Disclaimer: I own Lex, Julie, Gavin, and Mr. Stanton. Everyone else belongs to JK Rowling (as well as the Daily Prophet, Hogwarts, etc) You get the point
"What on Earth are you doing here?" Lex demanded.
"The internship." Draco smiled obnoxiously.
"Let me try again. Since when have you been interested in journalism? I mean when did you give up on the servant of the Dark Lord path?"
"Don't talk about things you don't know anything about!"
"I see you two know each other." Gavin added in rather uncomfortably.
"Unfortunately!" Lex growled. "Now answer my question Malfoy!"
"My Dad said I needed to get an internship or job this summer. This one appealed the most."
"Well if you guys are settled here, I'll let you have your little reunion. I'm out of here!" Gavin said rushing to the fireplace.
"I can not believe this! You don't even deserve this internship!"
"Hey! I'll have you know I'm quite a good writer!" As he talked to her he looked her up and down. He stopped he eyes at to admire how truly short her shorts were. "By the way nice pajama's!" She said with one eyebrow raised.
"Ugh!" She stormed off into her room.
He watched her until she slammed her door then smiled. "This is going to be fun!"
The next morning Draco was up bright and early. When Lex emerged from her room she found him doing push-ups in the living room. She headed to the kitchen and he followed her.
"Don't stop on my account." She grumbled sleepily.
"Why were you enjoying it?"
"I was enjoying you being in there and me being in here."
His face glistened with sweat. For that matter his arms did as well. He was wearing a black wife-beater. Which Lex thought was probably appropriate.
Lex opened the fridge to remove the Brita but it was intercepted by Draco's muscular arm.
"Fine. Give it to me when you're done."
She headed over to a cabinet and pulled out coffee beans and a filter. She carried them over to the counter where the coffee grinder was. Once again Draco was in her way.
"This stuff really isn't very good for you."
"Yeah well coming between me and my coffee isn't very good for you!" She said moodily.
"My you are a bitch in the morning!"
"Well better a bitch in the morning, than a bastard all day!"
"I have never seen this side of you, perfect Miss Brandish! I almost like it."
"In that case I'll be sure you never see it again!" She pushed him aside.
"Feisty!"
She continued to make her coffee then returned to her room to get dressed.
Moments later she returned to the kitchen dressed in a pink gingham skirt with a tight white collared baby tee.
Draco had also seized the opportunity to shower and change into work attire, a black dress shirt and trousers. He was now sitting at the table with breakfast in front of him. He eyed her once again, making her intensely uncomfortable. He could tell she felt that way and he smiled at his accomplishment.
Just then she noticed a mug in front of him. "What are you drinking?"
"Coffee." He smirked evilly.
"DRACO! I only made enough for myself!"
"And that was very rude!"
"You didn't seem to want any! What happened to it's bad for you?" She was nearly screaming.
"Clam down! I was just doing it to annoy you! It's tea. Your precious coffee is still in the pot. You are wound up way to tight! Between that and the coffee you are digging an early grave!"
"Shut it!"
He was quiet a moment. "If you want some eggs there's some on the stove."
"I don't like eggs." She whined defiantly.
"Fine!" he said getting up to add the rest to his plate.
"Wait!"
He put the eggs on a plate for her.
"You didn't do anything to them did you?"
"No. Although that would have been funny!"
"On second thought cereal sounds great!" She decided
"Oh come on I'm not evil."
"Hah!"
"Well not completely at least."
She ate her breakfast quickly. "We have to get going."
The two headed toward the fireplace.
"Grab some Floo Powder will you?" Lex asked dreading the fact she would be squeezing into the fireplace with Malfoy.
"Sure. Can you grab something of mine?"
"MALFOY!"
"What? I just wanted you to grab my briefcase."
She gave him an evil eye. She knew he had intended that as a double entendre.
Soon they were back in the commuter floor off The Daily Prophet. They headed up to the fifth floor. Draco went off in one direction and Lex set out to find Julie.
She felt a hand on her shoulder. "So what's his name?"
"Good morning Julie."
"What an odd name!"
"His name is Draco… Malfoy."
"As in Lucius's son?"
"None other. This guy is very possibly the bane of my existence."
"I'm sorry love!"
"It horrible! We've been roommates for less than a day and he's already doing everything in is power to royally piss me off!"
"Well, maybe a coffee run will help get your mind off of it! It should at least get you away from Blondie."
"Thanks Jules. What can I get you?"
"Low fat decaf chai latte with vanilla soymilk and a packet of sugar in the raw."
"I'll get that to you A.S.A.P."
"If I said that to anyone else they would look at me like I'm insane."
"I appreciate coffee." She smiled.
She continued through the office. Her last stop, Gavin Warner.
Of course Malfoy was sitting next to him chatting away.
"Gavin, I'm going on a coffee run. Can I get you anything?"
Malfoy leered at her but she did her best to ignore him.
"Sure love. A regular coffee, half and half, two sugars."
"Coming right up."
"Hey Draco why don't you help her. I'm sure she'll have a lot to carry."
"Oh I'm sure I'll be fi…"
"Nonsense! It's my job!"
Lex rolled her eyes. "Oh thank you Malfoy."
"Sarcasm does not befit most women. But might I say you pull it off quite well."
After the excruciating experience of Draco tagging along on the coffee run, Gavin sent him to help Lex in the copy room.
She tried to ignore him as best she could. At first it seemed to work. He copied pages on one side of the room and she sent them from the other. It worked until of course Draco got bored.
He tossed his wand at Lex's feet.
"Whoops! How clumsy of me."
Either way I lose! Lex thought. If I pick it up I'm bending over in a skirt. If I let him pick it up he'll still get what he wants Unless…
She kicked his wand across the room. "Nice try Malfoy."
"It's ok. I know where you live." He winked.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
He shrugged innocently. He actually wasn't sure what he had meant, but it seemed to have bothered her so mission accomplished.
The two looked at each other with complete and utter disdain for a few minutes until Clarissa, Mr. Stanton's secretary entered the room.
"Mr. Stanton would like to see you two in his office right away." She smiled and left.
"What did you do Malfoy?"
"Absolutely nothing! How do you know you didn't do something?"
"Don't even try pawning whatever this is off on me!"
The two argued as the approached Mr. Stanton's office.
"Have a seat you two." He once again used his charm to pull out the chairs. "We need to talk."