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Chapter 2
The meeting.
Ginny sat in a large plush armchair, arms folded, and a stubborn expression on her face. She was not going to marry him. Nope. No way on earth. They'd find a loophole. It was much too archaic to expect a sixteen year old girl to marry her enemy on the say-so of two dead and obviously insane relatives. Her mother had wizarding lawyers looking at it, as did, she was sure, the Malfoys. God this was a nightmare.
Malfoy and his mother suddenly apparated in front of her. He didn't look very happy, not at all. He glared at her as if this was her doing. Yeah right, like she wanted to marry the boy whose father gave her Tom Riddles diary, or the boy who'd tormented her, her friends and her family for the past 5 years. She glared right back.
Why was she glaring at him like that? Molly thought worriedly. This could be her future husband; she might have to marry that boy. She thought back to the contract. There was no loophole, she was sure of it. The two who'd drafted it were good business people. It was a wizarding contract and it was ironclad. Her poor little baby would have to marry a Malfoy! This was all her fault. She should have researched the family history more thoroughly, perhaps she could have prevented this.
A lawyer apparated by the fireplace and came towards them with a grim smile. Molly stood as he delivered his news and sat back down again in dreaded acceptance. With a hasty apology he disapparated , leaving the Weasleys with the knowledge that there was no loophole. Ginny would have to marry Draco Malfoy .
The Malfoys watched in equal desperation as the lawyer popped in and quickly back out and could tell by their faces that he'd been no more successful than theirs had. There was no loophole. No way out. Draco would have to marry Ginevra Weasley.
An official looking man apparated, apologized for the delay and took a seat.
"Now then, we at the Ministry take contracts like this very seriously and we ask that you do too." He looked at the four deadly serious faces, cleared his throat and continued. "There has been three independent experts on this case as well as your own separate wizarding lawyers and everyone has agreed that the contract is binding. There are no loopholes. No get out of jail free cards. This is it. Now my assistant will be with you shortly to go through the contract with you . If you would be so kind as to excuse me." And on that pompous note; he disapparated.
Silence ruled until the assistant appeared behind the desk. Percy Weasley!
He looked at his mother and sister nervously and they glared right back at him. He floundered for a moment until a pointed cough from Narcissa brought him back to earth.
"Right then, ahem.We, at the Ministry have researched this contact extensively and as far as we can tell-"
"If you say the words no loophole there will be hell to pay." Malfoy hissed.
"Oh ahem yes-yes of course….Well in that case we should discuss the rules of the contract. Firstly Mr Malfoy and Miss Ginevra Weasley must announce their engagement publicly within a week of this meeting. Second, is that they must be married before Mr Malfoy's next birthday. Thirdly they must be married for a minimum of 5 years during which they must reside together for a minimum of two years. Ahem rule 4 is um…that they umm-well that is- they have to….."
"Get on with it, Percy." Ginny gritted impatiently and Malfoy smirked.
He cleared his throat, flushing darkly, stuttering he continued hesitantly "The um marriage must uh be consummated within two weeks of the ceremony. Providing, of course, that Miss Weasley is of age."
Ginny's jaw dropped, Malfoy's eyes widened . They glanced at each other , looking quickly away, both flushing. They hadn't considered that. They'd have to sleep together.
Oh God, oh God…I don't want Malfoy to be my first. My first kiss even. Oh Merlin this is horrifying; I have to give my virginity to Draco Malfoy. Why him? Why couldn't she have been betrothed to someone like her…a nice Gryffindor boy who was inexperienced and hesitant and unpresumptuous so that she wouldn't feel so….inferior.
Ah Hell, not exactly how he envisioned his second time at sex…with a wife! With Ginny bloody Weasley! He glanced at her, she was looking pale, flustered and quite frankly terrified. Suddenly, possibly for the first time in his life he empathised with another human being…with her.
A while later, after Percy left the unsigned papers for them to look over and ultimately sign, Mrs Weasley spoke;
"Narcissa, maybe we should leave Ginny and Draco to look over these. Give them a chance to talk."
Malfoy's mother agreed and before the two teens could protest they were left alone.
"I don't want to marry you." Ginny stated after a few moments of silence.
"I don't either." Malfoy replied.
Minutes ticked by in silence.
"So should we sign?"
Her only answer was a shrug.
"What, you don't care? This is our future."
"What do you want me to say? We both know we're going to sign otherwise our families bloodlines will be forcibly killed. We will both be unable to have children, along with all your sibling, and two more pureblood wizarding families will have been destroyed. Added to that the fact that we will both be legally unable to marry in future. Its not like we really have a choice is it?" He said in an irritated voice but she could tell he wasn't annoyed with her but at the situation itself.
"Malfoy-"
"Draco. We're going to be married for God sake and you're going to be a Malfoy too. You're using my first name. And I'm calling you Ginny."
"Ok fine. I'm telling you something now though- I never intend to be unfaithful, so I hope to God you're a good lay." She said straight-faced.
He choked and looked at her in shock. Ginny laughed.
"I'm kidding…well not about the unfaithful part obviously. I'm just trying to lighten the mood. I suppose it could be worse, right?"
"Hell yeah, you could be marrying Potter and I could be engaged to Bulstrode." He said with a hint of a smirk. She laughed again, pleased that he at least, had some sort of a sense of humour.
"There's really no way out of this, is there?" She asked a moment later, now deadly serious. He sighed.
"No. We have to marry before my birthday -which is in a month by the way. We have to sleep together and when we leave school we have to live together. Merlin this is unbelievable…and not in a good way." He stared at the papers as though they would disappear if he glared at them enough. The he looked at his future wife. "Do you have a quill I could use?"
A/N I'd like to thank Pussykat 8 for being the first person to read and review my story.I reallyappreciate it. My next chapter is almost written so it should be updated very soon.
