Lucius took the limousine again. She wanted to plan the wedding. Lucius would give her that much. All women it seemed wanted a fairy tail wedding. It was not as if Lucius could not afford it so why not let her had one last pleasure before she became his wife. He and Draco had decided that they would have a joint wedding. There was no point in bothering with the whole ordeal twice. When the car pulled up in front of the apartment building, Lucius tried to prepare himself. He was not even supposed to be here. He was supposed to be meeting her downtown at a wedding planers office. But he had wanted to see where she lived. Not because he really cared but because she had obviously been trying to prevent him from knowing where she lived. Lucius tried to prepared himself for entering the building. So many Muggles in one small place. The driver came around to the back door of the car and opened it for Lucius. Lucius sighed deeply and then stepped out. Holding his cane tightly in one hand, he walked to the buildings front entrance and then up the cement staircase. A Muggle male passed through the door as Lucius was entering and Lucius had to fight himself not to curse the male when the Muggle brushed up against him. Lucius almost turned and went back to the car after only a few moments being inside. He could smell the scents of many different meals being prepared. He could hear numerous voices as well as the sounds or television and music. His skin felt like it was crawling. Lucius knew which apartment she lived in. He had seen her name on the mailbox near the front door. He was more than a little stressed out by the time he reached her door. Lucius knocked. He just wanted to get inside and hopefully would feel more secure. There were footsteps on the other side of the door. When the door opened, Lucius hesitated and his jaw fell. He had expected Miley to answer the door. Instead a young child was the one standing before him. She looked up at him confused by the surprise on his face. 'Can I help you?" The girl asked him. Before Lucius could force himself to reply, Miley's voice rang out. "Who is it Hanna?" And then she came into view. Miley glanced up at him and paled. "Lucius..."

Lucius did not know what to do. What to say or how to act. A child? She had a child? She had managed to convince him to come in to the apartment. He sat now in her small living room. Miley sat across from him on the other side of the coffee table. The girl, Hanna, was in her room. Lucius had not spoken yet. Miley was doing enough talking for the both of them. She was stressed that was obvious. She kept playing with her engagement ring and had a hard time meeting his eyes. Lucius was not making it easy on her. He sat stiffly with his can between his legs and resting against the inside of one of his thighs. "I should have told you." She told him in fast paced words. "I know you needed to know this...I didn't know how to tell you...I had left it for so long and then it was so hard to come out with it. She's my daughter Lucius. My baby. She s very important to me. But you are too. Please don't leave me." Lucius scoffed at this. She sounded so pitiful. It disgusted him. Leave her? How could he do that? Even though he wanted to, there was not enough time to find someone else. Lucius had absolutely no choice. He took a large agitated breath before speaking. "I'm not going to leave you." He told her. Lucius stood now and then turned his back to her. He moved slowly down the hallway looking for the girl.

Hanna sat on her bed looking at the open door. She knew something was wrong but she had had no idea what until she had heard her mother speaking. When Lucius appeared in the doorway, Hanna looked up at him. Lucius forced a smile on his face. He kept telling himself that this was a child here before him. She was young and her mind absorbent. she could be taught. And she was eleven. The age to attend Hogwarts. The ministry claimed that magic could be taught. And Lucius was certainly able to buy her way into the school. He had to work with what was before him. Though after the wedding, he very well may kill the woman. Right now though, he needed to make this work. Lucius stepped into the room and moved towards Hanna. He looked around slightly taking in the posters and books and computer. The last which he had never seen. He glance at the computer the longest before focusing back on Hanna. "Well Hanna." Lucius said forcing his voice to remain low and calm. "Here we are. I'm sure you have a lot of questions for me and I have some for you. However, this is quite a surprise for me." He paused wondering if he was starting off badly. "I have a son six years older than you. He will be interested to know that he will be getting a new sister. I have a large house in the country with horses and peacocks." Hanna's eye lit up just a little at the mention of the animals. "I think you'll find your new life very intriguing."

It was finally the day of the wedding. No one except Miley was happy and even she thought to herself that all this was happening very quickly. At this point, she knew of course that this was going to be a joint wedding. She had been mainly the only person to plan the wedding. Lucius had been barely speaking to her since he had found out about Hanna. He only spoke to her when they needed to. Lucius' son was more bitter than his father and his bride seemed frightened of everything. Since she had met the younger girl, Halle had all but clung to Miley. Hanna had been missing her mother as Miley had planned everything. Halle had arrived at Miley's house last night. Miley had shooed Draco away and he had left after pulling Halle aside and speaking in a whisper to her. Halle had seemed happy to see him go. Miley had tried to get Hanna to talk about Draco but the girl was silent whenever the conversation turned to her. She seemed almost afraid of the boy. Miley did not understand it and she wanted to help but there was nothing she could do. So Miley tried to make the best of it. With Hanna involved in everything, Miley and Halle tried on their wedding dresses and went over hair styles and make up. Halle was reluctant but with Miley's blind happiness, she found herself beginning to have fun. Both Miley and Halle had invited a few of their friends. It was only going to be a small wedding. They sat up on the couch with Halle eating pizza and watching Comedies. Neither women talked about the men they were marrying. They went to be late one dreading the morning and the other looking forward to it.

