The Baby Project

Wedding Planning

Hermione and Draco had been in great moods all week, and they were getting ready for their trip to the Manor to pick out many things for the wedding. Narcissa told them that there was a caterer, some musicians, and some other people there to meet. Hermione had been putting the fact she was going to the Manor for the first time since the incident. She wanted to have a good day, but it was a full moon, and she knew something was bound to happen.

"Are you ready to go?" Draco knocked on the bathroom door. 

"You can come in?" Hermione said, trying to do her mascara. She normally didn't wear makeup, but she figured this was the time with it. Ginny had lent her some and a lot of other things, but she didn't go overboard. 

Draco smiled when he saw her; he never tired of how her hair smelled or the way she grinned when he entered the room. 

"Draco, are you nervous?" She asked quietly. This would be his first time back as well.

"Yes." He said plainly. However, they were nervous for two completely different reasons. There was no way he would enter the dining room if Mother had people set up in there. He didn't think he ever could. 

"Together?" Hermione took his hand, and they walked to McGonagall's office to use the floo. They arrived in the parlor, and Hermione let out a breath. She was going to be brave about this. She just had to be. 

"Hello dears, how are you two feeling today?"

"Hello, mother." Draco didn't dare let go of Hermione's hand to embrace his mother. He wasn't sure if it was more for her sake or his. 

"Hello, Mrs. Malfoy, thank you for arranging all of this." Hermione smiled, but inside she was starting to become more and more aware of where she was. All she could do was squeeze Draco's hand.

How had they become so close so quickly? It puzzled her every day. She wondered if this was real love was like.

"You are very welcome. I am glad that you could both come." Narcissa was becoming increasingly aware of how nervous the two were, "I made some lunch for the three of us. It is in the kitchen if you would like to join me."

"Thank you, that sounds lovely." Hermione took a breath, and they followed Cissy. Draco, of course, didn't need to, but he had his head down and was trying not to look at anything. He did look up right where the doors to the dining room should be, and he stopped dead in his tracks. Instead of a dining room, there was a beautiful courtyard with all of his mother's favorite flowers lining an aisle with a beautiful gazebo in the middle.

Hermione smiled at the sight, she didn't realize this is where her nightmares were a reality, but at this very moment, she knew this is where she wanted to get married.

"That is perfect, Mrs. Malfoy. Do you think we could have the ceremony there?" Hermione asked quickly.

"Of course, dear, wherever you would like. I can show you the gardens as well. If you would like it."

"I would love to see them, but I have never pictured my wedding, and looking in there, I think I can finally imagine it." Hermione blushed at the thought.

"Then it will be there."

"When did you do this?" Draco finally spoke up. The last time he was here, this was a dark, cold room.

"I figured neither of you would want to be in there ever again. I turned another room into the dining room. The room on the east side of the manor, the room with all the windows. I am quite proud of both rooms."

Hermione had a chill run down her spine when she realized what the room had been, but it made her smile that Narcissa had changed the room. Hermione realized that she probably had nightmares of the house how they had been forced to give up their home to him. She was glad she was making things right.