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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 Three

"Alice!" Draco protested loudly when he caught sight of the banner hanging across the stage at the wedding reception…which was being held on the other side of the Cullens house. The ceremony had been timed to perfection, of course, and now as the guests took their seats a deep red glow emanated from the sun setting behind the trees, creating a magical atmosphere without using even the tiniest bit of actual magic. The large banner read,

'Congratulations to the happy couples – Edward & Bella and Jasper & Draco.'

"What? You didn't think eloping got you out of having a party, did you?" Alice scoffed. "As if I would ever let that happen."

"But…but what about Bella and Edward? This is supposed to be their day! Won't they…you know…mind?" Draco asked.

"I doubt it," Alice answered cheerfully. "It was Bella's idea."

"It was Bella's idea," Draco repeated slowly, glaring at the beautiful bride being led to her seat by her husband. "Of course it was…"

"Come on you two are sitting over here," Alice told them brightly, taking their hands and leading them to the table to the right of Bella and Edwards. "If you relax you'll enjoy the evening better," Alice told the couple before skipping away.

"You knew about this," Draco accused his parents as the couple took their seats. On their table were his parents, Harry, Jacob and of course little Teddy.

"Of course we did, darling," Narcissa responded cheerfully. "After all I did help Alice and Esme plan most of it, including the table decorations which if I do say myself look absolutely splendid…"

"Did you know about this?" Draco asked, interrupting his mother as he turned his glare on Harry who at least had the decency to blush when he answered,

"Yeah, I…uh…got read in on the secret party plans about a week ago when Alice…um…informed me that I would be acting as your 'Best Man' today and had to warn me to get my speech ready."

"Speech?" Draco spluttered, earning a few add looks from some of the wedding guests. "Oh, this just keeps on getting better…you'd better not humiliate me in front of all these people, Harry Potter!"

"Would I do that?"

"Yes!" both Draco and Jacob answered, although the shape-shifter was the only one laughing – Draco was deadly serious.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, if I could have your attention for a moment," Carlisle requested politely from where he was stood on the stage using the microphone. "Now as I'm sure some of you have noticed the extra names on the banner about me, not to mention the extra cake…"

"Cake?" Teddy asked hopefully, upon hearing one of his favourite words.

"…you will have realised that tonight's reception is a double celebration in honour of not one but two of my sons weddings."

"Jasper and Draco got married? When?" Jessica cried out loudly from her own table, sounding completely shocked and also a little disappointed.

"Don't worry, Miss Stanley, you weren't the only one to miss it and no, it's not because you missed your invite – it's because there were no invites!" Carlisle laughed loudly. "And do you want to know why there were no invites?"

"Yes!" several people answered.

"They eloped! Ran off mid-wedding plans to elope in Las Vegas!"

"They eloped?"

"Is that even legal?"

"Oh, how romantic…"

Very much aware of the fact that everyone was looking at them, expecting them to be all sheepish and embarrassed…Draco squared his shoulders, shot everyone a wicked grin before leaning over and giving Jasper a long kiss.

"So there you have it, ladies and gentlemen, not one but two happy couples to celebrate!" Carlisle finished with another laugh. "And so with no further ago on with the celebrations!"

…

The three course dinner was absolutely delicious, so delicious that Draco had no problem whatsoever "helping" Jasper to finish off his own meal which had of course only been played around with to make it look like the vampire was eating to all the innocent muggles surrounding him…especially the dessert…

"Mmm…" he groaned as he popped the last chocolate covered strawberry into his mouth, licking the escaping juice little flakes of chocolate off of his fingertips.

"Draco…" Jasper moaned softly, trying desperately not to get lost in the accidentally erotic display that his husband was currently putting on, forcefully reminding himself that he was sat at a table with his in-laws and his own parents were only a few feet away.

"What?" Draco asked lightly, blinking in the hopes of seeming as innocent as possible…despite the wicked grin fighting to escape. Jasper groaned deep in his throat as he felt the strong emotions coming from his lover…love…happiness…playfulness…lust…

Not an "accidentally erotic" sight after all…

"It was really good!" Draco defended himself as the wicked grin finally appeared on his handsome face. "Jasper, you know how much I love chocolate covered…strawberries."

The pause let Jasper know clearly that it wasn't only the chocolate covered strawberries that he'd eaten on their honeymoon that Draco was remembering right then…it was most probably the chocolate covered Jasper that was causing that utterly wicked grin to get worse and worse.

"Well…um…save some room for a piece of our wedding cake," Jasper eventually suggested, deciding that it was most definitely the time to steer the conversation off in a different direction.

"Cake!" Teddy cried happily, offering the perfect subject change. Looking at him both wizard and vampire chuckled – the little boys face appeared to be almost completely covered in melted chocolate ice-cream.

"Not yet, Teddy," Harry said with a smile. "Look at you…" he scolded softly with a smile, picking up the little boys unused napkin and wiping his face with it. A clothes protection spell a.k.a a magical bib, had protected his smart little suit but apparently nothing could protect his "innocent" little face.

"Is this thing on?" Emmett loud voice coming through the speakers drew everyone's attention to the stage. "Wicked," he muttered happily in his ever so carefree way, raising the champagne glass held in his hand. "It falls to me to start the ball rolling with today's speeches so…I'd like to propose a toast – to my new sister. Bella, I hope you've got enough sleep these last eighteen years…'cause you won't be getting anymore for a while…"

Laughing at his own joke the strongly built vampire didn't even seem to notice the awkward silence as he chugged down the champagne, successfully hiding the fact that the drink probably tasted like ash to him.

"Nicely done, Emmett…" Jasper muttered as he felt some of the guests disapproval of what they assumed to be a crude innuendo about the on-coming honeymoon. Draco laughed loudly,

"Actually I'm quite impressed, an 'in joke' that sounds like a dirty joke…not many people would dare to try that at a wedding…"

It was Jessica, of all people, that took to the stage next. Draco thought that for once her dress was quite appropriate – a floaty knee length dress in a pretty yellow/cream colour that complimented both her skin and her hair.

