SMALL CHANGE NO NEED TO REREAD, BUT IT WAS BLAISE'S STEP-MOTHER NOT MOTHER. OOPS.

!cowgomoo2u2- Thank you for noticing. I made a huge mistake. Yes blaise's mummy is dead it was his step mother but I didn't type it right. Thank you for noticing so I could correct it Lot of love! muah!

Aren't Sara and Liz just the cutest!

They aren't in this Chappie much but they'll come back soon.


Ginny had woken up roughly two hours after falling asleep. She had simply sighed and pulled the covers off of herself and began making her way down to the kitchen, she was still at the burrow. Somehow her mother had convinced her to stay the night with the girls and she had given in, but none of this accounted for Ginny's consciousness. No, it was the meeting she had in. . .six hours.

She sat at the old scrubbed table over a mug of warm Jasmine tea, to help her relax. Gin, you can do this. It's just another meeting with another business. This happened a lot, she always got nervous before big meetings, it was her old stage fright coming back to haunt her.

The handle on the kitchen door rattled and Ginny looked up, reaching for her wand. It rattled again then turned and opened. Ginny let her shoulders sag as Harry entered the kitchen. He closed the door behind him and smiled at Ginny.

"Hey, Gin welcome back."

"Hey Harry. . .what are you doing here it's like three in the morning?"

"I was hoping to find my wife have you seen her?"

Ginny smiled, "Sorry about that Harry, they convinced me to stay, then I convince Mione to stay too. She's up in my old room."

"It's ok," he sat beside her at the table, pouring some tea from the pot for himself. "So what are you doing up?" he said taking a sip.

Ginny sighed, "Couldn't sleep, big meeting remember?"

"I vaguely recall something about a meeting, I was gonna skip it, sleep in, you know. . . let you handle it."

Ginny's eyes widened, "You can't do that to me," she said her voice immediately filled with panic. "I can't take a do this by myself, I can't. . ." She trailed off when she noticed Harry hiding laughter behind his hand, her shoulders sagged and she frowned, "Hardy, har, har, Potter. That wasn't funny."

"Yes it was, you should have seen yourself," Ginny made a face and they drank they're tea in silence. Harry finished his tea, while Gin nursed hers. He got up to go find Hermione but stopped himself at the entrance way looking back at Ginny. "You should relax, Gin."

He heard a sort of laugh come from her and she looked at him, "Two kids, five years and three businesses later. I don't know how to relax, anymore." she turned back to her tea.

"Well, I don't know about now but you use to sing. I remember before exams or meeting new people you would just sit in the corner singing or humming depending on who you were with."

Ginny stayed silent and sipped her tea, she heard Harry sigh and leave the room.


Draco picked imaginary lint off of his robes as he walked through the ministry. He stopped at the security desk for the usual check. As he wordlessly handed over his wand someone stood beside him and began to talk to the security-wizard. The voice Draco recognized but hoped to Merlin he was wrong. It wasn't until the guard confirmed it that he rolled his eyes.

"Mr. Potter, your looking awfully spiffy today. . .your not going on the field today are you?"

He heard Harry chuckle as he took a clipboard and signed in, "No, not today, Marcus. I'm actually going to a meeting for something else. I'm not going, until tomorrow."

"Well, glad to hear you finally agreed to come down and take up a position with the Aurors, I hear they're really excited," just then the print out of Draco's wand finished. Marcus filed it away and handed the wand back to Draco, "Here you are Mr, Malfoy."

This is when they finally looked at each other and the look on Harry's face was just what he had expected, loathing and something else. . .surprise? Draco took his wand and nodded to the security-wizard then looked Harry up and down, "Potter," was all he said by way of hello and goodbye before continuing down the atrium toward the elevators.

Harry was rooted in his spot, He was back. Malfoy was back in England. There was a faint sound in the back of Harry's mind that pulled him out of thought. Ginny had appeared next to him and was waving a hand in front of his face after handing over her wand.

"Harry?" she called. "You there?"

Harry looked at her and blinked before nodding, "yeah, I'm fine."

"Good, you ready?"

"Yeah," he said handing the signed clipboard back to Marcus and retrieving his wand. . .should I tell her? Harry's mind was reeling as they approached the elevators themselves, he looked around thoroughly to see if Malfoy was anywhere in sight. No he's gone about his business.

