Chapter Ten
Blaise POV

Jeanette was sitting on a beanbag chair when we got to the Room of Requirement. She was back in her uniform, her tie wrapped around her neck. "Hey Jeanette." I said as I went to tie it for her.

"It's Hailey." She replied, "Thanks." She said when I was done. We stayed there until around midnight. Drake and I didn't have a problem getting back to the dungeons.

Crabbe and Goyle sauntered over to Drake's side. He had been spending so much time with Jeanette and I that the two have actually had to think for themselves. Jeanette doesn't like the two of them, she finds them dull.

"Can we mock Potter tomorrow?" Crabbe asked and it looked like it took him great effort to do so.

Drake rolled his eyes, "If I feel like it..." He began to lecture the two of them about doing there own thing, but I went and sat in on one of the couches.

It seemed like Daphne was in my lap a soon as I sat down. She pouted at me, "Were you with her again?" Daphne was extremely jealous of Jeanette, I didn't understand why. She was just my best friend.

"You're not my keeper," I said coldly, "I can visit who I please."

She frowned, "But Blaise..." She undid my tie and unbuttoned half of my shirt, as she tried to be seductive. I fought the urge to roll my eyes. I'm the half veela, I'm the seductive one. I don't get seduced.

I leaned in close to her ear, "Daph, darling." I whispered and she shuddered and pressed herself against me. "Do I need to show you why you shouldn't be jealous?" She nodded and I picked her up and carried her to my room. I had barely shut the door before my mouth was on hers.

The next morning I woke up early as usual, I was a bit surprised that Daphne had spent the night in my bed. I showered, dressed, and headed out to the common room. There were a couple of people around the notice board. I would've ignored them but they sounded pretty upset.

So, I walked over to a little first year, "What's going on?" I asked and the poor little girl stared at me in shock. She even looked a little frightened. I frowned, inwardly of course, a first year in my own house shouldn't be afraid of me. She reminded me of a doe, she looked up at me with wide light brown eyes, she had chestnut brown ringlets, and a handful of brown freckles across her tan skin. She could've been Jeannette's little sister.

"Everything is cancelled." She said shakily.

I bent down so I was at her level, "I'm not going to hurt you, darling. What's your name?"

"Emilia." She replied still looking unsure of herself, "What's your name?"

"Blaise." I smiled at the Emilia, "Now Emilia is an Italian name. Sei Italiano?" She grinned and nodded, "So am I. Now what did you say about everything being cancelled?"

"Professore Umbridge cancelled everything, even Quidditch! And you have to get her permission to reform anything." She spoke louder and more confidently this time, now I could hear her accent.

I absentmindedly patted her back comfortingly, "She'll let us reform the Quidditch team, don't worry." She nodded, and I opened my arms, "Can I get a hug?" She practically jumped into my arms, I could tell she wasn't hugged enough at home. I'd make sure she was here. "Now if anyone dares to mess with you, you can come to your big brother Blaise okay?"

She grinned, "Okay, fratello."

I stood and patted her head, "I've got to go meet my friend, I'll see you at breakfast."

She smiled and waved as another first year walked up. It was a boy with dark hair and dark eyes. "Bye fratello." She said before turning to the boy, I was protective and I immediately didn't like the boy.

I hurried up to the Ravenclaw Tower, I hated being late. Jeannette was waiting when I got up, I think she was trying to do an impression of me as she tapped her foot and shook her head, "You're late." She smirked as I tied her tie before we started walking.

I grinned, "Sorry about that, but I just got a little sister."

Her eyes widened, "Your mother was pregnant!" She whispered as she looked around. She didn't want it to get around, "What's her name?!"

I laughed, "My mother, pregnant? I'm still surprised I even exist." I laughed at the thought of it, and she did too, "But my new little sister's name is Emilia and she's eleven."

She was thoughtful for a moment, "Emilia? Is she Italian?" I nodded, "You have to introduce me to her, I want a little sister too."

