Again, I'm so sorry it's taken so long for me to post another chapter. I was on vacation in Kentucky, staying at my aunt's house, without a computer. But here it is.
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Chapter Four: Inconvenience
When he got home, Draco shrugged off his jacket, tossing it onto the armchair in the living room. He sighed, rubbing his face with his hand. It had been a long day and he wanted to go to bed, but he had one more thing to do before he could.
He walked to the fireplace, lit the logs, and threw floo powder into the flame. He stuck his head in the fire and clearly yelled an address. Suddenly he could see out into the family room of his friend Blaise Zabini. He could see his son playing with a muggle thing called Playstation (apparently these "video games" are very popular) with his best friend, Xavier, Blaise's son and Draco's godson.
"Marcus, I just wanted to say goodnight and have fun." Draco said.
Marcus came over to the fireplace. "Goodnight Dad. Is Mom home? She left for work pretty early this morning, before I even woke up. And I never saw her come in last night."
Draco held back a sigh. His son was old enough to to understand what was going on, but Draco couldn't tell him. "She's already asleep son. Like you said, she went to work early this morning. She told me to tell you goodnight for her though." He hated lying to his son, but he just couldn't let him know about his mother's betrayal.
Marcus frowned. "Alright. Tell her I love her. 'Night Dad."
"Goodnight son."
Draco pulled his head from the fireplace, stood up, and brushed off his trousers. He walked to the stairs and headed to his bedroom, but he couldn't go in. He and Pansy had been having problems for a few years, but he had never even considered that she had been cheating on him, especially not with Potter. That was the part that really got him. Pansy had hated Potter just as much as he had during school, if not more, and he just didn't understand what had happened to make her choose him.
Draco shook his head, trying to clear it of the thoughts running rampant inside. He needed to stop thinking of ways that he had messed up. Malfoy's don't mess up. Malfoy's create problems for others, not themselves. At least, that is what his father had pounded into his head as a child.
He walked into one of the spare bedrooms on his left, pulled off his boots, then his shirt, and lastly his pants. He climbed into bed and stared at the ceiling. Tomorrow he would look for more clues as to where his wife had disappeared to. He would find her. Then he would strangle her. That would make him feel better.
Draco fell asleep thinking of the divorce papers that he would be signing as soon as he found Pansy, but his dreams were filled with a beautiful fiery haired woman with a gorgeous body and kind caramel eyes.
#~#~#
Ginny woke that morning with a migraine the size of London, so she took a long hot bath. Her dreams kept running through her mind. Her dreams were filled with a breathtaking blond man with the body of a god. Inside she knew who was haunting her dreams, but she just couldn't admit it. She didn't like the things she had dreamt, didn't want to think about it, but every time she closed her eyes she could see his smoke colored eyes staring into hers as he laid her down, softly brushing her hair from her face. He would lean in, slowly closing his eyes...
Ginny shook her head. She climbed out of the tub and wrapped herself in a towel. Walking into her room, she noticed an owl sitting on her bed. She grabbed an owl treat out of her bag and walked over and sat on her bed. Giving the bird the treat, she took the letter and softly read it out loud to herself.
"Dear Mrs. Potter,
We are doing everything we can to find your husband. We would like to ask that you and Mr. Malfoy work together to find common links between your spouses. Furthermore, we have decided that Mr. Malfoy will investigate the matter, and that you will help him in any way you can. We are very sorry for the disappearance of your husband and any inconvenience this may have caused.
Sincerely, The Ministry of Magic."
Ginny stared at the letter with eyes wide with shock. She had to work with Malfoy? How had this happened? She closed her eyes, crumbled the paper into a ball, and threw it as hard at she could against the wall. The owl flew off, scared by this sudden outburst.
She walked down stairs after she was dressed, un-crumpled the letter and showed it to Hermione.
"Oh dear. You have to work with Draco Malfoy until Harry is found? Ron is going to be so thrilled." Sarcasm was thick in Hermine's voice.
"I don't want him to know about this. You know how he gets," Ginny pleaded. "Please don't tell him. Please?"
