The park Draco takes Hermione to is NOT the same type of park that they take Rose to.

It had been a month since Rita had given her apology speech, and Draco, Blaise, Luna, Ginny, Harry, and I had all gone to hear her. There had been tons of press and photographers, who had of course taken the opportunity to take about a million pictures of Draco and I together.

That hadn't really bothered me, well not too much anyway, but when Astoria had shown up, that is what I'd had a problem with. She'd headed straight over to Draco as if she was his girlfriend.

But a few smart words on my part, and Draco's obvious disinterest in her, had her fleeing shortly thereafter.

As far as Lucius went, I suppose you could say they were better. We still did just about anything to not have to be in the same general location as each other, but when we had to be, we were civil.

Draco wanted so much more than that for us, but in all honesty I was just happy that he was accepting me in at least some way. And he was surprisingly good with Rose. I mean he was still quite awkward, but he got points for trying.

But I could also tell that Rose wasn't really all that fond of the fact that her grandfather didn't like me. She would be so open with Narcissa, but as soon as Lucius walked in it was like she would take it down a notch. I just want her to be able to enjoy having grandparents that cared about her. And even though Lucius was rude and harsh, I could tell he did care about my little girl, and that's all I really cared about.

We'd all been at Malfoy Manor for Rose's birthday. And by everyone, I mean everyone. Ginny, Harry, James, Albus, Lily, George, Angela, Roxanne, Fred, Blaise, and Luna. And it had gone surprisingly well. Rose had had so much fun, and everyone had gotten along well.

That was how I'd always wanted it to be.

HPOV

"How should I know what he's doing? He told me to find something to do until seven tonight."

I was sitting in Ginny's living room with her and Luna, discussing the weirdness that had taken place that morning. Draco had told me that he had some things he wanted to get done, and that I should go spend some time with Ginny and the kids.

"Well maybe he's just planning a romantic dinner or something. I mean Harry told me that he'd asked him if we could watch Rose tonight." Said Ginny.

"Oh that'd be nice, just the two of us. And it would explain why he told me to dress up."

Luna smiled to herself and I knew that she knew something.

"Luna, did Draco tell you something?"

She shook her head, "He didn't tell me a thing."

"You know something don't you!" said Ginny, leaning forward across the table. "You've got to tell us."

Luna simply shook her head, "You can wait two hours for it to happen."

I groaned and dropped my head onto the table. I didn't really like surprises. I would rather just know what he was planning.

"Oh come on, you know you and Draco always have fun together." said Ginny.

I lifted my head and sighed, "Yeah, I know."

She chuckled and said, "Hell, maybe he's proposing."

I laughed, "Yeah right. That's likely. We just got Lucius to offer an olive branch a month ago."

Luna shrugged, "You never know. I mean you guys have been together for almost a year now."

Wow...it really had been that long. It was insane. But a lot had happened. A lot more than I thought was possible for a year. And Rose was growing up. She had five years until she was old enough to go to Hogwarts, and hopefully-no, definitely, would be placed in Gryffindor.

I shook my head, "I don't think so. I mean-"

"You can't tell me that you haven't thought about it." interrupted Ginny.

"Well of course I thought about it, but that doesn't mean that it's logical." I argued.

Luna rolled her eyes, "Love isn't logical Hermione. Life isn't logical. Everyone always thinks I'm so insane, but it's just because I don't take life as seriously as everyone else does. I don't need to be able to explain why things happen, I just accept that they do."

I took a deep breath, "Maybe you're right. Not about the proposal thing, but about the logical thing." I said quickly.

Luna smiled, "Well regardless of what happens, I know you'll have a good time."

And she was probably right, because let's be honest; when was Luna ever wrong?

DPOV

My stomach was in knots, I felt like I was going to melt into a puddle, but I was excited. And nervous. Incredibly nervous.

But in a good way.

Mostly.

Fuck, how was I supposed to do this?

"What if she says no?"

Blaise scoffed, "She's not going to say no."

"How do you know?"

"Because she loves you, you idiot." he said, handing me my tie.

"That doesn't mean she's going to say yes." I argued, fumbling to tie my tie.

Never in my life had a girl made me this nervous. I was still trying to decide if it was a good thing or a bad thing.

