Out of Hand by relativelypositive
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Chapter 16: Pansy Part Two
Pansy's first thought after she'd given her brilliant interview to Rita Skeeter was that she was running out of time. She knew Draco would be at the Quidditch pitch this morning, but she didn't know how long he'd stay there.
She didn't run. She figured someone would notice her if she did.
The pitch was deserted.
She felt like screaming when she realized she'd missed him. Where would Draco be now?
"Hermione!"
Pansy managed not to groan aloud.
She turned to see Blaise Zabini jogging toward her with a huge grin on his face. He swiftly picked her up and twirled her around, smiling and laughing all the while.
Pansy was beyond bewildered. Slytherins didn't twirl.
"Hermione, I was worried! I thought you weren't coming!"
Why was he smiling? He never smiled. Much like Draco, Blaise smirked a lot, but almost never smiled.
He was smiling at Granger. What the fuck?
"Zabini." She tried to be cool and friendly at the same time.
"What is this Zabini stuff?" he laughed. He set her down and grabbed her hands, making her stifle a cry of pain. It wouldn't be in her best interest to show weakness in front of Zabini.
Blaise entered Pansy's personal space, pulling their hands up to his chest, where he flattened them.
"Oh, baby! I missed you so much!" He let go of her hands and put his arms around her waist.
"You did?" Pansy asked lamely. She was trying to think this new development through.
"These last few days have been hell. Give me a little love, Hermy."
Pansy instinctively leaned away from Blaise, but he was having none of it.
"Baby," Blaise murmured in Pansy's ear as he pulled her closer. He kissed her neck and Pansy froze in indecision.
He pulled her mending wrist up to his mouth and planted baby kisses right up her forearm to her elbow.
"Hello, Mr. Elbow, did you miss me, too? Do you need some of Blaise's blazing kisses?"
Pansy almost laughed.
The Bitch and Blaise were having an affair! How else could you explain that fact that this was happening?
Wait. Was Hermione Granger the fiancée that Blaise was always bragging about?
No. She couldn't be. If she were already engaged it wouldn't matter what she did to or with Draco, she would already be bound. No one would really have cared, except Zabini.
Blaise touched her cheek and Pansy thought he'd kiss her. She'd never kissed Zabini before, but had always been curious. He was quite attractive, after all. His face came closer….
And he gently rubbed her nose with his.
"What is that? What are you doing?" Pansy asked as she pushed herself away. She was fighting the urge to sneeze.
"Eskimo kisses!" Blaise announced exuberantly as he hugged her closer.
Must be a Muggle thing. It wasn't doing anything for Pansy.
Blaise started running his hands all over Pansy's body, and Pansy had to force herself to stay still. She assumed The Bitch would let him feel her up.
He grabbed her butt.
No one had ever grabbed Pansy's butt before. And it wasn't even her butt!
In the back of her mind a little voice was saying relations, but Pansy told it to shut up. Zabini was engaged-only the second in their year to become so. She didn't need to worry about courtship!
That was incredibly liberating!
She let him continue and soaked up the feeling of desire that was taking her over.
With almost no warning he switched his attack.
No one had ever grabbed her chest before, either.
Pansy was getting a little depressed. Technically, no one had grabbed her chest.
When she tried to move away, Blaise put his right arm around her waist and pulled her completely to him. His left hand held her neck in place, almost as though he knew she'd try to move.
He moved in again and Pansy readied herself for more lame esticko kisses.
She was surprised when he kissed her hard on her mouth.
Wow! So this is what it's like to kiss Zabini. Nice!
Pansy was kissed quite thoroughly for…she didn't even know how long.
Draco! What about Draco? She had to get to him before time ran out!
Pansy's panic finally gave her the strength to push away.
She looked at Zabini and he was smiling his "evil" smile…she was familiar with that smile.
"Thanks, Pansy. Now I know how awesome it is to kiss Hermione Granger."
Pansy froze, then shrieked with rage. He knew! How could he possibly know?
She had to beat him to the castle! What if he told Draco? Her plan would be destroyed!
Zabini was clearly surprised, as evidenced by the look that was Petrified on his face, as Pansy hit him with the spell.
She was getting quite good at that one.
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Pansy was out of breath. She had no more time to waste. She swore she would blast the shit out of the next person that kept her from finding Draco.
"Miss Granger."
Her hand twitched for her wand.
Was she crazy enough to Petrify McGonagall?
Pansy knew she had already crossed the line today by Petrifying two students and imprisoning one of them…she could take out McGonagall, too.
In the end she decided it was too risky. She didn't care if she was expelled, but she didn't want to end up in Azkaban.
"We need to talk over what will happen in the formal apology. We must leave nothing to chance."
"Formal apology?"
"Mr. Malfoy will be ready for us in about half an hour."
Hermione was being forced to apologize to Lucius Malfoy for this whole thing?
Brilliant.
Unfortunately, it was Pansy that was going to have to apologize. Maybe it would help her cause to have The Bitch show a little remorse. It would make the "accident" she planned to have seem even more unlikely.
The problem was, the potion was going to wear off in the next hour, and Pansy didn't know exactly when.
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Pansy entered Dumbledore's office twenty minutes later still expecting to see Lucius Malfoy. She had completely zoned out as McGonagall had been talking to her. She thought the fates were shining on her when instead she saw Draco.
Now she wished she had been paying attention.
He was right there, looking at her with his cool gaze. She gauged the distance between them to be four steps.
Well, no time like the present.
Left foot, hold out hand for formal handshake, right foot, smile and start apology, left foot…oops!
A/N:
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