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Previously:

Draco pulled away, resting his forehead against Skye's.

"I love you," he whispered.

"I love you too," she replied.

Their mouths met in another kiss and, for the first time in a while, everything felt okay again.

Nineteen year old Skye Potter reached a hand up to fiddle with her hair again, but Hermione caught it easily.

"Stop it," she scolded. "You'll ruin it."

Skye rolled her eyes and sighed heavily.

"I can't help it," she whined. "I just want to touch it."

"I paid good money for you to get your hair done like that," Lily said, coming into the room. "Do not touch it and mess it up."

"Draco's not going to care what my hair looks like," Skye pointed out.

"I'm pretty sure he wouldn't care what you looked like if you were walking down the aisle towards him," Rhia grinned. "I think anywhere this wedding could go ahead would be great for both of you."

"Oh shut up," Skye grinned.

Since she and Draco had gotten back together two years ago, things had been going great between them. They were, it was even possible, more in love than they had ever been and were never seen without the other somewhere in sight.

Draco had proposed to her and she had agreed without a second thought. She knew without a doubt that being with Draco was how she wanted to spend the rest of her life. She knew her parents worried about her being too young, but they were around the same age when they got married.

Her parents also were afraid that being married would hold Skye back and she would never get a job. That, however, had never even occurred to Skye. She wasn't going to sit back and be a simple housewife! She wanted to accomplish something in her life, and Draco understood that perfectly. He wasn't going to get in her way.

Skye had begun training to be a Healer, something which she had wanted to do for as long as she could remember. She loved helping people out and was even thinking of specialising in something similar to counselling.

Draco had also begun training to be an Auror. He was completing the same course as Harry and was training under Ri. Skye found it extremely amusing that he was still scared of her best friend.

Speaking of Ri, he was now twenty and a fully qualified Auror. He was slowly moving up the ranks and he enjoyed every second of it. He was still with Angie and he had recently proposed. Their engagement, however, was going to be a long one as Angela wanted to get settled into her teaching course and life Skye supposed, before she got married.

Teddy too was enjoying his Auror course and his life as a self-proclaimed bachelor. Skye found it amusing when he brought a different girl home each week. He went through them faster than he went through socks! But, that was Teddy for you. Skye was just waiting for that girl to come in and capture his attention. That, too, could be quite amusing to watch.

And then there was Harry; Skye's wonderful, overprotective, beautiful twin. He had finally managed to ask Rhia out before the end of his seventh year and the pair had been going strong ever since. Skye could still remember when Sirius found out about the relationship.

Flashback

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?" Sirius' voice shot through the house.

Skye glanced at her father quickly, who looked a little shocked at the anger in Sirius' voice.

"I should handle this," she said quickly.

"What's going on Skye?" James asked.

"Not my place to tell," Skye said, inching towards the door.

"Skye..." Ri warned. "Dad's never sounded that angry in all his life."

"Let's just put it this way," Skye said. "Have you ever thought about why Harry and Rhia never came back out here?"

Skye ran into the house, leaving even more shocked faces behind. She skidded to a halt when she came across Rhia, Harry and Sirius. Rhia's hair was all mussed up and Harry had Rhia's pink lipstick smeared over his face. It wasn't hard to imagine what Sirius had walked in on.

"Is everything okay?" Skye asked slowly.

"No," Sirius snapped. "What do you think when I walk into a room and find my daughter being taken advantage of..."

"I was not taking advantage of her," Harry snarled.

"Er, Harry," Skye said, gesturing to his face. "Got a little something there."

Harry wiped his face furiously and continued to glare at Sirius who glared straight back.

"Don't think I don't know what's going through your head," Sirius said hotly.

"Oh, and how do you know that?" Harry asked mockingly. "Could it be because you taught it to me? Yeah, not so happy now as when you were telling me about the best ways to coax a girl into bed. Maybe you should have thought about that before you opened your mouth."

"What's going on?" Ri appeared behind Skye, along with James and Remus.

"What do you think?" Sirius spat, nodding towards Rhia and Harry's clasped hands.

Ri's eyes widened in understanding and he too began to glare at Harry.

"Oh, honestly," Skye rolled her eyes. "What the hell is wrong with you? Can't you see they're happy?"

"Happy?" Sirius spluttered. "He's taking advantage of my daughter!"

"Who's sixteen," Skye snapped. "I think that she can make her own decisions."

"Wait a minute," Ri narrowed his eyes at Skye. "You knew about this?"

"Of course I knew about it," Skye sighed.

