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Kitty Trouble

Chapter 14

The next week was bliss for Harry. He had his friends with him and he was having the time of his life. He gave them a tour of the house, they played video games, ordered Snape around, watched TV/movies, had interesting conversations with Tom, and ordered Snape around some more. All was good.

Surprisingly, Tom and Hermione got along quite well. Well, it probably shouldn't have been surprising; they were both very smart and loved to learn. The conversations between the two were too hard to follow so Harry and Ron didn't even try.

Harry sighed happily, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes as he walked down the hallway. I wonder what Tom is doing? He thought vaguely and veered off in the direction of Tom's office. He got to the door and flung it open. "Tommy! I'm aw-" he stopped as he heard the slam of a door and looked at Tom's semi-guilty face. He was quickly infuriated, "What were you doing!"

"Nothing," Tom said getting up and coming around his desk, "I see you are awake, enjoy your nap?"

"Don't avoid the question! You're hiding something from me and I want to know now!" Harry yelled.

"Harry, calm down-"

"I will not calm down. Not until you tell me what ever the hell you are hiding."

"I'm not-"

"Yes you are it's in your desk!"

Tom hesitated and looked at Harry's angry face. He sighed in defeat. Now's as good a time as any, he thought looking at the desk drawer. He looked back at Harry and swallowed as moderate anxiety took over, "Okay…"

Harry's ears perked up, "Okay?"

"Yes. I was going to tell you eventually…"

"Tell me what? Tell me what?"

"It's…a surprise," Tom said walking over to Harry and taking his hand and leading him to the couch.

"Surprise? Another one?" Harry asked cutely.

Tom nodded and went over to his desk and took out the small box. He clutched it tight, "But this one is a bit more…personal," he said turning back around and slipping the box into his pocket.

"What is it?" Harry asked trying to peer around Tom to see what he had retrieved from the desk.

Tom took a deep breath then seated himself beside his lover. "I've…been meaning to ask you something…"

Harry tilted his head to the side and studied Tom for a minute, then lifted a hand to his forehead, "Are you okay Tom? You don't look too good."

"No. I'm fine," Tom said tightly, removing the hand gently.

"Oh. Okay. What did you want to ask me?"

Tom gripped the side of his robes, trying to calm down his racing heart. How the hell was he going to ask? He had no idea what to say. He didn't even know what to do. Do I get down on one knee or stay sitting? Do I say something first or just ask? Maybe I'm not ready for this yet. But Harry was waiting for an answer. He couldn't back out now! But how…

"Tom?"

Tom turned to him and looked down into concerned green eyes. Eyes that were full of love; love for him. And suddenly he wasn't anxious anymore. He knew exactly what to say.

"I've always been alone, as long as I can remember. At the orphanage, at school and after I left and decided to take over the wizarding world; well I have the Death Eaters, but they aren't…someone I can talk to and be myself or who would understand me…But not anymore since you came into my life." Harry flattened his ears in confusion but said nothing. "I drowned myself in the Dark Arts because that is where I felt safe and was the only comfort I had. After being in the dark for so long, you finally showed me a glimpse of the light and I don't want to go back. I don't want to be alone again."

Harry grew alarmed and sat up straighter, "You won't be. You have me! And the kittens when they come. We won't go anywhere."

Tom smiled and placed a hand on Harry's stomach. "I know. But still you do not completely belong to me."

Harry cocked his head to the side further still, "I don't?"

"No you don't. And I want you to be, so you can stay with me forever. I want you to be mine." Tom took a deep breath and glanced down at their joined hands to gather his thoughts, "I know we didn't get off to a good start, but I just know that I can't live without you. You are my life, my joy, my everything. And as hard as it is for anyone to believe, I love you. I love you with everything that I have."

Harry's eyes watered as he smiled, "I love you too."

"I never thought it would be possible for me to love anyone. That I was too far gone in the dark, plus I thought that love made one weak, but you have gone and done the impossible. And here I am, able to feel, love, be happy and I am most definitely not weak. If anything I feel stronger than ever. All because of you. You're…amazing Harry. Everything I can ask for all rolled into one. You have no idea how much you mean to me. That is why…"

Tom gently let go of one of Harry's hands and slipped his hand into his pocket to pull out the small black velvet box. Harry's eyes widened in shock as he realized what it was and his vision blurred with exultant tears. Tom smiled and squeezed Harry's hand tightly before letting it go to open the box.

Within the black velvet box, a beautiful silver engagement ring gleamed nestled between the velvet cushions. It was fairly simple, with tiny diamonds decorating all around the band, yet it was the most beautiful thing Harry had ever seen.

"I want you to remain by my side forever. So no one can ever take you away from me. Harry James Potter. Will you do me the honor of marrying me?"

Harry burst into tears and frantically began wiping his tears away with his hands while nodding his head. "Y-yes," he managed to stutter out, "Yes. I'll marry you."

Tom's smile widened and took Harry's trembling left hand and slid the ring onto his finger. Harry admired it for a minute before flinging himself into Tom's arms where they encircled him and held him tight.

After Harry gained control of his emotions he stared at the ring turning it left and right so that it glimmered in the sun's rays streaming through the window. "When the hell did you get this?"

Tom laughed, "A while back actually. While I was out for a meeting."

Harry sniffed and snuggled closer to him, his forehead pressed against his love's neck, "This is what you've been hiding from me?"