"No, but I bet she's going to say yes. I mean how could she say no?" he said, sitting down on the bed.

I groaned, "I'm so bloody nervous about this."

He paused for a moment, before he asked, "Do you remember what it was like - how you felt - when you asked Astoria?"

I ran a hand through my hair, and leaned against the dresser, "I felt like throwing up. It was like the feeling you get when you know something bad is about to happen, or when you're about to make some stupid mistake. That's what it felt like."

"And what does it feel like now?"

"Now? Now it feels like...like I can't wait to just skip the whole wedding thing and spend the rest of my life with her." I said, an involuntary smile coming to my face.

Blaise smiled, "And that's why she's going to say yes."

Just then we both heard the sound of someone apparating.

"Good luck mate." he said, before apparating away.

I took a deep breath, put the little velvet box in my pocket, and walked into the living room.

"Hermione?"

"Hey," she said softly.

My breath caught in my throat. She looked fucking amazing. She had on a tight black satin dress with lace over the top, her hair was down and curly, and she just looked...wow.

"You look beautiful." I said, wrapping my arms around her waist.

"You don't look too bad yourself."

I leaned down and captured her lips in a kiss before pulling away. "Come on, we've got reservations."

"Ohh," she said with a smile, "Where?"

"It's a surprise."

She rolled her eyes, "How many surprises are we talking about tonight?"

I laughed, and it sounded nervous to my ears, "You'll just have to wait and see."

She groaned, "I hate surprises."

Oh gods I hoped not.

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We were sitting at a table in the back of a secluded restaurant, we'd just finished our food, and I felt like I was going to blow everything by how nervous I was acting.

"Are you alright?"

I nodded, "Yeah. What do you say we go take a walk?"

She nodded and we walked down the street towards the park.

I'd gone to quite a bit of trouble to make sure nobody was there, and I'd charmed the place so that there were little sparkling lights all over the place.

"Oh, it's beautiful." she said softly.

I smiled and we walked through the many paths until we reached a fountain.

She turned and faced me, wrapping her arms around my neck. "I love that you did all this for me."

I smiled, "I would do anything for you. I love you."

"I love you too." she said, standing up on her toes to press her lips against mine.

She tasted of vanilla and strawberries and in that moment I knew it was now or never.

I pulled away and looked down at her. "I do have one more surprise."

She raised an eyebrow, "Really?"

I nodded. "You know that I love you more than anything right?"

She nodded.

"And we've been together for a year, and it's been the happiest time of my entire life." I said, trying not to lose my nerve. "And I've loved every moment I've spent with you and Rose and it's made me really think about having a family."

"I've loved it too." she said slowly, and I could see the pieces starting to click together in her mind.

I let go of her and pulled the box from my pocket, getting down on one knee in the process. "So I guess what I'm trying to say is," I said opening the box, "Will you marry me?"

She put a hand over her mouth and I heard her take in a sharp breath, "Are you serious?"

I chuckled, "I don't think I'd be down here in the dirt if I wasn't."

She broke out into the most dazzling smile I'd ever seen and said, "Yes," before bending down to kiss me.

I stood up and pulled her close, happier than I'd been in a very long time. I couldn't believe she'd said yes. She'd fucking said yes.

She pulled away and said, "You better put that ring on my finger Mr. Malfoy."

I chuckled and slid the ring onto her finger, watching as her eyes went wide.

"You like it?"

"I love it," she said, her voice barely above a whisper.

"So do you still hate surprises?" I asked, a smirk on my face.

She looked up at me, and before I could register what she was doing she crashed her lips against mine, claiming my mouth in a frenzy of teeth and tongues, before pulling back and saying, "Maybe some surprises aren't that bad."

I smiled and kissed her forehead, "I do believe you've just made me the happiest man alive."

She laughed, and I couldn't believe that I'd have the honor of hearing that sound for the rest of my life.

"I can't wait to tell Rosie you said yes."

"How many people knew you were asking me?"

"Just Blaise and Rose...and probably Luna because she seems to know everything."

She smiled and wrapped her arms around my waist, "I love you."

I would never, ever get tired of hearing that.

"I love you too."

Yay! Three cheers for this chapter that took me like two hours to write. Hope you love it (: