Chapter 2
A/N: I only own the plot. I don't own Wal-Mart nor do I own Harry Potter. Alyscia makes her debut in this chapter.
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When Hermione dragged herself to work again, she found out she had the honour of working until midnight. She was just grateful that it was a Friday so that she would not have to worry too much about getting all of her homework for the next week done.
Her shift so far had been uneventful, but when she went on her break is when she felt things picked up.
While she was sitting back in the lunch room, enjoying the quiet since no one else was around, Draco Malfoy walked in and sulked over to the fridge to get his lunch.
What happened next made Hermione swear her eyes almost popped out of her head.
Draco Malfoy looked over at her and spoke.
"So what time are you here until?"
Hermione blinked at him for a moment before answering. "I'm here until midnight. How about you?"
Malfoy set his lunch on the table across the room from hers. "Midnight. Same as every night."
He sat down at his table and put on his head phones and ended the conversation. Hermione looked around the room for a bit amazed that he, Draco Malfoy, was actually civil to her. Finally she got up and walked in a semi-daze out of the lunch room to go back to work.
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Ginny came walking over to Hermione and playfully flicked her shoulder. "I am so jealous! Malfoy sat in the back room with you and you two were speaking."
Hermione stared at her red haired friend at a loss for words. "How did you know that?"
Ginny laughed. "I went to get a band aid from my purse and I saw you two in the lounge."
"Yeah, and we were the only two back there for most of the hour." replied Hermione.
Ginny squealed. "Oh, you are so lucky! But I have to go back to shoes now so I will catch you later."
Hermione just grinned and rolled her eyes at the back of her retreating friend.
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Later during the day Ginny once again wandered over to Hermione's part of the Wal-Mart world, but only this time she had another girl with her. Ginny introduced her as Alyscia and then took her back to the shoe department.
Hermione found it rather funny that Ginny would rather talk to muggles who she more than likely would never see again than actually do her work.
"I guess I should remember that it is just Ginny's nature to make a lot of friends and help people feel welcome than actually work. It's just how she is at school, too." Hermione chuckled to herself.
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Back at Hogwarts Hermione and Ginny were discussing the days events when Ron and Harry joined them by plunking down onto the couch beside them.
Ron groaned. "Today somebody asked me where they could get some game system called and X-box 360, and I had no idea where to look. I had to get Alyscia to help me. Man was I ever embarrassed to discover that it was not too far from where I was standing. What makes it even worse is that Alyscia doesn't even work in Electronics. She works with Ginny. She just happened to be walking by on her way for her break and she happened to know where they were."
Hermione and Ginny could not help but laugh at Ron's misfortune.
Ginny grinned at Harry. "So, Harry. How was your day?"
Harry sighed. "I had this one customer come to Automotives looking for a paint tray of all things. I told him that it would be in the Paint department, but he kept insisting that he was directed over here. I finally had to lead him over to Paint and show him where it was. He just looked at me and grabbed one and then walked away."
Once again Hermione and Ginny laughed, only this time at Harry's misfortune.
Ron and Harry just looked at them and shrugged.
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A/N: Constructive criticism is helpful and flames are unnecessary. Please hit that little button and send in a Review. Since this story is not intended to be very long, I think there are only a few more chapters left for me to type up and post. Depending on feedback will determine just how many more are left.
Next Chapter: Draco and Hermione have another encounter, a Hogsmeade trip is in order and we hear some news about the class.