I apologise in advance for the super small chapter, but i was away camping and i will upload another, longer chapter either tomorrow or the day after :)

I hope you like it and find it somewhere to review even though it's not the longest.

I didn't manage to sleep the whole night. I sat there, in silence, while Parsley lay asleep in my lap purring contentedly while he flew through the land of dreams. That land managed to evade me so I spent the night in the cruel reality of the real world. A world where being a good employee means nothing when the boss has been your enemy for eight years.

Though I am not petty enough to blame this on our ongoing feud, I am petty enough to blame this on his obviously cruel nature. He's Draco Malfoy, he does not know how to be a nice person.

Don't get me wrong, people calling me the brightest witch of my age hasn't been lost on me. I have ideas. Nevertheless, let's just get something straight here. Draco Malfoy does not care about the welfare of other people. He cares about the money that flies into his pockets and the sluts that fly into his bed. Fin. End of story. At least I'm pretty sure that is the end of the story. I haven't seen any evidence to the contrary thus far, so I am going to continue with my arbitrary judgement of the one and only Draco Malfoy.

I'm not looking forward to the day as I raise myself from the sofa – quite a feat considering that my butt has imprinted on the couch cushions and it has created a sort of suction around the lower portion of my body – and make my way to the shower.

I may be out of a job, but personal hygiene should always be a priority.

So I'm clean and dressed in a nice red skirt and a cream blouse as I make my way into the office. I arrive as 8: 58. Two minutes late yesterday and two minutes early today. See I do make up for lost time. My feet hurt from the new shoes I decided to try out in case I never get to come back, which was a mistake because I don't think that my toes have ever been in so much pain.

"Good morning Granger." Nott walks in and sits on the corner of my desk. I look at him; he's another one who looks too good for there not to be some sort of magical interference.

I sigh and run my hands through my hair. Ok, I get half way through my hair before they get tangled and I have to disengage them – in front of a laughing Theo. "You think this is funny?" I ask, my face tingeing red and angry steam blowing from my ears – not really, but that would have been a sight wouldn't it? "Do you think that I need someone here to laugh at me right now? Do you think I want someone here who finds amusement through the unfortunate things that happen to me?" I stand up and walk to the door, holding it open and cocking my head towards it to make sure that he got the hint. "I didn't want you to be here. Hell, I could have done without all of you lot here. But I'm trying to make the most of it and you are not helping in the slightest."

I'm cut off mid rant by someone walking through my open door. Nott should be thankful because I had one hell of a speech ready to show him exactly where he stands on my scale of importance.

I turn to look at the black haired female standing in my doorway. I shy away from the glossy curtain that hangs around her face, the make –up that has been perfectly applied to show off all her best features and the way that she has finally grown into her nose. I guess I should say that no more can she be referred to as pug-faced Parkinson.

My self-consciousness kicks in and has me pulling on my skirt to try and get it to cover more of my thighs and I try to bury myself behind my fluffy pile of frizz that rests on my head. "Hermione Granger," She smiles and walks further into the office. Wow, is it starting to feel crowded in here or what?! I feel stuffy and I want to run. "I haven't seen you in so long. I have to say that you look amazing."

Why do I feel like she is lying? "Parkinson." I smile back, not really comfortable with trying out the first name basis so I stick to the impersonal usage of her surname.

"I'm sure the friendship will come in due time." I really do hate to ruin the personal bubble of naivety that she decides to live in so I decide not to disclose the information that I probably won't be around long enough to become friends.

Nott smiles and saunters to the door, beckoning for Pansy to follow after his retreating figure. And as he proceeds in walking towards the exit, his back never faces me. It's as if he expects me to blow up and curse him or something. I may be reaching the end of my sanity feather, but I'm not there yet. I do have a little more hold on my emotions than he thinks. "Granger's a little stressed this morning so I think it would be best if we let her suffer in her misery alone."

"Give us a minute Theo."Pansy smiles at him and he shuts the door on us. I feel the tension in the room stretching out between us and I'm scared of what she has circling the air spaces in her head. "I know that we never really got on in the past," UNDERSTATEMENT! "But, I really believe that we have all changed since being the kids we were in Hogwarts. I guess that what I am trying to say is that, maybe we could try and have a new start. I accept the fact that us being friends outside of work and floo calling each other every night for a chat is a long shot, but maybe we can start with being civil to each other in the office and see how it goes." She smiles at me. Maybe she really has changed from the bratty schoolgirl slut she used to be.

"I don't think so Pansy." I say and I watch as her face visibly drops into a mix of disappointment and sadness. "It's not that I don't want to be friends with you, in fact I'm all for it if I'm still here at the end of the day, but the fact remains that I don't think I will still be in the office to be friends with you after lunch time."

"Oh, so it's not that you don't want to try and get along." Seriously, I just said I might be out of a job and that is all she can focus on?

"No, that's not it." I say and I return to sitting behind my desk, "But I really have to get ready for a meeting with Malfoy now." I say and I smile at her before I flick my eyes down to the shitty amount of ideas that I have to bring to the table.

She struts to the door, her heels moving silently over the thick woollen rug only to clack loudly when she reaches the area of the cherry coloured wooden floor that is not covered by the blue carpet. "Ok, well I really hope you do stick around because I really would like to try and get to know you better." She opens the door, saunters out and then shuts it loudly behind herself. She doesn't know how to do anything quietly, does she?

"Granger, my office now." I collect my papers from my desk and then follow Malfoy out past my door and into his much more spacious office. "Now, Granger, this is your time to shine."

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