Audrey White knew that taking a job at the Department of Magical Law Enforcement meant hours upon hours of desk work and brutal requests from superiors. Not to mention she was a woman, which meant some big-nosed wizards would look down on her.

But Audrey wasn't about to give up. No, she was convinced that she had the inner strength to do it and she told herself so as she smiled goofily, standing in front of the elevator doors. Her bubbly attitude and tendency to see life in pink, not to mention her inability to be quiet for more than five minutes and her unorganized way of dealing with problems made everyone around her think that taking this kind of job was the most inadequate thing she could possibly do.

The elevator doors finally opened, revealing a young man inside with high-pitched glasses, dressed in an impeccable black suit, holding a large notebook in his hand.

She entered and the doors shut promptly leaving them in silence. Audrey peeked at the stranger next to her who was actually immersed in his work.

She looked at her feet and then rearranged the scarf around her neck and looked at her watch.

'It's my first day here,' she blurted out grinning to the man.

He looked up rather irritated and nodded absently.

'Are you new too? Not that you look new,' she immediately said. 'You probably must know the hang of things.'

'Excuse me, I'm trying to read,' he said in a clipped voice.

'Oh, sorry. I get chatty when I'm nervous. I mean I don't even know what I'll be doing exactly, who I'll be working with. I just know that I am a subordinate. How frustrating is that?' she blabbered playing with her scarf.

He sighed and pushed up his glasses.

'Yes, it must be quite an ordeal,' he commented.

'You said it. This morning I wasn't even going to come,' Audrey confessed chuckling. 'Oh, sorry, you want to read.'

Not before long though, she opened her mouth again.

'You know, the muggle elevators are much fun. They have all those confusing lights and play that bad music that no one ever listens to. You can even get stuck in them. Imagine how awkward that would be,' she said smiling.

'Yes, the pain would be unbearable,' he said flipping a page, obviously annoyed with her presence.

Finally, the elevator doors opened and they both got out, heading in the same direction, only Audrey had to stop at the reception desk and the man followed his way through the door.

'Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Wizengamot Administration Services. How can I help you?'

'Hi there, I'm here to see Mrs. Crawford for the assistant job.'

'Name?' the woman behind the desk asked bored.

'Audrey White.'

'Here's your pass. Stick to it. Otherwise you can't pass through those doors.'

Audrey felt very excited. Her first look on her future job.

She burst through the doors and…found herself in a white, empty, cold hallway and saw four cubicles around a large office.

A middle-aged lady stepped out of one of them and smiled at her pitifully.

'Hi, dear, you must be Audrey. Just in time. Come in, come in.'

Her cubicle was almost barren, all her things magically stored in tiny boxes. She looked exhausted and haggard.

'I finally followed my husband's advice and quit,' she said chuckling. 'Eh, but what am I saying? Welcome dear, I'm Mrs. Daisy Crawford.'

Audrey smiled reluctantly and hugged her.

'Hi, Mrs. Crawford, I'm so happy to be here.'

'Oh, well…that's something new,' she said raising an eyebrow. 'Most people coming in here are terrified.'

'Why should they be?'

'Well you know…the big one. Mr. Weasley.'

'Who?'

'Oh. You don't know him, that's right. He's your boss. Don't worry, you'll get to know him in a second,' she said apologetically.

'You sound as if it's a…bad thing.'

'Oh, no honey, you should be proud. Your CV was selected from hundreds of applicants. You're going to be great. You just…keep your head above water.'

Audrey felt slightly scared at this welcome but hey, it couldn't be that bad. Mr. Weasley. That meant he was one of the Weasley brothers and she had heard only great things about them.

The door to the office suddenly opened and the man from the elevator walked out and stopped in front of them.

'What's the noise here?'

'Oh, Mr. Weasley this is the new girl,' Mrs. Crawford told him.

'Oh, hey!' Audrey said recognizing him. 'What were the odds?'

Percy stared at her unfazed and checked something on a file.

'Why didn't I hold interviews?' he muttered and stepped back in the office.

Audrey frowned and sat down. 'That wasn't very polite.'

'Oh, you'll get used to him, honey, trust me. He just didn't have his coffee and muffin yet. Otherwise he's a sweetheart,' she said rolling her eyes. 'Well, I guess I'll be going now.'

'Wait – what about training me? Um telling me what my tasks are?'

'Mr. Weasley will get to that himself,' she said smiling pitifully again. 'Well, so long dearie. And good luck.'

With that Mrs. Crawford took her tiny boxes and slipped out of the room, almost too glad to get away. She didn't even say goodbye to her old boss. But it wasn't like he had said goodbye to her either. Audrey guessed he must be very professional and does not engage in any trifles with employees.

If that was the case, this place would be quite sad.

She breathed in and out and looked around. The cubicle was white and sad. Hmmm. She'd have to fix that. She took a small box out of her pocket and tapped her wand as it opened up and most of her stuff just burst out on the desk.

She took off her coat and scarf. She then put up the pictures with her best friends and dog on the small white walls and the desk. She had thought there would be a window where she could put her flower pot, but now she would just have to place it in a corner and activate a spell for sunlight.

There. Now that was quite pretty.

She was just about to put a red poster of the Harpies when her new boss popped up behind her.

'I hate to interrupt this complete waste of time, but I need you in my office right now.'

'Of course, Sir,' she said beaming.

She followed Mr. Weasley meekly and stepped into his spacious and elegantly furnished office. The style was sober and neat. She took a good look at him.

He…certainly wasn't what one could call handsome, but she had to admit he was attractive, with his clean-cut shave, short red hair and cynically raised eyebrow. He looked imposing and intransigent. The type that would not allow many things. Okay, so maybe she might in time develop a crush on him, but she had developed a crush on all her previous bosses.

'Wasn't it funny how we met in the elevator and then you turned out to be my boss?'

'Hilarious,' he replied icily. 'You may sit down.'

'I don't think I introduced myself. I'm Audrey,' she said extending her hand.

'Miss White,' he said looking down at a file. 'I didn't hire you for polite chit-chat. Sit down.'

She obeyed and looked at him expectantly.

'I specifically enlisted Mrs. Crawford's help in finding a new assistant. I hope she has not mistakenly sent me an incompetent fool. This means, Miss White that you must show you are skilled and efficient and can fulfill any of my demands. Should you fail, you will be transferred or subsequently fired.'

His blue eyes almost made her flinch, they had ice spears in them.

'I understand, Sir.'

'Your first task is to file all of today's write-ups and correct any mistaken ones. Report to me when you are done.'

'Oh…that's it?'

'Yes, you may go.'

'I thought we'd get to know each other more.'

'I'm sorry, I don't see any scented candles or hear violin music. We're not having dinner. Get to work Miss White.'

Okay. So maybe she wouldn't have a crush on him. This was her boss and he was her problem now.