"Well…Bella was just like everybody else, totally mesmerised by Edward – or the hair, as I call him," a few of the guests chuckled along with her at this point, Draco being one of them. 'The hair' was quite an appropriate nickname for the vampire. "Um…and then suddenly, Edward is all about Bella. Even though she'd not the captain of the volleyball team…I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding…or the president of the Student Council…"

"Awkward…" Draco chuckled as Jessica tried, and failed, to recover her speech before hurrying from the stage. "You'd think she'd have moved on from Edward by now, all things considered…"

"Oh, father-of-the-bride speech, these are always good," Harry chuckled, sitting up a little straighter in his chair as Charlie Swan took the stage. Jacob had taken over the job of placating Teddy, managing to stop him from going into a full blown tantrum with a little bit of undivided attention.

Harry had loved Mr Granger's speech at his best friends wedding; it had been part praise for his daughter finding such a good husband and part threat for his new son-in-law should anything happen to Hermione…and considering that this particular father-of-the-bride was a cop ought to make it exceptionally good…

"Edward will be a good husband," Charlie began firmly, looking as casual and as unthreatening as usual…so long as you didn't look in his eyes. They were fixed on Edward and deadly serious. "I know this because…because I'm a cop – I know things. Like how to hunt somebody to the ends of the earth…and I know how to use a gun."

"So have you bee practising your threatening speech, Mr Malfoy?" Harry asked cheerfully, earning a glare from Draco and a dark chuckle from Lucius.

No denial though.

"Now that you're my sister…" Alice's light voice carried across the group as she took her place behind the microphone once Charlie had (eagerly) vacated the stage. She was of course speaking directly to Bella, a bright smile dominating her face, "…you'll have to get over your aversion to fashion – skirts, shoes, handbags…"

Draco could practically hear Bella's unenthusiastic groan over all the laughter than followed the pixie like vampires statement – obviously everyone was well aware of the bride's dislike of anything fashionable or girly.

After a long list of things Bella would just have to get used to the happy bridesmaid skipped off of the stage, hurrying over to their table and actually dropping down onto Jaspers lap.

"Hey! Get your own husband!" Draco protested, although he laughed as she simply stuck her tongue out at him and turned her attention on Harry, quite content to use her older brother as a chair.

"Right, Harry, only a few more minutes to go till show time. You're on after Edward," she told the dark haired wizard who looked less than thrilled at the prospect. "You'll be fine, promise."

"Yeah…" Harry muttered disbelievingly.

"And then it'll be your turn, Narcissa," Alice told the older looking woman who smiled happily. "Oh no, here we go…"

"What?" Draco asked, looking towards the stage. "Oh."

"Go to sleep…" Renée sang softly into the microphone, her voice gravely, almost like she'd smoke one too many cigarettes…although Draco didn't think she suffered from that particular bad habit. "Go to sleep…my child…"

"You're not going to sing are you?" Draco asked his mother worriedly.

"I doubt any of your lullabies would be suitable for our current company," Narcissa reminded him with a fond smile. "Although I guess I could get away with sleep softly, little dragon, may spells guard your sleep…sleep softly little –"

"No singing."

Narcissa chuckled, nodding in agreement as the mother of the groom replaced the mother of the bride on the stage.

"I'd like to thank Renée and Charlie for bringing such a wonderful person into the world and into our lives," the motherly vampire said softly, smiling across at the young woman's parents. "We will cherish and protect her forever."

"That applies to you as well, you know," Alice told her brother-in-law, still sitting comfortably on his husbands lap and making no move to return to her own table. "It's not just Bella that we're going to cherish and protect forever."

A hush fell over the wedding guests as the groom himself took to the stage, kissing his mother on the cheek as they passed each other. Harry grimaced, knowing that all too soon it would be his turn to speak.

"I hate giving speeches…" he whimpered, turning into the comforting arms offered by his mate. Pressing his face into the shape-shifters he listened as Edward opened his heart to the people who had come to support him and his bride on the most important day of their lives.

"It's an extraordinary thing to meet someone who you can bare your soul to and accept you for what you are. I've been waiting, for what seems like a very long time, to get beyond what I am. With Bella I feel like I can finally begin," Edward's voice was filled with barely contained emotion as he tried not to give too much away. "So I'd like to propose a toast to my beautiful bride. No measure of time with you will be long enough. But let's start with forever."

"You're turn, love," Jacob murmured in Harry's ear as the guests joined Edward in his toast, everyone sipping the expensive champagne from their crystal glasses – only the best for a wedding designed by Alice. "Knock 'em dead."

"I'll try…although not literally," Harry mumbled, slowly uncurling himself from his mates body as Carlisle returned to the stage, announcing the fact that the second set of speeches regarding the second happy couple were about to begin.

The dark haired wizard rose slowly, immediately feeling their weight of everyone's eyes resting on him. Silently reassuring himself that he could do this…that he'd given speeches in much more public places like this…he made his way up the steps and onto the stage.

"Um…right…" he mumbled awkwardly into the microphone. "Well…my names Harry James Potter and I have known Draco since we were eleven years old and starting our first year at Hogwarts…that's our old school…"

Draco was unsurprised when the unusual school name brought for more than a few chuckles from the wedding guests. If only they knew the truth…

"And…well, if I'm honest for the following six years I thought he was the biggest prat to ever walk the Earth," Harry muttered honestly, causing even Draco to chuckle. "I dread to think what he thought of me…"

"You were the annoying teachers pet!" Draco called out with a laugh.

"I was not a teachers pet!" Harry protested with his own laugh.

Encouraged by the chuckles of laughter coming from his audience Harry cleared his throat and continued with his pre-prepared speech.

"Now I know from being Best Man at my friend Ron's wedding that one of the compulsory parts of the speech is to share humorous and embarrassing stories about the Groom," Harry said, grinning wickedly towards Draco. "And trust me…I've got lots of ammunition in regards to Draco…"

"Don't you dare, Harry…" Draco growled softly, hoping that if Harry did decide to share some of his more embarrassing moments…and then he realised that, of course, most of them were off limits thanks to the magic in them. Thank Merlin.

"Let's see…oh!" Harry beamed happily round at his audience. "There was the time he cried like a baby after getting punched in the nose…by one of my best friends, Hermione Granger, the smartest girl in our school."

