From : Hermione's PoV.

Whew. My day at work at the Ministry of Magic was a turbulent one today. Oh hello, I haven't introduced myself to you guys, did I? I was Hermione Granger, married to Ronald Weasley, Auror, and now Hermione Granger Weasley. I had a rough day at work at the Ministry.

How? When? Why? And what happened? You must be wondering about this now. Well let me tell you all by the beginning. Directly graduated from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy, I found a position in Wizards's relations with the Muggles after school. How did I find this position? The Headmaster recommended me because I was one of the best witches at school. And I was working alongside the snobbish Astoria Greengrass Malfoy and Draco Malfoy occasionally popped in to my workplace to say hi to his wife.

I guessed Draco Malfoy my school enemy didn't have to work, since he was living off his family's fortune? But why did I think of him out of the blue? I hated that jerk who called me Mudblood all the time. And didn't you know, Mudblood was now forbidden to use in the Wizarding community by the Ministry. Anyone who used it got fined 1 thousand galleons. That was a lot of money.

Well, my husband Ronald Weasley was working with Kingsley Shacklebolt and Harry Potter as an Auror to catch the reminder of the Death-Eaters after the big war. Harry Potter, my friend, was of course a heroic figure of hope for most young wizards and witches like my son and my daughter Rose and Hugo Weasley.

But enough wandering around about my thoughts. I was going to tell you about my horrible day at work, so let me begin by saying this : when I got to work this morning, I didn't find Astoria, my colleague at her desk. This was strange to me. What could have happened to her? Was she sick?

I tended to worry a lot about others even though I wasn't friends with them. I supposed that was who I was and I worried a lot about people. So when she didn't show up at her desk doing her usual job, I was asking myself a ton of questions : was she okay? Did get into a Floo accident? Things like that tended to happen a lot in the Wizarding World. This even happened to me sometimes either at work or at home.

So I was worried about her personal safety because she was absent from work. Then, out of the blue, she was there by Floo as usual, but looking furious. Furious at what? What could have happened to her? What could have gotten her in such a state? I thought to myself. Then I knew when she exploded, no raged at me.

"You Mudblood, how dare you take my ex-husband's love from me?"

"What? What in Merlin's name are you on about?"

"You! I knew you were up to something with Draco, my now ex-husband?"

"You mean you're divorced? How and why?"

"Because he's a Veela and you're his bloody mate!"

"Wait, what, you must be joking right? Draco Malfoy? A Veela? And me his mate?"

"I can assure you I'm not joking, he told me he wanted a divorce because of this last night. And there I was this morning, filing the divorce papers with him."

"But how can you accuse me of stealing his love from you? I did nothing wrong? I'm innocent in this!"

"No, you're not, Mudblood. I know you must have put some Amortentia in his fire whiskey or something."

"What are you on about? Your ex-husband and I barely had any chances to talk to each other, he just comes in from time to time to say hello to you."

I said to try and calm her down. She was crazy or completely out of her mind. Why would I, Hermione Jean Granger Weasley want Draco Malfoy, Astoria Greengrass's now ex-husband?

But she could barely contain herself. She was besides herself. Livid with rage, she pushed me down on my desk, wand forgotten, and eyes flaming with wild anger and jealousy. That woman was out of her mind! I did nothing to Draco Malfoy, I swear on Merlin's honour!

"Guards, help! Astoria's hurting me!"

The guards came a bit later. They had to stun her and to get her out of the Ministry's doors. She wasn't in any state to work today. And I completely understood her. She just lost her husband and son yesterday, although what was that about her husband Draco Malfoy divorcing her for me? Because he was a Veela and me his Mate? I didn't believe a word of it and continued my job in the afternoon. What in Merlin's beard was happening to me?!

Oh yes Draco Malfoy. Him. How could I forget my number 1 enemy at Hogwarts? He called me names such like that forbidden word : Mudblood and looked down at me as dirty filth, way below him. And even if if he were a Veela, how could he choose me? That didn't make any sense to me. And Astoria Malfoy, oh pardon, now Greengrass again's explosion at me was so surreal to me because, really, that was all impossible in my head. Me? Draco Malfoy's Mate? And him? Divorcing Astoria Greengrass, a prestigious Pure-Blood witch for me? The world was turned upside down.

