The Werewolf's Daughter

The Yule Ball

When she woke up the next morning, Maya was very confused. The bed she was in seemed a lot comfier than her bed. Also, where was the sunlight? Usually, when she slept in, she was woken by the sun coming in to her room. 'Must be really early.' she muttered to herself.

'Actually it's 10.30am.' came a male voice.

'Oh shit.' Maya said, as she fell out of the bed with fright.

'Maya, are you ok? Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you.'

'No problem. I just forgot where I was. Erm, Draco...where is my top?' she asked, suddenly feeling a bit cold up top.

'Oh, that was quite funny actually. You woke up in the night, I'm a light sleeper so I felt you stirring, and started moaning about how hot it was. Then you took your top off and threw it down the bottom of the bed.'

'Oh. Nice.' She responded, blushing.

'You talk a lot to you know? Apparently, a French bitch is going to die soon.' He told her, chuckling.

'Oh yeah, she was haunting my dreams a bit last night.' Maya responded, getting to her feet. Draco looked her up and down – she quickly grabbed her top as she was only wearing a bra and a pair of knee length shorts.

'Do you mind if I go for a shower just now?' Draco asked. He looked a bit panicky.

'No, course not. I'll have some breakfast. By the way – Happy Christmas AND Happy Anniversary' she said, leaning down to kiss him.

'Merry Christmas and Happy anniversary to you too. Presents when I'm showered?' he asked.

She nodded and made her way over to the table where there were eggs, bacon and pancakes. She happily devoured some food until Draco came out of the bathroom, fully dressed. She was quite disappointed but thought it was probably for the best he was dressed – whenever she seen him topless it sent her heart racing.

Draco smiled at her and it was a few seconds before she focused and smiled back. 'Enjoying the breakfast?' he asked.

'Yes' she answered, 'It's delicious, thank you.'

'Ok, well while I have you right where I want you – here.' He said, and handed over a small box, which was beautifully wrapped.

She pulled the ribbon out and carefully took off the paper. When she opened the box, she gasped. Inside sat a beautiful silver charm bracelet – she carefully lifted the bracelet out of the box and noticed it had some charms already on it – a small red ruby and 4 initials – MJ; DM; RL and NT.

'Draco, it's beautiful. Thank you so much!'

'You're welcome' he said smiling. 'Don't worry, nothing on there is permanent – you can remove the charms if you need to.'

'Why would I need to?' she asked, confused.

'I'm just letting you know.' He said, giving her a kiss.

'Ok, time for me to give you yours!' she said and jumped off the bed. She handed him a small box – just not as well wrapped.

'Sorry about the wrapping' she blushed 'I'm not very good at it.'

'It's ok; thank you.' He opened the box and looked inside. 'Maya, these are amazing – you shouldn't have got me these!'

'Yes, I should have – I wanted to. I saw them and immediately thought of you!'. The cufflinks had taken her ages to find – but when she did find them, in a muggle antique shop, she knew they were perfect. They were lion heads but had emerald green eyes. A symbol, she thought, that represented Draco very well.