Hi, this is the new chapter, I hope that you like it. I also hope that the
thoughts in this chapter are not to jumpy, with any luck they will be
understandable.
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Ginny turned on the faucet and then turned it off again quickly.
"I think you were right Draco, this place is exactly what you were looking for" Ginny smiled as she gestured around the kitchen of the house that was just off of Diagon Alley.
They had met earlier that morning just as they said that they would. Ginny had gone home and had a sleep, just as Draco had told her to, and then she returned to The Leaky Cauldron and they ate breakfast together. Draco had a bubbly excitement all morning, he was just so happy that he was out on his won, and he never had to answer to his father ever again.
Ginny had contacted the estate agent and arranged to be shown around the house. This is what they were doing now. Ginny had to admit that it was a little on the small side, but it was enough for what Draco needed, a first home in which he could look after his daughter.
It was small, with plain white carpet and soft pink walls, but Ginny could already see the cogs turning in Draco's mind. She could tell that he was already thinking about how he could shift and change things to make this house into a home for himself and Kayla.
He had an enthusiasm about it all, and it gave him an almost boyish charm, and made Ginny have a permanent smile on her own face. She grinned as she watched him explore each room, checking out everything, searching, for something that would make this house unsuitable.
There was nothing wrong with this place, it was perfect.
The real estate agent was still with them, showing them around and explaining things about the house and the local area. Draco and Ginny were only half listening as they moved from room to room exploring, taking in their new surroundings.
"So, what do you think Gin?" Draco asked as they met each other again in the living room, Ginny gave the room another quick once over.
"I think I love it" Ginny replied, nodding and smiling brightly. "I think this is the house"
"Good, I was hoping that you would say that" He smiled. The estate agent came into the living room and watched them for a few seconds before saying anything.
"It really is a great house, especially for young ones like yourself who are just starting out. Have you just finished school?" She asked. Draco nodded, but Ginny shook her head.
"I just did, Gin still has another year" Draco explained quickly. The agent smiled and nodded.
"I must say that you are very young to be making a decision such as this, but you do make a very charming couple" She smiled. Draco and Ginny looked at each other.
"No, I am...we....no, I think you have it all wrong....." Ginny began to stumble over her worlds.
"We are not a couple" Draco cleared up quickly. "This place is just for me"
"Oh...Dear I am sorry" the agent replied. "But I can usually tell the young couples who are buying their first house together"
Draco and Ginny looked at each other again. Draco smiled and Ginny just laughed.
"So, Mr. Malfoy, have you made a decision on the house? If you have not, I suggest you make a choice soon; I have to warn you that a prime piece of real estate such as this will not last long. With it's central location to the business district, its safe Apparation point, the large fire place that can be easily hooked up to the Floo network, the easy access to the muggle world and the amazingly low rent, I predict it will only be a matter of time before this one is snapped up." She rattled off her sales pitch. Draco just nodded along with everything.
"Well, let's talk prices" he smiled. The agent smiled and moved to the kitchen table where all of her documents were piled.
"This is the asking price, it is a down payment, bond, furniture insurance and three months rent" She smiled, pushing a piece of paper across the table at him. Draco looked down at the paper quickly. It was about what he had expected the costs to be. And he knew he could easily pay that and have a large amount of stolen money left.
Ginny, however, was gagging on the air in the room. She looked from the paper, to the estate agent and then to Draco. He was smiling, and he looked like he was just about to say something.
"Umm, Draco, could I speak with you in the next room please?" She asked, standing and pulling him along with her. Draco smiled apologetically at the Estate agent and then they moved together into the living room.
"That is a lot of money Draco" She whispered.
"To you, yes" he replied, then realized what he had said. "I am sorry Gin, I didn't mean for that to sound the way that it did"
"No, I understand, it is just, even for you, I think that is a lot of money, you have limited funds." Ginny replied. Draco sighed and hugged Ginny to his chest.
"Thank you for the concern, but..." He took a deep breath "That amount of money would not even put a dint in the amount I stole from Lucius"
Ginny pulled away "How much did you steal?"
"Quite a lot" he replied, not really wanting to elaborate.