"She broke my nose!" Draco defended himself as everyone chuckled.

"She did not break your nose," Harry snorted loudly. "You know, you always were a bit of a hypochondriac, Draco. Remember when you got that cut on your arm in our third year and you whined so much that our school nurse excused you from a weeks worth of classes just to get you to shut up?"

"I was not that bad…" Draco grumbled over the audience continued laughter.

"Now I bet you're all wondering how we went from hating each others guts to the friendship we share now…well, I can tell you it wasn't easy," Harry sighed deeply. "Our last year of school was…not good. Stuff happened and…and some of the other students…some of our friends ended up…" Harry struggled to get the words out, knowing that not only would they drop the mood dramatically but that he would become even more dangerously close to tears than his unstable emotions had already brought him. "…some of our friends ended up dead."

"Oh My God…" Jessica gasped loudly.

"After that…after seeing first hand how precious every moment is…well, how could we not forgive and forget? It would have been dishonouring the memories of our friends to let our petty little feud continue, wouldn't it?" Harry asked his captivated audience with a sad smile. "So I accepted the friendship that I had previously turned down and I'll be forever grateful that I did as it has allowed me to discover what a truly wonderful person was hidden behind the mask of the spoilt, self-centred, arrogant git…"

"Thanks for painting such a lovely picture of me, Harry," Draco laughed.

"Anyway…to round off this one-of-a-kind Best Man speech I would like a to raise a toast to Draco and Jasper – the friend who taught me to never judge a book by its cover and the young man…" here Harry was obviously fighting a smile as he looked across at the immortal groom, "…that has more than earned his love. So please, ladies and gentlemen, charge your glasses to the second happy couple of the day – Draco and Jasper Malfoy-Whitlock."

Harry fled back to his seat as soon as he could, his hands clutching at his invisible baby bump as he dropped down into his seat. Jacob slid his arm around his mate's shoulders, pulling him into a comforting hug as he reassured him that his speech had been perfect and that now he could relax.

"If you'll please excuse me," Narcissa murmured softly as she rose from her seat and gracefully made her way up to the microphone.

Jasper struggled to contain his grin as a feeling of jealousy hit him from nearly every human woman over the age of thirty that had attended the wedding…

"I feel that I must begin my little speech by telling you all that I am not all together pleased with my son and his new husband…" Narcissa spoke, her voice soft and serious before trailing off with a dramatic sigh. "…their secret elopement completely ruined all the plans I had painstakingly come up with for their wedding and spoilt my fun entirely!"

An audible sigh of relief preceded the amused chuckling of the audience, a sigh shared by Draco who had become paralysed with fear by the thought that his beloved mother didn't approve of his marriage to the man/vampire of his dreams…

Jasper merely laughed – he'd felt his mother-in-law's wicked merriment as she'd mounted the steps and taken her place on the stage and had been prepared for whatever teasing remarks or stories she had managed to come up with.

"I had such fantastic ideas…but oh well, never mind," she laughed happily, tossing her glorious blond curls over her shoulder. "I suppose I must be content with the fact that, no matter how it came to be, Draco has found himself a kind and caring husband who has been so good for him and will continue to help and support him."

Looking over at the couple the suddenly tearful eyes of the glamour witch locked with the deep amber ones of her son-in-law.

"Jasper – you have helped to return to me something which for many years I had feared was lost completely…my little dragon…" Narcissa said, her voice becoming choked with emotion as she remembered the events of the past as only a mother could when worrying about her son.

"When I look at him I no longer see a spoilt little brat desperate for attention…" she chuckled softly, shooting a fond smile over at her son as she remembered some of his more spectacular tantrums. "I no longer see a boy traumatised by events out of his control…"

"I see my son – happy and healthy…just the way my little dragon should be…and so I come to the point of my little speech…" Narcissa took a deep breath, her emotions swamping Jasper's senses as she spoke in a quivering voice, "I want to say thank you, Jasper, for everything you have done for my son and for everything that I know you will continue to do for him."

Narcissa returned gracefully to her seat amidst the polite applause that followed her speech, smiling at her husband as he rose from his seat to pull hers out for her before making his own way up onto the stage.

Silence descended over the guests as he took his place at the microphone, his stance as regally perfect as ever. He carried with him a full glass of champagne and held it with practised ease, appearing far more comfortable than any of the other speakers had when standing front of everyone.

"I'm sure it will come as no surprise to those of you who know me when I tell you that I didn't much care for Jasper the first time I met him," Lucius began his speech, his voice serious. "I'll be honest and tell you that I didn't think he was good enough for my son…"

Emmett angry growl was heard by all but Lucius barely spared him a glance.

"…however I am glad to say that in this instance I was most definitely wrong," Lucius continued calmly, shifting his glass from one hand to the other as he turned his gaze towards his son-in-law. "Jasper – you have made my son happier than I have ever seen him and I am glad to welcome you into our family as my sons equal."

Lifting his glass he offered his new son-in-law a simple toast, sipping at the expensive champagne that Alice had had flown in from Europe especially for the extravagant wedding. Hmm, he mused silently, he must remember to congratulate the female vampire on her excellent taste in champagne.

"I would like to finish my speech in a manner that is traditional for the father of the "bride" – with a threat for my new son-in-law," Lucius announced calmly, bringing forth chuckles from his audience as he turned his best glare on the young man in question. "Now…I'm not a cop, nor have I ever owned a gun…but if you ever do anything to hurt my son…if you ever abandon my son…believe me when I say that I will hunt you down and you will suffer the consequences of your actions…the extremely painful consequences…"

Complete and utter silence followed what sounded like a genuine threat, the audience trying to figure out if the older Malfoy was joking or not. In fact it wasn't until Lucius spoke once more that the silence was broken, moving from the stage to stand beside his son-in-law.

"Welcome to the family," he said with a smirk, offering his hand to Jasper.

Jasper rose from his seat before slipping his hand into Lucius, being careful not to squeeze the wizards hand too tightly for fear of breaking it, as he murmured his thanks. Draco couldn't help it – he let out a huge sigh of relief as he sagged almost boneless against his chair.

