Chapter 9- Yes, or No?
The time in Hogwarts went by unbelievably fast. Everyone was incredibly busy with school work and Quidditch. It was getting close to exams and everywhere you went you could see people sprawled out studying. After exams winter break would start and that just made everyone more anxious to get through the exams. Hermione had taken on five extra classes this year while Harry took on two more and Ron didn't take any. No one understood how Hermione could balance all of the classes she took and still stay Harry's girlfriend. A week before the exams took place you could visibly see Hermione's exhaustion. Her eyes always had bags underneath them, which were growing day by day. Her face had become pale and she had lost an extremely large amount of weight, all from malnutrition. She had given up eating at meals because she considered it a waste of time that could have been used studying. In the past three weeks she had already read all of her class books until she had them memorized, and was now busy reading books such as, "Advanced Charms- Volume IV", "Ancient Runes- Volume X" and so forth. She had already read all the volumes under those. She was busy reading "Highly Advanced Transfiguration" when Harry strolled into the room. He saw Hermione, barely though because she was surrounded by humungous piles of books up to ten inches thick, and sighed.
"Hermione," He started, taking her book out of her hands, "You can't keep going like this. You are going to collapse from exhaustion if you keep this up."
"Oh, she already has. She fainted in the middle of DADA today and got sent to the hospital wing. She was told to lay off of the studying, but she won't listen. Stubborn that one is." Said an extremely nosy sixth year. Hermione gave her a dirty look and turned to Harry.
"Listen, I am fine, I just want to get alright marks on my OWLs. There is nothing to worry about. I'm not tired at all." She smiled innocently, while trying to stifle a yawn. "Can I please have my book back now?" She held her hands out expectantly, but instead of giving her the book back Harry grabbed her wrists and pulled her up. He lifted her and put her over his shoulder.
"Harold James Potter! Let me down now! I need to go back to studying!" Hermione said while trying unsuccessfully to get out of his grip. Finally she gave up, but she kept telling him to let her go. He took her into the boys' dormitories and set her down on his bed. He muttered a spell under his breath and Hermione heard the door lock. She sighed. She knew he used a spell that couldn't be undone by alohamora and she didn't know which spell he used, so she couldn't counter it.
"Hermione, you are going to stay here and sleep, and I am going to make sure you do. It is already 12:30 am and you aren't in bed. I am also tired from Quidditch practice that I just got back from, so I am going to take a shower and then come back and rest, just like you are going to." Harry took off Hermione's shoes and forced her to lie down, then covered her with the blankets. He kissed her forehead and set to the bathroom. Hermione heard the shower start and sighed. She knew Harry was going to make sure she slept, which right now didn't seem to bad considering that she hadn't slept at all in the past five days, and only ten hours the week before that. She yawned and snuggled into his bed which smelled distinctly like Harry. Maybe sleeping a little tonight wasn't such a bad idea . . . Harry got out of the shower and realized that Hermione was fast asleep. He smiled at the sight; she looked so peaceful, not like during the day when she looked stressed and overwhelmed. He walked over to his bed, got in and pulled the curtains shut. He loved the feeling of her in bed next to him. It felt so . . . right. Then Harry frowned. During winter break was when Hermione was leaving to marry Malfoy. If he was going to put his plan into action, he better do it quickly. Hermione turned over and snuggled closely to Harry, so her head was buried in his bare chest. Harry held her close and fell asleep.
The next morning Hermione opened her eyes and sat up straight. Then she realized where she was and what happened the night before. She started putting on her jeans and shirt that she had taken off last night to be more comfortable while she slept.
"What's wrong babe? It's Saturday." Harry was propping his head up with his hand, looking at her.
"I really have to go continue studying, I just missed," She looked at her watch, "eight whole hours of studying just because you wanted me to sleep." Hermione started towards the door and Harry jumped out of bed.
