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A/N: Hey guys! I've finally written the third chapter; it wasn't really a writer's block, but I couldn't find a way to write this out. But it came out to be readable, so yup. Thanks for the 3 reviews guys! It's only a few, but it got me writing the third chapter. Look out for the A/N at the end of the chapter, okay? So without further adieu, on with the story!

Previously on CLBL:

"Now the Ministry's officially going crazy." Harry sighed. Hermione couldn't believe this; it had to all be a joke. Whatever was happening was definitely not a coincidence, but it surely had to be some kind of prank. This was totally unbelievable. Maybe this was really a coincidence of some sort, or maybe Hermione's uneasiness was trying to tell her something. All of a sudden, witches and wizards seated in the pub started debating and talking animatedly.

"This surely has to be some sort of a joke… " Hermione said aloud.

Chapter 3 – Unexpected events

Hermione found herself by … herself once again. Harry and she were very rudely interrupted by an owl that had flown into one of the restaurant's windows and landed in Hermione's breakfast. It was from the Ministry; ordering Harry to go back at once. Harry seemed a bit too sorry, but Hermione forgave him all the same.

Strolling down Diagon Alley, Hermione remembered the days when she'd rush to get her school supplies before September 1st came. 'Seems just like yesterday,' she thought.

The weekend passed by as usual. Harry didn't owl Hermione back which was odd, but it made no difference. Hermione spent Sunday shopping with her mother and having dinner with her parents. That night, she wandered home, not remember the journey at all and fell into a dreamless sleep.

The next few days passed without notice, or any bizarre events; unless if you call trying to heal a lady who'd transfigured herself into a coffee table normal. September slipped by briskly, and autumn started showing itself.

On the second Monday of October, Hermione for some reason felt extremely jovial.

"Hi Cho!" she greeted as she walked though the window of the so-called abandoned department store.

"Hey Hermione! Looks like you woke up on the right side of the bed this morning huh?" Cho asked. Hermione smiled back.

"Just happy to heal people." she replied. Hermione hummed to herself as she walked up the stairs to the fourth floor. Just as she opened her office door, she saw Hedwig approaching her window. "Haven't heard from you for a bit" she mumbled as she unwrapped Hedwig's leg. Hedwig flew off almost immediately.

Dear Hermione,

Hey sweetums! I'm sorry about last time, and I'm sorry that we haven't been in touch for a while. I'm in quite a hurry right now; the ministry's picked me and a few others to investigate the case of the missing ministers. Only a few aurors from a few countries only. Anyway, I'll make it up to you when I get back, alright? They're in such a hurry, they wanted us to leave tomorrow morning. Sorry hun!

Love, Harry

Hermione sighed. It wouldn't make a big difference, would it? He couldn't be gone for long, right? Hermione's jubilant mood shifted slightly; she didn't have a great feeling about this.

***

The morning brushed by as she was very busy. Despite the distractions and events, Hermione's thoughts kept going back to Harry's letter. While taking her morning break, she'd decided to surprise Harry and pick him up from work and spend the last night with him before he had to go the next morning.

She'd decided to take the afternoon off after lunch. Hermione went to Hogsmeade to buy a few things for Harry; mainly candy from Honeydukes. 'He'd love them,' she smiled to herself. 'This better be enough.' she muttered as she looked into the bag; she had to charm it to fit all of the candy in, and a few 'reparo''s were repeated before that.

Hermione squeezed into the telephone booth that would bring her underground to the ministry. She picked up the receiver and pressed 62442. A cool female voice sounded inside of the telephone box.

"Welcome to the Ministry of Magic. Please state your name and business." it said.

"Hermione Granger, Healer at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, to see Harry Potter, Auror Headquarters." Hermione answered.

"Thank you." said the cool female voice. "Visitor, please take the badge and attach it to the front of your robes."  There was a click and a rattle, and Hermione quickly jammed her hand into a slot and pinned the badge on her shirt. She was required to register at the far end of the Atrium when she got to the bottom. It was about 6:30pm now, and Harry would've been off work ½ an hour ago. 'He never leaves on time,' she thought.

As she stepped into the lift, she noticed that there weren't any witches, wizards, or flying memos in it. 'Guess no one likes to linger around after work' she thought. The cool female voice started as the lift doors opened. "Level Two, Department of Magical Law Enforcement, including the Improper Use of Magic Office, Auror Headquarters and Wizengamot Administration Services.'

As Hermione stepped off the elevator, she immediately took notice of the enchanted underground windows which had a stormy and dark day splattering upon them. Candles around were dimly lit. The place had an eerie feel to it. Her neatly shaped eyebrows furrowed. 'Magical Maintenance probably wants a pay rise again' she thought. She turned a corner, walked through a pair of heavy oak doors and emerged in a faintly visible cluttered open area divided into cubicles, which was silent all but muffling that came a long way from the back.

Hermione walked along a row slowly, silent footsteps weighing on the carpet. And there it was; no one could mistaken that flaming red hair for anything else, even in the dark, especially contrasted by black raven hair. Hermione let out a shriek and dropped the bag of candy with a thud.

Ginny Weasley and Harry Potter, entangled within each other.

A/N: Okay, this is definitely… ok a lot of OotP spoilers there. Please tell me in your review if you've read Order of the Phoenix yet! The part where Hermione goes to the ministry… it's exactly what's in OOTP; the part where Harry's going to the ministry. And the part where Hermione's walking down the row, and when she passes the heavy oak doors, directly from OOTP. Yup so… is it still called plagiarism even if I said that I took it from another book? The stairs thing… remember when Hermione got off work from the first chapter? I didn't mention if she went down an elevator or the stairs right? Welp I read OOTP over, and it seems to me that there aren't any lifts (that were mentioned) in St. Mungo's. And the lady and the coffee table (lol) it's from Which Witch? By Eva Ibbotson. It's cool book.

Anyway, please please PLEASE review, will you? Could you please tell me something that you don't like about the story? Thanks for the previous reviews! They meant a lot!

PS: This is definitely going to be a Draco/Hermione story… it's just taking a bit of time.

PSS: Um, tell me if I'm going a tad too slow, will you? And I think I'm talking about Hermione too much here… but I don't really like Harry though… ack!

To be continued…