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Summary: Wedding bells, wohoo! Just read to know what happens in this chapter. I am praying that God gives me nice, creative ideas for this chapter. For now, I will just type and see what I can come up with.
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The next morning Hermione found Sadie lying on the bathroom floor.
"Baby, it's time to get up." Hermione shook her daughter.
"Ugh, what time is it?" Sadie asked groggily.
"Past twelve and the weddings at five." Hermione reminded.
Sadie nodded her head weakly and attempted to go back to sleep again.
"Child you are on the floor." Hermione laughed.
"It's very comfortable." Sadie waved her hand.
"I'm sure it is after the back pain."
"Yeah mom." Sadie nodded.
"You know I love you right?"
"Yeah mom."
"And that I'd do anything for you."
"Yeah mom."
"And that you need to get up."
"Yeah mom."
Hermione realized that Sadie just kept saying the same words over and over again.
"Can I use your gown for the wedding?"
"Yeah mom."
"Thank you!" Hermione giggled and clapped her hands.
"But it won't fit you." Sadie finally sat up.
"Sadie, are you sick?" Hermione asked worriedly.
Sadie's eyes were bloodshot and her face was paled.
"I'm fine although I do feel a little dizzy." Sadie put her hand on her head. "Nothing a bath can't do."
"Have you been crying?"
"Wh. . ." Sadie's laugh was fake. "What made you think that? I wasn't crying." She glanced at Hermione. "I wasn't crying."
"Okay. No need to get defensive. Go put something on and let's go down to the spa and make ourselves pretty."
"What about the rest of the girls?" Sadie rubbed her eyes.
"Ginny and Pansy needed to go get their gowns so we won't be seeing them 'til the wedding and Ashley left already there was this really nice spa near the church so she's going to get ready there."
"So it's just you and me?" Sadie smiled hopefully.
"Just like old times." Hermione smiled at put out her hand for her daughter. Sadie slowly helped herself up.
"I love you mommy." Sadie said in a childlike voice.
"I love you too baby." She wrapped her arms around her daughter. "Now go brush your teeth you're going to make your mother pass out."
"Haha!" Sadie said snottily. "Very funny. I think I want to flip over and giggle with glee."
"You already slept on the bathroom floor no need to flop down anymore. Go and I'll have them bring lunch to the spa."
"Okay."
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Early that morning Draco drove back to his parent's home. He was in his room when his mother knocked on the door.
"Yeah mom?" Draco looked at her.
Narcissa had grown more beautiful as she got older, something that almost never happened to normal people. "I just wanted to see how you were before the wedding."
"If you think I want to marry her I don't."
"I know son but it's a sacrifice I'm going to have to make you make. We promised to their family years ago and we can't break that our family honor and reputation depends on it."
"It'll never work out."
"Yes it will. I know from experience." Narcissa looked at her son. How much he had grown, he had her eyes and she knew that.
"You mean, you and. . ."
"Your father."
"But mother it wasn't all sunshine in the past."
"And that is what love is. Love is hurting, love is fighting and most of all love is willing to make sacrifices for each other."
"It'll never work."
"You're in-love with someone else aren't you?"
Draco nodded his head. "But she's gone. I've lost her. I lost her fifteen years ago and after today I am going to lose her again." Draco's tears began to flow. This made Narcissa nervous. Her son was always so very strong and seeing him like this acting like a child made her get tingly inside.
"Draco." She put out her arms to her son.
"I've lost her mom. And I know that I can't live without her. Time can't dry the tears. And time won't fix the heartache. I may not have it but I will always remember."
"Draco you're not making any sense." She looked at her child.
"I'm sorry. Even Ashley does not want to marry me." Draco shook his head. "This wedding will be over even before the honeymoon."
"Have faith Draco and everything will be alright."
"I wish I could have faith but right now I don't think that I can have faith not with everything I'm about to lose for the second time."
"You make it sound like a lot is at stake Draco."
"What's at stake right now is my heart, my happiness and most of all her heart and her happiness."
"Who is this girl?" Narcissa asked cluelessly ( I know that it's not a word).
"It doesn't matter now." Draco turned away.
"Do this for honor." Narcissa looked at him. "And it'll make your father very happy." She stood up and left Draco.
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"You will look absolutely stunning!" Gracie said excitedly. "And I will do some practical magic to make you look even more beautiful."
"Mom, just don't." Ashley said frustrated. It was one thing to have to marry the guy she barely even knew but having to spend so much time with her mother was sickening.
"You smile young lady. You smile big." Gracie warned. "This going to be all over the papers both muggle and witch. And if you don't want anything to happen to that Creevy fellow."
Ashley looked up at her. "Huh?"
"Please, child I know everything probably more that you even know about him. A muggle-born, child could you go against me any more?"
"I'm not a child."
