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A/N: Sorry for not updating when I said I would but my friend had major boyfriend trouble this week so I had to deal with that. Then the same friend somehow convinced me to go to her formal so I had all the stress over the dress. I had quite the adventure trying to find something that wasn't bright and sparkly.*shudders at memory* But anyway, I think I'm gonna start a new fic. Yeah for me! It's gonna be a Harry Potter/Lord of the Rings crossover. So that will also motivate me to update more often. Oh, and I forgot to say, in this chapter, Dan is back, per request. I never had the intention of not keeping him in but I just couldn't think of a place to put him in so he wasn't in the last few chapters but now he's back. Now to stop my incessant rambling, ON WITH THE FIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hermione turned around to see a grinning Sirius Black standing behind her.
"Well," started Veretta "I was actually referring to the bastard who's sitting over there and just got slapped but you'll do for now." She finished with a small smirk.
"Why don't you have a seat Sirius? I was just questioning Veretta about her time at school. Maybe I can start on you later." Hermione purred suggestively.
Sirius simply raised an eyebrow but took the seat next to Hermione and looked at her. "Well, I suppose you could start on me later," he replied seductively "that is, of course, if you ever get out of administration duty, which you both have in case you didn't know." He finished, now grinning.
Hermione didn't see what was so bad about administration duty until she saw the confused look Veretta's face. Then she figured that whatever it was, it wasn't good.
"What are you talking about Sirius? Dan didn't tell me we had admin duty tonight. Where did you hear that?" asked Veretta questioningly.
"He heard it from me." Said a voice to Hermione's right. She looked and saw Dan standing there.
"Sorry, Veretta. The old man did the admin schedule and he put you on first. I think he's still mad about his car." Was Dan's apologetic reply.
"Still mad? How can he still be mad? That thing with the car was not that bad. It's not like I totaled it or anything."
"Not like you totaled it?! Veretta, you wrapped it around a tree for God's sake! You broke your left arm when the drivers side door was crushed in! If that's your definition of 'not that bad', I don't want to know what horrible is like." He said with a look of total confusion on his face.
"Hey," interrupted Sirius. "is this about that time like, four months ago when you were in that car accident, Veretta?" he asked.
"Yes." She replied shortly. "I don't know why everyone is making such a big deal about it. Wow, I crashed a car. Its not like I'm the first person to do it. But that doesn't give that old geezer the right to stick me on admin duty! He knows how much I hate it. He's doing it just to spite me." She then sat back and crossed her arms over her chest. The look on her face was reminisiant of a basilisk.
"Sorry but I can't help you in this one, Veretta. What the old man says goes. You need to be in the main tent in fifteen minutes. You're going to be there till one o'clock so bring a book." With that, Dan was off and he went to talk to the brunette who punched Mike. Hermione could see the look of obvious amusement on hi face as he examined Mike's bruise. Hermione then turned back to Sirius.
"Well, it looks like I'm gonna have to take a rain check on hearing about your days at Hogwarts, Sirius." She said with some disappointment in her voice.
"Yeah, well maybe I'll drop by to see you two later. It gets pretty boring over there. Anyway, I've got to meet someone at Cairo Airport and I'm already late. See you later, Mione. Bye Veretta." His last statement was said with a slightly raised voice. At the sound of her name, Veretta looked up at Sirius. He simply smiled at her reply of 'humph'.
"I suppose we better get back to our tent so we can bring anything we need." Veretta stated, apparently in an ever so slightly better mood.
Hermione got up and followed her out of the dining tent, pausing only to briefly congratulate the brunette who had punched Mike on her accuracy. Then she proceeded to walk slightly behind Veretta, taking in the site of the camp. 'This place really is beautiful.' She thought. And she was right. To her right, there was a row of tents and beyond that was endless dunes of sand. Though most people would simply find all the sand annoying, Hermione loved it. Being from England, the only sand she ever saw was on the beach. The sun beat down hard from its position in the sky. As she walked on, her thoughts turned to Sirius. 'I can't believe I just flirted with Harry's godfather! I mean, come on, he's old enough to be my father. But he a rather cute one, isn't he? Said a voice in Hermione's head. 'Well, I suppose he is but.' 'But nothing' the other voice replied forcefully. 'You like him and that's that. You can't change it so except your fate and get on with it.' The voice sounded down right angry. 'But we have to think about our future.' Came the other voice's reply. 'I mean how damaging would it be tour reputation if anyone found out we were dating a fugitive.'
"Now, now ladies. " Hermione mumbled.
"Huh?" came Veretta's voice, shaking Hermione out of her reverie. "Did you say something?" she asked.
"Oh, no. I was just talking to myself." Hermione replied, embarrassed.
Veretta simply raised an eyebrow and went into the tent. Hermione followed and looked around for something to read while on admin duty. She went to her suitcase where she had packed some of her course books and rummaged through them. Finally, she emerged with the one she was looking for. She stood up, copy of The Mating Habits of Flobberworms by I.M. Duller clutched in her hand. Veretta, who was putting her wand in her shoulder bag, looked up at her.