That could have been a lot worse…

"Right…well now that the speeches are over and done with I think that it's time we moved on to the next part of today's celebrations…" Carlisle paused for effect from where he stood at the microphone once more before gesturing over towards the two beautiful cakes dominating the view to the wedding guests left. "…it's time to cut the wedding cakes!"

"Yay! Cake!" Teddy screamed happily, jumping up and down on Harry's lap with such force that the wizard's thighs would definitely be bruised come the morning. "Yay! Yay! It's time for cake!"

"Ok, Teddy, ok…yes, it's time for cake just please…stop bouncing on Daddy's lap with your shoes on…" Harry begged his son, wincing a little foot clad in a remarkably tough shoe caught him right where he didn't want to be caught.

"Oh, I wish I had a camera!" Draco laughed loudly at his friend's distress, his merriment only egging the toddler on more until finally Alice appeared and spirited the newlyweds away, practically dragging the pair of them over to the long table holding both of the wedding cakes. "Wow…Alice these cakes look amazing…"

"…I just thought it'd be bigger…"

"Yeah…"

Draco had to bite down on his lip to stop himself from bursting out laughing as they overheard their friends discussing the cakes as they waited for them to be cut on the other side of the table, their words causing Alice's face to harden briefly before morphing into a much practised smile.

"Hi!" Jessica gasped loudly as they stepped around the end of the table.

"Hi guys," Alice greeted them cheerfully.

"We were just saying how pretty everything is…we were all just saying…" Jessica mumbled quickly, trying desperately to cover up whatever she thought that the wedding planner had overheard.

"Thanks so much! You don't think it's too much?" Alice asked brightly and Draco was seriously impressed by her acting skills as she gave nothing away to them.

"No!" his friends hurried to disagree, everyone speaking as one.

Alice took charge once more, pulling the two couples so that they were standing in front of their respective cakes whilst ordering the photographer hired for occasion to get ready to take the all important cake cutting pictures.

Picking up the huge knife Draco finally had a closer look at the gorgeous cake sitting before him – a five tiered masterpiece of chocolate. Unlike Bella and Edwards cake which was very classical with it's ivory coloured icing and sugar flowers mixed with real flowers for decoration their cake was angular and modern, the icing made up of unpredictable swirls of milk, white and dark chocolate.

They did the posed pictures first, both couples mirroring each other as they pretended to cut the cake together, Bella and Draco stood in the circle of their husbands arms with all four of their hands on the decorative knife handles.

Once they were done with Alice then wanted individual pictures (also posed) so it was at least another ten minutes before any real cake cutting commenced.

Edward, being the gentleman that he was, offered the first piece of their wedding cake to his beautiful bride who still looked slightly uncomfortable with all the attention but very, very happy. Jasper however opted for an unorthodox choice, one that succeeded in tugging at many hearts in the room, Draco's included – he cut a smaller than average portion and offered it not to his husband but to the little boy bouncing impatiently at his side.

"Here, Teddy, I think you should be our official cake tester," Jasper told him as he pressed the little plate into the boy's hands, smiling down at the wide-eyed little wizard. "You are, after all, the expert when it comes to cake."

"What do you say, Teddy?" Harry reminded his little boy softly.

"Thank you!" Teddy cried out happily before picking up his piece of cake and taking a huge bite, smearing chocolate all around his little mouth. He'd barely swallowed his first bite down before he was taking a second.

"Well I think he likes it," Draco chuckled as he accepted the little plate holding the second slice of cake from his husband, leaning up to press a gentle kiss to the vampire's lips. "That was a lovely thing to do, Jasper. Thank you."

Teddy's piece of cake was gone in seconds…as was Draco's because once he had taken the first bite of the sinfully rich chocolate cake he could not stop until his plate was clean, even going so far as to lick the crumbs and icing from his fingers.

"Keep that up and we'll be sneaking up to my room…" Jasper growled softly in his ear as Draco sucked on his middle finger, not caring at all about the fact that his family could most probably hear his every word. "Draco…"

"Mmm…maybe later…" Draco moaned, his lips brushing his husbands ear as he pressed his body close to his. "Unfortunately I think Alice would kill us if we left now…you know…you know it would much up her schedule…"

"Yes, I would."

Draco groaned softly, filled with disappointment at being brought back to the spectacle going on around them on their behalf. Turning slowly he smiled at his sister-in-law, taking in the slightly annoyed look mixed with one of genuine amusement. Behind her Charlie Weasley stood with his fist pressed to his mouth, obviously trying to smother his laughter.

"Come on, it's time for the first dance," she informed them, herding them towards the dance floor that Alice had had constructed especially for the night.

Bella and Edward were already there, the muggle girl looking more than a little uncomfortable as she fiddled with the long skirt of her wedding dress.

"Wait, we're sharing a first dance?" Draco asked in surprise.

"I wanted to share," Bella spoke up before Alice could answer. "I'm hoping that you and Jasper dancing together will distract everyone from the huge embarrassment I'm about to make of myself."

"Well, at least you're being honest about you're motives…" Draco sighed.

"It's ok, I picked a song that would be perfect for all of you," Alice told them reassuringly, nodding to the DJ before hurrying to join the crowd that had gathered around the edge of the dance floor.

"I dread to think what she's picked out…" Draco groaned softly as the instrumental music began to play, his instincts kicking in as he assumed the proper dancing position he had been taught all those years ago. "Do you recognise it?"

"Yes," Jasper murmured, placing one of his hands carefully on Draco's waist while the other slipped into his husband's soft hand. Draco's other hand came down to rest on his shoulder. "It's one of my favourites."

"Guess this means you're leading then," Draco responded with a smile, leaning forwards to his husband a quick kiss before settling back into his handsome mate's gentle hold. "Long instrumental…"

As they began to move around the dance floor perfectly in time with the music it was obvious that both of them had had previous experiences with formal dancing, their holds comfortable and casual and their movements perfectly in sync.

Finally the words began, a male voice crooning out over the music and Draco quickly came to the conclusion that yet again Alice had made the right decision – the words of the song fit both of the couples perfectly.

"The very thought of you,

And I forget to do,

The little ordinary things that everyone ought to do.

