Chapter 1
 
 
22-year-old Ginny Weasley was sitting in her office when she received
the news. She was the co-editor of Witch Weekly, manager of the local
news and gossip sections, and had just gotten off the phone with her
fellow work colleague, Blaise Zambini. Blaise was the other co-editor,
and was in charge of the home and beauty section of the magazine. She
also happened to be Ginny's best friend and roommate.
 
 
It was 5 years after graduation.
 
 
Voldemort had finally been defeated in Ginny's 6th year. It had been
during the final battle in which Harry Potter had come face to face
with the Dark Lord, and managed to strip Lord Voldemort of his powers
for the second time. The wizarding world now believed that they were
finally rid of Lord Voldemort. Of course, Harry was now officially
everyone's hero.
 
 
He had been Ginny's too, but that'd been long ago.
 
 
Ginny blushed when she remembered her ridiculous schoolgirl crush. Her
brothers seemed to remember it too. They never missed a chance when it
came to tormenting her, especially about her love life (or lack
thereof). Only last week had Ginny found her hairbrush, one morning,
with the amazing ability to sing. It only knew one song, however.
 
 
"His eyes are as green as a fresh pickled toad, his hair as dark as
a blackboard... oh, I wish he were mine, he's really divine, the hero
who conquered the dark lord"
 
 
Shaking her head, Ginny returned to her work. She definitely didn't
have any of those feelings now. They had slowly faded away in her fifth
year, when she had started dating Seamus Finnegan.
 
 
It was weird, Ginny decided, seeing an old school friend all grown up
with a job and a family. Ginny remembered how she had run into Seamus
in Diagon Alley two days ago. He was still looking as gorgeous as ever,
with his blue eyes and sandy blonde hair. Damn him. Ginny thought. Just
looking at him caused a pang in her heart. It brought back too many
memories.
 
 
All of Ginny's friends were now very happy, with successful jobs and
wonderful love lives. Well, all except Harry, of course - poor Harry,
who has never dated anyone for more than a month. His last relationship
though, with a pretty witch named Erin Surmanski, had come awfully
close. They had been dating for 3 weeks, when Harry dumped her. Thank
God, though. Ginny thought. Nobody liked her; she was so stuck up and
bitchy. 
 
 
Hermione and Ron had just recently gotten married. Hermione was a
research scientist at St. Mungo's Institute for Magical Maladies and
Injuries. Ron owned the Weasley's Wizard Wheezes store in Diagon Alley,
even though Fred and George had set up the joke shop's main
headquarters in Hogsmeade.
 
 
When the famous trio had first graduated from Hogwarts, the three of
them had bought a 4-bedroom apartment together. When Ron and Hermione
had gotten married however, they decided to buy a new house in muggle
London, by the Leaky Cauldron. Harry, who had no use for a 4-bedroom
flat, immediately sold the apartment and moved out. He was now staying
with Ginny and Blaise, whilst looking for a place of his own. Harry,
after many years of paperwork and meetings, had finally succeeded in
starting his own, brand new department - the Department of Magical
Communications at the Ministry of Magic.
 
 
Ginny had just hung up the phone when Carolyn, her young secretary
burst into her office. Carolyn had just graduated from Hogwarts a year
ago.
 
 
"Oh my God, Oh my God, Oh my God!" Carolyn exclaimed, her face bright
red. "You'll never guess who you're going to interview next Thursday!"
 
 
"Who?" Asked Ginny, feeling rather annoyed. If Witch Weekly was going
to make her interview Dedalus Diggle one more time, she'd -
 
 
"Draco Malfoy!" Carolyn almost yelled. "He's so handsome..." A dreamy
expression crossed her face. "Have you seen his pictures in Teen
Witch?"
 
 
 
 
Ginny wasn't quite sure what to say. Draco Malfoy? Yes, Ginny had seen
many pictures of him. Every year, she had to put his latest photo in
the magazine, because he had always a 'Witch Weekly's Top Ten Most
Datable Wizards of the Year". Ginny could only imagine that his picture
would be on the list again, at Christmas.
 
 
Draco Malfoy was a male model. One of the most famous models in the
wizarding world in fact. In his seventh year, Draco had turned spy
against Voldemort, and was said to be one of the main reasons
Dumbledore's Order had defeated Voldemort. After the final battle,
which had killed both his parents, Draco sold Malfoy Manor. He then
packed his bags and moved to France. The latest rumour was that he now
lived in Italy.
 
 
"Draco - Draco Malfoy?" said Ginny in alarm. Although most of Europe
and Britain regarded him as the handsome prince who'd helped save their
lives, Ginny could only remember the rude, arrogant boy who had
constantly thrown insults at her and her family. "Malfoy's coming here
on Thursday?"
 
 
Carolyn raised her eyebrows.
 
 
"Yes. Malfoy's coming on Thursday, so you'd better start making up your
interview now. He's going to be on the front cover for October!" she
extracted a picture from her clipboard.
 
 
"Sam said this should be the front picture." she said, giving it to
Ginny. "What do you think?"
 
 
Ginny stared down at the picture.
 
 
It showed Draco Malfoy, with his stormy grey eyes and several strands
of white blonde hair that fell over his eyes, smirking at her.
 
 
"Great." said Ginny, rather unenthusiastically. "Lets use it."