Kayley and Draco avoided each other over the next few days. They barely spoke, especially at dinner. Kayley took to wandering around the mansion after dinner. She half hoped and dreaded to find the room the woman had been in. She felt restless and was unable to sit down long enough to read a book. On Thursday, the day before she was supposed to go home, she stumbled onto Draco's study after getting lost. She glanced through the open door before going on, afraid to disturb him, and not wanting to talk to him.

"Miss Daniels?" Draco said.

Kayley turned around to see him standing behind her. "Yes?"

"May I take you out for a drink?"

"Yes, I suppose."

They walked out the front door. It was still snowing. Kayley looked around, taking it all in. Then, with out warning, Kayley felt his arms wrap firmly around her waist, and realized that they were Apparating.

Her feet hit the ground with a thump, and she felt the snow seep into her shoes. They were standing in an alley facing a snall village. He released her and she took a closer look at the alley. "Where are we?" she asked, throwing him a dirty look.

"Hogsmeade." he replied, leading her out of the alley.

"Hogsmeade?" she said wonderingly, glancing left and right at the shops. They stopped at a small pub. Kayley noticed that the sign above it read The Three Broomsticks. Draco held the door open for her.

It was dimly lit, and Draco lead Kayley to an even darker table in the back corner. This was fine with Kayley; she really didn't want the press to know that she went to bars with Draco Malfoy.

He ordered something called a butterbeer and Kayley decided to try it. It was good, and she immediately felt warmer. She and Draco talked about their pasts mostly. They both wanted to stay away from the subject of work. Kayley avoided talking about her parents and that left them mostly with school. Draco told her about Hogwarts.

"Isn't that close to here?" Kayley asked.

He nodded. "It's very close."

"I've always wanted to see it." Kayley said wistfully. Draco looked thoughtful and started another story. Kayley knew that he and Harry Potter must have gone to school together from what she read in the newspaper, but Draco never mentioned him. Draco had told her that he had gone to school with Hermione and her husband, but he never mentioned them either.

They finished their drinks and went back to the alley. Kayley was now paying more attention to Draco and skillfully dodged him as he reached out to Apparate back.

"Oh, no." Kayley said from a safe distance. "I know the way back, thank you."

Draco merely shrugged. "Fine, but you'll have to go through the gates and I'm not disarming them. It's getting colder." he observed, and it was; the sun had set and the temperature was probably well below freezing. Kayley threw him a dirty look and grudgingly wrapped her arms snugly around his neck. He placed his around her waist and they were back at the manor in seconds. Draco followed Kayley into the manor. When she reached the stairs she turned to face him. "Good night, Mr. Malfoy," she said before mounting the stairs to go to bed.

"Good night, Miss Daniels," he returned softly. She was already half way up the stairs and he wasn't sure she heard him.

The next day Kayley returned home after work. There were two little squirrels waiting on her couch when she got home, one grey, one brown. She tossed her cloak over the couch before slipping into her post-Apparation coma.

She got up Sunday morning to find the grey squirrel on her table, standing on his hind legs and drinking coffee. The brown squirrel was positioned over a bowl of oatmeal. Kayley watched the pair eat in amusement while she ate her own toast. After breakfast they adjourned to the living room to be turned back. Kayley pointed her wand at the two squirrels, closed her eyes, and concentrated. When she opened her eyes, Mr. and Mrs. Whitby stood in front of her, instead of two squirrels.

Mr. and Mrs. Whitby both worked in the Department of Mysteries. They talked about their other magical talents and they, and Kayley decided that, perhaps, they could be aids at the school.

Kayley set off at once to see if she could arrange it. The castle where Kayley had attended school was becoming more and more familiar, like it had been when she had gone to school there, because she was visiting so often. Her meeting with Mr. Milton went well, they didn't really need aids, but they had work for them, and Mr. Milton agreed to take on two teachers aids from England after Kayley got their names, and appearances changed.

After Kayley saw Mr. Milton she decided to go and see Professor Jarvis about something that had been on her mind lately. She carefully made her way up the stairs, through the crowd of students that had just got out of class, to Professor Jarvis' class. She knocked loudly on the door and entered after being bidden.

"Ah, Miss Daniels!" Professor Jarvis greeted as she entered his office and took a seat across from him. "What can I do for you?"

"Well, I've been thinking about it a lot lately," Kayley said slowly, studying the wood on his desk. She looked up, "I think I've found some time to take lessons from you." she said decisively. His whole face lit up like a little kid at Christmas.

"Can you start today?" he asked, starting to stack the mess of papers on his desk.

"Well, yes, I suppose." Kayley said thoughtfully. "Do you have time today?"

"Oh, yes, the first lesson is always the easiest, and also the most boring, I'm afraid." He was now standing to stack his papers. "The first step is just a practice assignment, it's sort of like exercise to make you stronger." He sat back down and looked at her. "Have you ever needed a light in the dark, and knew that your wand was close? You whisper Lumos and see a light that you realize is attached to your wand? You pick it up and the light grows brighter." Kayley nodded. "That is your assignment. I want you to be able to light your wand when you're on the bottom floor of your house and your wand is on the top floor. You have two weeks." He paused. "That is your assignment, Miss Daniels." Kayley was speechless.

"Thank you, sir." she said before leaving his office.

Kayley came home satisfied with the fact that she had two jobs secured for her temporary houseguests. They set to the task of deciding on new names. Mr. Whitby was now Mr. Joshua Hooper and Mrs. Whitby was now Mrs. Kara Hooper. Then Kayley started altering their appearances.

