some illegitimate child out there somewhere. She rambled on about how I told her that I was different... How I had told her that I wouldn't behave the way my mother did as I've grown up with her raising me. She then rambled on about not wanting to marry me because if I had some illegitimate child, I might cheat on her later or something because it shows I can't be faithful. Blah, blah, blah. Then she went off to find her muggle ex fiance and are apparently getting married soon."

Ginny watched him and continued to until he stopped talking. He looked pained and she thought she heard his heart tear as he stopped. The pain he felt was evident in his eyes and he looked like he was stuck in some deep pit.

She then felt angry and conflicted. Blaise has chosen to be nicer to Gary as his second choice. If Gabrielle had decided to continue with the marriage he would have went with it and not have thought once about Gary. She glared at him.

"But..." he said all of a sudden, letting some kind of invisible blockage out of his throat. "I thought about us... As in Gabi and I and realised two weeks ago that we weren't going to work out anyway. She loves the life of high glamour and fashion, where all the attention is on her-"

"Don't you?" Ginny asked.

"Yeah, But 24/7?" he said.

Ginny smiled with her eyes for the smallest second. "I see your point."

"I realised that we wouldn't work out because all she ever wanted was to be showered with gifts from me every second of our time together," he continued. "Sure I have the money but I can't live like that. I am fortunate enough to have enough money for fifety life cycles."

He looked at her in the eyes and could feel them pierce her, like a fish caught on a hook, he caught her attention and she couldn't escape.

"I then went over what you said about Gary..." he said. "I saw more clearly after that. I tried to see the similarities... He's a Zabini all right."

Ginny's lips curved into a smile as he spoke. She suddenly realised that they were no further than a twenty centimeter difference and felt the heat around them rise. With the sun up and shining in the sky, and the birds chirping in the background with the sound of the fountain, playing out watery music, everything seemed pretty romantic in a way and she caught her breath in her throat again.

"I then noticed something else that I think you might have missed," Blaise said, head slightly tilted with a smile on his face.

"And what is that?" Ginny asked.

"Tell me first," Blaise said. "How does Gary smile?"

"Angelically," she immediately replied. "Like Zabini's do." she added.

"Anything else?" he asked, as if expecting a longer answer from her.

"Just angelically beautiful." was all she could say.

"You've been with him all his life and never noticed that he tilts his head whenever he smiles?" he asked with a surprise on his face. "If you think about it, The Konstadinov's don't smile like that. They are as stiff and straight as ever. If you've seen his Konstadinov cousins, nephews and nieces, you'd understand. He should thank our mother for the not so stiff look on his face."

Ginny stared at him. "Are you saying you believe Gary's your son?"

Blaise looked at her as if she was stupid. "And why shouldn't he be?" he asked. "You said so yourself, he's a Zabini."

"Zabini could mean that he's a Konstadinov too." Ginny pointed out.

Blaise chuckled. "But Konstadiniv's don't tilt there head."

"So?" Ginny said. "Harry and Ron tilt there heads at times to smile. Harry's a Potter and Ron's a... a Weasley." It had hurt to say that but she ignored it. "Then that would mean that Gary's a Potter and Weasley too."

Blaised laughed. "Now that's a messed family tree."

"That's not funny." Ginny said, even though a she knew a smile was forming on her lips.

He sighed and looked at her in the eyes, lifting his hands up to touch her cheeks. He caressed them softly with one hand and sighed. "Ginny... Don't argue with me. I'm just saying that I believe what you told me all those weeks ago," he said. "He is a Zabini."

A/N Latest chapter, I hope I updated fast enough. Reviews and flames both accepted and I hope you enjoyed this story. Tell me if I made any spelling errors. thanks.