"How much is a lot?" she asked. Draco sighed.
"I could pay that price about 5 times over, and still have enough to live relatively comfortably for a decade " He replied carefully. Ginny breath caught in her throat again. He really had stolen a lot of money.
"Shit, Draco, that is a lot of money. Are you sure Lucius isn't going to come after you?" Ginny asked, suddenly very scared.
"I doubt he will even realize any of it is gone" Draco mumbled truthfully. Ginny pulled away and looked at him, wondering if he was serious. He was dead serious.
"Well....ummm, go pay the woman then" She sighed, Draco hugged her again, and then went back into the kitchen.
Ginny moved to the door way and leaned against it, watching as Draco discussed more about the conditions of rent. Ginny had always known that the Malfoy's were rich, but she never even considered that they were that rich.
The price that had been written on the paper was about what her own parents had spent on the whole family in a month. What Draco would be paying in rent for one month would take her father a lot longer to make at his ministry job. The rent was definitely reasonable for a place like this one in the location that it was in, but Ginny had to admit that it was a lot of money that Draco would be paying.
But Draco just handed over the specified amount with out even blinking.
"Congratulations Mr. Malfoy, and welcome home" The agent smiled, stood and shook his hand, handing over the keys. "If you have any questions or problems, please do not hesitate to call me, we will hook your house up to the floo service this afternoon."
"Thank you for all your help" Draco smiled, pocketing his house keys with a satisfied smile.
After saying goodbye to the Real estate agent, Draco moved back into the house.
"Wow" he smiled. Ginny grinned at him, all of her thoughts of money pushed aside when she saw how happy he looked.
"I know" Ginny replied.
"This morning, I was homeless, and now, wow, I have this" He grinned and then began jumping around. Ginny was laughing as she sat down on the lounge chair. "I couldn't have done all of this with out you Gin"
"I know, you keep telling me that" She smiled.
"Come on, I want to show you something" Draco smiled and grabbed her wrist, dragging her out of the seat and up the stair case. Ginny followed quietly.
He threw open the door to the second bedroom and stepped in "This will be Kayla's room"
Ginny looked around the pink painted walls and the same boring carpet, but she saw what it was really going to be, a little girls room. She could already picture it decorated for a little girl, with piles of toys and closets full of little dresses.
"She will love it Draco" Ginny replied, moving a pit further into the room and sat on the bed. The house came with the basic furniture like tables, chairs and beds, but everything else, Draco would have to provide himself.
"Are you ok Ginny?" He asked, moving into the room and sitting beside her. Ginny nodded.
"I am fine" She replied. Draco didn't believe her. He shoved her with his shoulder softly.
"The money right?" he asked. Ginny nodded slightly, but then stood.
"Lets go and celebrate your first purchase as an emancipated person. If I remember correctly, you owe me lunch" Ginny smiled and left the room.
Draco, however, didn't move, he just stayed on Kayla's bed, thinking. That had been why he had not wanted to tell Ginny how much money he had taken from his father, because he had a feeling that she would feel weird about it. He had stolen what would usually taken her father at least two years to earn, and then he had revealed that Lucius would not even realize it was gone.
He wanted to hex himself as punishment, because that had truly been the most inconsiderate thing he had ever said to her (which was amazing considering the fact that he had said a lot of mean and inconsiderate things to her over the years).
And there was no way that he could really fix the situation. He couldn't help it that he was born into a family that had more money than hers, and although he was now disassociating himself from his parents, he couldn't do much more than that.
Except what he had planned to do anyway, working hard at his ministry job to make money the real way. He would never again beg, borrow or steal money from his father. He would do his job the best that he could, and when the stolen money ran out, he would be on his own. It would be up to him to look after himself and his daughter.
"Malfoy, get your rear into gear, I am hungry" Ginny yelled from down stairs. He smiled, took one last look around his daughter's bedroom, and then left to go have lunch with his friend.
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Ginny giggled slightly as Draco pulled out a chair for her.
"M'lady" he smiled, Ginny sat down and smiled at him as he sat down across from her. They were at the Leaky Cauldron for lunch as a way of celebrating Draco's knew home.
