Of Lions And Lambs - Part Four | By : Marblez Category: Harry Potter Crossovers > Slash - Male/Male Views: 9326 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 2 |
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Chapter Two
"Oh, hell, look at your eyes!" Alice's loud voice carried out of what Esme had referred to as 'the girl's dressing room', causing Draco to smile as he jogged up the stairs to join his muggle friend. "What did you do? Stay up all night?"
"Almost…" Bella mumbled as he stepped into the room, leaning casually against the door frame as Alice rounded on the bride-to-be,
"I've only allotted so much time to make you stunning, Bella – you might have taken better care of the raw material."
"I'm sorry, Alice…" Bella apologised. "It was just…a weird dream."
"You too, huh?" Draco asked, chuckling as Bella jumped in surprise. Alice, of course, wasn't the least bit surprised and greeted him with a welcoming smile. "Must be something in the air at the moment…" he mused with a smile.
"Draco! When did you get back?" Bella asked happily, a genuine smile blossoming on her pretty face as she hurried across the room to give him a hug. "How was…how was your wedding? And your…honeymoon?"
"We got back yesterday," Draco answered as the pair released each other, "Couldn't miss your wedding now, could we? As for my own wedding – it was perfect and our honeymoon…well…" Draco trailed off, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.
Bella blushed.
"Draco, make yourself useful and get rid of those awful shadows under her eyes," Alice ordered as she turned to begin sorting through her make-up supplies. "At least you'll have plenty of time to sleep on the plane tomorrow."
"Plane? Oh, is this for the mystery honeymoon?" Draco asked eagerly.
"Emphasis on mystery," Bella muttered unhappily.
"You're all packed and ready," Alice informed her calmly.
"Alice, I wish you would let me pack my own things!"
"It would have given too much away."
"And denied you an opportunity to shop," Bella pointed out.
"You'll be my sister officially in just a couple of hours so it's about time you got over you aversion to new clothes," Alice told her, turning to face them with an expensive looking make-up brush in one hand and an even more expensive looking make-up palette in the other. "Draco? Magical concealer?"
"Oui mon capitaine!" Draco responded, offering the little vampire a mock salute before drawing his wand out from the special pocket sewn into the lining of his suit jacket. "I would have been round to see you sooner but Jasper and I had to patch things up with my parents – hold still."
A quick spell later and Bella looked as fresh as she ever had.
"So…what was weird about your dream?" Draco asked as Bella reluctantly took her place in the make-up chair, pulling her little dressing gown tight around her body whilst also trying to pull it down to hide her bare thighs.
"Oh, just wedding stuff…" Bella explained, leaning back in the chair with a deep sigh, obviously resigning herself to her fate. Closing her eyes she allowed Alice to begin her work, asking softly, "Have you been having weird dreams too?"
"Yeah, last couple of nights I've–"
"Do you want some help?" Rosalie's surprise arrival interrupted what would have been a slightly more humorous re-telling of his dreams, both the one about his being pregnant and the one he'd had last night…"I could do her hair."
"Sure," Alice agreed easily. "Weddings – they bring everyone together!"
Draco snorted at the similar expressions on Bella and Rosalie's faces as the excited vampire hugged both of them before moving so that she could demonstrate what she wanted Bella's hair to look like as she talked quietly with Rosalie,
"You can start braiding. I want it intricate. The veil goes here, underneath…"
Between the two of them they had Bella's hair and make-up finished in a little under twenty minutes, the classically intricate style making her look even more beautiful than usual. Draco was just about to offer his compliments on both their work and Bella's natural beauty when Renée's voice interrupted him,
"Bella?"
"In here, mum," Bella called out softly and Draco had barely enough time to conceal his wand before the extremely eager mother of the bride rushed into the room. Chief Swan followed at a slightly more hesitant pace, pausing by Draco and keeping his eyes averted just in case his daughter was still changing.
"Draco," he murmured, nodding his head in greeting as he fiddled with the velvet jewellery box in his hands. "I hear congratulations are in order."
