Chapter 7

Lucius sat in the expansive dining room of the manor quietly eating his supper. He listened as the fire place behind him flared up and the dull click of heels on his marble floor followed. Smoothly a pair of arms wrapped around his neck and there was a soft, warm cheek pressed against his cold, pale one.

"I know why your son's here," she whispered delicately into his ear.

He smiled, "Come, sit, join me."

She stepped around the chair letting him go and took the seat at his right a smirk apparent on her flushed lips. "May I offer you a drink?" Lucius said slyly.

She nodded and within second a house elf place one in front of her, She sipped it, her smirk never fading.

"Well?" Lucius prompted.

"Well, he came on business like the papers said but he said for a girl," She said simply.

"A girl? Which Girl?"

She chuckled, "The Weasley girl," Lucius froze, "And that's not the best part, turns out your dear son, and two dear daughters."

"Really?" lucius said sounding intrigued, she nodded.

"And the icing on the cake? He doesn't know they're his."

"Marvelous," was all Lucius said as he leaned back into his chair, "Where do you get your information?"

"I have my sources." she said simply.

Lucius nodded and went off in thought, well this is just brilliant isn't it.


Ginny unlocked the door to her apartment with one hand, Saraneth balanced skillfully in the other. Draco entered the dark hallway behind her, Ginny pulled out her wand and waved it carelessly, the hallway torches lit the white walls. Ginny pocketed her wand and shifted Sara into a more comfortable position. "Their room is down this way," She said walking down toward the end of the hall.

Draco followed silently and watched as the hallway opened out into a living room. The walls changed from white to light green. Ginny walked straight through the living room, to a doorway at the other end. Draco followed side stepping dolls that lay lifeless on the carpet.

Through the doorway there was another shorter hallway, there were five doors lining the orange walls of the hallway. Ginny led him to the second door on the right, She waved her wand again and the room lit with a dim glow. There were two beds against the far wall separated by a night stand. The names were painted on to the foot of the beds, "I have Elizabeth right?" Draco whispered.

Ginny nodded heading to the bed with Sara's name at the base and laying her down. She pulled off her shoes as Draco lay Elizabeth down and did the same. Ginny took the trainers from Draco and put them away before leading the way out.

In the hall Ginny closed the door behind Draco, as he leaned against the opposing wall, "So those are your children?"

She turned and nodded.

"Both of them?"

She nodded.

"They're beautiful."

"I know," she whispered, "Are you thirsty can I get you something to drink?"

Draco nodded, "Sure"

With that Ginny led the way back through the living room to the kitchen, it was a simple kitchen. Round breakfast table, four chairs, U shaped counter spanning the yellow walls of the right side of the kitchen, "Your apartment's very colourful, it's nice. Very. . .you."

Ginny walked over to the pantry and retrieved two butterbeers, "I would hope so, if it was anybody else I'd be worried." she said as she turned back around drinks in hand.

Draco laughed, "Butterbeer, I haven't had one of these in ages. I think the last time I had one was. . .Christmas at Gabrielle's house my last year in Hogwarts. Do you remember that?"

Ginny nodded and handed him the drink, "I remember, it snowed and Gabrielle and I decided it would be a good idea to dress in full white and hide in the snow."

"You both about froze to death waiting for us to find you,"

"Only to find out you and Blaise decided finding was too hard so you locked us out of the house."

Draco laughed at the memory, "we were fabulous jokers weren't we?"

Ginny gave him a look.

"Well from where we were it was funny."

"I'm sure it was, just like Gabrielle locking you both in the entrance hall starkers was hilarious from where we were, but you two didn't see it that way."

"No, Not at all," Draco shivered at the memory of how cold Gabrielle's entrance hall actually was.

Ginny leaned against the counter across from Draco, she looked up at him from her butterbeer. She tucked fly away hairs behind her ear and looked at him. Draco put his butterbeer down on the counter behind him and walked over to her, He took hers out of her hand and laced it behind them on the counter. He took her hands lightly in one of his running the other along her cheek.

"Draco," Ginny started, but Draco stopped her.

"Ginny. . .no, just. . .no."with that he pressed his lips against hers. Ginny didn't fight it, she slid her arms around his broad shoulders and kissed him. Draco stepped into her, pressing his body to hers. Ginny ran her hands through his hair, she missed it. She missed him. His feel, his touch, his presence. She missed. . . him.

Draco's hands slid to her waist and down her hips, he gripped her slightly and lifted her onto the counter, hip bounced against her bottle of butterbeer and tipped it. The bottle rolled unnoticed to the edge of the counter and spilled over the edge, dark amber liquid pored onto the ground and pooled unnoticed on her once pristine floors.

