Two weeks flew by and Dallas, Scorpius, Rose, Albus, Savannah, Bailey and the rest of the Seventh years Graduated and began their new lives in the Magical world. Dallas sat through wedding meetings in almost total silence, deciding that since she didn't count the whole thing as a real wedding, she didn't care what happened. Scorpius behaved in much the same way, choosing to stay silent or give indifferent answers when questioned about the wedding. His suit had been picked out for him, as had Dallas' gown and the bridesmaid dresses. He'd picked his two best friends, Jacob Zambini and Andre Nott, to be his best men and as expected Savannah and Bailey were bridesmaids for Dallas. He and Dallas had nothing to do with the rest of the wedding plans and neither cared as neither counted it as their actual wedding. James went home with his brother, sister and cousins and read each and every article about the 'Malfoy-Addams' wedding in the papers, believing that one of them would stop the whole thing before they were actually forced to become Mr and Mrs Malfoy. He and Rose had been in pieces about the whole thing and hoped that something would happen. Rose ignored her father's comments about how she was better off without Scorpius, because she knew that deep down he and Dallas were good people. They were just forced into awful situations and forced to make choices that no one should ever have to make. She read each article and each mention of Scorpius and Dallas in every paper and magazine she could, hoping someone would do something before it was too late.
Scorpius looked up from his newspaper, reading the article on him and Dallas that had been written by one of their mothers, judging by all the nonsense about love at first sight and about how they'd been childhood sweethearts. He sat on the morning of his and Dallas' 'wedding day', reading the paper and listening to the people around him talking and celebrating.
"Cheer up, dear, it's your wedding day" his mother laughed and he looked at her.
"It's not my wedding day at all and it's making me sick how you, father and Dallas' parents are acting like this is a happy occasion. It's nothing more than a business deal" he hissed at her and she looked at him, her smile vanishing as she gave him a firm look.
"All marriages are a business deal, Scorpius. Sometimes if you are very, very lucky you have love as a bonus" she said and he glared at her.
"Listen to me, Scorpius Malfoy we have worked very hard for this arrangement. You and Dallas getting married is going to make us one of, if not the most powerful family in England. All of that Death Eater nonsense won't matter anymore. This is a very big day for all of us and if you put one toe out of line, you will regret it. Do you understand?" she hissed back and he sighed and nodded and saw her bright smile return as if nothing had happened.
"Eat and try and look happy" she muttered and then walked away to mingle and he wanted to throw up at the falseness of everything. He wondered what Dallas was doing, coped up in her suite at Malfoy Manor, no doubt being primped and plucked and examined as she was forced into some kind of frilly, over-the-top gown that their mother's picked out. He'd seen the dessert like dresses that Bailey and Savannah had been forced to wear and felt awful for his wife-to-be. Not only was she forced to get married, she was forced to get married in a no-doubt revolting dress.
Dallas looked into the mirror at her mother in horror and shock.
"Of course I knew, I'm your mother" she spat and Dallas gulped slightly.
"His father is Saint Potter and they are followed everywhere. Did you really think we wouldn't find about you spending the Easter Holiday with your dirty little secret and his family?" she scoffed.
"I told you that I do not love Scorpius. Just because you were forced into a marriage you didn't want. I know things too mother, like the fact that you hate father and that you have been having affairs with everyone. You are miserable in your marriage and yet you seem to think it's ok to do the same to me" she snapped and her mother glared at her.
"Do not ever talk to me that way again" her mother warned and she glared at her.
"Just because you are miserable, selfish and heartless doesn't mean that…" she began then cried out when her mother slapped her.
"You will marry him, you little witch because if you don't; James Potter might just have a little accident that even his famous father won't be able to save him from" her mother threatened and she gasped.
"No" she whimpered.
"So unless you want your little secret lover to wind up dead, do as you're told" her mother hissed and then left the room. A few seconds later Savannah and Bailey walked in.
"Are you ok?" Bailey asked and Dallas looked at them and shook her head.
"No" she said and looked at them and then told them what her mother had said and done and they gaped at her.
"You cannot tell anyone. Promise me, both of you" she said and they nodded.
"Of course" they both said and she nodded, wiping away her tears and using make-up to hit the large red handprint and to re-touch her eyes.
"I have to get something from my house. I'll be back in time for the non-wedding. I promise" Savannah said and Dallas frowned but nodded and then looked at Bailey who handed her a glass of wine.
James looked at his father.
"If I had been meant to stop that wedding, there would have been some kind of sign and since nothing…" he began then almost fainted when a familiar brunette walked out of the fireplace in a very ugly, puffy pink dress.
"Savannah, what are you…" he began.
"Doing here? I've been acting myself the same thing" she said and he gaped when she took the glass of Fire Whiskey out of his hand and drank the whole thing then looked at him.
"It's my best friend's wedding day and I've spent the whole morning, watching her get ready. I know her better than almost everyone. We've been friends since we were children, 6 maybe 7 years old. I know how she thinks and all day I knew something was wrong. Then it hit me. Her parents, his parents are kidding themselves. Scorpius and Dallas are miserable and I think that only me, Bailey and his friends know it. Their parents keep telling them that they'll grow to love each other or they'll learn to. You don't learn to love someone, you just do" she said and he blinked at the ranting brunette and noticed his father had left the room.
"What are you saying?" he asked and she looked at him.
"Are you coming to stop this wedding or what?" she asked and he gasped and stared at her.