They stood waiting for the lift to stop at their floor. Harry had borrowed a conference room for their meeting and at the moment they were running a little late. They got off the lift and started down the hall. Half way down the hall, they heard another elevator arrive but took no notice. Harry opened the door to the conference room. The honeydukes reps were in full view and Harry smiled as he was about to enter someone called Ginny and they turned to see Natalie, a bar tender from Ginny's night club, rushing toward them.

"Ginny," she said breathlessly. "You have to come now." she panted.

"Harry, go in I'll be a minute" Ginny said with a confused look, Harry entered wordlessly and closed the door behind him. "What? Why? What's wrong?" Ginny asked Natalie.

"It's the entertainment. . .there is none and plumbing in one of the bathrooms has gone hay wire and then there is this guy from the ministry there something about. . .a liquor allowance, I don't know but you need to get down there."

"What?"Ginny rubbed her temples. "I leave the country and everything is fine, I come back for a day and the club can't run without me. . .How is that possible?"

Natalie shrugged still trying to catch her breath, and gave her a look as if to say what are you asking me for woman, I only work here. Ginny took a deep breath and put on a bright smile, opening the conference door, she didn't enter only smiled at the honeydukes people, "Oh Harry, Come here please."

Harry, who seemed to be in the middle of a staring contest with someone Ginny couldn't see.

Looked at her and then excused himself, "What?" he asked hurriedly.

"Harry, there's an emergency at the club I can't do this meeting now. I have to go."

"But-"

"No buts I have to go, either reschedule and if you can't try and do it yourself, but I have to go. I'm sorry." before Harry could argue with her, she and Natalie went sprinting down the hall and toward the elevators. Harry took a deep breath, Maybe it was for the best she wasn't coming.

Guess that means I shouldn't tell her.


Draco sat in one of the Ministry conference rooms with the honeydukes representatives, they were waiting for the owners of Sara and Liz's to arrive. Draco smirked to himself. They're late that's not good. . .for them anyway.

The conference room door opened and one of the owner's entered. Now, if Draco hadn't been a Malfoy his jaw would have dropped. The owner smiled at the honeydukes then saw Draco and froze pulling out his chair. The comfortable silence that had once resided in the room was gone, there was now thick tension in it's place.

Harry and Draco sat staring unblinkingly at each other for what seemed like for ever as one of the other reps tapped his quill on the table, "Mr. Potter, where is you partner?"

"She's outside. There was an emergency at one of her other businesses but she assures me she'll be right in." Now sooner had the sentence left his mouth than the door open. Draco couldn't see who had opened it but Harry had looked up and the excused himself to step outside.

Draco was in shock, Potter, potter had outbid me. What the hell was going on in the world? The door opened again and Harry reentered by himself. Walking back to his seat, he cleared his throat, "It seems it was a bigger emergency than earlier portrayed and, She sends her deepest apologies she can't make it and is asking if we can reschedule for a later date."

The Honeydukes people conferred privately with each other before nodding, "That's fine Mr. Potter, we'll reconvene next week." they got up. "Thank you, for coming Mr. Malfoy but it seems we're going to have to postpone this meeting." Giving a sad but unconvincing look. They left.

At this Draco finally found his voice, "What are you playing at Potter?"

"Excuse me?"

"Do you think I can just pop in and out of the country as you feel like. . . well I can but that's beside the point, I have other things to do than battle with over something that I'm going to get anyway."

Harry eyed Draco before shrugging nonchalantly, "Well it looks like you'll be in England for a while longer then Malfoy, as my partner, as you heard, had an emergency."

Draco sneered, "Who's your partner? Weasley." he said sarcastically.

Harry looked at him and smiled, "As a matter of fact yes."

With that he left. Draco was slightly confused, Harry had left as though he knew something Draco didn't. Well, he'd just have to find out what that was.


"What ! That doesn't make any sense. Ok, are you listening to me? The building is in my name. The liquor allowance is also in my name. Therefore I and whom ever I hire are allowed to sell liquor on my premises, are you understanding me ?"

Ginny was at her wits end, the plumbing in the mens room had stopped working, they had a poltergeist in the system or something along those lines, the band that had been booked wasn't coming because one of their members was in labour and now the department of allowances and licenses wasn't allowing they to sell alcohol.

