A/N OOHH, turning point! Hope you like; review please!

Disclaimer: Harry Potter does NOT belong to me.

That's how I ended up getting up extra early to get to work on time. I Apparated to the Ministry, and appeared right in Malfoy's office because I didn't feel like taking the elevator.

Malfoy was already there.

"Hello, Mister Malfoy," I said, trying extremely hard not to roll my eyes.

"Good morning, Granger. As you can see, Janie isn't here yet, so I think we should wait for her." I nodded. Then he added, "Oh, and Astoria agreed with me. I, uh, am going to buy her the house she's moving into. My father doesn't like it, but now both Astoria and I are happy, and that's basically what he wanted."

"That's great!" I said. "So, what's that new project?"

"Janie isn't-" she appeared instantly, stumbling slightly.

"I didn't miss anything, did I?" she asked anxiously.

"No, you didn't," said Malfoy. "Granger just came a bit earlier is all."

"Malfoy, I didn't come early, she just came a bit late. No offense, Janie," I said.

"No offense taken. Anyway, what's the new project?" Janie responded.

Malfoy said, "I think you'll both enjoy it. What you two have to do is go out and look for lawbreakers today for an hour, then write a report on what you saw. It's today only, but it could get you a promotion. Meaning that Kristy would go down to what Granger is now."

My jaw dropped. "But, why are you doing something nice?"

Malfoy crossed his arms. "I'm not evil, you know."

"I suppose not. But still, you've never been nice before- why start now?" I asked.

Malfoy sighed, exasperated, "I don't know! Maybe because you helped me with Astoria, maybe because I'm just in a good mood. But you'd better go and work soon, someone will have to break the law at some point today…"

"Alright. Come on, Hermione, let's work," said Janie, and started to pull me away.

"Good luck, Granger."

"We'll get it back to you soon, Malfoy," I promised.

"It's-"

Janie stopped walking. I nearly ran into her. "Why don't you guys call each other by your first names?"

I stared at her, and then realized she was serious. I flushed, and glanced at Malfoy. He was blushing furiously.

"Well, Janie, we went to school together, and-" I started, but she cut me off.

"Ooh, that must have been so much fun!" squealed Janie.

We- meaning Malfoy and I- burst out laughing.

"Oh yes, loads of fun!" exclaimed Malfoy.

"Are you kidding?" I choked. "Malfoy made fun of me to no end during school. It was not fun."

Janie smiled. "Well, you two should still be on a first name basis if you went to school together. So, no more calling each other by your last names! And," she added quickly. "you have to do it, because I'm older. So, ha!"

I rolled my eyes. "Anyway, we'll get this project finished. Come on, Janie," I said, and dragged her to her office.

"Alright. Let's work on the daily job first, then we can go out and do the project for lunch. It'll be nice to go out, won't it?" Janie asked me.

"I suppose so. Where should we go, though? The Leaky Cauldron?" I inquired.

"How about we go to the Leaky Cauldron, the Three Broomsticks, and the Hog's Head? And under cover. Everyone knows who you are, Hermione."

"Sounds like a deal to me!" I said, and we sat down to look at reports.

At lunchtime, the two of us prepared to go out. We would go to the Leaky Cauldron, have a snack and a butterbeer, and then go to the Three Broomsticks and have two snacks and another butterbeer, and lastly go to the Hog's Head, have three snacks, and buy a Firewhiskey to share.

But first, Janie insisted that I alter my appearance. "You're too noticeable!" she said. I think she just wanted an excuse to redo what I looked like.

So she had me stand completely still while she changed everything about me, save the clothes. After twenty minutes, I was unrecognizable. I had cropped red hair, freckles, a long nose, and I had been shrunk a few inches. Not to mention my eyes were now blue and my skill much paler than normal, and I was wearing fake glasses

I could have been Ginny's sister.

Janie changed her hair color to brown, just in case someone knew she was from the Law Enforcement Office.

Finally, we headed to the Leaky Cauldron. I ordered the day's soup and a butterbeer from Tom. He looked at me quizzically, as if trying to place me, but handed me the order anyway. Janie got the same thing.

We finished the things in less than ten minutes, but we stayed for twenty, surveying the place and looking around for law-breakers. No one did anything remotely against the law.

At the Three Broomsticks, it was the same. People were quite rowdy, but there wasn't anything in the law books that said you couldn't yell in restaurants.

In the Hog's Head, there were barely ten people, including Janie and me. But no one did anything remotely against the law. Janie and I shared a Firewhiskey. I blinked. The world seemed slightly blurry and louder than usual.

No one was breaking the law, so the hour was really boring.

Later, we went outside to roam the streets of Hogsmeade, since we still had ten minutes left.

Who did we see? Blaise, of course. He was sitting on a bench with some girl, twirling his finger into her hair.

It was disgusting, and Janie gagged with me. All the same, she hurriedly bleached her freckles and grew a couple of inches. Just so that Blaise wouldn't recognize us.

He did, however, notice us. The girl kissed him and left, probably for the restroom or something. Once she was out of sight, Blaise rushed over to us and turned on the charm.

"Hello, ladies," he said, and winked at me.

I raised my eyebrow. "Nice try. But I've got a boyfriend."

Blaise shrugged. "And what about you, beautiful?" he asked Janie.

She tapped her chin and pretended to think about it. "I don't know… maybe your girlfriend over there knows!" and Janie slapped him.

Blaise looked thoroughly taken aback. "What? No… she's… she's not my girlfriend. She's just… some kid…"

"Well, let's ask her, shall we?" I asked him, gesturing. The girl had come back and was staring strangely at us.

"Could you come over here for a moment, miss?" I asked her.

She nodded and walked over. I stuck out my hand. "Hello," I said. She shook my hand.

"I'm Natalia, Blaise's girlfriend." She gazed adoringly at him. "Who are you?"

I nodded at Janie. She took out her wand and flicked it at me. I morphed back to my original appearance. Blaise started gaping in horror.

"I'm Hermione Granger, nice to meet you, Natalia. And, just so you know about Blaise- he cheated on me with her." I jerked a thumb at Janie. "And I got a new best friend out of it! So I suggest breaking up with him before he does it to you."

"He did? Blaise! Are you cheating on me? You better not be!" Natalia said.

"I would never do such a thing to you, Natalia," declared Blaise.

Just then, another girl ran over. She had red hair and blue eyes, and was very pretty. "Hello, Blaise," she said seductively. "Are we still on for tonight?"

Natalia gaped. "No way. You idiot! I hate you!" and she stormed away.

Blaise shrugged and placed his arm around the red haired girl's waist. "Of course we're on."

And then they started making out.

Ugh. I hoped they were happy together.