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This chapter contains interaction between Ginny and Percy.
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The soft light of the stars reflected across the glossy coating of the photograph that Draco held in his hand. He had been sitting at his window, watching the Diagon Alley nightlife and the bright moon, just thinking. Thinking of his life and how great his life would be when he finally could settle down with the women of his life.
If all things went to plan, he would soon have Kayla with him. He could finally be the father he had always wanted to be, he could finally be the father that his own father had neglected to be. He could prove to all those who thought him to be cold and unloving that he did have a heart.
He could prove he did have a heart, and that his heart belonged to two very special ladies.
What Fred had said at the burrow earlier, about him not being the type to love anything, had really hurt him. It had been said before of course, any one who knew the old him had said that. But for some reason, this time, hearing it from one of Ginny's brothers, it really did hurt.
The Draco they had remembered from school had been an asshole, a bastard, very much his father's son, and everyone knew that. But he had changed for the better, and he had hoped that people had seen that.
The Weasley boys obviously had seen that he had changed, because they all had a friendship now, a fragile friendship, but a friendship all the same. Maybe he was just taking the comment a little too seriously, but it still hurt.
It made him feel as though they really didn't see the changes with in him. It made his feel as though they did not see what he felt, not only for his own daughter, but for Ginny.
He was happy that Kayla and Ginny liked each other. When he got custody of Kayla, he knew it would make it all so much easier if they had Ginny by their side. The transition into a family would be a rough one; Draco knew that, he had fears about it. But one of his biggest fears was that the two most important things in his life would not get along. That Kayla and Ginny would clash, that Kayla would not like Gin, and that would just make it hard for everyone. But they loved each other, and Draco was pleased and very relieved.
Kayla liked the other Weasleys as well. When it came time to leave the burrow that afternoon, Kayla had latched herself onto Molly's neck and would not let go till Charlie asked for a hug, she was passed on down the line of Ginny's brothers, hugging them all tightly. When she was finally put back in Draco's arms, she looked back over the group, and her face fell.
"Red" She had sighed sadly. It was true; Ron, Harry and Hermione had not gotten back from where ever they had gone yet. Draco had just smiled and hugged her.
"It is ok baby, you will see him next time you visit" Draco had told her. But she wasn't very happy. After waving good bye to all of the Weasleys, Draco had carried her out to the car.
As they were saying their final good byes at the car, there was sudden shouting from inside. Everyone turned back to the house as the back door was thrown open, and Ron ran out, shoving Draco out of the way so that he could hug Kayla while she sat in the car. Kayla was happy again.
Draco smiled at the memory. He had a feeling that Ron would soon become Kayla's favorite uncle, followed closely by Charlie, Bill and the twins (who were probably still at the burrow, laughing their asses off at uncle 'red')
Things were going great, his good for nothing family was out of his life, he had money, a good home, a great new family, a beautiful girlfriend (even thought they were technically not together, but they had promised themselves to each other, so that meant something along the same lines as a proper romantic relationship) and he had the greatest daughter who loved him as much as he loved her.
Everything was clicking into place like one big puzzle. He was given the original pieces of his puzzle, and he had always known that they did not fit quite right. After years of trying to force the pieces to connect smoothly, he had finally realized that all he really needed was to exchange the pieces, bring in new ones and disregard the old ones.
But the puzzle was now complete, the picture was now clear, it was together and it was complete.
He had all he wanted, and that was all that mattered to him.
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There was a knock on Ginny's bedroom door "Enter"
As soon as she had gotten back from dropping Draco off at his house, she had disappeared to her room. Claiming she was tired, she said a quick good night and ran up the stairs so she would not have to answer any questions about dropping off Kayla.
For the strangest reason, she wanted to be alone. She didn't want to have to deal with Fred and George's jokes, she didn't want to have to deal with her mothers gushing over Draco and Kayla, she didn't want to have to deal with Percy asking what he had missed that day. She couldn't deal with Bill and Charlie and Ron. She just wanted to be alone with her thoughts.