"-No, I don't care if she's having a baby, I'm having a fucking baby, and my partner has had twins. . .we have no sympathy for her, the rest of you are not pregnant therefore need to get your instrument playing arses down here, Now !" Gabrielle was in the middle of arguing with the drummer of the band who's fiery head was nodding frantically, after being throughly scolded by the pregnant lady.

As he disappeared Gabrielle let out an exasperated breath and stormed over to the bar where she had left her drink, she took a sip as Ginny turned from ushering the ministry worker out of the building. She turned to her friend, "What's that?" she said with a raised eyebrow.

"Club soda, diva." Gabrielle answered, "Calm down, I'm not totally insane."

"I have to check with you," Ginny sat on a near by bar stool next to her friend and surveyed the room.

It was nice club, the floor was black tile and the stage was a risen black box in the center. The booths around the edges of the room were covered in black fabric but the tables had silver tops. The stools at the bar had silver covering and the bar it self was a wave taking up an entire side of the club it meandered along the side, glasses hung from the bar ceiling and drinks lined the wall, some where the usual, Vodka and rums, but it ranged as far as Absinthe and Le cheval noir.

Ginny rested her head back on the bar, "I missed a meeting for this place. . .I think we lost honeydukes." she said to no one in particular.

Gabrielle patted her shoulder, "it's because you love it so much, it's your creation."

Ginny nodded and sighed looking down at her watch, "I should go pick up Liz and Sara from Pumpkin seeds." she rose from the stool and straightened her robes.

She started towards the door of the club, the rave lights started flickering and she paused, "Sorry," Natalie called from the back, and they stopped.

Ginny shook her head and began to open the door when she heard a tinkling of broken glass behind her, Ginny turned to the sound of a straggled cry. "Gabrielle !" she yelled, running toward her friend.

Gabrielle was clutching her stomach, pieces of broken glass remained in her hand cutting into the skin. Ginny quickly pulled them from her grasp, "Gabrielle, what's wrong?"

Gabrielle facial features unscrewed and she was panting slightly as she relaxed, "Ginny," she breathed, "What does a contraction feel like?"

"Like they clamped you stomach in a vice, why did you just have one?"

"Stomach in a vice, Hmm. . .yeah I think I did." just then her face scrunched and she grunted. Ginny noticed that the knees of her robes were damp where she had been kneeling by Gabrielle, and she was sure it was club soda.

"Gabrielle, your in labour,"

"You think!"

"I'll Take that as the pain talking. . .we have to get you to St. Mungos. Natalie !"

Natalie came hopping from the back but froze at the site of the two women, "What The Fuck !"

"Natalie, I'm taking Gabs to St. Mungos, I need you to Floo to. . .Gabrielle where's Blaise?"

"At my mothers,"

"To the Blackfire Manor and Get Blaise tell him to meet us there," she helped Gabrielle to her feet. "Go !" she yelled at the still immobilized Bartender, who shook out of her stupor and ran to the fire place.

Ginny walked Gabrielle to the fireplace, "Just a little further, and then you don't have to walk again for 6 days."

Gabrielle was breathing deep her face permanently clenched in pain. "I hate men," she breathed through gritted teeth.

"Don't we all," Ginny mumbled.


Blaise sat in the blue salon on the Blackfire Manor, having tea with both his new step mother and Gabrielle's mother. Gabrielle had rushed out earlier to tend to an emergency at the club and they were patiently waiting her return.

Adonis entered the room and joined them, to Blaises relief, changing the topic of conversation from robes and accessories. To hostile takeovers and business mergers. They were later joined by Draco who, huffed in mumbling something about skinning Potter alive.

"So the meeting didn't go well?" Celestina asked, pouring Draco some tea.

"For it to have gone bad, there had to have been a meeting in the first place," he said taking the cup from his second mother.

"What happened?" Blaise's step-mother, Helena, asked.

"Well, if it wasn't bad enough they outbid and forced me to come to this meeting, Sara and Liz's representatives were late. Then they were dis-organized, one of them didn't even show his face and then. The entire meeting was rescheduled due to some other business crisis, so you'll all be glad to know I'm here indefinitely. . .oh and the best part? Sara and Liz's. . .is run by Potter and company." Draco drained the cup of warm liquid.

"You poor dear," Helena said sympathetically, patting Draco's arm. Draco gave her a look she didn't notice, before removing his arm from her reach.

Just then a house elf cleared his throat somewhere behind them and they turned to face the creature, "There is a Miss. Natalie here for Mr. Zabini,"

"Natalie?"

