Chapter 21

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"Harry! You were meant to call me ages ago!" Hermione admonished him as soon as she answered the phone.

"The phone works both ways," he reminded her playfully. "Besides, I've got some lovely news for you."

"What are you talking about?" She asked quickly.

"Severus needs a summer intern, and he's agreed to consider you."

"What!?"

"Yeah, he said to send your resume to his office, and then he will take things from there," Harry said idly running a hand through his morning hair.

"Oh my goodness! Thank you!" She shrieked into the phone.

"You're welcome, Mione."

"I've gotta run, I've got class! But thank you so much!"

"Mione, it's Saturday!" He protested.

"I know, it's an art history class! I will call you soon!"

A few days after the gala was June 1st and it was exactly 6 months since he had met Severus, and this was the date he and Severus had decided upon for their anniversary. Four days from afterwards happened to be Draco's birthday, and Draco had planned an entire weekend getaway to Cornwall for them, and for himself. He was going to have a huge party at his family's estate for his birthday on Saturday night, but first, on Friday he was going to have a nice little thing for Harry and Severus' anniversary. Harry wasn't sure what he had planned, but he appreciated it, even if it did take loads of convincing to get Severus agree to the trip. Draco had arranged everything, from the plane to the car that would take them to the house. He had left the day before in order to make sure that all of his plans were in order, and Harry and Severus were meant to fly out this morning. Harry was more than excited to find out that the Malfoys had a house in South Cornwall that sat right on the water, and they basically the ocean at their front door.

Harry was busy packing for a week away, while Severus only intended to stay for the weekend, before returning to London to get some work done. Harry had desperately wanted the older man to stay the entire week, but he had said that he couldn't and promised to take Harry on holiday soon. He had reluctantly accepted the man's offer and had decided to make the best of his time in Cornwall.

He wasn't exactly sure what he should pack for the trip and found himself wishing he had packed the night before like Severus. Severus had even gone so far as to try to get him to pack, but he had chalked it all up to being just as easy to do the next morning, he was wrong. Now he was rushing and he ended up giving up halfway through and just started packing anything that looked like it might be halfway acceptable. Undoubtedly, he would receive a speech from Draco about putting more effort into his personal appearance, and the threat of hiring him a personal stylist. He didn't mind though it was vacation, and he should be allowed to dress as lousy as he wanted to. All that mattered was that he was spending the weekend with Severus. It was their first weekend away together and he wanted it to be extra special.

The trip to Cornwall was extremely uneventful, unless of course you counted flying on the Malfoy family's private jet. Which he sort of did seeing as it was his first time ever flying private. Severus had engrossed himself into some updated medical journal and Harry had found himself drifting off against the man's shoulder. A few hours later found him still asleep against the man's shoulder, before he was being shook awake by Severus, who then took his hand and led him to the black SUV that was waiting for them on the Tarmac. Harry shook off any residual sleepiness in the car before they made it to the house, and he was glad because he really couldn't believe the sight that the Malfoy estate was to behold.

Not long after leaving the airport the Malfoy estate came into view. It was a huge house with plenty of broad windows that allowed the light of the day to filter in. There was large, perfectly manicured lawns and a swimming pool. And the best part of all was the water that lapped up onto the shore that doubled as their front yard. There was a boat house and an expensive looking boat tethered outside of it, and Harry found it hard to believe that all of this was real, why would anyone need to own all of these and a house in London. He couldn't believe that this place spent most of the year unoccupied, it was a total waste of how great it was. He would live here full time if he didn't love London so much, which might explain why despite never living here, the Malfoys felt the need to own the place. A few weeks in the summer would definitely beat nothing. He found himself deciding that if he were ever to have children that he would definitely want to raise them in a home like this.

As soon as they got out of the car two members of the house staff were already pulling their luggage out of the car and carrying it into the house. As they walked up the long pathway that led to the door, Draco sauntered out in all of his high bred glory and smiled brightly at them. He signaled for someone inside to come out, and another member of staff came out carrying drinks for them, and he instructed her to show them to their room before lunch. Taking the drinks from the woman who was named Heidi, they followed her up the stairs and she pointed them to the large room that they were to be staying in.

Severus took Harry's hand and led Harry into the room that Draco had designated for them. Harry was really eager to see what it looked like, if it was anything as brilliant as the rest of the property, he didn't know if he would ever be ready to go back to London. When Severus pushed the door open he gasped loudly, the room was perfect. It was all done in really light and airy colors. There was a huge canopy bed that looked like a complete oasis in the center of another oasis. There were huge windows that overlooked the water, and the doors to a large balcony. It was something directly out of those home style magazines that you would find laying around waiting rooms, only he was sure this room would make any of those rooms look dull in comparison. The Malfoy's certainly made sure their money was used in a way that everyone else knew exactly how much money they had at their disposal.

