"Hello Draco. How is shagging my baby sister?" I hear daphne answer the front door. I run down the main staircase to stop her before she says anything worse.
"Daph, I'm not shagging your sister." Draco laughs.
"Ah here she is now." Daphne steps aside as I come to the front door. "Have a good time together." She says, standing in the doorway as I leave, with Draco holding on to my hand. "Don't forget protection!"
"Sorry about her. You know what she's like." I say to him when we're out of earshot. Draco was in the same year as her at Hogwarts. We walk around the manor to the back garden. The weather is beautiful.
"She's fine."
"So, what do you want to do?" I ask him. We walk around the manor to the back garden.
"I don't know."
"Me either," I shrug, sitting down on a stone bench as readjust my hat.
"You look lovely." He sits down next to me.
"Thank you." I smile. I'm wearing a navy blue pencil skirt with a matching blazer and cloche hat of the same color.
"You are just so beautiful." He looks at me earnestly.
I look down at the ground, not knowing what to say. I could tell him he's handsome but he'll just think I'm saying that.
"Really, I mean it." He says as he pulls me into a soft kiss. After our lips separate, I look at him. I take in the perfectness of his face. We gaze into each others eyes until Draco leans in and we kiss again. "I love you," he tells me as we pull apart from each others embrace.
"I love you too Draco." I sincerely confess. This is the first time I have told a boy that I love him. My mother has taught me to never say that to a boy until I am definitely sure that it's true. I'm sure. I'm absolutely sure.
He looked me in the eyes, got down on one knee and pulled out a small box. "Astoria, will you marry me?"
I am speechless. That escalated quickly. After what seems like hours, which was probably a few seconds, I finally manage to to accept his proposal. "Oh Draco, of course I will!" He took my left hand and put the most elegant engagement ring on my appollo finger. "It's beautiful!" He scoops me up repeatedly kisses my forehead.
"What are you two doing?!" Daphne comes out of the manor. I hold up my hand to show her the ring. She squints; once she realises what I'm showing her, she runs to us. Draco gently sets me down so I can receive my sister's praise. "Congratulations," she grabs my hand to look at the ring. "Oh it's so pretty. And it matches your necklace!" She says, referring to the necklace I'm wearing, the one Draco "found" in Hogwarts. Daphne kisses me and Draco each on the cheek before running back off to the manor.
"Did you plan for the ring to match my favorite necklace?" I smile.
"Of course I did. They're an engagement set thing. An ancient family heirloom."
"You gave me the necklace -a family heirloom- without even knowing you were going to marry me?"
He scratched the back of his neck in an embarrassed way, "Yeah. My mother was furious."
"I love you so much." I wrap my arms around him.