"Malfoy, you're an Auror," Hermione questioned her voice full of disbelief as she stepped into the Ministry lift with the blonde wizard who was dressed in the ministry issue Auror Uniform.
"For a few weeks now yes, what floor are you going too," he asked.
"Erm, I need to go to the Department of Magical Education," she told him nervously, Draco nodded and pressed the corresponding button.
"Planning to sit your NEWT's," he asked her.
"Yes, hopefully if they let me sit them without returning to Hogwarts," she told him.
"Daphne is doing hers remotely, I'm sure they will let you do the same," he reassured her.
"What about you," she questioned.
"The minister needs people in the Auror department, turns out I have a unique set off skills for the force so here I am. I'll be learning on the job," he replied.
"Don't you want your NEWT's, you always seemed to value education, you were my only real competition at school," she told him.
"Priorities change, right now I want to help right some of the wrongs this caused," he told her pulling his sleeve up to reveal the Dark Mark on his forearm. They stood together silently for a moment, both staring at the mark on his arm before the doors to the lift slid open; "Bye Granger," the blonde wizard told her as he pulled down his sleeve and stepped out into the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.
"Bye," she echoed quietly as the doors closed once more, leaving her alone with nothing but her thoughts.