The next morning, Jade woke up, feeling the bright and warm sunlight hitting her face from the windows. She shaded her eyes and sat up. She was sitting in the most comfortable and softest King sized bed in the world. Jade could get used to waking up like this in the morning, but it would have been nicer if Draco was there. Why was he never there when she woke up?
Jade crawled out of the bed that could have been more appropriately called a cloud. She smoothed her dress out and walked out of the bedroom, into a large living room. Draco had good taste when it came to coordinating his apartment. He chose lots of whites and hints of red, champagne and brown to bring life into the apartment. Everything was extremely clean and tidy, making Jade scowl at her bad habits in the penthouse back in New York. If it weren't for the cleaning staff, that penthouse would have been an animal farm.
She saw him sitting on the sofa, papers scattered across the coffee table as he scribbled something down. He looked up and smiled, still tired from yesterday's flight.
"You're early for tomorrow's morning." He said as Jade scowled.
"You can't blame me you know. I don't like airplanes." Jade said stretching herself.
Draco reached a hand out to her and she walked closer to him, feeling him touch her hand lightly and guide her to his lap. "You don't like anything." Draco said brushing his lips against her collarbone.
Jade smiled and snuggled closer against him. "I wouldn't say that. I like you." Jade said.
"That's it? You just like me? Oh my goodness, I'm offended." Draco said acting like one of the girls from Hogwarts.
It was one of their inside jokes. They would always stand around a couple that consisted of a typical Hogwart's teenage psychotic girl, looking for a lifetime of love and promises and a typical Hogwart's teenage dud that was looking for a temporary squeeze. Jade and Draco would find it hilarious, listening to their conversations of why it was important to have weekly anniversary's, vows written every single day and God forbid, if the boy forgot to state how much he loved her every single minute and give reasons on why she was better than every single girl in Hogwarts, he'd best believe that the Devil was coming after him. Draco pressed a kiss to Jade's lips, feeling her kiss him back.
"What do you want to eat for…lunch?" Draco asked.
"You." Jade said unbuttoning his shirt.
Jade and Draco spent the whole day inside, since it was raining out and there was nothing to do. They spoke about Jade's career and what she was going to do now, since she had left her job in New York. She felt a little iffy about wondering how she was going to get a job here in England.
"The Daily Prophet requires you to have a diploma from any Wizarding school, but since you left a few months before graduation, I don't think you can-"
"Ah fuck it. I wasn't going to pass anyways, graduation or not. Are you sure it's the same everywhere else?" Jade asked seeing Draco nod, looking over the letters that were returned to him about his inquiries of job applications.
"They all want you to have a diploma from Hogwarts. I don't know Jade, what do you want to do?" Draco asked seeing Jade swing her legs as she ate from a bowl.
"I don't mind taking up a job in a muggle publishing agency. I don't need to have a magical job just because I'm a witch. It's much comfortable working with muggles anyways." Jade said seeing Draco give her an odd look.
"How can you stand them?" he asked seeing Jade grin.
"How can you? You're the one partnering with them on business matters." Jade said seeing Draco shrug.
"For the sake of business, not because I like them. Anyways, do you have your documents, certificates and the likes from New York?" Draco asked as Jade nodded.
"Accio folder." Jade said lazily. A red folder zoomed her way and Jade caught it and handed it to Draco, who flipped through them.
"Great, you have everything. We just need you to find a place to work now." Draco said, flipping his phone out. He made a call to his personal assistant who had just arrived from New York. It hadn't even been an hour and Draco was already calling the poor thing for work.
"Yes Mr. Malfoy!" Draco's assistant said.
"Gina, find me England's top and respectable newspaper agencies. I need you to give me the information within the next hour and you to arrive at my flat as soon as you get the information." Draco said.
"Yes sir!" she said.
Draco shut the phone and turned to Jade. "I like bossing people around." Draco said as Jade snatched the folder from him.
"You should have let her gone to sleep. Imagine someone making you do work after a 10 hour flight!" Jade said.
Draco wrapped his arms around her and kissed her. "You were asleep when I had to drag your fat arse back and forth from the airport to here." Jade chuckled and poked him.
"Well see that was different. You were obligated to drag my fat arse around. Now get off, I'm going to make a few copies of my papers." Jade said.
Thanks to Draco's personal assistant, Gina, Jade's applications for a job in England's newspaper agencies had been sent out. There were quick replies that required an interview with Jade. She was quite excited about receiving the interview appointment with the Daily Mail and General Trust, the one she had been aiming for. Other than that, Draco made Gina look around for more agencies if Jade didn't get the one she had been hoping for.
Jade went through a couple of interviews and she was told that they'd give her a call during that week. During the week Jade was giving her interviews, Draco started work as usual in London. Jacque Gordon had flown to London to inquire about Draco's sudden leave from New York. Draco was spending his time working things out with Jacque as Jade had nothing to do. When Draco would finally come back from work, Jade would stand around, watching him to see if he was anything like Daniel. He walked in through the doors and the first thing he did was call her out.
"You're supposed to clap when I come through the doors." He said throwing his briefcase aside and slipping his jacket off.
Jade raised an eyebrow and grinned at him, loving his sense of humor. "Guess we'd just have to teach you." Draco said scooping Jade off her feet.
"Hey! Aren't you supposed to be tired?" Jade asked as he walked into the bedroom with her in his arms.
"Tired by not having to see you-"
"You're so fucking cheesy, jeez Draco. What have British women done to you?!" Jade asked. He dumped her on the bed and crawled on top of her, kissing her. They felt something vibrate and they stopped.
"Oh no, don't look at me." Jade said feeling the vibrate again.
Draco looked down to his pants and chuckled. "Don't worry, it's me." He said, unclipping the cell phone holder that was hooked on to his belt. He tossed it onto the sitting chair next to their bed and moved his head near Jade's to kiss her.
She pulled back, placing a hand between their faces. "But it must be important." Jade said seeing Draco shake his head.
"You tell me what could be more important than you right now." Draco said, placing his head on Jade's knee. Jade felt herself oddly blush. She was never used to this type of sensibility before. "Are you all right?" Draco asked seeing Jade look up and nod, unable to speak.
Draco followed her nod and asked "Sure? Do you want to talk about something?" he asked as Jade ran her fingers through his hair. Jade shook her head, feeling her throat tighten. Draco looked suspicious and before he went to ask further questions, Jade silenced them with a single kiss. So this is what it felt to be appreciated.
Jade looked at the ceiling while he played with the strands of her hair. She was home with a man she loved deeply. Who else did she give a damn about? Hermione's blurry face floated through Jade's mind and she made a sharp gasp.
"Did I hurt you?" Draco asked alarmingly.
Jade turned to Draco and shook her head. "No. Oh my God, Draco! I've been in England for the past week and I haven't even gone to see Hermione or Harry! Imagine what they would all look like! 7 years and I haven't even seen them after coming back!" Jade said feeling Draco pulling her back to lie down.
"It's 1 in the morning, think of them at another convenient time. You have an interview tomorrow; I suggest you sleep for that. I promise after that, you'll be able to see them." Draco said running his fingers down her back. Jade listened to his heartbeat on his warm chest. Hearing his heartbeat always calmed her and made her feel drowsy. She closed her eyes and brought her arms to wrap themselves around him as they slept.
"Promise." Jade slurred.
"Promise." Draco answered.