- I do not own harry potter-

I stared at the letter that was given to me only moments ago by an owl. I read it again and again, then I put it down and stared at the water. I heard foot steps and saw McGonagall walking toward me.

She said "might I sit" I nodded and made room she continued " it's not fair to make you all marry especially after we just won the war".

I nodded in agreement and said "I dread looking at the list, I don't want to force anyone to marry me".

McGonagall stood and said "I'd look sooner rather than later or you won't have much choice".

She left and I sighed in frustration as I opened the second package. I read the first three names and almost through up. They were Crabbe, Goyal, and Malfoy. I read on hoping for better choices and I found Sirius Black, Neville Longbottom, and Severus Snape. I chose to stop there because all the other names were of Death Eaters or people I disliked.

I crossed out Goyal, Crabbe, and Malfoy. I chose to cross out Neville as well because he likes Luna. So all that was left was Sirius and Snape, I made a pros and cons list for them both and found that Sirius had more cons than Snape. So I made my choice and went with it. A few days later I got a letter back that had his response. I was shocked to find that he said yes, so I went to see McGonagall.

She congratulated me and said "a yes from him is a good sign".

I said "that maybe so but I'll never get the marriage I dreamed of, the one where we were in love and glad to get married".

She said "you may still get that, it'll start with respect then it's admiration then love, and finally passion, you'll get there".

I said "we'll see, I guess I should get to class" she nodded. I walked down to potions class worried beyond belief at how odd today will be.

When I got there I was the first to enter, he looked up and nodded slightly. I sat in my seat and he said "stay after class", then everyone else filed in.

He had us brew a family tree potion, I finished it and added the last ingredient, my blood, then the words started to pop up and my quill went crazy. I didn't really look at the paper I just sat it down and cleaned up.

When I was done I worked on homework for my other classes.

When class was dismissed I stayed after as requested. Once everyone left and I could no longer hear them, he spoke.

He said "there are rules you must follow are we clear so far".