There was nothing to work today. The day was tiresome and dull. Jasper sat around, kicking up his heels and spinning from side to side in his chair. Once or twice he nearly fell but managed to retain his balance. It started to become a bit of a game. He would purposefully try to lose his balance and then recapture it. He never fell but he ran out of chances to when his boss came in with some actual work that needed doing. Jasper jumped out of his chair, glad to have something to do and made his way around the department of mysteries. There was scarcely anything that needed doing down here. Most people thought it was a big old secret and it kind of was but it didn't mean a lot went on. Occasionally someone had a prophecy that had to be put away on the shelves, from time to time a little pink heart would leak through the door that contained love and on occasion, not very often, someone would bump into time and mess things up for everyone on the floor. Still it wasn't one of those days, it was a dull day with little occurrences. Jasper went about his job finishing way too soon but he was eager to be doing something, anything. He was in a good mood when he was actually working and once his day was finished he clocked off and apparated home as soon as he could.

The days had been fun and the nights even better. Kasper was still no where to be seen but that was the boys prerogative. Jasper wanted his younger brother to actually meet Sabine and some day soon but he understood that his brother had his own life to run and with his own private home on the grounds he barely had need to come to the house. Or was he on holiday? Jasper didn't know. He supposed mother got an owl from him every now and then or she would have been in panic mode. Mother. It was surprising how well Sabine and his mother were getting on. He honestly hadn't thought that his mother was the type to welcome a woman to their home so freely and especially seeing that her husband passed away only a couple of months ago, but Jasper was certain he knew what she was thinking. Grandchildren. With Sabine still at school and a full house again, Jasper did not fancy starting a family right away. He and Sabine were not even engaged yet but the thought had crossed his mind. He couldn't deny that. Two son's and a daughter, that was how he had planned it in his mind.

Home sweet home. The smell of baking filled the air and Jasper was pleased his mother had decided to bake something delicious. Honestly any little thing was putting him in a good mood. Actually doing work, yummy snacks, it was just too easy to make the man smile at the moment. Life was just going perfectly.

Hand on the door, turn of the knob and it was then, as the door was opening, that he saw Sabine in the kitchen, not his mother. He was surprised to say the least but even more pleased. "Ma beauté, what are you spoiling me with now?" Jasper made short work of the distance between himself and his love. He wrapped his arms around her waist from behind as she set the hot tray of cookies down and kissed her on the cheek. "How has your day been?" He liked to know what she had been up to and just what she and his mother had been talking about. He wondered if the topic of marriage or grandchildren had ever arisen between the two and he surely hoped not, he did not want to be frightening Sabine away with too much talk of serious matters that could certainly wait.

Jasper nuzzled into his loves neck, kissing her gently. He lifted his head to look at the cookies as Sabine kissed his cheek. It smelt amazing and he couldn’t wait to eat dinner and try the cookies she’d made. He couldn’t believe he was dating Sabine and that she was in his kitchen making him food. It was like a surreal dream, he only wished that she didn’t have to go back to school, that they could stay this way and live their lives as a couple. He was a few years older than her, he knew that, and he knew it probably seemed like he was robbing the cradle a little but it was the complete opposite a reputation to what he had ever been used to.

He listened to Sabine telling him about his day, how she had spent time with his mother. Those two were fast becoming inseparable and it pleased Jasper greatly. He was a mamma’s boy, always had been from the moment he was born. Kasper was different, he didn’t take a shine to either parent of Jasper, not really and so Jasper had just presumed his brother was in need of some space so that was what he gave him, he didn’t get involved in his life but he was always welcome to take a look into Jasper’s.

Jasper was a little confused at the end of her sentence. He looked at the ring and then to Sabine nuzzling her head against his chest. He couldn’t believe it. She’d found the engagement ring. He was ecstatic, he had always wanted this some day he just never thought it would happen and not with Sabine, he always imagined her turning him down if he ever even mentioned the thought of marriage but he knew the dynamics of their relationship had changed and now, they were changing again, for the better, but Jasper couldn’t bring himself to move beyond the emotion of shocked. He couldn’t even bring himself to blink as his eyes started to dry. Was this all some kind of crazy dream in which he became Sabine’s knight in shinning armour and in return she became his wife? Surely this couldn’t be real life. This had to be something else.

Jasper knew he had to do something. He had started squeezing Sabine tightly as though knowing that his lack of reaction would be taken the wrong way. He didn’t know what to say, he wasn’t sure if Sabine had been asking a question or telling him that this ring, a ring that had been in his family for a long time was now hers. “Y-yes.” He stammered, kissing the top of her head. “If you want it, it is yours.” And did she realise that it was an engagement ring? Well she must have, it was on her ring finger, but was it just for show or were they actually now officially engaged? “Does this …? Are we …?” Jasper couldn’t believe what he was trying to say. “Sabine DuChamps, ma beauté,” He took hold of her left hand, admiring how perfect the ring was upon her finger. “Will you be my bride?"

Jasper was over the moon, he couldn't believe that Sabine had agreed to marry him, even with the ring sitting so preciously upon her finger, he dared not believe that it could happen, that it could be true, but it was, it was happening, they were officially engaged. He wrapped his arms around Sabine as she kissed him and he returned the kiss with sheer eagerness. Holding her close he picked her up and spun her around and their lips pressed. Sabine Wilkes. It would suit her, it was not as graceful as DuChamps, but it would suit her beautifully, she would bring more class and elegance to the Wilkes name. When people thought of the Wilkes family from now on, they would think of beauty, intelligence and a ruthless kick ass attitude if anyone stands in the way of what they wanted.

Jasper broke the kiss and set his fiancée down on her feet once more. He looked down at her beautiful face and kissed the tip of her nose. "Nous devons célébrer avec du champagne ce soir et une fête de fiançailles avant votre temps à Hogwarts." His French was still not perfect but Jasper loved to speak the language of love to his beauty. The more he used it, the better he would become and he never wanted Sabine to feel as though she could only speak English around him, he wanted her to speak as much French as she wanted, or as little, the choice would always be hers. He could imagine them in the future, Sabine yelling at him over something meaningless he had forgotten to do like taking out the trash and then Sabine getting so wound up that she started yelling at him in French, that would be when he would step forward and kiss her, covering those soft lips of hers with his own. He would take the rage from her and turn it into desire and he would not make the same mistake again but he would likely do something else, after all Sabine was a passionate woman with a strong will and he would never be as perfect as he should be, but he would always try, always, for her.