"Oh no you don't! You are waiting for me to get dressed and then we are going to the great hall where you will eat a decent breakfast." He pulled out pants and a shirt and while he was dressing Hermione admired his body. She really had taken her boyfriend for granted these past two weeks. Maybe she should take a tiny break from studying to be with him before . . . then she remembered that she was leaving in two weeks, forever. She sighed and pushed that out of her mind when she saw Harry coming towards her. He put his arms around her waist and led her to the great hall. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Surprisingly, Harry was able to get Hermione to study about half as much and to sleep for about five hours a night. It wasn't perfect, but it was much better than before. The exams came and went and everyone was supposed to get their scores sometime during winter break, except Hermione, who would get them the day she left.
It was the night before Hermione was going to leave with Malfoy. Harry walked into her dormitory to find her packing. She put her hands behind her neck, took off the necklace Harry gave her and looked at it. She sighed and began to put the necklace into her jewelry box.
"Don't take that off. Please keep it on."
"Harry, I was taking it of to- to- (Hermione took a deep breath) to give it back to you." Hermione turned around with the necklace in her hand, holding it out to him. Harry noticed she had tears in her eyes and they were pouring down her face. Harry took her hand in his and closed it around the necklace.
"Keep it, I - I - I want you to have it to remember me by." He realized that he too had tears rolling down his cheeks.
"Oh Harry! I don't need a necklace to remember you! There is no way that I will ever forget you, I can't. You are the only one I do, and ever will love. Oh! I don't want to leave!" Hermione broke down and fell to the floor sobbing and choking on her tears.
Harry sat beside her and pulled her into his lap, openly crying also. It just wasn't fair! He belonged with Hermione, no one else! He just held her, rocking back and forth, until they had both calmed down. It was now or never. If this didn't work, he would never see Hermione again. He got up and sat Hermione on her bed, him next to her. He took he face and forced her to look him in the face. He lightly kissed her lips and then took a deep breath, bracing himself.
"Hermione, what I feel for you is indescribable. I am only sixteen and I love you so much it hurts sometimes, and I know that this love will only grow. When I am away from you I am miserable, and when I am with you I feel utterly complete. It feels so perfect and natural when you are with me. To see you when you are hurting breaks my heart and makes me want to take away the pain. When you are happy and laughing I overflow with joy. I would do anything for you; even die to keep you safe. Without you I would be nothing and if you leave tomorrow I promise you I will die from heartbreak." Harry got off the bed and kneeled in front of Hermione, who realized what was going on and whose eyes got extremely huge. "Darling, center of my universe, I know you are only fifteen and I sixteen but will you make me the happiest, luckiest person, and be mine forever? Hermione, will you marry me?" Harry opened the box containing the ring. It had a silver band with crushed diamonds in it, and a square-cut diamond in the middle with a square-cut ruby on each side. The ring was obviously very old, and worth a lot of money. On the inside of the band it said "Bound for a Lifetime, Together for Eternity"
Hermione lounged at him and threw her arms around his neck, hysterically crying. She knocked Harry over and landed on top of him. She leaned in and kissed him before looking straight into his eyes, still crying.
"Is that a yes?" Harry asked hopefully.
"Oh Harry!" Hermione replied, hiccupping while crying now. "If only I could! If you don't remember, I am leaving tomorrow!" Hermione stood up and ran out of the room, leaving a shocked Harry on the floor. A second later Harry was on his feet, running after Hermione. When he got to the common room she was no where to be seen.
"Where's - whe- where's Hermione?" Harry panted. Ron stopped making out with Lavender and pointed to the portrait.
"She left, whatever you did to her was pretty bad. What DID you do?' Ron asked.
"I proposed." Harry stated and ran out leaving Ron and Lavender speechless. He had an idea where she might be. He ran to the astronomy tower, where he and Hermione spent many nights just talking and enjoying each others' company. When he got there he found Hermione in the middle of the room, on the floor, crying like there was no end.
"Hermione, I don't want to force you to do anything you don't want to do." Harry said quite depressed.
"Harry, that's not it. I love you too much not to marry you, but I'm leaving tomorrow, and I have to marry Malfoy." Hermione was now off the floor, facing Harry.
