A/N: Please r and r.

I slaved and slaved for like 2 hours, when finally I got around 40 percent of the files ready.

Draco Malfoy walked out of his office, looked at me and asks, "Did you finish all your paper work?"

I said in a very nasty tone, "Are you blind? Can't you see?"

He didn't seem to mind my tone of voice. Instead he said cheerfully, "You can carry them home and do them!"

I stared at him.

"Come on, chop chop." He said.

I bit my lips and sending him death glares while packing up the papers in my bag. They are so heavy I think I am going to have a hernia.

I turned around and said, "Bye Mr. Malfoy."

"Sigh…" He sighed, I ignored him.

"Sigh!" He sighed louder. I continued to ignore him.

"Astoria!" He yelled.

I turned around, and he said, "I forgot, since you are off work late, there are hardly any portkeys near by left… so you'll have to walk a long time…"

I want to strangle the bastard.

"How do you get home?" I asked.

"Well, I have my own personal floo power network that I don't let other people use…" He said, while chuckling.

I rolled my eyes, turning around, and prepare to walk out the building, when he called out my name again.

"Astoria!"

"Wwwwwwwwwwwwwhat!" I gritted my teeth, turning back.

"I just wanted to remind you that the portkeys all disappears after 6…"

"Whaaaaaaaat?" I exclaimed. It's already 5:55.

"So I want to…"

"You'll let me use floo powder!" I asked in excitement.

"No." He said while loosening his tie, "I want to remind you to hurry up and run instead of walking. Or else you will never catch a portkey and get home."

"…"

Please god, give me the serenity…

I finally got home, when my dear mother was examining the dining table.

"Astoria dear, is this table crooked?" She asked.

"Yes. It is, Mum, you won't ever believe what happened to me today. I was so mad, Malfoy is not nice to me at all, I…." Just when I was prepared to launch into a huge crying scene, when she took my hand lovingly.

"Mummy!" I whimpered. "I love you~~~"

"There there." She took my hands and stuffed them under the table. "Hold this table while I go borrow some nails."

"…"

My dearest Mummy came back empty handed after 20 minutes.

"I can't believe Pearl Parkinson is so stingy! She couldn't even lend me some nails!"

"What do we do now?" I wailed, still holding the table.

"Well, we have some nail at the back cupboard, Accio Nails!" She said, and some nails flew from the cupboard.

I was speechless.

"Did you forget you had nails?" I asked.

"No." She said.

"Then why did you go borrow nails?"

"Because I don't want to use my own nails."

"…"

"Oh, speaking of which, guess what? Draco Malfoy is going to come to dinner tonight."

I stared at her, and dropped the table. It crashed on the floor, more crooked than ever.

"For god's sakes, Astoria," mum said, "Now how am I going to fix this leg?"

I reached into my robe and pulled out my firebolt. I stuck it beneath the broken table leg, and it fits under there perfectly.

"Oh my god. Where did you get such a magnificent thing?" Agassi asked me in awe.

"From a bastard."I said, pissed off.

"Well, your boss is coming to dinner…"

"Why would he come?" I asked.

"I am his favourite aunt!"

"No you're not!" I protested.

"Might as well be. All her other aunts died."

"…"

This is the problem with being a pureblood. We are basically all distantly related to one another.

"Mummy…"I said without shame. "I don't want him to come…"

She looked at me, "Why?"

"Because he's mean to me…"

"Aw… that's because he's your boss. Also I go to Styx way too often for me to reject him, so you better behave, gave him everything that he wants."

"….."

The doorbell rang. I grudgingly walked over to the door and reluctantly opened the door. And there he is, the white haired bastard who won't let me use floo powder. How did he get here so fast? I looked behind him, and almost fainted in surprise. There is a carriage pulled by a phoenix parked in front of our door.

"Good evening Astoria." He said pleasantly, "would you like to invite me in or just stand there and gawk at my carriage?"

I let him in, determined not to speak. I don't trust myself to open my mouth.

"Dear Mrs. Greengrass!"

"Oh Draco~~~"

I watched the two people hugged and kissed each other on the cheeks like long lost relatives.

"Dear Draco. Thank you so much for giving Astoria a job. She is pretty much useless in every single aspect of life!"

"Dear Mrs. Greengrass, I am honoured to have her. She's not useless in every aspect. We just haven't found an aspect that is useful yet."

"How right you are!" She said, "come on in, Dinner is served."

I said, "Mother, I suddenly have a headache. Please don't wait up—"

"Nonsense Astoria, now sit down and let's have a wonderful family dinner together."

I don't think it applies in this situation…

"So Draco. How is my dear Astoria doing at work today?"

"Quiet well actually. She didn't cause any trouble for me." Draco said gracefully while eating.

That's because you ARE the trouble.

"In fact, with her there, the male workers are becoming more focused. I got in to a habit to use pretty witches as secretaries. They are certainly a distraction." He said.

HOW CAN HE SAY THAT WHILE HIS EYES SPARKLE AND THE SAME TIME!

I bit my lips, while cutting up my lamb into tiny pieces.

"Astoria." Draco said.

I looked up.

"You're hurting your meal."

"…"

"Here. Let's switch." He said, with a wave of his wand, switched our plates.

I looked at the wonderfully cut bite sized meat and hardly touched sauce in front of me, honestly I don't quite know how to feel.

"Draco, I don't bother teacher her manners. I doubt she will marry in to a family that requires it."

"Oh, you are quite wise, Mrs. Greengrass."

"Yes. Daphane, on the other hand…"

"Yes, she is quite capable."

I want to roll my eyes. The only thing my sister is capable of doing is to seduce higher level ministry officials. But I guess in their world it counts as capable.

"I tried to train Astoria to follow her sister's footsteps, but that child lacks something naturally."

"You mean talent? Skills?" Malfoy asked.

"That, and beauty." Agassi said.

"Mother I know I am not as beautiful as Daphne." I said. Thank god I was not. Or else I think I really had no choice but to follow her foot steps.

"Oh, at least she can cook." Agassi said nonchalantly.

"Really? Astoria, you're good at house work?" Malfoy seems surprised.

I didn't bother reply him; I stuffed my mouth with lamb.

"This lamb was marinated by Astoria." Mother said, "Draco dear. I know that your familt consider the ability of house work as a house elf's job…"

"My parents do seem to think so. Yes."

"But what can I do? The girl loves cooking." Agassi sighed.

"Mother, please…." I said.

"Mhmm…"Malfoy said. I immediately have this urge to run away.

"Draco…" My mother said, looking at him with adoration in her eyes.

"Oh right. Here are is the free VIP passes to Styx night club." He said, pulling out a shiny platinum card with my mother's picture imprinted at the surface.

"Thank you dear."

I was once again, speechless.

"Don't worry dead Mrs. Greengrass. Consider it a payment for your lovely meal. Every inch of Hades if your play ground."

My mother squealed like a little girl. "Thank you! Wait until Parkinson hears about this. HA!"

I was once again speechless. So this is my mother's plan. Invite him to dinner because of that pass… I wonder if she got me that job for the same reason.

I want to go lie down. I think I'm going to be sick.