p class="MsoNormal"Ginny walked down the hall to Harry's office. She carried with her a basket that contained a couple of sandwiches, some salad, a bottle of wine, and a couple of glasses. Ginny loved surprising Harry. He did so many little things for her that always made her feel loved and special. Harry picked up little trinkets or figurines in his travels around the country and told her that the little gifts made him think of her. He would bring her flowers and show up at the odd quidditch match to show his support. Ginny was thankful that Gwen canceled today's practice. Now it was her turn to give something back to him. He had been working almost around the clock and Ginny had been so busy preparing for the playoffs, they almost never saw each other. With what little free time Harry did have, he spent cleaning the house and other things that Ginny asked him to do for her. She was looking forward to spending some much need time with her husband, even if it was only lunch./p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny stopped in the ladies' room. She had to admit, she looked good today. Ginny put her hair up like Harry liked, in a French twist. She did her makeup just like Harry like it, tastefully and barely noticeable. She dressed in her classic black dress robes that flattered her figure just enough. Ginny paired her robes with a white blouse and decided on flat shoes. Even though she would have preferred a skirt and heels, Ginny wanted to make sure her presence at the office reflected well on style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny walked into the reception area to Harry's office. The room was sparsely decorated with old wanted posters of witches and wizards that were imprisoned long ago. There were a few chairs scattered about for visitors to sit in. She noticed a nervous-looking young man sitting in a chair along one wall and she saw Harry's secretary Anna. Anna was originally from America. She was born and span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"raised/span in the southern United States. Anna had met a British wizard while he was on holiday and they struck up a friendship and eventually got married last year when she decided to move to London to be with him./p
p class="MsoNormal"Anna looked up from her paperwork and said, "Hey Sug! How are you?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny smiled and replied, "I'm doing good Anna. How are you?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Anna said with a chuckle, "Oh you know how span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"it/span goes. The boss man says jump and I say how high."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny laughed and asked, "Is the boss around?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Anna nodded and said, "He's in a meeting with the big man. They should be done soon. Does he know you're coming?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny shook her head, "No, I didn't tell him."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Anna gave Ginny a knowing smile and said nothing else. Ginny placed the basket down and took a seat next to the nervous-looking young man. He looked like he was young enough to be straight out of Hogwarts. The young man was also dressed in classic black robes with a white shirt and tie./p
p class="MsoNormal"The young man glanced at Ginny and asked, "Do I know you?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny shook her head and replied, "No. I don't think we've met."/p
p class="MsoNormal"The man wiped his hands on his robes and said, "Sorry. You just look familiar."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny smiled and said, "Maybe I just have one of those faces." She then pulled a notebook and quill out of her handbag and started writing./p
p class="MsoNormal"The young man asked, "Are you to see span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"Mr./span Potter too?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Without looking up from her notebook, Ginny just nodded yes./p
p class="MsoNormal"The young man then asked, "Maybe after all this we can get a cup of coffee?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny could tell the man was attracted to her, so trying to be polite, she kept flipping through her span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"notebook/span and replied, "I'm sorry I can't."/p
p class="MsoNormal"The young man decided to press his luck and asked, "How about dinner sometime? I know a nice little place in Diagon Alley."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny smiled and replied, "I'm span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"flattered/span, but I'm sorry I can't."/p
p class="MsoNormal"The door to Harry's office opened up and the Minister of Magic and Harry walked out./p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry was telling the Minister, "I think if we put pressure on him, he'll slip up, and we can get him."/p
p class="MsoNormal"The Minister said, "I think you're right Harry. Tell Robards about it and let's make it happen. We span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"need to/span get this guy."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry nodded and said, "Agreed."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny put her notebook and quill back in her handbag and stood up. She smiled and said, "Kingsley! It's so good to see you!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Kingsley smiled and said, "Well, it's been a long time! How are you?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny walked up to Kingsley, gave him a hug and replied, "I'm good. It's been too long. When are you and your wife going to come to dinner?span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI'll make my mother's meatballs for you."/p
p class="MsoNormal"With a span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"smile,/span Kingsley replied, "Soon. I promise."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny gave him a warm smile and said, "I'm going to hold you to that."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry looked at his wife, clearly surprised to see her, and said, "Can you give me a couple of minutes?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny nodded and said, "Of course," as she sat back down./p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry walked Kingsley out into the hallway and finished talking./p
p class="MsoNormal"The young man leaned over towards Ginny and asked, "You know Minister Shacklebolt?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny dug her notebook out of her handbag again and replied, "Yes, we're old friends actually."/p