"Mummy!" Ginny pulled away from Draco. One of the twins had woken up. Ginny's hands were on Draco's shoulders she removed one and touched her lips.

"You should go," she said quietly, dropping her hand.

Draco nodded, "yeah, I should." he stepped back from Ginny and helped her off the counter. Ginny picked up the turned over bottle and pulled out her wand, with a quick wave the butterbeer was gone.

Draco walked to the doorway of the kitchen and paused, he turned to face Ginny, "um, Maybe I could take you and the girls out to lunch sometime?"

Ginny smiled fiddling with the empty butterbeer bottle in her hands, "I think we'd like that."

With that Draco smiled and left. Ginny waited to hear the front door close before breathing out, she threw the empty bottles away and made her way back through the apartment toward her daughters room. She entered to find Elizabeth sitting up in bed rubbing her eyes.

Ginny walked over to her daughter and brushed her strawberry tinted hair out of her face. "Mummy," Elizabeth said weakly, she lifted her hands up indicating she wants her mum to pick her up. Ginny obliged and lifted her daughter into her arms she left the room with Elizabeth so that they didn't wake Sara.

Ginny walked back through to the kitchen with Elizabeth on her arm, "What is it sweetie?" she asked tapping the kettle with her wand. Elizabeth shook her head and then rested it on Ginny's shoulder. "I heard a noise" Elizabeth said quietly before yawning.

Ginny patted her daughters head, "It's ok, your mum just split something on the floor it's ok, go back to sleep."


"Good news?"

"Shoot"

"Me leaving you on monday, wasn't entirely unfruitful."

"You got honeydukes?"

Ginny paused, "I have no idea. Anyway it's not important right now, what is important is that. . "

"Yes?"

"Well, I. . .."

"Well, you know how I had to bring the twins. . ."

"Yeah"

"And that Draco was there."

"Oh em gee! You told him!"

"No."

Gabrielle looked throughly deflated, "Then what?"

"Well he offered to help me take them home 'cause they were both asleep and I said yeah and one thing led to another and we ended making out on my kitchen counter"

"Ok, first of all, That's wonderful Ginny, that's a big step in the right direction and b) remind me never to eat off that counter again."

Ginny hit Gabrielle playfully on the arm as they waited in the entrance hall of Colin's house. It was Wednesday and they were waiting for his royal lateness to come downstairs so they could meet Luna for their weekly lunch. There was movement at the top of the stairs, Xander Cummings walked down the stairs clad in his boxers and little else. He inclined his head at Ginny and Gabrielle and continued through another door. Soon after Colin walked down the stairs buttoning up his shirt, "Everyone ready?"

"Don't tell me we were waiting while you guys fucked?" Gabrielle said bluntly, she may be a married pure blood socialite but she had a mouth on her.

Colin shrugged.

"Colin ! We've been down here for ages." Ginny said indignantly.

"Oops?" was all he said before leading the way to the front porch, from there they would apparate to the café.

"Anyway before I was so rudely interrupted by Colin's sex life," Ginny continued. "So he offered to take me and the girls out some time and I said yeah."

"Oh Gin, that's wonderful," Gabrielle said as they took their seats at luna's table.

"What's wonderful?" Luna asked as she opened her menu.

"Ginny and Draco,"Gabrielle said sipping her water.

"Back together?"

"No, but she's agreed to go out with him and the girls, he met them yesterday."

"Really?"

Ginny interrupted, "No Luna not that really, he still doesn't know."

"Oh poo."

After lunch Gabrielle and Ginny sat at the bar in the club discussing what they were going to get Luna as an engagement present, she wasn't engaged yet but Ron had already asked Ginny to keep Luna Distracted on Friday so that he could get their home ready for him to ask her.

As they packed glasses into the racks above they're heads they heard the front door open, with out looking they both announced that the place was closed and whoever it was to come back later.

"You know, you should consider locking this door of you don't want people to come in,"there was a smile in his voice.

"Well normal people can read a closed sign," Gabrielle said simply climbing off of the counter and walking over to Draco.

"Well I was instructed by your husband to deliver to you your son, unless you want me to leave him outside being that he can't read and all." Draco said simply lifting his right hand to show that he was in fact holding a Caleb's basket.

Gabrielle smiled, "Thank you." She walked toward him and pecked him on the cheek taking Caleb from him.

