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Chapter One
Hermione woke up with a killer headache and a dull throbbing between her legs. I just need to sleep this off; she thought to herself as she turned back over and fell back into a peaceful sleep.
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Draco woke up with the worst headache in his life. He quickly searched for his wand and preformed a spell to mask the pain in his head. He then took the time to look around the room that he was in. The first thing he noticed was that he was not in his room. The second thing he noticed was the four empty bottles of fire-whiskey that were littering the small desk on the far side of the room. That explains my hangover he thought. He took a deep breath and continued to scan the room. When he glanced next to him he jumped. Who the hell is in bed with me? He found himself asking. Hermione Granger. He thought with a laugh to himself. I should get out of here he thought as he began to pull on his clothes. As he was buttoning his shirt he noticed something on his left hand. He looked very closely at his ring finger and thought, what the fuck did I do last night? Before he could answer his own question he heard and felt Hermione stir next to him.
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Hermione took a deep breath and stretched as she opened her eyes.
"Good morning!" she heard a deep voice exclaim. She quickly looked over and screamed. She fell off the bed taking sheet with her. She quickly scrambled to the far wall and tried to calm down.
"What the hell is going on, Malfoy?" she exclaimed.
"Look at your left hand." Draco said softly.
"Malfoy! What did we do?" she said as she examined the ring on her left ring finger.
"It looks as if we got married last night. Look on the inside of your finger." When he saw that she had looked at the inside of her finger he said, "It's an infinity symbol. I have a matching one on my finger."
"All of this happened last night?" Hermione asked confused.
"Yes"
"You know what? This is fine. We can fix this. We'll just get an annulment. It's not that big of a deal." Hermione said quickly. "It's all going to be okay."
"Granger, we can't get an annulment."
"Why?"
"Marriage in the wizarding community is different than muggle marriages. Once two wizards are married they can't get divorced or get an annulment. A marriage between two wizards is an unbreakable bond. We, quite literally, made an unbreakable vow. It's part of the marriage ceremony."
"What are we going to do Malfoy? And why aren't you as scared as I am? Weren't you supposed to marry Pansy?"
"I don't know what we're going to do. I am terrified I'm just better at hiding it than you are. I hate Pansy. Does that cover all of your questions?"
"No, I still don't understand why you aren't scared."
"You really don't know how to listen do you? I am scared. Do you realize what this means for me? I'm married to a Mudblood who I hate. I'm not okay with this whole thing happening and I'm terrified for the consequences. My father is going to disown me. My friends are going to hate me. The Dark Lord is going to kill me. So, yeah, I'm scared about what's going to happen but I know that we can't do anything about it. No matter how much I don't want to be married to you and no matter how much I hate you we have to work together to deal with this." He said with a rising voice.
"What do you mean 'deal with this'" she asked. "How can we deal with this if we can't change it?"
"I'll talk to my father and see what he says. He's a smart man; I'm sure he can help with this."
"Oh, yeah, just run to daddy! He'll fix everything." She said sarcastically.
"At least my father isn't a filthy muggle." Draco spat at her.
"You know what, Malfoy? I'm just going to get dressed and leave and then we can both forget this ever happened." Hermione said as she started to get up and gather her clothes.
"It's not that easy, Granger. We can't just forget that this happened."
"And why, pray tell, is it not that easy?" Hermione asked.
"Do you know what happens if the unbreakable vow is broken?"
"The person who broke it dies." Hermione said with a confused look on her face. "What has that got to do with anything?"
"If we break the vow we both die. It's that simple, Granger. We can't just forget about it."
"I still don't understand. It won't be breaking it if we just ignore it."
"Yes it will. One of the terms of the vow is that we will be faithful to each other until the end of our days. If we just forget this happened and one of us moves on we'll die. Another term is that we must be together to the end of our days. Now, go get dressed and we'll try to figure this entire thing out."
"What's there to figure out? We can't change it. You can't break an unbreakable vow!"
"I'm sure there's a way to get out of this. We just have to find it first." Draco said standing up and slipping on his shirt. "Get dressed." He said motioning to the bathroom door. "We can go to Flourish and Blotts and see if we can find any books about this."
To his surprise Hermione did as she was told and went to get dressed. As she was in the bathroom an owl swept through the open window bearing two letters. One addressed to him and the other to Hermione. Hermione Malfoy, that's an odd thing to see. Draco thought to himself with a small laugh.
He sat down at the small desk and opened his letter.
Dear Mr. Malfoy,
First I would like to congratulate you on your marriage. I must admit it came as a bit of a surprise to me but if it makes you and Hermione happy then I suppose it's perfectly alright. Secondly, I would like to offer you the position of Head Boy for the upcoming school year. You're academic achievements and the level of respect your classmates have for you makes you the perfect candidate for this position. If you need anything please do not hesitate to ask.
