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Chapter 2

Hermione walked up to her flat, where Lavender still must be and walked in.

"Lavender?"

She didn't get an answer but she heard someone crying, it was coming from Lavender's bedroom.

"Lav? Honey are you all right?"

Lavender opened the door and looked at Hermione, then she burst into tears again.

"Good morning sunshine."

Lavender just shook her head. Tears were streaming down her face and her nose was all red.

"Come on" Hermione patted her on the back, "get dressed"

Hermione walked through the stuffy room and opened Lavender's, lavender curtains. When they first moved in and went shopping for curtains and such, they decided Lavender should buy lavender curtains. Lavender, being the ditz she is, didn't even know that there was such colour, and went around telling everyone that day that someone made up a nice purple colour and named it after her, and Hermione and Parvati had spent the whole day trying to convince her she wasn't famous.

Lavender sniffed again, and pulled back the covers on her bed.

"No I'm going back to bed," she said as she flopped back down on it. "I have no reason to live"

"The suns out!" Hermione turned her head and smiled at the girl.

"Okay I'll just -" she didn't finish because she decided to blow her nose and weep again.

" Aw, well I brought something for you," Hermione walked over and sat on the edge of the bed. She then pulled the samples of make-up and the nice green sweater and handed it to Lavender.

"Put this on and it will make your eyes look fiercely green" she winked at her and smiled in a comforting manner.

"Oh" Lavender started crying again.

"Come on Lav, I'm not going to let you lose your job on top of everything else"

"Oh Hermione"

"Come here" Hermione beckoned her with open arms.

Lavender threw her arms around Hermione's neck, and nodded, "I'll be okay"

Hermione nodded and patted her on the back.

"Lav, don't worry. You only dated the guy for a week"

"It was the best week of my life" and then she once again started sobbing.

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"Hey Ron!" Harry said as he walked into the office he shared with Ron and Draco.

"Hey Bud" Ron got up from his desk and stood to his full height, 6'2, and walked over the Harry. Ron had been on the Chudley Cannons Quidditch team for two years, and then he quit. He realized that the dream he wanted, which was to be known and famous and above others, wasn't that great at all. Being famous was awesome, but being normal was better. So Harry got him a job where he worked, and Ron was much happier being in an office with his friends, rather then traveling all over the world.

Draco then just walked in to the office looking sad. Draco was also the same height as Harry and Ron. After the defeat of Voldemort he was left no choice but to leave his family, he was feeling disgusted by his father and his mother was already dead. Living on his own, he felt lonely, until he found comfort in Ginny Weasley. Him and Ginny were both happily married, and already had a 3-year-old daughter, Taylor. It took Ron some getting used to, seeing his little sister with his enemy. But time passed and everyone became accustomed to it, they agreed that in Hogwarts they were just all immature, so they didn't know any better. Draco also asked for a job with Harry and Ron. So now they were closer then ever.

"Did you hear?" he asked Harry.

"What? That the Quidditch finals are here and Chudley Cannons are going to win!"

he said as he took off his jacket and threw it on the chair.

"You were right," Draco folded his arms and looked at Harry. "Max Hurlin is looking for a new add agency, and Warren wants to move on it"

Harry threw his fist in the air, "YES! Oh- oh this is a good thing, this is a good thing"

He started to take off his shirt and the window to his office was still open to everyone in the hallway. Some ladies getting their coffee stopped and admired his broad shoulders and nice chest.

Harry completely missing the fact that women were gazing at him continued talking to Ron and Draco.

"Did you guys know, that diamonds are as common as taxis on a busy day in London, the value is entirely precious, maintained by supply, demand and advertising"

Draco held up Harry's two work shirts asking him to choose one.

"Strips" he handed it to Harry. "- and Delourer dominates the world diamond market, meaning if I represent them, they represent our entire industry."

Ron and Draco shared uneasy looks then turned back to Harry.

"What?" Harry asked eyeing them.

"Someone is already spoken for the job" Ron nodded.

"Yeah, Hannah and Lovegood are already on it"

"No way!!" Harry said, then out of the corner of his eye, saw all the women staring at him. They all turned away blushing.

"They're over at that girl magazine now." Harry said thinking he could ask them to quit.

"No Harry it's too late, Warren is meeting the two for drinks tonight at Three Broomsticks to discuss their ideas"

"No. These girls aren't ruining this for me. This is my pitch, my baby, I haven't worked on a project in so long"

Ron and Draco nodded their heads agreeing.

Harry smiled, "Three Broomsticks tonight."

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Hermione and Lavender got out of the taxis and Parvati was right in front of them waiting with their coffees in her hand. She came up and handed Lavender her coffee first smiling at her comfortingly.

"Hi sweetheart"

"Hi"

Parvati then handed Hermione her coffee as Lavender said, "I really don't wanna talk about it okay?"

"Okay"

"That's good"

They began walking towards their building when Lavender stopped, and started crying again.

"Why does this always happen to me?" she whined. "I mean things are going good for a week and a half and then its over," she looked between Hermione and Lavender, "and I am mystified"

"My poor baby" Parvati said as she and Hermione followed Lavender through the glass doors of the building.

"I mean we were so connected," she stamped her foot looking like a child who couldn't buy any candy. "The first time we had sex, it was so beautiful I cried"

She swiftly turned around and made her way to elevator.

Parvati and Hermione looked bewildered.

"You cried?!" Parvati exclaimed, looking as if the world were about to end.

"You mean like one glistening tear right?" Hermione asked as she handed Lavender a tissue.

"No" she said as she passed through the gate near the elevators, "I was really emotional, I even told him I loved him"

The girls stared at each other, totally starstrucked.

"After how many days?" Hermione asked cautiously.

"Two" Lavender hung her head low.

Parvati looked as if she had seen her former professor, Snape, dancing in a thong.

"Don't look at me like that! That's how I felt I wanted to express myself" she pushed the red button on the elevator.

"Well did he say it back" they asked.

"He didn't have to, I know he felt the same. But then he got really busy and he was never home. I kept calling him -"

"YOU KEPT CALLING HIM?"

"Well I never left a message, so he doesn't know its me.."

"Yeah, you're right. It was probably one of his friends, because men they frequently call each other" Parvati said sarcastically.

They all got into the elevator as Lavender said , "I know why he dumped me anyway." She looked down at herself. "I'm too fat"

"You're not fat" Hermione and Parvait said at the same time.