"And you didn't think to tell me who my little sister is dating?" Ri asked incredulously.

"Contrary to popular beliefs, Orion," Skye said, frustrated with the situation. "Not everyone loves to be protected all the time. So yes, I knew about this and I didn't tell you because I knew you would overreact."

"I think I'm acting perfectly fine for this situation," Sirius interrupted.

"Padfoot," Remus began cautiously. "You're not thinking this through properly. This is Harry we're talking about. You've known him all your life. If you stop to think you'll remember that he's not a bad person. He's been brought up well."

"Exactly!" James exclaimed. "Are you calling me a bad parent?"

Sirius caught onto James' joking tone and rolled his eyes.

"It's not your parenting I'm worried about," he muttered.

"So what is it then?"

"What I've taught him," Sirius admitted.

"Perhaps you should have thought about that before you taught it to him, then," Lily came up behind the group. "Now come on, dinner's getting cold."

"What did I do to deserve this?" Sirius moaned. "My daughter shouldn't even know about boys, let alone be dating."

"It's called karma, Sirius," Skye smirked. "And it's a bitch."

"Language, Skye," James called from the kitchen.

"Yeah, yeah," Skye rolled her eyes. "But honestly, Sirius, wouldn't you rather it be Harry who's dating Rhia than some guy you don't even know?"

"True," Sirius nodded.

"I'm sorry," Harry interrupted, looking directly at Sirius. "I should have told you to begin with."

"It's okay," Sirius muttered after a short silence. "Just don't hurt her."

"I wouldn't," Harry promised.

End Flashback

And eventually Sirius came to an understanding that Rhia was happier now and that both he and Ri knew exactly where Harry lived in case anything happened to Rhia.

"Skye," Rhia said softly. "You're spacing out again."

"Sorry," Skye muttered. "I'm just remembering things."

"Like what?" she asked, smiling slightly.

"When Sirius found out about you and Harry," Skye laughed.

"Oh god," Rhia groaned. "Don't remind me."

"Where's Iris?" Skye asked suddenly, noticing the absence of one of her bridesmaids.

She had chosen Hermione, Rhia, Ginny and Iris as her bridesmaids, with Suzie being the flower girl.

"Talking to Daniel," Rhia rolled her eyes. "Honestly..."

Skye cracked a small smile. As Iris and Dan grew older, their relationship became more and more complicated. Sometimes they were together, other times they weren't. It was hard to keep track.

"You look beautiful," Harry said, coming into the room.

"HARRY!" Skye shrieked. "You're not supposed to be in here."

"Like I'm not going to see my sister before she gets married," Harry said.

He was smiling, but it didn't quite reach his eyes.

"Oh Harry," Skye sighed sadly.

She threw her arms around him and hugged him tightly. She had wanted him to walk her down the aisle too, so that he could give her away with her father. She knew that Harry was happy for her, but at the same time he was sad because he felt like he was losing her sister.

Skye, however, had no intention of ever letting that happen. She had told him so numerous times, but as the wedding grew closer, Harry became more unsure.

Skye had also wanted Ri to give her away, as he was exceptionally close to her as well. When she was thinking about this, however, her father seemed a little upset.

Flashback

"So, Dad, do you think it would be possible for Ri and Harry to walk me down the aisle?" Skye asked, sitting down at the table.

"Er...sure Skye," James replied, his tone a little off. "If that's what you want. It is your wedding."

"Yeah," Skye nodded. "It is. But do you think they'd agree?"

"Of course," James assured her. "They love you and would be honoured to give you away."

There was still something off about the way James was talking.

"Dad," Skye said slowly. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," James answered quickly, a little too quickly.

"You can't lie to me, Dad," Skye said. "What's up?"

"Don't you want me to walk you down?" James asked after a pause.

"OF COURSE I DO!" Skye exclaimed. "I just presumed you would! I want you to. I was just talking about Ri and Harry walking with us as well."

"Oh," James smiled. "Okay then."

"Honestly Dad," Skye said. "It wouldn't be right unless you walked with me."

End Flashback

And after that, Skye decided that it would be a little crowded in the aisle for both Harry and Ri to walk with her and her father. And, Skye realised that it was something her father needed to do alone, in order to recognize that she wasn't a little girl anymore.

"I don't want you to get married," Harry whispered in her ear. "It makes you seem so much more grown up."

"It's okay," Skye said softly. "I'm always going to be your Skye. I promise. Nothing's going to change."

"Good," Harry smiled.

"Besides," Skye grinned. "Just think, in a couple of years this could be you and Rhia."