While she was driving home, she couldn't help but think of what her mother had said to her while they had prepared lunch earlier that day. Molly had asked her if she knew the risks of dating Draco, and Ginny had told her she knew.
But did she really know the risks? Did she really understand the millions of things that could come between them? Did she want to understand the things that could come between them?
She had thrown every negative idea she had had to the back of her mind. She had decided that she did not care. All relationships had a few things that they had to get over, so she just ignored the bad and concentrated on the good, Kayla.
Her mother had brought her fears back to the forefront of her thoughts. Would she really want to take the risks just to be with him? She already knew the answer, yes; she would risk the world for Draco and his little girl. But was she willing to risk herself to be in love with him.
Ginny knew that Molly had only been looking out for her best interests. But she was sick of parents thinking they knew best for their children. Ginny also knew that Molly Weasley was nothing like Jacob and Evelyn Warner, but she still did not want to be told what to do about it all.
Ginny knew the risks, she acknowledged the risks, and she was still going to go choose Draco over it all. She would go to school for her final year, she would study, finish her exams, and graduate, she would get a good job, and then she would be free to be with Draco and Kayla. She would be an 'adult' and she could make her own decisions, her own choices.
Her choice would always be Draco.
"I just came to say good night, you ran up here pretty quick, is everything ok?" Percy asked as he entered her room. Ginny smiled at her brother.
"I am fine" She replied "Everything is fine"
"I am sorry that I was not here to meet Kayla. From what the others have been saying, she must be a little angel" Percy began, but there was an undercurrent to what he was saying. She could sense it.
"She is" Ginny began suspiciously, sitting up in her bed and pulling her blanket up around her. "Percy, if you are trying to tell me something, or if you are holding back a lecture of something, then I would prefer that you just tell me what you want to say"
"Why didn't you tell me Draco had a daughter?" Percy asked. Ginny shrugged.
"None of you boys knew. Dad knew because it was Draco's decision to tell him, and dad of course told mum. I told Charlie because, I don't know, I just needed to clear my head and he was there. If it makes you feel any better, Bill and the twins didn't know till they saw her today" Ginny replied. Percy nodded a little "Why, did you think that I purposely didn't tell you that Draco had a child?"
"Well, I wouldn't have blamed you if you had purposely kept it from me" Percy replied, taking another step into the room, but still standing by the door.
"Percy, you have an opinion about everything. You have an opinion about this to, I can tell. That is why you came up here. So just tell me what ever you want to tell me. The sooner you tell, the sooner I will hate you for what you say, and then the sooner I can forgive you and everything can be back to normal"
"He has a child" Percy began. Ginny waited silently for him to finish what he was going to say. "He has a child. His child is just over 1, now if my calculations are correct, he had.....relations with this child's mother when he was 16."
"And what does that have to do with anything?" Ginny asked.
"Well, He was your age, 16, when he created another life, how do you know that the same thing is not going to happen to you?" Percy asked. Ginny would have been touched by his concern if it wasn't for the fact that she was angered at what he was insinuating.
"I happen to be 17, Mr. If-my-calculations-are-correct, and if I remember correctly, were you not 16 years old when I caught you making out with Penelope Clearwater? I seem to remember you were just about to do a lot more than just make out with her" Ginny replied, Percy turned bright red. "And what are you insinuating about me Percy? That I can not be trusted to keep my clothes on around Draco?"
"No, I did not mean it like that" Percy stuttered.
"I am not like that, and I thought you would be the one to realize it. I am not that cheap Percy, and I do have morals. I am waiting for true love, that may be Draco, but it is my decision as to whether or not he is. I am not going to wind up pregnant, it just won't happen, so thank you for your concern."
"Wait Gin, I think you have gotten it all wrong, I didn't mean it like that" Percy began, Ginny knew he didn't, but she really didn't want to have to deal with a self righteous lecture from Mr. Ministry.
"I don't want to hear it Percy" Ginny said, standing from her bed and moving to pushing him out the door. "If you want to lecture some one on morals, go find Ron, ask him if he and Hermione have started a family yet"
"I am sorry for what I said Ginny" Percy said as he reached the hall way.
