Author's Note: Too all of you, I am terribly sorry for not updating in a while. I am currently busy juggling two fanfics posted here. I am writing both at the same time and sometimes I get ideas for one and just have to write it down before I forget. But anyway, now I got another idea for the next chapter so sit back and enjoy this latest chapter for this fic...
Disclaimer: Sadly enough HP doesn't belong to me...but the plot and other unknown characters are mine
Summary: Draco Malfoy turned a new leaf during his 7th year at Hogwarts. Now he works for the Ministry doing something for the good alongside his school days nemesis, Harry Potter. Enter Ginny Weasley, youngest sibling of Harry's best friend, as their new secretary. Hidden attraction surfaces and jealousy ensues.
Setting: 5 years after Hogwarts
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VI. Two Dates in a Row
Ginny was busy cleaning up her modest apartment and getting things organized since she hardly have the time to do so during the week. Working for Harry and Draco at the Department of Magical Sports and Games was a very demanding job, unlike her previous job when the only time she was required to do work was when the head of the company was doing his rounds and her former boss wanted to brown-nose and show off.
Her lunch date with Draco the previous day left her in a daydreamy sort of mood. She couldn't stop wondering about her previous opinion of Draco. Sure he was still the same hunky player from Hogwarts she remembered, but there were layers to him that were rarely seen--or rather it was never seen--during their school days together.
At around quarter to three, just when she was about done tidying her modest apartment up, somebody banged their fist hard on her door, making her jump in surprise. Glaring at the person on the other side of the door, she angrily called out "Coming!" and took a peek through the tiny peep-hole to see who her intruder was. She nearly collapsed against her door when she saw a certain blond haired boy with silver gray eyes standing on the other side, his fist poised to bang on her door again. But before Draco Malfoy created a hole on her door she quickly yanked it open.
"What the hell are you doing disrupting my peaceful Saturday afternoon, Malfoy?" she demanded angrily.
"Ginny!" he exclaimed in surprise, catching his fist before it connected--not with the hard wooden door--with her chest. "Did I--did I catch you at a bad timing?" he asked sheepishly.
She stood back, an eyebrow raised and her arms crossed over her chest. "I'm on my official day off, Draco." she reminded him sternly.
"Oh...would you mind working overtime today?" he asked.
"What?!" he has got to be kidding! What does he mean work overtime? She has been putting a lot of overtime at work since she started. Not that she minded since working overtime allows her extra money when payday comes rolling by, but she has put enough overtime hours and today she certainly made other plans!
"I'm in a lurch here, Ginny. Harry went away on holidays--he and that mysterious girl of his decided to leave on holidays and left me alone to handle whatever it was he was working on." he produced a couple of brown folders from the inside of his robe and handed it to her, "You and Potter were working on whatever it was he was involved with and since I have no idea whatsoever on what it was he was working on, I need your help to figure it out." he explained almost in one breath.
Ginny took the folders he was holding and opened the top one, reading what was written on the first page and sighed. Shaking her head she closed it and handed the folder back to Draco. He was right. There was no way Draco Malfoy would make sense of what Harry was working on since it was a project Harry only recently acquired and has been secretly tinkering with before he introduced it to his partner.
"So Harry went away with the girl, huh?" she asked and stepped aside, "Might as well come in. This'll take a while and it's a very complicated project this one Harry left you to handle."
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Draco wished he didn't have to work with Harry. He just spent a good three and a quarter hours with Ginny Weasley inside her homey apartment discussing Harry's project. It was some sort of sports event aimed at children. Very tricky and complicated since kids often takes things in a not-so-serious note.
"Harry would've discussed this with you sooner, but you were always too busy with some other extra curricular activities of yours for him to set up a meeting with you." she pointed out a matter-of-factly.
"What extra curricular activities?" he asked innocently.
Ginny raised a disbelieving eyebrow at him.
"How many times this past week alone did you ask me to scan all your owl posts, hm?" she got up and gathered his and her tea cups. She deposited it on the sink and turned back to him, clearing her throat as she tried to imitate Draco's voice, "Ginny, if that post is from Daisy tell her I'm indisposed. Ginny, if that post is from Sharon tell her we're still on for lunch. Ginny, if that post is from Jessica tell her I'll swing by her place after work. Ginny, if that post is from Anya tell her I'll be with her as soon as I'm done my lunch date with Sofia--er, correction, don't mention Sofia's name or anything about my lunch date with her. Just tell Anya I have a meeting with somebody for lunch today...and on and on we go with the names and the dates and the post replies."
Draco stared at the impressive redhead standing against the sink of her tiny apartment kitchen. He couldn't believed she remembered everything he said, and was able to retell it to him word-for-word!
"You surprise me, Weasley." he muttered under his breath when he finally regained back his composure.
