Ginny was giggling uncontrollably by the time Draco had run from the bathroom to where she was on the bed. It was one of those laughs that cause you to lose all strength, and thus, Ginny was unable to prevent Draco's counterattack because she was hanging limply on the bed laughing her ass off.
Before she knew what was happening, she found herself unceremoniously slung over his shoulder and being marched into their bathroom. Once there, Draco set her down in the roomy shower, backed out while turning on the water, and douched her with a stream of extraordinarily cold water.
Ginny began grasping for breath while pushing her long, wet hair out of her face. Then, she reached for the valves to turn off the cold water. Draco was watching all her actions with great amusement and a feeling of satisfaction…pure satisfaction.
"Draco, you are so going to pay for that! You won't know where or when, just know it is coming." She gasped out through her chattering teeth.
"I think not, dear wife. You deserved that and you know it! Now, go get your damn wand and fix my chest." He said with an air of Malfoy authority, which, of course, riled Ginny even more.
"Puh-lease…and you can take that condescending, supercilious attitude and stick it where the sun doesn't shine, Lord Malfoy. You should know by now that only pisses me off. So, I think you should rethink how badly you want that artwork removed from your body; because if you want ME to remove it, you should really take another try." She growled at him with a finger pointed directly at his chest and a very nasty look in her eyes.
Draco recognized the look in her eye. All the Weasley men and Draco knew to run when that look was seen in her eyes. So, he figured, if he wanted the "artwork" removed; he was going to have to do this another way…her way.
He lightly cleared his throat and began, "Ginny, I would appreciate it if you would retrieve your wand and remove this lovely drawing you have bestowed upon me."
Ginny rolled her eyes.
"Ugh, you and your damn charm can become annoying after a while, you know?"
Draco was smart enough to smile, but not say anything. A win was a win.
Ginny roughly brushed past Draco mumbling something about men, snakes and cockroaches.
Ginny huffily walked into the master bedroom and headed to her side of the bed. She opened the drawer in her night table, without looking she grabbed her wand from within the drawer and headed back into the bathroom.
When she got there, she placed the tip of the wand to Draco's well defined chest. She recited the skin cleansing spell she uses in the evening to unclog her pores and nothing happened.
Draco arched his eyebrow at her and she shrugged. She then recited another cleaning spell; the one she uses to remove mascara from her eyes after a dinner party.
Once again, the marker "tattoo" did not disappear. Both Ginny and Draco were getting pink cheeks from their annoyances.
"Maybe, Ginny, we should try Elf magic." Draco suggested.
"Well, it can't hurt." She responded.
She flicked her wand at the wrist and summoned Flora, the Head House Elf. A mere quarter of a second passed and Flora was already attempting to remove the marks from Draco's chest.
After fifteen minutes, Flora was screaming, crying and ramming her head into the glass, shower door. Draco was sitting on the edge of the bed with his head in his hands. To be honest, he did not know if he was more annoyed with Ginny or Flora at this point.
Ginny was down the hall in Kaitlyn's nursery. Flora's self-inflicted punishment had pulled Katie from her slumber in the most abrupt way. Therefore, it was taking longer than usual to get her calmed down. Ginny was rocking her in their rocking chair while singing a song about a wizard, a witch and a Nifler.
Rocking in the chair was where Draco found Ginny twenty minutes later. Katie was just drifting back to sleep and Ginny looked to be nodding off too.
Draco put his index finger to his lips to keep Molly and Arthur quiet. He nodded into the room and Arthur and Molly took a look. Molly smiled brightly. It was the first time in weeks that Ginny looked relaxed.
Draco hated to wake her; but he knew she would want to go get Ben as soon as possible. He walked over to the rocking chair and lightly placed his hand on her shoulder. She sleepily leaned into the touch and rubbed her cheek on his hand.
"Ginny, Love, we need to get to hospital to pick Ben up." