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That afternoon found Draco and Ginny sitting in the office of Draco's lawyer. "This guy is the best. He should be able to get us out of this." Draco said to Ginny.

"He better be able to. I don't want to be married to you!"

"Apparently, Mrs. Malfoy that is not true." came a voice from the other side of the room.

"Of course it's the truth. The rings are faulty. And you are…?" The man smiled.

"I'm Mr. Malfoy's lawyer, Mr. Ewing at your service."

"Wonderful. Now care to get us out of this hole we seem to have dug ourselves into?" Ginny asked impatiently.

"Of course Madame, but let's move this into my office." Draco and Ginny got up from where they had been sitting, and followed Mr. Ewing into his office. As Ginny stepped inside; she took in the marvelous office. It was decorated in mint green, with various pictures and awards hanging on the walls in gold frames. A large onyx desk stood in front of a giant window that had a nice view of London. In front of the desk were two large very comfortable looking cushioned chairs.

Mr. Ewing motioned for them to sit down. "Now, explain to me exactly what happened." Ginny spoke up, and told him everything she remembered. Then Draco did the same.

"Uh huh, well I need to know where exactly it was you two were married."

"We don't know sir. I think it was at that new Quick Stop Marriage Spot place for witches and wizards to elope."

"They let you get married drunk?"

"Obviously." Draco said in a disdainful tone. Mr. Ewing just looked at him for a moment. He summoned a book off a book self that was across the room. It was very large, and several different colored tabs were marking different places in it. He opened the book to a green tab and read to himself for a few minutes, before looking up. He sighed and rubbed his temples.

"I'm afraid there is nothing I can do. If the rings come off, I can finalize everything, but that's about it."

"But the rings are defective. They have to be. There is no way I would want to be married to him." Ginny said in a shrilly voice.

"Calm down Mrs. Malfoy, I…"

"Don't call me that! It's Miss Weasley. I refuse to acknowledge this marriage!"

"I'm afraid you haven't got a choice. You are legally married. There isn't anyway the rings could be defective. All wedding rings are charmed by the Ministry of Magic, and no, no matter what connections you have the charms will not, nor can they be removed." Ginny looked as though she was going to cry.

"So you can't do anything to help us?"

"I'm afraid not Mr. Malfoy. The new Wizard Wedding Chapel follows regulations. The Ministry is in charge of it." Tears were streaming down Ginny's face at this point.

"So I just have to be married to someone I don't really know someone who I can't even stand!"

"Look, all I can say is the charm is very powerful. It reads your emotions. I suggest you talk about everything. The reasons why you were both getting sloshed could have something to do with it, especially if it was because you were lonely." He said.

"Well, thanks for nothing." Draco said getting out of his chair. "Come on Ginny." Ginny sighed before getting up and following him. After they were outside of Mr. Ewing's building, Draco led the way to an apparition spot. "Were do you want to go for lunch?"

"Home. I want to go home." Draco sighed and rubbed his temples.

"I meant a restaurant."

"Please Draco. I just want to go home. We'll have to face my mum eventually. We might as well get it over with."

"Wait a second, we?"

"Yes Draco we. We're unfortunately, in this together. And even if we do manage to get the rings off, my mum will know something is up. I'm living at home right now. I'm in between jobs too."

"Fine, but tonight you get to meet my mum. It's only fair." He said smirking, before he apparated. Ginny just shook her head and apparated herself.

An hour later, Ginny and Draco were sitting at Molly's kitchen table, listening as she ranted on about how irresponsible they were. "Just answer me one question Ginevra Weas-Malfoy, why why why, were you out getting sloshed?!"

"I was depressed okay? I had had a bad day and made a bad choice. Now I'm paying for it."

"Hey! I'm not that horrible." Draco said pretending to be hurt.

"Oh shut your face, you know what I mean." Ginny sapped. She was in a bad mood, and it didn't help her when her mother kept calling her Ginevra Malfoy.

"Why were you so depressed?" Molly asked, her face softening.

"Because." Ginny murmured, looking down trodden.

"Why?" Molly asked again, sitting down next to her daughter.