"You act like one. Now you listen and you listen good." Gracie warned, "In about an hour you will walk down that aisle and you will marry that Malfoy, if of course you don't want anything to happen to that Colin boy."
"I'll marry him." Ashley assured her mother.
"You better."
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"Mom, come on the wedding's going to start in twenty minutes." Sadie hurried her mother out of the car.
"This is me coming and hurrying." Hermione stood up. "Child you are like a cat very loyal but very annoying."
"You love me just the same." Sadie stated.
"Now, what gave you that idea?" Hermione asked.
The two girls were escorted to the bridal lounge.
"Hermione!" Ashley ran over to her cousin.
"Look who's got cold feet." Sadie laughed. Hermione nudged her. "I was just kidding, sheesh!"
"So how's it going?" Hermione asked her cousin.
"What does it look like? I'm about to make a lifelong commitment to a guy I barely know."
"He's a good guy. Do you need anything?" Hermione asked.
"Water."
Hermione looked at her daughter. Sadie began to search for a lady in the room to help her and unluckily there was no one else there. She stepped out of the room and unconsciously walked to the chapel were the wedding was going to be.
Draco and the rest had already begun to walk down the aisle.
"Sadie." A male voice called.
She turned to see Ryan.
"Hey!" She ran over to him and gave him a quick hug.
"Look at you." He held her bare skin.
"Ouch!" She complained.
"What?" Ryan quickly let go.
"When you did that one of the beads like bit me."
"Biting bead." Ryan looked at her. "That's new."
Sadie smiled sheepishly. "Well I have to go and get Ashley a glass of water. I'll see you after this stupid thing is over."
Sadie was finally able to get Ashley a glass of water.
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Draco looked at the people he began to pass. He knew that this was probably going to be the most horrible days of his life.
"Lord give me the strength to go through this day." He shook his head. He secretly smiled to himself. He was beginning to sound like Hermione although he didn't know that. Harry gently rubbed his hand on his friend's shoulder. He knew how much Draco didn't want to do this.
"She's a good girl, Draco. Somehow you'll be happy with her." He whispered as they watched the entire entourage go down the aisle. First it was the long line of godmothers and godfathers.
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"Girls it's time to go." Andy walked into the room.
"Daddy," Ashley looked at her father. "I don't know how you can let mom do this to me."
"This is good, this is great, this is wonderful." Andy nodded.
"Uncle Andy?" Hermione looked at him.
"Oh." His eyes shot open. "What?"
"What's wrong with you?" Sadie asked in a not so polite manner.
"You have to get married, Ashley." He nodded. "This will be good for the family."
"Daddy, you're not making any sense." She said worriedly.
"Let's go!" Gracie walked into the room and clapped her hands. She shot a strange look at Andy and he weakly smiled at her.
Sadie walked out first and headed toward the chapel.
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'I can't do this. This is nuts. I'm letting my father marry my aunt. How gross is that?' Sadie thought to herself.
"Sadie." The wedding planner tapped her. "You're up."
Sadie's eyes got big.
"Give them everything you've got." She smiled.
'That girl reminds me of that Jennifer Lopez movie mom made me watch.' Sadie shook her head. Sadie took a deep breath and made a left to the entrance of the wedding. She watched as everyone began to look at her. She looked back to find Hermione right behind her. She smiled at her mom and began to walk down the aisle. The moment the light hit her face she smiled. A smile so fake yet so believable.
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Draco watched as his daughter walked down the aisle. She looked so pretty only someone had to do something about that belly-bearing top. He wasn't very comfortable with it.
"Who designed that dress?" Draco hissed at Harry. Harry made a small chuckle. "What?"
"She looks absolutely beautiful why are you so worried?" He shook his head.
"Because. . . Look at her stomach it's flashing more than anything."
"You know she looks good."
"Hey." Draco elbowed him. "Stop checking out my daughter."
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Hermione followed on after Sadie walking slowly, very slowly. She passed by Ginny and Pansy who were smiling at her. She returned the smile gracefully. She looked up towards the altar. There she saw Draco standing with Harry and Seamus beside him. It broke her heart to see that he was getting married today and it wasn't her walking down the aisle in the white dress.
He looked at her weakly. She smiled at him. It took every single amount of energy to smile, to show him that she was happy. To show him that she didn't really care.
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Draco looked at the person behind his daughter.
"Now, she's beautiful." Harry whispered.
"Will you stop checking out the entourage." Draco rolled his eyes.
"You're still in-love with her." Harry stated.
"Am I that obvious?" He smirked.
"She looking at you."
Draco looked towards Hermione's direction. It weakened him to see her looking so beautiful. She smiled at him. Draco knew that smile anywhere. That was the smile she gave him before she walked out of the room sixteen/fifteen years ago. She was slowly breaking apart and only Draco and Sadie knew that.