"And I am sorry for slamming the door in your face." She replied, slamming the door. She took a few seconds, and then realized what she had done. She opened the door to find Percy still standing in the hall.
"I am sorry Percy, I didn't mean it" Ginny smiled weakly. Percy grinned a little.
"I am sorry to, didn't mean it either" Percy replied. "All I was trying to say was that you should be careful in this relationship Ginny. But I guess you already have it all figured. So, I am sorry. And I didn't mean to insinuate anything about you and Malfoy"
"Could you not call him Malfoy? I know that is his name and all, but he is trying to shrug off the stereotype" Ginny replied. Percy nodded.
"Fair enough" Percy replied "You are not angry at me are you?"
"Just a little, it will pass though" Ginny grinned and pulled Percy into a hug. "Uncle Percy"
"Oh, I am an uncle" Percy grinned "Not technically, but it is really cool"
"I am glad you like the feeling" Ginny smiled. After one last hug and another quick apology, she disappeared back into her bedroom where Ginny crawled back into bed.
Ginny was glad she came from such an understanding family.
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"From the information given to us after the completion of the surveillance spell, I believe that it is safe to say that you and Miss Weasley had a good day with Kayla. Is this correct Mr. Malfoy?" Mr. Weston asked.
Draco smiled "Yes sir yesterday was one of the best days of my life."
"That is good to hear, Mr. Malfoy. I suspect that you did not have any trouble with her?" Mr. Weston enquired. Draco shook his head.
"None at all sir, Kayla is a very well mannered child, very easy to handle also." Draco replied, running his hands quickly through his hair.
"You felt that you managed to look after her to the best of your ability yesterday?" was then next question Mr. Weston asked.
"Yes sir"
"And Miss Weasley, did you also bond with the young girl?" Mr. Weston asked.
"Yes sir, I did, I do believe that Kayla and I get along very well." Ginny replied, Mr. Weston smiled.
"I personally monitored the spell that was placed on you Draco, and I must say that I could not find anything that you did wrong. Your day with your daughter was very productive to this case, so, unless the Warners have any complaints about the way their grand daughter was treated while in her fathers care, I would like to move on with the proceedings..." Mr. Weston paused in order to give the Warners or their representative a chance to make a complaint.
Draco sat silently, almost daring the Warners to make a complaint about the way that he had looked after Kayla. Their representative leant in front of them, whispering something to them. They both reluctantly shook their head.
"No sir, my clients have nothing to add" the representative stated.
Draco sat silently as he waited for Mr. Weston to prepare his notes.
"In all fairness, I did say that I would give the Warners the opportunity to rethink their decisions on some things that they said in front of the courts. So, I ask now, Mr. and Mrs. Warner, have you anything to amend about your prior statements on the magic world?"
Jacob and Evelyn looked at each other, and the Jacob spoke "No sir, we don't, we have come to a decision not to change out values for the sake of this case. I know this may lessen out chances a little, but this is what be believe to be in our grand daughters best interests."
"Very well then, is there anything you would like to add Jacob, Evelyn?" Mr. Weston asked.
"Yes" Evelyn began "Do you have any children Mr. Weston?"
"Yes I do, a boy in his early 20's and a daughter who is in her mid twenties" Mr. Weston began.
"Any grand children?" Evelyn asked. Mr. Weston nodded "How would you feel if your child died and some one was trying to take your grand child away from you?"
Mr. Weston took a few minutes to think. "I understand the pain of your predicament, I really do"
"Our grand daughter is all we have left of our Jessica. We want to keep our daughters child in our life, and we want to raise her the way that Jessica wanted" Evelyn added, wiping a tear from her eye as she spoke. "We just want to have her with us"
"I understand, Mrs. Warner" Mr. Weston said as he wrote something in his notes. "Is there anything that you would like to add to the case, Draco?"
"You said you had a daughter? How would you feel if you never had any contact with your daughter, or you son even, either of your children. How would you feel if it was all taken away from you. Would you try to fight to get her back? Of course you would, and that is why I am here. I am fighting to get my little girl back. Well, I guess that is all" Draco said. Mr. Weston wrote a few more notes.
