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All right so I am completely ignoring the seventh book. In this Harry, Ron and Hermione were still in school and Dumbledore is alive. In addition, Harry and Ginny never got together. Voldemort is still a threat outside the walls but he will not make an appearance in this. It is just a light, short and funny fic. Sorry for any grammar issues. I do not own Harry Potter or any of its characters.
Laughter rang through the seventh year Gryffindor boys’ dormitory as Neville sang the Hogwarts song in a very loud and high-pitched voice. Harry, Ron, Dean and Seamus found themselves in a heap together while watching the spectacle Neville was putting on having been dared by Dean to sing in the most upbeat way he could think of. When he finished he dared Ron to go and woo the Fat Lady, which failed spectacularly when Ron called her Violet by mistake.
They were letting off some steam after having nonstop schoolwork. Ron had mentioned truth or dare after Hermione had explained it to him the week before. It was a Friday with the next day being a Hogsmeade visit they were up quite late. Harry had started to tune out after 2am and only tuned back in when Seamus said, “Okay just one more then. How about you Harry?”
“Huh? Oh yeah – er Dare” Harry smiled; he had not said truth yet.
Seamus gave a wicked smirk as a good one came to his mind. “I dare you to propose to Malfoy in front of everyone.” His smirk grew when he watched Harry frown.
“Well I can’t do that tonight can I?” Harry frowned in thought “I’ll do it on Monday at dinner. He’s just going to say no.”
They all laughed imagining Draco Malfoy’s face when Harry Potter got down on one knee and proposed to him in front of everyone. “We’ll help you pick out a ring tomorrow Harry” Dean said.
“I have to get him a ring to?” Harry frowned wondering how expensive this dare was going to be.
“Don’t worry” Seamus, said with an easy smile “We can all pitch in and help you buy it, it’s not like it has to cost a fortune.”
Harry nodded over that and agreed. Harry lay awake for a bit after the laughter died down and tried not to imagine how embarrassed he was going to be on Monday when the whole school saw him propose to Malfoy. He drifted off to sleep after a while though, secure in the knowledge that he would say no and they could move on with their lives as enemies.
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The next day at Hogsmeade, the five boys found themselves in the only jewelry shop in town run by a tiny wisp of a woman who smiled at them brightly and asked what she could get for them. Harry hesitated a moment “er- the cheaper selections of your engagement rings please.”
The women smiled a little brighter at the word ‘engagement’ and brought them over to a small glass case that housed her cheaper selections. “Is you’re betrothed to be a women or a man?” She asked while looking at what she could show him.
Harry felt himself go a little red as he told her it was a boy. Her facial expression did not change; she only narrowed her eyes at one side of the case and pulled up several options. Harry found himself surprised over how seriously he was taking the selection of a ring for a dare but after 30 seconds of looking, he could tell that Malfoy would not like any of these.
Harry looked down with a sigh before a ring caught his notice in the far corner of the case. The woman saw his look and reached in to retrieve it before handing it over to him. “That one has been here for a while, emerald and platinum woven together.” The ring had platinum that looked like intricate thread weaving in and out of the four emerald stones that sat on top of the ring. It looked neither feminine nor masculine but it did look timeless and Harry could picture it on Malfoy’s finger.
“This is the one.” Harry ignored the other boys questioning stares as they looked at him and they all payed for the ring and exited the shop. They spent the rest of the weekend hanging out and doing homework.
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All through Monday the seventh year Gryffindor boys were laughing and watching Harry who was finding the situation less hilarious the closer they got to dinner time. He was not upset that the answer was going to be no but he was not looking forward to all the laughter at his expense. After classes finally let out for the day, they all went to their dormitory to drop off their books and for Harry to grab the ring. All through dinner, they kept laughing and shooting Harry and even an increasingly confused Malfoy looks. Harry ate very little and when dinner was about to end Ron gave him a little push “Now or never mate.”
When he stood up all four boys watched him walk across the room to the Slytherine table and over to a certain blonde-haired person. Harry felt his face flushing as he tapped Malfoy on the shoulder. Malfoy turned around to see Harry give him a big smile while quite loudly saying “Draco Malfoy, I have a very serious question for you.” Harry did not let himself look around the room because he could actually feel every eye in the room on him while he sank down to one knee and pulled out the small box; he opened it, his question ringing loudly in the now silent room “Will you marry me?”
Harry watched as Malfoy’s face turned red, he could see a wide range of emotions play out on his face until he could practically see the spark as he put two and two together with the looks and the laughter and now my question. Malfoy formed a small smirk of his own before saying the word Harry never even imagined was coming. “Yes.”
Alright so there will be one more chapter to this. Please review and tell me what you think!