Roommates

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Story Summary:
At the start of seventh year, Head Boy and Girl Blaise Zabini and Hermione Granger are assigned quarters together. As the year goes on, they discover an age-old mystery and the War becomes close to home.

Chapter 01
10/24/2004

When Dumbledore tells Hermione that she and the Head Boy will be living together, she's thrown for a loop. Will she deal with it accordingly? Will she and the Head Boy fall in love? And what's the matter with the Castle?

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Chapter 02
10/28/2004

In which Blaise and Hermione see their new rooms and Hermione meets an interesting portrait...

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Chapter 03
11/30/2004

Hermione and Blaise go to the library for research, and something about Quidditch is revealed. And Blaise talks with his best friend... Draco Malfoy.

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Chapter 04
11/30/2004

“Tell me why you were betting on me with Malfoy first.”

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Chapter 05
11/30/2004

“Guess what just happened,” he said.

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Chapter 06
11/30/2004

“Really, Zabini,” she scolded, “must you bet? It’s a bad habit and I dislike it, especially when it’s about me.”

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Chapter 07
11/30/2004

“Oh, my,” Hermione said. “Is your family always so dramatic?”

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Chapter 08
12/09/2004

“So,” Hermione said. “What’s the matter with your sister?”

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Chapter 09
12/09/2004

“But-- why would you say that about Lilithe?” Hermione asked.

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Chapter 10
12/09/2004

Hermione pursed her lips and got out of bed. “Blaise Zabini,” she said shortly, “you have crossed the line. Gone beyond what Harry and Ron have done over the years. Get out of my room before I hurt you.”

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Chapter 11
01/05/2005

. “What was that about?” Harry asked, looking at Hermione.

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Chapter 12
01/26/2005

“Hello, Mum,” Blaise said, fighting the urge to run to his right, and to the West Wing, where his rooms were.

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Chapter 13
02/01/2005

Something the readers have been waiting for finally happens.

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Chapter 14
03/06/2005

“Who would’ve thought that something like that would be in my house,” Blaise said, as he and Hermione walked along the portrait hall to where he thought his mother would be. “My boring old house. Amazing.”

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Chapter 15
03/06/2005

“Vanity,” Blaise said, leaning in the doorway, Draco beside him, “is a sin, you know.”

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Chapter 16
03/27/2005

“You think you're so noble,” she replied, not even trying to hide the taunting in her voice. “You aren't. You're just eaten up inside, Severus. I know you are. You've forgotten how to shield yoursel-” She was gazing into his eyes, and suddenly her expression became unfocused and her eyes glowed a bit. Then the expression disappeared, and she laughed. “You think of that?” she spat. “Of all things. Someday, Severus, someday soon your downfall, as short as it may be, will come.”

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Chapter 17
04/15/2005

It's Christmas at Zabini Manor....

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Chapter 18
05/15/2005

“Blaise, you have got to take off the sweater,” Hermione said to him, elbow propped up on the window-ledge of their compartment. “Really. You have to.”

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Chapter 19
06/04/2005

The first day back to school....

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Chapter 20
06/14/2005

Hermione, the inquisitive Gryffindor that she is, finds out part of Blaise and Daphne's secret... But another part is kept hidden...

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Chapter 21
07/09/2005

Then he thought about what would happen if he had told her the connection between Snape, Daphne and him and he shuddered. The world did not need to know what had happened between them.

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Chapter 22
08/09/2005

Blaise watched her go and shook his head, turning back to his porridge. He felt a bit bad for lying to Hermione about Snape’s memory, but he couldn’t see a way to tell her and keep everyone else out of it and satisfied—or without somehow letting Snape know he’d told Daphne. Though, knowing Snape, he probably knew and Blaise just couldn’t tell, since Snape was such a temperamental person at the best of times.

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Chapter 23
08/25/2005

Snape placed his papers down on his desk and stared at him in silence for a few seconds. “Excuse me?” he said slowly, danger building in his voice with every syllable.

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Chapter 24
09/23/2005

Blaise himself wasn’t particularly interested in blood, or the ramifications of not having it be “pure” enough. But then again, that would mean Hermione would fall under Lord Voldemort’s reign of terror— she would be one of many deaths that would elevate his previous death count from his first evil conquest to purify the world of Muggles and Muggleborns.

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Chapter 25
10/13/2005

“Now, Blaise, what’s this all about? Something really important I hope, not some rabbit trail.”

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Chapter 26
11/04/2005

“Thank you for your concern, Headmaster,” he said. “And yours, Professor,” he nodded at Snape, who acknowledged it coolly, “but I need no such comfort and neither do I seek to find why my sister murdered my mother. She’s mad, through and through. Mad with power and mad with a cause. She’s become a fanatic and anything that disputes her cause...” He laughed bitterly. “Does not deserve to live. So she killed my mother for being a half-blood. Or less, I suppose, with two Muggleborn parents. Such is the mind-reader’s curse, Headmaster.”

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Chapter 27
11/22/2005

Frances is laid to rest.

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“Amazing, the wonderful Hermione Granger knows everything.” He scoffed. “I’m surprised, really. I suppose that because I got one ‘E’ on my O.W.L.s I’m less intelligent? Because we all know only [i]smart[/i] people get all ‘O’s.” A vase flew by his head and shattered on the wall. “Rotten aim.”

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Chapter 29 - War
12/05/2005

“I’m scared Blaise,” she whispered to him. “I don’t want to die.”

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The end has to come.

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