A/N: Here we are chapter two! Review, people, review!

Disclaimer: nope, still not JKR; don't own anything (except the plot).

Draco was devastated after Hermione was killed, and he swore to get revenge. He later used his blood in a ritual to call his father to him and Draco cut Lucius's throat and sent it back to the other death eaters as a warning.

However, a few months later, he realised, after a dream in which Hermione came to him, that it was time to move on with his life.

December 26th 2017

Draco had remarried on January 15th, and much to everyone's surprise, it was to the girl that his mother and father had arranged for him when he was five. It was not uncommon for two people in an arranged marriage to actually fall in love, but normally it happen a few years after they had been married. Unlike Draco Malfoy and Astoria Greengrass.

Draco was looking at his old photo album from his and Hermione's wedding, because even now he couldn't forget. He was just looking at the moving photo of him kissing Hermione when he felt Astoria's arms go around his neck from behind his chair.

"It's hard isn't it?" She asked in a soft whisper. "I can tell. You still love her." She gently took the album out of his hands and turned the pages to find a photo of Hermione walking down the aisle. "I can see why, she's very beautiful."

"Astoria, I still love you, you know. It is just that it's hard to forget that day… The attack was so sudden. I grieved for weeks afterwards, but then you came along. You helped to pick me up when I had nothing, you helped rebuild me. I love you for that."

"That's true Draco; you do love me for that. But you love me for what I did, rather than who I am, and that worries me. I love you, but you are always going to love her. I'm not angry about that Draco, but it hurts. It hurts every day that you love her more than me."

Astoria turned and walked through to the kitchen. Draco looked down at the photo that she had been looking at, and saw that it was during Harry's speech. There was a tear running down her face, but she was laughing. She was the happiest Draco had ever seen her. He took a deep breath and closed the album, following Astoria through to the kitchen.

The sight that greeted him was not a pleasant one. Astoria was holding a vile to her lips, and in it was a potion that Draco immediately recognized as the most deadly poison around. He took a split second to wonder how she got hold of the substance before yelling "Astoria wait!"

She pulled the vial down from her lips to give him a wry smile. Before whispering four words; "Happy Boxing Day Draco." And tipped the potion down her throat.

A/N: I was trying to give off the sense that Astoria was kind and caring, but at the same time slightly delusional and wrong in the head. I don't know if I managed it though. By the way, Cookies to anyone who can work out what the dates mean, Hint: Look at my profile. Until next time xoxo

~AuroraCloud~