"All facts given in this hearing have now been taken into consideration, and I am now in a position where I am able to award custody of this child" Mr. Weston announced. Every one in the room held their breath.
"As I have said earlier in this case, both of the parties involved are capable of looking after Kayla Anne Warner. It was my responsibility to assess the individual situations of both groups. And I have come to my decision."
Draco snaked his hand out under the table to hold Ginny's hand. She reached for his hand just as he was reaching for hers, and then, when their hands were joined, they held each others hands tightly.
"It is the ruling of the ministry of magic, that starting nine tomorrow morning, Kayla's legal guardians are ......."
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Draco sat in the dark room. Tears running down his cheeks. He knew Ginny was standing at the door, he could sense her, just like all the times before. He picked up the bear off of the bed he was on.
"I can't believe it" Draco sniffed, wiping his cheeks. Ginny came further into the room and sat beside him on the bed.
"I can't believe it either" Ginny replied, reaching to wipe a few stray tears from her own eyes.
"I really can't believe it" He sighed, hugging the bear to his chest. Ginny ran his hands through his hair.
"I have a feeling neither of us will never truly believe it" Ginny told him. He nodded and pulled Ginny into his arms. He stood from the bed, pulling her with him and wrapping his arms around her tightly.
"Wow" he mumbled, buried his hear into Ginny's shoulder. She nodded and continued to run her hands through his blonde hair.
He planted a kiss on her shoulder and then looked into her eyes.
"I can't believe it.....I have my daughter back!!!!"
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Ok, this is not the final chapter, but unfortunately, it is getting closer to the end.
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Any way, school is going good, kind of. This year is important, I have been back 2 days and I already feel like I am in over my head. This year, I have to so my QCS exams (Queensland core skills exam) and it totally is like the major thing in Australia to do well in that to get a good OP. (which is your job skills ranking or something, I was only half listening) any way, enough about me.
Please review.
This chapter contains interaction between Ginny and Percy.
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The soft light of the stars reflected across the glossy coating of the photograph that Draco held in his hand. He had been sitting at his window, watching the Diagon Alley nightlife and the bright moon, just thinking. Thinking of his life and how great his life would be when he finally could settle down with the women of his life.
If all things went to plan, he would soon have Kayla with him. He could finally be the father he had always wanted to be, he could finally be the father that his own father had neglected to be. He could prove to all those who thought him to be cold and unloving that he did have a heart.
He could prove he did have a heart, and that his heart belonged to two very special ladies.
What Fred had said at the burrow earlier, about him not being the type to love anything, had really hurt him. It had been said before of course, any one who knew the old him had said that. But for some reason, this time, hearing it from one of Ginny's brothers, it really did hurt.
The Draco they had remembered from school had been an asshole, a bastard, very much his father's son, and everyone knew that. But he had changed for the better, and he had hoped that people had seen that.
The Weasley boys obviously had seen that he had changed, because they all had a friendship now, a fragile friendship, but a friendship all the same. Maybe he was just taking the comment a little too seriously, but it still hurt.
It made him feel as though they really didn't see the changes with in him. It made his feel as though they did not see what he felt, not only for his own daughter, but for Ginny.
He was happy that Kayla and Ginny liked each other. When he got custody of Kayla, he knew it would make it all so much easier if they had Ginny by their side. The transition into a family would be a rough one; Draco knew that, he had fears about it. But one of his biggest fears was that the two most important things in his life would not get along. That Kayla and Ginny would clash, that Kayla would not like Gin, and that would just make it hard for everyone. But they loved each other, and Draco was pleased and very relieved.
Kayla liked the other Weasleys as well. When it came time to leave the burrow that afternoon, Kayla had latched herself onto Molly's neck and would not let go till Charlie asked for a hug, she was passed on down the line of Ginny's brothers, hugging them all tightly. When she was finally put back in Draco's arms, she looked back over the group, and her face fell.
