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Chapter 3

"All right ladies" said Lana. She was Hermione's boss. She had vampire white skin and short black hair, she had a mean look to her.

"Okay we'll start today's meeting off with you Cho."

Hermione put her head in her hands as Cho gave off a squeal of delight. She laughed and shrieked as much as she cried, which was a lot. Hermione never liked working with her, she was always too happy and then the next second she would be breaking down in tears, it really got on her nerves.

"Okay I did and article on a lady who accidentally cast a hair charm on herself and set her hair on fire, it's really sad," she paused. "But upbeat" she gave off a toothy smile and another annoying giggle.

'I cannot believe Harry crushed on this girl', Hermione thought.

"I also did another story on the chudley cannons game, how that one guy fell off his broom from like totally 60 feet in the air. But it's upbeat!"

"And my last story is about a member from the 'Weird Sisters' she got a fungus on her toe. It's a terrible story," she paused and looked around the room, and smiled, "but surprisingly.Upbeat!"

Hermione, Parvati and Lavender shared amused looks.

"Well how wonderful" Lana clapped her hands together and then looked around the room and rested her eyes on Hermione, who was absentmindedly twisting a lock of her hair.

"Hermione" she got the girl's attention and she lifted her eyes to Lana. "What's next with 'How to with Hermione'"

"Oh!" she paused, wringing her hands together. "I've been working on something different." She stopped and looked up to see the look on her boss's face, "It's a political piece." she trailed off when Lana interrupted her.

"No, Hermione. I am your boss I say what goes -"

"But -"

"No. For now you write what I want. When you turn it into a must read, then feel free to write wherever the wind blows you, but right now I'm making the decision."

Hermione sighed. She knew it was no use arguing with her boss. She did not want to write about shoes and fashion anymore. She was sick of her job. She wanted more. She worked hard in school, this isn't what she should be doing. She stopped thinking to herself and turned her attention to Lavender who was now being questioned by Lana.

"N-o, S-sorry, I didn't have time to do my column this week. I haven't been feeling to -" Lavender was stuttering.

"She got dumped" Parvati interrupted. Lavender turned her head and glared at her, Parvati just smiled back innocently.

"Oh no!" Lana cried. "That's horrible! But I must say you are looking fabulous."

Lavender nodded a thanks. She looked around at all the faces in the room giving her sympathy. 'God I hate you right now Parvati' she thought.

"Well since you were dumped you should write about it" Lana suggested.

"No I can't use my personal life as a story."

"Oh! I completely understand!" She turned to everyone else. "Who will use Lavenders personal life for a story?"

The first hand that shot up in the hair was Cho's. She had a smirk on her pretty face as she stared at Lana, her 'innocent' eyes pleading. 'What a surprise' Hermione thought turning and sharing a knowing look with Parvati.

"Okay Cho get started on it"

"No!" Lavender held out a hand of protest. "No offense but Cho has no business mucking around in my personal life" she looked very determined to not let this happen, when she heard the unthinkable come out of Hermione's mouth.

"I'll do it" Hermione suggested.

"You will?" Lavender glared at her. What was up with her friends today?

Hermione turned to her too, and nodded her head. "I'll sort of do it."

Lana looked interested in what she was saying and motioned for her to continue.

"I'll start off by dating a guy and the drive him a way."

Lana got the hint and clapped her hands together, "Ah, yes! What not to do"

Hermione was about to speak again when Lana announced the final project.

"How to lose a guy in ten days. Good, go!" she pointed at Hermione then turned her head to her next worker.

"Wait. Excuse me Lana, why ten days?"

"Because five is too short and we go to press in eleven"

Hermione thought about this for a moment then shrugged her shoulders. She turned and saw Lavender was nodding 'thank you' she winked at her and then continued to listen to the boring meeting.

When the meeting was over, Hermione, Lavender and Parvati were walking back to the main lobby with Lana, when Lana stopped to introduce them to two of her clients, which to Hermione's surprise, turned out to be her old classmates. Hannah Abbott and Luna Lovegood.

"Hello Ladies" Lana smiled, "This is Luna Lovegood and Hannah Abbott"

"And girls this is Parvati Patil our fashion designer. Lavender Brown our health and nutrition adviser and Hermione Granger, our how to girl"

"Hello" They all shook hands as Lana continued.

"Hermione is actually working on something very special right now. 'How to lose a guy in ten days'. She is actually going to date some bloke, and then drive him away in ten days." Lana laughed as she thought this was funny for some reason and then lead Luna and Hannah to her office, Luna giving Hermione a smile on the way.

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Hannah, Luna and Warren walked into Three Broomsticks and went to their table, but to their surprise, there was already someone occupying it.

"Harry, what a pleasant surprise" said Warren as he sat down.

"What are you doing here?" Hannah forced a smile on her face then sneered at him when he smirked at her.

"I came to the meeting" he replied feeling very confident.

"But you weren't invited" Hannah replied coolly.

Warren occupied the seat next to Harry while Hannah and Luna chose the seats across from them. Harry wasn't going anywhere. Not until he got this job.

"Well fine you might as well join us in discussing our ideas then" Warren said as the proceeded on talking about their ideas for advertising diamonds.

Harry looked up when he heard familiar voices. Yep, he was right. There was Ron, Draco, Dean, Oliver, and Justin.

'Oh great, they came to make my life hell' He saw Ron look at him and smile. Harry nodded back with a smile as his friends occupied the table next to his.

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Hermione, Lavender, and Parvati were walking down the street head towards Three Broomsticks. Hermione felt a flood of memories rush through her about her days at Hogwarts, Harry and Ron. She sighed, God she missed them she hadn't seen them in 7 years.

Lavender she was wearing a pink dress that ended just above the knees with spaghetti straps and her shoulder length blonde hair was pulled into a high ponytail.

Parvati was wearing black capri pants and a green tube-top. With her long dark hair left straight and down pulled back with a green headband.

Hermione was wearing a black halter-dress that ended a bit passed mid- thigh. Her long hair was framing her face in dark curls all around her, hanging down to the small of her back.

"So this is the plan ladies," she smiled excitedly at Lavender and Parvati. "I'm going to find some poor guy, see if he's the one tonight, and then tomorrow I'll flip the switch." She smiled evilly and Lavender and Parvati laughed at her excitement, as they pushed open the glass doors to Three Broomsticks.

The smell was so old, fresh to Hermione. She made a promise that she would find out where Harry and Ron were when she got home, she couldn't play these games anymore, she had to see them.

Parvati and Hermione got a table in the corner while Lavender went and go them drinks, she came back and set them on the table and sat down. While Lavender and Parvati started a conversation, Hermione was occupied shifting her eyes around the place for fresh meat.

"Guys I have to go to the restroom. I'll be right back" Hermione got up from the table and went and asked the bartender where the bathroom is, he pointed to the back of the restaurant. Hermione was making her way to the bathroom when she suddenly bumped into someone all she saw was a flash of red hair before she covered her eyes with her hands where she got hit. 'Ow' she thought. She was about to take her hands down to look at who she bumped into when she heard a squeal of delight. 'I could have sworn I bumped into a man' But it was a man and he had her in a bone crushing hug. Finally Hermione let her hands fall and looked up to see the face of her best friend Ron Weasley.