A smile spread over her lips as Faustus placed a kiss on her cheek. The worries easing as they fell back into their farmiliar rhythm. This was happening. She was binding her life to Fautus's. The fate she had spent years dreading suddenly bloomed brightly in front of her. How could she had found such a wonderful path as this? Malou found herself wondering, the smile lingering dreamily on her lips.

At his words Malou looked up at his face, surprised. What more was there to ask? Had he not just asked the penultimate question? The question that would change both their lives so entirely? She might have teased him about it, but looking up at his face, reading the look there, she merely nodded and gave him an encouraging smile.

Instead of answering, though he led her from the gazebo. Concious of the Bagshots looking on, Malou tried to ignore them, tried to keep from looking at them.She heard something like a cheer from Mr. Bagshot and found her cheeks warming. "They knew, didn't they?" She asked as they moved deeper down the park's paths.