"That's what I have been talking to your parents about. They said that if I asked you to marry me, and you accepted you wouldn't have to marry him! They said that since I am wealthy and that my family is very well known and in a high social circle it would be like marrying Malfoy- except we love each other!" Hermione looked awestruck.
"Harry, I am now and forever will be yours. I would be thrilled to be your wife." A smile grew on Harry's mouth and he grabbed her around the waist and twirled her around in circles. He ended with deeply kissing her. He put her down and took out the ring.
"This ring has been passed down to every woman a Potter has married since Grodric Griffindor married Aurora." Harry slipped the ring onto Hermione's ring finger on her left hand. The newly engaged couple walked hand in hand back to the common room. When there Hermione ran up to Lavender and showed her the ring. Lavender screeched and they ran up to their dormitory to talk. Harry walked toward Ron.
"Well, congratulations, mate." Ron said slapping him on the back. "Don't you think you are a little too young though?"
"We decided to wait until we are out of Hogwarts to get married. If I didn't propose now, though, she would have left tomorrow to marry Malfoy."
"You do know that by tomorrow it will be spread all over school that you two are engaged, right?" Ron asked,
"That's what I'm counting on. That way everyone will know to stay away from Hermione, especially that slytherin- slime, Malfoy." Harry made his way up to his dormitory.
Harry lay in bed thinking about Hermione and their lives together. He heard the door open and assumed it was Ron or another person going to bed. He was shocked when he saw Hermione open the curtains surrounding his bed. Harry sat up, smiling. He didn't know why she was here, but he didn't mind at all. Hermione crawled onto the bed and sat on Harry with her legs around him. She put her arms around his neck and lightly kissed his lips, then looked straight into his eyes.
"Herms, what are you doing? What do you want?"
"Harry, I want you, all of you. I love you and I know you love me. I'm ready."
Harry didn't need to be told twice. He leaned in and ferociously kissed Hermione's lips. She opened her mouth to him and his tongue entered. Harry felt his blood flowing downward. He wanted Hermione so badly. As if she could read his mind, which she could, Hermione slipped Harry boxers off of him. Harry then pulled her skin-tight tank top off of Hermione. His hands traveled downward to her pajama pants and slid them off of her, followed by her panties. Hermione felt a chill run up her spine, but it vanished as soon as Harry started kissing her again. They changed positions so that Hermione was underneath Harry. Harry's kisses traveled down Hermione's neck and along her collarbone. His hands ran up and down her body, leaving tingling sensations behind them. Hermione's body was perfect to Harry. She was full and curvy, yet slender. Harry's body was muscular and firm, while he was loving and gentle. He was teasing Hermione and having fun watching her, full of want. One of his hands traveled downward, to explore the inside of Hermione's body. He felt her draw in a deep breath as he did so, and when he left her she moaned disappointedly.
"Harry, please, I need you, now." Hermione begged.
Harry smiled and began to enter her. Her body arched in expectation and she pulled him down, closer to her, and further into her. She groaned loudly as he fully entered her. She had just lost her virginity and she knew she'd be sore the next morning. Harry sighed as he lowered himself down next to Hermione. They were both breathing rapidly and were sweating even though it was chilly in the room. Never before had Harry experienced anything like he just had. Sure he had been with quite a few other girls, but they were nothing compared to this. Hermione leaned in and lightly kissed Harry.
"I love you."
"I love you too Herm."
The two people curled up together and fell asleep. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The next morning Hermione woke up to find herself alone. The memories of last night flooded back and she smiled. She looked at the empty space next to her and she saw a piece of paper. It was a note.
Herm, Went down to breakfast, see you there, gorgeous. -the luckiest man in the world
Hermione got dressed and headed to the great hall. As she walked to her table she received many congratulations for being engaged. She finally reached the place where Harry, Ron and Lavender were sitting. Lavender had been hanging around with them lately and it was known that she and Ron were getting pretty serious. Hermione sat next to Harry and he slipped his arm around her waist. After they finished eating they began to talk about everything imaginable. Christmas was only two days away. This reminded Harry of something.