As they had walked the streets of Diagon Alley, Draco had explained what he hoped to do with the house. He wanted Ginny to help him decorate the interior of the house to turn it into a real home. Ginny had of course agreed to help him, she wanted him to be comfortable in his knew home, because it was completely obvious that he had never been comfortable at the Manor.
Draco's excitement had not diminished one bit. He still had an excited smile on his face, and Ginny noted that he occasionally reached into his pocket and pulled out his keys, just glancing at them before returning them to his pocket.
Ginny was glad that Draco was happy, but she knew what she had to bring up next would crush his happiness just a little bit. She took a deep breath and sat silently as he went on and on about how good he felt.
"Draco" She began. He looked her. "I think that we have to get going with the rest of the plan. The plan to get Kayla back"
Draco's face lost a little bit of his happy glow, but not all of it was gone.
"It is a little early, isn't it?" he asked. "I mean, I have not started my job yet, don't you think it would be better is we waited until then?"
"I want to be here to help you with everything Draco, but I have to be back in school by September. I know that it still a long time, but these cases can take a while to process. The sooner we get the balls rolling on the whole thing, the sooner the case can start, and with any luck, I will be here for most of it" Ginny explained. Draco smiled and reached across the table, taking her hand in his.
"Thank you" He smiled. "So, what do we have to do first?"
"I know you said that you didn't want to, but you have to tell the Warners why you are different" Ginny began, she felt Draco's grip on her hand tighten a little in fear. "You need to explain to them that Kayla is different to, and that one day, she will be asked to join our world, where she belongs. You need to explain to them why it is best for you to look after her."
"They will laugh me out of their house" Draco replied softly. Ginny sighed, she knew that they would to. "There is no way that they will believe me"
"Then you will have to do magic, prove it to them the same way that you proved it to Jessica" Ginny explained.
"They will still think I am crazy" Draco replied. "They will call the authorities on me or something"
"Then you have to find a way to explain it to them in a way that they wont freak out." There was a look of disbelief on Draco's face. "I know, I know, that is going to be hard, but you have to find a way to explain to them that you would never hurt them, or Kayla"
"I don't think I can do that Ginny, I mean, it was hard enough to tell Jessica about it, and she had a pretty open mind about things, but her parents, her parents are strict, and they have always had one way of thinking about the world. They have strong beliefs and values. Even if they do believe me, they will never accept it, and they will never accept that Kayla is like me ....Wait, what if they do something to Kayla when they find out about me?" Draco asked, fear evident in his voice. Ginny tightened her grip on his hand.
"They wont do anything to Kayla. From what you have told me, they do love her, so they wont hurt her just because she is different. If they love her as much as we both know they do, they would accept her." Ginny replied. Draco nodded.
"I know that it will be hard for you to tell them, but once they know the truth and they have time to deal with the facts. Once everything is out in the open, it will make the process a whole lot easier" Ginny replied.
"They are not just going to hand her over, just like that" Draco said, mainly to himself than to her. Ginny nodded.
"But at least if they know the truth, then it will not be to much of a shock if we take them to court over the whole deal" Ginny replied "I think it is best that they knew the truth about you and their grand daughter before we bring them into a court room setting." Ginny explained to him. He nodded, that did make sense.
"It is going to be hard" Draco replied, releasing Ginny's hand and running them both through his hair.
"I agree, it will be hard, but I am going to be by your side through it all. I am going to help you thorough all of this, I promise" She told him. Draco took her hand again and brought it to his mouth, pressing a soft kiss to the back of it. Ginny blushed slightly.
"Thank you" He whispered. "I know I say that a lot, but I never want you to not think that I am extremely grateful for all of the work you are doing for me and Kayla"
"You deserve to be happy, and I want to help you" She replied softly. He nodded and released her hand again.
Their food arrived, and they sat in silence eating. Thoughts of what he had to do next buzzed around his head. Did he really have the strength to tell the Warners the truth about him? It was hard enough when he had to tell Jessica the truth about himself, but he could not even picture what it would be like to tell Jessica's parents about his life.
