Draco rolled his eyes as he watched his friend of many years pacing up and down the Slytherin common room, he had been doing this often lately whenever he came across a certain Witch and was attempting to fight his feelings, but was losing very badly. It was only a matter of time before one of them caved and told the other of their feelings. He had a bet on with his girlfriend on just how long that would last exactly
"I've had enough" Blaise announced, suddenly stopping his pacing and turning to face Draco.
And looks like Draco was just about to win that bet.
"Whatever do you mean?" Draco sighed, trying to be the supportive best friend but it was hard when Blaise had been doing this for months on end. Draco was almost ready to fling Blaise and the Weaslette into a cupboard and lock the door and don't let them out until they were ready to admit the truth to themselves.
"Of hiding my feelings" Blaise admitted, ignoring the eye roll of his friend. "I know I've went on for months, changing my mind about whether I should or not. But I need to tell her. It's driving me crazy"
"And it's driving me crazy too" Draco muttered before getting up from his spot on the sofa. "If you need any help Blaise, I can always help"
Blaise eyed him curiously, "Draco Malfoy? Offering to help? Has the world gone mad?"
Draco rolled his eyes again, "Shove off Zabini. I'm trying to be nice. Are you going to take the offer or not?"
Blaise smirked, "Granger's been rubbing off on you it seems" He sniggered, dodging a kick to the shin by jumping out of the way. "But yes, I would like your help"
Draco nodded and between the two they began to brain storm ideas on how exactly Blaise was going to tell the Weasley girl how head over heels he was for her. It took them almost all night to think of something good but in the end they were using the fact that it was almost Christmas to their advantage. Taking a leaf out of the twin Weasley's book they enchanted a strand of mistletoe, the charm they had used on it would render both parties unable to move from their spot until they kissed.
Early the next morning Blaise and Draco went to the Great Hall just before breakfast started to put the mistletoe up just above the entrance. They had agreed that Draco would go and get Hermione under the pretence of that he wanted to see her before they had breakfast, and he would conveniently invite Ginny along too.
"Step one complete" Blaise grinned, looking up at their handy work, he didn't mind if other students got stuck under it either, it would be entertaining to see which pairings happened, just as long as he and Ginny got stuck there together.
"I'll go get the girls" Draco nodded towards his friend before taking off to the Gryffindor tower. It wasn't too long of a walk and as he arrived all the students were coming out of the tower. He spied the brown, bushy haired girl that he loved so much being accompanied by the Weaslette. He smirked and waited until they had passed the corner where he was standing before sneaking up behind Hermione and wrapping his arms around her waist.
"Hello there" He growled lowly by her ear, causing her to jump.
"Draco Malfoy! Don't you dare scare me like that" Hermione swatted his arm playfully and Draco could see by the smile on her face that she wasn't mad at all. "What are you doing here?"
"Am I not allowed to come and invite my beautiful girlfriend down to breakfast with me?"
Ginny gagged behind the two, secretly jealous of the love they had. The love she hadn't shared with Harry which ultimately drove them apart. It had been amicable, but after all those years of her pining after him like a love struck teenager, it still hurt.
"Of course you are. I would much rather you not scare me though when you do it" Hermione stated
"I promise I'll do better next time" Draco grinned, nibbling slightly on the earlobe of his girlfriend and smirked when she uttered a low moan at the contact
"If you two are done practically shagging in the hallway can we go to breakfast please? I'm starving" Ginny whined.
Hermione jumped at the sudden voice of her friend, a furious blush lit up her face as she grabbed Draco's hand and began walking down the hall, ignoring the snort of laughter coming from her boyfriend.
"You know Weaslette, when you moan for food you really do act like a Weasley"
"Shut it Malfoy" Ginny hissed, "Or else I can see a bat bogey hex coming your way in the not so distant future"
Draco knew then it was time for him to shut up, as they rounded the corner he spotted the familiar face of Blaise who was lingering just on front of the Great Hall doors, but as soon he saw spotted Ginny he darted back inside, taking his place at the Slytherin table.
Hermione and Draco walked through the Great Hall doors first, Draco's eyes drifted up to where he found the mistletoe shooting towards them, to ensure it was Ginny who got stuck underneath it, Draco grabbed Hermione's elbow and pulled her into his chest which then caused him to stumble 'accidentally' backwards which then in turn made Ginny stop in her tracks.
"Watch where you're going Malfoy" Ginny groaned, "I know you want to snog your girlfriend and all but myself, and all of the other students who want to eat their breakfast would rather not watch that thank you very much" Ginny smirked at him before trying to make her way to the Gryffindor table, only to find that she couldn't. She frowned for a moment and tried to take a step again but it was as if there was an invisible wall surrounding her now.
"What were you saying Weaslette?" Draco smirked, wiggling his eyebrows at her
"What have you done ferret?" Ginny hissed
"Me? I haven't done anything" He feigned innocent, ignoring the disapproving look that Hermione was giving him.
Blaise, who saw the commotion and saw that Ginny was now in the perfect position, came running up. A fake look of concern on his face. "What's going on guys?"
"The ferret here has enchanted the mistletoe and now I can't get out. Too bad I don't have my wand otherwise I would try and hex you"
Draco gulped and glanced at Blaise, he knew when you got two warnings from Ginny that was her being nice, but if she had to say it a third time than that's when you had to run.
