-Late Night Surprises- Chapter 9

The children played throughout the house and around us adults as we sat in the cozy living room of the Burrow drinking Fire Whiskey, and coffee or tea. It was a very relaxing and enjoyable evening for me, and one that I had needed for a while.

At some point in the evening Scorpius had climbed up in my lap, and feel asleep. I hadn't notice until I heard his soft snores, and him wiggling around. "Harry, it might be time to get home." I said looking at Harry. He looked over and smiled fondly over the sight of the two of us.

"I'm sorry guys, but Draco is right we better get back to the Manor, and get this little one into bed. Thank you for the wonderful dinner Molly. We will be back over tomorrow afternoon, and yes he can stay for the night with the other kids." He smiled and lightly kissed Molly on the forehead. We finished saying our goodnights, and left the Burrow.

When we arrived back at the Manor we place Scorpius in his bed, then Harry and I walked to my room where we fell asleep cuddled together. I woke with a start as I heard Scorpius yelling and running down the halls; being an only child does not let you have the experiences of small children running through the Manor. I got up, and got dressed, and headed down to the living room to see the Potter's waiting for me to arrive.

"Well, I see that you found that Santa came." I say ruffling the identical blond hair on the boys' head, while Harry smiled at me. I sat down beside Harry, and told Scorpius to start handing out gifts. Most of them were for him, but there were still several that were for me and Harry. While he was running around passing out gifts my mother appeared in the room wearing a beautiful winter blue robe.

"Happy Christmas mother. Scorpius come here for a minute, I would like to introduce you to your grandmother." Scorp came to halt in front of me, and then slowly walked over to her, she leant down and picked him up. Narcissa carried him over to an armchair and sat down placing him on her lap. "What do I call you?" He asked her in a sweet voice, and she smiled the brightest smile I had ever seen. "How about Nanna Cissa. I know you have a Nanna Molly." They giggled together and she kissed him on the forehead, and the let him down to finish his presents task.

We spent the morning opening gifts, and playing with new toys. Scorpius was busy playing against mother in wizard's chess when Harry asked me the question I knew was coming.

"Where is my gift?" I smiled at him, and winked. "You will get your gift tonight when we are alone." A blush flooded Harry's face, and he squirmed a little. We had brunch, and then headed back to Burrow for late lunch with the Weasley family.

Later in the afternoon George came into the kitchen and dragged Harry outside telling him that they needed a seeker for their game of backyard quiddtich, which gave me the chance to talk to Molly and the other ladies of the family.

"Would you and Harry like to stay for dinner tonight?" Molly asked with her back to room washing dishes. Her question shook me out of my thoughts, and I flushed slightly. "No, thank you. We are having dinner at the Manor." I answered; Molly nodded ok and continued to talk to Fleur, Ginny, and Hermione.

"I do need an opinion, and I was hoping you ladies could help me." I asked the room; Molly turned around and looked curiously at me. With all of their attention on me I dug around in the inner pocket of the coat I was wearing until I found the little black box. I pulled it out, and showed it to them.

Molly sat down beside me taking the box and opening it, she gasped and smiled at me. She closed it and passed it around to the other three who all had the same reaction. "Are you planning on asking him to marry you?" Hermione asked as it got around to her and Ginny.

"Yes. I'm taking your reaction that it is suitable for him. I just don't know how to ask him, that is my problem right now. I was only taught to be it the traditional way, but I don't think that would do for this, seeing as we already have a child together, and its Harry. He doesn't do anything the traditional way." They were silent for a while, and then Ginny spoke up. "I suggest doing it after dinner. Take your dessert to a room with a fireplace or where the Christmas tree is, and then ask him. He is not really into the traditional things, so I wouldn't suggest getting down on your knee or saying things like "make me the happiest man alive." Just come right out and ask him, and tell him how you actually feel about him."

We all look kind of shocked at her for a couple minutes. "What? We talked it about it after Fleur's wedding, we were getting into the wedding mood, but we both knew it wasn't going to happen because of the war." She rolled her eyes, and then laughed.

"Thank you Ginny." I say to her smiling. I was still nervous about the whole thing, but getting to talk about it with people that Harry considered family was a relief for me. About an hour before dinner Harry and I said goodbye to Scorpius and the rest of the family so that we could head back to the Manor for dinner.

We made it home, and Mispy was getting ready for dinner. Harry went upstairs to get cleaned up before we sat down for our meal, while I went to the kitchen. "Mipsy, will you make Grandmother Malfoy's chocolate cake for dessert, and then serve it to us in the living room with Fire Whiskey and some white chocolate cocoa." I asked. When the house elf nodded I headed up to my room to clean up for dinner.

I changed into a light blue button down dress shirt and a pair of dark wash jeans, and a pair of dark blue boat shoes. I headed into the bathroom, and threw some water on my face and give myself a pep talk for tonight. I shrunk down the ring box, put a charm on it that would resize it when I took it out of my pocket, and then put in to my pants pocket. I heard Mispy knock on Harry's door telling him dinner was ready.

I opened my door right as Mispy was turning to knock on my door. Harry stepped out of his room wearing a beautiful dark green button down, and a dark wash pair of jeans, and I couldn't help but admire how his shirt made his eyes shine.

"You look very nice, Harry." I said smiling; he blushed slightly then thanked me. "Let's head down stairs and see what Mispy made us for dinner shall we?" I asked, he nodded and led the way down to the breakfast nook.

Dinner was wonderful. It look beautiful in presentation, and its taste was amazing. My mother had done a great job teaching Mipsy to cook, and I knew that the chocolate cake that we were having for dessert would be even better. Grandmother had taught mother all her tricks for baking, and her chocolate cake was her favorite thing to make me for my birthday or any other special occasion.

Mispy cleaned up the dinner dishes, and then came back to us. "Master Potter, Master Draco dessert is ready for you in the living room." She bowed and then left us alone again. I smiled at Harry and got up leading the way into the living room.

The lights were off all except for the Christmas tree, and there was a fire in the fire place. We sat down on the couch in front of the fire where our dessert was waiting for us. "I hope you enjoy your cake. I asked Mispy to make it special for tonight." I explained.

Harry smiled, and picked up his plate and taking a bite. "Oh wow! This is the best cake that I have ever had, even better than Molly's cake." He exclaimed taking another bite. I smiled pleased with my choice of dessert. We finished our cake, but continued to drink. I had already had five drinks when I finally got up the courage to ask him.

Harry was laughing at something that I had said while I reached into my pocket for the ring. "Would you like your Christmas gift now?" I asked smiling at the dark haired man, he nodded excitedly in want.

My smile grew as I sat the box in the palm of his hands, while his face grew kind of confused. He slowly opened the box, and then I thought that he was going to cry. "Harry would you marry me?" I asked when he looked up at me.

"Yes, Draco I will marry you." He whispered. I took the box, and then took out a gorgeous platinum ring with a dragon shaped cut out in the middle of it. There were not any jewels on this part, but on the wedding band here was. I grabbed his hand, and slipped the ring onto his finger, then leaned in a pressed my lips against Harry's.