Chapter Seven: The Truth About Nancy

Hermione and Ron watched as Ms Castlie led their friend and enemy away.

"Um..." Hermione said.

Ron stomped his foot. "Can you believe that??? She didn't even look at me! I mean, not that I'd want to model, but I'm certainly..."

Hermione tuned Ron out as she spotted a small business card on the floor.

"... Am I right or am I right?" Ron asked.

Hermione whipped her head around to him. "Oh, yeah, Ron... you're right. But look. That Castlie woman dropped a business card."

Ron bent down and picked it up. He held it up close to his face and squinted his eyes. "Miss Nancy Castlie... secretary of the MISU... nude photography... 175 Wicca Drive... 1-800-7364..."

Hermione snatched the card out of his hand, and quickly read it. Ron peered over her shoulder to catch a glimpse.

Hermione dropped the card, and they looked at each other. "NUDE PHOTOGRAPHY???"

"Right. I'm looking for a bit more... that's it... now just... no no no, like this...."

"Miss Castlie, -"

"Please, call me Nancy,"

"Well, Nancy, is this necessary?"

"Yes, yes, of course! Just do it like me..."

"I'm not sure if that's physically possible, Nancy,"

"Here, let me see,"

"I am not going to let you see it!"

"Stubborn little thing, aren't you?"

"... Excuse me...?"

"Oh, I'm not talking about you, dear."

"Uh huh..."

"Look, just let me-,"

"Nancy, I can do it!"

"No need to shout!"

"Let go!!! Ow!"

Holly watched in amusement as Nancy and Draco fought over her briefcase, which didn't seem to open. (A/N: Heh heh, gotcha.)

"Oh wait, we need the key," Nancy said.

"There was a key???" Draco asked.

Nancy nodded, and unlocked the briefcase.

"We've been trying to open this thing, and all along you had a key?!" Draco yelled.

Ignoring his shouting, Nancy retrieved some papers, and shut the case closed with a clunky sort of click. Like, clunk, but not so heavy. Well, kind of heavy, seeing as it was a heavy briefcase. But kind of clicky, in a -

"Anyway," said Nancy, not realizing that she was cutting me o- "Here are the papers I need you to sign. Now, there's no need to read it really, just-"

Draco looked at his watch, and panicked. "5:15 already!!! I've got to go to cheerleading practice,"

"You're a cheerleader?" Nancy asked, interested.

"The captain cheerleader, in fact," Draco replied proudly.

"How cute!" she cooed.

"Uh, I've gotta go too," Holly said, wanting to leave. "Bye."

"Well, I'll see you tomorrow!" Nancy called after them.

Draco and Holly were running to make it in time. Well, Draco was, at least, 'cause he cared about cheerleading. Holly was running to get away from Nancy.

"I've never been so absent –minded in my life," Draco said.

"That's nice," said Holly, not really listening.

Draco held the door open for her as they exited the school, and onto the grounds. "Modeling should be pretty interesting, hmm?"

Holly was now running to get away from Malfoy. "Sure,"

"This'll look so good on my permanent record," Draco added.

Holly wasn't sure if he was being sarcastic, or if he really meant it, so she chose her words carefully. "... I'm sure it will."

Malfoy beamed.

A/N: That's it for now. Got to go and do some productive crap or something. Don't forget to review! Please Review! Please!

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