Jade woke up in the morning and looked around to see that Ginny wasn't in her bed. Jade rolled her eyes and turned over, hearing the door open and close. "Caught you." Jade said in a tired voice. Ginny smiled and jumped on the bed, making Jade scream. "Get off! You reek of sex." Jade said pushing her happy sister off.
"Shut up, just because you can't get hooked by Malfoy doesn't mean you have to vent your sexual frustrations on me." Ginny said hearing Jade gag.
"That's disgusting. I'm rather happy that I'm not getting hooked by Malfoy." Jade said.
"I am so happy Jade. He's back and this time, we won't be going anywhere. Oh goodness, I had the best morning in a year." Ginny said feeling exhausted.
"It's a wonder how no one woke up. You know what Malfoy said to me last night?" Jade asked.
Ginny waved her hands. "Who cares about Malfoy? Anyways Harry was asking me today and even last night how the hell you two had gotten married. He seriously thought you were under the Imperious Curse or Malfoy snuck in a love potion in your food. I couldn't tell him about your marriage contract because if I did, he'd tell Mum and Dad." Ginny said.
"It's a good thing you didn't. The last thing Malfoy needs is you and Harry on his case." Jade said seeing Ginny give her an incredulous look.
"What the hell Jade? Why are you worried about Malfoy all of a sudden?" Ginny asked. Jade didn't know how to answer her question. Why did she give a damn about Malfoy anyways?
Later on, everyone gathered for breakfast and listened to Harry and his escapades while he was training in Auror training. When breakfast was over, Molly and Arthur told everyone that they would be gone to visit a sick friend and they'd come back late. Taking advantage of this situation, Harry proposed to spend a day outside, near the lake and drink some Firewhiskey.
"Draco are you up for it?" Harry asked Draco who shook his head.
"You go, I don't like these kinds of 'hanging out', I have some work." Draco said going to leave.
"Leave the work and relax for a while. You can do work all your life but to relax? Jade, what kind of man have you married? Can't relax?" Harry asked.
Jade wanted to insult Draco with Harry but felt it was best not to say anything when Harry was around. "Surprisingly he's always been like that...that's why he's so...grumpy, aren't you?" Jade asked forcing a smile on her face.
"You love it don't you? Isn't that why you married me?" Draco asked. Harry found these two interesting. They looked uncomfortable with each other and looked forced to even talk to each other.
"I'll go bring the Firewhiskey." Jade said leaving. Draco stood there with Harry and left after Jade.
Jade walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge to receive some Firewhiskey bottles. She closed the door and jumped seeing Draco arrive in the kitchen.
"What is it? I'm boring? I can't have any fun?" he asked.
"Where are you coming from with this? Of course you're boring and yes, you can't have any fun. Did I say something wrong?" Jade asked.
"I can too have fun." Draco said seeing her raise an eyebrow at him.
"Yes, and I'm rich enough to buy the whole world." Jade mocked him. She placed the bottles on the table and Draco walked closer to her, smirking.
"Well since you're married to me, you can now and I'll show you today that I can have fun." he said grabbing a Firewhiskey from her hand. He opened it and gulped.
Jade watched in amazement seeing him make a face but determined to finish it. "Stop it. Just drinking doesn't mean someone can have fun, there are other things a person can do besides drinking." Jade said seeing him walk away from her.
"Just because you don't know how to have fun doesn't mean I shouldn't. Anyways, you can go flirt with Potter until this marriage ends, or I find myself that cousin of yours and have fun with her." Draco said smirking.
"I've always hated you Malfoy. I really can't wait until we separate, it'll do my family and most of all, me good." Jade said.
"Likewise." Draco said leaving; unaware that Harry listened to their entire conversation.
"They're getting a divorce? But everyone said they were in love." Harry said pacing back and forth in the living room. Jade did look miserable. She hardly exchanged a proper conversation ever since they arrived. What was mind boggling was that she never even gave the slightest inkling that she was interested in Malfoy. Something was definitely wrong, but what was making her so miserable?
Jade walked into the living room with an armful of dry clothes. "Jade." Harry called. Jade stopped and turned to see Harry walking towards her. "Need help?" he asked taking the clothes from her.
"No, I was…I guess." Jade said when he took the clothes and dumped them near the sofa.
"Sit down with me. Ever since I came, all you've been doing is work. Talk to me." He said. Jade sat and gave him an exhausted smile.
"What should I talk about? You already know I missed you." Jade said. Harry grinned and sat closer to her. He wrapped a hand around her shoulder and kissed her temple.
"And I missed you. One year changes a lot of things doesn't it? Look at you, thinner and from what I can see, shorter?" he asked dodging from her swings. "But that arm hasn't changed." He said playfully. Jade smiled and rested her head on his shoulder.
"Ginny's happy that you're here." Jade said softly.
Harry nodded and saw Jade look up. "I know, but your husband doesn't look so happy seeing me." Harry said seeing Jade look uncomfortable all of a sudden. "You love him don't you? You can tell me anything Jade. If there's anything wrong, you can tell me." Harry said.
"There's nothing wrong…why would you think something's wrong? He's a…great…husband." Jade said. Even lying to Harry never tasted so bitter in her mouth.
"Promise? You married him because you loved him?" Harry asked. Jade nodded and Harry nodded as well, still unconvinced.
"I'm going to go press these clothes, so much work to do, I'll be back." Jade said.
"Oh, yeah, sure." Harry said watching her pick up the clothes again. "I'll help you if you want." Harry said and Jade shook her head.
She left and Harry sat in the living room by himself, unaware that Malfoy was watching everything from outside. The windows were closed and Draco couldn't hear anything, but the way Potter hugged and kissed Weasley enraged Draco. The Boy Who Wouldn't Die was competing with him! The way he stopped her from her chores and the manner in which he spoke to her, Draco felt a couple of times to go into the living room and stop them. Draco still seethed and glared at the once again empty living room and looked around for Harry.
Someone tapped Draco's shoulder and Draco turned to see Harry standing there looking cheerful. "What are you doing?" Harry asked. Draco felt embarrassed being caught in a situation like this; he looked around and spotted a flower.
"I was picking flowers…for my wife." Draco said snatching the flower from the ground.
"Oh, I see. You love her that much? Just walk around, picking flowers for her at this odd time?" Harry asked looking at the evening skies.
"I don't know about you Potter, but every hour of the day is love for me." Draco said.
Harry looked pleasantly surprised and so was Draco, who wondered how in the world he came up with that. "I'm sorry. Listen Mal-I mean Draco. Whatever happened during Hogwarts, I hope you can forget it all. You're married to one of my best friends, so in a way; you're married to all of us. Let's be men and celebrate by the lake." Harry said clapping Draco's back. Draco walked on with Harry and looked at Harry who smiled back at him.
'I'm not going to let you near Weasley.' Draco thought, but was oblivious to what Harry was thinking.
'I'm going to make you fall in love with Jade all over again.'