So proud of myself! Here's another chapter! This is one is for Misti D. Enjoy!

"Why aren't you two in class?" he spat. Astoria and Draco broke apart and stared at him.

"Um…" Draco said not knowing what else to say and Astoria quickly wiping the tears from her eyes.

"I'm waiting." Snape said tapping his foot impatiently.

Astoria took a deep breath. "We need your help professor."

Draco stared at Astoria. She isn't going to tell him our plan, is she?

"With what exactly?" Snape asked calmly.

"We need to make a polyjuice potion that lasts at least twelve hours." Astoria answered.

"What are you doing?" Draco hissed at her.

"He can help, Draco. I know he's a double agent for the Order." She hissed back at him.

"Why do you need this potion?" Snape said curiously.

"To protect Ginny Weasley from the Dark Lord, sir. He wants Draco to kidnap her to lure Harry to him. I want to pretend to be Ginny, instead, because she won't come willingly and we don't want to actually kidnap her."

"I see." Snape said turning to Draco. "I thought you had a different task assigned to you."

"I still have that task, sir. The Dark Lord merely added this one when he found out about Ginny's transfer from Gryffindor."

"I will help you. We will do it during your detention for the next month."

"What detention, sir?" Draco asked.

"The one you two will be receiving for skipping class and inappropriate contact between opposite genders." Astoria blushed and Draco opened his mouth to object, but Snape cut him off. "Don't argue with me, Mr. Malfoy. I am doing this as a favor for you. I will see you in my office tonight at seven o'clock sharp. Now get to class, the both of you."

"Yes, sir." They said and quickly exited the room.

When Ginny walked into the quidditch pitch later that evening, Blaise was already on his broom doing laps. She quickly mounted her broom and joined him in flying laps.

"Where have you been?" Blaise asked as they slowed to stop near the center of the pitch to catch their breath.

"Harry and Ron distracted me." She answered non-chalantly. "They wanted to know if I could help them with some homework. I told them to ask Hermione and they said she refused, so I had to help them with some potion for potions class. Funny thing is, I didn't think we had any homework."

Blaise looked at her intently and said, "We didn't."

Ginny stared at him and whispered. "Uh oh…"

"What was the potion?" Blaise asked dangerously.

"Polyjuice?" Ginny answered wincing slightly.

"Ginny!" Blaise said his voice rising. "You helped Potter and Weasel with a polyjuice potion? You do realize what that is probably going to be used for right?"

"Yes, I'm not that stupid Blaise!" Ginny yelled back at him.

"Really? Cause all the evidence is against you!" Blaise yelled angrily.

"You know what!" Ginny screamed. "Forget this! I'm leaving! I don't need you telling me I'm a failure too!"

Too? Thought Blaise as he watched her fly off on her broom towards the lake. What did she mean too? He sighed. I should go after her before Potter or Weasel find her and make it even worse. He then followed her to the lake.

He found her sitting on the shore of the lake letting the water come up around her. He took his shoes off and went over to stand next to her.

"What do you mean you don't need me telling you that you're a failure too?" he asked staring out over the lake watching the sunset.

"Like you care." Ginny said sniffing slightly and looking in the opposite direction from him.

"I do care. I don't like it when I do something someone else has as well. So, tell me. Who else told you that you're a failure?" Blaise asked taking a seat next to her in the water.

"I got several letters from home today." Ginny said staring out over the water.

"I'm guessing that they weren't very nice ones?"

"No, they were all howlers except one."

"Oh"

"My mum yelled at me for taking advantage of the freedom they gave me by allowing me to transfer houses and skip a year by dating a Slytherin. She went on and on how I would be disowned if I didn't dump you by Christmas holiday. If I don't I can't come home at all. My brothers; Percy, Charlie, Fred, and George sent me a howler saying that they wouldn't accept me back home as their sister if I didn't go back to Gryffindor and stop dating you. They said I was a failure as a Weasley. My dad's letter was a howler but wasn't as bad as the others. He said that he was disappointed in me and couldn't fathom why I would want to date a Slytherin. Bill's letter was the only one that wasn't a howler. He said that I could come stay with him over the holidays, if I didn't want to go home." Ginny finished explaining and promptly began sobbing. "My family hates me!" she yelled as she continued to sob harder.

"I'm sorry, Gin." Blaise said pulling her close to him. "This is all my fault."

Ginny continued to sob on his shoulder for a few minutes and then sat up and began to dry her eyes. She sat there watching the sunset for a long time in silence before speaking.

"It's not your fault, Blaise. My family has always been a little odd. I can handle them. I'm just not going to go home for Christmas. I'd hate to drag Bill into all this mess. So, I'll just stay here for the Holidays. I'm not going to break up with you. I will not give them the satisfaction of thinking that they have beaten me."

Blaise watched her in silence and then said, "If that is what you want. Then why don't you come home with me?"

"What?" Ginny asked in disbelief.

"Why don't you come to my house for the holidays? It will prove to your family all the more that they can't control you."

Ginny grinned wickedly and threw her arms around his neck making him fall backwards into the shallow water they were sitting in.

"Cold!" he shouted pushing her off him and into the water completely drenching her.

"Hey!" she shouted back at him and he began to laugh again as she stood up soaked head to foot and covered in sand and mud. "You're going to pay for that!"

She launched herself at him and managed to get him dripping wet and covered in seaweed and sand more than she was. He glared at her and she began to run away from him, but he was too fast. He made a flying leap and tackled her. When they came back up out of the water, they were a mess of seaweed, sand and wet clothes intermingled with limbs.

"Blaise," Ginny said through chattering teeth. "I'm freezing."

"Me too." He said his teeth chattering as well. He then picked her up bridal style and carried her to the dry grass a few yards away. He set her down and pulled out his wand. He did a quick drying spell on her and himself, then he sat down next her. She scooted closer to him and leaned on his shoulder. Blaise didn't know what to do exactly he hadn't really had anyone be this affectionate with him before. So, he cleared his throat.

"Ahem…" Ginny looked up at him. "I think we should actually go practice now. Have to make sure you make it on the team, remember?"

He stood up and offered her his hand, which she took happily. Once standing she realized how close they were and she looked up at him. He stared into her eyes for a moment and then his lips came crashing down onto hers. The kiss was not like the other ones they had shared before. Those were a sham and meant nothing. No, this one was full of the passion and love that the others were missing. It was completely and utterly heartfelt.

They broke apart after a minute or two, both breathless. They stared at one another in amazement of what had just happened. All either one of them could say was "wow."

*Note: Rating will change in the next 3-4 chapters for sexual content and torture... but it will not be explicit... just giving ya'll a heads up.

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