A/N: Thanks for the response for the last chapter; you all validate my reason for writing, and I love you all. You are all beautiful rays of sunshine and light, and I hope you enjoy this next chapter. Love!

Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. ~Emily Brontë

"Now we need to tell people," Lucius said staring into the water, watching the giant squid swim around lazily.

"Uhm, no, we do not need to tell anyone," Narcissa said pulling her head off of his shoulder, "We will not be telling anyone until I am out of school. It will be our secret."

"Why don't you want to tell people?"

"Have you ever met my eldest sister? You know how she feels about you and us as a couple. She would probably flay you alive," Narcissa said going slightly shrill, "I will not let you do this to us. I want to be happy about our engagement, not dreading telling people."

"Please, can we please tell people?" Lucius pouted at her, looking at her with sad eyes, "Please?"

"Fine," Narcissa sighed, "I guess I had better start getting used to caving into your demands, especially because you have that look down so well."

"Yes, yes you should. C'mon lets go," Lucius said pulling his fiancée to her feet.

"That is not fair, how am I supposed to get what I want?" Narcissa pouted.

"You won't, unless I let you. Which I will, because I love you," Lucius said pulling her close, "Now let's go."

"Are you sure we have to do this? Really?"

"Yes, I am very sure. I have never been surer of anything in my entire life."

They walked back to the common room in silence. Narcissa was contemplating her decision; did she really just agree to marry Lucius? She was only sixteen, what had she been thinking? Sure she loved him, but was that enough? Keeping those thoughts internalized was a struggle once they reached the common room, it was about to become real. Keeping the smile on her face was difficult as she started to panic.

"Severus, Andromeda! Come over here," Lucius called waving them over to the corner they were standing in.

"We have some news," Narcissa whispered quietly, avoiding eye contact.

"You're pregnant aren't you? I can tell by the look on your face, mom and dad are going to kill you. No they won't get a chance; Bella will castrate Lucius and then probably murder the both of you. Oh Merlin, what are you going to do?" Andromeda asked sounding stressed.

"I am not pregnant," Narcissa nearly shrieked, her voice was so shrill it made Severus wince.

"Then what possible news could you have to share?"

"We're getting married!" Lucius exclaimed joyfully.

"Wow! Oh my goodness, congratulations, I can't believe it!" Andromeda gasped pulling the couple into a giant hug.

"Congratulations mate," Severus said shaking Lucius's hand, "Narcissa, I am so happy for you," he said hugging her. Narcissa couldn't help but be excited now that she knew that there were other people that were happy for her and Lucius.

"So how are you going to let our parents know?" Andy asked.

"Wow, I did not even think of that. How am I going to tell them? They are going to be angry that I did not tell them first," Narcissa sighed putting her head down, "Maybe this was not a good idea, I sort of wish that this never happened."

"Don't say that, you are going to be so happy with Lucius once this all settles down, I promise. Just write mom and dad a letter. Everything will be fine," Narcissa was slightly calmed down by her sisters soothing words, but she still was nervous about the reaction. If only Lucius had done the proper thing and asked her parents' permission before proposing!

Dear Father and Mother,

I have missed you greatly in the past few months. I am not, however, just writing for pleasure. As you know Lucius and I have been a couple for a long while, so it is not surprising he wanted to change the status of our relationship. Earlier this afternoon, Lucius proposed to me. I am sure that you are as shocked as I was, but I have decided to accept his proposal. I know he did not go the proper way about asking for my hand, but I figured that the two of you would be pleased as it is a profitable marriage for both of our families. I await your response, and please do not tell Bellatrix, I wish to inform her myself.

With very much love, Narcissa

That had to be a good letter, it covered all of the bases, but a letter just felt so informal. She knew her parents would jump to the wrong conclusions; her father would probably have a heart attack. Narcissa made her way to the owlery before she could decide not to send the letter and just wait for the next time she saw them in person. In the owlery Narcissa ran into Violet, it was incredibly awkward as she hadn't talked to the girl in months. She had become so busy with people that were, well, more important in her life.

"Hello," Narcissa felt obligated to say something, she could not very well ignore the person that used to be her best friend.

"Oh, hello," Violet dismissively said giving Narcissa a cold look.

"How have you been?"

"Just fine," Violet's voice still hadn't thawed out.

"That's wonderful."

"Well I really must be going, goodbye."

That was sufficiently awkward; Narcissa should have kept her mouth shut and she definitely should not under any circumstances blurt out anything about her engagement.

"Lucius and I are engaged!" Wow, why had she done that? Way to make the situation way less awkward.

"Congratulations? Really, what do you expect me to say? You dumped my friendship for a boy, now you're engaged to him and you want me to be happy?"

"I'm sorry, I was trying to make our conversation less awkward and that really didn't help, did it?"

"No not really, though you were never one for social interactions were you?"

"No, I really do not even like people all that much," Narcissa laughed. They exchanged an awkward hug and Violet left, which was not a way to completely repair the broken friendship but at least Narcissa could exchange niceties with her once best friend. After sending the letter Narcissa panicked, there was no turning back now. Was her happiness worth all of this stress?

The next day was the first day of Lucius's exams, so she steered clear of him. She did not want to stress him out more, if he wanted to see her, he could find her. Instead, after class she sat near the lake with Severus.

"Are you really excited to be marrying Lucius so young?"

"Yes, I am. At least, I think I am. I just have no idea, Lucius is so thrilled to be engaged to me, and I feel he does not understand the consequences of marriage, how much our lives will change."

"He loves you, I am sure of it. I know that it will be tough at first but you will learn to enjoy it."

"I know, but I do not want to be married before I graduate Hogwarts. Think of all the looks I will get! I do not want to be Andy."

"Tell him that you want to wait until after you graduate to get married. You can stay engaged, but just use that time to plan your wedding. You'll need a lot of time to plan the most lavish wedding the wizarding world has ever seen, it will take a lot of time to break the hearts of every woman that has ever been or will be married," Severus said with a sly smile.

"That is a fantastic idea Sev! You are the best friend I ever could have asked for. We should get back to the castle, I'm sure Lucius will be done by now and I would love to talk to him about you fabulous idea." Lucius, however, did not find the idea to be fabulous.

"What do you mean you don't want to marry me?"

"No, I never said that. I only said that I wanted to wait to marry you after I graduated. You cannot possibly take that as I 'don't want to marry you.' Of course I want to marry you; I am in love with you. I just want to wait; I do not want to be a sixteen year old bride. Please, understand I love you and I want to marry you with all of my heart and soul. Just not right now, in a year and a half. I always wanted a winter wedding anyway; this just gives us more time to plan."

"Is it truly what you want? If it is, then I can wait."

"Oh Lucius, it is what I want. Thank you so much, I love you."

"I love you too."