So, here I am, busily rewriting my story. I was reading some of my reviews, and I am so glad that this was brought up. This story was rushed like no other. There are no details, no nothing, and the ending? Pure rubbish! So here I am, rewriting it. So, for those of you who haven't read it before, please read! And for those who have, it wouldn't hurt to read it again and see the changes I've made. Thanks! – SLheartDM
"Stupid mudblood. It was all a joke."
Stupid mudblood…
Stupid mudblood…
Studpid mudblood…
bzzzzz bzzzz
A hand reached over and slapped the alarm clock off.
Seconds later, a frazzled brunette sat up, still groggy from her sleep.
Hermione groaned, how long had it been since she had had that dream? She stretched momentarily before her roommate and best friend Ginny Weasley came bursting through her bedroom door.
"Mya! Listen, there's breakfast in the oven and coffee, uh here, wear this!" She drew out a formal dress from Hermione's closet and threw it on her bed. "Okay, I've got to go. lunch?" Ginny pulled on her jacket quickly and grabbing her purse, glared at Hermione intently for an answer.
"Mm..I'll call you. Kay?" Hermione rubbed her eyes, still not quite awake yet.
Ginny sighed. "Alright! But you better get moving or you're going to be late for work." She rolled her eyes, sometimes she could not believe how the smartest girl in Hogwarts could have become such a forgetful nitwit.
"Work!" Hermione sat up straighter, her eyes wide open. "Oh my God! I have a meeting in-" She glanced warily at the time that was projected on the ceiling by her wand. "-15 minutes! UGH!" Rolling herself out of bed, Hermione ran to her bathroom to wash up.
"Bye Mya!" Ginny's voice cried exasperated from the living room. "I really have to go, the ministry is expecting the minister's daughter any minute!"
"Brhhyye!" Hermione managed to make out with toothpaste in her mouth. Ugh. Just great, on the day of the most important meeting of her life, she had to wake up late. She ran a comb through her sleek brown hair, glancing at her reflection momentarily in the mirror. No time for a shower!
Grumbling, she pulled her thick tresses into a low ponytail and slipped into the dress that Ginny had placed out for her.
"Perfect!"
She twirled around in front of the floor lengthed mirror and ran out the door, grabbing a bagel and some coffee before she apparated to work.
So much for a good start…
Hermione silently slipped into the conference room, closing the door behind her with a cup of steaming coffee in her hands. She was only 5 minutes late…
"Nice of you to join us, Ms. Granger." Hermione's coworker, Emily Patsy said loudly, pursing her lips disapprovingly.
Hermione glared at her. 'How nice of you to announce it to the entire world.' She said mockingly under her breath. She rolled her eyes. Thank Merlin she had never been assigned on a project with Ms. Emily Patsy. She swear, that lady would have been hexed and double hexed in less than five minutes. Ooohh she just made her wanna..ARGH
Emily Patsy, who had seen the face that Hermione was making at her shot her an amused look, and looked back at the front of the room.
Hermione smoothed out her dress, and pushed a few stray strands of hair behind her ears. "Whew," She chuckled, "Sorry about that, I got up kind of late today." She looked around at the somber faces around the conference table and cleared her throat.
"Sit down, sit down." A balding man waved at her from the front of the room. He had his wand in his hand, and seemed to be in the middle of a presentation. "We were just going through our new projects."
"I owe you, Jerry." Hermione mouthed as she took her seat at the end of the table. Once again, her boss had saved her from a good lashing from the upper officials. It was a good thing that she always made it a habit to bring him coffee daily.
Jerry winked at her before he continued, extending his wand out at the wall in front of them. "This, is our newest customer." He said as a picture of a blonde man in his twenties projected from his wand. "He is the newest bachelor on the block, and as you can see," Jerry pointed at the dress robe arousing laughter from the seated people. "He has some..uh..how do you say..problems with his choice of clothing?" His eyes glittered in amusement. "Anyways what he needs is a publicity agent slash stylist, and I think I know the perfect girl for the job!"