"I didn't want to be at that stupid wedding to begin with. I mean, come on. He broke my friend's heart, to be with Hermione, who broke Ron's heart!"

"Gin sweetie, that was two years ago. I know you're not mad about that anymore. Ron is married, and that girl was cheating on Harry when he broke up with her. What was really bothering you?" Ginny's eyes started to water.

"I don't want to talk about it. It's ridiculous. I'm ashamed of myself and I don't need you to be either. Besides, it's not like it matters anyway." Molly just shook her head before turning her gaze to Draco.

"So how do you plan on taking care of my daughter? And when are you going to see Arthur. He will want to talk with you. In fact, you should go now. It's his lunch break soon, and you should be able to catch him. You know where he works right?"

"Yes I know his department is right next to mine."

"Good. Go." Draco just nodded sullenly and apparated.

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Arthur Weasley was getting ready to go on his lunch break, when someone knocked on his door.

"Come in." he called, stacking some files and placing them on his cluttered desk. He looked up to see Draco enter his office.

"Hi Mr. Weasley, what do you say I treat you to lunch?" he asked nervously. Arthur assessed the young man standing in his office quickly. He seemed nervous, and flustered. Arthur smiled and nodded his head.

"That sounds good, where to Mr. Malfoy?"

"Leaky Cauldron okay?"

"Brilliant. Just give me one minute." Arthur said. He turned to an armoire behind his desk and produced an emerald cloak. He then grabbed a spare piece of parchment and jotted something down. Rolling up the parchment, he stuck it in a pocket in his cloak, and pulled the cloak on. "Lead the way."

Draco nodded silently and the two men made their way out of his office, once outside the Ministry building, both men apparated. They reappeared inside the Leaky Cauldron. Draco and Arthur walked to a table and sat down.

"I'm sure you didn't bring me here just to buy me lunch. What is it you want to talk about?" Arthur asked smiling.

"Well sir, I have something to tell you, rather than ask. Do you promise not to say anything until I finish?"

"Okay." Arthur said nodding his head. He suddenly had a very bad feeling about this.

"Yesterday night I went on a disastrous date. I ended up right in this very place actually, drowning myself in Firewiskey. I was very drunk by the end of the evening, and can't remember anything past my tenth drink. However, this morning I woke up to find in my drunken stupor, I had gone and gotten myself married……….to your daughter." Draco said and winced, expecting Arthur to shoot, scream and then curse him. He was not expecting Arthur to crack up laughing.

"That's hilarious. Good one Draco. Seriously, what is it?" Arthur asked wiping tears from his eyes.

"I was serious sir. Ginny and I had both gotten drunk, and I woke up this morning to discover we were married. What's even worse is that the rings won't come off. I'm not joking around." Draco said in a tone that left no room for argument.

Arthur looked as though his whole world had just come crashing down. "My baby is married?"

"Yes sir."

"Where is she?"

"At her home, with your wife."

"Well then, let's go. I want to talk to her." Arthur said apparating out of his seat. Draco sighed audibly and followed him.

When both men returned home, there were lots of tears from Ginny and Molly, a very angry Arthur Weasley, and a very quiet Draco Malfoy. When things finally settled down, Arthur brought up the questions they all had been avoiding. "So what are you going to do?"

"Well, I'm living in a flat right now; I'm having a manor of my own being built. It should be finished in a few weeks. So I suppose Ginny could move into my flat, and bring just a few things, or when the manor is built she could move in there."

"I like the last idea." Molly said.

"Well I don't. You two are married now, and it may seem harsh, but married couples live together. So Ginny should pack up her clothes and anything she will really need, and move in with you now."

"But Arthur…."

"No Molly. They need to face the music. Their actions have consequences, and now they are learning it the hard way."

"The extremely hard way." Ginny mumbled.

"I have no pity for you young lady. You know better than to be out getting sloshed. Now the next question; does your mother know about this Draco?"

"We were going to go there next."

"Good. Go now. Molly will put Ginny's necessities together, and you two can come back to pick it up later. Go." He said. Ginny and Draco looked at each other, before walking to the Weasley's apparition spot.

