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Chapter 30: Wedding Bells

It was not long before Draco and Hermione were faced with their wedding day, the past month had passed by in a blur for them, a blur full of colour, preparations, a few stressful breakdowns, and of course the amazing sex. It was on the 25th of April, a beautiful spring day, when their wedding was to be held. All day Draco had been out in the lawns (as this was where the wedding would be held) helping with the setup and making sure everything went according to plan. Hermione had wanted desperately to help, but Narcissa wouldn't have it, she believed that because it was Hermione's "special day" she should not touch anything, just concentrate on looking beautiful and confident.

Hermione had been practising her walk for about a week now and she had mastered it completely and yet she couldn't help but feel nervous, her insides a mixture of excitement and anxiousness. Hermione had invited Ginny to offer her some moral support and had asked her to bring her outfits for later that afternoon with her so that she wouldn't have to go back. Ginny would be one of the bridesmaids as well as Samantha, a good friend of Hermione's from when she used to work at St. Mungo's. The two girls sat in Hermione's room, giving her advice, telling her to stay calm before the dresser came.

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Draco stood outside in the lawns, telling people what to, where to out everything and how to do it. It was the happiest day of Draco's life. He never thought a day like this would ever come. As a child he had always believed that he would always get married to someone his parents found fitting, someone he had probably never met before but he had been wrong, he was actually going to marry a woman that over the past few weeks he had grown to love more than anything in the world. He almost laughed out loud thinking that a few months ago, the two had hated the mere sight of each other and now they couldn't keep away.

These past few weeks had been the happiest of Draco's life, what with Lucius being his father and all. He did not remember a time when he could just be himself whenever he wanted: laughing until he cried, making jokes, sharing his secrets, but that was the thing about Hermione; he didn't have to be anyone but himself. He did not have to pretend to be better than everyone else, treating everyone below him like dirt, making smart remarks about everything. Once he was sure everything was ready, Draco went back into the manor to get dressed, as the guests would begin arriving soon.

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At precisely one thirty, Hermione's dresser walked into the room and ordered her into the bath tub. She was a short, stout woman that spoke in a very heavy French accent. Her name was Gabriella. Once Hermione was done with her bath, she stood on a small stool as Gabriella made some final adjustments to her dress.

'My God voman, vhen was dis dress designed?' she asked, pointing at Hermione and muttering a charm under her breath 'you seem to hav gained a lot of weight'

'Yes well, I am pregnant you know' snapped Hermione irritably

'Oh my, I know zat you hav a fine husband, my dear, but zere is no need to be quite so eager' said Gabriella, clicking her tongue impatiently.

Hermione grew red with both fury and anger. How dare this woman…

Her thoughts were interrupted as Gabriella began to pull at her hair with a large hair brush. Soon, with the help of many charms and potions, Hermione's hair was up in an elegant bun at the top of her head, there were a few strands framing the sides of her face. Next was the makeup, just a bit of foundation, mascara and red lip-gloss. After slipping into a pair of silver, strappy stilettos, Hermione looked at her reflection in the large mirror. Her dress was white and strapless; it fitted her body perfectly bringing out her slight curves. It was tight around the upper body and flared out into a gigantic skirt at her hips. The skirt was pleated at one side, with beautiful hand made embroidery outlining each of the pleats. The dress trailed behind her almost a metre and was magically designed to stay that way so that it would not get caught in her feet. As Gabriella handed Hermione a bouquet of large red roses, her stomach erupted into a mass of butterflies.

Just then the door to the bedroom opened and Ginny, Samantha and Narcissa walked in gasping and exclaiming at the sight of Hermione:

'You look gorgeous Hermione'

'Draco's not gonna be able to concentrate throughout the whole ceremony'

'My son is so lucky to be marrying such a beautiful woman'

Hermione just smiled at the three women, she was too nervous to say anything. She took in each of their appearances. Ginny and Sam were wearing identical gold, floor length dress. Ginny's red hair was up in a French roll and Sam's jet black hair cascaded in loose curls down her back. Narcissa was wearing a plain dark blue dress and her blonde hair was tied in a tight knot at the top of her head.

'The guests are here Hermione, so we better get a move on' said Ginny and with that the four women made their way out to the lawns.

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They reached their location to find that all the guests were already there, seated, waiting patiently for the ceremony to begin. There were a huge number of guests; a lot were either colleagues of Draco or his distant relatives. Narcissa quietly made her way towards her seat in the front row and Hermione and her friends got ready to walk out. Just then Nick, accompanied by a house elf came running down the lawn. Nick was dressed adorably in a mini black tuxedo with a bow tie. His hair fell neatly around his face. Hermione almost cried at the sight of him, he would be the ring boy; the one that carried the rings. This was obvious as Nick had in his hand a silk, red cushion with two platinum bands resting in the middle. One was fairly large and more masculine and the other was a lot more delicate and feminine, with a small diamond resting in the middle. The organ began to play and the four set themselves into their respective positions: Hermione in the front, Ginny and Sam on either side of her, but a step behind and Nick walking carefully behind the three women, his small hands supporting the cushion.

Walking down the aisle, all Hermione concentrated on was the podium, where Draco was standing. He was dressed in a tailored black tuxedo, his hair gelled neatly back. Blaise Zabini was his best man and was dressed similarly to Draco. As Draco looked at Hermione walking up the aisle, his breath caught in his throat. She looked absolutely beautiful. He could tell she was nervous, as was he but all that mattered to him now was that in a few moments he would be able to call her his forever.

Once Hermione reached the podium the wedding announcer, as they were so called in the wizarding world, began his speech. Hermione barely paid attention to him and it was not until the vows were to be said that she was brought back down to earth. Both her and Draco turned towards each other and held out their right hands, As Draco took Hermione's small hand into his fairly large one the wizard pointed his wand toward the conjoined hands and muttered a spell, sending a silvery stream around them. This was when Draco started speaking:

'I Draco Malfoy, take you Hermione Granger, to be my wedded wife to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness or in health, to love and to cherish 'till death do us part. And hereto I pledge you my faithfulness.' Draco said all this with a small smile on his face as he looked deeply into Hermione's eyes. Once he finished Hermione said her vows:

'I Hermione Granger , take you Draco Malfoy, to be my lawfully wedded husband to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness or in health, to love and to cherish 'till death do us part. And hereto I pledge you my faithfulness.' At this Nick stepped forward with then rings and Draco and Hermione took them of the cushion smiling proudly at Nick and slipped the rings onto each other's fingers.

The wedding announcer then spoke, completing the ceremony. 'I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride.' Draco did not need telling twice, he out his arms around Hermione, sweeping her off her feet and kissed her passionately as the crowd cheered.

A/N: there we go people, the chapter a lot of you have been waiting for, well what d'you think REVIEW!!! Oh and for a better look at the dress go to: i wasn't very good at describing it.