I rolled my eyes, "Find your own little first year Ravenclaw." She pouted at me, "She does look like she could be your little sister though."

She poked me in my abs, "See! Another reason why she should be my little sister too." She grabbed my arm as she pleaded, "I want to meet her."

"Fine." I muttered to make her stop. She grinned and kissed my cheek before grabbing my hand and running down the stairs. Soon we were at the Great Hall. I expected her to go to the Ravenclaw table, but she stayed clutching my hand at my side.

"Which one is she?" She asked, standing on the tips of her toes to see over the crowd of students. Of course she would want to meet Emilia now.

I spotted her easily, she was sitting next to the same dark haired boy. They seemed to be in deep conversation. "Guess." I smirked at Jeanette's annoyed look.

She let go of my hand and crossed her arms defiantly, "In case haven't noticed I'm short, I can't just see over everyone's heads like you."

I shrugged, "I guess you won't meet her then."

She rolled her eyes and grabbed my hand again, pulling me over to the Slytherin table. "Is that her?" She asked every time we passed a first year girl. She was right on her seventh time.

"Yes." I said reluctantly, and I pulled her back to me before she ran up to Emilia. It would probably frighten the poor kid.

"I want to meet her." Jeannette insisted, she was being annoyingly persistent this morning.

I rolled my eyes at her, "Wait a second, I have to introduce you. She's a bit fragile." We still held hands as I walked up to Emilia, "Hey Emilia."

She turned around with a smile, "Ciao fratello."

I could imagine Jeannette thinking of how adorable that was, I could tell she was trying not to be overbearing. "I just wanted to introduce you to my friend I told you I was meeting earlier. Emilia this is Jeannette." I pretended to whisper in Emilia's ear, but I made sure Jeannette could still hear me, "She's Italian too."

Emilia nodded and motioned for me to bend down closer, I did and she whispered in my ear, "Is she your girlfriend?"

I laughed, "No, tesoro, we're just friends. She can be like your big sister okay?"

Emilia's eyes lit up, something told me she didn't have a real family. I knew she was a pureblood, but I was pretty sure her relationship with her family was like my mother and I. It was only for appearances, "Sorella?" She asked Jeannette.

Jeannette smiled and nodded. I do think she tried to hold it in as long as possible but she finally started gushing over the poor kid, "Oh Merlin, you are just too cute. How have I not seen you before? You can come to me for anything, doe. Homework, hair, boys, you name it. It's what I'm here for."

Jeannette kept going and I took the opportunity to whisper in Emilia's ear, "You're going to have to excuse her, she spent the last five years in America."

Emilia laughed and Jeannette glared at me before turning back to Emilia, "I'm going to go over to my table to eat. See you later, doe." With that Jeannette hugged Emilia and I before wandering over to the Ravenclaw table, taking a seat next to Goldstien.

Emilia smiled, "She seems... hyper?"

I shrugged, "You'll get used to it, kid, I'm going to go eat too. I'll talk to you later." I hugged her.

"Bye fratello" She smiled and turned to finish her conversation with the boy.

At the end of breakfast I went and found Jeannette so I could walk her to Charms, it had become a routine. She looked pretty upset when I found her talking in to Davies, they seemed to be arguing. She seemed to sense my presence and turned around, "Why didn't you tell me?"

I frowned, "Tell you what?"

She rolled her eyes as she stormed away from Davies, grabbing my hand and pulling me along with her, "No Quidditch!"

I shrugged, "I thought you already saw it, besides it's not like you're Gryffindor. There won't be a problem reforming."

She sighed, "Davies think that there'll be a problem because Umbridge and I hate each other. He's threatened to bench me if I put even a toe out of line." She ran her hand through her hair (it was straight today, you could see her highlights really well), a nervous habit she picked up from me.

"You'll have to lay low then." I kissed her cheek and patted her head we approached the Charms room.

