"Back from the Dead"

Heaven must be missin' an angel.
Missin' one angel, child, 'cause you're here with me right now.
Your love is heavenly, baby.
Heavenly to me, baby.
 
Your kiss,
Is filled with tenderness.
I want all I can get, 
Of your sexiness,
Showers, your love comes in showers,
And every hour of the hour,

You let me feel your loving power.

Chapter 1:  The Secretary and new Boss

The stars shone brightly through the blinds of Ginny Weasley's office, and the moon shone like a murky circle in the deep, black night sky. It would have been a lovely sight to gaze at, but unfortunately, Ginny didn't have one moment to spare on viewing this scene.

"Come in," Ginny called in reply to the soft knock at her door. She sat down her large stack of papers and slid her reading glasses off her nose, placing them on top of the papers.

"Miss Weasley, I have two messages for you," Laura Spencer, her secretary stated, strutting into the tastefully decorated room.

Laura was a small, petite woman with bright sapphire eyes that vibrantly stood out in comparison to her burnt sienna hair. Her face almost as perfect as the rest of her; she had smooth, flawless skin and her small nose. She was the envy of the two secretaries down the hall, as Ginny always overheard them gossiping about Laura when she was getting coffee

Ginny sighed at the voice of her secretary coming into her office again.

 At first Ginny had adored having a secretary to help with her increased workload that accompanied her promotion, but she had found that Laura wasn't one of those secretaries who only did what you said then left. She stuck around when she was unwanted, pestering Ginny incessantly.

After only a week of being in her at her new job, Ginny discovered Laura's self worth depended on others to be herself. When she was fist getting acquainted with Laura, she was reminded forcefully of her old schoolmate Collin Creevy. Collin never really stopped obsessing over Harry, and Laura never would over her.

Every day when Ginny came into work, Laura flooded her with compliments, and not the normal ones secretaries said to get a raise, but personal ones. So, it began; Ginny became the unlucky object of Laura's obsession. Laura's life purpose seemed to be to imitate Ginny.

"Laura," Ginny gaped stupidly, jerking herself back to reality and trying to shut her open mouth. "Your hair…"

Laura flashed a pleased grin, flicking her newly colored locks over her shoulder.  Her previously brown hair had become a bright, vibrant red, the exact same shade as Ginny's natural colour.

 "You like?"

"U-um…" Ginny stuttered, racking her brain for a polite enough answer. "It's…very nice." she finished lamely, thinking it might have satisfied Laura if she did say that it looked identical to her's.

"Took me forever to get it the same color as yours!" Laura commented happily, taking a seat in front of Ginny's desk in an overstuffed, plum colored armchair.

Apparently, this woman had no problem with admitting she unhealthily worshipped Ginny.

"You said you had a message for me?" Ginny asked, tearing her eyes away from Laura's hair to see that Laura had drawn in a few freckles on her cheeks and nose with her eyebrow pencil. Ginny resisted the strong urge to roll her eyes, shifting uncomfortably in her seat.

"Oh, right. Your boss, Mr. Jones, dropped by and said he wanted to see you for something, and then Marc stopped by at lunch asking to see you." Laura's tone softened when she said Marc.

Marc and Ginny had been a couple for nearly seven months. Come to think of it, she had been with Marc when she had been first introduced to Laura. Was that what Laura was after? Ginny had always perceived that Laura had a helpless crush on Marc, but was that why she was trying to copy Ginny? 

"What did Marc say?"

"Nothing much. He wasn't pleased that you weren't allowing anyone to see you until you finished your article, including him."

"Yeah, well, I really had to finish this article for tomorrow's Daily Prophet. It's supposed to be on the front page."

"I know, Miss Weasley- Ginny."

Ginny slipped her glasses back on and began flipping through her papers again, expecting Laura to leave. Of course, she didn't.

Ginny cleared her throat. "I think I'll go see Mr. Jones now," she said, excusing herself. If Laura didn't want to go away, she would go instead. Ginny didn't want to lose her temper. Besides, she did have to see her boss.