Sincerely,
Headmaster Albus Dumbledore
Draco took a deep breath and took out the Heads badge that accompanied the letter. I wonder what Grangers' letter says. He thought, I could look, we are married after all. What's hers is mine. But that would be the wrong thing to do. What do I care about the right thing and the wrong thing? I'm a Malfoy for heaven's sake. I so don't give a shit about the right thing. He thought as he picked up her letter. As he was about to open it Hermione came through the door.
"What's in your hand?"
"A letter for you," he said as he held out his hand "I got one too."
"What was your about?" she asked as she grabbed her letter and sat on the bed.
"Dumbledore congratulating me on our marriage and informing me that I got the position of Head Boy."
"You got Head Boy?" Hermione asked shocked.
"Don't sound too surprised, Granger. I happen to be second in our class and our peers respect me." Draco said with pride.
"Please stop acting like you're so much better than everyone because you're not." Hermione snapped at him.
"It's not acting if it's true." Draco said in a sing-song voice.
"It looks like we're going to be living together." Hermione said showing him the Heads badge she had received. "Maybe we should ask Dumbledore if there's a way out of the marriage."
"Let's see what we can figure out first and then ask for help. Maybe we'll find the answers all by ourselves." He said with a fake smile. "And if we're going to go to anyone it'll be my father. He knows all about this stuff."
"Are you implying that Dumbledore doesn't know about the issue we're having?"
"I'm just implying that my father is better than that old coot."
"Aren't you afraid of him disowning you for marrying a poor little Mudblood like me?" she asked with venom in her voice.
"He's made mistakes in the past." Draco said carefully.
"Like joining Voldemort?" Hermione asked with fake cheerfulness.
"No, but he did make a lot of mistakes in his youth."
"Okay"
"And just so you know, joining the Dark Lord wasn't a mistake. My father was just standing up for something he believed in. It's just like you fighting for Scarhead."
"Whatever, let's go Flourish and Blotts." Hermione said grabbing her purse, stuffing her letter and badge in it, and walking out of the room.
When they arrived at Flourish and Blotts Draco walked right up to the front counter and said, "Hi Byron, how are you?"
"I'm doing quite alright Draco. You?"
"Not bad. I have a question to ask you."
"Shoot."
"Do you have any books about marriage?"
"Are you planning a wedding Draco?" Byron asked skeptically.
"No, my mate got into a bit of trouble. You see, he got really drunk and accidently married a girl who he shouldn't be married to. I was wondering if you had any books about divorce or annulment."
"Draco, you can't get a divorce in the magical world. Don't you know that?"
"I've been told that but are you sure that there's no way out of it? Maybe there's a spell to reverse it?"
"It's an unbreakable vow. If there was a spell to reverse it then it would no longer be unbreakable."
"So there's no way to get it annulled or to get a divorce? None at all?"
"Not unless your friend and his wife both want to die. I would tell them to look very carefully at the situation. It might be exactly what they both need."
"Are you sure that there's no way to fix it?" Draco said with a sigh.
"Not even the Minister himself can fix it. Not even the combined powers of the Minister, Dumbledore and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named could fix it." Byron said with a sense of finality.
"So, he's stuck with her until he dies?"
"Or until she dies but yes."
"Okay, thank you so much for your help." Draco said as he turned on his heel to find Hermione. When he found her he said "There's nothing here for us, let's go."
"But I found a book." Hermione complained.
"I have that book at home. You can have it." With that they left the store.
"What did he say?" Hermione asked looking up at Draco.
"He said that there's no way to fix it. Not even with the combined powers of the Minister, Dumbledore and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named can fix this problem."
"So…I guess that means that we're married forever."
"Byron is easily one of the smartest men I've ever known. If he doesn't know a solution no one will." Draco said sighing. "So, yes, we're married forever."
"And we're going to be living together at school. What's everyone going to say? Harry and Ron are going to hate this."
"Who cares about what Scarhead and the Weasel think? We have bigger problems to deal with."
"I care about what they think! They're my best friends! And what do you mean bigger problems to deal with?"
"I'm a pure-blood you're a Mudblood our children will be half-bloods my blood line is ruined." He said sitting down on a park bench and putting his head in his hands.
"Is that really what your concerned about? You never have to worry about kids, Malfoy, because we are never having kids." Hermione said. As she turned to walk away from him she felt him grab her wrist.
"I'm sorry."
"What?" she asked turning to face him.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that. Can we try to be at least cordial to one another? I'm sorry for everything that's happened in our past but I'm willing to move forward if you are."
"Why should I trust you?"
"Because I'm going to try my hardest to make this work; we can continue to hate each other and hate our lives or we can attempt to at least be friends and possibly make this work. The decision is up to you." Draco let go of Hermione's wrist and stood up. "I'm going to go back to my Manor. I'll be there until I need to on the train to Hogwarts in a week. If you want to make this work then you are more than welcome to join me." He said extending his hand.
"I need time to think about this, Malfoy."
"I understand; I'll be at Malfoy Manor when you're ready." Draco said. Then he turned away from her and walked away.
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