As Hermione sat on the living room couch of her apartment Ron's voice kept pushing it's way into her thoughts.
"Geez Hermione! Don't you have a life outside of work?" Ron asked incredulously. "I mean come on! Get out of the office for once, and live on the edge like we used to."
Hermione looked up at Ron and at Harry, who had not spoken a word but instead was looking around at her cluttered office, and sighed.
"You both know that I have alot of work that needs to be done, and that I can't go gallavanting off and abandoning my job." Hermione said dejectedly while averting her gaze back down to the pile of paper work that still laid on her desk waiting to be read and filled out.
Hermione broke from her thoughts abruptly when she heard a knock at her frot door. Quickly standing to her feet and instinctively reaching for her wand she slowly made her way to the door and opened it a crack, just enough to be able to see who was standing in front of her door. She pocketed her wand and opened the door to the young man who was standing in front of her with a long box in his hands.
" Can I help you?" Hermione asked cautiously.
"Are you Miss. Granger?"
"Why yes I am. Is there something the matter?"
"Oh no! I was just told to bring this package to a Miss. Granger with this address." He said while holding out the package for her to take.
Hermione took the package and began examining it for a clue as to who could have sent it. The young man had turned around once Hermione took the box and headed back towards the elevators before she had the chance to ask him who had sent it. Hermione shut the door and laid the package on the nearest table before saying a variety of incantaions to be assured that the contents of the package would not harm her.
Hermione stood above the box and began to unwrap it slowly. Inside were 6 beautiful red roses and a card that beared her name written in a beautiful flowing srawl. She grabbed the card and opened it to reveal a very short brief message.
I hope that you enjoy these.
Yours, truly,
But there was no name only a picture of a family crest that looked oddly familiar to her but she was unable to recall where she had seen it before. Hermione set the card down next to the box and proceeded to pick up the flowers. She took the flowers to the kitchen and replaced her browning dead lilies with the roses after coming to the conclusion that she was thirsty, and decided to make herself a cup of tea.
Hermione turned towards the stove and grabbed a pot which she had previously used to boil water earlier that morning, filled it and placed it on the burner to boil. Once Hermione made herself a cup of tea she retreated back to the table that still held the empty box and card. She picked up the card once more and moved back to the couch which she had previously occupied before the mysterious package arrived. She gently lowered herself into a very relaxing sitting postion and began to ponder all of the possibilities as to who could have sent her the package and why. As she mulled through her thoughts she took pain-stakingly slow sips of her tea with one hand while mindlessly opening and closing the card that remained in her other hand.
Hermione's thoughts were once again interrupted by a rapping at her window, this time it was a beautiful brown owl that carried a letter tied to it's leg. She quickly set her tea down as she let the previous letter fall to the floor to be forgotten about as she stood and made her way to the window to let the owl in. Once the window was open the owl flew to the closest chair and impatiently stuck it's leg out for her to take the letter. Hermione smirked and rolled her eyes but walked over to the owl to remove the letter to find to her utter dismay that it was her employer asking, no, telling her to come into work that day. It was Friday and usually she had Friday's off but she wouldn't argue about it, instead she went to her bedroom closest and removed her set of work robes inot which she quickly changed. She pulled her hair back into a ponytail and left the room, quickly grabbing her wand from her pants pocket that still remained on the bed.
As Hermione left her room she noticed the brown owl was still in it's place on the chair and staring at her indignantly as if waiting for something.
"Oh Honestly!" Hermione remarked as she laid her wand down on the nearest table and walked towards the kitchen to get something to pay the owl with. She opened her fridge and removed a piece of bacon off of her leftover plate from breakfast that morning and gave it to the owl who hooted with delight before taking it in it's beak and flying back out the window.
After Hermione watched the owl fly off she closed the window while muttering about the fact that owls were so impatient. She retraced her steps to the table on which her wand still laid and picked it up, feeling the delicate wood slide between her fingers, before apparating herself to the Ministry of Magic to begin another day of work.
