48Christmas Kisses –Part 2
Ginny smiled as she quickly made her way out of the castle on Sunday afternoon. She'd been pestering Hermione all day about confronting Blaise about the kiss. Hermione had finally snapped and told Ginny that if she was so curious to just go ask him herself. Ginny had smiled broadly and dashed from the common room ignoring Hermione's frantic pleas for her to come back.
She searched the grounds for the quiet Slytherin and came across Draco and his thugs pelting first and second year Hufflepuffs with snowballs.
Ginny smoothed down her hair, and checked her reflection in a window before sauntering toward the distracted Slytherins.
She came to a stop a few feet behind Draco and cleared her throat. It was quite a comical sight as he dropped a huge snowball he was about to throw onto his own head.
She giggled as he turned to glare at her.
"Weas-"
Ginny held up a hand.
"No Draco, I don't have time for foreplay, let's just get down to business," she said, matter-of-factly.
All three of them gaped at her, and she giggled again.
"I'm looking for Zabini," she said.
Draco's mouth just kept opening and closing with no sound coming out.
"Library," Goyle muttered.
Ginny smiled at him.
"Thanks guys!"
She then dashed back to the castle.
When she reached the steps, she turned back to see the Hufflepuffs finally getting the upper hand over the three bullying Slytherins.
She smirked and headed for the library.
It took her a few minutes to find him, as he was practically hidden in a back corner.
He was scribbling furiously on a piece of parchment.
Ginny quietly snuck up behind him, and read over his shoulder.
"Draco Malfoy? Are you copying from his homework?" she asked, confused.
Blaise was supposed have the second highest-grade average in his year. Why would he be copying off Draco?
He whirled around so fast he hurt his neck.
"W-what do you want?" he demanded wincing at his stutter.
Ginny gave him an odd look, then slid into the chair next to him.
"I'm here on behalf of Hermione. She wants to know why you kissed her."
Blaise blushed and looked down at his parchment.
"Mistletoe," he muttered softly, and went back to writing.
Ginny stared at him, intently as he worked.
"You're not copying him, you're doing his homework for him! Why?"
He gave her his most menacing glare, hoping she'd run away.
Ginny just gave him her sweetest smile.
Blaise sighed and dropped his quill.
"He s-saw me kiss her," he said, finally.
Ginny blinked at him.
"So?"
"So what?" he asked.
"So, making you do his homework is what, punishment for kissing her?" Ginny asked, confused.
Blaise rolled his eyes and got to his feet.
"Leave it alone," he whispered and left the library.
Ginny stared after him, feeling sorry for him. There was definitely something going on, and she knew that Draco was behind it.
"You'd think that would turn me off him," she said to herself with a snort.
She shrugged and left for Gryffindor tower to tell Hermione what she'd learned.
Hermione was curious despite her objections at Ginny's behavior.
"I found out why he doesn't talk much."
"Why?"
"He stutters!"
"Awe, how cute," Hermione giggled.
"What did he say about me?"
"Not much. I just saw him doing Draco's transfiguration homework, and when I asked him why, he said it was because Draco saw him kiss you," Ginny said in a rush.
Hermione frowned and bit her lip.
"And now he's doing Draco's homework? Why?"
Ginny shrugged.
"Draco's probably blackmailing him," she commented thoughtfully.
Hermione nodded and her frowned deepened.
"Blaise doesn't want anyone to know he kissed me, he must be ashamed that he did it!"
Ginny thought about that for a minute.
"He didn't seem ashamed when I asked him about it," she said finally.
The two girls stared at each other for a minute.
"I'm getting to the bottom of this!" Hermione declared, jumping to her feet.
Ginny followed her, not wanting to miss a minute.
When they reached the bottom of the stairs leading to the dungeons they literally ran into Malfoy. Crabbe, and Goyle.
"Oof! Watch where you're …" Draco broke off when he saw Ginny.
He let out a squeak like a mouse, and dove behind his two comrades.
Hermione sent a questioning look to Ginny, who just smirked at the Slytherins evilly.
Crabbe and Goyle just looked confused, but then they always looked confused.
Hermione cleared her throat.
"I need to talk to Blaise Zabini, and I'm not leaving until I do!" she announced.
