AN: Feeling really inspired thanks to Holding Out for a Hero by Ella Mae Bowen
Chapter Two –
Draco glanced up at the clock on his Office wall, it was already 7pm. After his meeting in the morning, he shut himself off in his Office, and starred at the photography, of his son and Ginny sleeping. How he wished he had been there to take this photograph himself.
His mind wondered from memory to memory of the times he and Ginny where living their secret lives together.
They had been butting heads for a long while in Hogwarts. Draco having been used to girls either worshiping him, or running in the opposite direction, didn't expect Ginny's bravery. She stood up to him, time and time again. She had wiggled her way under his skin.
He knew he had never stopped loving her, and his recent engagement, was to please his father. He was turning 27 in a short amount of time, and he felt it was time to settle down. Knowing he couldn't have his one true love, he settled for what society would expect him to be with.
Could he go through with that marriage now, knowing Ginny was back in his life, full force? Not only was she back in his life, but also she brought along with her a sweet little boy.
When she had first put the sonogram on his table, he had to contain his anger. But when she so rudely told him to look for the date of the sonogram made, he realized that the small black and white dot in the picture was his child.
Once she had showed him pictures of what the boy looked like, he knew right away that he was his.
Draco had given up on everything; the day Ginny had left him. He threw himself into work, and already being wealthy, only expanded his wealth. He had envisioned, marrying Ginny, and having redheaded children with her, but never did he express those feeling to her.
He didn't know how too.
Everything he knew about being with someone, she had taught him: to be patient, kind, loving, and to trust someone for the first time in his life.
He picked up the pictures, and stored them in his desk. He locked it making sure no one could get their hands on them.
He straightened himself to his full frame, and headed out of his office.
He was determined to find out why his mother had played such a big part in hiding his son from him.
Did she think he would make a horrible father? Its not like he had a good role model.
When he arrived out side of the Malfoy Manor, he felt his heart sink in his chest, was he really ready to find out the reason for his mothers secrecy?
"Draco," Narcissa said smiling at her son.
"Mother," Draco greeted her.
"I'm glad she finally told you," she says smiling at her son, washing some of his worries away.
"Why did you keep it from me?" he asks, his voice steady and quiet.
"Oh Draco," Narcissa said, as she placed one of the elegant hands over her heart. "I had to," she said and casted her eyes to the floor. "Ginny was in such a hard place when I found her."
They stood there staring at each other for a moment. "What about me mother!" he hissed at her.
"Draco, I did what was best for your son," she says her eyes narrowing at him. "I did not do this to hurt you, my son."
"Where is she?" he questioned.
"She is in London, I bought her a small house, and have been putting her up there for the past four years." She says as she walked over to her desk, and pulled out a small black box. "I want you to have this." She says as she handed it to him.
"What is it?" Draco asked looking at his mother's hand.
"It's my mothers ring." She said simply.
"But you said—"
"Never mind what I said in the past Draco, I didn't want that wretched girl wearing it." She says once again narrowing her eyes, as she popped open the lid of the little black velvet box.
Draco starred at the glistering ring that sat in the box. It was a pear shaped diamond setting. Around the band continued smaller diamonds. The ring was simple, yet so fitting for Ginny.
"I'm engaged mother!" He says as his eyes make their way back up to his mother's eyes.
"A mother knows her sons happiness." She said smiling up at him, and took a hold of his hand and put the box in his hand. "Follow your heart Draco, don't make the same mistake I have."
Draco closed his hand around the box, and finally slipped it into his inside jacket pocket. "Come, I'll take you to her." Narcissa said as she took her sons hand, and headed out to the grounds.
As they arrive in front of Ginny's house, Narcissa smiles reassuringly at her son. "He's not here tonight."
"Where is he?" Draco questions confused.
"He's with his uncle Ron," Narcissa says smiling, as she remembered her grandson, so happy around his uncle.
Draco nodded, and headed up the small steps, and knocked.
Moments later, Ginny appeared behind the door, in a bathrobe. "Draco," she breathed as she felt her breath knocked out of her.
Draco's eyed her, his eyes traveling from her small delicate feet all the way up to her burning hair. How could she still, after all this time, make his heart tingle?
"Are you going to let me in," he questioned, and Ginny stepped aside hugging her robe tighter around her.
"Would you like some tea?" she asks as Draco enters the small house. He gives her one small nod and Ginny heads into the kitchen.
Draco follows her, but comes to a halt at the entrance to the living room. Grey eyes with honey specks stare back at him. He can feel a smile tug at his lips. "Does he know me?" he asks before he could stop himself.
Ginny slowly turned toward Draco, looking at his smiling face, his eyes never leaving his sons face. "Yes he does," she says with a soft voice. She walks over to him, and takes his big hand into her small one. He feels him tense, but he doesn't pull away. "Come with me, I want to show you something." She says and pulls him from the living room entrance up the stairs.
