Chapter 3

A/n: sorry I have taken this long to update. I have been way busy with life and such things…

I don't own harry potter.

Hermione's POV

When I woke up I realized I hadn't received the actual time the next "shipment" would arrive. Grabbing the phone on the bedside table I called the front desk.

"Front Desk. How may I help you?" said a man coolly.

"Hi this is Victoria Diablo in room 1229 I need the number to Malfoy Industries. I was wondering if you had it." I used my cover for safety reasons. You never knew who is listening.

"Of course. I will connect you know."

"Thank You" I responded as the line clicked and started dialing again.

"Malfoy Industries. How can I help you today?" said a woman.

"Hi this is Hermione Granger, I talked to Mr. Malfoy this morning about a shipment that would be coming in but missed some details. Can you please connect me to his office?"

"Sure, hold on a second."

The line clicked again the ringing in my ears was very short, because at that moment someone picked up the phone.

"Hello," said Malfoy

"Hi this is Hermione-"

"Hmm… couldn't resist me after all eh?"

"Umm...No I was just calling to ask when that "shipment" would arrive." I blushed geez I am such a girl sometimes.

"Well how about you and I talk about it over dinner?"

"I will not… wh- why can't you just tell me?" I whined.

"Because these lines of communication aren't secure you should know that." he said. By the way he saying this I knew he was smirking.

"Granger… its only dinner. Am I really that horrible to associate with?"

"…Yes you are. But for the current situation I will oblige to your request."

"Ok well I will pick you up at seven. Till then Ciao!" the line went dead.

Great I was going to go to dinner with Malfoy of all people. I looked at the clock one thirty-seven. I overlooked the mission files, so far we only knew what I had found out yesterday at Malfoy industries. I wanted to crack this case badly, I didn't want my friends and family have to worry about new dark order like I did during my times at Hogwarts. After two hours of searching and studying of the case file I decided to take a nap. I set the alarm for Five-thirty.

I awoke from my nap in shock as I realized I had hit the snooze button and it was six-thirty.

"Shit!" I swore loudly. He would be here any minute I took a 3 minute shower. I then proceeded to rifle through my luggage looking for something to wear. I threw on my favorite pair of jeans. My Gucci stiletto boots, pulling on a supersoft, stripe pattern, deep v-neck, ribbed detail at neckline, cuffs and hem, sweater.

I finished touching up my makeup from earlier today. With that I grabbed my bag and went down to the lobby to wait for Malfoy.

Draco POV

I drove to the hotel thinking of ways to start up a conversation. Hmm… this is going to tougher than I thought. Before I knew it I was driving to the entrance where a valet parked my Lamborghini. Entering the lobby I noticed a gorgeous brunette in a striped sweater. Oh wait…that's is she having this effect on me. The way she looked in muggle clothes compared to ordinary robes was well different. And I love things that are different.

Hermione notices me enter the room. I paused for a moment and looked at the ground before looking back to her. I start to walk toward her slowly. I stop about a foot in front of her and lean toward her, and stared into her eyes. Her eyes widened she turned red. I slowly smirked. Hermione blushed again I grinned smugly.

"Hmm…I'm hungry." I started to walk away from her. Hermione shook out of her daze.

"Wh-what!?"

I looked back at her. "I said I'm hungry," I grinned. Ha, look at her blushing! "we are having dinner right?"

"Oh yes…umm right well shouldn't we get going?"

"My plan exactly." I smiled.

We walked out to the front where I gave the valet my stub and he went to retrieve my car.

"So are you the only one working on the case?" I asked her. She was shivering, there was slight breeze tonight.

"Y-yes" she chattered through her teeth.

"Here, take my jacket I don't need it." I said taking off my suit jacket and putting it around her shoulders.

"oh…umm..thanks" she responded slowly.

The valet pulled up in my Lamborghini. Hermione dropped her purse in amazement.

"You drive this?"

"Yes...it gets me from point A to point B." I said lazily.

I picked up her purse opened the door for her and took the keys from the valet. Turning the keys in the ignition the engine purred.

She watched me rub my eyes. I yawned and looked tiredly at the road.

"Work been busy? You look like a zombie." She said

"Thanks for the compliment." I said keeping my eyes on the road, "Yes work has been very busy, and other things…" I trailed off.

"What kind of things?" she asked.

"Drinking, spelunking, and skydiving" I replied.

The brunette was taken aback. She looked at me for a moment before bringing her gaze up to my eyes. She stared into them for a moment, and then looked away.

Hermoine POV a few moments ago…

What I saw in his eyes was not what I had been expecting. I thought they would be hard, cold, heartless, cunning, and arrogant. Instead, they were warm, inviting, soft, kind, and full of life. This caught me completely off guard. But he still was a playboy… a CEO of a company who fraternized with the Mafia. She didn't know who to believe. Then there was that caped crusader who helped her the other night.

So many things were going through my mind. We reached the restaurant at long last, Malfoy opened the door for me. We walked in to the restaurant where a host who looked flustered looked alarmed at who had just walked into the restaurant.

"Mr. Malfoy we did not know you were coming… if we had known we would have gotten the table ready faster."

"Its fine just seat us wherever." He said

Sitting at the table we ordered our food, and made small talk. When our food arrived I noticed he was quiet. So I plucked up the courage and asked about the shipment.

"So when is the shipment arriving?"

"Day after tomorrow." He eyed me cautiously as if he was choosing his words he started again, "it should get here around 11:30"

Draco POV

"Thank You, I assure you that your cooperation will be greatly appreciated." She said.

"So…What are you doing all the way down here in Rome?" she asked sipping some of her drink.

"Just needed a change of scenery," I said bluntly as she looked around.

"Really?" she asked seriously, her dark brown eyes never leaving his grey ones.

"Yes."I said finishing the rest of my dinner.

She sat there for a moment and turned her head slightly to look at me. We stared at each other for a moment I felt as if I could look into those eyes all day. She smiled slightly at me.

"Well I am stuffed," she said glancing down at her plate which was now empty. "Do you want to leave? I was going to go do some things later if you don't mind."

"Umm..sure let me get the check. Waiter can I have the check please?" I said.

"I can pay for myself."said Hermione reaching into her purse. I handed the waiter the money. Granger protested even more.

"No, sorry I asked you out to dinner. I pay." I said shooing the waiter away. We got back in the car. I parked the car in the garage of the hotel and opened the door for Granger.

"I'll walk you up, wouldn't you to get into trouble now would we?" I said smirking.

"No really its fine I can handle it. I am an auror you know…" she protested.

"Well how about this," I started, "I walk you to the lobby,and.."

"And what Draco Malfoy?" she smirked at me.

"That's all. I'll walk you to the door."

A/n : haha! Not my best but oh well I am way stressed right now.