"Red" She had sighed sadly. It was true; Ron, Harry and Hermione had not gotten back from where ever they had gone yet. Draco had just smiled and hugged her.
"It is ok baby, you will see him next time you visit" Draco had told her. But she wasn't very happy. After waving good bye to all of the Weasleys, Draco had carried her out to the car.
As they were saying their final good byes at the car, there was sudden shouting from inside. Everyone turned back to the house as the back door was thrown open, and Ron ran out, shoving Draco out of the way so that he could hug Kayla while she sat in the car. Kayla was happy again.
Draco smiled at the memory. He had a feeling that Ron would soon become Kayla's favorite uncle, followed closely by Charlie, Bill and the twins (who were probably still at the burrow, laughing their asses off at uncle 'red')
Things were going great, his good for nothing family was out of his life, he had money, a good home, a great new family, a beautiful girlfriend (even thought they were technically not together, but they had promised themselves to each other, so that meant something along the same lines as a proper romantic relationship) and he had the greatest daughter who loved him as much as he loved her.
Everything was clicking into place like one big puzzle. He was given the original pieces of his puzzle, and he had always known that they did not fit quite right. After years of trying to force the pieces to connect smoothly, he had finally realized that all he really needed was to exchange the pieces, bring in new ones and disregard the old ones.
But the puzzle was now complete, the picture was now clear, it was together and it was complete.
He had all he wanted, and that was all that mattered to him.
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There was a knock on Ginny's bedroom door "Enter"
As soon as she had gotten back from dropping Draco off at his house, she had disappeared to her room. Claiming she was tired, she said a quick good night and ran up the stairs so she would not have to answer any questions about dropping off Kayla.
For the strangest reason, she wanted to be alone. She didn't want to have to deal with Fred and George's jokes, she didn't want to have to deal with her mothers gushing over Draco and Kayla, she didn't want to have to deal with Percy asking what he had missed that day. She couldn't deal with Bill and Charlie and Ron. She just wanted to be alone with her thoughts.
While she was driving home, she couldn't help but think of what her mother had said to her while they had prepared lunch earlier that day. Molly had asked her if she knew the risks of dating Draco, and Ginny had told her she knew.
But did she really know the risks? Did she really understand the millions of things that could come between them? Did she want to understand the things that could come between them?
She had thrown every negative idea she had had to the back of her mind. She had decided that she did not care. All relationships had a few things that they had to get over, so she just ignored the bad and concentrated on the good, Kayla.
Her mother had brought her fears back to the forefront of her thoughts. Would she really want to take the risks just to be with him? She already knew the answer, yes; she would risk the world for Draco and his little girl. But was she willing to risk herself to be in love with him.
Ginny knew that Molly had only been looking out for her best interests. But she was sick of parents thinking they knew best for their children. Ginny also knew that Molly Weasley was nothing like Jacob and Evelyn Warner, but she still did not want to be told what to do about it all.
Ginny knew the risks, she acknowledged the risks, and she was still going to go choose Draco over it all. She would go to school for her final year, she would study, finish her exams, and graduate, she would get a good job, and then she would be free to be with Draco and Kayla. She would be an 'adult' and she could make her own decisions, her own choices.
Her choice would always be Draco.
"I just came to say good night, you ran up here pretty quick, is everything ok?" Percy asked as he entered her room. Ginny smiled at her brother.
"I am fine" She replied "Everything is fine"
"I am sorry that I was not here to meet Kayla. From what the others have been saying, she must be a little angel" Percy began, but there was an undercurrent to what he was saying. She could sense it.
"She is" Ginny began suspiciously, sitting up in her bed and pulling her blanket up around her. "Percy, if you are trying to tell me something, or if you are holding back a lecture of something, then I would prefer that you just tell me what you want to say"
"Why didn't you tell me Draco had a daughter?" Percy asked. Ginny shrugged.
"None of you boys knew. Dad knew because it was Draco's decision to tell him, and dad of course told mum. I told Charlie because, I don't know, I just needed to clear my head and he was there. If it makes you feel any better, Bill and the twins didn't know till they saw her today" Ginny replied. Percy nodded a little "Why, did you think that I purposely didn't tell you that Draco had a child?"