Hermione's eyes scanned over the handsome face and over the chiseled body dressed in a flashy way to flashy in her opinion green dress robe. She grimaced. He definately didn't have a style fit for his looks, but what did he need a publicity agent for? He looked like he would have a hard time dodging attention! Especially from the female population.
"Mya?" Jerry's eyes twinkled as she drifted out of her daydream. "This, is your new project."
"M-my new project?" Hermione gasped.
"Yes, all yours. You deserve it after all the hard work you have done for this company." Jerry started clapping, and soon the whole room was clapping loudly. "Alright, alright! Meetings over!" The ever-cheery boss announced as the clapping died down.
Hermione was sitting at her desk, glancing over the file thatJerry had given her after the meeting, stunned that she had gotten such an important project. Why me?
Glancing at her watch, she realized it was already 11, and remembering she had to call Ginny, she pulled her wizo-cell out from her purse and dialed Ginny's number.
"Hey, it's Mya." Hermione held her cell phone to her ear.
"Oh, hey Mya! So where are we going for lunch?" Ginny's high voice at the other end of the phone brought her spirits up.
"Mmm..How bout Hogsmeade? Just like old times! Er..let's say 12:30 in front of Madame Puddifoot's Cafe?" Hermione suggested.
"Sure. You seem excited, anything you want to talk about?" Ginny asked.
"Nothing really..oh shit Ms. Patsy is coming. Bye!" Hermione heard a snort at the other end before she hung up and stuffed her cell into her pocket. She straightened out just before Ms. Patsy saw her stuff her cell phone into her pocket.
"Ms. Granger." Emily nodded curtly as she walked by.
"Ms. Patsy." Hermione turned back to the file laying on her desk.
"You know you didn't deserve this project, you little-" Emily snarled as she leaned superiorly over Hermione.
"You little what? Bitch? Mudblood?" Hermione turned around, glaring at Emily. "Oh, I've heard it all, and I don't need to hear it from you. So why don't you budger off and leave me alone?" She smiled angelically. "Byebye."
Emily hrmphed and stalked off, looking murderously around at anyone who dared to cross her path.
Oh god, I take enough shit from everyone, do you really have to make my life worse! Making her way past the rows of rooms and cubicles, Hermione stopped to wave goodbye to Jerry before she left for her lunch break.
This job seems too good to be true. Hermione thought as she waited for the floo-elevator down to the first floor. She whistled as she waited, tapping her foot gently with her tune, totally oblivious to the fact that the elevator had just arrived.
Ahem. The owner of a deep voice cleared his throat, bring Hermione back to the office complex. "You going?" The deep voice behind her made her jump, almost making her trip over her own feet had not the owner of the voice caught her by the waist.
Hermione blushed, looking up into silver green eyes. She found her breath had gotten caught in her throat. Never before had she seen a man more gorgeous than the particular species before her.
"You alright?" The man's voice broke her inspection of his eyes.
Hermione cleared her throat, picking herself up out of his reach. "Sorry 'bout that." She mumbled as she walked into the elevator.
"No problem. I'm sorry about scaring you like that." The man followed her into the elevator, pressing the button for the first floor, and then looking around the elevator as if it was some magnificent piece of technology.
Casually, Hermione snuck a glance at the man: blond, chiseled features, gorgeous gray eyes and the nicest pair of arms she had ever seen. He looks...familiar?
"So, you work here?" The man said, turning to look at her with his stunning gray eyes.
"Mmhm. You?" Hermione turned her gaze away, hoping he did not see her blush.
"Oh, just looking around." He grinned as the door slid open, revealing the first floor of the building. "Well, I'll see you around then?"
Hermione nodded dumbly as he walked away. She blushed when he turned around, and after shooting her an wink, he exited through the main doors in the lobby. Damn that man is fine! Almost instantly, Hermione found herself daydreaming about a date with this handsome man.