Punnet Squares
By: SingingShooter
Authors Note: The book called Jamberry is not mine it is by Bruce Degen and I do not own Harry Potter, I just play with the characters.
Chapter 3: The Interview
Ginny stood nervously in front of the mirror. She had decided to wear an earth brown shirt that went with her beautiful eyes. Black slacks framed her nicely and comfortable black shoes incase she was put on the job right away.
"You look beautiful," said Harry "you are defiantly getting the job."
"Because I am beautiful?" Ginny said.
"Well, either that or your school record." Harry said. "Do you want me to drive you?"
"Yeah," Ginny said. "I would like that." With her nerves she was not to sure she would be able to drive her car.
Grabbing her coat and purse, Harry grabbed his jacket and shrugged it on then turned and grabbed the coat from Ginny holding it out for her so that she could put it on. Ginny turned her back and slipped in to a light spring jacket. Harry opened the front door stepped out and kept it open for her. Ginny walked out of the house and Harry shut and locked the door and followed Ginny down the driveway to the car. Harry walked over and opened Ginny's door then walked around and opened his they both stepped into the car, buckled their seat belts, and Harry go the car started.
Driving down the street Ginny sat in her seat nervous about the interview.
"How did yours go?" Ginny asked.
"I told you Ginny he just asked me some questions, I handed him my resume and he said okay you have the job. Though that was Lucius, Malfoy's father, but Hermione will be there so your interview should be fine."
Well if that statement was supposed to make her feel better it sure did not. She was just really jittery and could not calm down. It was like the first time she had coffee and had a decided on a Caramel Frapuccino Blast from Starbucks…on the day of their dictions unit. She was surprised she was able to hold the tools right, she was so jittery.
She was just like that now. Though with that she had butterflies in her stomach, her heart was going a hundred miles an hour and her palms where really sweaty.
"Where here." Harry said.
'So we are,' Ginny thought. 'So we are.' They walked into the building hand in hand they walked to the front desk. Voices of 'Hello Harry,' 'How are you Harry?' and 'is that your girlfriend Harry?' rang around the halls.
"Hello, Harry," Said the lady at the front desk.
"Hello Lavender," Harry said, "Where is Ron?"
"Ronald is in the bathroom right now. Why?"
"I thought a brother would like to give some encouragement to a sister who is being interviewed today."
"Hello I am Ginny," she said before Harry could go on longer.
"Oh Hello, you must be the 10:30 appointment," said Lavender. "Ginerva Weasley?"
"Yes that is me," said Ginny, "umm if you don't mind me asking Lavender how many people have applied for the job?" Lavender took a moment to think,
"You will be the twenty-fifth over all, the fifth today,"
"Any of them been asked back?"
"No actually, at least not to my knowledge,"
Ginny took a moment to absorb the new facts. This meant that she had a chance, but then does this mean she will be the twenty-fifth person to walk into the room only to be asked to wait for a phone call that would never come.
"Ginny nice to see you in something decent." Came the voice of her brother.
"I wish I could say that about you." Ginny said. It was not that what her brother was wearing was not modest but is lack of fashion sense showed remarkably.
Tan corduroy pants, where quite a fashion statement, along with the navy sandals, and a maroon buttoned shirt that clashed terribly with his hair.
"Well," Ron said defensively. "It is comfortable and modest and the only thing that was clean."
Just then a lady with a dark completion came up.
"Ginny," said Lavender "this is Parvati she will take you your interview."
The walk with Parvati was extremely quiet and she led her through winding, wide, white passageways. Ginny tried to remember every turn, every door they went through and every stair case they went up.
"You will find your way around soon enough." She said as they walked up another set of stairs.
"Just out of curiosity why are we not taking the elevator?"
"The Malfoys prefer to use the elevator for patients and if we are in a hurry to be with a patients."
'Makes sense,' Ginny thought. Ginny checked her watch; they still had five minutes to get there.
Parvati opened a door to the top landing and walked down a long hallway. The door had a combination protecting the contents of the room. Parvati pushed the buttons so fast Ginny hardly registered the numbers she pressed. Walking into the room she swore she saw Parvati at the desk, but she was next to her.
"Ginny this is my twin sister Padma, Padma another one for Malfoy Junior." Padma nodded and turned to an intercom on her desk. "Mr. Malfoy, another one for you."