"By the way, Herm. Happy anniversary."
"Oh, great Merlin! It is our one year anniversary today- isn't it?"
"Yes. I remember asking you to be my girlfriend the night of the ball, which was two days before Christmas. Now, a year later, we're engaged." Harry and Hermione smiled at each other. Things couldn't get any better.
"Well, well, well. Look what we have here. Potty, let go of the mudblood, it's time for us to leave." He pointed to the entrance door, where Dumbledore was standing, waiting for them sadly and Malfoy began pulling Hermione out of her seat.
"Hermione's not going anywhere, Malfoy." Harry said standing up and taking Hermione into his arms. By now the whole school was watching what was going on.
"Oh she's not is she? You might want to go explain that to my father and Dumbledore."
"Alright, we will." Harry led Hermione to where Dumbledore and Lucious (sp?) Malfoy were standing.
"Professor, sir, Hermione is not going to get married to Mal- I mean Draco. " Harry stated simply, yet firmly.
"May I inquire why not?" Dumbledore curiously asked.
"Because she is marrying me, sir."
"What?! No, she can't, we had an arranged marriage!" Malfoy whined.
"Obviously, someone didn't get the memo. Harry spoke to my parents and they agreed to let me marry him instead of you." Hermione said.
"Very well. It is obvious that you are happy with Mr. Potter, and since you have your parents' permission, the arranged marriage is off." Dumbledore settled.
"Thank you very much, sir! We appreciate it very much." Hermione exclaimed.
"Draco is better off without that mudblood anyway." Lucious said carelessly. When everyone else had left he turned to his son. "You will marry that girl no matter what. Her money is worth too much to let her go. You will marry that mudblood."
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The time in Hogwarts went by unbelievably fast. Everyone was incredibly busy with school work and Quidditch. It was getting close to exams and everywhere you went you could see people sprawled out studying. After exams winter break would start and that just made everyone more anxious to get through the exams. Hermione had taken on five extra classes this year while Harry took on two more and Ron didn't take any. No one understood how Hermione could balance all of the classes she took and still stay Harry's girlfriend. A week before the exams took place you could visibly see Hermione's exhaustion. Her eyes always had bags underneath them, which were growing day by day. Her face had become pale and she had lost an extremely large amount of weight, all from malnutrition. She had given up eating at meals because she considered it a waste of time that could have been used studying. In the past three weeks she had already read all of her class books until she had them memorized, and was now busy reading books such as, "Advanced Charms- Volume IV", "Ancient Runes- Volume X" and so forth. She had already read all the volumes under those. She was busy reading "Highly Advanced Transfiguration" when Harry strolled into the room. He saw Hermione, barely though because she was surrounded by humungous piles of books up to ten inches thick, and sighed.
"Hermione," He started, taking her book out of her hands, "You can't keep going like this. You are going to collapse from exhaustion if you keep this up."
"Oh, she already has. She fainted in the middle of DADA today and got sent to the hospital wing. She was told to lay off of the studying, but she won't listen. Stubborn that one is." Said an extremely nosy sixth year. Hermione gave her a dirty look and turned to Harry.
"Listen, I am fine, I just want to get alright marks on my OWLs. There is nothing to worry about. I'm not tired at all." She smiled innocently, while trying to stifle a yawn. "Can I please have my book back now?" She held her hands out expectantly, but instead of giving her the book back Harry grabbed her wrists and pulled her up. He lifted her and put her over his shoulder.
"Harold James Potter! Let me down now! I need to go back to studying!" Hermione said while trying unsuccessfully to get out of his grip. Finally she gave up, but she kept telling him to let her go. He took her into the boys' dormitories and set her down on his bed. He muttered a spell under his breath and Hermione heard the door lock. She sighed. She knew he used a spell that couldn't be undone by alohamora and she didn't know which spell he used, so she couldn't counter it.
