p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;"span style="scroll-behavior: auto !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"A/N: In the time jump we are going to the day after Lee got the letter then forgot it./span/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;"Colin's first instinct was to run and never look Blaise in the eye again and tell Ron to do the same. Photographs in the newspaper were a new thing that Ron had added. Before at Hogwarts, no one was willing to do it for free. But when 2nd year Ron had come up to 1st year Colin asked him if he would do it and he jumped at the task, with him being known that he was one in fact getting the photos./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;"Over the course of the years, Colin had the exclusive opportunity to watch as Ron took over Lee. Though now he has been on his own for about 2 years now and clearly it had taken a toll considering that Blaise who had been hounding Colin for years about who R. Brings The Drama is now had the damning evidence to in the best case would slowly figure out and catch Ron off guard. Colin could not let that happen./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;"With the credit that he has given Colin, he now gets paid to take graduating photos by other students. So naturally one would want that to stay safe but it was more than that for him. Ron and he had become close and they could talk about whatever they wanted to. How Colin is not sure who or even if he is interested in anyone and how Ron had to battle with the fact that he was bisexual for a long while. Then get to pretend for a couple of weeks that the convocation never happened since we can't be that close in front of everyone and I just give him photos./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;"But what can I do? Colin thinks to himself while Blaise is just looking at him with that smile over his desperation. Maybe if I take the heat for at least the beginning toy with him a bit. Try to beat him at his own game maybe. Oh, what am I thinking? Beating a Slytherin at his own game? I must be losing it thinking I could pull that off. But maybe taking the heat off is the only option. I could try to reason with him though that would probably fail anyways it is worth a shot./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;""Whatever the fuck you want Blaise you have to tell em style="scroll-behavior: auto !important; box-sizing: border-box;"me/em first. I won't give you any information and warn the writer that you are on their race and I swear to you that they are smart enough to get ready and prevent you from doing anything. You got that Zabini." Colin says doing his very best look of "I am a strong Gryffindor and you can not scare me." though he wasn't sure he could fully pull it off by the way that Blaise just grinned more manically. Colin could not tell at this moment that Blaise was the heartbreaker hotty Italian wizard from Slytherin. His dark eyes which were made to make people swoon now look like sharp medals waiting to slash at Colin. His dark skin looked lovely with the white sweater and black robe. The body language that he was radiating into the three broomsticks said fool./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;""I expected as much, though I need my concerns to go to the person that is actually running the paper. You just get the pictures no?" Blaise says clearly goating against him and Colin with some damn miracle was able to hold back./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;""You are right. But, if I am going to help you and not help make this a living hell for you I need to know the intent behind it" Colin says looking at him with what he hoped was the same intensity as Blaise was giving him./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;""I just need some advice from them along with other things. It is not good for one to give away their plans too soon or they will be spoiled. If you are not going to take my generous offer of not haunting them down and talking to them about this I will only make it worse for them if you don't comply. I have exhausted my patience to an extent that no Slytherin should be put through. That will only make me lash out at them. You clearly have affection for whoever they are. To what extent romantic or platonic I don't mind. But you do yes?" Blaise says looking like a cat that caught its prey in the exact way that they had thought through. "I am taking your glare as a yes. It will be better for them in the long run if you do as I say."/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;"Colin was not sure what he was going to do or how he was going to do it but it was still very difficult. For one he could not just give up his friend like that. It is just ridiculous to give that away. But playing cat and mouse with Blaise is just a disaster waiting to happen./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;"But before Colin could even fully think through everything someone opened the door and shook him out of his thoughts and remembered that they are in a public setting and the noise of other people around him came like a sudden landslide into his ears and brain./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;""Blaise, there you are!" What Colin assumed were 2 Slytherins based on the sweaters that they are wearing. "We were looking for you!" The one with blonde-ish hair continued. They were a Slytherin Prefect and had encountered Colin trying to get photos in Slytherin Common Room and threw him out many times./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;""Yeah, remember we have the Charms project that we were supposed to meet up after Hogesmeed." The one with dyed hair said as the Prefect started rounding up the students to get out of the Three Broomsticks./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;"Colin could not believe how the switch happened in Blaise's expression when they came in. He lost the screeving look and smiled at them and looked more like a regular teen./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;""I am sorry you two I just got busy. Let's get going once they are done getting everyone out of here." Blaise said to the one with dyed hair who nodded and started excitedly talking about The Chronicles Of Narina then somehow got to Romeo and Juliet throughout that then just general facts about Willam Shakespere's plays and other things and Blaise excitedly went along with it. I guess that they aren't rude to others like them. Colin thought and watch as they had a good time until the Prefect one came over./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;""Oh Merlin Blaise, I haven't had the chance to tell you this but you know how it was our birthday." The Prefect one gestured to themselves and the one with dyed hair and Blaise nodded. "My parents sent this really cool dragon figure and-" The prefect one continued and they walked away with both of them waving their hands as they talk. Colin was shocked that everything ended so quickly. But thanks to the mistake that Blaise made Colin now has the opportunity to talk to Ron and warn him about what Blaise is trying to do./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;"So Colin got out of his chair and started his search for the redhead writer. But before he could