Bitter Sweet Love

Summary: Marriage Law Fic: The War is over! The Golden Trio all return for their seventh year, but there's a surprise in store! They have to get married before the year ends!! Will Hermione and Draco end up killing each other as they are forced into an unwanted marriage?

Starring: Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, Ginny Weasley, Ron Weasley, Lavender Brown, Luna Lovegood, Blaise Zabini and others as they come along!

A/N:

A huge thanks to my beta Unicorn90021

Some of you asked why people such as Luna and Neville are suspects, well simple really, I asked the readers for nominations and they were nominated so they became official suspects.

Someone mentioned why Romilda doesn't have a fiancée, well she does now, his name is Christiano Micomaro, he's in Ravenclaw but he's poor! He's also not very good looking, I doubt he will make an appearance in the fic, he might, I'm not sure! :D

Feel free to drop me any questions or queries.

Enjoy this chapter, let me know what you think! :D

Chapter 28:

Draco's Punishment

"You want me to do what exactly?" Draco asked two days after the dance.

"I said I want you to fulfil your punishment," Hermione smiled putting her books down after a potions lesson.

"And I said what's the punishment?" Draco asked falling onto the bed.

"I've broken it down into different sections," Hermione smiled. "Part 1, you are to compliment Harry the whole day, Part 2, you have to wear pink!"

"You can't split it in two, you already did that!" Draco smirked.

"I can, see our verbal contract said loser does what the winner says, never did we specify that one thing cannot be subcategorised."

"Bookworm," Draco muttered.

Hermione grinned, "Well I suggest you wear something pink!"

Draco grunted. He did not want to go to breakfast and spend the whole day in pink. Nor did he want to spend the day complimenting Harry Potter. He sighed as he entered the bathroom. She said, wear pink…fine, I'll wear pink. He smirked as he dressed and when he came back into the bedroom, he was still smirking.

"Oi I said wear pink!" Hermione told him, he was in normal robes.

"I am wearing pink," Draco smiled. He rolled up his sleeve and around his wrist was a black plastic wristband with a small pink circle on it.

"I meant full pink idiot!"

"Love, you said I have to wear pink. You see you never specified."

"You think you're so cleaver, don't you?"

"Yep!"

"You still have to compliment Harry all day and you can't get out of that!"

Draco's smirk disappeared. She had got him there.

"And you have to do it, or else."

"Or else what?" Draco asked.

"You die," Hermione grinned. "We kind of made a vow."

Draco cursed under his breath.

"What was that love?" Hermione grinned.

"Nothing." Draco put on a fake smile.

Hermione smirked as she opened the bedroom door and saw Harry was in the common room. She turned to Draco, "You start now!"

Draco shuddered as he walked down the stairs, "Morning Potter."

"Morning Draco," Harry looked at him suspiciously.

"Nice jumper," Draco said, it physically pained him to say it.

"Um…thanks?" Harry offered.

"Morning Harry," Hermione smiled.

"Morning Hermione," Harry replied.

"Waiting for Ginny?" She asked.

"Yeah. She's taking forever."

"We'll wait with you," Hermione suggesting pulling Draco by the hand and making him sit down. She nudged him.

"Nice shoes Potter," Draco noticed.

"T…thanks?"

"And what about his hair?" Hermione said. "Don't you think it looks nice?"

"Yes, amazing," Draco smiled.

"Um…" Harry replied.

"Oh look here's Ginny," Hermione grinned. She was loving this.

Draco was hating this.

"Come on then breakfast," Hermione grinned.

"Morning to you to," Ginny laughed.

"Come walk with me Gin," Hermione smirked dragging Ginny in front of the guys.

"What is wrong with you?"

"Look Draco lost a bet, and his punishment is to compliment Harry all day, so play along!" Hermione whispered.

Ginny laughed, "Done."

They rejoined the boys but Draco decided this morning he would sit with the Slytherins. Hermione sighed, damn that boy! Why was he given brains…

X X X X X

"What are you going to do?" the student asked Bellatrix.

"Be a cute little black cat," Bellatrix smiled. "Mudbloods love felines. Unfortunately she might have to touch me."

"Disgusting!"

"I know but it is for my nephew, I have to make sacrifices."

"But before you do that, let me put my plan into mode, by the end of the day they'll be over. Please give me a chance."

"Fine, one chance. You mess up and you'll pay."

"Understood."

X X X X X X

Hermione caught up with Draco before Charms. She grinned as she remembered, her, Draco, Blaise and Harry all sit together. She was going to have fun.

"Come on," Hermione whispered to Draco as they entered the classroom. "Compliment him!"

Theo looked at them suspiciously as Draco grunted loudly. Pansy also noticed, she was amused that Hermione was actually smirking.

Draco shivered involuntarily, "You have a sick sense of humour."

Hermione smiled, "Who do you think I get it from?"

"I wouldn't make you do something like this!"

"No you'd make me do something worse!"

They sat down at the table and waited for the other two who arrived within minutes. Before Draco could compliment Harry, Professor Flitwick started the lesson. To Draco's delight he talked for a while, but to Hermione's happiness, he asked for the rest of the lesson to be spent practising all N.E.W.T.s spells learnt so far.

"So what spell are we trying first?" Blaise asked.

"Harry choose," Hermione said.

"Um sure," Harry raised his wand. He charmed a pillow in the room to fly around the room and left it in midair before getting another pillow to fly up.

"Double Levitation," Hermione smiled. "Nice huh?" she looked at Draco.

"Yes, Potter, that spell was perfect," Draco sighed

"Thanks." Harry replied.

