A/N: If I owned Harry Potter, Remus would've actually been James. Ever wonder what the "J" in Remus J. Lupin was? Eh??
Chapter 9 - "A Rather Special Question"
It was their last night at Hogwarts, and all the students sat, eating, at the last feast. Their last night after seven years. It felt like so much more than that, it felt like a lifetime ago when she didn't even know this world existed, when her only friends were her books, when she didn't know Ron…
Hermione was lost in her thoughts and didn't notice Ron slipping out after dessert, or Harry and Ginny's excited whispers and giggles.
"Ladies and Gentlemen," Professor Dumbledore had a twinkle in his wise eyes. "A student has a rather special question to ask one of you. Mr. Weasley?"
Hermione turned around to find her boyfriend standing at her side. She found herself gasping, along with others, when he knelt down on one knee and pulled out a small velvet box from his robes. The Great Hall was silent, and all eyes were on them.
"'Mione," Ron started, as he carefully opened the jewelry box, revealing a delicate, graceful ring. "My Hermione… What can I say? You are my other half, you complete me. Everything I lack in, you make up for. I'm slow, you're clever; I'm quick to judge, and you think things through; I'm lazy, you're organized and neat…" Tears were now falling down Hermione's face like waterfalls. "I think it was at the Yule Ball. Yeah, it was when I saw you come down the stairs in that pink dress with Krum. That bloody, bloody, pink dress! But that was when in knew it. I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you. I think everyone already knows this, but you are going to be the mother of my children soon," Ron placed his hand on Hermione's growing belly. "I know that we've only been going out for a year, but it feels like so much longer, and I'm ready. And I want you to know that this love I have for you, it's gonna last for one hell of a long time. Forever. So, Hermione, Hermione Jean Granger, will you make me the happiest man on Earth and marry me?"
Unable to say a word due to her tears of happiness, Hermione nodded, and Ron slid the gorgeous ring on to her finger and kissed her like there was no tomorrow. The students and teachers erupted in cheer, but Hermione didn't hear, and it didn't matter. She and Ron were going to be together forever.
A/N: I did research on the engagement ring:
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Except Number would have sapphires in place of the black diamonds. (Hermione's birthstone is sapphire.) Tell me which one you like better in the reviews.