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Chapter Five-

Ginny came into her apartment without turning on the light, as she did every night. She dropped her keys unceremoniously on the counter, tore off her coat throwing it in the direction of the coat-rack. She then pulled out a couple of small packages from her coat pocket and with a wave of her wand they were resized to their original mass. The groceries now on the counter seemed to mock her, seeing as how she had to now unpack the groceries-another thing keeping her from a much needed nap. Make that a long nap.

Reluctantly she went to begin unloading the groceries when someone picked her up from behind. Ginny let out a yelp of surprise but soon realized who her captive was and exactly where he was taking her.

"I thought I told you to get some rest." Draco chided as he carried her to her room and set her down, making easy work of taking off her shoes.

Ginny was too tired to argue, simply murmured something about needing groceries.

"Believe it or not Ginevra I am capable of getting them."

Oh Harry would throw an absolute FIT if he knew Draco was doing this. Ginny thought as Draco began to massage her shoulders. Realizing she was still thinking about that prat Ginny decided it was safest if she emptied her thoughts. She felt Draco as he stood up and pulled the covers back for her to climb under. She did and then he tucked her in with a comment about "silly girl" and then left as quietly as he had come.

In the darkness of her room Ginny let her thoughts run wild again. Thoughts of her family, her job, her friends, and Harry flooded her already muddled mind. The thoughts of Harry were the most prominent among them. Ginny lay in bed for a good hour thinking of the mysterious green eyed boy until sleep finally claimed her.

Harry apparated to his flat that was not far from the office in London. He knew he had to pack but he was too tired to do so right now.

Hell, I don't have that much stuff, most of it's already there. Harry thought to himself. He sat down on his "bed", also known as a couch to other people and sprawled out, eventually falling asleep to prepare for what was promising to be a very eventful tomorrow.

At the Ministry of Magic, the branch in Oxford, Ginny came was already at work despite the early hour. She was drinking her coffee and scanning the Finnegan files again. She raised the cup to her lips to take another drink of the bittersweet liquid when the Minister of Magic himself came into her office. Ginny sat down her cup and looked up at him, a worried look on her face. "Minister? What do I owe this unexpected visit?" Ginny said, her voice, as it always was at work, unattached and impersonal.

"I came to inform you that you will not me working with Agent Malfoy on this assignment. You have been assigned to an agent from the London base, does this present any inconveniences?" Dagan said, his voice as informal and detached as Ginny's had been.

"No sir, there is no problem at all." Ginny replied. She was secretly wondering why her partner had been reassigned in the middle of a case but decided if she was suppose to know she would.

"Well, now that we have covered that I would like you to meet Agent Evans. He is among the elite in his own office and I believe he will be a positive addition to this case." The Minister (Dagan) stepped aside and the very last person Ginny wanted to see at the moment entered her office.

Ginny couldn't keep her jaw from dropping slightly. What is he doing here?! Ginny thought frantically, her thoughts running wild. She didn't know exactly how she managed to shut her mouth, but she did and for that much she was grateful. She nodded her head, making a point to avoid Harry's eyes.

Harry stepped into the room after listening to the minister talk to Agent Comings. He visibly started when he saw who 'Comings' was. He momentarily gaped at her before gathering his wits and inclining his head. "Agent Comings." Harry addressed Ginny, or Comings, his voice void of emotion.

"Agent Evans, pleasure to get the chance to work with you." Ginny replied casually, her voice as unattached as his was.

"Not at all Comings, the pleasure's all mine. You're reputation exceeds you." Harry complimented.

Dagan looked between the two of them, a slight twinkle in his eye. He had a look on his face saying he was hiding something from them, but neither dared to ask. "Well now that you have," The minister cleared his throat, "met, I'll be on my way. Good day Comings, Evans." Dagan said, inclining his head to the aforementioned parties in turn, before turning and leaving.

The office door shut with a resounding clunk, the noise seeming to evaporate into the uncomfortable silence. Neither agent made any move to start conversation, quite the opposite as neither seemed to breathe.

Ginny finally managed to gather enough willpower to look up at Harry, her gaze locking with his. All thoughts of conversation fled her mind as she lost herself in the intense gaze of a certain emerald eye man.

