One Year Later

August 15th, 2018

I felt the sun flood my face as I woke up one morning. I opened my eyes and looked up at the ceiling. Sighing, I closed my eyes and tried to go back to sleep again.

I had to get up. I had to go to work.

"I don't wanna go to work," I groaned to myself. "Five more minutes."

"Who are you talking to?" I heard Draco ask me.

I opened my eyes and saw Draco standing over me. "Myself, apparently."

Draco chuckled and then got down to his knees. "Do you know what day it is?"

"Wednesday," I replied.

"I meant the date, you idiot," he said, smiling at me.

"Oh, uh..." I trailed off, trying to figure out the date.

"I'll give you a hint..."

"No! Just tell me!" I whined.

"It's an important day for us," he told me.

Confused, I thought about it for a second, then gasped. "It's our anniversary!"

"Yes!" Draco exclaimed. "How could you forget?"

"Draco, I don't even remember what I had for breakfast yesterday," I told him, getting out of bed. "Now, I have to get ready for work." I tried to move past Draco, but he wouldn't let me go. "Draco, what are you doing?"

"You're not going to work today, and neither am I," he responded. "I already told your brother that we're taking the day off today."

"And he actually agreed to let us take the day off?"

"Well, it took some convincing from him..."

"Of course it did," I muttered, rolling my eyes.

"But I have the entire day planned for me and you," he said.

"What about Scorpius?" I asked.

"Teddy is gonna watch him," he answered. "Come on, get dressed. We've got a big day ahead of us."

We headed off to Harry and Ginny's house by broom to drop Scorpius off with Teddy, James, Albus, Rose, Lily, and Hugo. Teddy assured us that Scorpius would be fine and he bid us goodbye.

"So, what exactly do you have planned for today?" I asked.

Draco smiled and mounted on his broom. "Follow me."

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"Okay, what are we doing here?" I asked as we landed on the ground, surrounded by trees.

"Do you recognize this place?" he questioned.

I looked around for a moment, then turned my head towards Draco. "This is the Forest of Dean, isn't it? I didn't know you knew about this place."

"You told me about it twenty years ago," he replied.

"Well, that was twenty years ago," I said, laughing. "But seriously, what are we doing here?"

Draco reached in his pocket and grabbed a little bag. After opening the bag, he pulled out a blanket and a basket.

Undetectable Extension Charm. Clever.

He grabbed his wand and set the blanket neatly on the ground. Then, he took the basket with his hand and sat down.

"Oh, Draco, this is...this is so sweet," I exclaimed, sitting down beside him.

"I thought you'd like it," he told me, opening the basket.

Draco and I sat there for countless hours, eating lunch, talking about the past, and laughing at all the stupid things we did when we were younger. I stared at Draco as he was laughing at something I said. I smiled at him. It felt like the world just stopped for a moment. When I saw Draco smiling, it reminded me of when he barely smiled when we were teenagers. It wasn't until we were romantically involved that his world was brightening up, and it was all because of me.

"Draco?" I spoke up.

"Yes, Max?"

"Do you remember when we first started dating?"

Draco nodded his head. "Of course I do." He took my hand. "You've changed my life for the better. You know that, right?"

I smiled. "Yeah, I do." I paused for a moment, then sighed. "It's like we were destined to be together, right?"

Draco grinned. "Just like Professor Trelawney's prediction."

"Can you believe it's been twenty years since we got married?"

"I can't believe you still think I'm attractive," he said.

I chuckled. "You still think I'm attractive, right?"

Draco smirked. "You'll always be gorgeous in my eyes, Maxine Malfoy."

"You know how I feel about my full name," I said, following a sigh. "But since it's our anniversary, I'll let it slide."

Draco smiled and looked around him. I looked around as well and noticed how late it was getting. "It's getting dark, isn't it?"

"Yeah, it is," I answered. "We better go get Scorpius from--"

"Oh, no, we're not done yet," Draco cut me off. "We still have one more thing."

"We do?" I asked him. "What else do you have planned?"

Draco cleaned up everything and placed the blanket and basket back in the bag. Then, he looked at me. "Well, there's a reason why we have our brooms," he said. "I wanted to do this with you when we were younger, but I never asked you due to me being jealous of your flying ability."

"What is it?"

"We're going to fly over London together."

"Fly over London?" I repeated. "You're insane!"

"I know, but who isn't?" he pointed out. "Come on. It's getting dark, which is the perfect time to go."

Draco and I grabbed our brooms and mounted on them. Once again, I followed Draco off into the sky.

It was dark enough that lights were lit all over London, so we were able to see where we were going. I was worried about Muggles seeing us, but Draco assured me that no one would.

I looked down at the scenery below me and smiled to myself. The lights were reflecting off of the water and the sound of cars were flooding the streets of London. I flew down by the water and looked up at Draco, who followed me down and flew beside me.

"Follow me!" he yelled.

I watched as Draco flew ahead of me, so I followed him. We went through the streets of London, over buildings, and through tunnels. Finally, we went past the London Eye and landed on top of Big Ben.

"Wow," I said, panting and sitting down beside Draco on the rooftop.

"I'm surprised that we can still fly at this age," Draco commented.

I chuckled. "Got that right," I said. I placed my broom on my lap. "Beautiful, isn't it?"

"Yeah, it is," he replied. I could feel him staring at me.

I looked at him and laughed. "I was talking about the view, Draco."

"I was, too. My view is pretty great," he said, smirking at me.

I sighed. "Is there another reason you didn't ask me to do this when we were younger?" I asked.

He shrugged his shoulders. "Things were different between us back then. It was hard to ask you when you hated my guts."

I chuckled. "I guess it was. But I'm glad we were able to do it tonight."

"Me, too," Draco agreed, smiling.

I rested my head on Draco's shoulders. "Happy Anniversary, Draco."

Draco rested his head on mine. "Happy Anniversary, Max."

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A/N: Hiii!

Of course, I posted this chapter on this day for one reason and one reason only: August 15th is the anniversary of Draco and Max!

Because it's 2018 in this story (specifically this chapter), it's been 20 years since Draco and Max got married.

It seems like yesterday I was writing their first kiss. :') Ugh, my Drax feels...

FUN FACT: The scene where they're flying around London was actually a scene that I was gonna write in Closer to Love, but then I decided to not do it and replaced it with the scene of Draco and Max talking by the gardens at the end of chapter 3.

The song is All Those Pretty Lights by Andrew Belle.

Dedicated to reloading- for the banner above! :)

Oh, and also, I got back to school on the 18th...so updates will be slow...

Anyway, comment, vote, #Drax. <3

-A