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"For Life." Ashley said. "For honor." Draco said across the room the same time Ashley spoke.
The wedding march began as Ashley stepped into the spotlight. Everyone stood up to welcome the bride. Hermione and Sadie watched from the altar as the girl slowly walked to the altar. Hermione glanced at Draco who was just staring blankly at his future bride.
Draco had to admit that Ashley did look good. His eyes began to roam around the room. He spotted a familiar blonde looking at Ashley with eyes wide. Tears began to flow from the man's eyes but he remained composure.
'That's him.' Draco told himself. 'That's Ashley's lover (cringe).'
Hermione saw Draco looking around the room. She spotted Colin Creevy.
"Colin." She whispered to herself.
Ashley looked towards Colin's direction. She could see that he too was crying. He smiled at her through his tears and she did the same.
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Finally Ashley reached the altar.
"Who gives this woman?" The priest asked.
"We do." Her parent's said.
Sadie looked at her Great Uncles eyes and saw that he looked like he was being controlled or something. She moved closer to her mother.
"C3PO is in the house." Sadie nodded towards her uncle.
"Tell me about it." Hermione shook her head. "Go down to the seats, now, now, now."
The two girls walked off the aisle and down to their seats.
Ashley moved closer to Draco as her began to remove her vale.
"Don't." She put her hand on his lower arm. He saw through the vale. Her eyes were red.
."This. . ." The priest began the ceremony.
"This is beyond boring." Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Mom." Sadie hissed. "This is way beyond that."
"I've taught you well my young apprentice." Hermione whispered back.
"Yes, Master Grange-kanobi." Sadie giggled softly.
Gracie shot glares at the two.
"Shh. Darth Vader is looking our way." Hermione looked at her daughter. The two girls faced the priest and continued to listen as the ceremony went on.
The priest gave a short sermon on what marriage is really about.
"Marriage is knowing that you can make a lifelong commitment to another. Marriage is based on three things love, trust and faith. With this three anything in the world is possible. Love is growing together, correcting each other and learning from each other. And you should not marry the person you can live with but the person you can't live without."
Everyone knew that this wedding had to stop but the question is, who will stop it? Slowly as the wedding moved on everyone was shooting each other hopeful looks and waiting for someone to stop it. Even until the most crucial part of the wedding.
"Do you, Draconis Lucius Malfoy take Ashley Marie Granger to be your lawfully wedded wife, in sickness and in health until death do you part?" The priest looked at him.
He glanced at his daughter who was shaking her head weakly. "I do." He put his head down in shame.
"Do you Ashley Marie Granger take Draconis Lucius Malfoy to be your lawfully wedded husband, in sickness and in health until death do you part?"
Ashley looked at him weakly. "I. . ." She began. "I. . ." She looked at Colin and mouthed a small sorry towards him. "I. . . don't." The audience gasped. "I mean I do. I do, I do, I do." She shut her eyes in frustration.
"Who ever objects to this marriage speak now or forever hold your peace." The priest looked around. No one dared to speak. Hermione's heart was breaking, Sadie's mind was reeling, and Draco's blood was pumping.
"You may now. . ." The priest began. "Kiss the. . . "
"STOP!" Sadie yelled in frustration causing everyone to look her way. She turned to Ashley who was looking at her hopefully.
"Excuse me?" The priest looked at her.
"This wedding can't push through." Sadie began suddenly feeling out of breath. "They don't love each other."
"That's what the whole arranged marriage is for." Gracie reasoned out. "Go on."
"No!" Sadie protested.
"And why the hell not?" Gracie screamed.
"Because. . ." Sadie began. "Because. . ."
"What?" The priest cut in gently.
"Because he's my father." Sadie ran.
Gasps came from all sides of the room.
"Sadie!" Hermione and Draco called out at the same time. Draco glanced at Hermione.
"GO." She mouthed. He turned to Ashley and gave her a small peck on the cheek. The chapel became noisy and people began to leave.
"Wait!" Ashley stopped. "This wedding will go on. Of course, it'll be another groom." Ashley rambled and Gracie passed out. The moment Gracie passed out Andy's eyes changed. "Colin?"
Colin stood up and walked to the altar.
Ashley faced the priest and asked him to continue but he just had to do the part with the vows.
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Meanwhile out in the garden Sadie looked around confused. She had no idea where to go. She stood in the middle crying as she helplessly looked around.
"What now?" She cried to the sky.
"This is the part where I thank you." Draco put his hand on his daughter's shoulder.
She turned to him. "Daddy. . ." She whispered and wrapper her arms around him.
Draco rocked her back and forth. "I'm here now and I'll never let you go again."
"I'm sorry." She sobbed.
"Sorry for what? There is no reason to cry. You just stopped me and Ashley from making the biggest mistakes in our lives." Draco laughed.
