Author's Note: Again I sincerely apologize for not updating soon. I am currently busy working on my other fic (a Draco/Hermione fic) and I seem to stumble upon a writer's block when writing this fic. But since I am here writing again it can only mean that I somehow have overcome my writer's block! *grins*
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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VII. Aida's Wrath
Draco was interrupted from reading the briefs Ginny handed to him earlier when he walked in to the office by loud shouts coming from outside his office. Frowning, he set down the piece of parchment he was reading and listened to the raised voice of one particular woman. After a couple of seconds of listening, Draco's shoulders sagged and he shook his mop of blond hair.
Aida.
He completely forgot all about her and their date Saturday night. She was berating at Ginny over something that he couldn't quite understand, but he better go out there and sort it out before the other witch does something to his secretary and Potter'll have his head if something untoward happened to Ginny Weasley!
"What's going on here?" he questioned as soon as he stepped out of his office and found Aida Watson, a charming, sexy blond witch supermodel leaning over Ginny's desk, practically clawing the cute redhead's pretty eyes out.
Both women whipped their heads towards his direction as soon as he appeared. Ginny took that moment to get up from her chair and moved away from the fire-breathing blond who has been chewing her ear out since she arrived nearly ten minutes ago.
"Draco Malfoy, how dare you stood me up Saturday night and take this...this...this filthy wench," Aida Watson was jabbing her thumb over at Ginny's direction in great disgust, "to dinner when we already made plans for Saturday night?!"
Draco raised an eyebrow, his steel gray eyes following the direction of his soon-to-be ex-lover's thumb at where Ginny now stood, cowering against the wall, her bright green eyes (a/n: yeah, yeah, I know, I saw the movie and read too many fics to know that Ginny has dark eyes, but since I started this fic with her having green eyes, it's kinda too late for me to change that, so let's stick with it for now, shall we? thanks!) wide from surprise. She darted her gaze towards him, her forehead creased into a frown and her eyes were questioning him. He knew what Ginny was wondering about. He told her that night he would send an owl to Aida telling her he was canceling their dinner date because he had to work overtime and discuss something with his secretary, but the truth of the matter was Draco never sent any owl to Aida. She was close to becoming history in the pages of Draco Malfoy's black book for him to care too much about breaking a date with her.
"She's not a filthy wench, you useless piece of anorexic bitch!" Draco came to Ginny's defense, surprising both women--and even himself--as soon as the words flew out of his mouth.
Aida gasped in shocked surprise, her hand flying up to cover her mouth as her eyes started to pool with tears while Ginny stood frozen where she was, her eyes darting back and forth between the stunning blond supermodel and the all superior blond player. She couldn't believe that Draco just stood up for her. Her, a Weasley, of all people!
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"I'm really sorry about that scene with Aida earlier, Ginny." Draco apologized after he served both himself and Ginny a strong cup of coffee. It was close to noon and Aida left their office about half an hour ago, blistering mad at Draco's jump in Ginny's defense. At least he has ridden himself with one paramour.
Ginny clutched the boiling hot mug of coffee in her hands, holding it just a few inches away from her lips. She was still a bit shaken by the turn of events earlier. Never in her entire life did she expect to have Draco Malfoy jump to her defense. Lifting her green eyes from the mug's rim, she looked across the room and met Draco's gaze.
"Why'd you do it?" she asked softly.
Draco's forehead furrowed at the center of his head, "Did what, Ginny?"
"Why did you insult your girlfriend in my defense?" she questioned.
"Because she insulted you, and I think she deserved to be insulted back for she has no right to call you names when she herself has been labeled a wench--hopping from one bed after another." he replied with disgust lining his tone.
"Then why are you with her if she's known to be a bed-hopper?"
"I was with her, Ginny." he corrected her, "And the reason why I decided to date her was because...well, most of the men she bedded boasted that she was a good bed partner, and I wanted to have first-hand experience." he gave a non-committal shrug.
Ginny raised an eyebrow, "You just dated her because you wanted to get laid?"
"In a crude way, yeah." he nodded looking and sounding nonplussed.
Ginny frowned, "And was she even worth it?"
"No." came Draco's quick reply before taking a sip of his steaming hot coffee. "I think she knew her lack of...er, let's say talent in bed hence why she often put a spell on her lovers."
"Did she manage to put one on you?"
"No." he shook his head firmly, "Before she could I already warned her that if ever I find out she was manipulating me one way or the other, her whole career would be tarnished."
"And it worked?"
"Yeah." he pushed himself upright in his seat and added, "We only did it once and never again will I want to sleep with her. And I have been contemplating on ending our so-called affair for quite some time now. Saturday night was suppose to be our final date then au revoir Aida."
"But you didn't get the chance to because of what Harry did. Instead you were forced to take me out to dinner and--" Ginny stopped when she saw Draco raised his hand to silence her.
He placed his coffee mug on his desk and leaned towards his desk, his gray eyes watching her face intently. "I was never forced to take you to lunch or dinner, Ginny Weasley. I asked you to lunch and dinner simply because I wanted to, not because I was forced to." he admitted.
For the second time that day Ginny was once again rendered speechless by Draco Malfoy. God, he sure have changed a lot since she last saw him!
Draco knew he surprised her with his heartfelt confession. Hell, he himself was surprised at the words that flew out of his mouth! But there was something about Ginny Weasley that just made him want to protect her all the time. Although she showed that she was an independent woman who could look after herself without needing a man to stand by her side, still, there was still that vulnerability surrounding her.
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to be continued...
A/N: OMG! I can't believe I finished writing this chapter in one sitting! Uhm...well, it kinda sucked this chapter. I'm still suffering from the remnants of writer's block, but don't worry, ideas/plots are starting to formulate in my head as I type this note out so please bear with me and just watch out for the next chapter--whenever that maybe uploaded!
song*breeze: Hey Katie, well that's good to hear that you decided to read this on your own accord. And I'm happy I can persuade you to read a romance fic! *lol*
Cherries: well I think he is...I mean, he's attracted to Ginny, is he not? hehehehe, but of course he doesn't know that yet...
Gin the Gemini: I'm trying to write longer chapters, but I always seem to end up with short ones. And him a horny ferret? hehehe, at first that's what I wanted him to be simply because...well, simply because I wanted him to be a player! *lol*
Fernanda: thanks for loving this fic
Angela: you have so many D/G fics you could recommend? well, recommend away, girl! *lol* I sure would love to read some more D/G fics *grins*
Dannie7: well, thank you for saying that Draco's a smart smooth-talker! *lol*
cosmoz: thank you so much for your review! and my chapters will vary from being long to being short--depends on how inspired I really am when writing a certain chapter! *lol*
The Dark Faerie: Oooh...I kinda like the last suggestion of yours "Dripping-wet-and-only-in-a-towel-around-the-waist-Draco!!" hehehe...hmmm...actually there's a helluva good mental picture there! *grins*
Lucius: neither can I, but knowing Draco, he rarely has any comical look on his face so it'll be a challenge to just picture him doing one
caramel-creme: well here's the continuation! I'm sorry for a long delay...been battling some writer's block for this fic...
Hannah4Daniel: whoa! I am indeed surprised to read your name in my reviewers for this fic. So you a D/G shipper too? hehehehe, I think Draco paired up with either Gryffindor lassies is good...hehehehe