"Thank you," Draco responded happily, looking down at the rings glittering on his left hand. He'd decided to follow his mother's example and wear both his wedding ring and his engagement ring on his left hand and he'd been very relieved to see that the two rings went so well together.
"Oh, Bella!" Renée squealed as she hurried over to her daughter. "Oh, honey, you're so beautiful! Oh, I'm going to cry! Alice, you're amazing! You and Esme should go into business as wedding planners…"
"Right…" Draco mumbled as Renée continued to chatter about how beautiful he daughter looked. "Well, I think I'll leave you lot to it, family moment and all that jazz. Speaking of Jazz I think it's about time I found that other half of mine."
"Oh…ok," Bella mumbled as her mum paused for breath. "I guess I'll…um…I guess I'll see you later then…"
"You sure will – I've got a front row seat!" he chuckled darkly, moving across the room to kiss Bella on the cheek. "You look absolutely gorgeous, Bella, so good luck, break a leg and all that…not literally of course. Don't go doing anything stupid."
This finally got a smile out of the nervous bride and so, deeming his work done, Draco gave her an extremely gentle hug (which still earned an annoyed hiss from Alice) and left her to finish getting ready for her wedding.
…
Sitting in his seat for the wedding Harry tried to discretely sooth the child kicking inside his magically concealed baby bump as he flicked through the latest edition of Witch Weekly. Hermione had sent him the gossip magazine when she'd noticed that it contained an article about Draco's elopement in Las Vegas.
The article was six pages long and contained interviews with witches and wizards who had met the couple during their honeymoon and far too many pictures, obviously taken without the newlyweds knowledge.
"Still can't get used to that," Jacob muttered to his left where his boyfriend and the father of his unborn child was sat, a sleeping Teddy curled up in his arms.
"To what?" Harry asked.
"The invisible bump," Jacob whispered, nodding to Harry's deceptively flat stomach. At a little over four months along he was already starting to show quite a bit, his once flat stomach rounded with the presence of their child and so he had been left with little choice but to use the pregnancy safe concealment charm – somehow he suspected that the muggle population of Forks, Washington wouldn't cope very well with the sight of an obviously pregnant young man. "I mean, I've gotten so used to seeing you with the bump it's a little…weird to see you without it."
"I know," Harry murmured with a smile.
When he'd first found out he was pregnant he'd panicked, frightened by the prospect of carrying a child, of being a father…but now it felt like the most natural thing in the world. "I can still feel it though so I've got to be real careful – it might look a bit odd if I start stroking thin air."
Jacob let out a bark of laughter, drawing far too much attention to them and startling poor little Teddy who woke as only an annoyed two year old can – loudly.
"Sorry, little man," Jacob apologised, pressing a kiss to the currently dark hair and rubbing the toddlers back soothingly until the little boy calmed down, settling against Jacob's chest and staring at the other wedding guests over the shape-shifters shoulder. "So…anything in there about you yet?"
"No," Harry answered. Over the last couple of weeks he'd fire-called everyone who he considered close to him to spread the good news and his ears were still ringing from Mrs Weasleys excited squealing. "Not that I'm expecting to, I trust my friends and they would never tell anyone until I've released an official statement…which I'm not going to do until I absolutely have to or we won't get a moments peace."
"Pity ladies…" Teddy mumbled, pointing over the shoulder that had become his leaning post at the four young women making their way down the aisle.
The three blonds wore long gowns of gold or silver that clung to their shapely bodies like a glittery second skin whilst the brunette wore a looser gown of sparkly bronze with a neckline that left little to the imagination.
In a word they were stunning.
"Teddy, what have I said about pointing?" Harry asked lightly, watching out of the corner of his eye as the four women joined an equally handsome young man near the end of the aisle, right at the front on the groom's side. He looked comfortable in his old fashioned suit with its bronze cravat and black silk scarf hung loosely around his neck as he greeted each of the women with a kiss on the cheek, or in the brunettes case a kiss on the lips, before urging them to sit down.
