THE BEGINNING
Fine what do you want me to say mione' that you are going to be fine and everything's alright coz it's not, it's fucking not.
it's nott.
what? ron whirled around at the voice to see his sister on the doorway frozen with a piece of parchment in her hand.
Ginny what are- realization dawned as if cold ice water.
Hermione was frozen on the spot. One more death eater. Ron was sputtering as if finding it physically hard to form a response. He was red with anger, like everything was turned upside down. It was his two very important people in his life has received their marriage letters. Marriage. it now came with the second word only. Law. The ministry had passed the law a little 2 weeks ago. Seeing that Hermione and ginny were the only ones left it was just them that the the entire weasley family was worried about.
They were supposed to be married to the love of their lives but alas destiny had different choices, ron and Hermione called quits after dating for almost 2 months. Agonizing. That was the word that came in mind after Hermione or anyone who knew them close enough knew that. As for harry and ginny it was abrupt, one day they were all googly eyes and the very next day they split up. Ginny was her usual self for most of the part as for harry apparently he was in a hurry to find a wife and all that gobshite. He started dating luna , at first it came as quite a bit of a shock but soon enough they all realised how much they were made for each other. They married a year later and now share a beautiful baby.
I am going to kill the ministry how can they do this you both, ginny- ginny don't – ron pulled her sister in his hands and muffled her sobs. Hermione wanted to cry too, it was as if someone was trying to make the pay back or something. She saved this world and that's how they repay her by pairing her with malfoy . draco fucking malfoy. She wanted to cry but more than that she wanted to die why couldn't she have married ron. Well ofcourse not because ron and her not compatible ron and Hannah were. He tried every way possible to get Hermione to fall in love with him . she was already, but never more that a friend . a brother. It was 2 years after the war that he finally realized that there was never a coming back to the seventh year phase so he went back to finally live his life, little did he know that within a year he would fall in love with the sweetest girl possible and marry her. ha!.
Do it was just her and ginny both of whom were highly adamant about dating but pursuing their careers. Needless to say both were at highly paying jobs and were pretty successful, Hermione as the undersecretary to the minister and ginny as the chaser for the best quidditch team the Falmouth's. But what know, two weeks ago both of them received a letter from a ministry while they were both in Russia and ginny in Ireland for a match, the letter was delivered at their respective flats. Yesterday they arrived to find the letter at their window sills and to their extreme suprise a whole detailed version of the wizarding marriage law. Even though she was so close to the minister even she didn't hear a single thing baout this and this is what they have achieved so far.
Ron pls cal harry she ciuldn't believe herself to be able to form words. Ron nodded and carefully extracted ginny from her shoulder to cast a patronus. Hermione looked at the woman in front of her she was looking at her too with blood shot eyes and fire in her eyes but there was one more emotion that it killed her to see in ginny's eyes- fear. ginny and Hermione had became best friends after both of her best friends got married and had their own families it was jsut the two of them. They went on trips, she still remembered her trip to muggle Miami just after harry got married and they both needed a change of scenery. It still brought a smile to her face as she remembered all the crazy stuff they did while there. She was her best friend and more than that she was her sister and now seeing her so vulnerable she couldn't stop herself from going towards her and pulling her in a bear hug. They both cried for hours, ron and harry consoled them , threatened to kill the winzengmot but it was all in vain.
It was after around 9 that they were sitting on hermione's couch with glasses of wine that the they felt fine. Even though fine was something they could never fell from this day on.
It was at eleven that Hermione woke up with a blistering pain in her head that she realized that drinking 5 glasses of wine was never a good idea. And what seems like a full drag show she stood up from her place on the couch to see other inhabitants of the room , ron was snoring on the foot of the sofa with what seems like a toy of crookshanks, and harry well he was all the way near the fireplace a fool 3 foot away them. ginny was much much disoriented with her hair in all direction and a foot on ron's face. She wanted to laugh at this, and she did because who knew when would she get to laugh again.
Her laugh seemed to woke the sleep hoggers and that begin the onslaught of a rainbow of curse from the raven haired and seriously voldemort would have shied away at that.
They all woke up after that and harry once again educated them all about his amazing knowledge of curses after finding out the time and swiveling of the floo soon followed by roon who comforted them both.
So I guess we finally should talk. Ginny said hopping on the counter with her sandwich that harry prepared for them.
Yes I suppose that is quite important. You said you got Theodore nott yeah? Hermione asked
Yeah and you? Malfoy...? she asked though knowing her anwer and immediately sighing off dejectedly.
Why does the ministry hate us so much.? Heroine fekt herself ask and plopped on the counter resting er head on ginny's shoulder. At that moment an owl flowe over to her and flapped his wings. Trepidation over her as she took in the appearance of the owl and the crest on the letter M.
She wanted the owl to fly away as if not seeing her and ginny as if sensing her thoughts p plummeted down the counter to take the letter from the owl and offering him a treat waiting for him to leave but to hermione's extreme dread it sat on the window sill waiting for the response his master required.
Ginny looked at the letter apprehensively and offered her the letter. She took it from her shaking hands and carefully tore the letter as if waiting for the writer himself to jump from the letter.
Granger,
I suppose you have received your ministry letter by now. I would like to meet and discuss the terms of our future.
Draco malfoy
His letter was nothing but straight forward and she was surprised to see his extremely dazzling penmanship.
She looked up to ginny to find her watching the letter with a calculating gaze as if concur the meaning out of it. She then looked at her to as if ask her what she would do. She sighed there was nothing she could literally so so she did what was right, said yes.
He hadn't told her when and where and for the life of her she didn't want to know.
Ginny and Hermione stayed there a bit longer neither of them saying a word but conveying a thousand s from just a single eye contact. they had absolutely no idea as to what was going to happen next.
After what felt like hours they stood up from their seAts on the dining table and apparated to the once place where everything was conjugal. The burrow
They were immediately engulfed by the weasley matriarch who after looked at them almost felt like bursting in sobs.
Hermione was finally home, she felt safe now she felt like a light on the darkness she felt"hopeful"
She spent the entire day talking with molly and then cooking her favourite meal with her and ginny and at 11 did she finally leave to her falt only to find another letter with the only crest she could not for the life of her hate so much.
Tomorrow, at the sky high 10am.
If you have previous plans please inform.
D.M
She didn't know what was shocking more that the fact Draco malfoy considered something as her own plans or him inviting her to a muggle cafe willingly. She ended up politely refusing of any plans and saying yes to the cafe. If you considered. I'll be there as polite. Huff who cares.
Finally sleep consumed her before any of her thought would.