The sun rose like any other morning. It had been up for close to an hour when the bridal party arrived. Everything was hectic from that point on. Women were running around the apartment getting dressed, doing hair, nails and makeup. Miley was a nervous wreck. She wanted to look perfect. Hanna looked beautiful. She wore a smaller version of a wedding dress. The wedding party was in silver and both Miley and Halle wore beautiful wedding dresses. Their dresses were floor length with small trains. The bodice's were heart shaped and tight. The bodice's came to a point at the waists and then the skirt of the dress puffed out princess style. There were small chips of diamonds on the bodice's and the dresses laced up the back with silver ribbons. They were just finishing up when the Malfoy limousine arrived. Everyone headed down stairs flowers in hand and got into the car.

Lucius had overseen the preparation the day of the wedding. He had watched as worker after worker, mainly Muggles which angered him to no return, set up the bar, the platform, the chairs and the dance floor. There was also people from a catering company setting up tables of food, drinks, and the wedding cake. It was at least a nice day. The air was still chilled with the early morning and the flowers and freshly mowed grass were scents on the breeze. Lucius was not looking forward to this in the least and he knew that Draco was not either. Lucius was wearing a crisp and well cut black three button tuxedo. A light silver tie rested against a white dress shirt. His cane of course was in his hand and his hair shone and rested against his back. Lucius had sent a house elf to tell Draco that he was to get his arse down here immediately. Minutes later, Draco arrived at his fathers side. The boy was paler than normal and he had slight bags under his eyes. Lucius felt for his son. He really did. But neither men had much choice in the matter. Draco was dressed the same way as Lucius and if it was not for the unhappy expressions on both males faces, they would look quite handsome. Lucius had hired a Wizard Judge to do the ceremony and the wizard arrived now at the back patio to announce that the females had arrived. Lucius nodded and motioning to Draco moved along the red carpet cutting down the middle of the guests chairs. The guests were already here both Wizards and Muggles. There was tension on the air.

Finally, Miley was getting her first view of the manor and her new home. The bridal party exited first and then Miley and Halle. Miley stood for a long moment looking up at the house in awe. She had never seen anything like this. The house was Two stories high and all white. The windows were of french design and the front porch was wide and long There was a ceiling above it held up by six thick stone white pillars. The front door was double black wood with tall arched multi paned windows on either side. The land was lush and alive with short green grass, trimmed hedges and tall trees. It was a mansion. Miley was marrying into money. Not that that mattered but still... She had know he had money but not this much. Miley could hear many voices talking and orchestra music playing. She could smell rich food and many flowers. She started forward now following the others into the house. Her heels clicked as she walked and Hanna held tightly to her hand.

It was time. Pachebel's Canon in D major* on violin began to play. The sound brought tears to Miley's eyes. It was so beautiful and it was the one tune she had always wanted to get married to. The brides maids went first moving along the carpet between the now standing guests. Then the maids of honor and lastly Hanna as the flower girl. Hanna dropped ivory and red rose petals as she moved. When it was time for the brides, It was Halle first. She seemed reluctant to go but with a shove from Miley, the girl was on her way. Miley held her head high as she followed a few moments later. Everyone's eyes were on the brides as they emerged from the house. Draco looked angry almost but at his side, Lucius was regal and stood out. Lucius nudged Draco forward and then moved to the middle of the platform to take his brides hand. After a moment, Draco did the same. The wedding went well. They exchanged vows and then there was the announcement of the first kiss of the Brides and Grooms. There was a hushed silence. Lucius turned to Miley and cast look at his son who sighed deeply and then turned to Halle as well.

Halle stood frozen as Draco moved in to kiss her. It was clear in his eyes that he did not want to touch her let alone kiss her. Draco's eyes were hard and cold as he looked at her. Halle's lips trembled as she tried to hold back the sobs that threatened to break free. What had she been thinking? This was such a mistake. She should never have come here. She should never have agreed to such a foolish idea. This was insanity. She was so sorry. What good was having a handsome husband if he marriage was going to be nothing more than a nightmare. Halle gasped as Draco's arm slipped around her waist now and he pulled her to him. He kissed her now knowing that this had to be done. His lips were hard firm and forceful. Then he broke away releasing her completely.

Lucius was different. He was all about making things look good. He embraced his wife with an internal struggle fooling everyone except Draco and the witches or wizards in attendance. The kiss between Lucius and Miley was as different as possible from the other. It lingered and had passion. Miley's arms went around his shoulders gently. The guests rose in applause as Lucius and Miley separated. She looked up into his eyes now to catch that same look she had seen before in the theater. It was a look of knowledge and control. It was a look that said he had won. She was confused but had no time to say anything everyone turned now and two by two moved back down the aisle. Miley sighed a breath of relief.

* To hear the wedding march, please go to you tube and look up Pachebel's Canon in D on violin. It is exquisite.

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