And that was how my peaceful and happy marriage with my husband Ronald Weasley began to go bad. Because I realized upon getting the news that Draco Malfoy chose me as his Mate, that maybe, just maybe I didn't love Ronald Weasley. But that was not possible. I was Hermione Granger Weasley, Ronald Weasley's faithful and loving wife.

So that was my first reaction to Astoria Greengrass, my colleague's nonsensical outburst at me. And I really didn't understand where she came from. And after the guards showed her the door, I continued my work at the Ministry.

But I was going to get a nasty surprise once home with my husband : Ronald Weasley. He got the news too from an article from the Daily Prophet in big letters :

"The Malfoys' Sensational Divorce!"

Now at home with my husband fuming and furious at me, I was trying to calm him by saying :

"Ron, this isn't true, I'm not Draco Malfoy's mate."

"But you are, it says so in the article."

"Ron, Rita Skeeter hates us, she would write anything to defame us, the Golden Trio, don't you believe in what she says."

"But the article says clearly that the Ferret divorced Astoria Greengrass Malfoy for you, Hermione!"

"You're so hard-headed, Ronald Weasley, I love you and only you! I won't leave you for him. And like you, I hate him."

"So you promise me you won't leave me, Rose and Hugo?" My husband asked, so unsure of himself. He always had self-esteem issues and I had to help him with them. I was his wife, for Merlin's sake! I married him out of love for him! Didn't that mean I loved him? How could he be so stupid as to believe Rita Skeeter? The journalist who always spoke ill of us and laughed at us, the Golden Trio at school?"

"I promise you, Ronald Weasley, I'll never leave you, Rose and Hugo, no matter what. You're my family and I love you all dearly. Now let me read the article." I snatched the newspaper from him and read it out loud to myself :

"So, Miss Greengrass, can you tell us more about your divorce with your ex-husband Draco Malfoy?"

"Well, last night my now ex-husband Draco Malfoy, all of sudden, at dinner, told me he's a Veela and needs to be with his Mate!"

"And?"

"He then asked me or a divorce. I was furious at first, of course, but then i asked him why and did you know what he told me?"

"What?" asked Rita Skeeter.

"He had to be with his Mate Hermione Jean Granger."

"What? That Mud—?"

"Be careful, Rita, you mustn't use that word or you'll get fined by the Ministry."

"I know, I know. So your ex-husband, is now beneath you, since he's not a Pure-blood anymore, you feel?"

"Exactly. I'm from the noble and pure Greengrass's House and I'm a Pure-blood."

"But what about your son, Scorpius Malfoy?"

"Well, he's like his father, less than I, because he's a half-creature, half-Wizard. So he's going to live with his dad, my now ex-husband Draco Malfoy."

I was thoroughly disgusted by Astoria's replies in the interview-article, so now that her husband was a Veela, she looked down on him? What a Pure-blood snob. But enough about that, I was trying to comfort and reassure my husband, Ronald Weasley, that I wasn't going to leave him no matter what happened.

But, this was all true. The Draco Malfoy being a Veela and I was his Mate! Now that I read it from the Prophet. And he divorced his ex-wife for me! Wow. I still half-believed it. But nevertheless, I told Ron who was looking at the article, quite dejected :

"Look and listen Ron, I love you and my heart only beats for you. I married you because I'm in love with you, for Merlin's sake!"

"What about that Slytherin git then?"

"Well, he's nothing more than a slimy snake. And I don't know what he's playing at and I have a bad feeling about this. Ron, please don't believe anything in this article."

I was so furious at Rita Skeeter. How dare she write such a horrible article about me and Malfoy? As if Malfoy and I were compatible! Even if he divorced Astoria for me, I wouldn't divorce Ron for him, he wouldn't have me. I was a stubborn goose and it was going to take a lot to convince me to be with him. I hated him in my school years and he hated me, or so I thought.

"All right, I love you, Hermione, just don't leave me for him."

"Don't worry, I won't. I don't even believe this, so how could I leave you for him?" I reassured my husband once more.

Calmer now, I seemed to have convinced him and told him to go to bed. But what a day I had! From knowing I was Draco Malfoy's, my most hated enemy from my teenagehood up till now's Mate to Astoria's fury at me at my work. Merlin's beard! I had to take some time to digest these things.

Thanks for R&R, everyone!