He casts an eye into her bedroom, looking for any sign that someone had spend the night with her there. She comes to a stop in front of a door that has Aiden's name on it. Still holding Draco's hand, she pushes the door open.
She lets go of his hand and walks in, and sits on the little twin bed. She points to his nightstand, where a picture frame sits.
Draco moves into the room, observing it. Its painted green, and the theme of the room are dragons. On his nightstand is a Dragon lamp, and underneath his lamp sits a green and silver picture frame. It's the frame Draco had given Ginny for their first Christmas. Inside the frame is still the same picture that Draco had placed in it. It's a picture of him and Ginny, smiling goofily at the camera. In the picture Ginny is flushed from the cold, and she is smiling with Draco at the camera, and turns her head and kisses his cheek.
"He knows who you are," Ginny whispers. "I have told him stories of you, as has your mother."
Minutes tick by, as Draco stares at the picture, remembering when this picture had been taken. Ginny had made him go out into the grounds with her, and make a snowman. Before that day he had never made a snowman before, but Ginny insisted that he would at least need to make one in his life.
"I'm sorry Draco," she whispers again, and turns her head to look at him. She realizes how close he's sitting to her, and flushes a pink. Her eyes dart to his lips, and back up to his eyes.
Draco is starring at her, and he grabs a hold of her bathrobe and pulls her close to him, but before their lips have a chance to meet, Ginny hears her door bang open downstairs. "Gin" she can hear Ron yelling.
She jumps up off her sons' bed and hurries down the stairs, worry filling her. "What!" she says as she reaches the front door. When she sees Aiden in Ron's arms she relaxes.
"He didn't want you to be alone tonight," Ron says as he looks from Aiden and winks at Ginny.
"Yah, Mama is scared of the dark," he says all brave like.
"Oh Baby," she says smiling, as she takes him from Ron's arms and nuzzles the little boy close to her.
Ginny watches Ron's mouth drop open, he's starring at something behind her, and Ginny knows Draco's made his way downstairs. She turns her body to look at Draco, and Aiden lifts his head from her chest, and looks up at the tall man standing on the stairs. Suddenly he's shy. He's just starring at Draco, as if he's seen an alien.
"Uhmm—" Ron mutters something, and him and Hermione slip out of the door and head home.
"Baby, this is Dad." Ginny says looking from Draco's stunned face, to her Sons even more stunned face. "Baby say hi," she whispers to him.
But Aiden only continues to stare at Draco. Draco descends down the last three steps, and stands in front of Ginny and his son. It is even more real now, as he stands in front of his son.
"Hi," Draco smiles at him, and Ginny feels Aiden relax in her arms, as a huge grin comes over his face.
"Dad" he says looking at Draco. Draco's heart flutters at the sound Aiden makes.
"Yeah, it's me." He says as he reaches for Aiden to take him in his arms.
Part of Ginny feels a bang of worry, and the other part wants to jump up and down out of joy.
Draco looked into his son's eyes, and for an almost 4 year old, he could see the wisdom in his eyes. Draco smiles at him, and lifts one of his hands and ruffles his hair. Aiden lets out a joyful laugh.
He heads into the living room, and sits on the couch, with Aiden in his lap. "It's good to meet you!" Draco says.
Aiden's face is lit up in a huge grin. Finally he has met his father. "Mama come sit!" Aiden says as he turns to Ginny, his eyes filled with joy, finally having his mother and father together.
Ginny hesitates but slowly walks over to them, and sits next to Draco. Aiden jumps out of Draco's lap and brings over his toy trucks. "This is Draco," he says holding up a green and silver truck.
Ginny had never seen Draco smile this much. Her heart fills with love, love that she thought had faded long ago. Tears roll down her cheeks, and Aiden noticing his mother's tears, climbs into her lap and nuzzles her chest.
Draco reaches over and brushes her cheek with his thumb. "I'm so sorry," she mouths to Draco, and he shakes his head, part of him forgiving her already.
"Come Aiden," she says as she gets a hold of herself. "it's way past your bedtime." She says, as she gets up off the couch and heads upstairs, Draco following her.
"Can we sleep in your bed?" Aiden asks, hopeful. Ginny looks up at Draco, embarrassed, her cheeks a rosy pink.
"Of course we can," Draco says, as he takes Aiden from Ginny, and heads up to Ginny's bedroom. If Aiden asked him to jump off a bridge, Draco would be prepared to jump! How could he ever deny this little boy anything? All the birthdays he has missed, pained him.
By the time Ginny reaches her bedroom, Draco is laying on the bed with Aiden in the middle of the bed. "Your on my side," Ginny says looking at Draco.
