She was stacking books at Flourish and Blotts when he spotted her. Her bangs slipped down from her bobby pin and into her eyes. He couldn't take his eyes off of this girl's long, sleek, and red hair. It was almost as if it was hypnotizing him, he couldn't look away. The girl turned around with an armful of books. She noticed a blond man staring into the shop. She stared directly into his grey/blue eyes, smiled, nodded a hello, then turned around and vanished back into the store. This girl was so familiar, yet Draco would not place his finger on it. He was so engrossed in his thoughts over this girl in Flourish and Blotts that he had not noticed his best friend come up by him.

"Hey, man, want a book?"

"Blaise, Christ, don't sneak up like that. It's not dignified," Draco said.

"Well neither is staring into a shop in the middle of Diagon Alley." Blaise started to walk over toward Flourish and Blotts. "You coming, mate?"

"Nah, let's just go back to the Manor," and with that Draco turned on his heel and walked to the apparation point.

Back at the Malfoy Manor Blaise found Draco in his mother's rose garden. All of the roses were in bloom and were a shade a ruby red. Something had Draco all mixed up, but Blaise had no idea what it was. The only thing he knew was that it had included the book shop in Diagon Alley. He was determined to find out what was bothering his friend.

"Drake, what was up with you in Diagon Alley today? I walked out of Madam Malkins and I find you staring at books, not caring who sees."

"No point in lying to you, you will just bother me until I tell you," he said more to himself than to Blaise. "I saw a girl in Flourish and Blotts. She's gorgeous, but I can't help but to think that I've seen her somewhere before. I just can't place my finger on it."

"What did she look like?" Blaise inquired.

"Tall, skinny, but had all the right curves, red hair…"

"Weasley," Blaise interrupted.

"What?"

"You just described the Weasley girl, Ginny," he said nonchalantly. "After she finished school she turned into a real bombshell, not that she wasn't before." Seeing a puzzled look on Draco's face he delved further into the subject. "Seriously? Just about every guy at Hogwarts wanted her. Believe me, I was one of many Slytherin guys that wanted her. However, she was with the Golden Trio. No guy in our house had the balls to try and date her."

Draco and Blaise sat in the garden for a while thinking about everything that happened. Draco put his elbows on his knees and put his fingers through his hair. Nothing like this had ever happened to him. Did she recognize him? If she did, why did she smile at him through the window when she noticed him staring at her? He had never actually done anything to her. The worst Draco ever said about Ginny was calling her Weaslette when she was around Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Apart from those encounters he had never talked to her. "Have you ever talked to her?" Draco questioned.

"Yeah, a few times. Only at school though. Actually, I haven't seen her in five years, since we left Hogwarts. Once I knew she would never give in, I started talking to her about classes and whatever. Gin's smart, witty, funny; pretty much the opposite of Pansy." Blaise noticed the shudder Draco gave when he heard the name Pansy.

"Can't stand that bint. I'm so glad she clung onto Goyle after I broke it off. I wouldn't mind never seeing her face again." Draco smirked at that thought. Pansy was still obsessed about blood status and money, whereas Blaise and Draco couldn't care less after Voldemort fell and their fathers went to Azkaban. "We're going back tomorrow. I have to know if that is really Ginny that works there." Draco suddenly exclaimed, Blaise simply nodded in agreement.

The following day Draco and Blaise met up in Diagon Alley and navigated their way through all of the hustle and bustle in the street. As they neared the book shop they slowed down, then quickly ducked in. Flourish and Blotts was dim and clustered, and it reminded Draco of the library at Hogwarts. Blaise and Draco agreed to split up to look for this red headed witch. Blaise headed upstairs while Draco took the main floor. Blaise was looking down the fifth row of books when he spotted Ginny organizing the books on the bottom shelf.

Blaise leaned his shoulder on a bookshelf and folded his arms across his chest. "How do you know what you know?" He saw the smile that formed across her lips.

"I don't know anything," she replied turning her head towards the end of the row. When Ginny saw Blaise she stood up and walked over to him. He then proceeded to envelope her into a warm and friendly hug. "How've you been? It's been ages since I've last seen you."

"I've been good. Working at my own firm with my business partner, who is actually here right now. Care to meet him?" he contained his amusement about introducing Ginny to Draco.

"Love to, but I have to work. Want to meet at the Leaky Cauldron for lunch around noon? I'll have an hour."

"Sounds fine. See you there." Blaise leaned down and kissed her cheek, and with that he turned and walked downstairs to find Draco. He spotted Draco still looking for Ginny and grabbed his robes unceremoniously and directed him towards the door.

"What the hell, Blaise? I haven't seen her yet."

"I'm quite aware of that, since I was the one that found her. We're meeting at the Leaky Cauldron for lunch in an hour."