"Happy anniversary," Severus said pulling him close and kissing him lightly.

"Very happy," Harry agreed setting his drink aside climbing back onto the vast bed. Severus took the opportunity and pushed him back and climbed on top of him before assaulting him with kisses.

When the pair of them came down the stairs for lunch, Severus looked his normal composed self, while Harry looked thoroughly shagged. Draco teased him mercilessly as lunch was set on the table for them, but stopped as soon as Severus sent him a scathing look. That didn't stop him from looking entirely too smug the rest of the meal. He even sent a few cheeky winks at Harry when he thought that Severus wasn't paying any attention to him, causing Harry's cheeks to turn bright red. Harry made a note not to give the blonde the pleasure of making eye contact for the rest of the meal. Normally, these things didn't bother Harry, but Draco knew exactly which buttons to push to make him blush scarlet.

Lunch was pretty uneventful, other than Dracos antics, but afterwards Harry decided to take Severus out to take complete advantage of their surroundings, and the best part was that because it was their anniversary he couldn't even reject Harry's request of going out to the small beach, and going swimming. Severus did, however, refuse to actually get into the water, opting instead to sit on one of the chairs and watch Harry swim. He wouldn't get into the water no matter how many times Harry tried to persuade him, and Harry soon gave up and got out of the water himself. Swimming alone wasn't nearly as much fun as it was with someone else.

Harry became suspicious of Severus' willingness when the man suggested that they go into town for some afternoon shopping and dinner. Severus did like to go out for dinner, but shopping that was unheard of. The man didn't see the point, especially when he could pay someone else to go and deal with imbeciles in the public for him. He claimed that he was providing someone with a job, who might not have one otherwise, and that alone was a service to the community. Harry disagreed, but didn't argue his point, and still decided to do any shopping he wanted done for himself. This however was entirely out of character.

"What're you doing?" Harry asked him after the third shop.

"What do you mean?" Severus asked feigning ignorance.

"Why are you keeping me out. Why are we shopping, you hate shopping," Harry pressed on.

"It's our anniversary, we should try to do things out of the norm, and also this doubles as a mini holiday," Severus said nonchalantly.

"Yeah…right," Harry conceded skeptically.

The shops were lovely and Harry picked up something for all of the Weasleys and Hermione while he was there. Severus staying totally in character bought a few heavy tomes from the local bookshop. Harry wasn't sure what they were about, but he was convinced that they were completely boring to anyone who wasn't Severus or possibly Hermione.

Severus wanted to take him to an overly posh restaurant for dinner, but he rejected the offer saying that they were both incredibly underdressed, and that they didn't need to go just because it was their anniversary. He insisted that the food didn't make the date, the people present did. Instead, they found a cute little restaurant that was on the waterfront, and ordered fish and chips and had them out on the little outside patio, while the sun set in the distance. They both drank a little too much and were a little fuzzy, but it really was a magical moment. Harry only wished that they had more free time like this, or rather that Severus did. It felt like Severus was increasingly busy at work, and all he could manage to have was free time, so the balance wasn't really there for either of them. It was nice for everything to stop momentarily and allow them to focus on each other.

After dinner they walked along the waterfront holding hands before they headed home. Harry found himself wishing that everyday involved doing this until they were both so old they couldn't move. Going home to the Malfoy house was almost as magical as the sunset, because in all of his over planning for his party the following night, Draco had the entire grounds lit up with white fairy lights. They ran all along the fences and gates, and they cascaded down over the house and formed a canopy over the backyard. Draco really did know how to do things in style, Harry decided to himself. There were glowing lanterns that illuminated the sidewalks, and the driveway. Harry was especially pleased when he noticed the lights that adorned that balcony outside of their room. He found himself rushing up the stairs, and leaving Severus behind, so that he could take in the entire view from above. He'd honestly never seen anything like it before.

What threw him completely off guard was when he turned around to find Severus kneeling on one knee behind him. What was more surprising was the small box with a ring in it that was open in his hands. Harry froze where he stood and just looked between Severus and the box in complete surprise. He couldn't believe this was happening, this was so unexpected, they hadn't even talked about marriage.

"Harry, let me speak okay?" Severus said and Harry nodded. "I know this is unexpected."

"No kidding," Harry breathed before quickly apologizing.

"I bought this ring after knowing you for only a few weeks. Within those first few weeks I knew that there was no one else for me. I never expected to find anyone like you, and certainly not in the way that we found each other," Severus explained. "What I'm trying to say is that it's only ever going to be you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I want to have drunk pavement kisses with you, and holidays, I want to do everything there is to do with you. So what I'm asking is: Harry James Potter will you do me the extreme honor of marrying me?"

A/N: This chapter was sort of on the short side, but I hope you liked it! I'll update again soon, as to not leave you hanging for too long! Thanks for reading and reviewing!