"Oh Red, you know this was always my side." He says smirking at her.
Ginny blushes, and picks up her sweatpants, and t-shirt, and heads into the bathroom. Minutes later, she opens the door dressed. Aiden is already asleep curled up next to Draco's large frame.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't say no to him." Draco says as his eyes once more wander up and down Ginny's body.
"That's something you'll have to learn to do Draco, he can't have everything he always wants." She says as she lowers her self in the bed.
"I'll try," Draco says, as his eyes are back on his son now, sleeping soundly next to him.
Both Ginny, and Draco drift off to sleep, Aiden firmly next to them.
As the sun begins to rise, and peek through Ginny's curtains, she slowly begins to wake. She's laying on her side, with Aiden now in front of her, curled up against her. She tries to turn to see where Draco went, but she doesn't seem to be able too. A shiver runs through her body. She can feel his breath on her neck, and she finally notices Draco's arm draped around the both of them.
He's wrapped himself around the two of them protectively. His arm is draped around Ginny's waist, and his hand is holding Aiden's back, as to not roll of the high bed.
Ginny closes her eyes relishing the feeling of Draco behind her, and her small Angel in front sleeping soundly. Aiden begins to stir in his sleep, and Ginny can feel him sit up in bed. She can feel his eyes on her, but does not open them. He takes his father's hand that had been on him, and places it against Ginny's stomach. He smoothly slides off the bed, feet first with a small thud.
Ginny feels Draco stir, and she expected him to pull away, but instead he buries his face in her hair, and pulls her closer to him, wrapping one of his legs with hers.
This is such a familiar feeling for her, that she can't tear herself away from Draco.
She could hear Aiden pitter patter around the house playing with his toys.
"Mmmm" she could hear Draco stirring in his sleep. She could feel him lift his head from the pillow and looking around the room. He moves his hand slowly, and gingerly brushes his knuckles against her cheek.
Ginny chooses to keep her eyes closed, pretending that she was still asleep.
She could feel Draco watching her, and a shiver runs through her body. Draco feeling her reaction pulls the blanket closer around her, and he slowly untangles himself from her.
She feels the bed shift, as Draco gets off of the bed, and she can hear him slowly walking around the bed, and out the door.
Leaving Ginny feeling empty.
He has joined Aiden now, downstairs, and she could hear them talking. Ginny makes her way toward them, with a small sad grin on her face. How did she manage to keep Draco from his son so long, when clearly they made each other happy.
"Mama" Aiden screams and runs towards his mother as he sees her approaching.
Ginny scoops him up into her arms, and tears begin to pool in her eyes.
Her eyes meet Draco's, and the tears slowly begin to run down her cheeks. What is the matter with her, she's been crying non-stop lately. She kisses Aiden's cheek and sets him back on the floor.
Aiden not noticing his mother's tears runs back to the living room and continues playing with his trucks.
Ginny heads into the kitchen, hoping her tears would stop. The tears don't stop; they just keep pooling and sliding down her cheeks.
Draco enters the kitchen, going unnoticed by Ginny, he comes up behind her, and wraps his arms around her. She tries to push him away, but he only tightens his grip on her. "Please don't cry," he whispers into her ear.
"S-sorry," she heaves.
"Shhh," his soothing voice only unravels her, as she slumps against him trying not to make any noise, as tears run down her face. "Go upstairs, I'll take care of Aiden."
Ginny only manages to nod at him, and heads up the stairs as quickly as she can.
Draco moves back into the living room, and sits next to his wonderful little boy. Aiden looks up at him and gives him a smile. "Grandma is going to come and get you, okay?" Draco says to him.
Aiden looks puzzled for a second, but then nods at his father "okay," he says.
"She's going to take you to the zoo!" Draco says trying to please his little man.
"ZOOOOO!" he yells punching his fist into the air.
It takes Draco by surprise and he begins to laugh.
Draco watches his son, and wonders why Ginny is so upset.
Narcissa shows up rather quickly, always keen to spend time with her delightful little grandson. "Don't wait too long to give me another one of these" she says as she picks Aiden up, and grabs his bag.
"Mother" Draco scolds.
"Oh, please Draco, don't be so shy," she says as she smiles at him, and gives her grandson a kiss. "I can't believe how much I love this little boy."
And with that they are both off to enjoy the day together.
Draco locks the door, and heads up the stairs to Ginny's bedroom. When he doesn't find her in her bedroom, he knocks on the bathroom door.
"I'm fine" Ginny answers in a soft voice.
Draco pushes the door open, and finds Ginny in the bathtub, bubbles surrounding her. She gives him a shy smile; her eyes still red from crying. He walks over to her, and brings the stepstool closer to the bathtub at Ginny's head.
He leans his arms against the tub, and looks at her seriously. "Why are you so sad?" he asks.
