Katie smiled despite this feeling in the air that this was really not a laughing matter. "Well, that's good. At least I know that my apprehensions aren't entirely out unfounded."
She had a feeling that there was more to it then Astoria was saying but she couldn't think of what Cormac and Astoria would have in connection to each other. Other then being the same class and such. "The reasons I said yes were that I really believed that if I wanted a family, I would have to marry a man and of all the men out there, I rather marry my best friend. At least I know he wouldn't try and change me. I just...I can't imagine myself as Mrs. McLaggen. Can you imagine me as that? I mean in that role as the next female to take on a matriarch role of the family. The only time I've ever seen house elves was at school and I found them creepy little buggers."