really get started he was forced back to the castle by the head boy. This was going to be difficult./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;"Colin's first instinct was to run and never look Blaise in the eye again and tell Ron to do the same. Photographs in the newspaper were a new thing that Ron had added. Before at Hogwarts, no one was willing to do it for free. But when 2nd year Ron had come up to 1st year Colin asked him if he would do it and he jumped at the task, with him being known that he was one in fact getting the photos./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;"Over the course of the years, Colin had the exclusive opportunity to watch as Ron took over Lee. Though now he has been on his own for about 2 years now and clearly it had taken a toll considering that Blaise who had been hounding Colin for years about who R. Brings The Drama is now had the damning evidence to in the best case would slowly figure out and catch Ron off guard. Colin could not let that happen./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;"With the credit that he has given Colin, he now gets paid to take graduating photos by other students. So naturally one would want that to stay safe but it was more than that for him. Ron and he had become close and they could talk about whatever they wanted to. How Colin is not sure who or even if he is interested in anyone and how Ron had to battle with the fact that he was bisexual for a long while. Then get to pretend for a couple of weeks that the convocation never happened since we can't be that close in front of everyone and I just give him photos./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;"But what can I do? Colin thinks to himself while Blaise is just looking at him with that smile over his desperation. Maybe if I take the heat for at least the beginning toy with him a bit. Try to beat him at his own game maybe. Oh, what am I thinking? Beating a Slytherin at his own game? I must be losing it thinking I could pull that off. But maybe taking the heat off is the only option. I could try to reason with him though that would probably fail anyways it is worth a shot./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;""Whatever the fuck you want Blaise you have to tell em style="scroll-behavior: auto !important; box-sizing: border-box;"me/em first. I won't give you any information and warn the writer that you are on their race and I swear to you that they are smart enough to get ready and prevent you from doing anything. You got that Zabini." Colin says doing his very best look of "I am a strong Gryffindor and you can not scare me." though he wasn't sure he could fully pull it off by the way that Blaise just grinned more manically. Colin could not tell at this moment that Blaise was the heartbreaker hotty Italian wizard from Slytherin. His dark eyes which were made to make people swoon now look like sharp medals waiting to slash at Colin. His dark skin looked lovely with the white sweater and black robe. The body language that he was radiating into the three broomsticks said fool./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;""I expected as much, though I need my concerns to go to the person that is actually running the paper. You just get the pictures no?" Blaise says clearly goating against him and Colin with some damn miracle was able to hold back./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;""You are right. But, if I am going to help you and not help make this a living hell for you I need to know the intent behind it" Colin says looking at him with what he hoped was the same intensity as Blaise was giving him./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;""I just need some advice from them along with other things. It is not good for one to give away their plans too soon or they will be spoiled. If you are not going to take my generous offer of not haunting them down and talking to them about this I will only make it worse for them if you don't comply. I have exhausted my patience to an extent that no Slytherin should be put through. That will only make me lash out at them. You clearly have affection for whoever they are. To what extent romantic or platonic I don't mind. But you do yes?" Blaise says looking like a cat that caught its prey in the exact way that they had thought through. "I am taking your glare as a yes. It will be better for them in the long run if you do as I say."/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;"Colin was not sure what he was going to do or how he was going to do it but it was still very difficult. For one he could not just give up his friend like that. It is just ridiculous to give that away. But playing cat and mouse with Blaise is just a disaster waiting to happen./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;"But before Colin could even fully think through everything someone opened the door and shook him out of his thoughts and remembered that they are in a public setting and the noise of other people around him came like a sudden landslide into his ears and brain./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;""Blaise, there you are!" What Colin assumed were 2 Slytherins based on the sweaters that they are wearing. "We were looking for you!" The one with blonde-ish hair continued. They were a Slytherin Prefect and had encountered Colin trying to get photos in Slytherin Common Room and threw him out many times./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;""Yeah, remember we have the Charms project that we were supposed to meet up after Hogesmeed." The one with dyed hair said as the Prefect started rounding up the students to get out of the Three Broomsticks./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;"Colin could not believe how the switch happened in Blaise's expression when they came in. He lost the screeving look and smiled at them and looked more like a regular teen./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;""I am sorry you two I just got busy. Let's get going once they are done getting everyone out of here." Blaise said to the one with dyed hair who nodded and started excitedly talking about The Chronicles Of Narina then somehow got to Romeo and Juliet throughout that then just general facts about Willam Shakespere's plays and other things and Blaise excitedly went along with it. I guess that they aren't rude to others like them. Colin thought and watch as they had a good time until the Prefect one came over./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;""Oh Merlin Blaise, I haven't had the chance to tell you this but you know how it was our birthday." The Prefect one gestured to themselves and the one with dyed hair and Blaise nodded. "My parents sent this really cool dragon figure and-" The prefect one continued and they walked away with both of them waving their hands as they talk. Colin was shocked that everything ended so quickly. But thanks to the mistake that Blaise made Colin now has the opportunity to talk to Ron and warn him about what Blaise is trying to do./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; scroll-behavior: auto !important;"So Colin got out of his chair and started his search for the redhead writer. But before he could really get started he was forced back to the castle by the head boy. This was going to be difficult./p