It had been a day in the making for nearly twenty years, and one that she and Luna had been semi-jokingly fantasizing about when the two women would get together for playdates between Catherine and Luna's son Xander.
They'd planned to have playdates for their babies whilst they were still pregnant, since all of them had lived especially lonely childhoods. The last thing they wanted was for their children to experience the same feeling of loneliness, and the first action they wanted to take was to get them to bond as infants.
To add to what would have already been a strong bond, the parents all surprised each other by naming the other couple as god parents.
The kids absolutely adored each other and always greeted each other with cries of "Cate" and "Xan" respectively. The little games of "Knight and Princess" they played were the cutest things she'd ever seen.
As the years went by the kids grew and so did their friendship. It came to a point that Cate and Xander were practically inseperable and became a bit awkward once puberty was nearing and it was apparent that The Talk was necessary for the children to understand the reason to why they weren't allowed to sleep in the same room anymore.
It all came to an inevitable head in the kids fourth year of Hogwarts when Hermione, or Professor Potter as she was known to the students of Hogwarts, found Cate and Xander in a rather passionate kiss in an alcove after the last bell of the day. The looks on their faces when she cleared her throat was hilarious and she had to fight the smirk that was trying to force itself on her face. What made it even funnier was them telling her "it's not what it looks like". Honestly.
The trek to the greenhouses were a trying affair in that the smirk that had previously attemted to break on her face had graduated into what was going to be a full blown laugh attack once she let it be released.
They entered the first greenhouse in which Professor Longbottom was working. The concern on Neville's soon turned into forced seriousness once he learned the reason behind Cate and Xan's pale faces.
Xan and Cate's pale faces turned to looks of shock at both of their parent's sudden laughter, and soon those looks of shock turned to relief as they realised that not only were Neville and Hermione okay with it (within reason, of course), they had a bet as to when Cate and Xan would become a couple. Luna had won that one, which wasn't a surprise since the woman made uncanny predictions, but since the money won went towards the kids tuition no one really ever got annoyed.
Cate and Xan continued their relationship through Hogwart's and came the inevitable "conclusion" at her 20th birthday get together when Xan got on one knee and proposed. Her tearful and choked "Yes!" was met with loud cheering from all in attendence.
Hermione was drawn from her reminiscing as she heard "You may now kiss the bride" and watched in tearful pride as her little girl closed the distance and into a gentle and beautilful kiss that signified the beginning of her new life.