They had dinner and Kayley showed Mr. and Mrs. Hooper to their room. Then Kayley went to her own room and practiced her wandless magic. Kayley set her wand by the wall and took four paces back. It lit up easily enough. She kept backing up until she was against the far wall in her adjoined bathroom, and her wand was against the far wall in her bedroom. She had to concentrate harder, but it was still remarkably easy. She went to bed satisfied that she had started on the first step.

Kayley brought the legal documents to change the Whitby's names home with her on her lunch break the next day. They signed them and Kayley took the papers back to work with her to collect the rest of the signatures she needed. She would take the new Mr. and Mrs. Hooper to the school as soon as she got off work. The school only had another semester left, and Kayley was sure that they could stay there over the summer, but she would not be able to get any more people jobs there. For one thing, the next time she got back from Britain it would be February, and she couldn't argue that the new semester had just started. Another reason was that the school had enough employees.

Kayley took the Hoopers to their new positions at the school and checked on them and Mr. Stafford regularly. Then she started thinking about where she would put the next people she relocated. She also practiced on her wandless magic every night, she had more time now that she was home alone except for the house elves. By the end of the week she could light her wand when she was on the first floor and her wand was on the second. It was a lot of work and took more concentration. She often gave herself headaches while she was practicing. She was starting to run low on the potion she took for headaches and would have to think of someone to ask to make her some more.

She had a list of several countries that she would like to send people she would have to relocate to, but she had no idea where in those countries to send them. A job in Diagon Alley, or anywhere in Britain was out of the question, even if they did have an assumed name and a new appearance. She was thinking somewhere more along the line of Ireland, Scotland, Australia, or France for someone who could speak French.

Kayley asked the Minister if she could have a week off to go to Ireland and find some place for them. He said that she could and started looking for somewhere for her to stay while she was there. It took a surprisingly short time and the next day she Apparated to Kenmare. She stayed at a cozy cottage bed and breakfast. She woke up three days later and went down to ask for directions to get to the Alley that was supposed to be located in the town.

"Good-morning," Mrs. McKinney, the owner of the bed and breakfast said. "I didn't expect you to sleep so long."

Kayley smiled. "It was a long way."

Mrs. McKinney nodded. "Would you like some breakfast, dear?" she asked.

"Yes, thank you." Kayley said.

After Kayley finished her breakfast of bacon and eggs she went to look for Mrs. McKinney. She was in a bedroom dusting the furniture. The dust rag swept gracefully over the dresser, easily controlled by Mrs. McKinney's wand.

"Yes?" Mrs. McKinney asked noticing her.

"I was wondering how to get to the Alley." Kayley said.

"You get to Adair Alley by the coat closet by the door when you first come in." Mrs. McKinney said. "I know this sounds silly, but you just go in, shut the door and tap the ceiling with your wand." Mrs. McKinney said.

"Thank you." Kayley said starting for the front door.

The front door was placed at the end of a short entrance hall. The floor was wooden and the walls were a cream color. On the left side of the door after you came in was an end table with books stacked on the shelf underneath the table part. There was a vase with fresh flowers setting on the table, and figurines of magical creatures setting beside it. There was a glass pond filled with mermaids and a sea serpent rearing its head out of the water. There was a griffin and a Hippogriff poised for flight on separate ends of the table and a dragon with fire flowing out of its mouth in the middle. On the opposite side of the door was a wooden door that was apparently the closet.

Kayley opened it and stepped in. It was difficult to do because the closet was in use. There were cloaks hanging from the bar a cross the ceiling. She shut the door, trying not to knock anyone's cloak to the floor. She was immediately surrounded by darkness. She raised her left hand to grasp the bar for balance and tapped the ceiling with her wand in her right hand. The wall behind her opened up, spilling light into the small closet. Kayley dropped her hand that was holding the bar balancing her and took a closer look. The wall was completely gone and there was a little cobblestone road starting where the wall should have been and going into the little market that had opened up.

Kayley grabbed her cloak and wrapped it around herself. It was cloudy outside and she could feel a cold breeze coming into the closet. Kayley looked left and right as she passed the shops. She had decided that she would look around first and then decide which shop to visit first. She had to choose carefully, because she only had today to visit. She would be going home the next morning. Kayley was impressed with market. Even though it was small and not very crowded there was a wide assortment of shops. They had book shops, supply shops, pet shops, wizarding sporting shops. They had everything that Diagon Alley had, only there were no second hand shops, or first hand shops, because the small alley only had room for a sample of each type of shop and street venders.

She decided to go to the bookshop first, since it had the potential to be her favorite. It was small, but packed. There were books wall to wall. It was true that they didn't have as good a selection as Flourish & Blotts Bookstore, but Kayley was fairly sure that they didn't have room for more books. Kayley wondered around Adair Alley all afternoon. She was impressed that all of the little stores were packed with merchandise. She had lunch at a sandwich stand outside of the wizard sporting goods store. She was sure that anyone she relocated could find work here, and went to bed satisfied that night.

She went home the next day and slept until Sunday. She practiced her wandless magic most of the day, and went to bed that night tired, but satisfied. She had gone up a floor. For the next week she practiced wandless magic every time she had a chance. She practiced before work, on her lunch break and after work because she felt guilty for not practicing during her trip to Ireland. She wasn't sure she would be able to light it from the first floor of her house while it was on the top by the time Professor Jarvis expected her too.