It was not an easy conversation to have with any one. It was not like he could just walk up to them and say 'Hi, There is a magical world, I am a wizard and Kayla will be a witch when she is old enough' he had to find a way to tell them that would not only make them understand, but to make them trust him.
They probably already thought he was irresponsible for getting their daughter pregnant, but now he had to tell them something that would make them think he was insane also. Irresponsible and insane, that was never a good blend.
Telling them also mean that he would have to return to Jessica's house. The house in which he had created memories with Jess in the summer they had spent together. He would have to return to the house where he had fallen in love with her, the place where they had first verbally expressed their love, the house in which they had first physically expressed their love. Going back into that house would mean that he would have to come to terms with his memories, memories that he had pushed to the back of his mind.
Ginny would be with him, and that sent him a little bit of comfort. She would not be able to come into the house with him, he knew he would have to tell them the truth alone, but she would be outside waiting for him. And that made him feel so much better about it all. She would always be there for him, she had promised that much.
He watched Ginny as she ate. It had not hit him till that moment how much she was giving up by being his friend. Other girls her age were all enjoying their summers, they were spending time shopping or going to the beach, they were spending time flirting with boys and having little summer romances. But not Ginny.
Ginny gave up her normal summer plans so that she could help him. She chose to give up all of her spare time so that she could be there for him. Draco smiled, she was a true friend, because only a true friend would be that self less towards him.
No one had ever been that self less to him before in their life.
Draco didn't like to think about it, but he wondered what would happen if the courts did not let him take custody of his daughter. He knew that he would be heart broken, but he wondered how the decision would effect Ginny.
He could tell that Ginny loved Kayla, why else would she be doing all of this work for her. Draco also knew that if they were to lose the case, Ginny would be as heart broken as him.
"Ginny?" he asked suddenly. Ginny jumped slightly, having been shocked from her own thoughts by his voice.
"Yes Draco" she replied.
"Do you really think that we can get her back?" he asked. Ginny sighed.
"I am not going to lie Draco" She began softly. "It will be hard work, but I am not going to leave until she is in your arms"
"We can do this, as long as we stick together"
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Ginny turned on the faucet and then turned it off again quickly.
"I think you were right Draco, this place is exactly what you were looking for" Ginny smiled as she gestured around the kitchen of the house that was just off of Diagon Alley.
They had met earlier that morning just as they said that they would. Ginny had gone home and had a sleep, just as Draco had told her to, and then she returned to The Leaky Cauldron and they ate breakfast together. Draco had a bubbly excitement all morning, he was just so happy that he was out on his won, and he never had to answer to his father ever again.
Ginny had contacted the estate agent and arranged to be shown around the house. This is what they were doing now. Ginny had to admit that it was a little on the small side, but it was enough for what Draco needed, a first home in which he could look after his daughter.
It was small, with plain white carpet and soft pink walls, but Ginny could already see the cogs turning in Draco's mind. She could tell that he was already thinking about how he could shift and change things to make this house into a home for himself and Kayla.
He had an enthusiasm about it all, and it gave him an almost boyish charm, and made Ginny have a permanent smile on her own face. She grinned as she watched him explore each room, checking out everything, searching, for something that would make this house unsuitable.
There was nothing wrong with this place, it was perfect.
The real estate agent was still with them, showing them around and explaining things about the house and the local area. Draco and Ginny were only half listening as they moved from room to room exploring, taking in their new surroundings.
"So, what do you think Gin?" Draco asked as they met each other again in the living room, Ginny gave the room another quick once over.
"I think I love it" Ginny replied, nodding and smiling brightly. "I think this is the house"
"Good, I was hoping that you would say that" He smiled. The estate agent came into the living room and watched them for a few seconds before saying anything.
"It really is a great house, especially for young ones like yourself who are just starting out. Have you just finished school?" She asked. Draco nodded, but Ginny shook her head.
"I just did, Gin still has another year" Draco explained quickly. The agent smiled and nodded.
"I must say that you are very young to be making a decision such as this, but you do make a very charming couple" She smiled. Draco and Ginny looked at each other.