I'm living in a kind of daydream,

I'm happy as a King,

And foolish though it may be to me that's everything.

The mere idea of you,

The longing here for you,

You'll never know how slow the moments go till I'm near to you.

I see your face in every flower,

Your eyes in stars above,

It's just the thought of you, the very thought of you, I love."

By the time the second instrumental came around Draco had forgotten all about the other couple trying (and unfortunately failing) to dance as smoothly as they were, had forgotten all about the crowd gathered around them. The only things in his world at that very moment were the words of the song and his husband, gazing down at him with pure love shining in his eyes.

"It's just the thought of you, the very thought of you, I love."

As the song came to an end, the crooning voice of the singer finishing on a sweet note that echoed in the night air, Draco and Jasper moved as one, slipping their arms around each other and leaning in for a slow kiss.

And right at that moment everything in Draco's world was perfect.

…

"I think I need to get Teddy home," Harry sighed softly, brushing the slumbering child's messy hair back from his forehead.

The little boy had enjoyed the party for a while, running around the other guests, dancing in a way only a toddler could and eating as much cake as he could get his hands on but after about an hour he'd started to sag and now he was stretched out over a couple of chairs, fast asleep.

"We could take him back for you if you want, Harry," Sue offered.

"We could?" Billy asked in surprise.

"I was thinking about calling it a night anyway, letting the young ones enjoy the rest of the party," Sue explained with a kind smile. "Billy and I could take Teddy home and look after him until you get home."

"I wouldn't want to put you out…" Harry protested softly.

"Oh, it wouldn't be putting us out," Sue laughed happily. "It's getting a bit too late for us, if I'm honest, not to mention a bit too loud," she explained, nodding towards the DJ who was still playing the loud upbeat music for people to dance to.

"It is?" Billy asked, looking up at her.

"Yes, it is," Sue said firmly, squeezing the wheelchair bound mans shoulders as she gave him a look that was easily interpreted as 'shut up, I want to spend some time alone with you and this is the perfect opportunity.'

"Well…if you're sure…"

Sue smiled brightly, nodding her head before moving over to pick the little boy up with a practised ease that only a mother can have, cradling him against her chest as she carried him over to Billy.

"Um…" Seth mumbled awkwardly, rubbing the back of his neck as he watched his mum position the sleeping boy in Billy's arms before shrugging on her jacket and picking up her purse. "I was kinda hoping…"

"As it's a special occasion you can stay out until midnight as long as you promise to stay with Jacob and Harry," Sue cut him off with a smile.

"…thanks!" Seth cried happily, his face breaking out with a huge smile.

"I'll see you when you get home," she told him, kissing his cheek before moving to do the same to Jacob and Harry. "Have a good time boys but remember to look after bump…" she murmured softly, patting his invisible belly discretely before stepping back and taking up her position as designated wheelchair pusher.

"Right…well, you three make sure you behave yourselves," Billy ordered, looking up at the three young men as he adjusted the little boy now slumbering in his arms, making sure that he was as comfortable as possible.

"Isn't that a bit like the pot calling the kettle black?" Harry asked innocently, his comment earning a loud snort from his mate and matching looks of embarrassment from the adults in question. Seth's reaction was by far the best, however, as it took the teenager a moment to realise exactly what Harry was implying about his mum and Jacob's dad…

"Ew! Gross man – that's my mum you're talking about!"

Unsurprisingly Billy and Sue left shortly after that, saying their goodbyes to the bride and groom before heading back to the reservation. Once the three young men were alone Jacob turned to his mate, pulling him into his arms as he growled,

"You've been spending far too much time with Draco…"

"I don't know what you mean…" Harry protested innocently.

"Of course you don't…"

"Now come on, Jacob," Harry said firmly, taking his lover by the hand and pulling him towards the dance floor. "I want to dance before my bump gets any bigger and makes it impossible for me to move, let alone dance…"

"The things I go through for you…" Jacob sighed theatrically, pulling his mate in for a kiss before willingly following him onto the dance floor. Looking back over his shoulder he grinned at the youngest member of the pack, calling out cheerfully, "Go on, Seth, have some fun. I won't tell our parents if you don't. Oh! Just…don't get drunk – that would not be easy to explain to your mum."

Grinning at his friend Seth nodded, turning away from the dance floor and heading back towards the buffet table in need of some more food. Moving around the guests now mingling with each other he had almost reached his destination when someone stepped unexpectedly into his path.

"Ugh!" he grunted in both surprise and pain as he slammed into the hard body and tumbled down onto his side, slamming his hip into the ground. "Ow!"

"Bollocks!" an unfamiliar voice cursed above him, its accent undeniably English. "I really need to watch where I'm going."

"It's all right, no harm do–" Seth's voice caught in his throat as he found himself staring up at the most beautiful man he had ever seen. "Oh…"

The world seem to fade out around him, the edges of his vision going fuzzy, everything replaced with chocolate coloured skin, full lips that were just begging to be kissed and the deepest pair of brown eyes he had ever seen.

All at once he was consumed with a burning desire to do whatever it took to make this man happy. It was all he could think about, being whatever he needed him to be just to see him smile…

"Oh, shit…" he breathed softly as he realised exactly what had just happened to him – he'd just Imprinted on the handsome stranger.

"Hmm…" the dark skinned man mused softly as he crouched down over the young shape-shifter, leaning close to him as he continued, "Or maybe I shouldn't watch where I'm going if I keep on bumping into gorgeous things like you."

Seth found himself blushing a deep red from the unexpected compliment, a hot feeling of desire pooling in his stomach as the gorgeous man…his mate…blatantly checking him out, looking his body up and down.

"I'm Blaise," his mate said in an impossibly smooth voice, the gorgeous name sending a tingle up and down his spine. "Blaise Zabini. I'm a friend of Draco's."

"Seth, S-Seth Clearwater," the young shape-shifter stuttered nervously. "I'm…um…I'm one of J-Jacob's pack mates from…from the reservation."

"A wolf?" Blaise asked softly, obviously intrigued as he leaned closer still and locking his beautiful gaze with Seth's. "My, what big eyes you've got, my little wolf…what a strong jaw you've got…"

Here the wizard paused, reaching out to stroke his fingers down Seth's jaw.

