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Disclaimer: Because the books would only be about Hermione/Draco & Ginny/Blaise if I'd have written them.
Blaise and Ginny broke their kiss when they heard the sound of the door closing. They both looked around the room and then at each other. Ginny blushed and looked away, but Blaise gently grasped her chin and made her look at him again. "I like where this is going, Ginny.. Do you?"
Ginny looked indecisive. "Well.. Ehh... The thing is, Blaise... I am very attracted to you. Sexually. But I'm not in love with you.. And I just don't want to regret sleeping with you. I think it should mean something when you are that intimate with someone."
Blaise looked her in the eye very seriously. "I see what you mean, Ginny. Can I tell you something in confidence?"
Ginny's eyes widened for a second. "Why would you want to? I mean, of course you can.. As long as I can tell 'Mione.."
Blaise laughed. "Oh, why the hell not.. Yeah, you can tell Hermione."
Ginny smiled and waited for him to continue. "Oh, yes... Ehh.. Well.. Ginny, the thing is, I am in love with you.. Ever since I got to know you, since we're hanging out here regularly."
Ginny's mouth fell open in astonishment. "What? Why? I mean.. Wow."
Blaise blushed a bit. "I know you just told me that you're not in love with me, but since you're single... If you're up for it, I'd like to see how far we can get together. Would you like that?"
Ginny really didn't know what to say. "I... Well... That is... Ehh... This is all a bit sudden, Blaise.. I really don't know what to say. I mean.. I like you as a person, and you're sexy.. But even though we've spend a lot of time together in the common room, I don't know that much about you.. But I really liked kissing you.. Do you think we can try that again?" Ginny asked, still looking a bit confused.
Blaise smiled. An actual smile, not a smirk and Ginny couldn't help but notice how much better he looked when he smiled. He leaned in and softly kissed her on the lips. Ginny smiled and reacted. After a few minutes, he had one hand cupping her cheek, while the other was resting on her shoulder and she had both her hands in his hair. In her head, she admitted that in these two kisses alone, Blaise had shown more passion than Harry or Dean had ever done while they were dating her. 'I still don't really know him, though...'
She broke their kiss and looked him in the eye. "Blaise, if you're okay with it, I'd like to talk for a while.. Just so I can get to know you.."
Blaise nodded. "Of course, Ginny. Ask anything you want."
"Okay.. What's your family like? Do you have brothers or sisters?" Ginny asked, while she was getting comfortable on the bed.
Blaise sat next to her and smiled. "My family consists of my mother, Alessandra Zabini, my sisters Adelina and Carlotta, and my brothers Carlo and Doriano. Adelina is 22, Carlo is 20, I'm 18, Doriano is 15 and Carlotta is 12. Carlo and I have the same father, but the others all have different fathers. My mum married them, but they all died after a few years. My dad died when I was 10 months. Zabini is her maiden name, and none of us have our father's last name."
Ginny's eyes had grown bigger while she listened to the story. "Wow. That's... Quite intense. But, wait.. You're the only Zabini at school, right? But you have brothers and sisters who are all of the age to go to school. Where did they go?"
Blaise smiled. "You're very observant. Well, my mother wanted the girls to go to Beauxbatons, because she went there when she was young. And the boys could choose between Hogwarts and Durmstrang. My brothers chose Durmstrang and I, obviously, chose Hogwarts."
"Okay, that explains a lot. But why didn't you want to go to Durmstrang?"
"I don't really know.. It's just a feeling I had. For one, I wanted to stay in England. And Durmstrang just didn't feel right for me. It was really a feeling I had. Turns out I was right. I've been to Durmstrang when Carlo graduated and it was such a cold and hard place. I'm glad that I chose Hogwarts."
Ginny smiled. "So am I."
Blaise slowly moved his hand towards her cheek to stroke it lightly.
Ginny blushed a bit and after a minute of eye-contact, she cleared her throat. "So ehm... What do you like to do in your free time?"
Blaise grinned. "Quidditch."
Ginny laughed. "That's all?"
Blaise laughed as well. "Most of the time, yeah. Of course, I do hang out with friends and sometimes I read a book for fun."
"What kind of books?", Ginny asked, interested.
"Well, ehm.. The book I'm sort of reading now is called Lord Of The Rings. It's a muggle book, but it sounded interesting.. And it really is. It's a fantasy novel."
"Really? That's cool! I've read Lord Of The Rings too. Hermione recommended it to me. Which book are you at?"
"The second one, The Two Towers. But I just started in that one. I haven't been able to find the time to read recently.", he said and winked at her.
Ginny grinned. "How about food? What's your favourite dish?"
"Hmmm... Let's see... I would say... Mushroom soup for starters, Shepherd's Pie for main and warm brownies for pudding. With a pint of cider on the side."
"Well, that's very English..", Ginny said and giggled softly.
"Yeah, but that's because my father was English gentry. After he died, we still went to see his sister occasionally and she used to make us real English food. And I just love mushroom soup. How about you?"
Ginny thought for a while. "I don't really have a favourite dinner... Just anything my mum made, actually. She's one hell of a cook!"
