Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns the whole Harry Potter world. I just like to put them in other strange situations such as the one you're about to read.
A/N: Well, I know I promised a sequel of the story Taming Ginny Weasley. I'm still working on that one. But this plot bunny was too nice to pass up so I decided to pursue it first. Hopefully TGW readers won't throw furniture at me for posting this instead of what I promised them. Don't worry, TGW2 is in the works, I just needed to get this one out so I can write TGW2 and The Little Things better. Speaking of TLT, it's nearing the end. All readers of TLT, please be patient, I've finished Chapter 30 already and then I will be working on the Epilogue after I post this. Then I'll just send it to my beta and poof! it's finally done! Hope you guys enjoy and support this one like you did my other fics.
Chapter 1 - A Long Day at Headquarters
"This is going to be a long day," Harry murmured to himself as he surveyed the room.
They were on a mission, a very important mission. And it required every ounce of their attention and concentration. But today, it was too much to ask of his team.
On some sort of irritating whim, Ginny had chosen that day to show Hermione her newest ad. It would have been fine if the ad had her wearing something decent to cover her body fully, but no. That was too much to ask of Ginevra Molly Prewett Weasley, supermodel and spokesperson of many brands including Lavender Hush, an underwear line for which the ad was made for. It had to be something sexy; something that would make women blush with envy; something that would make her brothers blow off their tops.
That was why Ron was blowing his redheaded top off to Timbuktu right now. Her very sexy, make-your-momma-proud-of-what-she-gave-you ad was the reason why they couldn't concentrate on their oh-so-important mission.
He sighed. "It's really going to be a long day."
Scanning the room again, he rolled his eyes in irritation while looking at how Hermione had effectively blocked out her fiancé's and soon-to-be sister-in-law's voices: by plugging in headphones, probably turned on to some sappy love song with the volume in maximum level. Blaise was missing, the siblings were still going at it and Draco Malfoy lay on the couch, gleefully viewing the magazine where Ginny's ad was plastered.
If someone had told him eight years ago that he would be working alongside Draco Malfoy on a team, he would have rolled on the Forbidden Forest's floor and laughed his ass off. But eight years was too long a time for a person to bear grudges and not change. Now, he was rather pleased to have both Blaise and Draco on his team. The two Slytherins were good in their fields and while they still have their frequent fights, all of them could say that they're pretty comfortable with each other.
As they should really be. Their job included watching for each other and saving each other's butts.
How did it all happen?
After the war at Hogwarts, many of the students who had survived, thought being Aurors was their destiny. They could all still feel the victory and the urge and spirit to fight was still strongly there, as well as the desire to rid the magical world of bad wizards and witches and take revenge for the thousands of people they cared about that perished in the war.
So after returning to school and graduating, Harry and many of his batch mates who wanted to be Aurors went to Auror training and graduated. Ginny, who finished Hogwarts the same year they graduated from training, also wanted to be an Auror and went in to the training program while Harry and the others got into their first year of being full-fledged Aurors. Harry was naturally partnered with Ron, Draco was partnered with Blaise and Hermione was assigned to the research team with Neville, Seamus and Hannah Abbot. When Ginny had graduated from Auror training, Blaise had decided to take up the offer of Bill Weasley to be a curse and charm breaker as he was always a good Charms student, leaving Draco partnerless. Ginny was assigned to be his partner and to everyone's understandable surprise, they seemed to work well together, despite constant bickering.
After two years, Ginny, Draco, Blaise, Ron and Hermione resigned as Aurors. Ginny pursued modeling, Draco and Blaise needed to manage their family businesses, Hermione went into healer training and Ron was wooed by the Canons to play as their Keeper, replacing Oliver Wood who was getting married. Harry remained as an Auror, promoted as the Head of Classified Missions Investigations Team.
So why in the world were they all gathered inside this room, handling a case as important as defeating Voldemort, when they weren't even all Aurors anymore, with one being a Healer, another a famous Quidditch player, two were cunning businessmen handling a cauldron company and a potions company and the last a supermodel?
Because even though they were now busy with different fields, the ministry couldn't help but admit that the six of them were the best investigative Aurors they have ever had since the Potters, the Longbottoms, the Weasleys and Sirius Black. So for top secret cases, the ministry calls them in, knowing that their expertise was needed in their more sensitive cases.
And such was this case.
Harry's hand itched to get his wand and cast a spell, any spell, to stop the two redheaded Weasleys from shouting but he knew he would be in deep trouble if he did. Ginny Weasley's temper, combined with her perfected hexes, was not something he wanted to bask on. So he sighed. He loved both of them dearly, they're like his brother and sister after all, but sometimes, he longed to sew their mouths shut and enjoy the silence.
"Guys," he tried weakly, only to be drowned out by Ron's growl.
"Malfoy!" he said, stomping over the blond whose eyes were still glued in the magazine. He grabbed the magazine from the grinning Malfoy, who had sat up on the couch, looking over Ginny Weasley whose eyes were fired up, hands on waist and red in the face.
Ron took his wand from his robes and with a flick, the magazine burned up. Ginny stomped over to him, wand drawn, but Draco had been quicker. He got up, calmly walked over his partner and intercepted her before she got to his brother. Hermione looked up, sighed, plucked her headphones from her ears and stomped over her fiancé's side.
"Ron, Ginny, calm down," Hermione sternly said.
Harry watched as Ron stopped berating Ginny and turned all soft-purring kitten-y while Hermione talked to him. He rolled his eyes at his two best friends' backs and turned to the other occupants in the room, Draco and Ginny.
Harry bit down the snort that threatened to come out of his mouth. The sexual tension between the two was almost as thick as Hagrid's brother's arm. Draco was whispering in Ginny's ear, his hand had somehow gotten her wand from her and was now twirling it by his fingers. His other hand was on her waist, drawing calming circles on it by his thumb. Ginny was frowning but listening. Her hands were crossed in front of her but her rigid form had softened somehow.
Harry knew there was something going on between the two, but right now, they had more problems to face.
"Where's Blaise?" Ginny said as Draco led her to the couch. She plopped down on it, arms still crossed. She crossed her right leg over the other as she looked from left to right.
'Probably enjoying somewhere peaceful,' Harry thought.
Aloud he said, "I don't know," he sighed. "Are you guys ready to listen to the mission brief now?"
Hermione glared at Ron before nodding at Harry.
"Shouldn't we wait for Blaise first?" Draco asked from his seat beside Ginevra. His right arm was extended on the couch's back rest, behind Ginny, legs also crossed arrogantly.
"Right," Harry nodded. He got out a small mirror from his desk and called out Blaise's name. After telling the black-haired man to get back to headquarters, he put it down.
In a few minutes, the door opened and in came Blaise Zabini.
"I see the war had stopped," he grinned at the lot. Ron and Ginny glared at him as Draco rolled his eyes.
"A very supportive team member you are," Draco said dryly.
"Yes. I didn't think Ronald would have been too pleased if I stayed and ogled at his sister's picture like you probably did. Although I must say, when I saw the billboard, I…"
"Billboard!" Ron roared. "You have a billboard?"
Harry sighed.
It's really going to be a long day.
A/N: So, how was it? My third fan fic,! Haha! It was inspired by the fanfic Ginnugagap by Aimsaru and Reclamation Cooperation by Persephone 33. I suggest you read them. They're really very good fics!