"Rude…" Teddy mumbled, dropping his hand down almost immediately and shooting his daddy an apologetic look, all big eyes and trembling lips. "M'sorry…"
"That's all right, Teddy," Harry responded, reaching over and stroking his son's soft hair. Teddy relaxed against his hand for a moment before turning back to his people watching over Jacob's shoulder. "I reckon they must be the cousins that Alice was telling me about earlier. You know, the ones from Alaska."
"Well, they certainly have the same looks…and smell," Jacob agreed softly, his voice barely above a whisper…but this was apparently still loud enough to gain the vampires attention. "Yeah, they're definitely–"
"Uncle Seth!" Teddy cried out suddenly as he spotted the other shape-shifter making his way towards them alongside his mum and Jacobs's dad. "Auntie Sue! Uncle Billy! We're over here!"
"Teddy, I'm sure they can see where we are so there's no need to shout," Harry pointed out softly, fighting back a smile in spite of his strict words.
"Hiya Teddy!" Seth responded equally as enthusiastically, ruining Harry's telling off completely by plucking the little boy out of Jacobs arms and holding him high above his head, making the little boy scream with delight.
"I give up," Harry sighed sadly although by now he was smiling. "If he's sick on you it is entirely your own fault."
"Hello Harry," Seth's mum greeted him brightly as she manoeuvred Billy into the space left especially for his wheelchair before taking her own seat next to him in the row behind Harry, Jacob and Teddy.
"Hello Mrs Clearwater," Harry responded. "Hello Billy."
"Harry, how many times must I tell you to call me Sue? Mrs Clearwater was my mother-in-law," Seth's mother sighed, grimacing slightly at the mention of her relative. Obviously she hadn't had the best relationship with her husband's mother.
"Sorry Mrs…Sorry, Sue. I'm just so used to calling people, adults especially, by their proper title," Harry apologised with a smile.
"Took him weeks to stop calling me Mr Black," Billy told the woman who Harry was pretty sure he had a huge crush on. "At least Teddy got it right the first time…damned if I'm gonna be called Grandpa. Makes me feel like I'm 102…"
His slightly embarrassed smile was broken when Harry winced, pressing a hand to his invisible bump as the baby shifted, small as it was at the moment, and ended up pressing directly against his bladder.
"Harry? What's wrong?" Jacob asked worriedly.
"Nothing," Harry hurried to reassure his worried mate. "Just need to pee."
"Oh, Harry…" Sue chuckled, shaking her head as she shot the young wizard a sympathetic look. She had found out about his pregnancy by accident, Seth getting more than a little bit excited and blurting it out without meaning to. Harry didn't mind really – with two shape-shifters for children Sue was clearly used to the supernatural and knew how to keep a secret. "I remember those days. I'd get used to it if I were you because it only gets worse as the baby gets bigger."
"Great."
Excusing himself from the group he hurried towards the Cullens grand house, slipping inside to try and find the bathroom. Oh no, he thought suddenly, they were all vampires – what if they didn't have a bathroom?
"Don't worry, we have a bathroom," Edward said, suddenly appearing at his side. The vampire groom looked absolutely impeccable in his stylish tux.
"How did you…oh, right, telepathic," Harry answered his own question, causing a small smile to appear on Edwards face. "So…where is this bathroom?"
"This way," Edward said, leading the dark haired wizard up two flights of stairs. "Bathrooms the last door on the right."
"Thank you!" Harry gasped as he practically sprinted the rest of the way, slamming the bathroom door shut behind him. Merlin, if Sue was right and this only got worse it was going to be a long five months…
…
Having searched the entire house and found no sign of his husband Draco headed outside, finding him almost immediately…talking to his parents at the foot of the stairs leading down off of the houses front porch.
As per usual his parents were obtaining numerous looks of green eyed jealousy from the other guests arriving for the wedding, thanks to their undeniably elegant style. His mother looked particularly stunning today in a floor length gown made of emerald green silk, the slinky fabric hugging the feminine curves of her body and his father looked as impeccable as ever in one of his smartest suits.
"So have the two of you decided where you're going to live?" Narcissa was asked as he approached them. Jasper turned to Draco, slipping his hand into his husbands and obviously giving the wizard a chance to answer.