"No, I am...we....no, I think you have it all wrong....." Ginny began to stumble over her worlds.
"We are not a couple" Draco cleared up quickly. "This place is just for me"
"Oh...Dear I am sorry" the agent replied. "But I can usually tell the young couples who are buying their first house together"
Draco and Ginny looked at each other again. Draco smiled and Ginny just laughed.
"So, Mr. Malfoy, have you made a decision on the house? If you have not, I suggest you make a choice soon; I have to warn you that a prime piece of real estate such as this will not last long. With it's central location to the business district, its safe Apparation point, the large fire place that can be easily hooked up to the Floo network, the easy access to the muggle world and the amazingly low rent, I predict it will only be a matter of time before this one is snapped up." She rattled off her sales pitch. Draco just nodded along with everything.
"Well, let's talk prices" he smiled. The agent smiled and moved to the kitchen table where all of her documents were piled.
"This is the asking price, it is a down payment, bond, furniture insurance and three months rent" She smiled, pushing a piece of paper across the table at him. Draco looked down at the paper quickly. It was about what he had expected the costs to be. And he knew he could easily pay that and have a large amount of stolen money left.
Ginny, however, was gagging on the air in the room. She looked from the paper, to the estate agent and then to Draco. He was smiling, and he looked like he was just about to say something.
"Umm, Draco, could I speak with you in the next room please?" She asked, standing and pulling him along with her. Draco smiled apologetically at the Estate agent and then they moved together into the living room.
"That is a lot of money Draco" She whispered.
"To you, yes" he replied, then realized what he had said. "I am sorry Gin, I didn't mean for that to sound the way that it did"
"No, I understand, it is just, even for you, I think that is a lot of money, you have limited funds." Ginny replied. Draco sighed and hugged Ginny to his chest.
"Thank you for the concern, but..." He took a deep breath "That amount of money would not even put a dint in the amount I stole from Lucius"
Ginny pulled away "How much did you steal?"
"Quite a lot" he replied, not really wanting to elaborate.
"How much is a lot?" she asked. Draco sighed.
"I could pay that price about 5 times over, and still have enough to live relatively comfortably for a decade " He replied carefully. Ginny breath caught in her throat again. He really had stolen a lot of money.
"Shit, Draco, that is a lot of money. Are you sure Lucius isn't going to come after you?" Ginny asked, suddenly very scared.
"I doubt he will even realize any of it is gone" Draco mumbled truthfully. Ginny pulled away and looked at him, wondering if he was serious. He was dead serious.
"Well....ummm, go pay the woman then" She sighed, Draco hugged her again, and then went back into the kitchen.
Ginny moved to the door way and leaned against it, watching as Draco discussed more about the conditions of rent. Ginny had always known that the Malfoy's were rich, but she never even considered that they were that rich.
The price that had been written on the paper was about what her own parents had spent on the whole family in a month. What Draco would be paying in rent for one month would take her father a lot longer to make at his ministry job. The rent was definitely reasonable for a place like this one in the location that it was in, but Ginny had to admit that it was a lot of money that Draco would be paying.
But Draco just handed over the specified amount with out even blinking.
"Congratulations Mr. Malfoy, and welcome home" The agent smiled, stood and shook his hand, handing over the keys. "If you have any questions or problems, please do not hesitate to call me, we will hook your house up to the floo service this afternoon."
"Thank you for all your help" Draco smiled, pocketing his house keys with a satisfied smile.
After saying goodbye to the Real estate agent, Draco moved back into the house.
"Wow" he smiled. Ginny grinned at him, all of her thoughts of money pushed aside when she saw how happy he looked.
"I know" Ginny replied.
"This morning, I was homeless, and now, wow, I have this" He grinned and then began jumping around. Ginny was laughing as she sat down on the lounge chair. "I couldn't have done all of this with out you Gin"
"I know, you keep telling me that" She smiled.
"Come on, I want to show you something" Draco smiled and grabbed her wrist, dragging her out of the seat and up the stair case. Ginny followed quietly.