"So ferret" Ginny sighed, "Can you let me out of here?"
"I can't"
Ginny's eyes widened, before narrowing again in anger. "And why's that?"
"Because the mistletoe is enchanted. The charm on it means that whoever is stuck under the mistletoe can't move until the person that they fancy comes and kisses them" Draco smirked as he saw the cheeks of Ginny flush pink.
"Draco" Hermione sighed but unable to hide her smile as she realised what was going on.
"So Ginny" Blaise interjected, glad that no one had managed to see his blush, "Who is it you fancy?"
Ginny didn't met his eyes and stayed silent, torn between whether or not if she should tell them.
"It's not Potter is it? I thought you two were over months ago?" Draco queried, wincing as Hermione elbowed him in the stomach, that must have still been a touchy subject for Ginny.
"Well" Blaise began, "If you don't want to tell us then maybe I could try? If it doesn't work then we'll get the person that you fancy to come to your rescue"
Ginny raised her eyebrows at the taller boy, both shocked and excited at the thought of Blaise meeting her under the mistletoe. "Y-You don't have to do that Blaise, I'll stay here all night if I have to" She rolled her eyes, feigning the tough girl act.
"Oh please you wouldn't last all night standing her by yourself. Plus if I don't come in and try rescue you, there will be many of other guys who will. And not just the handsome ones like myself, the ones that look like they've been hit by the Hogwarts Express"
Hermione gasped, "Blaise! That's so mean"
Blaise just rolled his eyes and tried to fight the grin off his face when he saw the internal battle that Ginny was having with herself right now, she knew that he made a good point and Blaise was hoping that she took the bait. Finally after what felt like a number of hours, Ginny finally looked at Blaise again, suddenly growing nervous at the prospect that she would have to kiss her crush.
"Fine, you win. Get in here" Ginny whispered, stretching out her hand to grasp at Blaise's robes and dragged him under the mistletoe.
Blaise stumbled slightly into the circle, feeling himself bump against Ginny slightly his arms automatically wound around her waist to balance her. He saw the blush on her face and winked, putting on his trademark smirk as he did so. "It's okay love, I make all the girls fall for me"
Ginny rolled her eyes but she still blushed, "Just shut up and come here"
Once again Ginny grabbed a fistful of his robes in her hand and pulled him to her, stretching up to close the little bit of distance so their lips met. For a moment they were both frozen on the spot, neither one wanting to move until they sensed the other's reaction. It was Blaise who broke it first by gripping his hands on Ginny's waist just a little bit tighter, holding her so close as if she was going to disappear any second. Ginny eventually unwound her hands from his robes and instead moved them to around his neck, almost like she couldn't get enough of them.
Draco and Hermione watched on the sidelines as their best friends finally got what they deserved. Each other. Slowly but surely the Great Hall began to fill up with more and more students who were stopping by occasionally to watch the spectacle that was at the doors. Suddenly Ron and Harry appeared at the doors, both stopping as they saw Ginny and Blaise locked in an embrace. Draco smirked as he watched Ron's red going from a ghastly pale to a horrible shade of red that almost watched his hair, although he was no friendly with the two boys, it didn't mean that he was going to stop causing them some havoc occasionally.
"Ginny!" Ron spluttered, his eyes wide and hands clenched into fists as his baby sister pulled away from the Slytherin menace
"Oh, hello Ron. Harry" Ginny smiled politely, taking notice that the mistletoe had indeed disappeared. "How can I help you?"
Ron blinked and stared at her like she had grown two heads, "How can you help? Well how about not bloody kissing some Slytherin in the middle of the Great Hall! That would help" He hissed
Ginny rolled her eyes while Blaise just smirked, "Shove off Ron, you're just jealous because Lavender hasn't forgiven you yet for forgetting her birthday. Now, if you'll excuse my boyfriend and I are going for breakfast"
With that Ginny tugged Blaise from his spot, who smirked at Ron before willingly being lead away by Ginny who guided them to the Gryffindor table. Once they were sitting Blaise looked willing at Ginny, waiting for some kind of reaction of the stunt he had pulled. But instead she just smiled at him, still holding his hand on top of the table as she stared back at him
"So, you called me your boyfriend?" Blaise wiggled his eyebrows
Ginny laughed, "I did. I just thought that after that kiss it was about time I admitted how I felt about you"
"I'm glad" Blaise smiled, "I've been dancing around my feelings for a long time too. That's why I planned the mistletoe idea, because then I knew it would result in either something really great or you slapping me on the back of the head for causing such a scene"
"I'm not Hermione, I would never slap you" Ginny laughed, imaging what her friend's reaction would have been if she had been in her predicament with Draco. "So are we? Boyfriend and girlfriend?"
Blaise rolled his eyes and placed a quick but passionate kiss on her lips, pulling back ever so slightly to smile. "Does that answer your question?"
"It certainly does" Ginny grinned, pressing her lips to his again while ignoring the protest that came from the other end of the table, clearly from her ignorant brother who was quite clearly shouting 'Not again' for everyone to hear. But she didn't care, all she cared about was that she finally had what she had wanted for a long time, and there was no way in hell she was going to let go of it.