Six Months Later
Hermione Granger could hardly believe her eyes. Intellectually she knew she was in Sirius's small cottage but it was barely recognizable under all the charms and transfigurations he had used on it. Instead of the quaint little cottage she found herself in what seemed to be a tropical resort complete with climbing vines and a sea breeze. A blanket was set up on the sand with picnic supplies and it was there that she found Sirius waiting dressed in only his swim trunks.
"Hello love," he said, "I think you're a bit over dressed." With a smirk and a wave of his wand he transfigured her healer robes into a rather skimpy lime green bikini.
"Sirius!" she said, folding her arms around her body shyly.
"Oh come on, love. You look beautiful. Have a seat, relax, eat some dinner." He said as he crossed the room and pulled her into his arms. "I made everything myself. I just wanted to do something special for my number one girlfriend."
Hermione raised an eyebrow, "I guess it's good to know that out of all your girlfriends, I'm your favorite."
Sirius smiled. "Yeah, the other three just can't compare," he teased.
Hermione snickered; this was an old joke between the two of them and she delighted in knowing she was his one and only.
"Well, I suppose that will have to do," she said as they both walked over to the blanket and made themselves comfortable.
Sirius reached into the picnic basket and produced some sandwiches, fruit, and wine along with chocolate for desert.
The couple ate in comfortable silence for a while, enjoying the warm breeze. She couldn't help but notice that Sirius seemed rather preoccupied by something.
"Is everything okay?" she asked.
"I'm fine, more chocolate?" Sirius said quickly, but she remained unconvinced.
"Are you sure? You seem really distracted, would you rather do this another time?"
"No! Now. I want to do this now," Sirius snapped so abruptly she jumped back a bit.
"I can't help if you won't tell me what is wrong, but if you're going to be like that there are several books waiting for me at home," she pushed herself up from the sand but before she could leave Sirius grabbed her arm.
"Please, I'm sorry. I guess fucked this up, so I better just do it now," he said, his voice strained. She looked down at him confused. She'd never seen him act like this. He seemed so unsure of himself.
"Nothing is wrong. In fact, I'm better than I've been in a very long time and mostly because of you." She watched in shock as he slid up on one knee and fumbled through the pocket of his trunks. Hermione gasped as he pulled out an antique diamond ring and looked up at her.
"I know that I never expected this to happen, but I've watched you grow into a brilliant, beautiful woman. A woman I've fell head over heals in love with. Will you marry me?" He said.
He watched, tense, as she sank to her knees in front of him and held out her shaking left hand. "Yes! I'll marry you."
She watched delighted as his face lit up, "I love you so much," he said. She was pleased to see a bit of his normal confidence already returning.
"I love you too. Oh! There's so much to do, I'll have to make a list. We'll have to floo Harry and Remus first and then my parents. Where do you want the wedding?"
He pulled her close and silenced her with a kiss, "That's my girl, " he said with a shake of his head. "I know you want to jump right into the research phase of the planning, but what do you say we just keep it quiet and enjoy ourselves tonight?"
She blushed and nodded, "You're right, let's just spend tonight enjoying each others company."
With a wave of his wand the torches went out and the ceiling above them was filled with enchanted stars. They both got comfortable on the blanket and stargazed in each others arms, at least until they became distracted with each other.
