Chapter One

"This is stupid. Why do I have to stay behind? I'm not in fifth year anymore," Ginny huffed, stomping her foot, and turning into a angry shade of red.

"I didn't want you to go, because I knew you would do this," Kingsley Shacklebolt, the new Minister sighed out.

"Do what? A tantrum? That makes entirely no sense!" She protested, her hands gripping onto the files she was carrying.

"Ginny, come on now. I don't have time to argue about this. I've got a meeting in," Kingsley glanced at the humongous clock in the main room, "less than five minutes."

"No, no. We are going to finish this now, and only now," she seethed out, eyebrows furrowing further, and teeth clenched.

Kingsely shook his head, turning around. "No, we are talking about this later. Whenever I have the time, I'll meet you later. Goodbye Ginerva."

"Come back here! I said we are going to finish this now!" Ginny called after him, her files almost slipping out of her hands. But Kingsley entered the elevator and shot her knowing look.

"What's wrong with you?" Adrian asked, as he walked by Ginny. "You look appalled."

"I am appalled. Kingsley just shut me out of the mission that Angelina and Katie has to go to. He told me he was going to allow me to go, but now he's saying I can't go."

"Ouch, why's that?"

"I have no idea! That's the trouble. He didn't even tell me why he was shutting me out. My suspicions are because, I'm too young," She said. "Anyways, I best be sending these files to Susan. See you later, Adri." She smirked at him, as he glared at her. He had been hearing the same nickname ever since that carriage ride to Midnight Alps, and it still bugged the hell out of him.

"Yeah, yeah. See you," he murmured, slinging his tie around her neck, unceremoniously. His finger pushed the up button of the elevator. But a thought occurred to him. Where was Angelina and Katie going? No one told him where they were going. Ginny must know. He swiveled around, almost running into a woman.

"Oh sorry there," he mumbled, raking his hand through his hair. "Erm, did I drop that?" He pointed towards the mess on the floor.

"It's fine. These happen to me all the time," the woman said, clumsily. He peered at her. He had to admit she was gorgeous, her dark hair pinned into a neat bun, and her glasses slipping past her nose. What was he thinking? He had a girlfriend, and he certainly was past the teenage hormones stage!

He quietly picked the files up. "I haven't seen you around here. Are you new?"

"Oh, not really. I just started working a week ago. I moved from the far side of England," she chuckled nervously. "Say, aren't you Adrian Pucey?"

"Yeah, how'd you guess?" He grinned boyishly.

"You're on the newspapers always. You're a pretty famous Auror. It'll be stupid to not know you," she sputtered out, as he handed her the files.

"Uh-huh," he said, afraid of the attraction he was feeling towards this woman. "What's your name?" The words tumbled out, before he could stop them.

"It's Charlotte Cove, but everyone calls me Charlie, so just call me that," Charlie grinned.

"That's not a very common name for witches around here, but very unique indeed," he replied. "I best be going. I need to talk to a friend of mine. Hopefully, I'll see you later Charlie."

"Yes, yes," she said, waving before stepping into the elevator that had arrived. She gave a small smile, before latching onto the railing in the elevator.

Adrian mentally kicked himself. He couldn't just try to score a girl. He only knew her for a few minutes, and after all that work trying to win Angelina? Stupid him. Ignoring his stupid hormone attempts, he ran the flights of stairs to the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts.

"Susan, do you have any idea where Ginny is?" Adrian asked, the receptionist of the floor. He leaned against the table, craning his neck to see the flaming red haired.

"Oh, she just dropped these off," Susan said, displaying the files that were in Ginny's hands few minutes ago. "But she was saying something of going to Angelina's office."

"Thanks, see you later," he called, as he ran down the flights of stairs to the Improper Use of Magic floor. He paused, catching his breath before turning the familiar corridors down into the office he often visited.

"...he says I can't go! Did any of you plan this?" He heard Ginny's voice ringing.

"Gin, I had no idea...I'll be back, I need to talk to Kingsley about that," Angelina said, her heels clicking as she hurried out of her office. "Adrian!" She yelped, surprised. "What are you doing here?"

"Is that how you greet your boyfriend of two years?" He asked, smirking.

"Shut it, what's brought you all the way here?" She said, rolling her eyes.

Ginny's head popped out from behind Angelina's office. "Oh it's Adri again. I thought you were going somewhere else?"

"I was, but you never told me what the mission was that Angelina and Katie were attending to," he replied.

"For all that trouble? No, please don't do yourself such trouble. You're too royal for that," Ginny pleaded, sarcastically.

"You might be right after all, oh smart one."

"Adri, we'll explain the mission later. Right now, I've got to run. See you later, sweetie," Angelina said, briefly pressing her lips to Adrian's cheek.

"Aw, c'mon. Gin just said don't do me the trouble," he whined, catching her hand before she could hurry off.

"Not now, Adri," she hissed, yanking her hand away. She hurried off to the elevator and disappeared down the caged hole.

"Best be going as well. See you Adriana," Ginny said, scrambling off to her office in the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts.

Suddenly, feeling lonely and guilty for his thoughts on Charlotte, Adrian closed his eyes leaning against the door to Angelina's office. It wouldn't hurt if he became friends with Charlotte, would it? No, he wasn't going to get any closer to that girl. Something about her just didn't seem right. But he was determined to find out what that was.

"EMERGENCY! EMERGENCY! EX-DEATH EATER BELLATRIX LESTRANGE HAS ESCAPED AZKABAN!" Someone screamed. "LOCKDOWN OF MINISTRY OF MAGIC IS IN PROGRESS. SOURCES SAY THAT SHE IS HEADING HERE WITH THOUSANDS OF EX-DEATH EATERS! LOCKDOWN IN PROGRESS!"

A/N: I know it's kind of short, but I hope you enjoy this sequel to Slytherins Go For Gryffindors. Please review, sweeties. x