AN: I really want to say thanks, I appreciate every single word you live.
Cozzagirl, Sparkle3, Bewitchingwitch, SunnySkies,Friskytheotter, SakuraAngel90, Draco-FutureBF, Dragonheart, Angelicheezpie, Callie, ProudMudblood, Mrbubblesandme, Kacey, Panthereyes, Openly Insane, Sarahamanda, Nunashi: Thank you very much for your reviews, I hope you will like my next chapter too.
Dreamcather639: any connection with King's book?
Babmidnight: I don't believe she would like roses and Draco knows that too.
Chillkat: I'm thinking about the R wink but I'm not sure I'm that good at writing and conveying feelings of that kind. I will see.
Ar-Zimraphel: I would love to have a beta reader and if you are offering yourself I would be happy, let me know. I notice as well that sometimes I quite don't get the words right.
Velvet Revolution: I agree with you that she is a strong woman and it is because of this that she understands him, he is a strong man too. They are very similar and that's why a relationship between them will always have sparks because they are two fires. And don't worry about critics that are what makes me improve. If something is wrong I'm happy to consider it and change it.
Girlie: I agree with you, I'll try to see if someone out there wants the job, I believe many time it's interesting to hear what other have to say about it.
Bladefanatic: yes I like evil Draco so much, it won't be easy to say I'm sorry and they will make the situation even worse, I hope you will like this chapter. I dedicate it to you. Thank you for reviewing.
Rae-Lynn: sorry can't kill Draco but I could kill Ron lol just kidding.
Ghypscee: nope, no proposal yet. I don't know about the angsty bit, I believe something bad is going to happen to Draco but I can't say more, too much of a spoiler and I haven't written that part yet. I would like to say that I'm writing the story but the truth is that the story is writing itself, I really don't know where it takes me.
Windwhistle: No Harry is dating Parvati and I guess he never will, why are you asking? Do you like that pairing?
Natyslacks: thanks for whatever you wrote smile I believe they were compliments wink.
6.
The room was dimly lit, there was some light coming from the fireplace and from floating little fires. She wasn't prepared to the sight of Draco Malfoy standing in the middle of the room with an orchid in his hand.
Hermione was breathless, Draco had changed out of his school uniform and he was wearing dark trousers and a light grey shirt that made his dark grey eyes stand out so vividly and his pale silvery-blond hairs were hanging loosely around his shoulders.
He looked so lost with the flower in his hand and she giggled, she had been so nervous, she had imagined him still angry with her and instead he was apparently trying to apologise to her. He was so handsome and he looked like an angel, how could she have been scared of him?
Draco saw Hermione giggling and feeling embarrassed he turned towards his room and started to leave but a tiny hand softly touching his arm stopped him. "Draco" Hermione whispered "I'm sorry. I wasn't laughing at you. I was nervous to come back because I didn't know whether you were still angry with me. I wanted to apologise for this morning fight"
He looked at her and he saw that she was telling the truth. Hermione felt him relaxing under her touch. She still hadn't let his arm go. Somehow she needed that contact to feel that he was really there and that she wasn't alone.
He saw lots of emotions passing through her pretty eyes and when he found his voice again he whispered "I'm sorry for today Hermione. I shouldn't have attacked you. I behaved like a bastard and I want to promise you that it will never happen again. These last few days have been very tiring for both of us and I guess I just lost my mind. I'm very sorry."
She smiled "It's ok Draco, I wasn't behaving nicely too. I want you to know that I didn't accept Seamus invitation and that I won't accept anyone else. Until we call off the wedding I will be loyal to you" He frowned "You are stubborn I thought we were clear on the annulment thing."
Hermione started to get angry again "That's what you and Dumbledore agreed on. I don't recall saying that I consented too." Draco stared at her "You will change your mind Hermione, once you have been with a Malfoy you won't be able to be with anyone else"
She laughed "You are so full of yourself. What part of I'm not impressed by the Malfoy name you didn't understand Draco? I assure you that I will manage to survive without you" her words were dripping with sarcasm.
He sighed for a moment he thought that he got through her. But now it was clear that she had shut him off once again. "What's going to happen if the Law is not repelled within three years?" Hermione couldn't look at him "Hermione, have you read all the clauses of the Law?" she sighed "Yes. I know that I'll have to bear a child within three years of our wedding. But I was hoping that we shouldn't be married for that long"
He laughed "And what will happen if we don't destroy the Dark Lord within three years? What if we have a child? Would you leave him and go on with your life?" she looked at him annoyed "I could provide for myself and the child, I'm intelligent, I could find a job and I've got lots of friends that could help me to raise him well"
Draco sighed "May I remind you that in the wizarding world the child will be given to me? I've got the money, the prestige and I'm a pureblood"
She let go of his arm and both felt cold at the loss of the contact. Not that they would ever admit it. "You are a bastard. Just when I thought that maybe you had changed. Would you really keep our child? Malfoy aren't capable of love and I won't have my child to grow up and be like" and then she suddenly stopped speaking.
He sneered at her "Go on Granger, be the goody-goody Gryffindor and finish that sentence. You don't want our child to be like me"
She raised her eyes and she saw in his eyes the hurt that briefly shone before being substituted by coldness. "Draco I didn't mean to say that. I was upset. I" but she was stopped by his hand on her lips.
He looked collected, cold and distant "Spare yourself from more lies Granger. I understand very well that you don't like me and believe me I will stay away from you as you kindly asked me in one of our previous conversations. I thought you were a smart and kind witch, I believed that you were the type of person that always gives a second chance. I was wrong and now if you excuse me I'm going in my room and I'll try to study. I rather spend my time doing something that actually brings some good in my life."
She was left in their common room alone, the fires were all dancing around her. The orchid that Draco wanted to give her lay on the ground in front of her. She felt tears in her eyes, she had hurt him a lot. She was so wrapped up in herself and her misery that she didn't stop to consider his feelings.
She recalled all the things he said and did since they knew of their wedding. He tried to be nice with her, he explained her how everything was going to be. He even took a book on marriage from the library and now she had ruined it all. She was hoping that he would give her another chance but when she recalled the look in his eyes when he left, she shuddered. He wasn't ever going to give her another chance and she deserved it.
She took the flower from the ground and went back to her room and after wearing her pyjama she lay in her bed hugging her pillow and crying out all her frustration, the hurt and the anger.
In the Head Boy room, a very upset Draco was sitting in his bed watching the chaos that was once a very ordered room. Now the ground was all littered with books and pieces of broken glass. He had had a fit of rage.
All Hermione had said was true, Malfoy didn't know what love was and maybe their child would have been better off with her than with him but he was hurt. She really didn't think any good of him. He had switched side, he was risking his life everyday for information and he would marry her to save her from a fate worst than death and still she couldn't see anything but a spoiled heartless bastard.
She wanted him to stay away from her? He was bloody going to do just that.
To hell all his hope and dreams for a better life. She would never see in him a partner, a friend or a caring lover. Did she believe that he was bad? Then she would have the bad Death Eater husband and he was sure that she wasn't going to like it. He sighed. No. Since he took the Dark Mark his life had changed.
A flash of what happened that summer found a way in his thoughts but he squashed it away before it upset him even more than he already was. After that accident he had switched side and every time he had a doubt, it was enough to recall that fateful night and he would be convinced once more that he wanted to bring down that monster.
He would ignore her but he still was going to treat her with respect once they were married.
AN: Thanks for reading.
P.S.: Anyone wondering what made him switch side? I will let him tell Hermione in chapter ten or eleven