A/n: Thank you for the reviews guys! This is the 2nd or 3rd last chapter of this little fic of mine… thanks for sticking around! This is gonna be a short, fluffy chapter! I'm gonna upload the next one very, very soon! I already typed it up and it's ready to go so yeah.

Chapter twenty five

            "Have you noticed something?" Ron asked Hermione as they were walking outside, hand in hand.

            "No." Hermione replied. "Am I supposed to?"

            "The ferret hasn't been around for awhile now." Ron said. "I wonder where he is. Hopefully that bloody git's been expelled."

            Hermione laughed. "Hopefully."

            Then, they stopped. Ron faced Hermione. "Herm, look, I – I have something to tell you." Ron started to blush.

            "What? What is it Ron?" Hermione asked worriedly. "Are you sick or something?"

            "N-no, it's not anything like that." Ron told her. "I just…I just wanna…"

            "What?" Hermione asked looking at Ron curiously.

            "Willyoumarryme?" Ron said quickly.

            "Pardon?" Hermione said.

            "W-will you m-marry m-me." Ron said slowly. "I – I don't mean for you to marry me now, like this year. Maybe next year, or whenever you feel ready to-"

            "I thought you'd never ask!" Hermione smiled. She wrapped her arms around Ron and kissed him on the cheek.

            "Here. I know it's the traditional custom for the blokes to give the girls a ring when they ask them to marry them." Ron was saying as he took out a small box out of his pocket. He opened it and inside was a beautiful gold ring with a diamond.

            "Ron! I – I can't take this! Not yet!" Hermione gasped.

            "Please Hermione. Take it." Ron pleaded. He took Hermione's hand and inserted the ring in her ring finger. "It's not just an engagement ring, it's also a sign of how much I – I love you." Ron's face was now bright red. "You know how I don't like getting all mushy, but this ring can't even compare to how much I really feel." Ron looked away in embarrassment. "I was thinking that if we do get married in the future, I could be the child's father instead of that Malfoy prat. Unless of course you don't want me to…"

            Hermione put his face in her hands and pulled him closer to her and kissed him softly. "Thank you, Ron. Thank you for everything."

A/n: Ahh! So sappy lol. Well, please review! The aftermath of what happened to Draco and Lucius will come after this chapter! I just had to post this one first coz it's a really important chapter…well thanks in advance!