She glared at me, "That's pretty much impossible, we're natural opposites. She's an awful bitch, and I'm amazing."

I laughed, "And they say I'm the conceited one. Make sure to chat with Emilia later, I'll see in you Herbology." I turned and walked to Potions.

I liked Potions, I was good at it. Drake and I had already decided that after school we'd start a Potions business, Dragon and Flames Enterprises as in Draco and Blaise. "Goodmorning Professor." I said as I walked into the dungeons.

"Zabini." Snape replied. Drake and I were his favorite students and everyone knew it.

I took my place next to Draco, "Jeanette's upset." I told him knowing he would care.

"Why?" He asked. I could tell by the look on his face that he was hoping Goldstein had done something wrong. We were both waiting for the opportunity to kick his ass, I was because I'd kick anyone's who goes out with Jeannette, not counting Drake of course. He was because Drake still wanted to go out with her.

"She's afraid that Ravenclaw's Quiddditch team won't get permission to reform because she's on it." I explained as we got started on the potion for the day. I began measuring ingredients as Draco "Davies threatened to kick her off the team if she does anything wrong."

He nodded, "So no more meetings in the forest?" He whispered.

I shrugged, "Jeannette's never been one to do what she's told." I was going to say something else, but I got distracted byt the potion. At the end of the hour Severus- I mean Snape- vanished Potter's potion. I smirked but Draco couldn't contain his laughter.

Umbridge approved our request to reform the Slytherin Quidditch team. Drake bragged in front of the Gryffindors and he said something about a mental ward at St. Mungo's and Longbottom tried to attack him. As we left for DADA Drake was confused about why Longbottom suddenly felt like acting like a Gryffindor. "I mean really, where did that come from? Longbottom actually acted like he thought he could actually hurt me." He looked really bewildered.

I rolled my eyes, "You're a dumbass."

He scoffed, "And why is that?"

I looked around to make sure no one would overhear me, "Longbottom's parents are in a ward at St. Mungo's, they never leave."

He actually looked somewhat remorseful, "Well I looked like an ass. How do you know that?"

I shrugged, "Mother loves to gossip."

Jeanette/Hailey POV
Blaise was surprisingly unhelpful and I was still upset as I walked into Charms. I didn't bother with my chair and sat on Anthony's lap. We still had a couple of minutes before class started and there weren't many people in class. I knew Flitwick wouldn't say anything until there were more people in the class. Anthony wrapped his arms around me and I relaxed against his chest. He kissed me softly in greeting, "What's wrong?" He asked.

I sighed, "Roger said he would bench me if it was necessary to get the team reformed." For being so attractive Roger was an ass. Isn't a captain supposed to stick by his players?

He didn't say anything for a moment as he thought, but when he did he was right. "And you're afraid that Umbridge is going to have him cut you in order to reform the team." I didn't feel like talking, so I just nodded. I was so happy to get the spot on the team, now it was practically being taken away from me. "I'll talk to Roger, Haileycat, you don't have to worry."

I giggled as I lifted my head and wrinkled my nose, "I don't like that one, but thanks." I kissed him lightly. We were trying out pet names for each other, neither if us had found a good one yet. We decided that we weren't going to use the normal 'honey' 'babe', our pet names would be really embarrassing and awesome.

"But just to make sure you should probably not make Umbridge angry until you get approved." He warned me.

I groaned, "But Tony-bear, that's what Blaise said."

Tony laughed and shrugged, "He's right sometimes, and that one's not super terrible."

I grinned as Flitwick called the class to attention, I hadn't noticed the room fill. I got off of Tony's lap and into my seat next to Padma.

The day went by and I was dreading seeing Roger again. I was sure he was going to tell me that I'm off the team, but when Tony and I got into the common room there was a celebration. Music was playing and there was just a partying atmosphere. "What's going on?" I asked Grant, the Keeper, as he walked by with a butterbeer.

