Translations at the end of the chapter
-Hermione's prov- I stood and glared at my parents and then at Damon and then back at my parents. "I will not be getting married now I'm only 19 and I don't even know him how could you do this to me, I can't believe you two, this is by far even worst then lying to me basically, all my life!" I shout before turning and storming up the stairs and then slamming my door shut.
I was in my room for quite some time before I heard a knock on the door followed by my father's voice asking to come in, I opened the door slightly glaring "What do you want dad?"
He held up his hands, "Hey there truce please I'd like to talk to you about what's going on." I thought it over and then opened the door fully sighing.
"I guess you can come in" I walked over to my corner chair and sat staring out the window.
"Hermione dear I know you don't understand what is going on right know between me and Damon but his father was a good friend of mine, and while we were in collage during my first year as a deserter of the Death eaters he and of course your mother were the only ones who understood and well we made a... -unbreakable promise-" The last part of my father's speech came out so soft I almost didn't hear it.
"You did what?" I all but shouted at him "So what you're telling me is that I have no choice but to marry him god, dad how could you do that." I stood pacing back and forth in front of my window muttering to myself trying to think of a way to get out of the deal.
"Now you hold on just a minute young lady!" My father snapped drawing me from my thoughts.
"What... What could you possibly say to make this better Regulus!" I shouted turning to glare at him. He stood and the anger in his eyes was like nothing I'd ever seen before. He took a deep breath trying to calm down before he spoke
"You will never call me that again I am your father and as for the deal I made with Damon's father it only takes affect after at least two things happen, one you graduate from Hogwarts, and two you fall in love with Damon!" He all but shouted "Now I am going to go down and visit with our guest, you will come down as soon as you can act like the young lady I raised you to be." And with a slam he left my room. I stood there for a few minutes before a smile crept across my face and a thought entered my mind. There is no way I'm going to fall for him so the promise will be null and void! About an hour later my Mother called me down for dinner.
-That night at dinner Hermione's prov-
I smiled as I noticed that my mom had made my favorite dish for dinner, Blanquette de Veau soup with Gypsy Tart for dessert, after hugging and apologizing to my mother and father I sat and began to eat. Trying my best to smile I peered up at the man sitting across from me "So, Mr. Salvatore what is it you do?"
"I run my father's plantation while my brother runs his other businesses. And please Ms. Granger call me Damon" he answered smirking and then asked "And what do you do Ms. Granger?"
I smiled and puffed out my chest with pride before answering "Well after I helped my best friend end a great wizarding war that threatened all of wizarding Britain, then I helped to rebuild our great society and now I'm back in school to finish my education before I start my training to become an aura. Damon and please call me Hermione" he nodded his head and smiled.
"I read about that I'm sorry that such a beautiful woman was caught in something so dangerous". He said nodding his head before taking another sip of his soup.
I rolled my eyes "Please I don't need your pity, trust me." I mumbled sinking back into my seat. He shook his head and looked straight into my eyes.
"I wasn't giving you pity in fact I admire you, a lot of people in your shoes would have ran away or even snapped and gone mad." He looked like he was speaking the truth and his eyes shone with admiration his voice sounded like honey, I shook my head to clear my thought and mentally scolded myself for thinking that, then I heard him chuckle.
"Do you find something funny about me Damon?" I asked glaring at him.
"Ah I see everyone is done with their meal so who would like dessert." My mother quickly intervened giving me a scolding look as she plopped a slice of the tart on my plate. The rest of dinner was eaten in silence until we adjourned to either the kitchen or the lounge
-some time after dinner still, Hermione's prov-
I was curled up by the fireplace after helping my mother with the dishes reading Twilight: New Moon I was just getting into it when suddenly it was snatched from my hands, I glared up at Damon as he flipped through the pages not even bothering to mark my spot. "How can you read this, its garbage I mean vampires that sparkle, cuddly werewolves come on!?"He exasperated as he dropped it on the table and sat on the floor next to me.
"It's called fantasy and after the horrors I've seen it's nice to read things that couldn't possibly be real. Besides do you even read?!" I snapped,
he smirked and chuckled "Yes I do read in fact, I just finished the final book in the Dollganger series, and now I've started reading the Supernatural book series, I like it better than the show actually." I stared at him wide eyed for a moment before shaking my head.
"So, does that mean I passed the test?" He asked smirking, I stared at him confused
"Test? I wasn't testing you, I mean I'm glad you like reading, I enjoy talking about the books I've read." I answered, he smiled at me and I realized I'd sat up and that I was gushing.
"Sorry." I muttered blushing, he chuckled.
"Why are you sorry? I mean all you were doing was talking about something you love, I was glad to see you smiling but I have to admit I like seeing you blush too." He said lifting my chin making me look at him, I sighed and pulled out of his grip, I stood and grabbed my book still blushing.
"I'm going to go to bed, goodnight Damon" I said, I began to walk off when he grabbed my hand and gave it a kiss before smiling and looking into my eyes and saying.
"Sweet dreams cara." I blushed again before hugging my parents and heading to bed, I laid in bed and thought He is going to be a lot harder to resist then I thought. That night I dreamed of Damon but there was something different about him in my dreams...