The Werewolf's Daughter

21: Summer days

'I am sooo glad it's Summer!' Maya squealed, plopping down on the grass in her back garden.

Draco followed behind and sat down next to her.

'Me too.' He murmured, kissing her neck. 'I've missed you.' He added.

Maya laughed. 'Draco, we saw each other two days ago.'

'I know, but I'm not used to not seeing you every night yet!'

Maya smiled and lay down on the grass, her head in his lap. 'How's your mum?'

'She's good; always asking after you.' He said, smiling back at her. 'She loves you, you know? You made a great impression on her.'

'You mums so sweet Draco; was she always that way?'

'To me, yes. Only when we were alone though. When HE was around she was like a robot - no affection, no kindness, no love. He really brought out the worst in her.'

'She's good now though – and her and granny Andy are loving being back in touch.' Andromeda had asked Maya to call her Granny – only if she wanted to though. Maya loved having a granny.

'If your dad was still around, where do you think you would all be now? Definitely not here, lying on the grass with me!'

Draco chuckled. 'No, definitely not. We sometimes went for a holiday in the South of France but only for a week; other than that, I would be at Malfoy Manor, bored out of my mind.'

'If I was still in America, I would be bored too. We couldn't really go on holidays – Aunt Lyra hated not being at work. Weird because she really didn't have to – not for the money anyway. Obviously, I wish my Aunt hadn't died, but I'm glad I got to come back here. I've had the most amazing year; I met you and my dad; I made a best friend and Hogwarts is fantastic. If I hadn't come here though, your dad wouldn't have done what he did an-'

'No, stop. My dad didn't do what he did because of you – he did it because he hates not having an obedient son. He needs me to do everything he wants, and that assault would have come at some point.'

Maya looked up at Draco and smiled. He was so handsome. 'I don't know how I got to be so lucky that you noticed me but I'm really glad you did!'

'I'm glad you came to Hogwarts.' He responded, leaning down and kissing her forehead.

'Draco, Maya, lunch is ready!' came a shout from the house.

'Yass, I am starved!' Maya shouted, jumping up.

'Starved? You ate breakfast like an hour ago!'

'Umm, it was 2 actually…'

'Oh, ok. 2 hours is definitely a long time to go without food!'

Maya took Draco's hand and pulled him up. 'I'll make my father send you home if you don't stop picking on me, Malfoy.'

'Jones, you can't send me away…you can't live without me!'

Maya pretended to faint, so Draco would catch her. 'So true' she moaned.

They laughed and made their way in to the kitchen.

'Granny Andy! Cissy! What are you doing here?'

'Yeah Mum, I thought I was here for a few more days?' Draco asked.

'Don't worry, you are!' Narcissa told her son. 'Andy and I are just here to go over the final wedding details. 3 days to go!'

'I'm so excited!' Maya squealed.

The lunch was sandwiches and some salad. The talk was all about the wedding. 'Draco, I can't wait for you to see the venue – it's so beautiful!' Maya gasped. 'It's like a princess castle!'

Draco smiled at Maya but didn't say anything. The women carried on talking about the wedding and Remus and Draco started talking about quidditch. Tonks tried to join the quidditch conversation, but her mum kept her attention on the wedding.

'Yes, we are going.' Remus was saying to Draco. 'Maya bought the tickets as a wedding present. We go away for a week on 20th July, just Tonks and I, then we will go away for the Quidditch world cup together.'

'Sounds fun. I don't know if we'll go. It would have normally been my Dad that would have organised the tickets.'

Remus nodded, and sent a smirk Maya's way. He, and all the other adults at the table, knew she had purchased a spare ticket for Draco. They were a late birthday present as Draco refused to take any presents off of her at the time.

Once lunch was finished, Draco and Maya went in to the living room to watch TV.

'What do you want to watch today?' she asked Draco.

'Hmm, The Lion King?'

'Excellent choice.'

They spent the rest of the afternoon curled up watching Disney films – something Maya knew all about from America that she had introduced Draco to.

