A/N: I don't own Harry Potter or any related characters
This is for the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Assignment #11 Games and Sports - Task #1:Tug of War: include a scene of a back and forth argument between two characters.
Word Count: 536
Warning: Student/teacher marriage law
"The answer is still no, Miss Granger."
"For the tenth time today, my name is Hermione!"
"I do not care about your first name. I do care about the fact you are once again in my office trying to change my mind about a matter I have already dismissed."
"You only dismissed it because you absolutely refuse to consider it! It's the only way. We both know You-Know-Who is behind this marriage law. He controls the ministry, he controls everything."
"You have mentioned this before. And how would it look if I were to agree to you insane plan, Miss Granger? It could give away my alliances, once and for all."
"We both it won't, since you'll just blame Dumbledore, saying he made you marry me. Tell You-Know-Who it's for the Greater Good, you absolutely know he'll eat that line up coming from Dumbledore's mouth."
"I am not marrying you."
"I honestly don't see how you have much of a choice? We both need to marry, quickly I might add before I'm married to an actual Death Eater and you're... well, I heard Rodolphus was killed in the latest break out."
"I don't care about another dead Death Eater, Miss Granger."
"Hermione, it's Hermione. He's the one that was married to Bellatrix, is he not?"
"Get to the point."
"She's single. She's You-Know-Who's right hand."
"I'm his right hand you daft girl."
"Fine, she's his third in charge then, just imagine, his two most loyal subjects bound in unholy matrimony."
"No. Absolutely not, he'll marry her himself, no."
"Are you willing to risk your freedom and what little spark of potential happiness you have on that? We both know he won't marry, he's above the law, isn't he?"
"I am not marrying you, Miss Granger. I don't even care about you."
"And I don't care about you, sir. There, now that we're done lying about that, can we actually talk about this like rational adults. I need to marry before the ministry, AKA You-Know-Who, marries to me to an actual Death Eater and you need to marry before the same idiot realizes that you and Bellatrix will make a lovely couple."
"Shut your mouth, Hermione!"
"Good, you do know my name. Now, I've already run this idea past Professor McGonagall."
"And apparently she didn't talk some sense into you?"
"She thinks it might be the best plan we can come up with in the time we have. I have her blessing, I think she knows you like me."
"I don't."
"You do, and the sooner you quit denying it, the better. Now, Severus Snape, will you please marry me to save me from a fate worse than marrying a Death Eater?"
"You bought a ring?"
"Is that a yes?"
"This is completely idiotic, you're mad."
"That's still not a no."
"N... yes, fine, I'll marry you and then once this whole blasted war is over we can go our separate ways and never speak of it again."
"I think you'll grow to admit liking me."
"We shall see, Hermione. We shall see."
"Good, now, I have to go finish my essay for your class, unless you'd like to give me an O?"
"Don't push your luck."