"Why are you laughing?" Sadie whined.
"Because if you didn't say anything twenty minutes ago I would be on my way over there." He pointed to the reception. "And I would've made the biggest mistake of my life."
"You keep saying that." Sadie smiled at him weakly.
"Because I would've." Draco looked at her and kissed her on the forehead. "I would've lost you again and your mother."
"You mean that?" Sadie smiled at him.
"Yeah."
The two heard sounds of wedding bells and police cars.
"Where are they taking Gracie?" Sadie looked as her great aunt was escorted to the police car.
"I don't know." Draco took her hand and they walked towards the chapel.
'Sadie. . ." Hermione looked at her daughter. "You okay? You were quite the scene stealer there."
"Haha." She hugged her mom.
"Sadie. . ."A voice called from behind. She turned to see Ashley.
"Aunt Ashley." She bit her lip. Ashley held out her arms and the two girls hugged each other.
"Thank you."
"Hey it got me attention didn't it?" Sadie giggled.
"I'd like you to meet your uncle Colin." She introduced her husband.
"Welcome to the family?" She laughed.
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The reception definitely made up for the wedding. People were dancing around and just having fun.
"Hey." Ryan held Sadie from behind.
"Hey yourself." She kissed him on the cheek.
"Quiet a scene you made there Ms. Malfoy." It was the first time anyone had ever called Sadie that. All her life she had been answering to the name Granger.
"That's still Granger. He may be the father but their not married." Sadie smiled.
"Dance with me?" Ryan looked at her.
"You know how to dance?"
"I thought dancing was just swaying around to the music."
"You and I obviously have two totally different meanings for dancing."
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Draco and Hermione were still sitting on the other side of the garden by themselves.
"So you must feel so much better now, huh?" Hermione said stupidly.
"I guess. It's cool."
"Did Draco Malfoy just use cool in a sentence?" Hermione shot a look at him. "I think I'm rubbing off on you."
"Probably." He shrugged. He watched as Sadie danced with Ryan. "Are they?"
"Together?" Hermione smiled at him. "I'm not quite sure yet."
"Don't you care?"
"Of course I do but I'll let her come to me when she's ready to tell me." Hermione smiled.
"Uh. . ." Draco said nervously.
"Yeah?"
"Would you like to dance?"
"I thought you'd never ask." Hermione smiled at him.
The two grownups walked to the dance floor.
"You look beautiful tonight." Draco said.
"You do too." Hermione put her hand on his shoulder. Draco put up his hands obviously not knowing where to put it. "You can put it on my waist." Draco gently put it there.
"So where are we now?" He asked nervously.
"Wherever you make it." Hermione smiled. Draco smiled at her. "Why don't you dance with her."
"I never leave a lovely lady alone on the dance floor."
Hermione laughed. "Ryan!" She called out. "Dance with me."
Draco finally gave in and the two danced their way to the youngsters.
"Can I cut in?" Draco looked at them.
"Sure as long as I get to dance with Hermione." Ryan laughed.
"So young and yet so flirty." Sadie laughed.
"Hush child." Hermione said. "It's not everyday you get invited to dance with your dad."
"So I guess I'll accept." Sadie smiled at Ryan. The two boys changed places.
"Sadie. . ." Draco looked at his daughter. "Do you still want to come back?"
"Of course I do." She smiled. "And that's when you will formally introduce me to your parent's besides what ever gave you the idea I didn't want to?"
"Nothing." He hugged his daughter.
"Do you still love my mom?" She asked quietly.
"More than anything on this planet."
"Even me?" Sadie asked pretending to be hurt.
"I've only known you a couple of days. . . I don't go that fast." Draco laughed.
"Finally someone who speaks Granger!" Sadie laughed. She looked at her father who was just staring at her intently. "What?"
"Nothing. I'm just thinking about how much I missed in your life."
"New things happen everyday just remember that you'll still have me for the rest of your life." Sadie smiled. "Now that I know you, you're stuck with me for eternity!"
"If I can get through with your mother, I can't get through anything."
"Hey! I heard that!" Hermione laughed.
"Ryan. . ." Draco looked at the boy. The two changed places again.
"Juggling women are you?" Hermione smiled at him.
"Just my favorite two." He kissed her. She opened her eyes in shock. "I'm still in-love with you Hermione Granger. I love you more than anything on this planet. Do you still feel the same way?"
"I always have." She kissed him back.
Sadie beamed when she saw her parent's kiss. Then it got a little deeper. "Oh gross!"
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Summary: Wedding bells, wohoo! Just read to know what happens in this chapter. I am praying that God gives me nice, creative ideas for this chapter. For now, I will just type and see what I can come up with.
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The next morning Hermione found Sadie lying on the bathroom floor.
