Forever and a Day...

(Always Sequel)

DISCLAIMER: I do not own ANYTHING in the Harry Potter universe, similarly I do not own ANY of Bon Jovi's material (song lyrics/titles etc.) Respectively these rights belong to JK Rowling & Bon Jovi. I do not now nor will I ever make any kind of profit from this fictional piece.

Summary: Picking up where Always left off, Draco and Hermione are now engaged, and set to live happily ever after... or are they? Post DH but AU/AR. Ron is a MAJOR douchebag bad guy in this, so be warned! Relevant Warnings will be placed in Chapters as I go.

Dedicated again to Arekusu.

Last time...

"Hermione Jean Granger, will you make me happier than I deserve? Will you marry me?"

Hermione stared blank and frozen at Draco. Her heart stopped when he started singing, and she stopped breathing when he proposed. She knew in her heart what the answer was, but would she say it? Could she say it? Everyone was staring at her waiting for her response. It was her do-or-die moment now.

She couldn't speak, so she just nodded mutely crying and smiling. Draco looked confused for a few moments and then realised she was saying yes.

He pulled out the ring he'd taken to carrying around. It was a gorgeous piece, one he'd spent ages designing. A slim silver band that had a ruby eyed, citrine stone snake that had some "scales" in emerald. He slipped the ring on her finger, feeling her hand shaking as badly as his was. Hermione smiled through her tears and said "I love you."

On the engraving on the inside if the band, was

DAM + HJG 28.5.01

He had consulted with Harry and Ginny on the design and the engraving as after her volatile relationship with Ron the two no longer spoke, let alone breathed in each others general direction, and he wanted her to forget the idiots jealousy and rantings and he shuddered remembering the weasel promised revenge on them both.

The Broken Wand & Bent Broom, Knockturn Alley
Ron Weasley was brooding and drunk. He hadn't been heard from since Draco and Hermione had started seeing each other and had been very cold when they had separated, going so far as to tell her "you made your choices, now live with them". Ginny was shocked and angry when Ron called her friend a slut, -and a mudblood one at that-her and Harry had banished him from their home with several well-aimed stinging hexes pointed at his balls.

When Molly & Arthur had been informed of their son's callous words to his once best friend, he was promptly kicked out of the Burrow, barred from Bill and Fleur's, and from the joke shop. Ron was told he was essentially disowned and homeless until he could grow up and apologise, something he'd refused to do because to his way of thinking, he was in the right.

But that bitch and her slimy ferret would pay, and pay dearly. He grinned sadistically lifting the glass of firewhiskey to his mouth and started planning how to avenge his pride and hurt. Something for them both to hurt over for eternity. He drained the glass and left for his shitty little room above the bar and began correspondence with some of the remaining living Death Eaters left in Muggle London.

A/N: Well that's Chapter One of Forever and a Day! It's the sequel and I don't like saying I have favourites, but as Always was the first semi successful story I've ever written, I wanted a sequel for it to celebrate.

Who likes my changes to Draco & Ron? Next chapter will have Harry & Ginny's perspective, and how our snake and lioness ended up engaged with their help.

In further news, Thank you guys so much for the positive reviews I received from Always! F&AD is not going to be a Oneshot story, rather I am thinking it will be an actual novel length story with possible sequels. Please be reminded that I don't own any song lyrics or titles belong to Bon Jovi. PRoP is in effect. For questions comments or to join the update notification list (again flamers are deleted, cause ain't nobody got time fo' dat!) please email me with your AFF name, DOB & a fully functional email to originalsinfanfic with the subject line as either:

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Here is the closest to Hermione's ring that I could find: listing/177810417/reptile-snake-silver-tone-crystals?ref=sr_gallery_12&ga_search_query=slytherin+ring&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery

Original Sin xo