Harry ducked his head in embarrassment, avoiding his twin's eyes.

"You know," he said. "I think I should get back out there."

"Of course," Skye laughed. "I'll see you soon."

As Harry left, Ri entered. He took one look at Skye and wrapped his arms around her tightly.

"You're so beautiful," he whispered. "You look so grown up."

"I'm scared Ri," Skye said softly, knowing Ri was the only one she could talk about this with. "I'm scared he won't love me as much because we're married. I'm scared that Mum and Dad will be right and that we are too young. I'm scared he'll think he's made a big mistake and leave me."

"He'll never think that, Skye," Ri assured her. "He never could. He loves you so much and you love him too."

"What if things change?"

"They won't," Ri promised. "Remember when he proposed to you?"

Skye nodded. She knew that she would remember that day for the rest of her live.

Flashback

"Guess who?"

A warm pair of hands covered Skye's eyes.

"Umm... " Skye pretended to think. "Daniel?"

Draco growled quietly, making Skye giggle. He still never liked Skye anywhere near Daniel, despite Skye's reassurances that they were only friends and that he was the only one for her.

"Okay, okay," she grinned. "I know it's you Draco."

Draco let go of her eyes, wrapping his arm around Skye's waist, as she turned to place a quick kiss on his lips. Blaise came up to them with Ginny, both smiling happily.

"Hey," Skye said, hugging each in turn. "I haven't seen you guys in ages."

"I know," Ginny sighed. "It's been so long."

"How have you been?" Skye asked.

"Pretty good, pretty good," Blaise nodded. "And you?"

"I'm fine thanks," Skye grinned.

She chatted happily with Ginny for a while, neither Draco nor Blaise contributing much to conversation.

"Hey Skye," Draco said suddenly. "Want to..."

He trailed off and Skye looked at him expectantly.

"Want to what?" she asked, when Draco made no move to say anything else.

"Nothing," Draco shook his head. "Don't worry."

Skye shrugged and turned back to her conversation with Ginny. She noticed Blaise and Draco seemingly arguing with each other over her head.

"Something wrong?" she asked.

"NO!" Draco and Blaise said together.

Skye eyed them suspiciously and turned back to Ginny who had been furiously whispering in Blaise's ear. Blaise rolled his eyes at her, shaking his head, and Ginny scowled at Draco; the entire exchange leaving Skye feeling very confused.

Ginny, however, ignored Skye's curious looks and launched excitedly back into the conversation. As Skye talked, she noticed Blaise and Draco arguing again. Blaise seemed impatient, and a little frustrated, while Draco seemed to be a little nervous.

"Walk with me," he blurted suddenly.

Skye looked up at him as Blaise shook his head and Ginny giggled quietly.

"Were you asking or demanding?" Skye teased.

Draco blushed and lowered his head, which caused Skye to become a little worried. He usually teased her back or least joked around with her. This was very out of character behaviour for Draco.

"I'm sorry," he muttered. "Please walk with me?"

"Sure," Skye said. "I'll see you two later?"

"Yeah of course," Ginny grinned. "Good luck."

"Why would I need luck?" Skye asked.

"No reason," Blaise said, nudging Ginny warningly. "Have fun."

"Okay..."

Skye was still confused, but allowed Draco to direct through the room.

"Do you know what that was all about?" Skye asked.

"No," Draco said shortly, avoiding her eyes. "Don't have a clue."

Skye frowned slightly, but decided to ignore her boyfriend's behaviour. She talked to an unresponsive Draco, who appeared to be getting more and more nervous and fidgety with every step he took.

"Where are we going?" Skye asked.

"Surprise," Draco answered quickly.

"Oh come on," Skye whined with a grin. "Can't you tell me?"

"We're almost there," Draco promised.

True to his word, Draco stopped after walking a short distance. He wrapped his arms around Skye, covering her eyes once more.

"I want it surprise you," Draco whispered in her ear.

Skye felt shivers run up her spine; she didn't realise Draco was that close. Once again, Draco led Skye a short distance. Draco released her eyes and Skye looked around, letting out a short gasp.

In front of her was the most beautiful scene she had ever imagined. There was a small picnic rug, with a spread of delicious-looking food placed on top. Rose petals were scattered everywhere and there were a few hovering candles, lighting up the area.

"Oh Draco," Skye sighed breathlessly. "This must have taken you ages..."

Skye turned around, intending to thank him properly, but what she saw made her lose her breath entirely.

Draco was kneeled in front of her, holding open a velvet box. He took a deep breath and looked up at Skye.

