"You said that to him?" Pansy said. She was sitting at the Gryffindor table across from Hermione and between Kellie and Blaise. The other Gryffindors and students gave them a wide berth, basically ignoring them.

Hermione sipped her drink and said, "Yes."

"But you were suppose to forgive him," Pansy said.

"Then you shouldn't have told me about the Legimency," Hermione said.

Pansy opened her mouth to argue, but paused. She nodded and shrugged. "Okay," she said. "My bad. But when are you going to forgive him? I want you two to have a happily ever after."

"I'll forgive him when I feel he's suffered enough," Hermione said, raising an eyebrow. Happily ever after? Why would Pansy say something like that? It's not like Draco would actually ask her to-

Just then, Draco walked into the Great Hall. The small group looked up at him, but his eyes went straight to Hermione. He walked up and asked, "I'm sorry. Am I forgiven yet?"

She looked up at him and said, "Admit to everyone that you love me and will do so for the rest of your life. Really loudly and clearly so everyone can hear. Then I'll forgive you of everything."

Everyone stared at her as if she'd lost her mind, except Pansy, who was smiling widely.

Draco stared, then licked his lips. "Alright," he said. He pulled out a bench and stood up on it. Hermione looked up at him, watching as he took a deep breath. "Attention, everyone," he said. People stopped their eating and turned to him. Even the teachers stopped their talking to stare at him.

Draco looked down at Hermione. She raised an expecting eyebrow, daring him to do what she'd told him to do. He took another breath and said, clearly so it rang from all around the room, "I, Draco Lucius Malfoy, have fallen in love with Hermione Jane Granger and I will love her for the rest of my life."

There was silence for a good minute. Then another. And another. Finally, Draco got down off the bench, and turned to Hermione. "Am I forgiven?" he asked.

Hermione smiled and said, "No." She stood up and started to walk past him. Draco grabbed her hand and turned to face her fully. He sank down onto his knee, still holding her hand and pulled out a velvet box. With a snap, the lid flew up. Hermione gasped at the emerald and diamond ring resting on the silk pillow.

Draco smirked and said, "You may not forgive me, Hermione, but I mean what I said. I love you. I've been stupid and I've made your life hell more than once, but I've never felt this way with a woman before. I want to spend my life with you and, if you'll let me, I'll apologize every day until you're satisfied." He pulled out the ring and slid it over her ring finger. "Will you marry me and become the new Mrs. Malfoy?"

The room waited for an answer, but Hermione was too shocked to notice. She stared at the ring. He wanted to marry her? Was this a trick? No. The look on Draco's face was completely serious and a little pleading. Hermione bit her lip. She was still in school. Was Draco worth stopping school?

"Would we be able to stay in school until we graduated?" she asked in a soft voice.

Draco nodded. "We can do anything you want, Hermione. We can stay in school and continue our education," he said, smiling at her Hermione-ish question.

Hermione smiled and looked down at him. "I will, Draco," she said.

Draco grinned and lifted her into a large hug. Kellie, Rowan, Pansy, and Blaise cheered and some of the teachers did, as well. The others were just too stunned to do anything.

Hermione felt her feet touch the ground and she kissed Draco. A few students from the other tables cheered and wolf whistled to the couple. They pulled away slightly, still grinning like idiots in love.

"Finally!" Pansy said, throwing her hands up in the air.

Hermione turned and smiled as she realized why Pansy had been so pushy with Draco. "You planned all of this," she accused, pointing a finger at her. "That's why you wanted me to forgive him so easily. And why you said 'happily ever after'. You knew what he was going to ask."

Pansy stuck her tongue out in a childish manner, but she was clearly smiling. "You two are cute together. Besides, if it wasn't for you, Draco would always be the player he was. Do you know how annoying it is to clean up after him? I hate annoying girls."

Hermione laughed and turned to Draco. "What do your parents think?" she asked, shyly.

He shrugged. "They weren't so pleased that I was asking a non pureblood to marry me, but they'll come to love you. My mother's already half way there. She's always wanted a daughter. Hope you can deal with being dressed up constantly."

Hermione smiled. "But you'll be in trouble when our mothers get together. They'll want to dress up for everything," she said, smiling evilly. "In fact, I'll owl my mother right now and tell her to lay out some outfits that will look good on you. Pink will do perfectly."

Draco paled. "You wouldn't," he said.

"Oh, I would," Hermione said. "And you'll do it because I haven't forgiven you yet." She turned on her heal and left, Draco close behind her.

Pansy pulled out her wand under the table and mumbled something. She slipped it back into her robes, but Blaise had seen. "What was that for?" he asked softly.

Pansy looked up and blushed. "Oh, that," she said as if she hadn't been caught. "It's a spell to make sure this news doesn't leak to the outside. Let's give the two love birds some time before they have to meet everyone after break, okay?"

Blaise smiled and kissed her forehead. "You're such a genius," he said.

"I know," Pansy said.

AN: I'm sorry if the proposal is rushed. I was playing with the idea that Draco would propose and Hermione reject him, but that was too mean, so I settled with this. Hope you liked it.