"Fine by me. I don't want to have to listen to him bitch and moan for months." Hermione rolled her eyes. "He acts as if Harry being missing is his problem."
"Well, at least he doesn't have to worry about this. I'll just have to deal with it. No matter how much I hate it." Ginny sat down hard on the couch. She wasn't looking forward to spending all her time with the man that tortured her siblings all through school.
"Mum, that guy who was here last night is back." James said as he came into the room.
Oh great, Ginny thought to herself as she walked out of the room. Here goes nothing.
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Draco stood in in the foyer of Weasley's house, waiting for Ginny, thinking that he would rather be anywhere but here. Ginny came around the corner and for some reason his heart sped up. She was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. Not that he would ever admit that to anyone. "Hello Mrs. Potter. It seems as if we have to work together for a while, so I figured I would go with you to ask around about your husband."
"Alright, just let me finished getting ready and then we can go." She ran up the stairs and disappeared from view. When she came back down she had her hair clipped up away from her face, makeup on, and small heels on her feet. "You ready?" She asked.
"I've been ready to leave since I got here." Draco said as he turned towards the door.
#~#~#
They left and went to Luna Lovegood's house. Ginny knocked and when Luna opened the door she gave Ginny a hug. "What are you doing here? I thought you would be at work." Luna said.
"Can we come in?" Ginny asked.
"We?" Until then, Luna hadn't noticed Draco standing there. "Why is Malfoy here?"
"I'll explain inside." Draco and Ginny walked into the house behind Luna, sitting on the couch in the living room, Luna sitting in a chair in front of them. "Harry has gone missing. He and Pansy Malfoy both. I was wondering if you had seen either of them in the last two days."
"Oh honey, I'm sorry, I haven't seen either one of them. Did you find a link between the two going missing? Because I don't see why it would matter to you if Pansy was missing."
"They were together the last time anyone saw them." Ginny looked at the floor as she said this, having not told her best friend what had happened before.
"What do you mean 'together'? Where they working on some project or something?" Luna asked.
"Mr. Potter and my wife were having an affair." Draco said. It was the first time they had spoken since he picked Ginny up from her brother's house.
"Oh, dear merlin!" Luna put her hand over her mouth. "Ginny, I'm so sorry. How did you find out?"
"I caught them in his office." Ginny said simply. She didn't want to talk about it. Didn't want to acknowledge it had happened, but she didn't have a choice.
"Awe, sweetie, is there anything I can do to help?"
"Could you call Colin, see if he's seen or heard anything? It would be a big help." Ginny didn't want to have to explain it all to Colin. He hadn't wanted her to marry Harry in the first place. Not to say that Colin wanted to marry her himself. She wasn't his type, which was male.
"Sure honey, anything you need. But you never told me why Malfoy is with you."
"The Ministry wants us to work together to find Harry and Pansy." Just then, Ginny's phone starts playing "Bad Girlfriend" extremely load. "My girlfriend's a dick magnet, my girlfriend's gotta have it. She's hot, can't stop, up on stage, doin' shots-" Ginny grabbed the phone and flips it open. "Yes Hermione?"
"Ginny, you need to get to your house, right now! It's on fire!" Hermione screamed into the phone.
"Oh my god! My house is on fire?" Ginny jumped up from the couch and ran out the door, yelling good bye to Luna as she went.
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She apperated strait to her house and saw the bright orange glow of the flames. She fell to her knees with her face in her hands and sobbed. Everything she held dear was in that house besides her children. Her entire life was turning to ashes just like her house. She didn't know what to do as she watched firemen try to put out the fire. Hermione found her and hugged her tight.
One of the firefighters came over to ask a few questions. He told them that they were almost positive it was arson.
"Who would want to set fire to my house?" Ginny sobbed.
"I don't know sweetie," Hermione said. "But we are going to find out."
Alright, I'm sorry if it's not that good. I was trying to get one up for everyone as soon as I could. Anyways, please review! I love reading reviews, I need some constructive critisism! Thanks!
