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Snape studied his godson, decked out in wedding robes. “No. But it is one thing to know it and another to believe it. And thinking that your godson is in love with Harry Potter is very different from truly knowing the same fact.”

Draco didn’t reply, but looked down at the two rings again. After a moment he murmured. “I know. I’m still surprised myself.”

As sundown neared, guests began to swarm the Manor and Harry made his way down the long path leading to the Manor, with Lupin by his side.

“Are you nervous?” Lupin asked.

“A little.”

Lupin’s smile was a knowing one. “Try not to be. This is your day after all. Yours and Draco’s. It’s a day to be remembered so that you can tell it to future generations. And it wouldn’t be a very interesting story if you only remember being nervous.”

Harry smiled absently at the remark before asking, “Do you think they would be okay with this? My parents? Sirius?”

“I think that it would have taken some getting used to, especially for James and Sirius. Lilly would have loved the idea right away, but it might have taken a week or so for James and Sirius to see what she would have immediately. But I do think that at this moment, were James or Sirius in my place, they would both be very proud of and happy for you.”

Harry’s closest friends surrounded him as Lupin led him up the walkway. The path was lined with classmates and friends who all smiled at him and joined the group as they passed. Draco’s close friends stood near him as he watched Harry walk towards him.

When Harry had walked to where Draco stood in front of the large double doors to the Manor, Lupin placed Harry’s hand in Draco’s outstretched one and stood back next to Snape as the two faced each other.

In a clear voice, Draco spoke, “Where you are Gaia, I am Gaius.”

“Where you are Gaius, I am Gaia,” Harry replied.

Snape stepped forward with the wedding rings, and Draco placed Harry’s ring on his finger with a reverence Harry had never seen from him before. Harry then picked up Draco’s ring from the box Snape held and slid it on to Draco’s finger.

“Ubi tu Gaia, ego Gaius,” Draco spoke in little more than a whisper, and Harry responded in kind, “Ubi tu Gaius, ego Gaia.”

Snape and Lupin stepped out of the way as Draco and Harry turned to the doors. Together they pushed them open. In one swift movement, Draco picked up Harry in his arms and walked across the threshold of the Manor.

Someone cheered and then others joined in, cheering and clapping as Draco made his way slowly through the foyer of the Manor, carrying Harry to the ballroom.

Everyone followed them into the ballroom which was lit in the early evening by huge chandeliers, covered in white flower garlands.

Small instruments scattered amidst the candles of the chandeliers began to play as Draco set Harry down in the center of the ballroom. Their music flowed down and around the two as they began to dance. Harry found it was much easier to dance while being led by someone who in turn knew how to dance. Draco and he seemed to flow around the ballroom as if dancing on the music itself. Harry forgot those who were watching, carried off by the music and Draco.

Instead of winding down to finish the piece, the music increased in volume and speed, rising in a crescendo that brought the two dancers with them, till finally in the last, triumphant note, they stopped.