He smiled, "We're back, Hails, we got permission! Grab a butterbeer, the Seeker has to be part of the party!"

I looked at him in shock, "I'm still the Seeker?"

"Of course, lass, Roger had your back." He smiled, I liked Grant. He seemed to always be in a good mood. I say there grinning like an idiot. "Here." He gave me his butterbeer, "Go dance with your boy." He returned to the party.

Tony put his hands on h waist, "You heard the man, dance with me." I put down the butterbeer and laughed as he led me to the makeshift dance floor in the middle of the room. We danced for a couple of songs until someone brought up studying. The party pretty much died after that. Tony went to the library, I didn't feel like going and I decided to explore the castle instead.

I saw Roger walking around too, I couldn't help but run and hug him. He seemed a but surprised, but he hugged me back, pulling me tightly to him. "What's this for?" He asked.

I let go so I could look into his eyes, "You're hugging me and you have no idea what for?"

He grinned and winked, "You don't have to give me a reason to touch you." To prove his point he grabbed my ass and pulled me against him.

I jumped out of his grasp, "Che cazzo sanguinosa! Davies you know I'm with Anthony!" I moved across the hallway to get away from him.

"Not if I have anything to do about it." He winked at me before putting his hands in his robe pockets and walked away.

I was stunned for a moment before I went running the other direction. I needed to find Blaise. I know I should have run to Tony, but my first instinct was Blaise. I found him flirting with a fifth year Hufflepuff in an abandoned classroom. I didn't hesitate before bursting inside, "Blaise, I need to talk to you."

He looked annoyed,"I might talk to you later." He said to the Hufflepuff before getting up and leaving the girl in the classroom. We walked down the corridor and sat on the floor with our backs against the wall. "What happened?" He asked.

"I don't know if I should keep playing Quidditch." I whispered.

Blaise looked at me incredulously, "Just this morning you were upset because you thought you might get kicked off the team. Are you PMS-ing?"

I hit him on his shoulder, "Roger just grabbed my ass and told me that Tony and I wouldn't be together for long." I shuddered again. Roger Davies was attractive, but that was just too weird, "I don't want to spend extra time with him."

He shook his head, "Jeanette, it's okay to be scared, but you can't let them see it." His brown eyes stared right into mine, "You can't quit, I won't let you."

I raised an eyebrow at him, "How arep you going to stop me?"

He laughed, "I'm bigger than you."

I rolled eyes, "But I have this thing called a foot, and it can hit your Zabini Family jewels."

He gave me a look as he put his hands over his crotch, "You leave the family jewels out of this." I laughed as a group if students walked by on their way to dinner. He waited for them to pass before continuing, "I'm serious though, you are not quiting Quidditch. I'll talk to Davies, but what did Goldstein say?" I looked down and he scoffed, "Don't tell me you haven't told Goldstein."

I shrugged, but I still felt guilty, "My first instinct was to find you. If Tony knew he wouldn't want me to play either."

Blaise rolled his eyes, "Goldstein gives up too easily. Don't tell him, I'll deal with Davies. Keep playing unless he does it again."

"Isn't this the thing that I'm supposed to tell my boyfriend?" I asked, "Isn't he supposed to talk to Davies?"

Blaise laughed, "How should I know, I've never been the relationship type of guy." He stood, "But if he's going to tell you to stop playing you shouldn't tell him. Let's get to dinner."

I looked up at him, "But I'm comfortable."

"Get up or I'll carry you." Was that supposed to be a threat? I just stared at him until he turned around, I jumped on his back. He dropped me before we entered the Great Hall. "Remember, don't tell Goldstein unless he does it again. And meet me at the pitch after curfew in two days, hopefully the rain will let up by then." He walked into the Great Hall. I didn't think his advice was very good, but I still took it. I sat at the Ravenclaw table next to Anthony and Padma as if nothing happened.