A week later Draco received a letter from his father; he had heard news of the engagement of his son to a mudblood. His father was furious with him the letter read: Draco,

How dare you stain our family name by marrying a senseless mudblood? If you do not break the engagement I will kill you bride on the night of the wedding and I will spill your blood with hers for disrobement and blasphemy.

Your Father,
Lucius Malfoy

After reading this Draco ran to show Hermione and ask her what they should do. He found her in his room drawing. "Hermione, look at this; it's a letter from my father." He handed her the letter and as she read he said, "He wants us to break the engagement or else he'll kill us both. I don't know what to do."
"Go to my room and get me the potions book that's on the shelf titled Potions of Sorts: for Advanced Potion Makers, it's on my bookshelf on the middle shelf at the far right." She replied.
He did as he was told and returned with the book. She searched the index for the potion and flipped to the right page. She read to him:
The death/alive potion, used to put the drinker into a death
like state but really only be asleep; effects last up to one week.
Use with caution some ingredients are fatal.
Ingredients: Either* Lacewing Queen Ann's Lace* Love Flower Drinker's Blood Blood of Drinker's Lover She finished reading and looked up at Draco; he didn't understand, he looked confused so she explained, "We could fool your father into thinking I'm dead and marry in secret when I awake. He'd never know that I'm really alive then when we finish school we can move far away where he won't be able to get to us." He decided she was wrong and shook his head to show his disapproval. "It's to dangerous it says some ingredients can be fatal; if either of us take that potion it's going to be me. I can write a suicide note that says since I can't live with you as my wife I won't live at all." "Alright have it your way. We still have to pick a date for the wedding though." "How about in one month?" "That sounds lovely." "Then it's settled in a month's time we'll be husband and wife." He kissed her and licked her lips to give her the sign he wanted in deeper; she opened her mouth in compliance and he laid her down on her bed and told her he'd be back. She waited for him and fell asleep under her covers. Draco went to Dumbledore and told him the news. Dumbledore smiled and told Draco that would be wonderful and that they could have the wedding at Hogwarts and that he would marry them. He then told Draco that he would inform the school that it was of the utmost importance that his being alive should be kept secret after they had his "funeral". Draco agreed and ran back to Hermione's room. He opened her door to find her asleep; he decided it was time to have some fun. He stuck his head under the covers and crawled to in between her legs. Slowly he pulled her pants and her black thong down; he unbuttoned her shirt and took her bra off her sleeping form he then came out from under the covers and stripped himself. He went back under the covers and parted her legs; he began to lick her sweet spot which tasted of candy. She opened her eyes to the sensation and looked under the covers at him and smiled at him and let him continue. Her moans were pleasant to him. He came up to her face and kissed her hard as he slid into her. He never understood why but it felt right to him whenever he would take her. But this time she wanted to take charge; she pushed him down, straddled him, and then started to ride him making him open his mouth in ecstasy. He grabbed her breasts and started to play with her nipples as she kept a pace. She loved the feeling of him inside her. She felt that familiar felling once again and everything in the world felt right. They both hit climax and laid down next to each other. Hermione told him that she was going to go take a shower and that he should get some sleep. He nodded and fell asleep. She went into the bathroom and turned on the shower and locked the door she opened a hidden drawer that she hid a dagger and a letter in. She laid the letter on the counter and got into the shower with her dagger in hand. She had made the decision a week ago that she had to stop hiding that after every time she and Draco had sex she felt guilty and used, the only reason she continued was because she loved him but couldn't explain why; she didn't want feel like that anymore and just to add to her grief she was pregnant with an unwanted child. She had decided that this had to be her way out she had to die to be happy again; she could only put on the fake happiness for so long. In reality she was depressed again and falling back into her anorexic tendencies. She loved Draco but her sadness was stronger than her love. She thought to herself, if this is a dream it must be a nightmare where I won't wake up from. I can't take it anymore, everything feels great when we do it but I feel regret still after every time. This is my only way out of this nightmare. She then said to herself, "Draco, I'm so sorry." With that she slit her wrists and fell to the ground. Draco woke up and hour later and still heard the shower running he sensed that something was wrong and ran to the bathroom; the door was locked so he summoned his wand. He whispered the unlocking charm and ran to the shower. He opened the shower door to find Hermione laying there lifeless. Her lips were blue, her skin chalk white, she had no pulse, and her skin was like ice. She was dead; he knew it. He got dressed and wrapped her body in a towel. He carried her carefully to the hospital wing and got Madam Pomfrey. She told him to leave and come back tomorrow so she could try and find the cause of why Hermione did this to herself; what were her lost thoughts. Draco left and went back to the shower she died in; he picked up the dagger and put it on the counter where he found her letter. He read it aloud: "Draco My Love,

With all my heart I ask your forgiveness. I just couldn't hide anymore. I feel regret after every time we do it and I can't take the pain of living any longer. I want you to know I've always loved you and that I always will. Things just got too complicated for me to handle. Tell everyone that I'll miss them but remember I'll miss you the most of all. I wish I could've found some other way but I can't live without you but I can't live either, I just mess everything up. I'm so sorry.

All the Love in the World,
Hermione

His closed his eyes and wanted to die.