Chapter dedicated to Celeste Genivieve. Thanks for the review that motivated me to finish this chapter.


For the rest of the week, Blaise and Ginny continued to practice for quidditch tryouts and make out whenever seemed convenient for them. However, most Slytherins didn't find it convenient at all, since it usually happened on the couch in the common room when they were trying to study or do something productive. Astoria and Draco went to detention every night to work on their polyjuice potion. And, not to leave out Harry and Ron, they too worked on their polyjuice potion in the room of requirement. However, their progress was incredibly less than Astoria and Draco's since they didn't have Snape to help them. But, that did not deter them one second, they were resolute and nothing was going to stand in their way.

When Saturday finally arrived, Ginny leaped out of bed at five in morning and ran into the showers. She came back ten minutes later completely dressed. She grabbed her stuff and sprinted out the door. Blaise was sitting on the couch waiting for her in the common room.

"Good morning," he said standing and giving her a quick kiss. "You ready?"

She smiled at him. "Of course."

"Let's go."

They went to the quidditch supply rooms to get their equipment and then headed to the pitch. They flew a few laps and then began to practice. Ginny continuously shot the quaffle at Blaise and he attempted to stop as many as possible. To Blaise's amazement, Ginny could make almost every single shot. He was the number one keeper at Hogwarts, but he couldn't stop three-fourths of her shots. There was no way Draco wouldn't put her on the team.

After about two hours of practicing shots and doing flying drills, they headed in to shower and get ready for breakfast. The great hall was almost full by the time they got there, since it was quidditch tryouts and everyone liked to watch them. Blaise and Ginny searched for some open seats and saw that Astoria and Draco had saved them seats at the far end of the Slytherin table.

"Good morning" Astoria said when they sat down.

"Hey" Ginny said and Blaise merely grunted a greeting seeing that he already had food in his mouth. Ginny laughed at him and he glared at her.

"Do not get between me and food after a two-hour quidditch practice, love." He told her as he grabbed a couple muffins and some bacon.

"I see." Ginny said as she began to fill her plate with food.

"You two have already practiced for two hours today?" Draco asked in shock.

"Hmm?" Ginny answered. "Oh… Yeah, of course. I have to make the team Draco, if I don't all my hopes to be on a professional team are crushed. But don't let me influence your decision, Captain." She winked at him wickedly.

Draco laughed at her and said "No, not at all." He stood up to leave. "Well, I got to get going and make sure Potter doesn't steal the pitch from us. We have first tryouts of the day, but you never know what he might pull. You want to come, Astoria?"

"Sure," she said getting up. "See you later Ginny. I'll be cheering for you in the stands."

"Thanks Tori. I'll see you later." Ginny said as she watched them leave together. Something's different between them, but what? She thought confused.

"Blaise, did you notice something different between Draco and Astoria?" she asked quietly.

"Maybe, but that's probably because they're a couple now." Blaise said in between mouthfuls of food.

"What?" Ginny asked shocked. "How do you know about this?"

"I caught them making out the other night."

"You've got to be kidding me."

"Nope, sorry love. I'm not. I walked into Draco's room to get something and found them going at it."

"Wow… I never thought I'd ever see them together. But then again, I didn't think we'd ever be together either."

"Very true, love." Blaise said sliding his arm around her waist and pulling her closer.


Ginny felt as if she was going to vomit as she walked onto the pitch. Blaise looked down next to him and saw the pure terror on her face. So, he grabbed her arm and held her back.

"You're going to do fine." He told her comfortingly.

"What if I mess up?" she asked her entire body shaking.

"Look me in the eyes." He told her and she did. "You are one of the best chasers I have ever seen, Ginny. You are an absolutely fascinating and amazing person. If anyone can do this, it's you."

He pulled her into him and kissed her lovingly. They broke apart as they heard Draco's whistle calling the tryouts to begin. They ran into formation to get their orders.

"Okay, we all know we're all here. But, I'm telling you right now that if you think you know what quidditch is. You're dead wrong. If you're not throwing up by the end of this practice, you might be cut out to be on this team. Now, go do fifty laps around the school."

Everyone groaned, except for Ginny and Blaise who were already on their brooms zooming off towards the school. Reluctantly the rest of them followed suit.

Three hours later everyone was lying on the field utterly exhausted brooms, quaffles and bludgers were strewn everywhere.

"Nice job everyone." Draco said as he surveyed the wreckage. "I will post the results tonight at 8pm. See you later."

Ginny glanced at Blaise who was lying next to her on the ground. "You didn't tell me it would be that hard." She said panting.

"You never asked, love." Blaise said sitting up and smirking at her. "Besides you did better than I expected."

"You're such a nice boyfriend… not." She said shoving him playfully.

"Yeah and you're an abusive girlfriend." Blaise told her rubbing his shoulder. "Come on let's shower and get changed. It's almost time for lunch."

He stood up and gave her his hand. She took it gratefully and they walked to the castle hand in hand smiling.


Ginny and Blaise sat on the couch in the common room waiting for Draco to post results for about an hour. Finally, he appeared holding a piece of parchment, which he attached to the wall and walked away. Ginny scrambled off the couch and ran up to it.

"So?" Blaise asked still sitting on the couch.

"We did it!" she yelled running over to the couch and tackling Blaise.

"I told you so." He whispered in her ear and then rolled on top of her kissing her continuously.

"I know. Thanks for believing in me." She said in between kisses.


Sorry for such a long wait… My life has run away from me… Then I discovered that I didn't have much more to finish this chapter. So, I did! Reviews keep me writing, jsyk ;)