Shutting the door behind her a little louder then intended, Ginny could see that Laura made no move to leave her office.

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Hearing two male voices inside, Ginny hesitated before knocking on Mr. Jones's door. One voice she identified as Mr. Jones's, but the other was drawling, bored, and unfamiliar.

She peered down the empty hallway, wondering if anyone else was going to come by and see her leaning against Mr. Jones's door. It wasn't likely; everyone had gone home by now though being as it was late on a Friday night.

"Miss Weasley is that you?"

The door opened behind Ginny and she fell into the person who had opened the door.

"Mr. Jones," Ginny greeted, picking herself up and dusting herself off. "Sorry, I heard you were talking with someone, and I just-"

"Yes, yes," Mr. Jones dismissed Ginny's excuse before he could even hear it. "Well, I suppose your secretary told you why I called you here."

"Um, no, sir. She didn't." Ginny felt somewhat stupid. She thought Laura would have told her; she did anything she could to stay talking to Ginny.

"Well, I've had quite a few good years here, and I am finally retiring to stay home with my wife."

"Congratulations, sir. We'll sure miss you at the Daily Prophet; it won't be the same without you," Ginny replied, hopefully wondering if this meant a promotion was in order for.

"Well, you do know that someone will have to take my place here, and the other woman in the department, Mrs….oh what's her name?"

"Claire Nelson?"

"That's it. Well, since Mrs. Nelson is hardly fit for my job…"

"Yes?" Ginny said, unable to hold back her smile anymore. She was sure he called her here to give her his job.

"So, I've hired someone new to take my job from a different part of the paper."

"Oh," Ginny said, unable to hold back the lack of interest now in this topic, and it showed in her tone of voice. Mr. Jones raised his eyebrow.

"That's great sir," she added dryly, unsuccessfully trying to cover up her disappointment.

"I knew you'd say that, Weasley. That's why I am asking you to help him through his first week here. You're one of our top reporters, and I want you to make him feel like this is a hard working, welcoming place."

"Of course, sir." Ginny wished he'd let her go home now.

"Well?"

"Well what?" Ginny snapped back as well-mannered as she could, suddenly feeling very tired; it had been a long day and this piece of unwelcome news would only make it longer, and she tried not to sound so annoyed.

"Wouldn't you like to meet your new boss?"

"I'd love to, sir."

"Right, then come on out, Mr. Malfoy."

Ginny's breath was caught in the back of her throat, making her coughing furiously.

"MR….MR. MALFOY?" she made out through her cough. She doubled up to catch her breath slightly, clearing her throat.

"Hello Weasley," came the familiar, drawling voice Ginny hadn't heard since her Hogwarts days.

"Hello…sir…Mr. Malfoy."

"Boss," Mr. Jones corrected Ginny.

"I suppose we'll be working together now?" Draco said more as a question then a statement. Ginny stared at him. He supposes? He's been hired for the job already, but he's still supposing.

"I'm looking forward to it," Ginny fibbed slightly.

"Good, good, Weasley," Mr. Jones said, patting Ginny on the back. "Well, I must run now."

"I need to go too," Ginny said, seizing the opportunity to leave.

"I'll see you tomorrow at work then," Draco said.

"I'll see you too." Unfortunately.

And Ginny took off down the hallway in the fastest pace she could not to make it look like she was making a run for it. Seeing Laura was away from her desk, she slipped into her office to pick up her things before Laura came back. Checking out the window for Laura again, she sprinted out of her office and took off for the main doors to leave, her mind still buzzing about all the new things going on.

What Ginny didn't know that big things were going to happen, and Malfoy was only just the beginning…

A/N This was just basically a chapter to set up the story for everyone. Please review to let me know what you think. The more reviews I receive, the faster I'll post the next chapter. J And a special thanks to all of my betas, who really helped with a lot of the wording in this story!

-Karen