And Then What?
Author's Note: I don't own anyone from the Harry Potter series. Nope, nobody. This is my story though, so read it!
Ch.1: Enough
" I swear, if another man EVER looks at you like that again…….."
His hand came down across her face in a striking blow. They had just come back from a bridal shop. Hermione was trying on dresses for Draco to see which one he liked best. When she had come out she looked absolutely stunning. So stunning that one man had begun to stare at her in awe. Draco had noticed and had become furious. For this he punched the man square in the nose for it. He didn't like the idea of other men looking at Hermione……..his Hermione.
" How dare you hit me!" Hermione cried, her voice full of shock, " You act so possessive over me, it needs to end now!"
"Don't you ever talk back to me again! Do you hear me!"
His voice was full of anger as he, yet again, gave her another blow to the face.
" I have had enough of this! The wedding is off!"
Her face was red with fury as she grabbed her cordless phone and stormed off into her bedroom. Once inside she locked the door and began to dial phone numbers.
Before she could finish dialing, Draco stormed in and wrestled with her for the phone. For what seemed like a lifetime, Draco got a hold of the phone. He stood above Hermione as an expression of victory spread across his face. As he gloated about his small win, Hermione crawled out of the room, grabbed her car keys, and sprinted for the door, with Draco hot on her heels. She exited the house and reached her car, when Draco grabbed her arm, spun her around, and delivered a punch to her stomach. As Hermione fell to the ground, she cried out for someone to help her. She was soon silenced when Draco kicked her. In a matter of minutes, 3 cop cars had arrived at their home.
Apparently, a neighbor had seen what was going on through his window. He called the cops when he noticed that Hermione had been running away from Draco. When he saw Draco attack Hermione, he notified other neighbors who also called the cops. Hermione began to sob as she watched Draco glare at her from the cop car as it drove off. Even though he had just beaten her, she still loved him and she would forever.
As she watched him drive off in the distance, she grabbed her car keys from the ground and walked back in the house. She sat on her bed for nearly an hour tying to figure out what had triggered this erratic behavior and why he had started to act this way. She knew this was not the first time he had acted that way. On the night they were engaged he took her to a fancy restaurant to celebrate. When they went Hermione had worn a teal, spaghetti strap dress that went down to the knees. She also wore a pair of matching, strap high heels. When they got there, they decided that it would be best to get Valet parking rather than search for a parking spot. When Hermione stepped out of the car, she noticed that the Valet parking employee had been staring at her. Draco also noticed this and decided it would be better for them not to go out to dinner. When Hermione and Draco got home he screamed and yelled at her and called her every name in the book. He even said that she was a stupid whore and that no one would ever love her and that she was lucky that she even had him. She had sat up the whole night crying in her small office space she created near her bedroom. During the middle of the night Draco had come in and told her how sorry he was, and she believed him.
While she thought about why he had done all of these things to her, she remembered the conversation before the cops had been called. She remembered him saying something about a man looking a t her in a certain way. The longer she thought the more frustrated she became, and then she remembered what she had said to him. A look of horror soon appeared as she began to realize the after affects of what had just happened.
She had broken off the wedding with Draco, the love of her life.
She began to sob while muttering to herself, " What have I done?" eventually crying herself to sleep.
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As she woke up, reality hit her once more as she realized that she was no longer getting married. She had dreamed of getting married to the man of her dreams ever since she was a small child, and now that dream was ruined.
'What do I do now?'Hermione thought to herself, 'Maybe I should tell my mom about what happened.'
She called her mom and almost immediately she began to cry. She told her all about what had happened and how she was no longer getting married. Although her mom seemed upset, she also seemed immensely relived. She never really liked Draco, but she hated to see her daughter upset. Hermione called everyone who was invited to the wedding and told them the news. No one seemed distraught about it though. Soon there was only one person left to call, and this person wasn't even invited, Harry Potter.
Her hand began to tremble as she dialed the phone number to Harry's house. The phone rang and rang and then…….
"Hello?"
Hermione became even more nervous, she noticed that Harry's voice had changed and it suddenly sounded more depressed than usual (even though she hadn't spoken to Harry in over a year)
" Hello?"
His tone of voice was sterner now. Hermione became even more nervous (if that was even possible), to the extent that she hung up the phone.
" Hmmmmmm…….that was odd." Harry thought to himself.
Hermione was not ready to talk to Harry again, not after what had happened between them.
A/N Yes, I know, a bit of a cliffy, but it makes the story more interesting. Please give me reviews. It's my first chapter of my first story. I do accept flames (they help me to better my story). Okay well, review now please.
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