"They can be different now," he said, though it was obvious that was a hard concept.He knew the things she disapproved in him, the people he associated with she disapproved of. He wouldn't and couldn't change himself completely. Didn't think she would want that. He would try to give her less reason to be disappointed in him.

He kissed her back, letting it linger some before pulling back to kiss her forehead. "I will stay with you. Always." He sighed and tucked bits of her hair back behind her ear, gazing up at her, so happy but... rational. "But I can't be the good and light person you deserve, my friends... Lucius, Narcissa and Regulus, I will not set them aside. But I wont succumb to their ways. They are good people, just traditional. Will you trust me in this?"