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Chapter 4
Draco muttered a summon under his breath, and seconds later his house elf appeared at his side in his office at the Ministry.
"Binky I need you to write me a letter, I'll dictate it but I need you to write what I say OK?" Draco said to his elf. Binky bowed her agreement and for the next few minutes they wrote a letter to a certain miss Granger, and sent it to Hermione's office. Feeling that his plan was genius Draco then sent his elf back to his flat and began the work that he was meant to be doing, instead of writing personal letters.
Down in the department for magic cryptology and symbology, Hermione was quietly getting on with her work when yet another memo fluttered into her office. Wandering what this one could be and feeling slightly exasperated by the thought of yet another code coming to her with the amount of work she already had to do, she opened the memo and read something that she definitely wasn't expecting.
Hermione,
How about dinner tonight just me and you at my place? I'll have my elf prepare us something exquisite, what do you say?
Draco
Hermione almost laughed at this letter and very quickly scribbled down a reply and sent it to Malfoy's office. Thinking that she had just had ten minutes of her time wasted she pulled the code to her that she was working on and carried on with her work.
By the time it was time for Hermione to go home she didn't think it had come quick enough, she had had a hard day and couldn't wait to get home, but unfortunately just as she was about to leave there was a knock on her door and Draco Malfoy walked in.
"Now now Hermione a reply like that was a bit uncalled for, I quote ' Sorry can't tonight I have already got very important dinner plans with a blast ended screwt that I really can't get out of' so harsh! what did I do to deserve that?" Draco spoke first.
"Malfoy I am really not in the mood to talk to you right now, I've have a hard and long day and I just want to go home." Hermione said back out of politeness.
"Is that an invitation for me to join you?" Draco replied cheekily
"It most certainly is not, and if you don't get out of my way I'll jinx you as I really am not in the mood to be harassed by you!" Hermione spat back pointing her wand at him threateningly.
"Fine I'll let you go but I will win you over one day, you just can't resist me." Draco said leaning in to Hermione. Hermione just sighed out of annoyance and pushed passed him, leaving Draco there smirking to himself.
As soon as Hermione got to the Atrium she apparrated home and threw her bag and coat onto one of the chairs in the living room.
"What's wrong with you?" Ginny called from the kitchen.
"Draco Malfoy! Need I say more?" Hermione called.
"What's he done now" Ginny replied calmly
"He's only gone and been more full of himself and more arrogant than ever. He asked me out, but he was so arrogant about it I can't stand him!" Hermione called back helping herself to a glass of wine feeling in need of one.
"He asked you out? Merlin, what in the name of Merlin's pink pantaloons made him think you'd even consider it?" Ginny replied fighting back a laugh
"I have no idea. Lets just forget about it and hope he leaves me alone, the nerve of him argh he makes me so mad." Hermione said throwing herself into the couch.
"I know, he's an idiot, lets just forget about it, do you fancy going to the cinema later?" Ginny said sitting down next to Hermione.
"Yeah I do actually, what's on?" Hermione smiled. For the next few minutes they discussed what film they wanted to see and left the flat half an hour later.
Back in the Ministry of magic Draco Malfoy was still in his office, but was just packing up all his stuff ready to go home. When his desk was tidy again he made his way to the Atrium to apparrate back to his London flat. Minutes later he was back home and summoning Binky to his side. After telling her that it would be dinner for one, he made his way to his library and began thinking of another way that he could try winning over Hermione. At first he thought of altering his attitude towards her when she's around, but that made him giggle to himself as according to him there was nothing wrong with his attitude. A few minutes later an idea hit him. He would send her flowers from himself and then he would also send her the largest selection box from Honeydukes he could get from him, as the admirer, he would send the chocolates to the office and he would send the flowers to her home. Deciding this was an excellent idea, he went about magically ordering the flowers and the sweets and ordered them to be delivered that night. Once his orders had been placed, Draco pulled out a book from one of the shelves in his library and began to read it.
After the film Ginny and Hermione decided to make a night of it and went to a pub for a couple of drinks and to socialize. They even called Harry and Ron and asked if they wanted to join them, which, as they always do, they did. Hermione and Ginny had already drank their first drinks by the time they were joined by the lads, so Harry went to the bar and got another round in. Once he had paid and brought the drinks over, he sat himself beside Ginny and kissed her as their usual greeting. For the next couple of hours the group enjoyed each others company talking and chatting about work and their lives outside work, and before they knew it the land lady was calling time at the bar. When they had finished the remains of their drinks, Hermione and Ginny walked round the corner to their house with Ron and Harry following so that they could use the flat to safely apparrate back to their own homes. As they came up the stairs though they weren't expecting what they saw on their door step. A Huge bouquet of flowers, a mix of roses, lilies, carnations, and all the different exotic flowers you could think of were arranged beautifully and left at their door. Wandering who they were for Hermione bent down and picked them up to find the label. Upon reading the label she discovered that this bouquet was for her. Not knowing who would send her such an expensive bouquet she found the card out from the centre of the arrangement.
Hermione,
I may not have taken the proper approach with you earlier, please accept these flowers as an apology. I didn't have a clue what type of flowers you liked so I thought I'd just get at least one of each flower the shop had. Maybe if you accept my apology you could also consider that dinner I offered you.
Draco -x-
"Hermione who are they from?" Harry asked shocked by the size of the bouquet and secretly hoping that Ginny didn't expect similar treatment.
"Oh no-one you know just someone I've kind of been seeing in secret." Hermione replied stuffing the card in her pocket and opening the door to let them in avoiding Ginny's eyes. Once they were inside, Harry and Ron said their goodbyes (Harry's slightly longer where Ginny was concerned) and apparrated home.
"Spill 'Mione who are they from?" Ginny asked as soon as Harry and Ron had gone, knowing full well that Hermione hadn't been seeing anyone recently. Feeling too embarrassed to actually say who they were from Hermione pulled they card back out of her pocket and handed it to Ginny.
" Draco Malfoy! Merlin, what the flipping heck does he expect from you? They are gorgeous flowers, but me and Harry are engaged and he's never done anything like that for me, it seems that he actually really likes you" Ginny finished
"No he's just flashing his cash around to show me he's got plenty to try and win me over, I don't know what he wants from me but I still can't believe he's genuine, he must have an alternative motive for even considering asking me out" Hermione retorted back to her friend.
"It's always a possibility babe, write him a note thank him for the flowers but say no again to the dinner, that's what I'd do, as that way it shows you appreciate the thought but you're still not interested." Ginny said in a matter of fact voice.
"You're right Gin, I'll write him a note in the morning and send it with the memos. I'm going to bed, night" Hermione said getting up and hugging her friend and taking the flowers with her to her room.
"Night Hermione see you tomorrow".
Once Hermione was cosy in her bed, she rolled over, and just looked at her flowers, wandering if turning Malfoy down again was what she really wanted to do. Deciding that she'd make her mind up in the morning she rolled over again and fell asleep.
Draco was in his sitting room with his book still out, wandering what Hermione made of his flowers. He knew that if they didn't work he would really have to try harder at winning her over. Although the flowers were a nice gesture, he knew that not all girls would fall at his feet after receiving a bouquet like the one he sent, and he had a sneaky suspicion that Hermione would be one of the ones that didn't, but he was at least hoping that it would soften her a little bit. Realizing it was late he marked his place in the book and headed to his bedroom. After having a relaxing shower he got into his bed robes and climbed into bed, flicking off his lamp he turned onto his side and fell asleep, looking forward to seeing what Hermione made of his flowers and also looking forward to hopefully receiving a reply off Hermione when she sees the selection box that her 'secret admirer' sent her.
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