"Baby, it's time to get up." Hermione shook her daughter.
"Ugh, what time is it?" Sadie asked groggily.
"Past twelve and the weddings at five." Hermione reminded.
Sadie nodded her head weakly and attempted to go back to sleep again.
"Child you are on the floor." Hermione laughed.
"It's very comfortable." Sadie waved her hand.
"I'm sure it is after the back pain."
"Yeah mom." Sadie nodded.
"You know I love you right?"
"Yeah mom."
"And that I'd do anything for you."
"Yeah mom."
"And that you need to get up."
"Yeah mom."
Hermione realized that Sadie just kept saying the same words over and over again.
"Can I use your gown for the wedding?"
"Yeah mom."
"Thank you!" Hermione giggled and clapped her hands.
"But it won't fit you." Sadie finally sat up.
"Sadie, are you sick?" Hermione asked worriedly.
Sadie's eyes were bloodshot and her face was paled.
"I'm fine although I do feel a little dizzy." Sadie put her hand on her head. "Nothing a bath can't do."
"Have you been crying?"
"Wh. . ." Sadie's laugh was fake. "What made you think that? I wasn't crying." She glanced at Hermione. "I wasn't crying."
"Okay. No need to get defensive. Go put something on and let's go down to the spa and make ourselves pretty."
"What about the rest of the girls?" Sadie rubbed her eyes.
"Ginny and Pansy needed to go get their gowns so we won't be seeing them 'til the wedding and Ashley left already there was this really nice spa near the church so she's going to get ready there."
"So it's just you and me?" Sadie smiled hopefully.
"Just like old times." Hermione smiled at put out her hand for her daughter. Sadie slowly helped herself up.
"I love you mommy." Sadie said in a childlike voice.
"I love you too baby." She wrapped her arms around her daughter. "Now go brush your teeth you're going to make your mother pass out."
"Haha!" Sadie said snottily. "Very funny. I think I want to flip over and giggle with glee."
"You already slept on the bathroom floor no need to flop down anymore. Go and I'll have them bring lunch to the spa."
"Okay."
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Early that morning Draco drove back to his parent's home. He was in his room when his mother knocked on the door.
"Yeah mom?" Draco looked at her.
Narcissa had grown more beautiful as she got older, something that almost never happened to normal people. "I just wanted to see how you were before the wedding."
"If you think I want to marry her I don't."
"I know son but it's a sacrifice I'm going to have to make you make. We promised to their family years ago and we can't break that our family honor and reputation depends on it."
"It'll never work out."
"Yes it will. I know from experience." Narcissa looked at her son. How much he had grown, he had her eyes and she knew that.
"You mean, you and. . ."
"Your father."
"But mother it wasn't all sunshine in the past."
"And that is what love is. Love is hurting, love is fighting and most of all love is willing to make sacrifices for each other."
"It'll never work."
"You're in-love with someone else aren't you?"
Draco nodded his head. "But she's gone. I've lost her. I lost her fifteen years ago and after today I am going to lose her again." Draco's tears began to flow. This made Narcissa nervous. Her son was always so very strong and seeing him like this acting like a child made her get tingly inside.
"Draco." She put out her arms to her son.
"I've lost her mom. And I know that I can't live without her. Time can't dry the tears. And time won't fix the heartache. I may not have it but I will always remember."
"Draco you're not making any sense." She looked at her child.
"I'm sorry. Even Ashley does not want to marry me." Draco shook his head. "This wedding will be over even before the honeymoon."
"Have faith Draco and everything will be alright."
"I wish I could have faith but right now I don't think that I can have faith not with everything I'm about to lose for the second time."
"You make it sound like a lot is at stake Draco."
"What's at stake right now is my heart, my happiness and most of all her heart and her happiness."
"Who is this girl?" Narcissa asked cluelessly ( I know that it's not a word).
"It doesn't matter now." Draco turned away.
"Do this for honor." Narcissa looked at him. "And it'll make your father very happy." She stood up and left Draco.
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"You will look absolutely stunning!" Gracie said excitedly. "And I will do some practical magic to make you look even more beautiful."
"Mom, just don't." Ashley said frustrated. It was one thing to have to marry the guy she barely even knew but having to spend so much time with her mother was sickening.
"You smile young lady. You smile big." Gracie warned. "This going to be all over the papers both muggle and witch. And if you don't want anything to happen to that Creevy fellow."
Ashley looked up at her. "Huh?"
"Please, child I know everything probably more that you even know about him. A muggle-born, child could you go against me any more?"
"I'm not a child."
"You act like one. Now you listen and you listen good." Gracie warned, "In about an hour you will walk down that aisle and you will marry that Malfoy, if of course you don't want anything to happen to that Colin boy."
"I'll marry him." Ashley assured her mother.