"Ready to be bored to death?" she said.
"Is administration duty really that bad?" Hermione asked.
"Its worse. All we are going to do is sit in that tent and type reports, answer the phone, and watch the weather. And with magic, the reports are done in about three seconds flat so I hope you brought a good book." With that she stood up and went to the door.
Hermione followed after her and they made their way to the main tent. When she entered the tent, Hermione was somewhat surprised. She had expected something a bit more modern but the tent simply consisted of several portioned areas, a few computers, a satellite phone and various other items relating to the dig. Veretta sighed dramatically and picked up a piece of paper lying on a desk.
"Looks like we're supposed to sort these," she pointed to a pile of folders "and then we have to type up these." She indicated to another pile of papers. "Well this is easy enough." Hermione, on the other hand wasn't so sure the pile to file away wasn't so bad but there was a lot of typing to do. Just as Hermione was about to ask Veretta what she wanted to do first, she already had her wand out, and with a simple flick of her wrist and an incantation, the files leaped off the desk and were zooming across the room to the open file cabinet. Then she turned toward the pile of typing and put her wand to the paper then muttered something and a strand of black was now attached to her wand. Veretta then simply walked over to the computer, put her wand to the screen, and said copius.
"Well, that about does it." Veretta said, turning to Hermione.
"What was that spell you just used?" asked Hermione, hoping Veretta would teach her.
"That was a copying spell. Do you want me to teach you how to perform them? It would give me something to pass the time."
"Would you! Oh, that would be fantastic! It would make things so much easier." Hermione enthusiastically said.
So Hermione spent the next several hours learning and perfecting various spells from Veretta, who was delighted to have such a good pupil. It was only when they heard voices out side the tent that they stopped. Veretta went to make a phone call to her friends at work and Hermione settled down with her book. For some reason, she found it hard to concentrate. Her eyelids became heavy and her vision blurry and then she let out a huge yawn. Figuring she just needed a little break from reading. She put down her book and looked over at Veretta who had just finished an Internet shopping spree at Saks and was at the moment placing fake bids on ebay. She then turned back to her book and tried to read again but found she couldn't so she finally closed it. 'I'll just rest my eyes a little.' She thought, just before drifting off to sleep.
A/N: Well, did you like it? Please review and tell me! Anyway thank you to my reviewers and readers! Sorry for the wait! (By the way, in case you hadn't noticed, there is no f-word in this chapter!)
-The Great Lily Lupin
A/N: Sorry for not updating when I said I would but my friend had major boyfriend trouble this week so I had to deal with that. Then the same friend somehow convinced me to go to her formal so I had all the stress over the dress. I had quite the adventure trying to find something that wasn't bright and sparkly.*shudders at memory* But anyway, I think I'm gonna start a new fic. Yeah for me! It's gonna be a Harry Potter/Lord of the Rings crossover. So that will also motivate me to update more often. Oh, and I forgot to say, in this chapter, Dan is back, per request. I never had the intention of not keeping him in but I just couldn't think of a place to put him in so he wasn't in the last few chapters but now he's back. Now to stop my incessant rambling, ON WITH THE FIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hermione turned around to see a grinning Sirius Black standing behind her.
"Well," started Veretta "I was actually referring to the bastard who's sitting over there and just got slapped but you'll do for now." She finished with a small smirk.
"Why don't you have a seat Sirius? I was just questioning Veretta about her time at school. Maybe I can start on you later." Hermione purred suggestively.
Sirius simply raised an eyebrow but took the seat next to Hermione and looked at her. "Well, I suppose you could start on me later," he replied seductively "that is, of course, if you ever get out of administration duty, which you both have in case you didn't know." He finished, now grinning.
Hermione didn't see what was so bad about administration duty until she saw the confused look Veretta's face. Then she figured that whatever it was, it wasn't good.
"What are you talking about Sirius? Dan didn't tell me we had admin duty tonight. Where did you hear that?" asked Veretta questioningly.
"He heard it from me." Said a voice to Hermione's right. She looked and saw Dan standing there.
"Sorry, Veretta. The old man did the admin schedule and he put you on first. I think he's still mad about his car." Was Dan's apologetic reply.
"Still mad? How can he still be mad? That thing with the car was not that bad. It's not like I totaled it or anything."
"Not like you totaled it?! Veretta, you wrapped it around a tree for God's sake! You broke your left arm when the drivers side door was crushed in! If that's your definition of 'not that bad', I don't want to know what horrible is like." He said with a look of total confusion on his face.
"Hey," interrupted Sirius. "is this about that time like, four months ago when you were in that car accident, Veretta?" he asked.
"Yes." She replied shortly. "I don't know why everyone is making such a big deal about it. Wow, I crashed a car. Its not like I'm the first person to do it. But that doesn't give that old geezer the right to stick me on admin duty! He knows how much I hate it. He's doing it just to spite me." She then sat back and crossed her arms over her chest. The look on her face was reminisiant of a basilisk.