"…what soft lips you've got…"

Seth's startled gasp was cut off by the completely unexpected press of those soft lips on his, his body beginning to tremble as a sudden surge of desire caused his jeans to tighten uncomfortably.

His cheeks flushed once more with embarrassment as he whimpered loudly against the wizards lips, grinding his hips up towards the other young mans, desperately seeking a way to ease the pressure…completely oblivious of the people all around them who were thankfully to interested in their own conversations to notice what was going on between the two of them.

"S-Sorry…" he whimpered when they finally moved apart.

"What are you apologising for?" Blaise asked with a flirtatious smile.

"I…I don't know…" Seth mumbled, his body shaking nervously. Oh God…Oh God…OhGodOhGodOhGod…he thought to himself…I've found my mate…I've found my mate…and I've never been so turned on in my life! Oh God!

"So, my little wolf, how old are you?" Blaise asked the gorgeous young thing lying in front of him, his eyes slightly glazed thanks to the desire that the wizard provocative actions had almost certainly caused. Hmm…maybe this party wasn't going to be as boring as he'd previously feared…

Before Seth could stop himself or even think about the consequences of words he answered with as confident a lie as he could manage,

"Eighteen. I'm…I'm eighteen."

"Wonderful…" Blaise murmured, stroking his thumb over the very kissable lips he couldn't wait to sample more of. "What do you say we find somewhere a little bit quieter to…get to know each other a little better?"

"O-Ok…"

No one noticed the dark skinned wizard help the youngest member of the pack to his feet before leading him by the hand, heading into the woods surrounding the Cullens house as they were all far too busy rushing around to the front of the house to wave Bella and Edward off on their honeymoon…

…

"I love you, dad. Forever," Bella murmured softly as Draco approached the young bride, smiling as she reached up to hug her father goodbye.

She was dressed very smartly in what Alice had called her 'going away outfit' and Draco had to admit that the little psychic had excellent taste, the pretty dress flattering Bella equally as much as her wedding dress had. He was also impressed to notice that for the second time in a day Bella was wearing an outfit with high-heeled shoes and found himself wondering how long they would last.

"I love you too, Bella," Charlie responded, his voice thick with emotion as he held his daughter tight. "I always have and I always will."

After enjoying the hug for a few moments Bella pulled away from her father and caught sight of Draco waiting for his turn to speak to the bride. Offering him a slightly nervous smile she leaned up and kissed her fathers cheek, murmuring her final goodbyes before stepping away from him.

"So…you getting nervous yet?" Draco asked as the two friends moved over to lean side by side against the car that was waiting to take the bride and groom away on their honeymoon.

"…unbelievably," Bella answered, chuckling nervously as she tucked her hair behind her ears. "I guess…I guess the best way to describe how I feel right now is…happy, nervous, excited, nervous, shy and nervous."

Draco nodded thoughtfully, breaking out into what could only be described as a cheeky smile as he spoke to her, his voice light and teasing,

"So, what you're saying is that you're suffering the typical feelings of a virgin bride about to go off for her wedding night."

"Yeah, that about sums it up…"

"Hey, don't be embarrassed about it! You should feel proud of you're achievement!" Draco laughed loudly. "In these modern times it's almost impossible to find anyone who's still a virgin on their wedding night…myself included."

The combination of his bad impression of one of the many people that were always on the TV slating the way people, especially young people, were behaving in these modern times and his gentle teasing of both her and himself succeeded in dragging a smile out of the muggle girl (which was good) but also earned him a punch in the arm for speaking so loudly (which was bad.)

"Ow!" he protested, rubbing his injured arm. "That hurt!"

"Oh, don't be such a wimp…" Bella muttered although Draco was pleased to notice that she was still smiling. He was also pretty sure he could hear Emmett's booming laughter mixed in with the general noise being made by the party guests. "Were you…were you nervous your first time?" she asked, her voice suddenly soft.

"Probably," Draco murmured, relaxing back against the car once more before he continued with his honest answer, "I can't really remember all that much about it – there was a significant amount of alcohol involved."

"How old were you?" Bella asked as her curiosity got the better of her.

"Fifteen," Draco answered, chuckling as her face immediately adopted a stunned expression. "It actually happened on my fifteenth birthday…an impromptu present, as it were, at the party my housemates threw for me as school…"

"…who?" Bella asked, flushing red from embarrassment.

"Blaise," Draco answered calmly, not at all embarrassed about their conversation. He'd never been one to be shy about his sex life so why start now? "He was my best friend, he was extremely hot and we were sooooo drunk!" he told her, laughing happily as he thought back through what littler he could remember of the end of that night. "I remember making it up to our dorm and loosing our clothes…and some more intimate details that you probably don't want to know about…and then there's nothing until waking up the next morning in his bed with him completely and utterly starkers(sp?)."

"Starkers?" Bella asked weakly, blushing an unbelievable shade of red.

"Naked."

"Oh…weird word," she mumbled.

"I know. It's very…British," Draco said, smiling at his friend. "Blaise and I hooked up off and on for the rest of our time at school and a couple of times after but then…well, you know what happened before I met Jasper right? No conjugal visits in Azkaban…" he muttered softly, shuddering slightly before bringing back his merry smile. "And now I have Jasper and trust me, he is all I'm ever gonna need…"

"So…so you've only ever slept with two people?" Bella asked almost hopefully, coming across as more than a little bit naïve.

"I didn't say that…" Draco responded with a wicked smirk.

"Oh…" Bella mumbled, her eyes going wide as she somehow managed to blush even redder than she already had been.

"Time to go!" Alice's energetic arrival saved Bella from further embarrassment. "You're all packed and ready to go so don't worry about a thing."

"Oh…er…thanks…"

"Bella…" Draco murmured, pulling her into a friendly hug. Turning his head he spoke softly for her ears only, "You are only going to get one wedding night so I want you to relax, take a deep breath and enjoy yourself. Ok?"

"O-Ok…"

"Good. Now enjoy your honeymoon, bring me back a souvenir and don't do anything I wouldn't do," Draco ordered her as he pulled back, glad to find her smiling as she responded to his comment,

"That doesn't narrow the field very much, you know?"

