This is a short chapter and I'm hoping it's a good one. I own nothing. Enjoy!
"Draco," Astoria said walking up to me, "We have to get Hermione and George together."
"Okay," I said nodding, "What's with the determination?"
"Hermione still doesn't believe that George likes her, although he's stripping her with his eyes every time he sees her," she said crossing her arms.
"Then we better come up with a good plan," I said wrapping my arms around her waist and kissing her neck, "Any ideas?"
"I vote for locking them up in the Room of Requirements and not letting them out until they make out."
"I think that's a great plan," I said laughing, "Now, we just have to get them in there."
"It won't be hard to get Hermione in there since she's staying in there," she said leaning against me, "As for George I'm not sure yet."
"Leave George to me," I said kissing her neck once more.
I smiled down at Astoria and rested my head on hers. We stood there for awhile longer watching as Harry and Luna fed Jerome. I had no clue what was coming over me, but I wanted to ask Astoria to marry me.
When I thought this I let my eyes grow wide and told myself that I was not asking her that. After telling myself that I decided that if we were still together and I still thought this by the end of the year I would ask her.
"Are you alright, Draco?" Astoria asked knocking me out of my thoughts.
"Yes," I said nodding, "Sorry I was thinking."
"It's okay," she said putting her arms on my shoulders, "Want to tell me what you were thinking of?"
"Not yet," I said sighing.
"Okay," she said kissing my lips, "Tell me whenever you're ready."
"Thank you," I said smiling, "Why don't you go eat? I'll meet you there in a little bit."
"Sure," she said smiling back, "Don't be too long."
"I won't," I said letting her go and walking out of the room.
When I was out of the room I rested against the wall and placed my head in my hands. My thoughts were racing around my head and I knew that I had to get everything straight before I said something that didn't need to be said yet.
Being with Astoria was something that I had never dreamt would happen to me. I found love and someone that I wanted to have a family with. Everything that I thought I would never have was just thrown into my lap and I knew I had to keep them close to me.
"Why are you out here?" Harry said making me jump.
"You scared me you git," I said glaring at him, "And I was just thinking."
"I didn't mean to interrupt such a rare experience," he said laughing.
"Yeah, laugh it up," I said crossing my arms.
"Come on, tell me what's up," he said standing next to me.
"I want to ask Astoria to marry me," I said softly.
"What's the problem with that?" he asked confused.
"We just got together yesterday," I said angrily.
"Oh," he said calmly, "I get the problem. What are you going to do about it?"
"I'm going to wait until the end of this school year and hopefully we'll still be together so I can ask her," I said shrugging.
"That's not going to happen," he said smirking, "You're going to ask her soon. You two love each other too much to wait that long. You just need to talk to her."
"I need to make sure this is what she wants first," I corrected sadly.
"Get up," he said pulling me up, "You can think about this later. Now, we're eating dinner."
"Okay," I said nodding, "Wait, we're trying to get Hermione and George together. Can you help me get George to the Room of Requirements after we eat?"
"No problem," he said shrugging, "Now let's go."
We walked back into the room and sat down on the floor. Astoria curled up next to me and smiled calmly. I wrapped my arm around her shoulders and started to eat. Everyone sitting on the floor eating was something I always wanted and now I had it.
I just had to wait for the rest of my dreams to come true. Waiting for the right time to ask Astoria to marry me would be hard, but it was going to be worth it if she said yes. Everything would be worth it if she says yes.
I just had to wait for the rest of my dreams to come true. Waiting for the right time to ask Astoria to marry me would be hard, but it was going to be worth it if she said yes. Everything would be worth it if she says yes.
My father hurt my family so much. I loved him so much, but if he didn't try to control everything than I think everything would be better. We would could have been a family. That's in the past though. I couldn't let that affect me now.
As long as I wasn't like him and I took care of the people I loved then everything was going to be fine. No one was going to get hurt or die or wish they were dead. I had to protect them.