Ginny had only paused upon realizing it was Draco that had entered but then continued packing away glasses. She listened to as he and Gabrielle spoke, she got off of the counter and ducked behind the bar to count the bottles when she heard someone approach the bar. She kneeled up and peeked over the edge. Draco was leaning on the counter top watching her Gabrielle had conveniently disappeared into the back, Ginny smiled, "Hey."

"Hi," he replied simply, smirking in that classic Malfoy way. "So I'm taking you, Sara and Liz out tonight for dinner and then ice cream, Children like ice cream right?"

Ginny stood up slowly brushing her hands against her jeans, She nodded, "But I agreed to let you take us to lunch."

"Change of plans, dinner is so much more. . . intimate." He said making a weird little gesture on the word intimate.

"Intimate? How intimate can a meal get with two four year olds?"

"Let me worry about that." There was a silence in there conversation in which Ginny simply watched Draco. He was as always, his old demanding and persuasive self. It made her think of them when they had been younger and so in love. . .well she had been anyway. He had been able to leave her without another thought about it.

"Why?" The word slipped from her mouth before she could stop it.

". . .Because people tend to get hungry late at night?" Draco said simply, but Ginny's features didn't change. She continued to analyze him with a slight confusion. He took a deep breath, "You're not taking about dinner, are you?"

She shook her head, "Why did you do it?" She clarified.

Draco looked down at his feet and shuffled uncomfortably, "Well. . ." he scratched his nose. "Um, do. . .do we have to. . ." Draco trailed off, Ginny relaxed and shook her head.

"Could someone help the lady with the baby bring bottles up from the cellar?" Gabrielle yelled from the back.

Ginny looked perturbed, "Gabrielle, you're a witch use your wand."

"I'm using my wand to put my child to sleep,"

"Then wait till he's asleep and go get the bottles,"

". . ."

"Would you just get your butt back here and help me?"

Ginny laughed and stepped out from behind the counter. She started for the back room and Draco headed toward the front door. Ginny's voice made him stop at the door, "seven then?"

He turned to face him, she was leaning halfway out the door and smiling at him, Draco nodded, "Seven it is."with that she disappeared into the back room.


Draco apparated with a small pop. He was outside Ginny's apartment, staring at the white wood of her front door. I can do this, I can do this, It's no big dealit's just dinner. . .with the girl you've just been in love with forever. . .thank you. . . Welcome. Draco raised his fist to the door and lowered. "You can do this Draco," he told himself. He raised his fist again and lowered it.

"What is he doing out there?" Gabrielle said her eye pressed against the peephole in the door. "Seriously, he's pacing and muttering to himself, he keeps on almost knocking and then nothing."

"Really?" Ginny said from behind her, rushing back and fourth between her bedroom and the twins.

"Yeah, aww, he's nervous that's so cute."

"He's not the only one, Gabrielle where are my shoes?"

"On your feet," Gabrielle said not pulling away from the door, her eye still pressed against the small lens.

Ginny looked down, "Oh yeah," With that she walked up to the door next to Gabrielle, "Aw, your right it's so cute, don't you just want to pinch his little cheeks,"

the girls laughed and watched as Draco raised his fist once more, he didn't get a chance to make contact with the door because right then Ginny opened it and smiled, "Hello," Gabrielle stepped out from behind her and waved before walking into the kitchen.

"Hey," Draco replied. Ginny stepped to the side and let him pass her.

"Been out there long?" She asked.

"Maybe, ask Gabrielle."

At the sound of her name Gabrielle walked out of the kitchen with her tea, "Nah, not long, only about ten minutes." With that she walked into the living room to sit down. Draco watched her go and shook his head, "Crazy that one I don't why we're friends,"

"Because I'm awesome!" gabrielle yelled from the living room.

Ginny nodded, "That sounds about right,"

Draco laughed, "Ready?"

Ginny nodded, "I am, the two Divas I raised on the other hand, are not. . .I'll be right back. Make yourself at home next to the awesome one." With that Ginny turned and headed for the girls room.

Draco sat down next to Gabrielle on the couch and waited for Ginny, "You look perfect by the way," Gabrielle said sipping her tea.

"Thank you"

"No problem. . .Draco,"

"Yes,"

"Promise me you won't hurt her again,"

"I won't Gabrielle."

"Promise?"

"I swear it to you."

"Thank you."

They sat in silence for awhile before Ginny reentered the room holding the hands of to mini versions of herself. Draco stood, he hadn't noticed how alike they were when they had been asleep, but of course they were alike she was they're mother and they took after her perfectly. All three girls were beautiful.

"Draco, this is Saraneth and Elizabeth. Sara and Liz, this is Draco."

Both girls looked up at him with wide grey eyes. He practically melted, "Hello."


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