Mary stood in front of the mirror in her dorm room and looked herself over again. It was weird to see herself in a dress. The one she chose with Lily's help earlier in the day was red, strapless, and went just below her knees. Marlene had somehow convinced her to let her do Mary's hair and make-up and after some debating Marlene went simple with make-up and tied her hair up in a half ponytail and curled her long bangs. She barely recognized herself. She was usually always covered in dirt and it had never bothered her. Now she felt a little to clean, but that might have also been the nerves. All Mary could think of throughout the day was about Luke and worrying about what he had planned for the night. She looks down at her watch (her dad had bewitched it so that it would work at the school) to check the time. She tucked her wand into the belt of her dress and with a few strides she was opening the door of the dorm room.

As she made her way down the stairs to the common room she was hit with a wave of cheering that took her by surprise. On either side of her, her friends at made a tunnel from the dorm stairs to the portrait hole where Luke stood in a full tux and red tie. He had a sheepish smile and shook his head to tell her that this part was not planned. She heard Sirius cat call, but paid no attention to him. Her eyes were not leaving Luke's as she made her way through the human tunnel.

"You look beautiful Mary." Luke says with a smile as she reaches him and takes his offered arm. "You ready to go? Lily and James should be done clearing our route."

"Clear our route to where?" Mary asks curiously and with a tilt of her head. She wanted to try to get some idea what she was getting herself into, as she was going into this blind.

"Be patient my dear puppy." He replies, bringing one of her hands to his lips and kissing the back of it gently, "All in good time."

He waves absentmindedly behind him at the group watching them intently and leads her out of the portrait hole. The Fat Lady mumbled something about getting woken up right after she had fallen asleep, but had quickly fallen asleep once she was closed again.

Mary rested her head against her boyfriend's shoulder as she walked alongside him. The wheels in her brain were turning fast as she thinks of the many different things that he could have planned in such a short time. She was so preoccupied that she didn't realize that not once were they stopped or the fact that their path – too much dismay of the pictures – was lit up was small balls of light, which flickered out as they passed. She did however notice when Luke picked her up bridal style and started to carry her up the stairs to the Astronomy Tower. About a fourth of the way up though, he had set her back down at what point she removed her heels and ran ahead of him laughing.

She slowed to a stop at the top of the stairs and her breath was caught in her chest as she took in the room. It was dark except a small section next to the open wall of the tower where a ton of candles were pre-lit. The candles surrounded their red and white picnic blanket and food fit for a King sat on that. Mary was brought back to reality when Luke touched her hand with his.

"I hope everything is to your liking. The candles are vanilla – you once said it was your favorite scent – and the food is all of your favorite, chocolate wands included. There is also a Screechsnap over there. It is the one you saved from the fire. I asked Sprout if I could give it to you and she said yes."

His mouth was opened to continue talking, but he was cut off as Mary stands on her toes to kiss him. This was more than anything she imagined, and the fact he remembered what she liked made it so much better. She broke the kiss and looked at his eyes. "You could have packed cow pies and had candles smelling like mold for all I care." Her eyes shone with admiration as she spoke. "I don't care what you do as long as I am with you forever."

"Forever is a long time. Do you think you can last that long?" He asks, kissing her again.

"I will if you do." She murmurs against his lips.

"Then forever we shall be."