"Bring it in." came a snappy voice.
'Crap, he is in a bad mood!' Ginny thought, if she had been nervous before in had doubled with that snappy voice.
"You can go in now," said Padma. Some how Ginny managed to make her way to the door and opened it up. Ginny walked straight into an argument between Hermione and Malfoy.
"Do we have to interview one more?"
"Yes Malfoy," replied Hermione.
"But why? Why? Wh-" he turned and saw Ginny and in the nano-second she had seen them arguing, they had put on a professional air and where sitting calmly at their seats.
"Sit down Ginny," Hermione said sweetly. Ginny still shaking a bit took a seat in front of Hermione and Malfoy.
"Can I see your resume Weasley?" asked Malfoy. Taking it out of her bag she handed it to the man in front of her.
Malfoy read the paper, his eyes widening as it they went down the page. "Impressive Weasley," he said, "Very impressive," He handed the paper to Hermione who had the same reaction as Draco.
"What makes you think you are qualified for this job?" said Draco, putting on a serious face again.
"Well, during High School I worked part time at a day care center and part time at the hospital doing odd jobs."
"What kind of odd jobs?" asked Hermione,
"I would tell the patients stories while they were receiving shots and what not."
"But nothing medical?" asked Draco.
"I was not allowed to because I had no medical background." Replied Ginny, "I started working at the college hospital as part of the curriculum and as a part time job."
"Very impressive." Hermione said. Then a faint buzzing came from Hermione. She looked down at the pager on the belt. "Kyle is paging me." Said Hermione, "Come along Ginny." Said Hermione.
Getting up Ginny thanked herself for thinking about wearing comfortable shoes. She followed Hermione down that hall to the elevator.
"Kyle is our live in patient, He has a tumor around his brain but recently it has been decreasing thanks to the medication the Malfoys have figured out." Said Hermione handing her Kyle's charts.
'Dam that tumor has been reducing.' Ginny thought looking at the charts. Before she knew it Hermione had led her to what she guessed was the children's ward. It was decorated with butterflies and cartoon bugs, and was painted a pale yellow, which was different from the rest of the hospitals white sterile look.
"This is much more cheery then the rest of the hospital," said Ginny.
"I had to beg Malfoy to change this part of the hospital." Hermione replied.
"Why?"
"Malfoy just thought it would not be professional but the children love it."
"Sounds like the kind that puts profession before anything else."
"Yeah it is kind of annoying but he does have a positive quality." Said Hermione.
"What?" Ginny was curious, all she had would hear form Harry where negative comments.
"He gives credit where it is due." Said Hermione, cocking her head Hermione went on. "When the parents come in and comment on the children's ward he always says it was my idea,"
"Just because-"
"Here we are," said Hermione walking into the room. Sitting on the bed was a small child, missing all his hair, he wore a hospital gown. "What's up Kyle?" asked Hermione. Then popping around the corner came a nurse with blonde hair and blue eyes that seemed far off and dreamy.
"What is it Luna?" asked Hermione.
"Sorry Hermione, I pushed the wrong button when I tried to give Kyle his medicine." Rolling her eyes, Hermione turned to Kyle.
"Are you feeling alright today Kyle?" she asked.
"Yeah," he said, "who is she, she is pretty," pointing at Ginny causing her to blush. "Though you are pretty to," Kyle said quickly.
"This is Ginny, and she might be working here."
"Could she?"
"Why do you say that?" asked Hermione.
"She seems nicer than the other ones," he said.
"Alright then I will have to see what the boss has to say okay?" Hermione said.
"Okay, I think I'm going to go to sleep now." Kyle said.
"Okay do you want Ginny to read you a story?"
"Could she!" said Kyle sounding excited. Ginny just could not say no to that excited voice.
"Okay what book will we read?" asked Ginny taking a seat next to Kyle's bed. He turned to the side of the bed where there was a book shelf and grabbed one.
"Jamberry!" he called.
"Jamberry? I do not think I have ever read that book before!" it was the honest truth, she had never known of this, in all her reading and story telling days the book Jamberry had never come up. "Okay," she said taking the book from him and positioning herself so that he could see the pictures she started to read.
"One berry two berry pick me a blueberry…"