Draco peeked around Crabbe with a sneer.
"And what would a pureblood Slytherin like Zabini want with a mudblood Gryffindor like you?" he demanded.
Ginny quickly stepped in front of Hermione and grinned at him.
"It has something to do with a kiss. Would you like me to show you?" she asked him, raising her eyebrows suggestively.
He squeaked and hid again.
Hermione raised her defiant gaze to Goyle.
"As Head Girl, I demand you inform Mr. Zabini to come out here at once."
Goyle looked at Crabbe, who just shrugged, and then went back into the Slytherin dorms.
Draco now only had one bodyguard to hide behind, and tried to make himself as small as possible. It wasn't that he was afraid of Ginny Weasley, as much as he just didn't know what to do with her. He knew what one part of him wanted to do with her, but that would be wrong on so many levels. If she'd been a boy, he wouldn't be hiding. But she was a girl. A very hot girl who was flirting shamelessly with him. Sometimes life just wasn't fair.
Hermione crossed her arms over her chest and tapped her foot impatiently.
Ginny quickly grew bored with watching her, and decided to play with Draco a little.
He was crouched down on the floor behind Crabbe's legs.
Crabbe raised his eyebrow at her as she began to approach, but she held a finger to her lips and winked at him. A slight smile crossed his lips and he deliberately turned his head so he couldn't 'see' her.
Hermione watched, amused, as Ginny bent down behind an unsuspecting Draco and whispered something in his ear.
He jumped to his feet and backed away from her, holding his ear like she'd burned it.
Ginny just grinned at him, and stayed crouched in an attack pose.
The two walked in slow circles, Draco making sure that Crabbe stayed between them.
Suddenly, Ginny reached around and grabbed his ass.
Draco yelped and took off down the hall with Ginny at his heels.
Hermione chuckled as she watched them, and then jumped when someone behind her cleared his throat.
Blaise stood there, giving her his best glare.
"What?" he demanded.
Hermione glanced at Crabbe and Goyle.
"Is there someplace we can talk?" she asked him.
Without saying a word, he turned on his heel and began walking down the corridor, deeper into the dark dungeons than Hermione had ever been before.
She looked back at Crabbe and Goyle but they just shrugged at her.
Gathering her Gryffindor courage, she hurried after him, and promptly smacked into him in the darkness.
She ended up sprawled on top of him on the cold dungeon floor.
Hermione quickly got to her feet.
"I'm so sorry, Blaise, I didn't see you," she apologized, grabbing his arm and helping him to his feet.
Blaise just stared at her, his eyes better accustomed at seeing in the dark, as Hermione dusted him off.
He grabbed her hand pulled and her through a back door to the Potion's Classroom.
"So, w-what did you want?"
Hermione had trouble keeping the smile off of her face at his stutter, but she needn't have worried.
Blaise wasn't looking at her, he was glaring at the floor.
"I want to know why you're doing Draco's homework," she said.
He sighed, and reluctantly raised his gaze to hers.
"He says he'll t-tell everyone about our k-kiss if I don't," Blaise mumbled.
"And you want it to be a secret? Are you ashamed that you kissed me?" she asked.
"No. I thought y-you would b-be."
She smiled.
"What ever gave you that idea?"
"What about P-potter and Weasley? They'll hate you if y-your with m-me."
"They won't hate me! They're my best friends."
He gave her a skeptical look.
"Okay, they might over-react at first, but if it gets too bad I'll just let it slip that Ginny likes Draco and they'll forget all about you and me," she teased with a giggle.
He smiled at her, then shook his head.
"No, I think it's b-better for everyone if we just f-forget about that kiss," he told her.
Hermione looked at him for a long minute.
"Okay, the kiss never happened," she said, then turned and left.
Blaise almost called after her, but stopped himself. It was better this way.
Hermione was muttering under her breath about Slytherins and their stupid ways as she made her way back through the dungeons.
She ran into Crabbe and Goyle who looked sick.
"What is it?" she asked them.
Crabbe pointed to a door a little ways down the hall.
As Hermione got closer to inspect it, she heard the oddest noises coming from behind it.
She cautiously pulled it open, and was met with a shocking sight.