"Hermione, you are going to stay here and sleep, and I am going to make sure you do. It is already 12:30 am and you aren't in bed. I am also tired from Quidditch practice that I just got back from, so I am going to take a shower and then come back and rest, just like you are going to." Harry took off Hermione's shoes and forced her to lie down, then covered her with the blankets. He kissed her forehead and set to the bathroom. Hermione heard the shower start and sighed. She knew Harry was going to make sure she slept, which right now didn't seem to bad considering that she hadn't slept at all in the past five days, and only ten hours the week before that. She yawned and snuggled into his bed which smelled distinctly like Harry. Maybe sleeping a little tonight wasn't such a bad idea . . . Harry got out of the shower and realized that Hermione was fast asleep. He smiled at the sight; she looked so peaceful, not like during the day when she looked stressed and overwhelmed. He walked over to his bed, got in and pulled the curtains shut. He loved the feeling of her in bed next to him. It felt so . . . right. Then Harry frowned. During winter break was when Hermione was leaving to marry Malfoy. If he was going to put his plan into action, he better do it quickly. Hermione turned over and snuggled closely to Harry, so her head was buried in his bare chest. Harry held her close and fell asleep.
The next morning Hermione opened her eyes and sat up straight. Then she realized where she was and what happened the night before. She started putting on her jeans and shirt that she had taken off last night to be more comfortable while she slept.
"What's wrong babe? It's Saturday." Harry was propping his head up with his hand, looking at her.
"I really have to go continue studying, I just missed," She looked at her watch, "eight whole hours of studying just because you wanted me to sleep." Hermione started towards the door and Harry jumped out of bed.
"Oh no you don't! You are waiting for me to get dressed and then we are going to the great hall where you will eat a decent breakfast." He pulled out pants and a shirt and while he was dressing Hermione admired his body. She really had taken her boyfriend for granted these past two weeks. Maybe she should take a tiny break from studying to be with him before . . . then she remembered that she was leaving in two weeks, forever. She sighed and pushed that out of her mind when she saw Harry coming towards her. He put his arms around her waist and led her to the great hall. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Surprisingly, Harry was able to get Hermione to study about half as much and to sleep for about five hours a night. It wasn't perfect, but it was much better than before. The exams came and went and everyone was supposed to get their scores sometime during winter break, except Hermione, who would get them the day she left.
It was the night before Hermione was going to leave with Malfoy. Harry walked into her dormitory to find her packing. She put her hands behind her neck, took off the necklace Harry gave her and looked at it. She sighed and began to put the necklace into her jewelry box.
"Don't take that off. Please keep it on."
"Harry, I was taking it of to- to- (Hermione took a deep breath) to give it back to you." Hermione turned around with the necklace in her hand, holding it out to him. Harry noticed she had tears in her eyes and they were pouring down her face. Harry took her hand in his and closed it around the necklace.
"Keep it, I - I - I want you to have it to remember me by." He realized that he too had tears rolling down his cheeks.
"Oh Harry! I don't need a necklace to remember you! There is no way that I will ever forget you, I can't. You are the only one I do, and ever will love. Oh! I don't want to leave!" Hermione broke down and fell to the floor sobbing and choking on her tears.
Harry sat beside her and pulled her into his lap, openly crying also. It just wasn't fair! He belonged with Hermione, no one else! He just held her, rocking back and forth, until they had both calmed down. It was now or never. If this didn't work, he would never see Hermione again. He got up and sat Hermione on her bed, him next to her. He took he face and forced her to look him in the face. He lightly kissed her lips and then took a deep breath, bracing himself.
