Disclaimer: I still do not own HP. Sadly.

A/N: Sorry for the slight delay. I've been going through a rough transition so it's taken me a bit to get back into everything! But I should be updating more consistently now! Since this story is done I'm going to try for twice a week!

Again I'd like to remind everyone that I'm not an English Major so my grammar, punctuation and sometimes my tenses might not be perfect or get messed up. But I write because I enjoy it so please no flames! As always reviews are appreciated! They really do give me incentive to upload on time when I get busy!

-Casper

Kat woke the next morning to the sound of a voice coming from her living room.

"Katherine Herondale. Are you not up right now? What has you still in bed?"

Kat groaned when the voice got louder and louder and then finished with Ginny standing next to her looking down in mock disapproval. "Unless you have a great reason, like a late night with a guy, I will be excessively angry."

Kat thought about talking with Malfoy the night before and decided that Ginny would just blow it out of proportion.

"Nope, nothing exciting. I just grabbed dinner with a coworker. We worked through dinner, I didn't feel like cooking so we just grabbed food."

Seeing the look of curiosity on Ginny's face at that admission, Kat quickly jumped out of bed and rushed to the shower. She took one of the quickest showers in her life and tossed on a sundress, sandals and a light jumper. She shoved her hair up into a messy bun on the top of her head and turned to Ginny.

"Ready."

Ginny visually inspected her before nodding "10 minutes. You're getting slower."

Kat just rolled her eyes before grabbing Ginny's arm and apparating to Diagon Alley.

The two girls spent the rest of the morning getting their nails done and shopping. The two of them, being the Quidditch fanatics that they are popped into Quality Quidditch Supplies for half an hour; however, the rest of the morning they spent trying on the latest fashion (and buying some too!) Around lunchtime the two went to a nearby café for lunch. Since it was a beautiful day, they sat outside. They were chatting when all of a sudden Ginny stopped talking and stared at a spot behind Kat. Kat went to turn around when she heard a lazy drawl from behind her.

"Weaselette, looking stunning as always."

Recognizing Malfoy's voice, Kat just rolled her eyes; however, she jumped when he sat down very close to her and set some money on the table.

"This is your change from last night" he started in a normal tone of voice, but then moved to whisper in her ear "I've never had a woman actually run away from me."

Now what he had said wasn't particularly suggestive but the way he said it made her heart race. She really didn't want to see his face so she turned to face Ginny. A little too late she realized that she wasn't sure if she wanted to see Ginny's face. She was correct, Ginny was looking at her with one eyebrow raised and apparently couldn't contain her questions.

"Last night. You didn't tell me you were with a guy last night."

Kat turned a shade of red similar to her hair and not for the first time, Kat cursed her pale skin. She didn't think that it was possible to turn any redder but she did when Malfoy answered for her.

"Oh, ashamed of me are we Katherine?"
"We're coworkers! We just grabbed dinner after work! That's all. Also since when do you call me Katherine?!" Kat sputtered out.

"But you didn't mention that it was Malfoy!" Ginny insisted

"I didn't think that it was important." Kat fired back.

Malfoy, until this point, had been perfectly content to watch Kat flounder. Here however, he answered Kat's question.

"I happen to like your name. You can call me Draco if you wish. Also, maybe you're harboring secret feelings for me. It's nothing to be ashamed of. I am quite the catch."

Determined to regain some of her dignity Kat quickly retorted.

"You wish I had feelings for you. Merlin, your ego is the size of Hogwarts."

She was feeling much more composed, but then Malfoy went and did something unexpected. He leaned back over and brushed his lips over her ear while whispering "Who wouldn't want that?"

Before she could respond he stood up and addressed the table "Ladies. I'll see you Monday Katherine."

After he had walked away Kat looked across the table to a clearly curious Ginny. When Ginny didn't say anything but continue to stare, Kat snapped.

"What are you looking at?!"

"I've never seen you so flustered. You are always so calm and composed. Ironically more Slytherin than Gryffindor but that's neither here nor there. He flustered you." Ginny accused.

Kat thought about lying to Ginny but then thought better of it and eventually spilled. Kat spent the next half hour explaining everything that had happened since the ball. The meeting, their first day at the office and the last couple of weeks training. When Kat finally admitted that despite still finding him annoying, he wasn't a bastard anymore. Ginny then asked the important question.

"Do you fancy him?" Ginny questioned.

"No!" Kat adamantly replied. At Ginny's face she amended her statement.

"Truly, we have some things in common and he's not as much of an arse anymore."

Ginny smiled at the statement and then clarified her previous question.

"So you want to shag him then."

Kat stared at Ginny before finally relenting under Ginny's stare.

"Yes. Like senseless. It's awful. We're not friends or anything. We've just really started speaking to each other over the last few days. But apparently I don't care about that. Now please can we just finish our day of shopping and talking about other topics?!" Kat begged to Ginny and thankfully, Ginny obliged.