Note from the Author: Hello peoples! Long time no talk. This is a pretty short chapter, but I haven't had a day off in weeks. Well I hope you enjoy!

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Chapter 25

I wrung my hands and my eyebrows furrowed. Draco and I were on the train back to Hogwarts and I felt sick to my stomach. I knew mother had probably seen our engagement on the front of The Daily Prophet, but that still didn't ease my fear of her at all.

I looked across from me at Draco who was completely captured with the book he was reading, not even noticing me panicking. Good thing to because I was in no mood to tell him who my mother was.

The guilt from that only made me feel guilt even more so... Draco loved me and I was hiding a part of my life from him. A part of my life that was spent entirely in Hogwarts, watching the students behind hidden tunnels and walking around in disguises. How do you tell the man you love that you knew he was well before he even knew you?

What was I supposed to do? Just walk up to him and be like," Hey babe. By the way I have lived in Hogwarts for the better part of my life and I knew who you were, but I never introduced myself..."

He would think I was crazy. Not to mention the woman who curses his very existence is his fiancee's mother. I sighed and leaned my head against the train window letting the chill of the glass cool my forehead.

"You okay?" I heard Draco ask and I looked over at him. He was leaning against the wall, his long legs propped up on the couch. He was so beautifully even when he was at ease. He was wearing a white button down with a black shirt vest, and black pants. He was mouthwatering.

"Just kind of nervous", I shrugged and looked at my white gloved hands.

"Why?" he laughed," Worried people will judge us?"

"Sort of", I nodded," Just a lot of things are going to change, and I'm sometimes not sure if I'm ready for a change."

He smiled sympathetically," Change is a good thing. If we only had constant in our lives, we would be bored stiff less."

I laughed softly and nodded," You're right. I'm just over thinking things."

"And trust me, since I'm your fiancee, no one is going to say anything", he smirked.

"It's not the students I'm worried about", I mumbled.

"What? Are you worried about Dumbledork?" he laughed, but then stopped when he saw me frowning at him," Sorry. I mean Dumbledore."

"No", I shook my head and sighed. Now is as good as a time than any... "I'm worried about my mother."

"Why?" he laughed," Worried she won't approve of me?"

"Yeah", I nodded, still looking down.

"Why wouldn't she approve of me? She doesn't even know me", he scoffed.

"Draco, I need to tell you something", I sighed with defeat," I'm afraid I haven't been entirely honest with you and if you want to marry me, you need to know this."

"What is it?" his eyebrows furrowed and he sat up, leaning towards me.

"Please don't be mad", I looked up, my eyes brimming with tears," I didn't tell you because of who you and your parents used to be and it was to dangerous to tell you at the time because the woman who is my mother would be in danger if certain people found out who she was."

"Celestra, just tell me", he reached over and held my hands. I sucked in a deep breath and looked at him dead in the eyes," My mother is... Professor Minerva McGonagall."

His eyes widened and he leaned back, letting go of my hands. He brought his hand to his chin and looked away. I sat there for a moment, the silence killing me. He wasn't saying anything. I didn't know whether I should say something or if he was still digesting what I told him.

After minutes of agonizing silence I couldn't take it anymore," Draco?"

He looked at me, his grey eyes icy and dark," Why couldn't people know?"

"Because the people who were looking for me and killed my parents would have found both her and I and would have killed us", I told him. I was going to be honest with any question he had for me.

"So have you always lived in Hogwarts?" he raised an eyebrow.

"Yes", I said sadly," Unfortunately my life after my parents died, were restricted to the walls of the school."

"What was it like?" he asked on," You obviously were never in Slytherin house until this year."

"It was lonely", I shrugged," I had no friends. I wasn't allowed because that meant people would ask questions. I had private tutoring from Professor's... I had no one really. I traveled through the tunnels in the walls."

"So that's why I bumped into that fateful day", he smiled softly at the memory that seemed so long ago.

"Yeah", I nodded and looked down again," Draco, I'm sorry I never told you. My life has always been secret and I was raised never to trust anyone... I needed to know that I really did love you and that I was able to trust you before I told you. Please understand... I never wanted to hide anything from you, believe me. I did it because my mother told me too. But I do feel like I can trust you know."

I looked into his eyes and I saw he was taking in everything I was saying," I love you Draco. With all my heart. I just pray to Merlin that you accept me and my past for what it is and love me even more for it."

I didn't even have time to take another breath in before my face was captured by his hands and his lips were on mine. I sighed with sweet relief and kissed him back.

He pulled away and looked deeply into my eyes," I love you so much Celest. I would accept you no matter what."

I smiled and felt the guilt that was burdening my down for so long be lifted off my chest. Now I knew he loved me for all of me and I loved him. There were no more secrets. Just us and our love.

He sat back down on his couch and leaned back, looking troubled all of a sudden.

"What's wrong?" I asked him, worry filling my heart again.

"McGonagall hates me", he huffed," How in bloody hell am I going to get her to like me?"

So there it was. Hope you enjoyed!