"Um…no, we haven't really discussed it yet…"
"Well, your father and I have been talking since you left this morning–"
"Uh-oh…"
"Oh, it's nothing bad, darling," Narcissa hurried to reassure him.
"We've decided to move back to the manor," Lucius announced calmly.
"…what?" Draco gasped, his hand moving up to press at his heart as it began to beat faster with panic. "But…but we can't! I-I like it here and…and what about Jasper? The Cullens…we can't just–"
"Draco!" Narcissa called out, her hands moving to squeeze his shoulders in an attempt to calm him down as she explained, "Your father and I do not mean for all of us to return to the Manor, my little dragon. We just think that it would be better for you to begin to begin your married life with a home of your own."
"I don't understand…"
"Your mother and I will be returning to the Manor at the end of the month but before we leave we shall be signing the house in Forks over to the two of you," Lucius explained clearly. "Consider it a wedding present."
"Oh…"
"Thank you for your kind gift, Mr Malfoy, Mrs Malfoy," Jasper murmured, bowing his head to each of his husband's parents in an old-fashioned show of both thanks and respect. "Alice is calling for everyone to take their places. I believe that the wedding is about to begin. Mrs Malfoy, would you allow me to escort you to your seat?" he asked, offering his arm to his mother-in-law.
"I would be delighted," Narcissa responded with a beaming smile, slipping her arm through Jaspers and allowing the handsome vampire to lead the way round the side of the house where the wedding was to take place.
"Draco," Lucius called out softly, catching his son arm as he moved to follow. "Draco, I just wanted to say that…that although I may have disapproved of your relationship to begin with I am very happy for you and wish you and Jasper all the happiness in the world," Lucius murmured in an unusual show of affection.
Draco couldn't seem to form the right words and so just settled for doing something as equally as unusual as his fathers show of affection – he threw his arms around his father and for the first time since he was an innocent little boy hugged him as tightly as he could.
"Thank you…" he eventually mumbled into his fathers shoulder.
Lucius held him tightly for a few seconds, actually allowing himself to show emotion in public when he pressed a kiss to the top of his sons head. Draco was the first to pull away, straightening his suit as he said calmly,
"We'd best get to our seats or we'll have one very angry wedding planner after us for ruining her perfectly planned ceremony."
They arrived just as everyone was rising to their feet to welcome the bride and Draco shot Edward an apologetic smile as he quickly ducked into his seat beside Jasper in the front row on the groom's side.
Apparently he'd caused a bit of a problem for Alice when she'd been organising the seating plan for the actual wedding as he had been entitled to sit on both the groom's side and the bride's side.
Music began to play from the speakers that were completely hidden from view, a feat that must have used a little bit of magic for the music to be so clear.
Draco turned along with every other guest and watched as Alice, dressed in a gorgeous flapper dress, practically glided her was along the aisle.
And then it was Bella's turn.
"Wow…" Draco chuckled to himself as he took in the absolutely stunning sight that Bella made as she and her father walked slowly up the aisle.
The classic cut of the dress made her look even slimmer than she really was, giving her one of the tiniest waists Draco had ever seen. And although from the front the dress looked fabulous the real beauty was in the back – literally.
As the couple took their places in front of the minister, both of them smiling shyly at each other as the reality of the situation began to sink in Draco met Alice's happy gaze and gave her a clear thumbs up, nodding to the dress.
The wedding guests took their seats and Draco smiled as Jasper reached over to take his husbands hand in his own, carefully entwining their fingers and holding their joined hands on his thigh. It was nice, a discreet but completely heartfelt show of affection and commitment. Settling back in his seat Draco turned his attention back to the 'action' that was about to take place before him,
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today…"
A/N Ugh! I wanted to write more of this chapter but I have really bad writers block! I HATE WRITERS BLOCK! I will try my hardest to get the next chapter out of my mind and onto the internet as soon as possible. Comments and suggestions are more than welcome.
IMPORTANT A/N – PLEASE BE AWARE THAT I WILL BE USING QUOTES FROM BOTH THE BOOKS AND FILMS OF ‘THE TWILIGHT SAGA’ BY STEPHANIE MEYER.
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