Here's the sequel to my story "It Felt Like Forever". This story skips ahead seventeen years after Draco and Ginny graduated from Hogwarts. I hope you like it. Don't forget to REVIEW!


"Scorpius Draco Malfoy, you had better give your sister back her broom or you will never see a quidditch pitch again!" Ginny called up the stairs to her children.

"But, Mum!"

"Give it back, Scorpius!" she ignored her sons complaints as she turned around at the sound of a baby's laugh. Draco stood in the doorway, holding their youngest child in his arms. He smiled up at her.

"I hope you were more well behaved then your brother and sister are, my little Princess. Mummy is rather stressed," Draco cooed down at his daughter as she looked up at him with large silver eyes. Ginny smiled at the pair.

"Hello, Love," she kissed Draco sweetly, breaking apart at the sound of footsteps stampeding down the stairs.

"Daddy!" Artemis flung herself at Draco, who had just passed the baby to Ginny. He wrapped his older daughter in a hug.

"How's my baby girl doing?" he swung her around in a circle as she giggled.

"I'm not a baby anymore, Daddy," she told him, still giggling.

"No, you aren't, but you will always be my baby," he kissed her forehead, smiling.

"Hey, Dad," Apollo called down to him, "Scorpius says that Puddlemere is going to beat out the Harpies in the next match. Can you please tell him that he's wrong?"

Ginny rolled her eyes at her sons' antics. They were constantly betting on who would win the next quidditch game. She had been forced to give up her position as chaser on the Holyhead Harpies when she became pregnant with Scorpius. She had gotten back on the broom only a few times since. However much she missed flying, she wouldn't have traded it for the world. She had five beautiful children, and a loving husband. What more could she want?

"Ask your mother, son, She knows more about those teams than I do," Draco winked at her.

CRACK!

"Dinner is ready, Mrs. Malfoy," a tiny house elf bowed to her.

"Thank you, Squeaky," Ginny nodded to the elf who disappeared with a loud pop. "Apollo, tell your brother and sister to come down for dinner," she called up to him.

"GUYS! DINN-"

"Apollo, if I had wanted shouting, I would have called them myself," she scolded. Apollo looked at her sheepishly before scurrying out of sight to fetch his siblings.

"So how was your day at the office?" she asked, turning to her husband who was giving a piggyback ride to Artemis. "Really, Draco. She's getting much too big to be doing that anymore."

"Oh, Gin, stop all the worrying. I'm as fit as I ever was. Besides, I want to savor these moments before she really is too big to do this with."

Ginny sighed, but let it go. She really did love that Draco was so loving and gentle towards the kids. He had been so nervous about having children at first. He always worried he would turn into his father. His worrying was unfounded. He got angry with the kids on occasion, but what father wouldn't? He always made sure that they knew he loved them after he scolded them, or had to punish them. Ginny smiled as he picked up Artemis and set her in her chair at the table.

"Mum, Scorp is being too loud for me to study," her eldest daughter, Selene, sat next to Artemis, glaring daggers at her older brother who sat across from her.

"It's the summer holidays, Selene! Why on earth would you study?" Scorpius sounded so appalled by the idea that Ginny had to stifle a laugh.

"Calm down, Scorp. Your sister has her O.W.L.s this year," Draco spoke to his eldest. "She wants to be prepared."

"I never studied and I still passed all my O.W.L.s," Scorpius shrugged, and began shoveling food into his mouth. Draco turned to his wife.

"He may look like me, but he gets his eating habits from your side of the family," he said, his eyes twinkling.

"Mum, you'll never guess who called me today!" Selene suddenly perked up and turned to her mother.

"Was it the boy you were telling me about over Easter holidays?" Ginny asked, scooping food onto her plate.

"Yes! He called and asked if I could accompany him to the quidditch match tomorrow for the Harpies game. Please, Mum! Can I go?"

"Sure," Ginny nodded, "But you have to be home by ten."

"But, Mum, he'll think I'm such a baby if I have a curfew! Please can I stay out late?"

"With a boy?" Draco cut in, his silver eyes narrowed at his daughter, "No. You are not going out with a boy at all. Let alone passed your curfew."

"Daddy!" the teenager wailed in dismay, "Pleeease!"

"Absolutely not."

"Draco, she can go out, but she has to stick to curfew," Ginny looked pointedly at her daughter, "And if she complains anymore about curfew, I can always move it to nine o'clock instead."

"Yes, Mum," Selene snapped her mouth shut, eating her dinner in silence.

Everyone was eating so the talk slowed. Ginny looked around at her children. The oldest was Scorpius. He was sixteen and would be entering his sixth year at Hogwarts. He was the spitting image of Draco at that age, with his pale complexion and white blonde hair. His mercury colored eyes were always sparkling with mischief. He had been born less than a year after they had been married. They hadn't wanted to have children so soon, but they had to grow accustomed to the idea rather quickly. Ten months later, Selene had been born. She was a perfect mix of both her parents. Her long waist length hair was strawberry blonde with a slight wave to it. Her eyes were a light hazel. She bore the Weasley freckles, but only across the bridge of her nose and some on her high Malfoy cheekbones. She was quiet, reserved and she loved to read. She had gone through the entire Malfoy Manor Library by the time she was eleven. Three years later, Apollo and Artemis were born. Artemis looked like a little Ginny, but with her father's silver eyes, while Apollo looked like Draco with Ginny's hazel orbs. Those two were troublemakers. Their Uncle George had been thrilled that there was set of twins in the family. He had taught them all his tricks and combined with their Slytherin cunning, they wreaked havoc on Hogwarts. Ginny swore she had more owls sent home because of them in their first year then the other two in their five and six years combined. Then there was the baby, Persephone. She had been a surprise baby. Almost twelve years after the twins, Persephone had joined their family in the middle of the summer. She was a beauty to behold. At the age of one, she had sparkling silver blue eyes and beautiful blonde curls. She had a smattering of freckles across her nose and a round angel face. Everyone who met her seemed to fall in love instantly. She hardly ever cried. Instead she laughed. She had the cutest little giggle that sounded like crystal bells in a light summer breeze. She had her daddy and brothers wrapped around her little finger from the moment they laid eyes on her.

Ginny smiled as she watched her two older daughters discuss what Selene was going to wear on her date the next night. The boys were making silly faces at the baby, making her laugh. She looked across the table to Draco who was looking at her with a smile. She grinned at him as one of the boys accidentally flung mashed potato into his hair. Draco laughed after a tense minute, which caused her to break into a fit of giggles. Soon the entire family was engaged in a food fight. Ginny found herself next to Draco in the corner behind an upturned chair, used as a shield.

"I love you," Draco said with a laugh as he pulled a bit of lettuce from her fiery curls.

"I love you, too," she grinned and leaned into kiss him. Seventeen years together and she still loved this man with all her heart. She couldn't have been happier.


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