p class="MsoNormal"The young man clearly was impressed, so he asked, "How do you know him?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny gave the young man a smile and replied, "Kingsley and my parents are very close."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry walked back into the office and looked at the young man and asked, "Oliver, you requested to see me?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"The young man stood up and replied, "Yes sir, Mr. Potter. Can we speak in your office?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry nodded and motioned for Oliver to follow him into the office. The two men walk into Harry's office. His office was decorated just like the reception area. There were some wanted posters hung on the walls and there were a couple of chairs in front of Harry's desk. Along one wall there was a couch and a small table. Harry sat down behind his desk and Oliver sat in the chair in front of it./p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry looked at the young man and asked, "What can I do for you today Oliver?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Oliver replied, "Well, I was hoping to get some time off sir. You see Mr. Potter; my parents are visiting London next week and I was hoping to spend a couple of days with them."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry shuffled some papers on his desk and answered, "Let's see…. yes…. you're working the Grover case. That's pretty much done with. I think we can tie that one up without you. I don't see a problem with your request. Anything else?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Oliver smiled. Obviously, he hadn't seen his parents in a while and knowing that he was getting a couple of days off was welcomed. He then asked, "On a more personal note sir. Could you tell me who the span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"redhead/span in the reception area is? She's a knockout."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry was still span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"sifting/span through paperwork. Without looking up he asked Oliver, "I take it you fancy her?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Oliver blushed, nodded, and replied, "A bit."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry looked up from his paperwork and said, "The span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"redhead/span happens to be my wife."/p
p class="MsoNormal"All the color then drained out of the young man's face as he said, "I'm…I'm sorry sir. I didn't know."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry waved off the man's apology and said, "Don't worry about it. Now, if that's all my wife is waiting to see me."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Oliver stood up and said, "No sir. That's it. Thank you. Again, I'm sorry."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry smiled, "Don't worry about it. If she knew, I'm sure she'd be flattered."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Oliver shifted his weight from foot to foot and said, "That's the thing, span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"Mr./span Potter. I asked her to coffee and when she turned me down, I asked her to dinner."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry chuckled and replied, "Oliver, don't worry about it. I'm not the jealous type."/p
p class="MsoNormal"With a span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"relieved/span look on his face, Oliver said, "Thank goodness."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry stood up and they both walked out of the office./p
p class="MsoNormal"Upon seeing Harry and the young man exit Harry's office, Ginny put her notebook and quill back in her handbag, picked up her basket, and stood up. The young man smiled at her span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"as/span he walked by./p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry turned to Anna and asked, "Anna, will you cancel my afternoon appointments please?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Anna smiled and said, "Already done boss. It was good to see you Sug."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny waved and replied, "Good to see you too!" Harry and Ginny walked into Harry's office. Harry closed and locked the door behind him./p
p class="MsoNormal"As soon as the door was locked Harry took the basket from Ginny and placed it on his desk. He took Ginny in his arms and deeply kissed her. Ginny's heart skipped a beat. It felt so good to be in Harry's arms. She felt a little week in the knees as she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him back. They both wanted this moment to last forever./p
p class="MsoNormal"After a few span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"moments,/span Harry broke the embrace and said, "I've missed you."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny started unpacking the basket and replied, "I've missed you too."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry sat down behind his desk, "So why the surprise lunch?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny laid the lunch out and uncorked the wine bottle, "We haven't seen much of each other lately. Since Gwen canceled practice today, I thought we could have lunch together." Ginny poured the wine and gave Harry a glass as she sat down in the chair in front of his desk and took a sip of hers./p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry smiled and said, "How could I span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"say/span no to that logic? What's for lunch?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny dished some salad and pulled out a sandwich for Harry and said, "Not much. It's just sandwiches and a salad."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry took his plate and said, "You really made an impression on Oliver."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny looked at Harry and replied, "He seemed sweet."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry started eating his salad. In between span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"bites,/span he said, "He asked me if I knew you and said that you were a span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"knockout/span."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny chuckled and said, "I knew I should have gone with the skirt and heels."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry laughed and said, "Sometimes you are such a wicked woman. I think that would have put him over the moon. He's a good man though. He's fresh out of Hogwarts and already at the top of his training class here. I had him on the Grover case, and he did a nice job of it too."/p