A stunned Draco was navigated through the alley to the Leaky Cauldron. When the two friends got there two glasses of firewhiskey were ordered. Blaise sipped his while Draco downed his in one gulp. He was nervous, he had been fine around more beautiful women than her. Draco settled on the fact that it was due to her family that made him uneasy , not nervous. He had always made fun of the Weasley family because that is what his father wanted, but Lucius Malfoy was no longer in his son's life. Draco was free to make up his own mind about people. This was Draco's new beginning at his life, he might as well start it off on the right foot.

The hour seemed to fly by. Next thing Draco knew he was seeing a glimpse of red hair out of the corner of his eye. Ginny's hair was straight today, just like the day before. As Draco turned his head toward her he noticed that she was wearing an emerald green sweater with a lighter green scarf, as well as a pair of form fitting jeans. She was rather tall, Draco noticed, but then he found out why; she was wearing a pair of boots that had a thin heel on them, probably about three or four inches in height. "Blaise!" she exclaimed. She had only seen Blaise, not Draco. She weaved her way around tables and chairs to their table. When she reached the table Blaise stood up and kissed her on the cheek.

"Ginny, I'd like you to meet my business partner, Draco Malfoy." Blaise extended his hand toward Draco to advert Ginny's eyes toward his friend.

"Hi, Draco." She said putting out her hand to shake his. "Nice to see you again." There was no coldness towards him.

Draco stood and took her hand. "Nice to see you too," was all that he could manage to spit out. They all then sat down to talk.

"I'll have tea, please," Ginny said to the waitress. As the waitress left Ginny turned to Draco. "Did you merge Malfoy Enterprise with Zabini Estates?"

"Yeah, we did. Two new business men that had no idea what the hell they were doing combine our father's businesses. Turned out to be the best thing we've ever done." He was surprised how easily he could talk to this Weasley.

"And I assume you two are now known as the heads of Emerald Incorporated?"

"How did you know? It wasn't in the papers that we merged and changed the name," Blaise asked.

"I may not be the brightest witch of our age, but I'm still smart. I put two-and-two together. Two huge companies disappear and then a little while later one huge company shows up." Ginny said smirking. Draco thought that it resembled his.

"What do you do, Gin?" Blaise asked. He had not seen her in five years, he was very curious.

"I'm studying to become a healer, but money is tight. So to get some money I work at Flourish and Blotts. Pay's not all that great, but I get by," she laughed. "I'm not rich like either of you guys. I save money by living in muggle London, it's cheaper."

Blaise leaned over to Draco and asked him a question. Ginny watched them and drank her tea that the waitress had just brought her. These two handsome men were conversing quietly with one another. Had Ginny just thought Draco was handsome? She already knew Blaise was because she had thought that back when they went to Hogwarts together. Both, Draco and Blaise, gave her quizzical looks. Ginny then realized that she was giving them a questioning look.

"It's not very nice to completely ignore one person in your lunch party," she stated matter-of-factly.

"Sorry, but we have an offer for you." Draco smiled.

"Indeed. One that we hope you accept," Blaise chimed in. Ginny only nodded her head while she sipped her tea.

"We would like to offer you a job as my secretary."

Ginny nearly choked on her tea. Had that ferret just offer her a job? What the hell was the meaning of this. The color of Ginny's cheeks went from pink to red in an instant. She could feel the anger just boiling in her. If she spoke, screaming would be the only volume of her voice. For now she settled on giving each of them death glares.

Draco noticed her anger and quickly added, "This isn't out of pity or anything. I've been looking for a secretary for a while. I need someone that is organized and personable, and you fit both. Plus, you would dealing with paper work, and that is a skill you need to become a healer. Naturally, if you work for us, me specifically, we will give a recommendation letter to St. Mungo's when you apply to become a healer. And you're Blaise's friend; any friend of his is a friend of mine." He took a breath and hesitantly continued, "So what do you say, Weasley? Want the job?"

"Ginny contemplated the offer for a couple of minutes. She knew that the pay would be substantially better than at Flourish and Blotts. The thing that really got her was the recommendation letter. A letter coming from Emerald Incorporated would hold a lot of weight when she would go to find a job at St. Mungo's. She was organized and everybody that she met loved her. Blaise's and Draco's eyes were firmly set on her as she was thinking about the job offer. Draco had no doubt that she would say yes. She needed the money and the recommendation letter he offered. "I can start in two weeks. I have to give my two week notice to my boss at Flourish and Blotts. Sorry, but I have to get back to work." She shook hands with Draco then hugged Blaise and walked out.

"If looks could kill, huh?" Blaise said breathing a sigh of relief as Ginny walked out of the Leaky Cauldron.

"Mate, you're bloody fantastic!" beamed Draco. "She said yes to the job!"

"Drake, calm down. You're acting like you want to date her or something."