"You better."
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"Mom, come on the wedding's going to start in twenty minutes." Sadie hurried her mother out of the car.
"This is me coming and hurrying." Hermione stood up. "Child you are like a cat very loyal but very annoying."
"You love me just the same." Sadie stated.
"Now, what gave you that idea?" Hermione asked.
The two girls were escorted to the bridal lounge.
"Hermione!" Ashley ran over to her cousin.
"Look who's got cold feet." Sadie laughed. Hermione nudged her. "I was just kidding, sheesh!"
"So how's it going?" Hermione asked her cousin.
"What does it look like? I'm about to make a lifelong commitment to a guy I barely know."
"He's a good guy. Do you need anything?" Hermione asked.
"Water."
Hermione looked at her daughter. Sadie began to search for a lady in the room to help her and unluckily there was no one else there. She stepped out of the room and unconsciously walked to the chapel were the wedding was going to be.
Draco and the rest had already begun to walk down the aisle.
"Sadie." A male voice called.
She turned to see Ryan.
"Hey!" She ran over to him and gave him a quick hug.
"Look at you." He held her bare skin.
"Ouch!" She complained.
"What?" Ryan quickly let go.
"When you did that one of the beads like bit me."
"Biting bead." Ryan looked at her. "That's new."
Sadie smiled sheepishly. "Well I have to go and get Ashley a glass of water. I'll see you after this stupid thing is over."
Sadie was finally able to get Ashley a glass of water.
~*~*~*~
Draco looked at the people he began to pass. He knew that this was probably going to be the most horrible days of his life.
"Lord give me the strength to go through this day." He shook his head. He secretly smiled to himself. He was beginning to sound like Hermione although he didn't know that. Harry gently rubbed his hand on his friend's shoulder. He knew how much Draco didn't want to do this.
"She's a good girl, Draco. Somehow you'll be happy with her." He whispered as they watched the entire entourage go down the aisle. First it was the long line of godmothers and godfathers.
~*~*~*~
"Girls it's time to go." Andy walked into the room.
"Daddy," Ashley looked at her father. "I don't know how you can let mom do this to me."
"This is good, this is great, this is wonderful." Andy nodded.
"Uncle Andy?" Hermione looked at him.
"Oh." His eyes shot open. "What?"
"What's wrong with you?" Sadie asked in a not so polite manner.
"You have to get married, Ashley." He nodded. "This will be good for the family."
"Daddy, you're not making any sense." She said worriedly.
"Let's go!" Gracie walked into the room and clapped her hands. She shot a strange look at Andy and he weakly smiled at her.
Sadie walked out first and headed toward the chapel.
~*~*~*~
'I can't do this. This is nuts. I'm letting my father marry my aunt. How gross is that?' Sadie thought to herself.
"Sadie." The wedding planner tapped her. "You're up."
Sadie's eyes got big.
"Give them everything you've got." She smiled.
'That girl reminds me of that Jennifer Lopez movie mom made me watch.' Sadie shook her head. Sadie took a deep breath and made a left to the entrance of the wedding. She watched as everyone began to look at her. She looked back to find Hermione right behind her. She smiled at her mom and began to walk down the aisle. The moment the light hit her face she smiled. A smile so fake yet so believable.
~*~*~*~
Draco watched as his daughter walked down the aisle. She looked so pretty only someone had to do something about that belly-bearing top. He wasn't very comfortable with it.
"Who designed that dress?" Draco hissed at Harry. Harry made a small chuckle. "What?"
"She looks absolutely beautiful why are you so worried?" He shook his head.
"Because. . . Look at her stomach it's flashing more than anything."
"You know she looks good."
"Hey." Draco elbowed him. "Stop checking out my daughter."
~*~*~*~
Hermione followed on after Sadie walking slowly, very slowly. She passed by Ginny and Pansy who were smiling at her. She returned the smile gracefully. She looked up towards the altar. There she saw Draco standing with Harry and Seamus beside him. It broke her heart to see that he was getting married today and it wasn't her walking down the aisle in the white dress.
He looked at her weakly. She smiled at him. It took every single amount of energy to smile, to show him that she was happy. To show him that she didn't really care.
~*~*~*~
Draco looked at the person behind his daughter.
"Now, she's beautiful." Harry whispered.
"Will you stop checking out the entourage." Draco rolled his eyes.
"You're still in-love with her." Harry stated.
"Am I that obvious?" He smirked.
"She looking at you."
Draco looked towards Hermione's direction. It weakened him to see her looking so beautiful. She smiled at him. Draco knew that smile anywhere. That was the smile she gave him before she walked out of the room sixteen/fifteen years ago. She was slowly breaking apart and only Draco and Sadie knew that.
~*~*~*~
"For Life." Ashley said. "For honor." Draco said across the room the same time Ashley spoke.