Blaise laughed. "I hope I'll be able to try her food sometime..."
Ginny froze up.
Blaise noticed and tried to catch her gaze. "Did I say something wrong, Ginny?"
It took Ginny a moment to muster up the courage to look him in the eye. "Well.. Ehmm.. Blaise. I need to tell you something, something I want to be very clear about, so you'll know what you're getting into from the start."
Blaise kept eye-contact, internally hoping this wasn't going to be a shock, or something he couldn't deal with. "Yes?"
"My parents are very nice people, they are open-minded and always happy to have as many people as possible in their home. You would expect the rest of my family to be the same, but that's where you'd be wrong. My brothers are all very protective of me, since I'm the youngest and only girl. Not that they need to be, I'm perfectly able to fight my own battles. But they just don't see that."
Blaise nodded and looked relieved. This conversation turned out to be about something he could handle.
"If we start dating, you have to be prepared for a lot of suspicious looks and threats when you happen to be alone. They think I don't know what they're up to that way, mentally deranged dickheads, the lot."
At that, Blaise burst out laughing.
Ginny raised an eyebrow, while she watched him laugh.
Blaise saw the way she looked at him and stopped laughing. He cleared his throat. "Sorry. I'm seriously listening, but that was really funny."
Ginny's grin was so slight, that Blaise almost missed it. "Anyway. So you'll have to know that. Furthermore, they all have a different way of approaching you. Bill & Charlie will probably team up and ask you if you are for real. They won't threaten you, but if you screw up, it's them you have to look out for. Just a head's up.", she said and winked coyly at Blaise.
Blaise smirked and nodded his head as a sign for her to continue.
"Percy is probably the only one who doesn't really care, so he won't even bother to come up to you. Then there's the twins. They'll pull a few pranks to see how far they can go with you, but they're not serious enough to actually start a conversation with you on the topic. And last, but certainly not least. Ron. In case you hadn't noticed yet, he has a temper. He will get very angry first and will probably scream loud enough for the whole castle to hear about the many ways he will torture you. I'll deal with him, because I know how and because he will hex you before you get a proper word out. When the anger has passed, he will be very grumpy and moody when he's near you or me."
It was silent for a while, but then Blaise spoke.
"Is that all? Or do you have any uncles or grandfathers I should worry about?"
Ginny laughed and looked him in the eye. "Yeah, that's all.. Does this mean you think you can handle it?"
Blaise nodded. "They can bring it on. I don't care about them, but I do care about you."
Ginny crawled towards him and hugged him tightly. "That's good."
They sat like that for a while. Suddenly, Ginny's voice asked him something, but it was muffled because she was still hugging him. "Excuse me?"
Ginny moved her head and asked her question again. "What is your favourite place in the world?"
"Well.. I don't really have a favourite place, but I like gardens and fields. It gives me the exciting feeling that there's so much world that I haven't seen yet.."
Ginny looked up to catch his gaze and smiled. "That's very deep.. And beautiful."
Blaise kissed the tip of her nose. "How about you?"
Ginny thought for a bit. "I think.. The field where we play Quidditch every summer. It's near our house and as soon as the sun comes up, my brothers and Harry and I will go out and play Quidditch.. Until my mum screams that she didn't put all her love and best efforts into a dinner for nothing."
Blaise grinned. "Sounds great."
"Yes, it is..."
"Blaise?"
"Hmmm?"
"Why do you like me?"
Blaise was quiet for a moment. "Because you're you. You're special. I don't exactly know why. But you're just different from all the other girls."
Ginny looked up, blushing bright red. "Really?"
"Yes, really. Why?"
Ginny smiled. "No one has ever said that about me... I'm very flattered. And since when have you thought that?"
Blaise laughed softly. "I've noticed you before, but I really began to like you when the four of us started to hang out in the common room together."
Ginny gave him a sweet kiss. "Now that I know you a bit better, I like you more."
They leaned against each other in comfortable silence.
It was probably about 30 minutes before Ginny broke the silence.
"Blaise, I thought about it.. And after everything I've heard and the questions you answered, I want to try it with you. Just let it happen and see where we go from here."
Blaise couldn't help but smile. "That's amazing, Ginny. I'm very grateful. You will not regret it!" And without further ado he started to seduce her.
He kissed her gently but passionately. Ginny melded into his kiss. They just kissed for a while, but when Blaise moved to unbutton Ginny's shirt, she stiffened and broke their kiss. "What's wrong, Ginny?"
Ginny blushed. "I.. ehm… Blaise, I hope you'll understand, but I don't want to go too far tonight.."
Blaise smiled. "Yeah, I understand. Shall we just keep to kissing and cuddling tonight?"
"That would be lovely, Blaise. I'm so happy you understand!" Ginny said, smiling brightly.
They continued to kiss and talk for a while longer, until the effects of alcohol and fatigue got the best of them and they fell asleep in each others arms.
A/N: Sorry, I know it took me ages and ages to upload! But I do have a legit excuse. My computer blew up and I was without a computer for the last 2 ½ months. But now I'm back! Hooray!
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