A/N: Wait, I'll do it at the bottom...

The Final Battle had been fierce and long.

Draco ran around a corner and found Fred fighting along with Percy. He saw the wall start to fall and quickly sent a shield charm over both the Weasely's. The dust cleared and Fred looked up at his savior. "Malfoy? What are you doing here?"

"Hermione and I will explain later; we don't have time for this now."

The twin was shocked and sent a look at his older brother. "Hermione? You know where she's been?"

"What did you do to her?" A new voice joined their ranks but Draco identified the familiar snarl of Ron.

"I really don't have time to explain it to you, Weasel. Maybe when we've all won the war?" Draco drawled and turned to go look for Hermione.

"We? You don't mean you're fighting for our side, do you?" Ron's eyebrows were so high they almost reached his ginger hair.

"No. I'm saying I'm fighting for Hermione's side."

"What's the difference?" Fred asked.

"I love her; I don't much like you lot." And with that Draco left an astonished group of Weasely's, sure that the word would get around to the rest of their clan including the Boy-who-lived-to-annoy. However, Draco didn't find Hermione until everything was over.

Shortly after Voldemort had fallen to his ever-mortal lump, Draco found Hermione by the Black Lake, staring into its depths. He came up beside her and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. She flinched only slightly before sending a wan smile in his direction. "Are you ok?"

She gave a short bark of laughter. "Not really but I think I'll manage."

His arm slid around her waist and her head came to rest on his chest. Tears soaked into his shirt and Hermione shook in his arms. He whispered soft, comforting words into her ear. They probably didn't do much but Draco felt better for saying them.

"Why did so many people have to die, Draco?" She blubbered. He couldn't much make out her words.

"Hey, stay with me here. If I can't understand you, I can't make you feel better." He smirked and she barely smiled. He pushed a curl behind her ear. "Baby, I know a lot of people died today, but think of all the people who were saved today because you made us come back. Think of Fred, who would have died if we'd not come back. The war might not have come out as well as it did if you'd let me say no. Don't think of the bad, though you should remember their sacrifices, but think of the living. Think of our future."

"What future is there for Teddy? His parents are gone." She stepped away from him. "What about all the other orphans in the wizarding world just from today's battle? And all the students that will never get to graduate from Hogwarts? What about them?"

"We'll help any way that we can." Draco surreptitiously fingered the ring he kept in his pocket. "Maybe we can even adopt one of those sad little orphans you were talking about."

Hermione stared at him blankly for a moment. "You… You have to be married to adopt a child."

"Well then," He smirked. and pulled the ring out for her to see. "Maybe we'll just have to get married. Stay with me, Hermione, always. I love you so much and I don't know what I would do without you. I know that we're young and neither of us have finished school but I would like to think that we kept ourselves alive pretty well this past year. Please Mia, stay with me?"

"Are you serious?" The words were barely audible. "You want to marry me?"

"I've lived on the run with you for the past year. We woke up next to each other every day. That's all I want in life. To have you stay with me, forever and always. I want to marry you and have kids with you and eat your horrible cooking for every meal. I love you. Stay with me. Marry me."

Hermione almost slapped him for the cooking comment but everything he said had been so sweet that she couldn't. "Yes."

"Yes?" He smirked, just a little.

"Yes!" She jumped him, almost tumbling them into the lake. She peppered his face with kisses before allowing him to place the ring on her finger and then starting all over again. Both were so absorbed with each other that they didn't notice the others coming over a nearby hill.

"Oi! What are they doing down there?!" Ron's voice was a bit high-pitched.

" I told you that they'd get together sometime." Ginny's smile was triumphant. Everyone looked at her. "What? I totally said that!"

A/N: So way super sorry that this took so long. A lot more came up into my schedule than I thought. Anyway. I'm done with this one. Maybe an epilogue, whatever, don't know. I am working on another, longer story but I'm not going to start updating anytime soon. I've just got a lot to think about before I can think about putting anything up. Anyway, thanks for reading!