Riddle Me This

Chapter 78

Catherine's POV

I nearly jumped out of the floo and into Draco when I came home. I had finished up my Healer's training today. Pansy would be with me, but she happened to have a girlfriend to celebrate with, so it would just be Draco and I.

"How was the graduation, Kitty?" Draco asked, kissing my cheek gently. He couldn't come because he was busy with his apprenticeship still.

"Great! Two years seemed to come and go so quickly." I said with a smile. Lolli popped in then, smiling happily.

"Does Lady Catherine want tea? Or should Lolli let Lady Catherine and Master Draco celebrate?" Lolli asked simply. I giggled a little.

"I think Draco and I can wait to celebrate until after we have some tea." I said as I pulled Draco into the love seat and sat in his lap.

"I thought we were waiting for tea." Draco teased. I got comfortable before turning to him.

"What, I can't sit in my fiance's lap to drink tea?" I asked as I wiggled my hips a little. Draco groaned a little.

"Do you know where you'll be working?" Draco asked. I nodded.

"Yup! I'll be working in the Children's Potions Ward!" I said happily, before bouncing a little. "I'm so excited." Draco put his hands on my hips and pulled me down to keep me from moving.

"I can tell. But if you want tea, stop bouncing in my lap." Draco growled slightly. I looked Draco dead in the eye, before smirking seductively.

"But why? What if I want to bounce in your lap?" I asked, repositioning so that I was straddling his lap.

"Should Lolli come back later?" Lolli asked from the doorway, holding a tea tray with the teapot and two tea cups on it, as well as some biscuits Lolli and I had made the other day.

"No, it's okay. I'm just teasing Draco." I said as I turned around again, sliding to the floor to sit between Draco's legs, getting comfortable as Lolli got our tea set before leaving to do her chores. It was peaceful, which was sometimes hard for Draco and I to find these days. Almost three years after the war, and Harry still needs to talk to businesses about neglecting Draco and I. It's gotten a little better, but not by much.

"I have one more month on my apprenticeship." Draco said as he sipped his tea. I felt him pet my head gently, lovingly. "And then we can plan our wedding." I put my tea down and climbed back into Draco's lap, pulling the cup from his hand and putting it on the table.

"Really?" I asked. Draco and I had put the wedding off until we were both no longer understudies. I just didn't realise how long it had really been, and how soon it could actually happen with how busy I've been.

"Yes." Draco said with a smile. I cheered a bit before wrapping my arms around Draco's shoulders to begin a thorough snogging. When Lolli walked by the door later, she closed the floo and left us to our celebrating on the floor.

Three months later had Draco and I sitting in the breakfast nook, looking at wizarding wedding magazines.

"This is why Mother should be planning the wedding." Draco groaned, before sneering at a venue in Wales. "Who wants to get married in a cave?"

"You don't have to help, you know." I said as I stared at a forest venue. It was beautiful, but Draco would never agree. I know this because this is the fifth forest venue I've found, and he's shot down every one.

"I need to make sure wherever you chose is appropriate for a Malfoy wedding." Draco pointed out. I groaned. I didn't want a 'Malfoy wedding' becoming a Malfoy or not. I wanted it to be my wedding, not a family wedding. I already can't have my dream wedding, at least let me have something close to it.