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(indemnification)

They're back in the alcove they first started this in, whatever this actually is.

He's pressing kisses to her neck, and her breathing is getting shallow and for the first time she wonders what will happen when this war is over. He is gripping her hip hard enough to bruise, but she doesn't care, and for a fleeting moment she believes that they could actually last, and she imagines a future, with tall dark skinned children who have his smirk and her eyes and for a moment it's perfect.

He shatters it once again as he pulls away and leans against the wall beside her.

"Same time tomorrow then?"

That is all he thinks of her. She is his booty call and that is all she is ever going to be.

"Um. Sure." Parvati replies, and he nods and starts walking away. "Wait!" She calls out, because she's going crazy, waiting for him to turn up every day, wondering incessantly what he is doing and whether he is insulting her to his Slytherin friends and she is brave enough to admit that carrying on like this will break her.

Blaise spins around. "What do you want?" He's been short tempered lately, and she knows it has something to do with Seamus catching them the other day, even though Seamus has promised he won't tell anyone.

"I know I'm being stupid, but what's going to happen when all of this is over?" He rolls his eyes and makes to walk away, but she is looking at him with those big brown eyes and he can't resist walking back towards her.

"Well, when this is all over, one of us will be behind bars, so let's just make use of the time we've got, huh?"

He pulls her towards her again, but Parvati stops before she is too close.

"Blaise, what am I to you? Am I just some random chick you can release some sexual tension onto?"

He sighs and lets her go. He locks up his heart and grits his teeth and looks down at the beautiful girl in front of him.

"What do you want me to say, Parvati? That after all this is over I want to get married to you and have kids? Because I don't and..." He trails off as he sees she is looking down at the floor.

"I get it. Don't bother coming tomorrow. Talk to Greengrass, I'm sure she'll happily put out for you." She says scornfully and looks into his eyes once last time.

"Wait," his voice is softer, calmer now, "I didn't mean it like that. But you have to realise that e future isn't exactly likely between us."

They've never talked so much in one of these meetings, but Parvati is enraptured by his voice and she doesn't want it to stop.

"I know, but I can't help how I feel."

He laughs shakily, and hooks his arms around her waist, pulling her flush against him. His heart is beating at the bars he has placed around them and honestly, that is a little frightening.

"I know." He murmurs, and for a moment he realises this is the first time he has just held a girl and been satisfied with just doing that.

"Do you know what indemnification is?" She breathes into his shoulder.

He doesn't.

"It's a term used in insurance and contracts mainly," she continues "but basically, if something bad happens to something, indemnity is the compensation for such a loss, or the security for such a loss."

He is confused. "And how does that relate to us?"

"I'm suggesting that neither of us are to take the blame for how we feel about each other, but that we just let it happen. And if worst comes to worst, and one of us is taken prisoner, the other one will try to get us out. That's the compensation or security if you will."

He is still confused.

"Okay."

She giggles and hits his chest lightly. "Shut up, I can't think properly."

"It's because a handsome, strong god is holding you." He smirks.

They are quiet for a moment and then she speaks up.

"I think I already need compensation."

He arches an eyebrow and kisses her forehead.

"Why?"

"Because you've already damaged my heart."

An emotion that is rather foreign to him surfaces, and to prevent himself from saying anything he gulps and kisses her.

"Well then, I better start giving out that compensation now then." His eyes are wicked and she lets out a breathy laugh, and then she is lost once more.

Review please! And I know I probably got the whole indemnification part wrong, but it confuses me, and so Parvati is also confused. :)