p class="MsoNormal"After span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"they/span both finished eating Ginny got up and walked around the desk and sat in Harry's lap. Harry wrapped his arms around Ginny's waist and kissed her neck. Ginny let out a breath of pleasure as she helped remove Harry's span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"sports/span coat and untied his tie. Harry placed both hands on Ginny's cheek and pulled her face to his and kissed her deeply again. span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"Afterward/span Ginny gasped for breath. After all this time Harry could still take her breath away./p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry stood up with Ginny's legs wrapped around his waist. Ginny yelled out, "What are you doing?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"A sly smiled crossed Harry's face as he said, "I'm moving this to the couch." Ginny smiled span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"as/span he walked across his office and gently put her down on the couch./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanHarry said to her, "It is a shame you didn't wear the skirt."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny asked, "How so?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry smiled again and replied, "It would have made all of this so much easier."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny stopped in the ladies' room. She had to admit, she looked good today. Ginny put her hair up like Harry liked, in a French twist. She did her makeup just like Harry like it, tastefully and barely noticeable. She dressed in her classic black dress robes that flattered her figure just enough. Ginny paired her robes with a white blouse and decided on flat shoes. Even though she would have preferred a skirt and heels, Ginny wanted to make sure her presence at the office reflected well on style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny walked into the reception area to Harry's office. The room was sparsely decorated with old wanted posters of witches and wizards that were imprisoned long ago. There were a few chairs scattered about for visitors to sit in. She noticed a nervous-looking young man sitting in a chair along one wall and she saw Harry's secretary Anna. Anna was originally from America. She was born and span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"raised/span in the southern United States. Anna had met a British wizard while he was on holiday and they struck up a friendship and eventually got married last year when she decided to move to London to be with him./p
p class="MsoNormal"Anna looked up from her paperwork and said, "Hey Sug! How are you?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny smiled and replied, "I'm doing good Anna. How are you?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Anna said with a chuckle, "Oh you know how span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"it/span goes. The boss man says jump and I say how high."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny laughed and asked, "Is the boss around?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Anna nodded and said, "He's in a meeting with the big man. They should be done soon. Does he know you're coming?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny shook her head, "No, I didn't tell him."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Anna gave Ginny a knowing smile and said nothing else. Ginny placed the basket down and took a seat next to the nervous-looking young man. He looked like he was young enough to be straight out of Hogwarts. The young man was also dressed in classic black robes with a white shirt and tie./p
p class="MsoNormal"The young man glanced at Ginny and asked, "Do I know you?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny shook her head and replied, "No. I don't think we've met."/p
p class="MsoNormal"The man wiped his hands on his robes and said, "Sorry. You just look familiar."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny smiled and said, "Maybe I just have one of those faces." She then pulled a notebook and quill out of her handbag and started writing./p
p class="MsoNormal"The young man asked, "Are you to see span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"Mr./span Potter too?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Without looking up from her notebook, Ginny just nodded yes./p
p class="MsoNormal"The young man then asked, "Maybe after all this we can get a cup of coffee?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny could tell the man was attracted to her, so trying to be polite, she kept flipping through her span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"notebook/span and replied, "I'm sorry I can't."/p
p class="MsoNormal"The young man decided to press his luck and asked, "How about dinner sometime? I know a nice little place in Diagon Alley."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny smiled and replied, "I'm span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"flattered/span, but I'm sorry I can't."/p
p class="MsoNormal"The door to Harry's office opened up and the Minister of Magic and Harry walked out./p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry was telling the Minister, "I think if we put pressure on him, he'll slip up, and we can get him."/p
p class="MsoNormal"The Minister said, "I think you're right Harry. Tell Robards about it and let's make it happen. We span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"need to/span get this guy."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry nodded and said, "Agreed."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny put her notebook and quill back in her handbag and stood up. She smiled and said, "Kingsley! It's so good to see you!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Kingsley smiled and said, "Well, it's been a long time! How are you?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny walked up to Kingsley, gave him a hug and replied, "I'm good. It's been too long. When are you and your wife going to come to dinner?span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI'll make my mother's meatballs for you."/p
p class="MsoNormal"With a span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"smile,/span Kingsley replied, "Soon. I promise."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny gave him a warm smile and said, "I'm going to hold you to that."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry looked at his wife, clearly surprised to see her, and said, "Can you give me a couple of minutes?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny nodded and said, "Of course," as she sat back down./p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry walked Kingsley out into the hallway and finished talking./p
p class="MsoNormal"The young man leaned over towards Ginny and asked, "You know Minister Shacklebolt?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny dug her notebook out of her handbag again and replied, "Yes, we're old friends actually."/p
