A/N: for the Drabble a day keeps the doctor away challenge and for moonlight10060 :)


Wedding

Draco twiddled his fingers anxiously as he took his place at the end of the aisle. Everything seemed so real now, and he couldn't help wondering if he and Hermione and rushed into this. There was no doubt in his mind that he wanted to marry her, but there was still part of him that didn't know if he was ready.

He had never been a 'commitment' kind of person. He was known for being a bit of a ladies man during his time at Hogwarts, and indeed for a good few years after. He would never organise dates with women that were scheduled for more than a week in advance, not liking the feeling of being tied down. Ever since his narrow escape from a sentence to Azkaban he had cherished his freedom almost as much as life itself, so perhaps that's what it all came down to.

Draco had been so lost in thought that he didn't realise that the string quartet had already begun playing, and bridesmaids were walking down the aisle with the groomsmen. It was not until Hermione appeared, an absolute vision in a simple but elegant white dress, looking even more beautiful than ever before, that the clouds of doubt and anxiety in Draco's head cleared.

He realised that this was no commitment. Not really. It was a choice; his own free choice, to make Hermione his wife, making her his forever. It was so simple now; he knew he was ready for this.

Hermione smiled shyly as she reached him, linking her fingers with his own. Draco brought her hand up to his lips and kissed it softly, before leaning over and kissing her cheek.

"You look absolutely stunning, Love," he whispered into her ear, unknowingly sending shivers down her spine.

Throughout the ceremony Draco and Hermione could barely take their eyes off one another, like they were the only two people in the world. As it drew to a close, the Minister asked the inevitable question.

"Do you, Draco Lucius Malfoy, take Hermione Jean Granger to be your wife?"

He did not even have to think before saying the words. As he stared into Hermione's gorgeous brown eyes, he knew that she was all he would ever need to make him happy.

"I do."


A/N: Tomorrow's will be for MEOW-I-am-a-cat :)