"Cheeky!" Draco laughed. "See you in a couple of weeks, Bella. Have fun."

"I'll try to…" Bella responded softly. "See you in a couple of weeks."

After that everything went a little bit mental with everyone clamouring to wave goodbye to the happy couple, sending them off on their honeymoon with loud cheers and an endless round of applause. Once the car was out of sight the guests quickly started heading back to the party, Draco included.

"Draco?" Alice called out from where she was taking Charlie inside for a quick pick-me-up, his third one of the day….being around some any humans for the first time was putting his new vegetarian diet to the test. "Jasper's looking for you – he wants to introduce you to our cousins."

"Ok, thanks, I'll go find him. Anything I should know?" he asked.

"I'm not in the mood to give out any spoilers," she told him brightly, smiling up at him before pulling Charlie up the steps and into the house.

Upon returning to the party Draco found himself immediately accosted by Jessica, catching the muggle girl as she literally stumbled into his arms. Sliding her arms around his neck she pressed her body against his and began to sob drunkenly,

"It's so unfair…I…I'm just as…as pretty as…as Bella is…wait…no…I'm prettier than Bella! Why…why didn't he fall for…for me?"

"Er…" Draco mumbled, trying to extract himself from her unwanted clutches.

"Why doesn't anyone want me? I'm a…I'm a great girlfriend…I…I give head and everything!" she bemoaned loudly, earning quite a few stares/glares from the guests closest to them. "I…I give great head…"

"I…I'm sure you do…" Draco mumbled, actually finding himself blushing as he continued to pull at her arms, trying to remove them from his neck. "Jessica, I think you might have had a little bit too much to drink so how about–"

"I'll show you how good I am!" Jessica announced suddenly, acting even brighter than her usual self as she let go of his neck and began pulling at the buckle of his belt, continuing to mutter to herself as she moved on to fumbling with his zipper. "I'll show everyone that…that I can be as good…as good a girlfriend as B-Bella! I bet…I bet she doesn't even give head…probably says it's…it's…skanky…"

"Whoa! Jessica – stop!" Draco cried out loudly, grabbing hold of her wrists and pulling her hands away from his crotch. Merlin, she'd managed to completely undo his trousers! "What do you think you're doing? I'm gay, remember? Gay and married…very gay and very married!"

"Doesn't matter…need to prove…" Jessica mumbled, her words barely understandable now. "Gonna show them…"

"Need some help?" Jaspers amused came from behind him and Draco had never been so relieved to hear his husband's voice as he was at that moment.

"Please!" he begged the handsome vampire. Jasper stepped forwards and used just enough of his superior strength to remove the inebriated girl from his husband, using his power to calm her raging emotions until she was practically asleep on her feet. "Thank you…" Draco sighed, quickly fixing his trousers.

"Jessica, I think it's time for you to go home," Jasper suggested firmly.

"O-Ok…m'tired…" Jessica mumbled, swaying so much that Jasper placed his hands on her shoulders to keep her from falling over. "Think I was being a bit silly…"

"You can always blame it on the alcohol," Draco suggested.

"Ok, Jessica, why don't you go and find Angela?" Jasper suggested, turning the girl so that she was facing her friend. "As your designated driver I'm sure she won't mind running you home."

"Yeah…yeah, I'll go find Ang…Ange…Angel…" Jessica mumbled, stumbling forwards when Jasper gave her a gentle shove in the right direction.

"Wow!" Draco let out a bark of laughter once they were alone. "I mean…wow…that girl is a clingy drunk!"

"That's a polite way of putting it," Jasper muttered, taking his husband into his arms and holding him close. "I was so close to ripping her hands off for touching you like that…until I realised how drunk the poor girl was."

Draco sighed happily, leaning against his husband's strong chest.

"Alice said you were looking for me…didn't warn me about Jessica though," he mumbled, resting his head on Jaspers shoulder so that his forehead rested against the cool skin of the vampires neck.

"I was just about to start looking for you when I noticed Jessica…approach you," Jasper said, stroking his hand up and down Draco's spine. "I think it's about time that I introduce you to the rest of my family."

"Your family? Oh, you mean the va–the cousins from Alaska," Draco said as he pulled back to smile at his husband, thankful that he'd caught himself before blurting out the v-word in front of a load of eavesdropping muggles. "Sure, I'd love to meet the rest of your family."

"They're over here," Jasper said with a bright smile, leading Draco through the crowds of wedding guests and over to a group of people so stunningly flawless that they couldn't be anything but vampires. "Draco, I'd like to introduce my aunt and uncle, Carmen and Eleazar and my cousins, Tanya, Kate and Irina."

"It's a pleasure to meet all of you," Draco said with a warm smile.

"Oh, how wonderfully refreshing to meet a young man with manners in this day and age," Carmen exclaimed happily, smiling warmly at the handsome young wizard and as she reached out to shake his hand.

"Welcome to the family, Draco," Eleazar murmured warmly, holding out his own hand to the young wizard. "We've heard so much about you."

Draco smiled at the couple, finding their matching accents quite…well…adorable was the only word that came to mind, their Spanish roots clearly audible even after all this time.

"Jasper, I cannot believe that you managed to get away with eloping," the smallest of the three cousins laughed merrily. Draco frowned, trying to remember which name went with which stunning woman. Obviously his dilemma was written all across his face as the beautiful woman murmured with a smile, "I'm Tanya."

"Thanks," Draco breathed with a smile. "I don't think we'd have gotten away with eloping if Alice hadn't thought it was a suitably romantic thing to do."

"You honeymooned in Las Vegas, I believe?" Tanya continued softly, smiling as she fell back on her centuries old manners as she tried to strike up a polite conversation for the group to take part in.

"We did," Jasper murmured, one of his hands creeping behind his back as he too settled back into the manners and etiquette forced upon him as a human. "Alice arranged for us to stay at the Tangiers. Have you ever been to Las Vegas?"

"Not in quite some time," she answered, smiling in such a way that Draco just knew that she was referring to decades instead of years as most people would assume. "I hear that it is much changed."