Ginny shivers, as she recognizes this Draco, her Draco, the one she fought to bring out of him. The one he didn't even know existed. "I'm sorry," she says as she tries to sink into the bubbles more.
"I forgive you," he says looking her straight in the eyes.
Ginny feels herself flush, and casts her eyes down at the bubbles. "My, Weasley, since when have you gotten so shy?" he teases, trying to bring her out of her bad mood.
"I'm embarrassed at, having kept him from you," Ginny answers, and slowly looks back up at Draco.
"You did what you thought was best for our son," he says softly, "I understand that now," he says and reaches his hand out to stroke her cheek.
His gesture only makes her eyes pool with new tears, and her shoulders begin to shake as new tears begin to run down her cheeks.
"No, baby, don't cry" Draco says as he sits up, Ginny covers her face with her hands, and her shoulders begin to shake harder.
Draco stands, and strips his cloths off, leaving him only in his boxer briefs; he slides in behind Ginny, and wraps his arms around her.
"Well, that's just not fair" Ginny says as her breathing comes back to normal.
"What's that?" he questions as she nuzzles his face in her neck.
"I'm completely naked, and you still have your boxers on." She says, and a giggle escapes her lips.
Draco smirks at her. "Gin, I'm—"
"I know, I know," Ginny says, as she pushes away from him. "You should probably go." She says as she folds her legs up to her chest.
Draco stays silent. And before he can do or say anything, she lifts out of the bath, and slips into the frosted shower.
Draco shakes his head, and lifts himself out of the bath, and slides his boxers down his legs, and follows her into the shower. Ginny makes an attempt to cover herself up, but before she can try to, he's grabbed her hands and holds them at her side.
"Don't" he says, his voice deep and low.
Ginny's body shivers at his words. "I have missed you," he says as he backs her against the back wall. He lets her arms go, and his hands, make their way to her waist. "You are my reason for breathing," he says as he dips his head lower to meet her lips.
His arms snake around her, pulling her closer to him. Ginny wraps her hands around his neck and he lifts her body up against the wall, urging her to wrap her legs around him.
With a swift move, he buries himself inside her, it's as if he's been out to war for four years, and now he has finally come home. She is his home; she is his everything.
Ginny breaks the kiss, as she tilts her head back welcoming him to her. Draco continues to move within her, bringing all those feelings in her belly that only he has ever brought. She moans his name softly, and their eyes lock once more.
Hearing his name come from her lips, drives Draco over the edge and she follows him, they eyes locked on each other the whole time.
As Ginny regains her composure, Draco slips out of her, and lets her place her feet back on floor. Suddenly she flushes red. Shit! What had she done!
"Let me wash you," he says, as he grabs her shampoo, and lathers it up in his hands. He pulls her to him, before she can continue her train of thought. His fingers work their magic on her scalp, easing the headache that had joined her from all her morning crying.
He turns her to face him, and gently washes out the soap from her hair. He continues to wash her, washing her body, his hands skimming all those familiar places.
As he massages her butt, she lathers him up, and begins to move her small hands over his muscular shoulders. Once they are both rinsed clean, Draco opens the shower door, and steps out, and moves to the side, letting Ginny out behind him. He grabs up two towels and wraps one around her.
"Oh god!" Ginny gasps as she once again begins to think of Draco's fiancé.
"What?" he questions confused, as he pulls her from the bathroom, and to her bedroom.
"Your—" Ginny begins but her voice breaks.
Draco realizes what she's thinking about, and he smiles at her, pulling her down to the bed. "Ginny, it's always been you, I don't care about anyone else."
"Oh, Draco" she moans and captures his lips. Draco quickly lays her back on the bed, and unravels her towel, letting his drop to the floor as well.
He's on top of her, laying between her legs, his erection pressing into her. He places small kisses on her cheek and jaw, moving lower and lower on her body. His hands run down her body, and land on her stomach, he leans down and places a soft kiss there too. "You have given me the most amazing gift I could have ever hoped for" he says as he moves back up her body.
Ginny arches her hips up against him, and he moans and once again, he enters her slowly.
So much time has passed, and yet he still knew her body, what it liked, and soon he had her coming around him again.
Ginny's head felt like it was spinning out of control, but he didn't stop his rhythm in her. He pushed through her orgasm, "Oh Draco, my Draco." She whispered, as she began to unravel again, she took him with her.
As their breathing came back to normal, he slipped out of her, and moved next to her, bringing her close to his chest.
"I'm home again," he whispers, as they both drift to sleep.
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AN : really didn't know where I would end this one at, and as I began writing, the song led me to this ending. Review!
I know Draco is soft with her, but you need to realize this is post-Hogwarts and Ginny had already gotten through his hard exterior.