Over the rest of the weekend Hermione had come to the conclusion Malfoy was just trying to mess with her and tried to put it out of her head. She had a report due in work on Monday and put herself into that. She worked at the Ministry of magic in the department for magical creatures she was in a section of people trying to work out laws for proper treatment of certain creatures.

Monday morning came and she had just arrived at the ministry she was feeling a bit anxious about this report it was close to her heart because this report was about proper treatment for house elves. If her boss liked her report she would be assigned someone from magical law enforcement to write out the law properly then they would present it to the next rank and so on hopefully with no trouble and get the law passed. She couldn't help but think of Dobby when doing this report, the brave little elf who had saved their lives.

Hermione had a meeting with her boss in half an hour so she sat at her desk and went over her report one more time. When the time came she took a deep breath and went into see her boss.

Draco was pissed off. His boss had just informed him he had just been assigned to help with a law for magical creatures. He'd be spending his time with some crazy form of Hagrid from school. He didn't even know what the law was about. He was sure his time could be better spent. He was also sure there was something big going down in the department, but of course it was all about the aurors. Annoyed he left for lunch.

He was half way through his sandwich, which he didn't really want, in the cafeteria when Granger came bounding in wearing that smile he rarely got to see. She was obviously happy about something, he watched her run to Weasley and Potter and after a moment there were lots of hugs and kisses. Then Draco remembered what department Granger worked in. Magical creatures. Oh wow this was too perfect. Could it be possible his magical creature's nut was Granger? He laughed to himself. He got up and threw his sandwich away. He was meant to be meeting the magical creature's person after lunch and if it was Granger he wanted to be prepared.

'Hermione that's amazing well done!' Harry said hugging her 'I know this law means a lot to you. Just tell me your law isn't going to be called spew?'

Hermione hit him playfully on the arm. 'It wasn't spew it was S.P.E.W! And no it won't be. I'm not sure what to call it I'll probably have to work it out with whoever your department sends over.' She couldn't wipe the grin off her face. 'I'm meeting them after lunch.'

Ron put his arm around her, leaned forward and kissed her head. 'Well done 'mione. Just watch yourself with whoever you get some of those law enforcement people are a bit crazy.' He said before taking a bite from his sandwich.

'You can talk Ronald Weasley!' Hermione laughed. 'Anyway I'm gonna take my sandwich upstairs. Make sure I have everything ready.' She kissed Ron and left.

She'd just about finished getting everything ready when there was a knock on the door. This must be the guy from law enforcement. Without looking up she said 'Come in.' she heard the door open and close. 'I won't be a second' she said just putting the last paper into place. Then looked up with a smile on her face to see who it was. When she looked up the smile fell from her face.

'Granger.' Draco said smiling at her. 'You not happy to see me?'

'Malfoy. What are you doing here?'

'My department sent me. I here you are trying to pass a law.' He looked at her. 'Magical law enforcement need to go through it with you make sure we can actually make it work. Surely you know this Granger.'

'You work in Magical Law Enforcement?' She was too shocked and her brain didn't seem to want to function properly.

'Yes.' He moved forward and sat down opposite her. It was funny how shocked she was he'd already made up his mind not to bring up what had happened at the club yet. 'Now tell me about this law Granger. Not one about crazy Hippogriffs is it?'

'No its not. But now you mention it I'll have to look into it. I'm sure a law saving them from arrogant Slytherin boys might come in handy.' Right her brain was coming back now.

Draco was laughing. 'Touché.' He moved himself closer to the desk and Hermione. He could sense her tense and he was sure she remembered the club he knew she'd been a bit drunk. He put his hands on the desk close to hers but not touching. 'Right Granger show me this report and let's get started.'

She swallowed and took a deep breath his hands were close and she knew he was doing it on purpose and that stupid grin on his face. She moved herself and passed him the report and when she did he grazed her hand with his and again her skin seemed to burn from the contact. He made no sign to say he'd felt anything. What was happening to her? She must be going crazy.

He took the report and actually the graze had been an accident but he heard her breath hitch when they made contact he wanted to grin but kept his face placid he was getting to her and he hadn't even tried. He started to read the report.

'House elves Granger?'

'Yes house elves Malfoy' she was worried now from the way he said it she really wanted this law to pass.

'I don't know how this will work.' He'd had experience with house elves. 'It would be hard to prove neglect or cruel behavior, House elves won't speak badly about their master.'

'I know. That's the part that's going to be tricky but something has to be put in place their treatment can sometimes be unbearable to see.' She did understand this law would be hard to write with house elves being the way they were. 'I've looked into some ways we might be able to overcome this particular hurdle.'

She then dove into another pile of paper looking for something else. He could see she actually cared about this subject and really he thought it was a good idea. They spent the rest of the afternoon trying to come up with ideas that might help enforce the law. By the end of the day though they could both see that this would take some time. To Draco this was great seeing her work about something she cared about only made him want her more. To Hermione it was a nightmare not only would the law now take longer to pass but she had to spend time with Malfoy. Although he had been civil with her today and had actually helped for a while she'd forgotten it was Malfoy she was working with.

'Right let's leave it for today now then shall we?' Hermione asked.

'Yeah sure.' He was actually getting tired. 'Tomorrow then?'

'Yeah do you want to come back here or do you want to work in your office?' she asked.

'You mean my cubicle?' He asked laughing. 'No your office is fine.'

She actually laughed herself. She stood up and started straightening the papers. Draco stood up too and reached his hand forward for Hermione to shake. She just looked at it for a second.

'You do know how to shake hands don't you Granger?' He grinned. 'Come on we might as well try to get along seeing as we'll be spending so much time together now.'

She took his hand and there it was again. Dammit she thought. Draco didn't let her take her hand back for a moment and ran his thumb along the back of her hand.

'Do remember my proposal Granger.' He said looking in her eyes watching her face fall. 'I won't wait forever.' Grinning he let go of her hand. 'Until tomorrow then.'