Old Acquaintances

OLD ACQUAINTANCES

"Good morning Mrs Potter" Draco said as he invited the red-head into his office. He offered her a seat in front of his desk before sitting down opposite her.

"Good morning Mr Malfoy"

"How has your day been so far?" he asked, making light conversation as he searched for her application. He knew it was around here somewhere, he loved Caroline but she wasn't much organised. That was why he needed a new PA.

"Fine, if not slightly queer, I wasn't expecting your company to have computers"

He laughed at her statement before looking up at her nervous face, he smiled, not a smirk but a real smile, before replying "Well, that would be my wife's fault"

"Your wife"

"Yes, you see, she wanted to open the company to people of her own kind. Which meant adding computers"

"Your wife is muggle born"

"Of course, you didn't expect me to marry a stuck up pureblood did you?" he asked before realising his mistake "No offence to you of course" he saved before fishing her application from under a pile of papers he had been meaning to check through. He looked at the sheet in front of him before looking at Ginny. "You seem very enthusiastic about the job"

"I am Mr Malfoy..."

"Please, call me Draco" he interrupted

"I am, Draco" Ginny corrected herself before smiling "I have been working in Quidditch since I left Hogwarts and I really want a change. I'm organised and I'm desperate to go up in the world, this job might help me along the way"

"Well you certainly seem determined" he said before checking her application. It sure was better than any of the others, and he hadn't planned anymore interviews yet. Hermione seemed thrilled with the idea of working with Ginny and it would make him happy to see her happy. He smiled at Ginny before standing up.

"Well then, I guess we'll see you tomorrow at nine sharp" he said proudly and Ginny looked taken aback, she had expected this interview to be easy, but not this easy. She shook his outstretched hand before nodding.

"Of course Mr Malfoy..."

"Draco" he corrected again and she nodded before leaving the office happily. She checked the clock on the wall to see it was ten to twelve. She would have just enough time to ring Harry before finding Victoire to go to lunch with her. She hadn't spent any quality time with her oldest niece since she was at least fifteen. Today would be a good day.

Harry was just looking through a few more papers on lost cases when his phone rang. He picked it up and spoke directly into the phone "Hello, this is Harry Potter speaking, how can I help you?"

"HARRY, I GOT THE JOB" Ginny yelled down the receiver, meaning that Harry had to push the phone away from his ear while she shrieked.

"Gin, that's great"

"Yeah, and you'll never guess what happened?"

"What happened?" he said sighing, any sentence that his wife started with 'you'll never guess what happened' was sure to be a long one.

"I met Mrs Malfoy, and her name was Hermione"

Harry's breath caught in his throat, he hadn't heard that name since their friend Hermione Granger had left eighteen years ago because she had cheated on Ron with another man. Or that's what he had told them anyway. Hermione had walked into the Auror office the day after the break and had given in her resignation. Harry was so unhappy to see his old friend walk away but knew that Ron's story was probably true so he left it alone. The Weasley's and the Potter's had later come to forget her.

But now her name brought back such happy memories that Harry wasn't quite sure why they had left her stranded, alone with no friends and no family.

"Harry" Ginny started and Harry was pulled from his thought at his wife's voice.

"Yeah Gin"

"You don't reckon..." she muttered and Harry smiled, he knew what she was going to say.

"No, our Hermione would never marry that ferret"

"He's not that bad Harry; he gave me a job didn't he"

"Yeah but..."

"Sorry, I have to go, I promised I would meet Victoire for lunch at twelve, love you" and then she hung up, leaving Harry looking at the phone with a surprised look on his face. Then the door opened and Ron walked in.

"Hey mate" Ron said and sat down at the desk next to Harry's. He was his deputy Auror and they shared an office.

"Hey Ron, guess what?"

"Ginny got the job" he mumbled

"Ginny got the... wait, what?"

"I knew she would, she is Ginny"

"You're right mate" Harry chuckled before returning to his papers.

"And this one is for copying, correct?" Ginny asked Victoire as she went through her computer, she had one at home but never one this complicated. Victoire had offered to help her, with the permission of Hermione of course.

"Yeah Aunt Ginny, you're doing great"

"Because of you" she complemented and Victoire laughed before checking the black clock on the snowy white wall. She gasped.

"Oh my god, I have to go back to the office. I promised Mrs Malfoy I would be down for a meeting in ten minutes, see you Aunt Ginny" she rushed before grabbing her folders and running out of the office; just as Draco Malfoy walked into the room, a grin on his face.

"Ginny, Hermione and I were wondering if you wanted to come to dinner at ours tonight"

"Tonight; but you've only just met me"

"Don't be silly, I've known you since I was twelve, well..."

"I understand, of course, is it okay if we bring our youngest though? She won't be any bother"

"Of course, our two youngest, Quinn and Astrum will be there anyway. They can play together while we talk about... about the past" he finished before walking out of the office and leaving Ginny very confused about what he had just said.

"I'm home Harry" Ginny called as she walked through the door and into their house. Nymphadora was first to great her as always.

"Hi mum, two days to go" she squealed before hugging her mother and skipping off back down the corridor. Ginny chuckled at her enthusiasm. She knew what she was talking about, Dora missed her siblings and it was two days until they would be returning home on the Hogwarts Express, she always made them welcome home cards and, this being Lily's first year, celebratory gifts.

Harry entered the entrance hall and kissed his wife.

"How did work go?"

"Surprisingly good actually, oh yeah, my boss asked me if we wanted to go to dinner tonight"