Harry felt a blush rising up his neck as Ginny looked up and found him gazing intently at her. He somehow managed to hold her gaze though, how he would never know and he wasn't sure he really cared too much about it. All he knew was that his feet seemed to have a mind of their own as he found himself closing the distance between himself and Ginny.

Ginny's breath caught in her throat at the intensity of the gaze Harry directed at her. She felt him closing in the short distance between them but she didn't feel the urge to stop him, quite the opposite actually as she found herself willing him to come closer.

Harry stopped a few inches away from Ginny's face, his breathing becoming staggered. He gazed down at her and was pleased to see she didn't look reproachful at all. Before he even knew what he was doing, he was leaning slowly down to Ginny, making sure she knew what he planned on doing.

Ginny could barely believe it when Harry leaned down slowly to kiss her, making sure his intentions were known. Ginny didn't stop him, oh no she took matters into her own hands as she put a hand behind his head and brought his lips down to hers.

The kiss at first was simply chaste, but as they began exploring, they just couldn't seem to stop. Ginny's gasped softly in surprise when she felt Harry's tongue outline her lower lip, and as soon as she opened her mouth he slipped his tongue inside.

Ginny gave herself up to the kiss, forgetting all about the case and where she was. What she was suppose to be doing. All of that seemed unimportant at the moment. She gasped yet again when Harry's hand slid up the back of her jumper.

Just then, before things could progress any further the door to the office opened. They jumped apart guiltily to find a very amused Draco Malfoy leaning against the door jam.

Harry glared at the intruder, clearly unhappy at being interrupted. Though secretly he was glad that Malfoy had come when he had, before he and Ginny did something they would regret. "What do you want, Malfoy?" Harry gritted out. His arms were still around Ginny's waist and hers around his neck.

"Many things Potter, one of them never to have to see my best friend snogging my mortal enemy." Draco drawled. He pushed himself away from the door, arms still crossed and walked over to the slightly disheveled couple.

"Well rest assured Draco, I will never snog Voldemort. All for you." Ginny replied sarcastically, a smirk on her face. She blushed and let go of Harry when she realized she was still holding onto him. The fact he made no move to remove his arms was not lost on her.

Draco made a face at Ginny and stuck his tongue out at her before hitting her lightly on the head with a folder he head been holding, presumably bringing them. (can u imagine that? Malfoy sticking his tongue out at someone??) "You know what I mean Commings." Draco replied as he handed the folder to Harry. "These are the case files on Johnson."

"Johnson? Why on earth would we need this?" Harry implored. He released his hold on Ginny and took the aforementioned file from Draco, opening it with his thumb and flipping through it.

"Commings believes he may have some connection to the murder of the witnesses. She'll explain more thoroughly later." Draco replied, his voice professional and not teasing as it had been only moments before.

"Thank you, Malfoy." Ginny said from her seat, which she had retreated to while the men discussed the file.

"No problem agent." Draco said, heading for the door. Just as he was about to shut it behind himself he poked his head back in, the teasing glint back in his eyes. "Oh, and DO try to be more careful next time you decide to snog each other senseless. Be glad I wasn't the chief." Draco said and with that he left.

Ginny blushed to the roots of her hair at Draco's parting comment. She dared not look at Harry though she was dieing to know what his reaction was. Instead she occupied herself with the other case files, seeing as Harry had the one she truly desired to glance over. Instead she settled herself for the criminologist reports. She looked at the name of the witness of this particular report and dropped it in surprise.

Harry saw Ginny drop the file on her desk and was concerned. He knew these reports and names were just released so he had no idea who the person was. He cocked his head to the side and his eyes narrowed in concern. "Ginny, are you alright?" Harry inquired. When there was no answer coming from the person in question Harry went around the desk to peer at the file that seemed to petrify Ginny. When he saw the name he felt his blood run cold.

At the top corner of the file that held the information of the case in question was the name Neville Longbottom.

A/N: Not really a cliffhanger, but makes you wonder huh? I hated this chapter and chapter four. Hopefully the turnout isn't as bad since I rewrote them both numerous times. Please R/R. Common courtesy. It only takes a few seconds and you're done.