"Well, I wouldn't have blamed you if you had purposely kept it from me" Percy replied, taking another step into the room, but still standing by the door.
"Percy, you have an opinion about everything. You have an opinion about this to, I can tell. That is why you came up here. So just tell me what ever you want to tell me. The sooner you tell, the sooner I will hate you for what you say, and then the sooner I can forgive you and everything can be back to normal"
"He has a child" Percy began. Ginny waited silently for him to finish what he was going to say. "He has a child. His child is just over 1, now if my calculations are correct, he had.....relations with this child's mother when he was 16."
"And what does that have to do with anything?" Ginny asked.
"Well, He was your age, 16, when he created another life, how do you know that the same thing is not going to happen to you?" Percy asked. Ginny would have been touched by his concern if it wasn't for the fact that she was angered at what he was insinuating.
"I happen to be 17, Mr. If-my-calculations-are-correct, and if I remember correctly, were you not 16 years old when I caught you making out with Penelope Clearwater? I seem to remember you were just about to do a lot more than just make out with her" Ginny replied, Percy turned bright red. "And what are you insinuating about me Percy? That I can not be trusted to keep my clothes on around Draco?"
"No, I did not mean it like that" Percy stuttered.
"I am not like that, and I thought you would be the one to realize it. I am not that cheap Percy, and I do have morals. I am waiting for true love, that may be Draco, but it is my decision as to whether or not he is. I am not going to wind up pregnant, it just won't happen, so thank you for your concern."
"Wait Gin, I think you have gotten it all wrong, I didn't mean it like that" Percy began, Ginny knew he didn't, but she really didn't want to have to deal with a self righteous lecture from Mr. Ministry.
"I don't want to hear it Percy" Ginny said, standing from her bed and moving to pushing him out the door. "If you want to lecture some one on morals, go find Ron, ask him if he and Hermione have started a family yet"
"I am sorry for what I said Ginny" Percy said as he reached the hall way.
"And I am sorry for slamming the door in your face." She replied, slamming the door. She took a few seconds, and then realized what she had done. She opened the door to find Percy still standing in the hall.
"I am sorry Percy, I didn't mean it" Ginny smiled weakly. Percy grinned a little.
"I am sorry to, didn't mean it either" Percy replied. "All I was trying to say was that you should be careful in this relationship Ginny. But I guess you already have it all figured. So, I am sorry. And I didn't mean to insinuate anything about you and Malfoy"
"Could you not call him Malfoy? I know that is his name and all, but he is trying to shrug off the stereotype" Ginny replied. Percy nodded.
"Fair enough" Percy replied "You are not angry at me are you?"
"Just a little, it will pass though" Ginny grinned and pulled Percy into a hug. "Uncle Percy"
"Oh, I am an uncle" Percy grinned "Not technically, but it is really cool"
"I am glad you like the feeling" Ginny smiled. After one last hug and another quick apology, she disappeared back into her bedroom where Ginny crawled back into bed.
Ginny was glad she came from such an understanding family.
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"From the information given to us after the completion of the surveillance spell, I believe that it is safe to say that you and Miss Weasley had a good day with Kayla. Is this correct Mr. Malfoy?" Mr. Weston asked.
Draco smiled "Yes sir yesterday was one of the best days of my life."
"That is good to hear, Mr. Malfoy. I suspect that you did not have any trouble with her?" Mr. Weston enquired. Draco shook his head.
"None at all sir, Kayla is a very well mannered child, very easy to handle also." Draco replied, running his hands quickly through his hair.
"You felt that you managed to look after her to the best of your ability yesterday?" was then next question Mr. Weston asked.
"Yes sir"
"And Miss Weasley, did you also bond with the young girl?" Mr. Weston asked.
"Yes sir, I did, I do believe that Kayla and I get along very well." Ginny replied, Mr. Weston smiled.