He threw open the door to the second bedroom and stepped in "This will be Kayla's room"
Ginny looked around the pink painted walls and the same boring carpet, but she saw what it was really going to be, a little girls room. She could already picture it decorated for a little girl, with piles of toys and closets full of little dresses.
"She will love it Draco" Ginny replied, moving a pit further into the room and sat on the bed. The house came with the basic furniture like tables, chairs and beds, but everything else, Draco would have to provide himself.
"Are you ok Ginny?" He asked, moving into the room and sitting beside her. Ginny nodded.
"I am fine" She replied. Draco didn't believe her. He shoved her with his shoulder softly.
"The money right?" he asked. Ginny nodded slightly, but then stood.
"Lets go and celebrate your first purchase as an emancipated person. If I remember correctly, you owe me lunch" Ginny smiled and left the room.
Draco, however, didn't move, he just stayed on Kayla's bed, thinking. That had been why he had not wanted to tell Ginny how much money he had taken from his father, because he had a feeling that she would feel weird about it. He had stolen what would usually taken her father at least two years to earn, and then he had revealed that Lucius would not even realize it was gone.
He wanted to hex himself as punishment, because that had truly been the most inconsiderate thing he had ever said to her (which was amazing considering the fact that he had said a lot of mean and inconsiderate things to her over the years).
And there was no way that he could really fix the situation. He couldn't help it that he was born into a family that had more money than hers, and although he was now disassociating himself from his parents, he couldn't do much more than that.
Except what he had planned to do anyway, working hard at his ministry job to make money the real way. He would never again beg, borrow or steal money from his father. He would do his job the best that he could, and when the stolen money ran out, he would be on his own. It would be up to him to look after himself and his daughter.
"Malfoy, get your rear into gear, I am hungry" Ginny yelled from down stairs. He smiled, took one last look around his daughter's bedroom, and then left to go have lunch with his friend.
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Ginny giggled slightly as Draco pulled out a chair for her.
"M'lady" he smiled, Ginny sat down and smiled at him as he sat down across from her. They were at the Leaky Cauldron for lunch as a way of celebrating Draco's knew home.
As they had walked the streets of Diagon Alley, Draco had explained what he hoped to do with the house. He wanted Ginny to help him decorate the interior of the house to turn it into a real home. Ginny had of course agreed to help him, she wanted him to be comfortable in his knew home, because it was completely obvious that he had never been comfortable at the Manor.
Draco's excitement had not diminished one bit. He still had an excited smile on his face, and Ginny noted that he occasionally reached into his pocket and pulled out his keys, just glancing at them before returning them to his pocket.
Ginny was glad that Draco was happy, but she knew what she had to bring up next would crush his happiness just a little bit. She took a deep breath and sat silently as he went on and on about how good he felt.
"Draco" She began. He looked her. "I think that we have to get going with the rest of the plan. The plan to get Kayla back"
Draco's face lost a little bit of his happy glow, but not all of it was gone.
"It is a little early, isn't it?" he asked. "I mean, I have not started my job yet, don't you think it would be better is we waited until then?"
"I want to be here to help you with everything Draco, but I have to be back in school by September. I know that it still a long time, but these cases can take a while to process. The sooner we get the balls rolling on the whole thing, the sooner the case can start, and with any luck, I will be here for most of it" Ginny explained. Draco smiled and reached across the table, taking her hand in his.
"Thank you" He smiled. "So, what do we have to do first?"
"I know you said that you didn't want to, but you have to tell the Warners why you are different" Ginny began, she felt Draco's grip on her hand tighten a little in fear. "You need to explain to them that Kayla is different to, and that one day, she will be asked to join our world, where she belongs. You need to explain to them why it is best for you to look after her."
"They will laugh me out of their house" Draco replied softly. Ginny sighed, she knew that they would to. "There is no way that they will believe me"
"Then you will have to do magic, prove it to them the same way that you proved it to Jessica" Ginny explained.
