A/N: Once again I do not own these characters they belong to JK Rowling. This story is meant for adult viewers, so if you are underage please find another amusement.
Chapter 2
By eleven she was sitting in the reception area of Madame Hoddup's office. She had been the one who had first interviewed her, talk about awkward moments. Ginny looked around the office wanting something to stare at, going from the few pieces of art to the moving portraits on the wall.
"Ms. Weasley, Madame Hoddup is ready for you." The receptionist said looking up to Ginny. She nodded and stood straightening her dress robes. She had decided that she would put her best foot forward. She had purchased these robes on a whim because she knew green, no matter what shade looked lovely on her. But this was different, this green was a pure emerald color that was so beautiful. It made her hair shine and her skin never looked better.
She entered and was at first at a loss for words when she saw Madame Hoddup and none other than Lucius Malfoy speaking together. They both looked up when she entered and she tried not to think of her dream. He no longer had that snide look on his face, he was angry.
He leaned over on the desk pointing to something but Madame Hoddup shook her head.
"The Cup chose, it is final." Madame Hoddup said. "Your position at the Ministry is still rather precarious-" she continued to say but Lucius straightened quickly shaking his head.
"Hello Ginevra," Madame Hoddup said with a pleasant enough smile.
"Hello Madame Hoddup," she tried to ignore Lucius, but he would not be ignored.
"Hello Mrs. Malfoy." He said and his tone was acidic in nature.
Ginny was stunned, not completely sure who he was talking to. She looked around the room and then back to him. "What does he mean?" She asked her question aimed at Madame Hoddup.
"I mean that I am your husband." He said quietly but he was angry.
She looked at him again and could not focus on him for to long.
"Surely there has been a mistake Madame Hoddup, he is no where near my match, in any sense of the word." She said ignoring the scoffing noise he made. She had trouble trying to keep her voice steady when she wanted to scream and shout. There was no way that she would find the courage to take the news at outwardly well, in the inside she was screaming.
"There must be a clause that say if the two parties do not consent to the match-" Lucius began, but was interrupted by Madame Hoddup, which only angered him further.
"When you signd the Contract you enter a binding agreement, almost as potent as an Unbreakable Vow. You agreed to marry whoever is picked for you by the Cup." Madame Hoddup said calmly ignoring the barely concealed outrage from the new couple "If you two will please sign the final documents you can be on your way."
Ginny stepped forward having nothing else to say and signed the document. She had read the Contract, and had been duly noted of the spells that had been woven into the document. She was still in shock over the fact that Lucius had entered into the contract as well. Why would a man of his society agree to the Marriage Contract? Where was Draco?
Lucius seemingly annoyed that she had done the deed first, took the quill from her hand. He stepped forward and leaned over signing the document. He watched with derision as the color of the ink changed from black to gold signifying that the magic was indeed effective.
He looked over to his new wife and felt all the contempt in the world for her. She was young, and despite what he wanted to believe, could see that she was very beautiful. Perhaps her willful nature was just a front and she would be as docile as Narcissa had proven to be once in the Manor.
"Please remember that there is some expediency on your pairing as that comes with all of these contracts. I can see that you two are probably not going to start on the right foot. Hopefully with time both of you will come to an understanding." Madame Hoddup said to the new couple, though she believed this news fell on deaf ears.
"Thank you Madame, if it is quite all right, my wife and I will depart." He said and reached out for her wanting to place his hand on her shoulder. He was not pleased when she shirked away from his touch. Under the watchful eye of Madame Hoddup he could do nothing but accept this humiliation. He instead turned the motion of him reaching out to touch her into motioning her to follow him out the door.
Ginny looked at him as if he were Lucifer himself and then turned on her heel going for the door. She did not look up when he opened the door for her walking out and going down the corridor. He watched her robes sway as she continued on her quick pace.
He quickened his stride, tucking his cane underneath his arm as he moved to catch up with her. He did not hurry, there were people around and he would not be put through the double-disgrace of that. What was truly frustrating is that he could not reign in his badly upset wife. If he touched her she would react rather badly and he could not have it being spread through the Ministry that he was distressing a beloved Weasley.
So he had to follow in silence, all the while seething at the impertinence of the young girl. She was heading for one of the fireplaces to use the Floo Network before he stopped her escape.
"What do you think you are doing girl?" He spat at her letting all of his frustration leak into his voice.
He held her hand still keeping it at her side, stepping in close so they did not look to out of the ordinary.
"I am going to meet Hermione," she said and her tone was surprisingly calm. She looked up at him with cold angry brown eyes. He had never seen such a hateful expression in a person's eyes.
"I think you have a few more important matters to discuss with me before you run off and demonize me to your little friends." He said already tired of her juvenile behaviour. Of course they were drawing attention to themselves a few people had stopped to stare.
Ginny noticed this as well and managed to keep her tone quiet when she said, "I have nothing I want to say to you right now."
"Well that is rather fortunate because I have plenty I would like to say to you." He said. "You are acting childish, you know we need to talk. We will go to my Manor." Lucius did not leave room for an argument. He took ahold of her hand noticing the cool touch of her fingers as he squeezed and Disapparated into his study.
Ginny was taken aback when he Disapparated without her consent. She was disoriented for a moment swaying on her feet, the only thing keeping her from toppling over was the steady hand Lucius had on her back. When she gathered her wits she took a quick step back.
A/N: Thank you for the review AuntBecky, I looked forward to seeing more. And thank you to the few of you that added me to your story alerts, I appreciate it.
