A/N - Oh my goodness! I am sooo sorry for not updating for so long! I feel so horrible! Well, since it's summer vacation, I'm going to work extra hard to try to upload more chapters. Oh yah, and ... well ... I changed the point of view AGAIN! I'm really sorry if it bothers anyone, but it didn't really sound right in first person point of view, so I went back to third person. Hope it doesn't bug anyone. Well, hope you like this chapter!

P.S. I've noticed that I tend to skip a few words (like "of", "and", etc.) when I type, so I think I might need a beta to help me proofread my chapters. If anyone is interested, just leave a review! Thanks!

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Chapter Seven

Draco the Dolt

Hermione walked out of the fireplace, put Alexia down, and began to brush off the soot on their clothes caused by flooing. After, she held on to Alexia's small hand as she led the way to her office. On the way there, they were greeted with "Good Morning"s and "How Adorable"s, the latter, of course, directed at Alexia. Alexia politely and sweetly responded with a "Thank You" and one of her mega watt smiles.

"She certainly has some of Draco's more charming qualities," Hermione thought.

When they reached Hermione's office, she supplied Alexia with a stack of paper and a box of crayons. And with a flick of her wand, Hermione conjured a mini desk and chair.

"Thank you Mummy!" said Alexia cheerfully as she sat down and started to draw.

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"Good morning Mr. Malfoy," said the blonde receptionist.

"Good morning to you too Laura," Draco replied, along with his signature smirk.

Draco made his way to his office and as soon as he got there, sat down at his desk and got started on finishing the goblin report that Hermione dumped on him.

"Ugggghhh," he groaned as he took out a quill.

Ten minutes hadn't even passed when he threw his quill down and began walking around his office, bored.

"Merlin, this whole employment thing is excruciatingly boring. I can't see how people actually do this!"

He circled his office once more before deciding to go visit Hermione's office. "Maybe she'll amuse me," he thought.

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Hermione was taking a sip of her cappuccino when she heard an abrupt knock. She got up and walked to the door. She had only opened the door a few inches when she saw Draco's smirking face. She gasped and quickly shut the door.

"Oh no," She groaned, she looked around her office, her eyes resting on Alexia, who at the moment was giving her mother a puzzled look.

"What's wrong Mummy?" she asked.

"Alexia," said Hermione, her back was against the door, hoping that Draco wouldn't try to open it, "Listen to Mummy! Hand me my wand, and don't make a sound!"

Alexia quickly handed Hermione her wand, allowing her to quickly get rid of the desk, along with the papers and crayons.

"Hermione!" said Draco from behind the door, "let me in! Have you gone mad? Open the door!"

Hermione was starting to panic, "What am I doing to do with Alexia?" she thought to herself." She certainly couldn't get rid of Alexia like she did the crayons! And Draco showed no signs of going away, in fact, he was now banging on the door.

"MALFOY!" she shouted, "go away!"

"Hermione, let me in!"

"NO!"

Draco had now started to push against the door. Hermione knew she was in trouble, there was no way she was strong enough to stop him from entering her office.

"LET ME IN!"

"Alexia," said Hermione in a strangled whisper, "Hide under my desk! And please PLEASE stay quiet!"

Alexia, although strongly perplexed, obeyed her mother's orders.

Just as Draco gave one large push against the door, Hermione opened it, causing Draco to crash onto Hermione.

"OOFH!" They both ended up in a tangled heap on the floor.

"Get off of me!" yelped Hermione, pushing Draco off of her.

"Oh Merlin, I think I broke something," groaned Draco.

"Good," replied Hermione as she stood up and brushed herself off. "Well Draco? What do you want?"

"The pleasure of your company," he replied as he got up, smirking his smirk once more.

"Well I have to get back to work. Some of us actually work for a living," she replied pointedly.

"Too bad for them then."

"Are you aware that you are an extremely spoiled person?"

He replied by simply smirking at her.

"Merlin! Does he ALWAYS have to smirk?" thought Hermione, rolling her eyes.

Unfortunately for Hermione, a sudden and slightly stifled sneeze came from under her desk. Hermione's eyes widened in horror.

"Please tell me Draco didn't hear that!" she thought to herself and she immediately began to feign a coughing fit.

The attempt was in vain, because apparently, Draco heard. "What was that?" he asked, looking towards her desk.

"What was what?" responded Hermione, frantically moving towards her desk.

"That sneeze!" he exclaimed as he tried to look around the desk.

Hermione quickly ran past him and began to block the desk from him. "You're imagining things Draco! There was NO sneezing! That was me COUGHING!"

"I'm not a dolt! I know what I heard!"

"Draco, don't lie to yourself, you're a dolt! An arrogant one! Just let it go! Forget about it!"

Draco looked at her suspiciously, "You're hiding something, aren't you?"

"That's silly," she replied, her voice wavering slightly, "what would I be hiding?"

"Oh merlin! It's a MAN, isn't it?" accused Draco.

"NO!"

"A woman?"

"NO YOU DOLT!"

"Well," said Draco as he glided past Hermione and walked over to her desk, "it's behind your desk, and I intend to find out what it is."