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Previously:

"You can borrow some clothes from either me or Ginny or maybe Rhia as well, and Hermione has the best spells for hair! Oh! And then I have the best eye-shadow to bring out your eyes..." Skye grinned excitedly. "I promise you won't regret this!"

"I already do," Iris mumbled.

Skye and Ginny were walking from the Common Room to lunch when Blaise approached them.

"Hey ladies," Blaise grinned.

"Hello Mr Charming," Skye giggled.

Ginny rolled her eyes at her before leaning up to give her boyfriend a kiss.

"What's up?" Ginny asked, when they started walking again.

"Nothing much," Blaise said. "Just walking my favourite girls to lunch."

"Aww," Skye smirked. "So sweet of you Zabini."

"Oh shut up Potter," Blaise shot back.

"Okay, okay," Skye laughed. "Just pointing out a fact."

"You're an idiot," Ginny shook her head at her friend.

"Sitting with me today?" Blaise directed his question to Ginny.

"Er, I was going to sit with Skye," Ginny bit her lip. "To talk about helping Iris..."
"Oh don't be stupid Ginny," Skye said. "Go sit with Blaise."

"But you said it was important..." Ginny looked reluctant to leave her friend by herself.

"Don't stress Gin," Skye insisted. "I have to talk to Rhia too so I can tell you both at the same time. It's fine."

"If you're sure..." Ginny trailed off reluctantly.

"Of course I'm sure," Skye grinned. "Besides, Draco wanted to meet me."
"Yeah, he headed down to the lake," Blaise paused, then frowned. "He looked really nervous and fidgety. Do you know why?"
"No idea," Skye shrugged. "He said he had something to give me."

"OH MY GOD!" Ginny screamed. "He's going to propose to you!"

Skye burst out into laughter and didn't stop for over five minutes.

"Oh Ginny," Skye gasped for air. "That's a good one."

"What?" Ginny asked, a little hurt. "He could be."

"We're sixteen sweetie," Skye said. "Besides, I don't need to get engaged now to know that he'll always be mine. He knows that too."

"So what does he want to give you then?" Blaise raised an eyebrow.

"I told you," Skye said. "I don't know. And I'm never going to find out if I hang around here for the rest of lunch. I'll catch you two later."

"Bye Skye," Blaise grinned. "Don't want to keep Draco waiting."

"Yeah, yeah," Skye smirked. "He'll get over it."
"YOU BETTER TELL ME EVERYTHING!" Ginny yelled after her friend, as Skye took off down the corridor.

Skye waved at the pair and disappeared outside. She spotted Draco by the lake. He was sitting on the bank, throwing pebbles into the water. He was so lost in thought that he didn't hear Skye coming up behind him.

Skye stood there for a while, watching her boyfriend and trying to decide if she wanted to scare him. She could always go with the traditional 'BOO!" or perhaps something a little more unique.

Skye grinned evilly. The lake was right there...

She crept up behind Draco and whispered, "Surprise," in his ear, before pushing him head-first into the freezing cold lake.

Coughing, spluttering and dripping wet, Draco made his way out of the lake a few seconds after.

"What the fuck did you do that for?" Draco asked angrily.

Skye couldn't take it anymore. Draco was standing there; completely soaked through. The seaweed in his hair didn't help either. So, for the second time that day, Skye burst into uncontrollable laughter.

"Your face!" Skye howled. "Too funny..."

Draco stood there eyeing his hysterical girlfriend. Once Skye had calmed down enough to speak, she said, "I'm sorry, Draco. But that really was a too good of a chance to miss."

"Was there a point to this then?" Draco's tone still held a hint of annoyance.

Skye shrugged, pulling a face. "Well, you always tell me I'm not Slytherin enough," she said innocently.

Draco cracked a grin. "Suppose I brought that on myself then," he muttered.

Skye grinned. "Of course you did."

Draco rolled his eyes and Skye took out her wand.

"Let me dry you," she said.

Draco nodded and Skye waved her wand over his body; completely drying him. She sat down, pulling Draco with her and picked the seaweed out of his hair.

"Now," she said. "What did you want to talk about?"

Draco shrugged. "You, me, us," he said.

"You're not breaking up with me are you?" Skye asked in alarm.

"Don't be stupid," Draco said. "As if I could ever want to break up with you."

"Good answer," Skye smiled, kissing Draco softly. "What about us?"

"You know I love you," Draco stated.

"And I love you," Skye countered, wondering where this was going.

"But we're only sixteen," Draco said.

Skye nodded slowly. "I know that," she said.

There was a silence. "And we were talking the other night about spending forever together?"

Skye nodded once more, still wondering where Draco wanted to take this conversation.

"And the holidays are coming up and we're both going home," Draco continued. "But I still want to see you often. And my parents know about us, but I'm not sure how they're taking it."

"Does it matter?" Skye asked.

"Of course not!" Draco exclaimed. "I'll love you no matter what. But, the thing is, they might want to break us up or something and will try to do that by not letting me see you or trying to set me up with someone."

"But it won't make a difference," Skye stated confidently.

"No, it won't," Draco agreed. "But it's going to get hard. Hard for us to stay together."

"I'll always fight for us," Skye vowed. "Always."

"Me too," Draco promised. "Even when things get tough. So that leads me onto the reason I wanted to talk to you today. I've been thinking about how I should get you something to show that how much I love you, and that I'll always be waiting and fighting for you."
"You got me that beautiful necklace," Skye pointed out.

"That was nothing," Draco waved it off. "I wanted to get you something with a little more meaning to the promise I just made. I found this a while ago, and was waiting for the right moment to give it to you."

From inside his robes, Draco pulled out a small, velvet box. He handed it to Skye who took it with wide eyes.

"Open it," Draco instructed.

Skye did so, letting out a gasp when she opened the lid. "Oh my god," she breathed.

"It's a promise ring," Draco explained blushing. "It signifies my love for you and the commitment I have to keeping this relationship through thick and thin."

"It's beautiful," Skye said finally. "Thank you so much."

"Put it on," Draco suggested. "I want to see what it looks like on you."

Skye slid the ring onto the ring finger of her right hand, noting the inscription on the band of the ring. It read, Skye + Draco always and forever.

"Beautiful," Draco murmured, and Skye got the impression he wasn't talking about the ring.

He kissed the ring on Skye's finger before kissing her on the mouth gently.

"I love you," Skye said.

"Love you more," Draco murmured against Skye's lips. "Always and forever."

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