The wedding march began as Ashley stepped into the spotlight. Everyone stood up to welcome the bride. Hermione and Sadie watched from the altar as the girl slowly walked to the altar. Hermione glanced at Draco who was just staring blankly at his future bride.
Draco had to admit that Ashley did look good. His eyes began to roam around the room. He spotted a familiar blonde looking at Ashley with eyes wide. Tears began to flow from the man's eyes but he remained composure.
'That's him.' Draco told himself. 'That's Ashley's lover (cringe).'
Hermione saw Draco looking around the room. She spotted Colin Creevy.
"Colin." She whispered to herself.
Ashley looked towards Colin's direction. She could see that he too was crying. He smiled at her through his tears and she did the same.
~*~*~*~
Finally Ashley reached the altar.
"Who gives this woman?" The priest asked.
"We do." Her parent's said.
Sadie looked at her Great Uncles eyes and saw that he looked like he was being controlled or something. She moved closer to her mother.
"C3PO is in the house." Sadie nodded towards her uncle.
"Tell me about it." Hermione shook her head. "Go down to the seats, now, now, now."
The two girls walked off the aisle and down to their seats.
Ashley moved closer to Draco as her began to remove her vale.
"Don't." She put her hand on his lower arm. He saw through the vale. Her eyes were red.
."This. . ." The priest began the ceremony.
"This is beyond boring." Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Mom." Sadie hissed. "This is way beyond that."
"I've taught you well my young apprentice." Hermione whispered back.
"Yes, Master Grange-kanobi." Sadie giggled softly.
Gracie shot glares at the two.
"Shh. Darth Vader is looking our way." Hermione looked at her daughter. The two girls faced the priest and continued to listen as the ceremony went on.
The priest gave a short sermon on what marriage is really about.
"Marriage is knowing that you can make a lifelong commitment to another. Marriage is based on three things love, trust and faith. With this three anything in the world is possible. Love is growing together, correcting each other and learning from each other. And you should not marry the person you can live with but the person you can't live without."
Everyone knew that this wedding had to stop but the question is, who will stop it? Slowly as the wedding moved on everyone was shooting each other hopeful looks and waiting for someone to stop it. Even until the most crucial part of the wedding.
"Do you, Draconis Lucius Malfoy take Ashley Marie Granger to be your lawfully wedded wife, in sickness and in health until death do you part?" The priest looked at him.
He glanced at his daughter who was shaking her head weakly. "I do." He put his head down in shame.
"Do you Ashley Marie Granger take Draconis Lucius Malfoy to be your lawfully wedded husband, in sickness and in health until death do you part?"
Ashley looked at him weakly. "I. . ." She began. "I. . ." She looked at Colin and mouthed a small sorry towards him. "I. . . don't." The audience gasped. "I mean I do. I do, I do, I do." She shut her eyes in frustration.
"Who ever objects to this marriage speak now or forever hold your peace." The priest looked around. No one dared to speak. Hermione's heart was breaking, Sadie's mind was reeling, and Draco's blood was pumping.
"You may now. . ." The priest began. "Kiss the. . . "
"STOP!" Sadie yelled in frustration causing everyone to look her way. She turned to Ashley who was looking at her hopefully.
"Excuse me?" The priest looked at her.
"This wedding can't push through." Sadie began suddenly feeling out of breath. "They don't love each other."
"That's what the whole arranged marriage is for." Gracie reasoned out. "Go on."
"No!" Sadie protested.
"And why the hell not?" Gracie screamed.
"Because. . ." Sadie began. "Because. . ."
"What?" The priest cut in gently.
"Because he's my father." Sadie ran.
Gasps came from all sides of the room.
"Sadie!" Hermione and Draco called out at the same time. Draco glanced at Hermione.
"GO." She mouthed. He turned to Ashley and gave her a small peck on the cheek. The chapel became noisy and people began to leave.
"Wait!" Ashley stopped. "This wedding will go on. Of course, it'll be another groom." Ashley rambled and Gracie passed out. The moment Gracie passed out Andy's eyes changed. "Colin?"
Colin stood up and walked to the altar.
Ashley faced the priest and asked him to continue but he just had to do the part with the vows.
~*~*~*~
Meanwhile out in the garden Sadie looked around confused. She had no idea where to go. She stood in the middle crying as she helplessly looked around.
"What now?" She cried to the sky.
"This is the part where I thank you." Draco put his hand on his daughter's shoulder.
She turned to him. "Daddy. . ." She whispered and wrapper her arms around him.
Draco rocked her back and forth. "I'm here now and I'll never let you go again."
"I'm sorry." She sobbed.
"Sorry for what? There is no reason to cry. You just stopped me and Ashley from making the biggest mistakes in our lives." Draco laughed.
