Draco tried not to fidget. Molly was making him a mite uncomfortable. It didn't help that his own mum had been just as overly nice and protective, when Lucius wasn't around. It also didn't help that his mum was dead.

He looked over at his children as they played with the Granger/Weasley children. The girl, Ellen had Hermione's stubby nose and Ron's bright red hair. The boy had his mother's frizzy hair, giving him an afro appearance and the Weasley freckles. Ellen was about seven and she and Kari had hit it off right away. Ted, the boy, was about Aragon's age and the two were off pretending they didn't have sisters who liked books.

The twins were keeping Aria busy as another set of twins, boys this time, were trying to dump sand in their hair. Faye had matured early and already had a primative control on her magic. Eli on the other hand was much more comfortable with physical violence. As Ed and Randy Weasley suppressed thier giggles and hovered sand over the girls, Faye reached for one of the toy wands that the twin's father, Fred Weasley, had left behind. Eli took a more direct approach. She got up and grabbed the boys by their shirt fronts. She leaned forward and kissed each boy squarely on the mouth.

Draco hid a smiled behind his hand as his daughter informed them that they had cooties and the boys tore from the room to wash their faces. Faye, meanwhile, had put the sand back outside where it belonged.

Draco nodded thanks as Molly handed him a cup of coffee.

"Sugar, dear?"

"Please, two scoops." He held out the mug and she put the scoops in.

"So, how do you know Ginny?"

Draco smiled. "We met during school. I was kinda a jerk to her. In my defense, I thought I was flirting. But, ah, I guess calling someone a fantastic peice of.... um, you know, to their face, isn't the best way to show you think a girl is hot."

"I can't imagine that flew over well with Ginny."

"Not in the least. She broke my nose a couple of times. My jaw too."

Molly smiled. "I can see a lot of Gin in your Eli there."

Draco looked. So could he.

"So what made you look up Ginny after all this time?"

"Well I wanted to thank her."

"For what, dear?"

"For sa-"

Draco was interupted by the arrival of Ginny Weasley.

"Packages, boxes and bags! Mum, I'm here!"

Draco raised an eyebrow. "Packages boxes and bags?"

Molly smiled. "In the Kitchen!" she called before answering Draco's question. "In the war we all came up with our own sayings to know who we were. Ginny's favorite book as a child was How the Grinch stole Christmas. Hence the saying."

Draco smiled in return, five children having made him familiar with the book.

"Mum, I just want you to know that..." Ginny trailed off as she entered the room, catching sight of Draco.

"Hell."

(A/N: A little bit of a cliffie, but not too bad, if I do say so myself. Hope you liked it!

To Ginnycarlie: Thanks darling! Hope you like this chapter too!