In The Fight To Survive (Golden Trio Era) {4}

For You Are Mine At Last

It was two o'clock in the morning when the last of the guests left with the bride and groom, leaving Mikayla and Fred alone in the ballroom. Charlie had gone to bed an hour beforehand, drunk out of his mind, and tired from all the day's activity. George and Angelina were asleep in the room across from Charlie's, they had to borrow some of Fred and Mikayla's clothes because they both were far too exhausted to apparate. Fred and Mikayla were tired too but they were still brimming with energy from the happy highs they felt from the night's events. Fred leads Mikayla over to the record player in the corner, letting go of her hand to flick through the Vinyl records. Mikayla didn't ask what record he was searching for, she waited patiently for his next move.

"Ah! Found it!" He announces as he takes the mystery vinyl out of its sleeve, "I just want one more dance with you tonight, love." Mikayla smiled at his words, watching as he lined the needle up with the song he wanted to play. As the introductory instrumental echoed through the speakers, Fred turned and held a hand out towards her. Mikayla couldn't help but shake her head at his choice of song, accepting his silent request. It was all incredibly sappy as she rested her left hand on his shoulder, his one on her waist, as the angelic voice of Etta James began to sing her favourite love song, 'At Last'.

They began to glide across the dance floor with their bodies pressed tightly together, Mikayla's head tucked into the crook of Fred's neck while he quietly began to sing along with the song in her ear. "At last my love has come along. My lonely days are over, and life is like a song..." Mikayla's eyes fluttered closed as she felt her heart melting at Fred serenading her, allowing herself to get lost in music and feeling the overflowing admiration and love she had for Fred. "Oh yeah at last, the skies above are blue. My heart was wrapped up in clover, the night I looked at you." Mikayla pressed a soft kiss of appreciation against Fred's neck, unable to wipe the smile from her lips as she did so.

Fred silently responded with a kiss on her temple, his arm on her waist tightening ever so slightly, making it difficult to know where one of them began and the other ended. "I found a dream that I could speak to. A dream that I can call my own." Mikayla wasn't able to contain the giggling laugh that escaped her lips when Fred pressed his cheek against hers while singing the next line, "I found a thrill to press my cheek to. A thrill I've never known, oh yeah." Fred pulled away just enough to see Mikayla smiling up at him, "you smiled, you smiled, oh and then the spell was cast. And here we are in Heaven..." Mikayla was unable to stop herself from singing the final line with him, "for you are mine at last."

A dopey grin was firmly planted on both of their faces as they shared a slow and soft kiss while the instrumental outro began to trail off into nothingness. "Hi." Mikayla whispered as if she feared by speaking she'd ruin the moment, her eyes glittering with love as she looked deeply into Fred's eyes, Fred returning the gaze, his grin softening as he placed a quick kiss on her forehead before whispering back, "hi." Mikayla slid her hand to the back of his neck to pull him towards her so that she could capture his lips once again, only breaking apart when the next song on the At Last! album 'All I Could Do Was Cry' began to play.

Fred magically turned the record player off, pulling away from his girlfriend almost completely, leaving just his left and her right hand intertwined. Mikayla followed Fred out of the ballroom, but had to stop him from climbing the stairs as they had an important job to do before they retired to bed, casting a new Fidelius Charm. They had to stop by the office first, Fred summoned the wedding invitation Kingsley and Penelope gave them with the Protean Charm on it as they had to undo their address from it. Fred worked on the invitation while Mikayla got the property maps for the estate to cast the Fidelius Charm, making her and Fred the secret keepers.

While Mikayla worked on infiltrating George, Angelina and Charlie's minds to share the secret of the Estate's location, Fred went to their bedroom alone. Mikayla didn't want to send any of their overnight guests into a panic if they woke up with no clue where they were. Not to mention she wasn't entirely sure what they would see if they weren't aware of the secret of the Estate's location. It took about five minutes for Mikayla to dream scry on Angelina, George and Charlie, she struggled with the initial activation process of the ability, as she had trouble concentrating. Fred hadn't been coy about his plans for them once Mikayla joined him in their room after she finished dream scrying.