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3 year later

My eyes glistened with tears as I walked down the path of roses with my father. On both sides were my family and friends. The sky was a brilliant blue with a bright shining sun. Golden balloons blew in the wind. But I had eyes for only one person. One man. Draco. He stood tall. Handsome . I smiled at him and felt familiar butterflies inside me as he grinned back.

I took my place beside my soon to be husband and he reached over to grasp his hand in mine. I felt his hand brush against my bare back and my skin tingled in response.

As the preacher spoke of our love my mind wandered back to when I had first met Draco. When I had first cast my eyes his way on the Hogwarts train. That first intense year. Going from love to hate and back to love in seconds. All the crazy emotions, lies, and the secrets. The months after we had made up. Kissing in the rain. It hadn't been easy or quick but our relationship had been repaired over time. With lots of effort. And promises to never keep secrets from one another. And the day he had proposed . In a muggle theater. Totally corny if we had been two muggles, but completely romantic considering he had once been a staunch muggle hater.

Suddenly I felt Draco nudge me in the side.

I blinked back into the ceremony and wondered why it was so quiet.

The preacher cleared his throat and I blushed realizing he was repeating himself when he said, "Do you, Alicia Porter, take Draco Malfoy as your lawfully wedded husband?"

Out of the corner of my eyes I saw Draco smirking.

As I placed my heels over his shoes, hard, I looked into his eyes with a smirk of my own and answered, "Yes"

"And do you, Draco Malfoy, take Alicia Porter as your lawfully wedded wife?"

"Yes", he answered as he pulled his foot from under my heeled shoes.

"Then I pronounce you man and wife"

We grinned at each other.

Draco leaned over and dipped me into a passionate kiss as the preacher hurried to add, "You may kiss the bride"

We laughed as we kissed and then we were being congratulated by all the wedding guests.

Suddenly everyone let out a gasp and I marveled with them as a shower of stars fell over our Draco and I.

The golden balloons burst into tiny golden bells and birds which flew off into the distance.

A magical moment created by magic.

I glanced over at my parents as they made their way over and felt proud as I saw the look of joy on their faces. When we had admitted the truth of Hogwarts and magic they had been skeptical. But after a few spells cast by Draco they had been sufficiently convinced and pretty cool about it since. They didn't like that I had lied but by that time, in the scheme of all things, it had been a small thing.

A couple of hours into the wedding Draco went off to the groom's private room for a moment saying he needed to get something. I smiled and kissed him.

I walked over to the open bar and asked the bartender for a drink. As I turned to walk away someone placed their hand on my shoulder to get my attention. I turned around, and for the first time in many years, came face to face with the man I had sworn never to speak to again.

"Miss porter," he greeted me.

"Its Malfoy now," I answered coolly.

"Ah yes of course, forgive me," said Albus Dumbledore, "can I have a moment with you Miss Malfoy?"

I didn't want to speak with him. I looked around hoping someone would come interrupt us. There was no one close by as most of the guests were on the dance floor.

"Whatever you need to say can be said here," I finally answered.

He cleared his throat awkwardly and clasped his long fingers together.

"Alicia, I am sorry for what I did. It was selfish. And you were right. I was acting just as bad as the very people I scorned," his blue eyes stared into me, giving me the feeling, once again, that he could see right through me, as he continued, and "Your words were a wakeup call for me. It taught me that one cannot condone things simply for the greater good. I truly apologize"

I could see the sincerity in his eyes. The honesty. It surprised me, because long ago I had written him off as evil. I could tell I had also judged him. People made mistakes. Not one person was to be fully blamed. People's actions and choices were all connected.

I gave a small smile and nodded, "apology accepted, Professor. I hope we can start over now?"

He looked relieved and I felt happy knowing I was making the correct decision.

"Yes I would enjoy that," he answered.

"Well I have to go," I said gesturing to the dance floor where Draco had reappeared and was looking around at the dancers.

We parted ways and I headed off towards Draco.

When he saw me his eyes lit up. I felt warmth spreading through my body.

He walked up to me, grabbed my arm, and dragged me off to a corner.

I protested lightly. Laughing.

We stopped at the side and he held out a small square box to me. A ring box.

I looked at him with eyebrows raised.

"What is this?" I laughed softly.

"Open it"

I reached out and took the velvet box into my hands. Felt the softness as I opened it gently.

I gasped.

A beautiful ring sat in the center of a small plush white pillow.

I looked closer and saw that the ring had something inside of it.

"What is this?" I repeated as I looked up at Draco.

"I got something special put inside"

"What?"

He took my hands into his, "Baby what we have is magical, you bring magic into my life"

I nodded as I lowered my eyelashes and kisses his lips.

He pulled back and continued, "I had the broken pieces of your old wand put inside this ring. To me you are magical. Special. And I am so lucky to be able to spend the rest of my life with you Alicia"

My eyes filled with tears of happiness as I proudly took in the sight of my most incredible, wonderful, loving, and magical husband.

The end

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