313. Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed.

[slytherincoffee]

Something Old

The box he held in his hands was old and not a little battered. It had been something that he had salvaged from Papa Zabini's things before his mother had gotten rid of them all. He'd treasured it and kept it safely hidden from his mother. It had been the ring box that Papa Zabini had proposed to his mother with. Blaise had dug it out of storage in order to use it today. He hadn't used it the first time around with Duel, they'd had a quick wedding after finding out about Alana and there hadn't been time to dig it out of the storage. In addition to which, he'd forgotten that there had already been a ring there. A lovely delicate piece of silver with moonstones. The ring he'd bought for Luna...he'd taken the ring out and decided to send it to William, to see if his son thought it was a good ring for Risse. No sense letting it go to waste. If Will did not care for it, then he'd give it to one of the girls, or have it sold.

Something New

The ring resting inside the box now was one that he had specifically designed for his wife. Silver and emeralds put into a Celtic knotwork pattern that he knew his wife would appreciate. He'd been waiting for a week or so for the right time to propose again. The ring in the box was burning a hole in his pocket, so to speak. His best friend, Millicent had laughed at him for being so impatient. He hadn't had any qualms the first time, the fact he was nervous now, after having been married for so long and having six children with the woman, made Millie almost hurt herself with laughing. Neville, Millie's husband had only smiled and offered Blaise a good deal on the flowers for the ceremony.

Something Borrowed

He borrowed Kimber's daughter Risse, Will's soon to be fiancée to help get him to the Dueling Association without alerting his wife. She was in her office today, doing the paperwork that they both hated and he just could not wait any longer to ask. It was going to drive him bananas. He found her there and with a perfectly serious face walked around to kneel at her side, holding up the box and opening it. "Dulinte Sisterra Zabini, would you do me the honor of marrying me again?"




Blaise Zabini
Harry Potter

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[redheadduelist.livejournal.com]

The question caught her completely off guard, and she stared at the ring, then at her husband, and back again. Before answering, she leaned forward to kiss him soundly. "Yes."

[slytherincoffee.livejournal.com]

Blaise grinned, "Then you should probably put this on." He took the ring out of the box and slipped it on her finger.

[redheadduelist.livejournal.com]

She looked down at the ring, examining the design, and smiled. "I love it." Then she looked up to kiss him again. "I love you."

[slytherincoffee.livejournal.com]

Blaise grinned, "Designed it myself." He kissed her back deeply. "I also can provide an army of people wanting to help with the wedding stuff."

[redheadduelist.livejournal.com]

"The children are good for things like that." She grinned. "How about I take the rest of the day off? Luke can handle most of this."

[slytherincoffee.livejournal.com]

"I like this idea. Shall we go and have coffee and discuss things?" Blaise touched her face fondly.

[redheadduelist.livejournal.com]

Duel nuzzled his hand. "I like this idea. Just give me a minute to let Luke know I'm going."

[slytherincoffee.livejournal.com]

Blaise stood up and offered her a hand. "I'll wait here for you, then my dear."

[redheadduelist.livejournal.com]

Duel took his hand and stood as well. "I'll be back." She gave him a quick kiss and left, returning a moment later with an amused smile on her face. "I don't think he believed me when I said we were going out to have coffee."

[slytherincoffee.livejournal.com]

Blaise chuckled, holding out his hand. "Will you do the honors, milady?"

[redheadduelist.livejournal.com]

"All right," she took his hand and they disappeared, reappearing in their kitchen.

[slytherincoffee.livejournal.com]

Blaise leaned to kiss her again before waving his hand and wandlessly commanding the coffee maker to start brewing.

"So, my love," He smiled at her, "When do you think you'd like to have your big ceremony?"

[redheadduelist.livejournal.com]

Duel kissed him back, putting her arms around his neck.

"In the spring, I think. Our anniversary is a little far away."

[slytherincoffee.livejournal.com]

Blaise slipped his arms around her waist, "I like it." He nuzzled her, "So good surprise?"

[redheadduelist.livejournal.com]

"Mmm very." She grinned, standing on tip toe to kiss him again. "Do our fathers know yet?"

[slytherincoffee.livejournal.com]

"Not yet," Blaise gave her a sheepish grin. "I uh couldn't wait."

[redheadduelist.livejournal.com]

Duel giggled, "We should probably do that soon, don't you think?

[slytherincoffee.livejournal.com]

"Before one of them comes to beat the stuffing out of me, yes. After coffee though." Blaise tugged her closer to him and kissed her deeply.

[redheadduelist.livejournal.com]

Duel kissed back, snuggling closer to him. "Yes, we can wait until after coffee, I just didn't want to give Dad another reason to want to kill you."

[slytherincoffee.livejournal.com]

The coffeemaker bubbled and chimed when it was done. Blaise fixed them both a cup of coffee and handed Duel's to her. "To getting married...again."

[redheadduelist.livejournal.com]

She took the cup and smiled. "And to our family."

[slytherincoffee.livejournal.com]

"The children, grandchildren, great-grands, siblings, and parents." Blaise remarked before sipping his cuppa.

[redheadduelist.livejournal.com]

Duel sipped her coffee. "So who else knew you were going to propose? You must have at least told the children. And my sisters."

[slytherincoffee.livejournal.com]

"I asked them to distract you. You remember the day that all the sisters kept popping in with things to ask you or something to fix?"

[redheadduelist.livejournal.com]

Eyes widen just a little, "I knew there was something odd going on, but they wouldn't tell me what."