"I had not visited the city for some time myself before our honeymoon and found it almost completely changed," Jasper agreed with her. "Of course I had never been to the magical strip before so that was an entirely new experience for me…although at times it felt like I was stepping back in time by a few decades."

"Yes, the Wizarding World hasn't really managed to reach the 21st Century yet," Draco explained with a soft laugh. "Come to think of it most of the Wizarding World hasn't even reached the 20th Century, let alone the 21st."

"So…you truly are a wizard?" the strawberry blond vampire who Draco thought was the one called Kate asked, her voice filled with genuine curiosity.

"Yes, I am," Draco confirmed.

"I've never met a wizard before," she told him with a bright smile. "I would love to hear more about your world but I fear that conversation might have to wait for a slightly more private location."

"I would love to tell you all about it but you're right, a more private location is required," Draco agreed with her, glancing around at the muggle watching them talk. "How long will you be staying in Forks? Perhaps we could catch up another day?"

"We're staying until the end of the week," Eleazar answered.

"Wonderful," Draco said with a bright smile. "I'd like to get to know the rest of Jaspers family and what better way than swapping stories?"

"That sounds perfect," Carmen agreed warmly. "We'll have to arrange something with Carlisle and Esme, maybe have a family…dinner tomorrow."

"So if you're Tanya and you're Kate that means that you are Irina," Draco said, smiling at the blonde woman who towered above everyone in her high heels, her long legs on display thanks her stylishly short dress.

"Yes," she answered shortly.

"Irina…" Carmen muttered in warning.

"Have I offended you in some way?" Draco asked, straightening his posture as he met the young woman's angry gaze.

"You're friends with the mutts," Irina growled.

"…I beg your pardon?" Draco asked softly.

"You're friends with those disgusting mutts," Irina growled, each word clipped and clear. Draco growled back at her, his fingers twitching towards his wand. "They're murderers, you know? You're friends with murderers."

"Murderers?" Draco laughed. "The Pack? What are you on about?"

"They killed my mate!" Irina all but screamed, earning a few stares.

Draco moved quickly, drawing his wand and holding it against his leg as he cast a silencing spell over the group of them, muffling their conversation temporarily. It would not do for the muggle to overhear this argument.

"Your mate?" Draco asked.

"Laurent," Irina snapped. "They killed him."

"Of course they killed him – he was trying to kill Bella!" Draco snapped. "And why would you become mates with a man like that? You call the Pack murderers but they have only ever killed to protect their families and friends. Laurent was part of a Coven who killed people for fun, who took pleasure in tormenting them…in hunting them. I thought you were opposed to feeding off humans."

"He wanted to change!" she screamed at him. "He was going to change."

"His eyes were red," Draco snapped.

"What?" Irina asked.

"When he tried to kill Bella," Draco explained, his voice sharp. "Jacob told us that his eyes were as blood red as any human killing vampire he'd ever seen."

"You're wrong!" Irina screamed.

"No, you're wrong," Draco snapped, his hand clenching around his wand.

"Irina, if you cannot be civil around my husbands friends I think you should leave," Jasper said firmly, his hand moving down Draco's arm to cover his husbands hand as it held his wand at his side.

Without another word Irina turned and left, storming into the house.

"I apologise for her," Carmen murmured sadly, "She became quite…attached to Laurent when he came to stay with us."

"Yes, I can see that," Draco sighed. "I'm sorry for the way I handled that but I consider the Pack to be my friends, especially Jacob. He is the Mate of one of my best friends and father of his child. I couldn't let her say such things about them."

"It's all right," Carmen sighed. "She'll see things more clearly once the infatuation wears off. He really wasn't very good for her."

"I can easily believe that," Draco mumbled. "Now, it was lovely to meet the four of you and we really must have that chat about the Wizarding World some time soon but right now I'd like to dance with my husband some more."

"Wow…that was…wow…"

Seth's voice was shaking almost as much as his body was as he clung almost desperately to the tree that he'd just lost his virginity up against.

Behind him Blaise chuckled deeply,

"Yeah, I've heard that before."

Stepping away from the young shape-shifter who had managed to make the tedious evening much more enjoyable Blaise made quick work of pulling up his trousers from where they'd been pooled about his ankles.

"You weren't so bad yourself," Blaise commented before suggesting casually, "Maybe we can hook up next time I come over to visit Draco."

"You're not staying?" Seth gasped in surprise. "I thought you lived here…"

"I'm afraid you thought wrong," Blaise responded cheerfully. "Unlike Draco and Pansy I am more than content with my current living arrangements back in England and as of yet have had no desire to change them."

"Oh…" Seth mumbled sadly, quickly pulling up his own trousers and slowly turning to face his Imprint who was currently fussing with his hair, getting rid of that just had sex look. "So…you don't like it here?"

You don't like me?

Seth's heart felt like it was breaking into a million pieces as he waited with baited breath for his mate to answer his question…and more importantly he waited for an answer to his un-asked question.

"Oh, now I didn't say that…" Blaise murmured as he stepped back into Seth's personal space, his hands finding the belt loops of the shape-shifters jeans and pulling him flush against his body. "There are some things I like very much…"

"So…so you'll come back?" Seth asked hopefully.

"Eager for more, are we?" Blaise chuckled deeply, grinding his hips against the young shape-shifters in a blatantly sexual way. Seth blushed a deep red. "Don't worry, my little wolf, you'll see me again."

And then, after giving Seth one last passionate kiss, he left.

"…my Imprint doesn't love me…" he whimpered as the realisation hit him like a sledge hammer, forcing the air out of his lungs and sending him sliding down the trunk of the tree. "…my…my Imprint doesn't love me…"

And with this soul crushing revelation came tears, uncontrollable, un-ending tears…

A/N I'M SORRY! PLEASE DON'T KILL ME! I'LL MAKE IT BETTER, I PROMISE! Right, now that that's over and done with may I just apologise for the long wait – I've just been promoted at work and have been adjusting to a new schedule meaning that my writing time has lessoned (sad times.) Comments/suggestions welcome as always.

A/N 2 The song that I used for the wedding dance was 'The Very Thought Of You' by Ray Noble and I'm sure that it's on Youtube somewhere if you want to listen to it.

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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