Apparently Draco had gotten over his 'fear' of Ginny as he was currently pinning her to the wall of the empty broom closet.
They were both naked to the waist, and Ginny was working on getting his pants off.
Hermione quickly shut the door and shrugged at Crabbe and Goyle.
A plan was forming in her mind, and she went off to the kitchens to enlist Dobby's aide.
Blaise trudged, dejectedly into the Great Hall for dinner. He had wanted Hermione to agree with him about the kiss, but he'd been hoping she'd put up more of a fight. After all, it had been a great kiss.
He sat down at the Slytherin table, and began putting food on his plate. After a few bites, he realized that he wasn't hungry, and stood up to leave.
He sent a glance to the Gryffindor table, and was stunned to see Hermione headed straight for him.
The slow motion started again as she approached him. He stood there, frozen on the spot, as she wrapped her arms around his neck, and pulled his head down to hers. He didn't even try to get away from her, even though he knew that everyone in the school was watching them. For once, he didn't care.
Her mouth found his, and he moved his hands to hold her waist.
When she finally pulled back he looked dazed.
"Mistletoe," she said, pointing at the twig hovering over his head.
"Why?" he asked.
"Well, we had to forget that first kiss, but we can't just forget this one," she gestured to their audience.
"Too many witnesses?" he asked.
"Exactly," she said, smiling.
Suddenly, Ron and Harry were standing next to them.
"What the hell is going on here?" Ron demanded, turning red with anger.
"Uh,.." Hermione's gaze darted around looking for inspiration.
"Mistletoe," Blaise said grabbing it from above his head and handing it to Harry.
Hermione noticed Ginny and Draco exchanging heated looks, and turned to Ron.
"Ginny's boinking Malfoy!" she yelled.
"Hermione!" Ginny shouted, standing up.
"Sorry Gin!" she called, grabbing Blaise's hand and dragging him out of the Great Hall for more Christmas kisses.
The End
Dedicated to my Grandfather Frank Norris Williams who passed away this morning.
A/n: Short and sweet, I know. But I'm about to start what I hope will be a really good, and long Hermione/Blaise story. I am not abandoning 'Healing Hermione', but I probably won't be picking it up 'till closer to spring. But I will finish it.
Gratuities:
bleedingheart666: I know what you mean about the getting a guy thing. It's always hardest around the holidays. You should as Santa for one, who knows? Thanks for the review!
LupinFan227: Thanks for the awesome review, I hope you liked the ending. I love playing around with Blaise's character. Since we don't know much about him, I can make him be any way that I want! Make sure you stick around for my next story, Blaise is going to be even more different! I can't wait to get started on it!
Jessica Malfoy87: Thanks! I hope you liked the second part too!
robin777: I'm glad you like my stuttering Blaise! I mean, why should the hero always have to be perfect? I think it makes him endearing.
Slythervixen: Thank you! I hope the Ginny/Draco in this part was enjoyable and not too silly.
Damia: I have to admit, this is based on a dream I had. A good-looking stranger came out of nowhere and kissed me. Unfortunately I woke up almost immediately! I think everyone would like to be kissed like that. Sigh. Thanks for reviewing!
CatStar14: Thanks for reviewing! I'm funny with the couples I like to read about too. Hermione is my favorite character to read about. But I can't stomach Ron/Hermione or Harry/Hermione, isn't that strange? I can read almost any other Hermione pairing. I even enjoyed a Goyle/Hermione pairing! I know, I'm sick! Right now I'm into the Blaise/Hermione, and George/Hermione pairings.
cinderella8013: Thank you! I really hope you enjoyed the rest!
WiccaWitch: Isn't it great? Stay tuned for my next fic, I think you'll really like it!
GypsyJade: Now you know! I hope you liked it!
Procella Nox-noctis: Thank you! I promise I haven't abandoned 'Healing Hermione', just put it on hold for a few months. I got inspiration for a multi-chapter Blaise/Hermione fic, which I think you'll like, so stay tuned!
im no muggle: Draco got his! Hope you liked it, and thanks for the review.
Tara-Yo: Thanks!
ladyx: I guess you could say one kiss ended it too! Thanks for the review!
KateM: Thanks! Hope you liked the rest!