A/N:Thanks so much for reading guys! This is my first fan-fic in the making, I'm sorry the chapters are so short, but for me it builds up suspense, and it makes updates quicker! disclamer: I don't own any characters, places, spells, or props that seem familar, I wish I did, but I don't. Reviews show me how I'm doing and how I can improve, so please, if you have the time, do so :)

Chapter 3: Just co-workers

Hermione woke up that morning at 5:00, as ususal she got up, took a shower, got dressed in her work clothes. (A pencil skirt and short sleeved red shirt with ruffles down the side.) She took her letter into the kitchen with her. She read it over and over while she was making her morning coffee. "Suspense, suspense?!" Hermione read over the word at least a million times, thinking of how stressed she was because of his little "suspense" trick. She headed to work once again, but this time with Malfoy on her mind.

Once she "flushed" herself into the Ministry, she walked to the elevator. The entire time though, she felt as though someone was watching her. Hermione hear a subtle cough behind her and she pushed the button to the elevator. She very slowly and casually turned around. "Of course, the one person I don't want to see! she thought as she saw the light blonde hair across a face of whitness. "Morning, Granger" Draco said, with such ease, she was sure that he wasn't tounge tied. "WAIT. Tounge tied? Did I just admit I was tounge tied? What is wrong with me!?" she thought as she stepped in the elevator, followed by Draco. "Good Morning, Mr. Malfoy" she finally chocked out. "Mr. Malfoy, now, am I? I suppose that's a step up." he said with a smirk. She choose to be quiet for the rest of the elevator "ride". When they got out of the elevator onto the floor of the Department Of Law, Draco flashed a killer smile and said "I'll be by your office at 10 'o clock to start this case, MISS. Granger." . Hermione blushed and walked to her office.

She got to her office around 6 'o clock, and worked on some other cases until her mind was too pre-occupied thinking about a certain co-workers lips. She blushed again, and realized that until quite recently, she never blushed. Ron never made her blush, he was never really sweet, he didn't bring home flowers, he didn't plan romantic dates. Then of course, there was never those thoughts about Ron, the way she had thought about..."Hermione, snap out of it! He's made fun of you for years! He isn't some guy for you to date, no matter how cute he is, or how amazing that hair is, or how appealing his lips are, or...Stop, Hermione, get to work again!" she said to herself, but no matter how much she tried, she just couldn't stop thinking about him. She really didn't realize how bad it was until she signed her name at the bottom of a paper, looked down and realized it read: "Hermione Malfoy". She just couldn't get a hold of herself! "You're acting like a teenage girl!" she said to herself, except she had said it aloud. Infact Hermione had said it right as Draco walked through her door.

"How so?" he said, a smile on his face and a folder in his hand. "Well, Ginny is having a baby and... um...yeah" she tried to come up with an excuse while caually pushing the paper with the signature away. "Why do you care, anyway?" she asked. Draco walked over to her desk, sitting in a chair on the other side "We're co-workers, and if it's about how handsome I am, I want to know." he slicked his hair back. She avoided eye contact until she finally realized he was joking. "Right!" Hermione tried her best to sound sarcastic. "Well, I have the folder, and it's a pretty tough case, which is probably why they put the two best workers on the case." Draco said, looking through the folder. "Malfoy, did you just call me one of the best?" Hermione asked. He sighed "Granger, I may not have been your friend at school, but that doesn't mean I never noticed your acheivements. Being a bookworm has gotten you far and respect is given where respect is due. Now, will you stop looking at me like I've commited murder in front of you. PLEASE". "When did you change so much? You used to be the boy that couldn't stand me!" she asked, immeadiantly wishing she hadn't said it with so much emotion. "I changed when you weren't looking. I don't care about your blood status anymore, I don't have anything to do with my father, or any deatheaters for that matter!" Draco said, praying that he'd believe her, for he was being more truthfull the he ever had been. Hermione looked surprised "Well, lets get to work then!" she said.

They had worked up until it was two hours after they were due to leave, Hermione hated working with him, he still had his know-all additude from school. He thought he knew everything, until Hermione showed him he was wrong, with which he would reply by blushing a bit and releasing a whispered "whatever". However, she did love being around him, it was strange how much he had changed with how he treated her. Draco was nice, thoughtful, but also very stressfull. She chuckled when he got extremely stressed and he said "What the hell, Granger?! What's so funny now?". She just looked at him and said "You get so angry at the smallest of things...It's just you can be so calm and then, well you know. It's cute.". "Granger? Did you just call me cute?". "Calm down Malfoy, it's only a saying.".

At 9:00 p.m., they finally stopped working. "Well since tomorrow is Saturday, would you like to meet me at the Three Broomsticks around say noon to discuss this further?" Draco said offical-like. "Did you just ask me on date, Mr. Malfoy?" Hermione asked. "Well, is suppose you could call it that.". "I can go, but only to talk about the case, after all Mr. Malfoy, we're just co-workers." she said. "Right, Yeah, just co-workers." Draco said, dissapointed. "See you at the Three Broomsticks then!" Hermione said cheerfully!