3 days later

Maya woke up to shouts of: 'Nymphadora Tonks where are you?! You need to start getting ready!'

What the hell is going on?

Next thing she knew, her bedroom door opened, and someone ran in, jumped on the bed and under the covers.

'Shhh, please don't tell anyone I'm here!' Tonks whispered.

'Tonks, what's wrong?' Maya asked, worried.

'Nothing, today is going to be amazing but my mum is already doing my head in!'

'OK, look, I'll go and calm her down. I'll come and get you once we're ready for you.'

Maya pulled on her dressing gown, which said bridesmaid on the back, and went down stairs. 'Granny Andy, what's going on?'

'That daughter of mine needs to get ready and she's ran off! Do you think she doesn't want to go through with today?'

'No, I think she just needs a bit of calm. As do you – sit down and let me make you some tea and toast.'

As Maya busied herself in the kitchen, the fire lit up and Cissy stepped out. She gave Maya a kiss on the cheek and sat down next to her sister. 'You ok?'

Andy didn't speak, she nodded instead.

'Ok, I'm going to go and find Tonks ok? But we have to stay calm!'

The ladies managed to remain calm and peaceful for the rest of the day; in fact, getting ready for the wedding was quite pleasant.

'Tonks! You look so beautiful!' Maya exclaimed, with tears in her eyes. Tonks' dress was a big princess gown – it fitted her perfectly and hugged her in all the right spots; it also had beading all over the bodice. Today, her hair was scarlet and set off the dress so beautifully. Her flowers were red and gold roses.

Tonks hugged her soon-to-be step daughter. 'So do you! That colour is so lovely on you.'

Maya blushed and looked down at her dress. It really was quite beautiful. The colour was scarlet, much like Tonks' hair; the top was Bardot style and all lace with sleeves down to her elbows. The skirt flowed out nicely down to the ground. Her hair was piled up elegantly at the back of her head, with a few small curls falling down to frame her face.

'Ok ladies let's get going!' Andy called from downstairs.

Maya took Tonks bouquet, so she could walk down the stairs without tripping; hard enough for Tonks, never mind for Tonks in a big wedding dress.

They soon arrived at the venue and Maya gasped; she had forgotten how beautiful this place was!

It was time to start walking down the aisle, and Maya suddenly became nervous. She didn't want to fall in front of all these people!

One step at a time Maya, just one step at a time. When she looked up, she saw her dad looking at her, smiling. He looked so handsome. She grinned back at him. Someone leaned over and whispered something to her dad – Uncle Sirius who was in his best get up. He was disguised so no one would recognise him (he was on the run after all) but Maya knew who it was from his smile. He was a handsome man too; so different to the pictures from Azkaban.

Next to Sirius stood the most handsome man Maya had ever seen…Draco Malfoy. He was dressed in a suit with a red tie and Maya almost went weak at the knees staring at him. Woah. I am one lucky girl. Draco grinned at her then. Shit, did I say that out loud?

She eventually made it to the bottom of the aisle and stood facing the back; Tonks started to walk down the aisle and the whole hall gasped. She was simply radiant. As Tonks made her way to her dad, Maya turned to look at the both of them and caught Draco's eye, he winked at her.

After the ceremony, she walked down the aisle with Draco, as Sirius walked with Narcissa. 'You look absolutely mesmerising.' he leaned in and whispered to her, as they made their way out of the hall. 'I really couldn't take my eyes off of you.'

Maya blushed and looked up at Draco 'Thank you. I could say the same about you, handsome. Except, I had to look away because I was having some seriously naughty thoughts that I am sure people could see!'

Draco chuckled.

Meals and speeches took over the next few hours. Then it was the first dance – her dad and Tonks had chosen a muggle song to dance to; 'Amazing' by Lonestar. After a minute or so, Draco took Maya's hand and led her on to the dance floor too. They stayed there for the rest of the night – dancing to the fast music and all the slow songs.