"They will still think I am crazy" Draco replied. "They will call the authorities on me or something"
"Then you have to find a way to explain it to them in a way that they wont freak out." There was a look of disbelief on Draco's face. "I know, I know, that is going to be hard, but you have to find a way to explain to them that you would never hurt them, or Kayla"
"I don't think I can do that Ginny, I mean, it was hard enough to tell Jessica about it, and she had a pretty open mind about things, but her parents, her parents are strict, and they have always had one way of thinking about the world. They have strong beliefs and values. Even if they do believe me, they will never accept it, and they will never accept that Kayla is like me ....Wait, what if they do something to Kayla when they find out about me?" Draco asked, fear evident in his voice. Ginny tightened her grip on his hand.
"They wont do anything to Kayla. From what you have told me, they do love her, so they wont hurt her just because she is different. If they love her as much as we both know they do, they would accept her." Ginny replied. Draco nodded.
"I know that it will be hard for you to tell them, but once they know the truth and they have time to deal with the facts. Once everything is out in the open, it will make the process a whole lot easier" Ginny replied.
"They are not just going to hand her over, just like that" Draco said, mainly to himself than to her. Ginny nodded.
"But at least if they know the truth, then it will not be to much of a shock if we take them to court over the whole deal" Ginny replied "I think it is best that they knew the truth about you and their grand daughter before we bring them into a court room setting." Ginny explained to him. He nodded, that did make sense.
"It is going to be hard" Draco replied, releasing Ginny's hand and running them both through his hair.
"I agree, it will be hard, but I am going to be by your side through it all. I am going to help you thorough all of this, I promise" She told him. Draco took her hand again and brought it to his mouth, pressing a soft kiss to the back of it. Ginny blushed slightly.
"Thank you" He whispered. "I know I say that a lot, but I never want you to not think that I am extremely grateful for all of the work you are doing for me and Kayla"
"You deserve to be happy, and I want to help you" She replied softly. He nodded and released her hand again.
Their food arrived, and they sat in silence eating. Thoughts of what he had to do next buzzed around his head. Did he really have the strength to tell the Warners the truth about him? It was hard enough when he had to tell Jessica the truth about himself, but he could not even picture what it would be like to tell Jessica's parents about his life.
It was not an easy conversation to have with any one. It was not like he could just walk up to them and say 'Hi, There is a magical world, I am a wizard and Kayla will be a witch when she is old enough' he had to find a way to tell them that would not only make them understand, but to make them trust him.
They probably already thought he was irresponsible for getting their daughter pregnant, but now he had to tell them something that would make them think he was insane also. Irresponsible and insane, that was never a good blend.
Telling them also mean that he would have to return to Jessica's house. The house in which he had created memories with Jess in the summer they had spent together. He would have to return to the house where he had fallen in love with her, the place where they had first verbally expressed their love, the house in which they had first physically expressed their love. Going back into that house would mean that he would have to come to terms with his memories, memories that he had pushed to the back of his mind.
Ginny would be with him, and that sent him a little bit of comfort. She would not be able to come into the house with him, he knew he would have to tell them the truth alone, but she would be outside waiting for him. And that made him feel so much better about it all. She would always be there for him, she had promised that much.
He watched Ginny as she ate. It had not hit him till that moment how much she was giving up by being his friend. Other girls her age were all enjoying their summers, they were spending time shopping or going to the beach, they were spending time flirting with boys and having little summer romances. But not Ginny.
Ginny gave up her normal summer plans so that she could help him. She chose to give up all of her spare time so that she could be there for him. Draco smiled, she was a true friend, because only a true friend would be that self less towards him.
No one had ever been that self less to him before in their life.
Draco didn't like to think about it, but he wondered what would happen if the courts did not let him take custody of his daughter. He knew that he would be heart broken, but he wondered how the decision would effect Ginny.
He could tell that Ginny loved Kayla, why else would she be doing all of this work for her. Draco also knew that if they were to lose the case, Ginny would be as heart broken as him.
"Ginny?" he asked suddenly. Ginny jumped slightly, having been shocked from her own thoughts by his voice.
"Yes Draco" she replied.
"Do you really think that we can get her back?" he asked. Ginny sighed.
"I am not going to lie Draco" She began softly. "It will be hard work, but I am not going to leave until she is in your arms"
"We can do this, as long as we stick together"
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