"Skye Lily Potter," he said. "I love you so, so much and I promise that I'll always love you, always and forever. Will you marry me?"

"Yes, yes, yes, yes," Skye laughed, tears forming in her eyes. "Of course I will."

Grinning happily, Draco stood up and slid the beautiful ring onto Skye's finger. He spun her around and kissed her soundly.

"I love you," Skye whispered.

"Love you more," Draco replied, kissing her again.

End Flashback

Ri chuckled, obviously noticing the dreamy look on Skye's face.

"So how can you possibly think he'll ever leave you?" Ri asked.

"I know," Skye said. "I know he'll never leave me and I think that's what scares me. But I love him and in the end that's all that matters, I suppose. I'm ready for this Ri, I want this."

"I know you do," Ri whispered, hugging Skye tightly. "I have to go, but I'll see you later."

"Okay," Skye smiled. "Love you."

"Love you too," Ri kissed her cheek quickly before leaving the room.

"I'm so envious of your relationship with Ri," Hermione said. "You two are so close, it's frightening!"

"What about me?" Rhia asked. "I'm his sister and I'm not even that close to him!"

"What can I say?" Skye joked. "I guess I'm just better than you are."

"Oh shove it," Rhia pushed Skye lightly. "If you weren't getting married today I would so take you down."

"I hope you wouldn't Rhia Black," Lily said, trying to be stern.

Rhia grinned at her.

"You love me Lily," she said confidently. "I know you do; deep down."

"Yeah," Skye snickered. "Very deep down."

"Oh shut it," Rhia laughed. "Aren't you supposed to be having cold feet or something right about now?"

"Cold feet?" Ginny entered the room. "How could anyone who is as close to the person they are marrying as Skye is to Draco even consider not going through with the wedding."

"Well, I kinda did," Skye admitted. "With Ri just then."

"And that's perfectly normal," Lily assured her daughter. "It happens to everyone. Getting married is a very big decision to make, especially when you are so young. But I know that you will be happier than you have ever been, Skye, once you're married to Draco."

"Aww, thanks Mum," Skye said, hugging her mother. "What would I do without you?"

Lily rolled her eyes at Skye's antics.

"But are you sure I'm making the right decision?" Skye was unable to resist asking.

"Of course you are darling," Lily said instantly.

"What if I'm not?" Skye asked, biting her lip.

"I wouldn't let you make that decision," Lily said. "Not about something this big."

"His parents don't like me," Skye said nervously.

"Draco doesn't care," Ginny said. "But I thought you said that they were fine with you now?"

"I don't really know," Skye admitted. "It seemed like they were but they changed their minds so suddenly."

Flashback

"Come on, Skye," Draco said, tugging at her hand. "My parents were expecting us five minutes ago."

"What if they don't like me?" Skye asked, refusing to move.

Draco sighed and stopped trying to get Skye to walk; it was obvious she wasn't going anywhere in a hurry.

"They'll love you," Draco assured his fiancée. "Almost as much as I do."

"But I'm not a pureblood," Skye pointed out.

"It doesn't matter," Draco said, trying to be patient. "They were the ones who asked to meet you in the first place."

"But that doesn't mean they'll like me," Skye said. "Maybe there just trying to frighten me so I don't stay with you."

"FOR GOODNESS SAKES!" Draco exploded. "Would you stop thinking so much about this? I met your parents. I met your whole fucking family and I already knew that none of them liked me. So can you please just get the fuck over it and hurry up?"

Skye glared at Draco.

"I'm so sorry," she snapped. "I didn't realise that was so hard on you. I'm sorry my family are interested in my life."

"Come on, Skye," Draco sighed. "You know I didn't mean it like that."

"Well that's how it sounded," Skye said. "I'm so fucking sick of having your god damn reputation as a fucking perfect pureblood to try and live up to. Maybe you should go find some other girl to mould into the perfect wife."

Skye turned and began to walk away. She hadn't gone far when Draco caught up to her, grabbing her arm.

"I'm sorry babe," Draco said. "I didn't mean it to sound like that."

"Yeah?" Skye asked, still angry. "Well it did so..."

She was cut off by Draco's lips and she melted into the kiss. Damn, she was so easily manipulated by him when he was kissing her!

"I love you," Draco said softly. "And I don't care what my parents think. They're not going to stop me from marrying you, okay?"

"Okay," Skye whispered. "Let's go."

Draco kissed Skye once more and took hold of her hand.

"Just try and keep your tongue please?" he begged. "They're going to say some things that you won't like but arguing back is not going to help, alright?"