"Yes, sir. It is about Mrs. Zabini."

"Well, don't just stand there show her in !" Snapped Celestina.

The elf bowed and left, returning a few minutes later with a breathless and scared looking bartender. Blaise rose from his seat and walked over to her.

"Blasie," she panted. "Gabrielle sh-she. . .ow. . .pain. . .Mungos. . .hospital. . .baby."

"Natalie breathe your not making any sense," he said helping her to a seat.

Natalie took a deep breath and calmed down, "Gabrielle is in labour."

There was silence in the room as they all processed the information. All of a sudden there was a screeching of chairs as five occupants rose top there feet and started toward the fireplace. Natalie remained on the sofa catching her breath.


Ginny eyes were watering.

"Breathe, Mrs. Zabini, Breathe."

"What do you think I'm doing, Baking a fucking cake !"

Gabrielle released her death grip on Ginny's hand as the contraction passed, "Could you please give her something for the pain?"

"Sorry, Miss. Weasley. She wants to do this naturally."

"Then can you give me something for my hand?"

The healer nodded, with a sympathetic smile and tapped her wand to Ginny's fingers. Relief washed over her face, "Thanks," she said gratefully.

"Your welcome," the healer left.

Ginny patted Gabrielle damp head lovingly, "You're an idiot you know that right?"

"I should have asked for pain killers, why didn't you tell me it was this painful when I decided to do this naturally?"

"I did, you said I was being a baby,"

"Oh,"

"Believe me now?"

Gabrielle nodded and Ginny held her, Ginny was sitting next to her on the white linens of her St. Mungo's bed. Ginny had been with her for fifteen minutes, when she checked her watch again and sighed, "Babe, you know how I said I wouldn't leave until Blaise comes?"

"Yeah,"

"I have to go get my children," Gabrielle tightened her girp on Ginny.

"You were my friend first," she whined.

"I know," Ginny laughed. "And I always will be but I'm their mother,"

Gabrielle sighed, "Fine, but you have to come back."

"Of course, I'm gonna drop them at my mums, then come right back, ok?"

Gabrielle nodded and reluctantly released Ginny's waist. Ginny gave Gabrielle a small smile, "I'll be back," she whispered, before standing up and leaving the room. Ginny made her way through the hospital down to the lobby which was as usual packed with injured wizards. Ginny stepped up to the fireplace, but didn't enter. The small sign above the fireplace read 'incoming' meaning someone was coming in so Ginny couldn't get out.

There was a woosh and Blaise was standing in front of Ginny, Blaise rushed out of the fireplace and gripped Ginny's shoulder's, "where is she?" he said shaking Ginny slightly.

"Upstairs, fifth floor, second door on the left."

"Thank you."

"No problem." Blaise rushed off as Ginny stepped into the fireplace. There was a second Woosh and she was gone. As Ginny disappeared into the emerald green flames, there was another woosh and Draco stepped out of the fireplace.


After picking Sara and Liz up from nursery, Ginny rushed them to her mother's house. She had to get back to the hospital, and be with Gabrielle. "Mum !" she yelled arriving at the burrow.

"In the Kitchen dear," Molly replied.

Ginny made her way to the kitchen, Sara and liz in tow, "Mum, I need you to look after then for a little bit, Gabrielle went into labour and I need to get back to St. Mungo's." Ginny was speaking incredibly fast and Molly nodded along unquestioningly.

"Thanks mum, love you." and with that she was off again. To St. Mungo's.


Ok yeah I know, I took forever, I apologize. Writers block combined with limited computer time, not good.

I hope you enjoy it, I just finished and don't remember what happens in the chappie, so I hope you like it and I hope it makes sense.

Reviews!

I loved them.

entrancer- yes the last one was rushed but with my head you write while it's there or you lose it. Gabrielle knows all.

blissfulxsin- He doesn't know about them yet! Heehee.

Escritor -I love that you think that, I think that too. I think my writing has improved also.

Vipera -You make me feel happy. You stayed up till two reading my story! Ooo. hug you get a hug for that one.

Keeperofpineneedles- I love her children too!

Angel of the Night Watchers - There will be no! kicking of Phineas' Ass. It's a lovingly ass and I refuse to dent it. I could have made there names longer but decided against it.

deaths-confidant- kisses Psst...re-read chappie one, he's already out of the Pansy Marriage.

Kisses

Ana.