Chapter Three
;;;"Lorena, where is Ginny?" Harry asked his secretary absently, ruffling his messy black-brown
hair with his left hand.
;;;"Ms. Weasley is out to lunch Mr. Potter," she replied briskly, her eyes moving back and forth
quickly as she skimmed a Ministry document.
;;;So, Ginny is out to lunch...I wonder who I should eat with, Harry wondered idly, There is
that attractive Muggle Studies employee...what was her name? Oh yea, Lavender Brown.
She's changed so much. Still, she always was a good looking girl.
;;;Harry was startlyed out of his thoughts by a tap on the shoulder, and he turned around to see
Hermione laughing up at him, her head tilted to one side. Her dark eyes glinted mischievously,
and he was struck by how pretty she was when she smiled up at him like that.
;;;"Hermione! Just the girl I was looking for!" He exclaimed. "Do come to lunch with me!"
;;;"Oh, I don't know Harry, I just came to see about the job," she said.
;;;"Of course Herms, the job. We'll see to that of course, but I insist that you come to lunch with
me. My treat, of course, I wouldn't be a gentleman if I didn't treat such a stunning girl as
yourself to lunch!" Harry beamed.
;;;Wow, Harry has changed. He's so self confident and suave...and he's flirting with me!
Hermione thought, and with a giggle, she accepted the arm that Harry offered her, gliding out of
the office.
;;;Harry smiled to see his old friend looking so happy, and he waved jovially to the Minister of
Magic, who they passed on their way out.
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;;;"Harry! Harry Potter! Where—Oh, hello Lorena. Where is Harry?" Ginny asked the mousy
looking secretary, pushing her fiery red hair, cut in a short bob, out of her eyes. Ginny was tall,
at 5'8, and slim. Her blue eyes snapped with electricity and life, and her smile was almost
always ready, except for times like this one, when she couldn't find Harry.
;;;"Mr. Potter is out to lunch," Lorena replied nervously.
;;;"With a friend?" Ginny asked suspiciously, to which Lorena nodded in return.
;;;"A nice, male friend?" she queried, and when Lorena shook her head, bracing herself, Ginny
exploded.
;;;"Why that dirty, low down, good-for-nothing RAT!" Ginny stormed, turning on her heel, and
almost running into the tall form of Seamus Finnegan, Minister of Magic.
;;;"Ginny! How pleasant to see you!" he exclaimed, noting the stormy look on her pretty face.
;;;"Pleasant my arse! That dirty, scummy, two-timing—"
;;;"Ginny, please, why don't you step into my office for a drink," Seamus interrupted smoothly.
;;;"I don't need a drink Seamus, what I need is to get my hands on that low-down...oh, alright,
I'll have a drink," she finished with a sigh.
;;;Seamus poured Ginny and himself tumblers of Firewhiskey and sat down across the table
from his friend.
;;;"Now Ginny, tell me what's the matter," he said soothingly.
;;;"Harry."
;;;"Ah, I see. What has he been up to?" Seamus questioned, readying himself for an outpouring
of emotion.
;;;"He's a two-timing rat! He's out to lunch and I know who he's with! That smutty Lavendar
Brown! He's been seeing her behind me back and thinks he can get away with it. Well," Ginny
huffed, taking a swig of her drink," if he thinks he can hide this, he's got another thing coming to
him! I know how he acts when he's been cheating on me, innocent as a babe. But right now
he's running around our flat, straightening cushions, casting spells to rid the air of her smell,
checking to make sure there are no signs of her. But I'll know she's been there. You know how
I'll know?" Ginny paused for breath.
;;;"How will you know?" Seamus replied, amused, as he sipped his drink.
;;;"That bastard will be humming!" she fumed, "And you know what? Tonight, oh I'd say around
midnight, he'll be after me with a loud impassioned moan. And you know what I'd love to do?
Bloody hell, I'll do it! I'll walk out on him! I'll slam that door and go out, get drunk, fool around
with some bloke. And when I get home, I wont say a thing. But you can be damned sure I'll be
humming!" Ginny finished vehemently, draining the dregs of her Firewhiskey.
;;;At that moment, Harry popped his head through the door.
;;;"Seamus! I was looking for you! I need a favor. You see, a friend of mine, well, she needs a
job and-"
;;;"What friend, Harry?" Ginny purred
;;;"Ginny? I didn't see you there, I thought you were out to lunch," Harry spluttered
;;;"I got back, dear, now, what friend?"
;;;"A friend who badly needs a job, Gin, of course, if that upsets you..."
;;;"Of course it doesn't upset me. There's plenty for her to do. She can wash windows. With
her tongue!" Ginny exclaimed angrily
;;;"What?!" said Seamus to Ginny with an odd look. Ginny continued to glower. Turning to
Harry, he said, "Now, where is this friend?"
;;;Ginny made a noise of disgust, and said to Harry, "Get her a job, lover, it doesn't bother me a
bit. You know why? Because I have a proposal of marriage from a mediwiard!" And with that,
she spun on her heel, leaving a bemused Harry looking after her.
;;;"She's been going on about that mediwizard for months now," he said to Seamus with a
chuckle. "I'll leave you to meet my friend," and with that, stepped out of the office.