p class="MsoNormal"The young man clearly was impressed, so he asked, "How do you know him?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny gave the young man a smile and replied, "Kingsley and my parents are very close."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry walked back into the office and looked at the young man and asked, "Oliver, you requested to see me?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"The young man stood up and replied, "Yes sir, Mr. Potter. Can we speak in your office?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry nodded and motioned for Oliver to follow him into the office. The two men walk into Harry's office. His office was decorated just like the reception area. There were some wanted posters hung on the walls and there were a couple of chairs in front of Harry's desk. Along one wall there was a couch and a small table. Harry sat down behind his desk and Oliver sat in the chair in front of it./p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry looked at the young man and asked, "What can I do for you today Oliver?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Oliver replied, "Well, I was hoping to get some time off sir. You see Mr. Potter; my parents are visiting London next week and I was hoping to spend a couple of days with them."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry shuffled some papers on his desk and answered, "Let's see…. yes…. you're working the Grover case. That's pretty much done with. I think we can tie that one up without you. I don't see a problem with your request. Anything else?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Oliver smiled. Obviously, he hadn't seen his parents in a while and knowing that he was getting a couple of days off was welcomed. He then asked, "On a more personal note sir. Could you tell me who the span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"redhead/span in the reception area is? She's a knockout."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry was still span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"sifting/span through paperwork. Without looking up he asked Oliver, "I take it you fancy her?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Oliver blushed, nodded, and replied, "A bit."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry looked up from his paperwork and said, "The span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"redhead/span happens to be my wife."/p
p class="MsoNormal"All the color then drained out of the young man's face as he said, "I'm…I'm sorry sir. I didn't know."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry waved off the man's apology and said, "Don't worry about it. Now, if that's all my wife is waiting to see me."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Oliver stood up and said, "No sir. That's it. Thank you. Again, I'm sorry."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry smiled, "Don't worry about it. If she knew, I'm sure she'd be flattered."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Oliver shifted his weight from foot to foot and said, "That's the thing, span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"Mr./span Potter. I asked her to coffee and when she turned me down, I asked her to dinner."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry chuckled and replied, "Oliver, don't worry about it. I'm not the jealous type."/p
p class="MsoNormal"With a span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"relieved/span look on his face, Oliver said, "Thank goodness."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry stood up and they both walked out of the office./p
p class="MsoNormal"Upon seeing Harry and the young man exit Harry's office, Ginny put her notebook and quill back in her handbag, picked up her basket, and stood up. The young man smiled at her span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"as/span he walked by./p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry turned to Anna and asked, "Anna, will you cancel my afternoon appointments please?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Anna smiled and said, "Already done boss. It was good to see you Sug."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny waved and replied, "Good to see you too!" Harry and Ginny walked into Harry's office. Harry closed and locked the door behind him./p
p class="MsoNormal"As soon as the door was locked Harry took the basket from Ginny and placed it on his desk. He took Ginny in his arms and deeply kissed her. Ginny's heart skipped a beat. It felt so good to be in Harry's arms. She felt a little week in the knees as she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him back. They both wanted this moment to last forever./p
p class="MsoNormal"After a few span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"moments,/span Harry broke the embrace and said, "I've missed you."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny started unpacking the basket and replied, "I've missed you too."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry sat down behind his desk, "So why the surprise lunch?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny laid the lunch out and uncorked the wine bottle, "We haven't seen much of each other lately. Since Gwen canceled practice today, I thought we could have lunch together." Ginny poured the wine and gave Harry a glass as she sat down in the chair in front of his desk and took a sip of hers./p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry smiled and said, "How could I span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"say/span no to that logic? What's for lunch?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny dished some salad and pulled out a sandwich for Harry and said, "Not much. It's just sandwiches and a salad."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry took his plate and said, "You really made an impression on Oliver."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny looked at Harry and replied, "He seemed sweet."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry started eating his salad. In between span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"bites,/span he said, "He asked me if I knew you and said that you were a span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"knockout/span."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny chuckled and said, "I knew I should have gone with the skirt and heels."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry laughed and said, "Sometimes you are such a wicked woman. I think that would have put him over the moon. He's a good man though. He's fresh out of Hogwarts and already at the top of his training class here. I had him on the Grover case, and he did a nice job of it too."/p
p class="MsoNormal"After span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"they/span both finished eating Ginny got up and walked around the desk and sat in Harry's lap. Harry wrapped his arms around Ginny's waist and kissed her neck. Ginny let out a breath of pleasure as she helped remove Harry's span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"sports/span coat and untied his tie. Harry placed both hands on Ginny's cheek and pulled her face to his and kissed her deeply again. span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"Afterward/span Ginny gasped for breath. After all this time Harry could still take her breath away./p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry stood up with Ginny's legs wrapped around his waist. Ginny yelled out, "What are you doing?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"A sly smiled crossed Harry's face as he said, "I'm moving this to the couch." Ginny smiled span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"as/span he walked across his office and gently put her down on the couch./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanHarry said to her, "It is a shame you didn't wear the skirt."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Ginny asked, "How so?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Harry smiled again and replied, "It would have made all of this so much easier."/p