The Marriage Law

Title: The Marriage Law
Rating: R
Summery: The Ministry publicly tells the Wizarding world that the pureblooded families are in danger of dying out. To save the Wizarding world they pass the Marriage Law. How will a certain Muggle-born witch take itisclisclaimer: I own nothing.

Chapter Five: Malfoy and Decisions.

Hermione and Snape thought about what had happened for the next several weeks. Hermione kept having dreams of him taking her and making love to her. She knew that she wanted him, but was scared that he would turn away from her the moment that she had been in his bed. Her friends weren’t helping matters, especially Ron. He still hated the idea that his father hadn’t paired her up with him. Harry and Ginny got tired of hearing it and left leaving him to rant on his own.

Fudge came a calling as October ended and Hermione returned from Hogsmead with Harry and Ron.
“ Mrs. Snape there you are!” Hermione rolled her eyes and looked at Harry and Ron.
“ Remind me to change my last name,” she told them. Harry snorted with laughter and Ron looked confused.
“ Hello Minister, how are you?” She said in the same tone that her husband used on countless occasions. Fudge didn’t seem to notice because he went on.
“ I just want to let you know that I want you to set next to your husband for the Halloween feast tonight. Severus father has told me that you are in love with his son, which I think is wonderful of course. You know me, I think everything is marvelous. Now I expect you to be there.”
“ Um sure Minister no problem,” she told him. He nodded and smiling he left.

Hermione turned to Harry and Ron.
“ I swear he has been around Lockheart to much,” she commented. “ I better let Snape know about this.”
“ Are you going to be alright?” Harry asked. Hermione nodded and disappeared down the steps to the dungeons. She knocked on the door and Snape told her to enter. She opened the door and closed it and then turned to face her husband.
“ Fudge was in the Entrance Hall and he said that he’s going to be at the Halloween feast tonight and we have to pretend to be in love.” Snape face went white at the thought of Fudge being anywhere near him.
“ What did you say?”
“ What could I say to him,” she snapped. “ I mean he is the most annoying wizard I’ve ever met in my life.” Snape understood that she really did hate this man and she was with her all the way.

“ So what are we going to do?” Hermione asked.
“ Well we are going to have to pretend that were in love,” he told her. “ Then Fudge will leave and not come back, I hope.” Hermione pulled all of her Gryffindor courage and agreed with the plan. That night Hermione and Snape left their quarters and put the wards up. They walked up the stairs and just as they reached the top he turned to her.
“ Well it’s time to fool Fudge,” he commented. She nodded and he bent down and kissed her. She at once responded to his kiss and he deepened it. He pushed her against the wall and molded his body against hers. She wrapped her arms around his neck as he moved his body against hers. She instantly moaned in his mouth and this made his needs harder to ignore.

He wanted to take her back to his room and make love to her, and from how she was reacting she wanted it to. He broke the kiss off and nibbled down her neck.
“ Oh gods yes,” she groaned. He nibbled harder and she started to fight for his buttons on his robes. Her breathing was hard and ragged, and it was driving him wild. Suddenly his brain realized that they had to be in the Great Hall.
“ Hermione we have to stop this,” he told her. “ Fudge is waiting for us.” Hermione moaned in frustration as she watched him rebutton his robes. He took her hand and led her up the stairs and into the Great Hall.

When Fudge saw them he helped Hermione set down next to her husband. She tried to pay attention to the meal, which was hard when she wanted the man next to her. Lupin was asked by Fudge how he liked his wife.
“ She is wonderful,” he told him. “ She makes life easier.” Fudge nodded and then asked Hermione how things were going.
“ Um wonderful,” she replied to Fudge. Fudge nodded again and then returned to his meal. Meanwhile Ron was watching the Snape’s with deep hate. She laughed when her husband said something funny, and noticed that he was nibbling her ear. He turned to Harry.
“ If I have to see something like that in my near lifetime remind me to kill myself,” he told him. Harry looked over and noticed that Hermione winked at him. Harry guessed that this was just for show.
“ If I have to remind yourself to kill yourself, then I’ll put idiot on your tombstone.” Ron looked at him and then returned to his food.