"Hermione, what I feel for you is indescribable. I am only sixteen and I love you so much it hurts sometimes, and I know that this love will only grow. When I am away from you I am miserable, and when I am with you I feel utterly complete. It feels so perfect and natural when you are with me. To see you when you are hurting breaks my heart and makes me want to take away the pain. When you are happy and laughing I overflow with joy. I would do anything for you; even die to keep you safe. Without you I would be nothing and if you leave tomorrow I promise you I will die from heartbreak." Harry got off the bed and kneeled in front of Hermione, who realized what was going on and whose eyes got extremely huge. "Darling, center of my universe, I know you are only fifteen and I sixteen but will you make me the happiest, luckiest person, and be mine forever? Hermione, will you marry me?" Harry opened the box containing the ring. It had a silver band with crushed diamonds in it, and a square-cut diamond in the middle with a square-cut ruby on each side. The ring was obviously very old, and worth a lot of money. On the inside of the band it said "Bound for a Lifetime, Together for Eternity"
Hermione lounged at him and threw her arms around his neck, hysterically crying. She knocked Harry over and landed on top of him. She leaned in and kissed him before looking straight into his eyes, still crying.
"Is that a yes?" Harry asked hopefully.
"Oh Harry!" Hermione replied, hiccupping while crying now. "If only I could! If you don't remember, I am leaving tomorrow!" Hermione stood up and ran out of the room, leaving a shocked Harry on the floor. A second later Harry was on his feet, running after Hermione. When he got to the common room she was no where to be seen.
"Where's - whe- where's Hermione?" Harry panted. Ron stopped making out with Lavender and pointed to the portrait.
"She left, whatever you did to her was pretty bad. What DID you do?' Ron asked.
"I proposed." Harry stated and ran out leaving Ron and Lavender speechless. He had an idea where she might be. He ran to the astronomy tower, where he and Hermione spent many nights just talking and enjoying each others' company. When he got there he found Hermione in the middle of the room, on the floor, crying like there was no end.
"Hermione, I don't want to force you to do anything you don't want to do." Harry said quite depressed.
"Harry, that's not it. I love you too much not to marry you, but I'm leaving tomorrow, and I have to marry Malfoy." Hermione was now off the floor, facing Harry.
"That's what I have been talking to your parents about. They said that if I asked you to marry me, and you accepted you wouldn't have to marry him! They said that since I am wealthy and that my family is very well known and in a high social circle it would be like marrying Malfoy- except we love each other!" Hermione looked awestruck.
"Harry, I am now and forever will be yours. I would be thrilled to be your wife." A smile grew on Harry's mouth and he grabbed her around the waist and twirled her around in circles. He ended with deeply kissing her. He put her down and took out the ring.
"This ring has been passed down to every woman a Potter has married since Grodric Griffindor married Aurora." Harry slipped the ring onto Hermione's ring finger on her left hand. The newly engaged couple walked hand in hand back to the common room. When there Hermione ran up to Lavender and showed her the ring. Lavender screeched and they ran up to their dormitory to talk. Harry walked toward Ron.
"Well, congratulations, mate." Ron said slapping him on the back. "Don't you think you are a little too young though?"
"We decided to wait until we are out of Hogwarts to get married. If I didn't propose now, though, she would have left tomorrow to marry Malfoy."
"You do know that by tomorrow it will be spread all over school that you two are engaged, right?" Ron asked,
"That's what I'm counting on. That way everyone will know to stay away from Hermione, especially that slytherin- slime, Malfoy." Harry made his way up to his dormitory.
Harry lay in bed thinking about Hermione and their lives together. He heard the door open and assumed it was Ron or another person going to bed. He was shocked when he saw Hermione open the curtains surrounding his bed. Harry sat up, smiling. He didn't know why she was here, but he didn't mind at all. Hermione crawled onto the bed and sat on Harry with her legs around him. She put her arms around his neck and lightly kissed his lips, then looked straight into his eyes.
"Herms, what are you doing? What do you want?"
"Harry, I want you, all of you. I love you and I know you love me. I'm ready."