"Why are you laughing?" Sadie whined.
"Because if you didn't say anything twenty minutes ago I would be on my way over there." He pointed to the reception. "And I would've made the biggest mistake of my life."
"You keep saying that." Sadie smiled at him weakly.
"Because I would've." Draco looked at her and kissed her on the forehead. "I would've lost you again and your mother."
"You mean that?" Sadie smiled at him.
"Yeah."
The two heard sounds of wedding bells and police cars.
"Where are they taking Gracie?" Sadie looked as her great aunt was escorted to the police car.
"I don't know." Draco took her hand and they walked towards the chapel.
'Sadie. . ." Hermione looked at her daughter. "You okay? You were quite the scene stealer there."
"Haha." She hugged her mom.
"Sadie. . ."A voice called from behind. She turned to see Ashley.
"Aunt Ashley." She bit her lip. Ashley held out her arms and the two girls hugged each other.
"Thank you."
"Hey it got me attention didn't it?" Sadie giggled.
"I'd like you to meet your uncle Colin." She introduced her husband.
"Welcome to the family?" She laughed.
~*~*~*~
The reception definitely made up for the wedding. People were dancing around and just having fun.
"Hey." Ryan held Sadie from behind.
"Hey yourself." She kissed him on the cheek.
"Quiet a scene you made there Ms. Malfoy." It was the first time anyone had ever called Sadie that. All her life she had been answering to the name Granger.
"That's still Granger. He may be the father but their not married." Sadie smiled.
"Dance with me?" Ryan looked at her.
"You know how to dance?"
"I thought dancing was just swaying around to the music."
"You and I obviously have two totally different meanings for dancing."
~*~*~*~
Draco and Hermione were still sitting on the other side of the garden by themselves.
"So you must feel so much better now, huh?" Hermione said stupidly.
"I guess. It's cool."
"Did Draco Malfoy just use cool in a sentence?" Hermione shot a look at him. "I think I'm rubbing off on you."
"Probably." He shrugged. He watched as Sadie danced with Ryan. "Are they?"
"Together?" Hermione smiled at him. "I'm not quite sure yet."
"Don't you care?"
"Of course I do but I'll let her come to me when she's ready to tell me." Hermione smiled.
"Uh. . ." Draco said nervously.
"Yeah?"
"Would you like to dance?"
"I thought you'd never ask." Hermione smiled at him.
The two grownups walked to the dance floor.
"You look beautiful tonight." Draco said.
"You do too." Hermione put her hand on his shoulder. Draco put up his hands obviously not knowing where to put it. "You can put it on my waist." Draco gently put it there.
"So where are we now?" He asked nervously.
"Wherever you make it." Hermione smiled. Draco smiled at her. "Why don't you dance with her."
"I never leave a lovely lady alone on the dance floor."
Hermione laughed. "Ryan!" She called out. "Dance with me."
Draco finally gave in and the two danced their way to the youngsters.
"Can I cut in?" Draco looked at them.
"Sure as long as I get to dance with Hermione." Ryan laughed.
"So young and yet so flirty." Sadie laughed.
"Hush child." Hermione said. "It's not everyday you get invited to dance with your dad."
"So I guess I'll accept." Sadie smiled at Ryan. The two boys changed places.
"Sadie. . ." Draco looked at his daughter. "Do you still want to come back?"
"Of course I do." She smiled. "And that's when you will formally introduce me to your parent's besides what ever gave you the idea I didn't want to?"
"Nothing." He hugged his daughter.
"Do you still love my mom?" She asked quietly.
"More than anything on this planet."
"Even me?" Sadie asked pretending to be hurt.
"I've only known you a couple of days. . . I don't go that fast." Draco laughed.
"Finally someone who speaks Granger!" Sadie laughed. She looked at her father who was just staring at her intently. "What?"
"Nothing. I'm just thinking about how much I missed in your life."
"New things happen everyday just remember that you'll still have me for the rest of your life." Sadie smiled. "Now that I know you, you're stuck with me for eternity!"
"If I can get through with your mother, I can't get through anything."
"Hey! I heard that!" Hermione laughed.
"Ryan. . ." Draco looked at the boy. The two changed places again.
"Juggling women are you?" Hermione smiled at him.
"Just my favorite two." He kissed her. She opened her eyes in shock. "I'm still in-love with you Hermione Granger. I love you more than anything on this planet. Do you still feel the same way?"
"I always have." She kissed him back.
Sadie beamed when she saw her parent's kiss. Then it got a little deeper. "Oh gross!"
~*~*~*~
A/N: Yeah! This is not yet the end of the story so I hope that all of you will still remain faithful to reading and reviewing this chapter. I worked very hard and I'm sorry if you don't think so but believe me I did. Now, I've got other stuff to be excited about. The fun has just begun!!
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