"Okay, okay," Skye grumbled. "Let's go already."

Draco grinned at Skye as he spun on the spot. The pair instantly appeared out the front of Malfoy Manor.

Lucius and Nacrissa came outside to greet their guests.

"Draco darling," Nacrissa cooed. "So great to see you again."

She hugged her son, kissing both his cheeks.

"Mother, father," Draco said formally. "I would like to introduce to you my fiancée, Skye Potter. Skye, this is my mother and father."

"Hi, nice to meet you," Skye said.

Lucius ran his eyes over Skye critically

"A half-blood Draco?" Nacrissa looked over at Skye in contempt. "At least she's not a mudblood."

Skye bit her lip to stop her angry retort and Draco squeezed her hand, silently apologizing.

"She's my fiancée," Draco said, gritting his teeth.

"Yes well..." Nacrissa let her sentence trail off.

"A Potter then Draco?" Lucius spoke for the first time. "Are you sure? You are aware of her mother's lineage aren't you?"

"Of course he is," Skye snapped, unable to keep her silence any longer. "And I'm damn proud that my mother's a, as you so eloquently put it, mudblood. And guess what? I don't care because I'm not a superficial moron who is so far up themselves they can't see the blood purity means absolutely nothing these days. And Draco doesn't care either.

I didn't want to come here today, but I did. Want to know why? Because it was important to Draco, your son and my fiancée. He wanted me to meet his parents before we got married. Maybe he was hoping for a miracle, which is obviously what is needed to make you move past the type of my blood.

Perhaps I came here in false hope, but there was a small part of me that thought you could get over whatever you have against people that aren't purebloods for your son. I make Draco happy and I thought that seeing him happy would make you happy too. Obviously I was mistaken."

Skye finished and winced internally when she took in the furious expression on Draco's face. This was exactly what he hadn't wanted to happen.

Skye held her breath as she looked over at Lucius and Nacrissa to see their reaction to her words. Both she and Draco were most surprised when Lucius and Nacrissa burst out laughing. Skye exchanged glances with Draco as they waited for his parents to stop laughing.

"I like you," Lucius chortled. "You have a backbone."

"Er...thank-you?" Skye said, her words coming out sounding like a question.

"I think you might be the only one that can actual put up with all Draco's nonsense," Nacrissa said, smiling at Skye. "I know you won't put up with anything. Now, come inside, I made tea and scones."

End Flashback

Skye had developed a closer relationship with Draco's parents but, to this day, neither Skye nor Draco actually understood what had happened that day at his parents place. Then again, Draco didn't seem to care that he didn't understand; he was just glad that his parents and the girl he loved were getting on better than anyone could have ever imagined.

"Come on, sweetheart," Lily said, breaking into Skye's thoughts. "We've got to go."

"Where's Dad?" Skye asked, looking around.

"He's outside," Hermione informed her. "He looks so nervous."

Skye laughed and Lily shook her head.

"Be kind Skye," Lily warned. "It's not easy giving up your daughter."

"I know Mum," Skye said. "Let's go."

James was waiting outside and looked up when he saw Skye.

"You look beautiful," he told her, hugging her tightly.

"Thanks Dad," Skye smiled. "You ready for this?"

"I'll never be ready," James grinned. "So let's go."

Skye laughed.

"I love you," she said.

"Love you too Skye."

The music began to play and the Church doors opened. Hermione, Ginny and Rhia gave Skye small, reassuring smiles each before they filed into the Church.

Skye took a deep breath and stepped inside the Church with James on her arm. She caught Harry's eye who gave her a smile and Ri, who also grinned at her.

Skye's eyes then travelled to the altar. Draco was standing there, his jaw dropped open. Blaise, his best man, gave him a slight nudge with his elbow and Draco snapped his jaw shut.

He gave his soon-to-be-wife the most breathtaking smile and, as their eyes met, Skye knew that she was going to be the happiest girl in the world with Draco; forever and always, no questions asked.

A/N Okay, so I know it's been a while but I really wanted to finish this well. And yes, unfortunately this is the end of A Different Type of Life. *tear* I've really enjoyed writing this story and getting all your feedback. I would especially like to thank:

Cinnamon Selkie

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Who have been there from the start–thanks, you guys are awesome!

And, of course, a big thankyou goes to all my other fantastic reviewers! Thanks so much; without you I probably would never have been able to write this.

I am hoping to write another story, but we'll see how I go–my life is getting a little busy. Thanks so much for reading and I hope you enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed writing it!