"Sorry but I can't help you in this one, Veretta. What the old man says goes. You need to be in the main tent in fifteen minutes. You're going to be there till one o'clock so bring a book." With that, Dan was off and he went to talk to the brunette who punched Mike. Hermione could see the look of obvious amusement on hi face as he examined Mike's bruise. Hermione then turned back to Sirius.
"Well, it looks like I'm gonna have to take a rain check on hearing about your days at Hogwarts, Sirius." She said with some disappointment in her voice.
"Yeah, well maybe I'll drop by to see you two later. It gets pretty boring over there. Anyway, I've got to meet someone at Cairo Airport and I'm already late. See you later, Mione. Bye Veretta." His last statement was said with a slightly raised voice. At the sound of her name, Veretta looked up at Sirius. He simply smiled at her reply of 'humph'.
"I suppose we better get back to our tent so we can bring anything we need." Veretta stated, apparently in an ever so slightly better mood.
Hermione got up and followed her out of the dining tent, pausing only to briefly congratulate the brunette who had punched Mike on her accuracy. Then she proceeded to walk slightly behind Veretta, taking in the site of the camp. 'This place really is beautiful.' She thought. And she was right. To her right, there was a row of tents and beyond that was endless dunes of sand. Though most people would simply find all the sand annoying, Hermione loved it. Being from England, the only sand she ever saw was on the beach. The sun beat down hard from its position in the sky. As she walked on, her thoughts turned to Sirius. 'I can't believe I just flirted with Harry's godfather! I mean, come on, he's old enough to be my father. But he a rather cute one, isn't he? Said a voice in Hermione's head. 'Well, I suppose he is but.' 'But nothing' the other voice replied forcefully. 'You like him and that's that. You can't change it so except your fate and get on with it.' The voice sounded down right angry. 'But we have to think about our future.' Came the other voice's reply. 'I mean how damaging would it be tour reputation if anyone found out we were dating a fugitive.'
"Now, now ladies. " Hermione mumbled.
"Huh?" came Veretta's voice, shaking Hermione out of her reverie. "Did you say something?" she asked.
"Oh, no. I was just talking to myself." Hermione replied, embarrassed.
Veretta simply raised an eyebrow and went into the tent. Hermione followed and looked around for something to read while on admin duty. She went to her suitcase where she had packed some of her course books and rummaged through them. Finally, she emerged with the one she was looking for. She stood up, copy of The Mating Habits of Flobberworms by I.M. Duller clutched in her hand. Veretta, who was putting her wand in her shoulder bag, looked up at her.
"Ready to be bored to death?" she said.
"Is administration duty really that bad?" Hermione asked.
"Its worse. All we are going to do is sit in that tent and type reports, answer the phone, and watch the weather. And with magic, the reports are done in about three seconds flat so I hope you brought a good book." With that she stood up and went to the door.
Hermione followed after her and they made their way to the main tent. When she entered the tent, Hermione was somewhat surprised. She had expected something a bit more modern but the tent simply consisted of several portioned areas, a few computers, a satellite phone and various other items relating to the dig. Veretta sighed dramatically and picked up a piece of paper lying on a desk.
"Looks like we're supposed to sort these," she pointed to a pile of folders "and then we have to type up these." She indicated to another pile of papers. "Well this is easy enough." Hermione, on the other hand wasn't so sure the pile to file away wasn't so bad but there was a lot of typing to do. Just as Hermione was about to ask Veretta what she wanted to do first, she already had her wand out, and with a simple flick of her wrist and an incantation, the files leaped off the desk and were zooming across the room to the open file cabinet. Then she turned toward the pile of typing and put her wand to the paper then muttered something and a strand of black was now attached to her wand. Veretta then simply walked over to the computer, put her wand to the screen, and said copius.
"Well, that about does it." Veretta said, turning to Hermione.
"What was that spell you just used?" asked Hermione, hoping Veretta would teach her.
"That was a copying spell. Do you want me to teach you how to perform them? It would give me something to pass the time."
"Would you! Oh, that would be fantastic! It would make things so much easier." Hermione enthusiastically said.
So Hermione spent the next several hours learning and perfecting various spells from Veretta, who was delighted to have such a good pupil. It was only when they heard voices out side the tent that they stopped. Veretta went to make a phone call to her friends at work and Hermione settled down with her book. For some reason, she found it hard to concentrate. Her eyelids became heavy and her vision blurry and then she let out a huge yawn. Figuring she just needed a little break from reading. She put down her book and looked over at Veretta who had just finished an Internet shopping spree at Saks and was at the moment placing fake bids on ebay. She then turned back to her book and tried to read again but found she couldn't so she finally closed it. 'I'll just rest my eyes a little.' She thought, just before drifting off to sleep.
A/N: Well, did you like it? Please review and tell me! Anyway thank you to my reviewers and readers! Sorry for the wait! (By the way, in case you hadn't noticed, there is no f-word in this chapter!)
-The Great Lily Lupin