"Time to meet my mum." He said

"Let's just get it over with." Ginny said before she disappeared into thin air, Draco following behind her.

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Malfoy Manor was the largest building Ginny had every seen. It gave off an eerie glow in the afternoon light. Ginny shuddered.

"You grew up here?"

"Yup, home sweet home. Let's go. Time to for you to meet my mum." Draco said before leading Ginny into the manor. Once inside, Ginny realized that the manor wasn't all that cold. There was a homey feeling, but still very elegant.

"Draco is that you?" Ginny heard a women's voice call. She could tell it had been magical magnified. Draco pointed his wand at his throat and muttered "sonorous."

"Yes mum. Where are you?" Draco asked. Ginny was covering her ears, because Draco's magnified voice right next to her felt as though she was going to go deaf.

"I'm in the tea room dear. Come on up." Draco took the charm off him, and turned to Ginny.

"This way." He said leading her through a long hallway, up a flight of stairs. At the top of the stairs, were many doors that led to other rooms. One of these doors was open. The hallway was dark and different portraits were hung through it. All of them seemed to have blonde hair. Ginny figured from the way they were dressed, that they were grandparents and ancestors.

Ginny followed Draco through the open door, into the tea room. It was a nice room. There was a small circular glass table set up in the center of the room, and on it was an antique silver tea set. Around the table was several comfortable looking strait backed chairs. The room was painted a light blue with midnight blue trim. There were several country scene paintings hanging on the walls. Ginny's eyes were drawn to one in particular were sheep were grazing in the field.

Narcissa got up as soon as she and Draco were inside the room. She rushed over to her son and gave him a big hug. Narcissa pulled away from Draco and turned her attention to Ginny, her eyes lighting up. "Oh Draco you've finally done it, brought home a girl. I must say this is a first. It's so nice to meet you dear. What is your name?" Narcissa asked, leading Ginny over to a chair and pouring her a cup of tea. Draco laughed heartily.

"Mum, this is Ginny, and err… well, we have something to tell you, but you have to promise not to say anything yet, and please don't try and guess what the news is." Draco said in one breath. Narcissa smiled and nodded her head. Draco sat down across from Ginny, next to his mum.

"Okay, first things first. Mum, Ginny here is a Weasley."

"Well I knew that just taking one look at her. If it doesn't matter to you, it shouldn't matter to me. Now that your father has gone and gotten himself killed, that silly grudge he held with Arthur no longer means anything. I never did quite understand it to begin with." Ginny smiled, the feeling of uneasiness in her stomach disappearing some.

"Okay second thing, Ginny isn't my girlfriend. She's my wife." Narcissa's eyes grew wide, her smile fading. Ginny's heart sank. "Now before you say anything, let me assure you I didn't purposely exclude you from my wedding. We were both drunk at the time." Draco said, launching into the story of how this all happened, and what they were planning on doing. When he finished Narcissa stood up and motioned for them to as well.

"I guess I understand, though I am very disappointed in you Draco. Though I must say I'm proud to hear the two of you are accepting this so easily. I'm guessing that three years ago this would not be so. But we have no time to dwell on the past. Draco, I'm going to go see if dinner is ready. I believe there is something that rightfully belongs to Ginny now?" Narcissa smiled at them, before walking out of the room.

"She's right. Wait here." Draco said before disappearing outside of the room. A few moments latte he came out, a small silver box in his hand. "This is for you." He said handing her the box. Ginny took it, and lifted the lid off. She gasped.

"Oh my goodness." Draco smiled, and took the box out of her hand. He picked out the ring that sat inside. It was small, made for a petite hand, but it was beautiful. The band was pure gold, and in the center was a heart cut diamond. To either side of it was a cluster of emeralds. Draco took Ginny's hand and carefully slid the ring on.

"So do you like it?" Draco asked.

"I love it. Oh it's beautiful." Ginny said, in awe. Draco smiled at her, and Ginny smiled back. It was in this moment that Ginny realized how easily one could get lost in his beautiful grey orbs. She was so lost in them in fact, that she didn't realize why he seemed to be getting so close to her until their lips meet in a soft, chaste kiss.

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A/N: So that's chapter 2. What do you think?

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