Harry didn't need to be told twice. He leaned in and ferociously kissed Hermione's lips. She opened her mouth to him and his tongue entered. Harry felt his blood flowing downward. He wanted Hermione so badly. As if she could read his mind, which she could, Hermione slipped Harry boxers off of him. Harry then pulled her skin-tight tank top off of Hermione. His hands traveled downward to her pajama pants and slid them off of her, followed by her panties. Hermione felt a chill run up her spine, but it vanished as soon as Harry started kissing her again. They changed positions so that Hermione was underneath Harry. Harry's kisses traveled down Hermione's neck and along her collarbone. His hands ran up and down her body, leaving tingling sensations behind them. Hermione's body was perfect to Harry. She was full and curvy, yet slender. Harry's body was muscular and firm, while he was loving and gentle. He was teasing Hermione and having fun watching her, full of want. One of his hands traveled downward, to explore the inside of Hermione's body. He felt her draw in a deep breath as he did so, and when he left her she moaned disappointedly.
"Harry, please, I need you, now." Hermione begged.
Harry smiled and began to enter her. Her body arched in expectation and she pulled him down, closer to her, and further into her. She groaned loudly as he fully entered her. She had just lost her virginity and she knew she'd be sore the next morning. Harry sighed as he lowered himself down next to Hermione. They were both breathing rapidly and were sweating even though it was chilly in the room. Never before had Harry experienced anything like he just had. Sure he had been with quite a few other girls, but they were nothing compared to this. Hermione leaned in and lightly kissed Harry.
"I love you."
"I love you too Herm."
The two people curled up together and fell asleep. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The next morning Hermione woke up to find herself alone. The memories of last night flooded back and she smiled. She looked at the empty space next to her and she saw a piece of paper. It was a note.
Herm, Went down to breakfast, see you there, gorgeous. -the luckiest man in the world
Hermione got dressed and headed to the great hall. As she walked to her table she received many congratulations for being engaged. She finally reached the place where Harry, Ron and Lavender were sitting. Lavender had been hanging around with them lately and it was known that she and Ron were getting pretty serious. Hermione sat next to Harry and he slipped his arm around her waist. After they finished eating they began to talk about everything imaginable. Christmas was only two days away. This reminded Harry of something.
"By the way, Herm. Happy anniversary."
"Oh, great Merlin! It is our one year anniversary today- isn't it?"
"Yes. I remember asking you to be my girlfriend the night of the ball, which was two days before Christmas. Now, a year later, we're engaged." Harry and Hermione smiled at each other. Things couldn't get any better.
"Well, well, well. Look what we have here. Potty, let go of the mudblood, it's time for us to leave." He pointed to the entrance door, where Dumbledore was standing, waiting for them sadly and Malfoy began pulling Hermione out of her seat.
"Hermione's not going anywhere, Malfoy." Harry said standing up and taking Hermione into his arms. By now the whole school was watching what was going on.
"Oh she's not is she? You might want to go explain that to my father and Dumbledore."
"Alright, we will." Harry led Hermione to where Dumbledore and Lucious (sp?) Malfoy were standing.
"Professor, sir, Hermione is not going to get married to Mal- I mean Draco. " Harry stated simply, yet firmly.
"May I inquire why not?" Dumbledore curiously asked.
"Because she is marrying me, sir."
"What?! No, she can't, we had an arranged marriage!" Malfoy whined.
"Obviously, someone didn't get the memo. Harry spoke to my parents and they agreed to let me marry him instead of you." Hermione said.
"Very well. It is obvious that you are happy with Mr. Potter, and since you have your parents' permission, the arranged marriage is off." Dumbledore settled.
"Thank you very much, sir! We appreciate it very much." Hermione exclaimed.
"Draco is better off without that mudblood anyway." Lucious said carelessly. When everyone else had left he turned to his son. "You will marry that girl no matter what. Her money is worth too much to let her go. You will marry that mudblood."
A/N- Ooh! What will happen next? Only I know! Hehe! On to more serious matters- I NEED MORE REVIEWS! What's happened to you people? I've just about given up on you! C'mon people, all you have to do it click a button, type some constructive criticism and voila! You reviewed! I am not going to write another chapter until I have . . . . hmmm . . . 45 reviews. Yup, 45. That's 7 more- you can do it!!! Make me proud. -meg