Ginny raised an eyebrow, "Surprise you how?"
Draco shrugged, "By being so attentive." he lazily pushed himself from the wooden dining chair he has been using for a couple of hours now and stretched out the kinks off his back and shoulders. He quickly glanced at the wall clock beside Ginny's fridge and stared in shock. "Holy shit! It's almost six-thirty!"
Ginny frowned and looked at her wall clock then back at him, "Yeah, so?"
Draco tore his gaze from the clock and frowned at her, "It's already supper time, Ginny. C'mon, let's go."
"Go?" she echoed, remaining where she stood and stared at the blond haired man who just asked her to come with him. "Go where?"
"To dinner, where else?" he told her matter-of-factly.
"Uh...why?"
"Because it's already late and I obviously took up most of your time. You haven't got dinner prepared and I know I owe you dinner for taking the time this afternoon to update me on this no-nonsense project Potter landed us."
"Are you asking me to have dinner with you, Draco?" she raised a query eyebrow at him, her ears still not believing what she heard him say.
"Yeah. Is there something wrong with that?" he gave her a comical look.
"Uh...unless you have suddenly hit your head against a brick wall then yes! I mean, hello?! Why would you be taking me out to dinner on a Saturday night when you have a schedule date with Aida at seven?" she reminded him sternly.
"Aida?" he echoed. He completely forgotten about her and his dinner date with her. "My date with her was for tonight?"
"Uh-huh." she nodded, "Jeez, I left you a reminder yesterday. I even sent you an owl after you left me to have the rest of the day off yesterday just to remind you not to forget your date tonight!"
"Hmm..." Draco didn't look the least bit perturbed. "Well then I'll just have to owl her at the very last minute and tell her I couldn't make it. I'll tell her that I'm working on something and will be taking my secretary out to dinner to discuss business." he shrugged.
"But we already discussed business, Draco." she reminded him.
"Yeah, I know. But Aida doesn't know that, does she, hm?"
Ginny still felt a bit uneasy with his suggestion, but since he was right, it was already too late for her to whip up something for dinner--not that she have enough anyway since she still has to go do some grocery shopping--she accepted his offer and agreed to have dinner with him.
Wow. Two dates with Draco Malfoy? Since when did that happen? Me dining with a Malfoy nevertheless! she thought to herself as she made her way to her bedroom to change.
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to be continued...
A/N: I told you folks I'll be taking a long vacation from updating this fic, and I'm sorry for that. I was suffering from some writer's block hence why I needed to stop updating and gather all my thoughts and think of something to write for the next chapter.
Draco-lover, leo lover, valkyrie1689: thanks for leaving your mark
babybunny: hmmm...actually that's not a bad idea. i'll keep that suggestion in mind in case i stumble upon a road block somewhere along the way...hehehe
Slytherin Child: I think my break is already over--well, at least for now since I got the next chapter up! *lol* hope you liked it
harypotrfan: thanks for letting me know about Ginny's eye colour. and yes, I did check out Fire Dreams but haven't left my mark there yet, but I have read it and it's good!
Coconut: hehehe, well Draco's not really just after getting into Ginny's panties! He's just living up to his reputation as a player and don't worry, I think with Ginny he's going to turn a new leaf
seekerpeeker: you like Harry in this fic?! hehehe, whoa! and how and why do you like my Harry in this fic? *grins*
The Dark Faerie: Draco's ultra sexy no matter what! And I think Ginny's starting to notice just how much of an Adonis Draco is! *lol*
[anonymous]: whomever you are, thanks for leaving your mark and here's the update
PyachoicOne: thanx for the compliment/comment about my capturing the characters...well here's the update
Dannie7: *lol* of course he'll have to be nice to her or else he'll be answering to Harry when he misses a step around Ginny!
cosmoz: I'm sorry for short chappies...it was intended, it just happens to end that way and I'm trying to write much longer chapters, but alas, I am having a hard time. But don't worry, I'll try harder next time
Amethyst: I'll do my best to write longer chapters! and here's chapter 6!!!
AshAngel: well right now I dunno who that mystery woman is that Harry went to lunch with. Hmm...I'll probably just surprise ya'll....hehehehe, and Harry and Draco having a competition 'coz of Ginny? hmm...I have thought of that...
Sabrina Weasley: I haven't thought of how her family will react...maybe in later chapters we'll see *grins*
song*breeze: I'll probably stuff Harry somewhere later on...and Draco giving Ginny the day off? Your guess is as good as mine! *lol* and don't worry, fluff'll be coming along soon...I want to first build up some sort of friendship between them
Angela: hey, thanks for checking this fic out! Hr/D & G/D fics are my faves so now I'm juggling between LGO and this one...hehehehe