Hermione was glad when the feast was over and she could get away from Fudge. She followed Snape down to his quarters and closed and warded the door.
“ I’m glad that this is over,” he told her. “ No more proving anything until the next time.” Hermione felt crushed and guessed that he felt nothing for her. She would be alone in her need for him, and he would be off doing his own thing. Hermione went to bed that night thinking that the only times that he would kiss her was when he had to, and not because he wanted to.

The next day Hermione woke up and dressed without saying anything to her husband. Snape knew at once that something was not right. He wanted to ask her, but got a strange feeling that it would not be a good idea. She left without saying goodbye and headed off to the Library to study. She needed to get away from him and think.
“ Well isn’t it Snape’s wife,” came the cold voice of Draco Malfoy. Hermione turned to look at him and noticed that he was feeling smug.
“ What do you want?” She asked. He sat down next to her and glared at her.
“ I don’t see your husband here, so I don’t think I’m going to have any problems.” Hermione didn’t like how this sounded.
“ Why don’t you go back to your common room,” she spat. “ And leave the normal people alone.” Malfoy laughed at her.

He suddenly grabbed her and forced a kiss on her lips. She banged her hands against his chest just as a set of hands pushed Malfoy away. Hermione looked up to see Snape standing there.
“ How dare you touch my wife,” he snapped. Malfoy sneered at him.
“ I was just checking her out that’s all.” Hermione pulled her wand out and pointed it at him.
“ I’m Severus wife, and you don’t dare put your filthy hands on me. If you touch me one more time I’ll make sure that you can never get a women pregnant,” she spat.
“ You wouldn’t let her do that?” Snape sneered at him.
“ You touched her and I believe that she will be more then in her right to do that, I personally think of taking a leaf out of Moody’s book and turn you into a pure-white ferret.” Malfoy went pale and ran from the Library.

Both Snape’s laughed as he ran out. Snape turned to Hermione.
“ Are you alright?” He asked. Hermione nodded.
“ I want to get back to my room and wash his taste out of my mouth,” she told him. And they both left the Library.

Then minutes later after brushing her mouth twice and wishing her mouth out twice she felt better. She left the bathroom and sat down opening one of her books. Snape looked at his wife worried, Malfoy had tried to hurt his wife and he feared that he would try it again. He had to stake claim to her in the bedroom before Malfoy ruined her for anyone else.
“ Hermione I have to go and talk to the Headmaster about something, I’ll be back.” Hermione nodded and Snape taking his cloak he left his quarters. He kept thinking about what Malfoy had almost done, and he was sure that Lucius was behind it. After all she did marry him over Draco and that had to done something to him.
“ Nerds,” he told the Gargoyle, it sprang to life and he stepped on the moving staircase that led to the Headmasters office. He knocked on the door and he was told that he could enter.

When Snape entered Dumbledore office he noticed that Professor McGonagall was there. Snape met his eyes with a worried look. The Headmaster knew that something was just not right.
“ Severus please set down,” he told him. Snape sat down and then was asked why he was here.
“ Malfoy tried to rape my wife,” he told him, pure venom with ever word. Professor McGonagall looked at him in total shock.
“ Severus why would he do that?”
“ Because Hermione married me over him, he hates that and now he wants to hurt her.” Dumbledore studied his Potion Master with a look of worry.
“ What are you going to do?” He asked.
“ I’m going to ask her if she wants to consummated the marriage, I have to before Malfoy ruins here for anyone. I don’t want a brilliant mind ruined because of him.” Dumbledore eyes twinkled and knew that this must be serious if he wanted to do this.
“ What if she says no.” Snape looked at her.
“ Then she’s doomed.” And with that he left.

A/N: The next chapter includes smut, and a surprise for Draco Malfoy.