"And the hand movement, complete control, I wish I was half as good…" Draco started.

"Mate what are you talking about?" Blaise asked.

"Yea, you can levitate about five of them pillows at the same time, if not more," Harry raised an eyebrow.

"Oh yea," Draco replied. "But it was still good."

"You and Hermione changed bodies?" Blaise asked.

"No, I can be nice," Draco smiled.

The other three all laughed.

"What?" Draco asked, confused.

"You…nice?" Blaise laughed. "Please don't…"

"Shut up!" Draco shouted at them.

"Excuse you?" Hermione looked at him.

"Fine Shut up Hermione and Blaise!" Draco fell back in his chair.

"Jeez, I feel special," Harry, grinned.

Draco sighed as he locked eyes with Hermione, "Your turn."

Hermione grinned, she did the same spell but with four pillows.

"Show off!" Draco grinned. "Harry's was better."

Blaise and Harry exchanged looks.

"Fine," Hermione replied. He didn't have to say that. Mine was by far better. At least my pillows stood still in the air, Harry's were wobbly!

"Harry's weren't wobbly," Draco whispered to her as Blaise attempted the spell.

"Stay out of my mind!" Hermione shot back in the same low tone.

"No chance," Draco smirked. "You want to play punishment, we'll play but I'm going to have fun too."

"So Slytherin!" Hermione moaned.

"Oh well!"

"Draco your turn," Blaise said.

Draco grinned, as he raised one pillow into the air, then the second, then the third, then the fourth, and the fifth.

"Perfect," Draco smiled at Hermione.

"Show off," Hermione muttered.

"What was that?"

"Nothing," Hermione smiled.

Draco turned to Harry, "Nice glasses mate."

Harry looked at him shocked. Draco turned back to Hermione who was smiling again. Who am I kidding? Like I can see her upset…man I'm so screwed!

The rest of the lesson was spent with more charms and random compliments from Draco to Harry, including:

'Nice shoe shine Harry' (Yes he said Harry!!),

'Nice eye colour mate',

'Those robes look exquisite.'

'What toothpaste do you use? If only my teeth were as white as yours!"

"Mate, that tie…very amazing!"

"Your skin is so perfect and flawless."

Blaise whispered to Hermione, "Is Draco in love with Harry?"

"No, he lost a bet, punishment is to compliment Harry all day!" Hermione grinned.

Blaise laughed, "No way!"

"Yes!"

"This ought to be good. Look at Potter, he looks scared!"

"This is the guy who faced Voldemort. He's scared of Draco!"

"Looks like it!"

Hermione and Blaise continued to laugh until finally the class was over. Draco was out of that door faster then lightening. He had class now, thankfully not with Harry. Hermione was on a break. She headed to the common room. Little did she know someone was in there earlier.

X X X X X X

Earlier…

They both went in that common room together. Bellatrix as the cat was on guard. She would scratch anyone who wanted to come in the common room.

"Are you sure this will work?" one said as they entered the common room.

"It has too!"

"What if it doesn't?"

"We can't think like that! She'll kill us!"

"Look we just stick this love letter here ok?"

They opened Draco and Hermione's bedroom door and left the letter on the desk.

"When the mudblood sees it she'll go ballistic."

"Does Bellatrix know this is the plan?"

"No, I wanted to surprise her!"

"If it goes wrong…"

"WILL YOU STOP THINKING LIKE THAT!"

"S…sorry!"

"Come on, lets get out of here before we catch something."

They both left and walked in opposite directions once they were out of the common room. The black cat followed neither but quickly entered the common room. She wanted to check out the location, and once the common room was open again she'd leave.

X X X X X

"Hermione," Viktor called smiling at her.

Hermione turned around, it was her free period now and she was heading to the common room.

"Viktor, how are you?"

"Fine thank you. Have you by any chance seen Harry?"

"No, sorry," Hermione replied.

"Oh, it is ok," Viktor smiled.

"Is there anything in particular you need?"

"No, it is about Quidditch so I shall have to find Harry."

"Ok," Hermione waved at him and left.

"Hermione!" Astoria and Daphne came running to her.

"um, Hi?" Hermione offered.

"Before our wedding," Daphne started. "We will be having a joint hens night, you'll come right?"

"Sure?" Hermione was still uneasy around them.

"Great!" Astoria beamed and left.

Hermione shook her head and entered the common room on her own. Ginny wasn't here, which surprised her because the red head was always here when they were on a break.

She sighed, she dropped her school bag in the corner and headed to her room and changed into her normal attire – jeans and a t-shirt. She was rummaging through her stuff when she saw the pink envelope on the table. There was no name on it. She slowly opened it, it smelled of a fragrance, a really cheap fragrance.

My darling Draco,

I wish I could call you just mine! Unfortunately for the time being you're her's. The filthy mudblood as you call her. The only good thing about her is she's easy huh? Keeps you occupied when I'm busy!

Baby, I want you in my arms again, the other night, Tuesday actually, was great, more then great. I want to scream your name again. Owl me as soon as you can and we'll meet up at the usual place again? Okay baby? Waiting for you

S

Xxx

"S?" Hermione said out loud. "Who the fuck?"

Her heart pounded, this could not be happening. He did not cheat on her…no!

X X X X X

Bellatrix was hidden behind the desk and she watched as the mudblood fall onto the bed in tears. She smiled, maybe her minions weren't that bad.

A/N: Sorry this took a while guys, I had exams, but they are now finished! Yay!

I have one other chapter written before updates speed up again, ok?

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Next chapter…Hermione confronts Draco!

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