Author's Note: Ah, everyone likes a good DW/HG fic every once in a while. I just thought this could be a fun little thing I could do if I don't feel like doing homework. I live in a college environment, so thus I became inspired. Thanks for stopping by. If you have time, check out my AU fic The Rift Between Two Worlds. I would love to know what you think. Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own nor make money on Harry Potter. Names or places outside Harry Potter that appear similar to other sources are coincidental.
Chapter 1: Hello Again
Draco was by no means a kindly person. At least, not a kindly person to those he was indifferent towards. Those for which he actually felt animosity often times ran away from him crying wishing they had never felt the cold grey eyes of Draco Malfoy. He had very few joys in his life. Of those joys were his work, and music. As far as he was concerned, anyone who stood in the way of his joys deserved to be eliminated from existence. And as far as he was concerned, most everyone stood in his way. He especially did not want to be bothered now. He sat in his study surrounded by various books and scrolls. He was working on a deadline, and the magic sequence he was working on was giving him a headache. Draco was not particularly happy that he was put on this project. He pictured his superior choking on his morning coffee. The head professor of his department at the Gwydion Wizarding University for Higher Education had reassigned him to a new project designing magical geographic information organization technology. This meant he was forces to set aside his own research until he completes it. Not only that, but he had to work with outsiders to get their opinion on the product. They always had something wrong with the item. It is too complicated, I don't know what these symbols mean, how can I get it to display 3-D, why is the spell not working the way I want to? Blah, blah, blah. Draco would much rather be working on his own research, but NO. The head professor had to be all like, "These people paid us a lot of money to research this new breakthrough in wizard secrecy technology! The interns aren't cutting it. So I'm putting you on this project because you are the best, so get to it! By the way, could you complete it by this Thursday? A specialist will be coming, and you will be going out into the field to show her how to use the system. Kay? Thanks, bye." AHHH! He hated that man! Draco now imagined him on the side of the road with a broken down broom. Serves him right telling him to go out into the field. When has he ever done that? When has anyone EVER done that? Bullshit. This whole thing is bullshit! Draco got up from his chair and sat in a sofa nearby. He took his guitar off of its stand and started to play. Draco had just started to relax when suddenly he heard a knock at his door.
"What?" inquired Draco in an exasperated voice. Draco put his guitar back on its stand and stood up preparing to dismiss the visitor the second he stepped foot into his office. He was only more disgruntled to find that it was the Head Professor Harry Potter.
"Good afternoon, Professor Malfoy," greeted Potter with a vomit inducing smile.
"Good afternoon, Professor Potter," replied Draco in a low voice trying desperately not to growl at him. "What brings you here?" he snarled.
"Remember Professor Longbottom in our department?" asked Potter.
"Of course," said Draco, "What of it?"
"Well it turns out that Magical Engineering wasn't his thing. He has decided to fulfill his lifelong passion in Herbology. He has been offered an opportunity to research in Australia! Isn't that fantastic?" said Potter with his ever so present shit-eating grin.
"Well figures, he's got like fifty weird plants in his office. But what does that have to do with me?" said Draco.
"Funny you should ask," replied Potter, "remember the specialist with whom you will be working this Thursday. As luck should have it, she had been a former Professor at Cuthbert University but resigned for moral reasons. I called her up today and asked if she would be interested in a position here and she accepted!"
"Again, I fail to recognize what all this has to do with me?" asked Draco impatiently.
"Oh yes, I have decided that you will be the one to show her around. Get her acquainted with the university and such," replied Potter simply.
"What?!" retorted Draco, "that is completely unfair. I'm already busy with the shit you gave me yesterday! Besides, what am I supposed to do? Show her where we make the coffee?"
"Well of course, but I mean the places around campus specifically." said Harry sitting nonchalantly on the couch, "You know, the dining hall, the library, the Quidditch stadium, stuff like that."
"And you expect me to do this and work with her on her field research as well?" said Draco in disbelief.
"I knew I could depend on you," said Potter standing up. He patted Draco's shoulder before heading to the door. "Oh by the way, don't think I didn't hear you playing that guitar. You still have to get that project finished by Thursday no matter what. Oh, and can you send me an aeroplane memo on the finished product, kay? Thanks, bye!" With that Potter left.
Draco sighed in disbelief partly of his misfortune and partly out of wonder how Potter could have an entire conversation with him without breaking his irritatingly cheerful mood. Draco slumped onto his desk looking at the work before him. Well, the sooner it's done, the sooner he won't have to deal with it. Draco took a deep breath and set to work with fresh determination.
It wasn't long until Thursday arrived. Draco sat at his desk engrossed in his work when he heard a knock at the door.
"Come in," called out Draco impulsively, not caring to look up from his work. He heard the door open and someone step inside.
"Good morning. I must say, it is good to see you again… Professor," said a female voice. Draco looked up to greet her. It was a good that he was sitting down for he was taken aback with shock. For what stood before him was a beautiful woman dressed in a white blouse and black pencil skirt with black stockings under a fashionable black cloak. Her brown curly hair was pulled back in a half ponytail revealing the elegant face that was smiling back at him. Draco looked into her glassy brown eyes set behind a pair of glasses in disbelief. Of all the people he expected to see, Draco did not once suppose he would meet this woman. "I will be working in Gwydion starting today. Professor Potter directed me to see you," she said.
"Of course," said Draco shaking off his initial shock. "It is good to see you too… Hermione Granger."
Dun, dun, DUN!!! Whoa! The overly clichéd plot caught you off guard didn't it? Oh snap, what's going to happen next? You don't know but you can find out! Review and I'll be encouraged to write more! Thanks for reading. Well, until next time….*plays tetris*