"Yes. I had no idea how to tell you or when. No moment looked right, and well…you started to catch me looking at it from time to time, so I know it had to be soon." Tom tightened his grip around Harry, "You have no idea how nervous I was."

"You. Nervous?"

"Yeah. I know. But I was. That was the hardest thing I've ever done."

Harry smiled and held out his arm so they could both see the ring, "I can't believe I'm getting…"

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" - Married !"

"What!" Hermione screamed.

Harry held out his hand for both of his friends to see.

"Oh my god!" she shrieked and hugged Harry tight.

"Holy shit!" Ron exclaimed dropping his jaw.

"I know!" Harry laughed.

"It's beautiful," Hermione whispered inspecting the ring.

"Isn't it? This is what Tom had been hiding from me."

"Really? When did he ask you?" she asked.

"Just right now," Harry said, "I didn't know what he was doing and he was just talking about how he had always been alone and now he wasn't…" Harry fanned his face, "Oh. I'm going to start crying again."

"I am crying," Hermione laughed wiping her eyes.

Ron shook his head in amusement and patted Harry on the back, "Congratulations, mate."

"Thanks Ron," Harry said and hugged him too, "I can't believe it. I'm getting married!" Both Hermione and Harry squealed in delight. "Oh!" Harry said gripping his stomach.

"What?" Hermione asked alarmed.

"The kittens are happy too," Harry replied caressing his stomach lovingly.

"Of course they are. Their mommy is getting married!" Hermione cried out.

"I take it you've informed them," came a voice behind them.

They all turned around and Harry beamed at him from across the room and nodded. Hermione squealed and ran over to Tom and hugged him around the middle, surprising everyone. Tom stiffened, not used to anyone except Harry hugging him, but Hermione let go quickly and ran back to Harry and hugged him again.

Harry laughed at Hermione's antic and patted her on the back, "I think she's more excited than I am."

"I think she wants to plan your wedding," Ron commented.

It seemed that Ron was right by the puppy eyes she was giving him, "Okay. You can help," Harry said.

"Yay!" she cried and hugged him again.

"So when is the wedding going to be?" Ron asked.

Harry let go of Hermione and sat down on the couch, "I don't know."

"Well depends on if you want it before or after the twins are born," Tom said sitting down next to Harry.

"I don't want to be fat on my wedding day!" Harry incredulously.

Ron smirked, "I guess that means after."

"Okay then," Hermione said sitting down on the couch across from them, pad of paper and quill in front of her, "What kind of theme do you want?"

"Uhh," Harry started and looked up at Tom who shrugged.

"You can have an Italian theme, Old Fashioned, Hawaiian, Beach theme…"

"Um. I don't really know at the moment Hermione. Tom just asked me this afternoon. Plus I haven't a clue on how to plan a wedding and what everything is."

"Well, good thing you have me then. Do you have any ideas at all?" Hermione asked eagerly.

"Well…" Harry thought for a moment, "I want it to be a small one because well…I don't really have anyone to go and I doubt anyone would approve of us." Harry lowered his ears slightly and in response Tom pulled him close, kissing the top of his head between said soft ears.

"We'll come of course," Ron piped up.

"Yes of course," Hermione said with a smile, "We wouldn't miss it. And I'm sure Remus would love to come see you walk down the aisle."

"And my mum. Hell, my whole family would want to come."

"Yes but…"

"They'll get over it, Harry. They've all been around the Dark Lord for years and know what he's capable of and Tom just falling in love all of a sudden is not an easy thing to believe. They just need a little time. They already know that you guys love each other. But they'll know how much when they find out you're getting married," Hermione said intelligently.

Harry smiled and snuggled into Tom, "Okay. If you say so."

"I do say so. And as for Tom. I've seen you get along with a few of your Death Eaters, perhaps they would like to come?"

Tom tilted his head in thought but didn't say anything.

"Ohh! Ray can come and Allie!" Harry said excitedly.

"Yup," Hermione said scribbling away.

"And Sevvie!"

Ron arched a brow, "Sevvie?"

"Yeah," Harry said ducking his head sheepishly, "Severus Snape."

Ron sputtered in disbelief and Hermione gaped at him, "What?"

Harry shrugged, "He's grown on me."

"Told you," Tom said.

"Shut up."

"Um…Okay then," Hermione said, "Lets deal with the guest list later. Lets move on to color scheme…."

So there you have it. The answer that everyone has been waiting for. Tom has proposed! Congrats on everyone who got it right, you can have your cookie. And for those who got it wrong...you can have a cookie too. I will put up the picture of Harry's engagment ring soon, so you can go and see it, I wanted it to be simple and not extravagant. I mean he's still a guy so...yeah. And the pregnancy is coming up but I haven't gotten to it yet, but it should be soon. If I were to make a prediction I say it will be within the next...3 or 4 chapters. I don't know yet.

So please review! Press the GREEN button (as everyone so kindly corrected me) and leave me a comment. I won'tpost up the next chapter unless I have at least 10 reviews. I already have the next chapter done because I'm awesome like that. So is my beta. Yay for Krad! Wow I wrote alot. I'm going to shut up now. Review!

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PS. Oh Yeah! One more thing. Kitty Love is currently being translated to Polish! Isn't that great? If anyone wants to check it out the link is up on my profile. Thanks Emiko!