Maybe it's All for The Best

Epilogue: Ring

"We are not calling him Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy"

"But love, it's such a noble name. Strong and..."

"If you want your son to be teased endlessly for the rest of his life, then go have babies with someone stupid. My son, however, will have a nice normal name like William or Ashley" Roe picked up her mug and smirked over the top of it at her boyfriend.

Draco ran a hand through his hair, made a grumbling noise and walked from the room.

"You're so mean" Hermione snorted once he was gone.

"Yeah Roe, you know damn well that you're gonna let him call the baby 'Scorpius'" I snickered. Roe sighed and rubbed her now, very fat belly. It wasn't going to be long before baby 'Scorpius' would arrive.

"I know... but I love to see him squirm" She grinned. We laughed.

"Muuuuum! Victoire is being meaaannnnn" Teddy whined, tugging on my sleeve.

I smiled down at him and scooped him onto my lap.

"Why, what's she doing?" I asked him, pressing my lips to his temple. The "Mum" thing was new, but when he'd asked me over breakfast if he could call me mum, I couldn't say no. I kind of liked the sound of it, to be honest.

"She won't play with the worm I found!" He unclenched his fist and produced the squirming worm that made Victoire shriek with terror.

"Oh Teddy!" I exclaimed, grabbing my napkin and wrapping the dirty worm in it. "Girls don't like playing with worms" I shook my head. "Where is your father... he'll tell you that"

"Outside" Teddy shrugged, wiggling down off my lap. He tottered off to find him and I sighed, happily. Having Teddy as my 'Son' now, really made me want kids of my own. Little dark haired children with brilliant green eyes. The thought made me smile some more.

"I don't think I've seen you smile like that in a very long time" Hermione smiled at me. I shrugged a shoulder and brushed some hair off my face.

"The past nine months have been good to me... and I love being home"

"And we love not seeing Sarah pretend she's Teddy's mother" Roe rolled her eyes. "Although I'm sad I missed the show down" She sighed.

I shuddered remembering the fight. "No you don't... it was awful. She actually slapped Harry... I'm still scared she's gonna come find us"

"Don't worry... You have the best Auror the ministry has ever had in your bed... I'm sure you'll be fine" Ginny winked. I blushed and sipped my tea.

"She took your worm! Really?" I heard Harry say to Teddy as he walked inside. Butterflies erupted in my stomach immediately and I sucked in a breath. "Well girls don't like worms, mate" He walked inside and flashed me his smile. The one he reserves only for me, the one that causes butterflies to erupt in my stomach every time. I smiled back. "You shouldn't mess with Draco like that Roe" he turned and rolled his eyes at my sister. "We all know you're gonna let him call the baby Scorpius... you should stop ticking him off about it"

"That's exactly what Riley said... you guys are that couple again" She wrinkled her nose.

"What couple?" We asked innocently.

"The couple that says what the other says, speaks at the same time and finishes each others sentences" She grumbled.

"We don't –" I started.

"Finish each others' sentences..." Harry finished.

"Often" We said together.

She glared at us as we laughed. Harry kissed my head and placed his hand on the back of my neck.

"Daddy... are you going to give Mummy that ring you bought for her?" Teddy asked loudly. I stopped laughing and stared at Harry.

His face turned guilty and he hushed Teddy. "That was meant to be a surprise, mate" He said hastily, running his hand through his hair. Under the table Roe kicked me and Ginny pinched my leg. I suppressed a squeal.

"Ring?" Hermione asked lightly.

"Yeah! It's really pretty... sparkly and silver" Teddy nodded, his eyes wide and serious. "I helped him pick it out!" He added proudly.

"Yeah; it's still meant to be a surprise, Ted" Harry clamped a hand over the four year olds mouth. "Let's go and find Victoire to play with, yeah?" he sighed and wandered into the living room.

"Oh my god he's going to propose!" Hermione squeezed my hand, her own diamond shining on her finger.

"You don't know that... my birthday is coming up on the 9th" I reminded them. "It could be a birthday present"

"A sparkly silver ring that he had Teddy help pick out is so not an engagement ring" Ginny rolled her eyes.

"Ginny's right. He'd get you a necklace, or something... It's totally an engagement ring!" Roe nodded in agreement.

I bit my lip and sucked in a breath. This made me excited... and nervous.

More excited than nervous though.

"Don't get my hopes up ok... what if it's..."

"Riley... Can you come here for a tick?" Harry pulled on my arm as he walked through the kitchen. I frowned slightly and followed him. I had no choice really because he was pulling me.

He stopped us outside, under the tree. I shivered slightly in the spring breeze. "Harry, what's going on?" I bit my lip.

"This was going to wait until after your birthday, until we could just get time to ourselves... but since Teddy so lovingly let it out of the bag, I just can't wait" He shook his head. He pulled a little purple box out from behind his back and dropped onto his left knee.

My breath caught in my throat as I watched him open the box. Butterflies battered against the inside of my gut and my heart beat in triple time.

"Marry me, Riles" He smiled up at me from the floor, the small, delicate ring sitting in the box in the palm of his hand."You're the only one I ever want to be with..."

I didn't think twice about the answer. "Of course" I breathed. He pushed his glasses up his face and plucked the ring from the box. He pushed it onto my finger where it sat, small and beautiful like it should.

Harry stood up and wrapped his arms around me as people started clapping. Everyone who was at the Burrow, was now outside of the Burrow, watching Harry propose to me.

I blushed and kissed his cheek.

"I love you"

"And I love you. Never am I going to let you go again" He murmured against my ear.

I liked the sound of that.

Plea's Note:

I just want to thank everyone for reading and reviewing. This was meant to go up last night but my computer screwed up and wouldn't let me. Gypsy Traveller you're a amazing banners made me smile. There will be more from me, don't worry. GO to my profile for twitter updates :) I'll use that the most. and of coruse my blog... anywho, i'll write personal thankyous when you review.

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