'You're doing what?' Pansy asked, looking at Draco with a betrayed expression on her face.

'You heard me right the first time, Pansy,' Draco replied, a slight sneer on his face. 'I'm getting married.'

Pansy gaped at him, shock and astonishment overwhelming the betrayal she felt. 'But that's impossible!' she cried. 'We're betrothed to each other – you can't go off and marry some common bint!'

At that statement, Draco's calm expression immediately turned sour. 'You should know better than anyone that a betrothal contract is not a formal promise of marriage,' he said, sounding extremely annoyed. 'And you should have seen this coming. Or have you somehow managed to forget everything that happened in our fifth year? You never made it onto the list of the people I dated,' he continued mercilessly.

'But – but I thought that you were doing that because you wanted some experience before you came to me,' Pansy wailed. 'I thought you wanted to make it special for me!'

Draco shot her a withering look as he raised his hand to his forehead. 'Stop shrieking,' he said harshly, 'you're giving me a headache. And where did you come with all that rot you're spouting? You've known me since we were in nappies, you should have known that "making it special" for you never had anything to do with my actions.'

'But Draco –'

'You're a Slytherin Pansy,' he continued berating her, 'you should know when you're backed into a corner. We both know that this is happening because you made stupid assumptions about me and my motives – at least have the balls to admit that you were wrong. Besides –'

'Cancel the wedding Draco,' Pansy said, pleading now. 'Marry me like you're supposed to. I won't even say anything if you meet with your little pet discretely. Just don't do this to me, Draco! I'll be ruined!'

Draco growled at her in annoyance. 'If you'd let me complete what I was saying,' he said harshly, 'you would already know that there's no chance of me doing that. Assuming that I would marry you wasn't the only mistake you made, Pansy. It was simply the first one. The second one was assuming I was interested in girls.'

'But in fifth –'

'That was just to keep my father satisfied, you idiot. Sure, I did things with them – but there was no other way to make sure he didn't find out I liked men! And he can't say anything about who I'm marrying after the fiasco that his support of the Dark Lord was, so I'm free to do as I like now. I came here thinking to invite an old school friend to my wedding, but I can see now that that wasn't a good idea.'

'At least tell me who's stealing you from me!'

'I've was never yours to being with,' Draco said disgustedly, 'but if you really want to know, it's Harry Potter.'

For:

Chopped Competition, Starter

Musical Terms Challenge, Acceso

Key Signature Competition, F Minor

Latin Challenge, Deleo

Quidditch Positions Competition, Chaser

If You Dare Challenge, Prompt 9. Blankly

OTP Bootcamp, Prompt 35. Torn

Character Diversity Bootcamp, Prompt 42. Humiliate

50 Different Friendships or Less Challenge, Prompt 22. Jealous

Pairing Diversity Bootcamp, Prompt 8. Besmirch