The Eighth Year - Under Major Reconstruction

19 - Errand

Hermione was still in the bath, so Draco was taking this time to begin planning his proposal.

He had decided what day he would get down on one knee but hadn't figured out how in the world he was possibly going to ask Hermione to marry him

Did he make some grand gesture? A simple proposal? Take her to a fancy restaurant? A huge library?
All of the above?

"Hey. 'Mione. I'm gonna run a quick errand. I'll be back in about fifteen minutes." He says through the bathroom door

"Okay. I'll probably be out when you're back." She tells him

He was going to pay a visit to the lovely spitfire - Ginny Weasley

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Draco apparates outside of the Burrow where he hoped Ginny Weasley was, he didn't know where else she would be.

Knocking on the door, he hears shuffling inside and then the door opens and he comes face to face with Molly Weasley

"Oh...Draco Malfoy? How can I help you?" She asks uncomfortably

"I'm actually here to see Ginny...is she in? She didn't know I was coming. I didn't know I was coming either though." He says politely

"Yes. Please, come in...Ginny! Draco Malfoy is here to see you!" Molly yells up the stairs

Draco stands awkwardly in the middle of their home and heard a confused 'What?' That is followed by footsteps leading down the stairs to where Draco stood

"What a surprise...how can I help you Malfoy?" Ginny asks, walking up to him

"It's about Hermione...I know you two are like best friends so I was just wondering if you had any ideas on how I should...propose to her?" He says awkwardly, rubbing the back of his neck and avoiding Ginny's eyes

"Do you have a ring?! When are you going to do it?! Do you have any ideas at all?! Godric! I'm so excited!" Ginny squeals

"Uh, yeah I have the ring. I have a date picked out, we've got plenty of time. I'm pretty clueless about this stuff, so I have no bloody idea." He tells her

"May I see the ring?" She asks

He digs in his pocket for the ring and pulls it out to show her

"Oh, she'll love it! This is beautiful, Draco. You have good taste...I don't know what I expected from you though. You're quite lavish." She smiles

"Anyway. Since you say we have a while. We have plenty of time to plan. So we start off with Hermione's interests and places and things that she likes. For example, Harry proposed to me on the quidditch pitch. So start brainstorming places and things Hermione likes." She says, taking a seat at the dining room table

"I only have about ten more minutes, I told her I was going to run errands. We all know she liked books. Hates flying. She loves Florian Fortescue's Ice Cream. Her favourite food is...alright, I don't actually know that. She once said she hates the beach so definitely not there. This is a lot harder than I thought it would be..." he sighs

"Think about some of Hermione's favorite things. I don't know if you know, but there's this muggle sport called Skying. Hermione said her parents used to take her pretty often when she was a kid but she hasn't been in years. Maybe you could take her to do that, or perhaps in the library of the manor. I'm assuming you have a library in that massive home of yours. But if you're going to do it while we are at Hogwarts you can always use that library. I'm sure Madam Pince wouldn't mind...as long as you're not too loud. Just some options since you don't have much time." Ginny says, grabbing a pear from the fruit dish on the table