"I personally monitored the spell that was placed on you Draco, and I must say that I could not find anything that you did wrong. Your day with your daughter was very productive to this case, so, unless the Warners have any complaints about the way their grand daughter was treated while in her fathers care, I would like to move on with the proceedings..." Mr. Weston paused in order to give the Warners or their representative a chance to make a complaint.
Draco sat silently, almost daring the Warners to make a complaint about the way that he had looked after Kayla. Their representative leant in front of them, whispering something to them. They both reluctantly shook their head.
"No sir, my clients have nothing to add" the representative stated.
Draco sat silently as he waited for Mr. Weston to prepare his notes.
"In all fairness, I did say that I would give the Warners the opportunity to rethink their decisions on some things that they said in front of the courts. So, I ask now, Mr. and Mrs. Warner, have you anything to amend about your prior statements on the magic world?"
Jacob and Evelyn looked at each other, and the Jacob spoke "No sir, we don't, we have come to a decision not to change out values for the sake of this case. I know this may lessen out chances a little, but this is what be believe to be in our grand daughters best interests."
"Very well then, is there anything you would like to add Jacob, Evelyn?" Mr. Weston asked.
"Yes" Evelyn began "Do you have any children Mr. Weston?"
"Yes I do, a boy in his early 20's and a daughter who is in her mid twenties" Mr. Weston began.
"Any grand children?" Evelyn asked. Mr. Weston nodded "How would you feel if your child died and some one was trying to take your grand child away from you?"
Mr. Weston took a few minutes to think. "I understand the pain of your predicament, I really do"
"Our grand daughter is all we have left of our Jessica. We want to keep our daughters child in our life, and we want to raise her the way that Jessica wanted" Evelyn added, wiping a tear from her eye as she spoke. "We just want to have her with us"
"I understand, Mrs. Warner" Mr. Weston said as he wrote something in his notes. "Is there anything that you would like to add to the case, Draco?"
"You said you had a daughter? How would you feel if you never had any contact with your daughter, or you son even, either of your children. How would you feel if it was all taken away from you. Would you try to fight to get her back? Of course you would, and that is why I am here. I am fighting to get my little girl back. Well, I guess that is all" Draco said. Mr. Weston wrote a few more notes.
"All facts given in this hearing have now been taken into consideration, and I am now in a position where I am able to award custody of this child" Mr. Weston announced. Every one in the room held their breath.
"As I have said earlier in this case, both of the parties involved are capable of looking after Kayla Anne Warner. It was my responsibility to assess the individual situations of both groups. And I have come to my decision."
Draco snaked his hand out under the table to hold Ginny's hand. She reached for his hand just as he was reaching for hers, and then, when their hands were joined, they held each others hands tightly.
"It is the ruling of the ministry of magic, that starting nine tomorrow morning, Kayla's legal guardians are ......."
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Draco sat in the dark room. Tears running down his cheeks. He knew Ginny was standing at the door, he could sense her, just like all the times before. He picked up the bear off of the bed he was on.
"I can't believe it" Draco sniffed, wiping his cheeks. Ginny came further into the room and sat beside him on the bed.
"I can't believe it either" Ginny replied, reaching to wipe a few stray tears from her own eyes.
"I really can't believe it" He sighed, hugging the bear to his chest. Ginny ran his hands through his hair.
"I have a feeling neither of us will never truly believe it" Ginny told him. He nodded and pulled Ginny into his arms. He stood from the bed, pulling her with him and wrapping his arms around her tightly.
"Wow" he mumbled, buried his hear into Ginny's shoulder. She nodded and continued to run her hands through his blonde hair.
He planted a kiss on her shoulder and then looked into her eyes.
"I can't believe it.....I have my daughter back!!!!"
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Ok, this is not the final chapter, but unfortunately, it is getting closer to the end.
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Any way, school is going good, kind of. This year is important, I have been back 2 days and I already feel like I am in over my head. This year, I have to so my QCS exams (Queensland core skills exam) and it totally is like the major thing in Australia to do well in that to get a good OP. (which is your job skills ranking or something, I was only half listening) any way, enough about me.
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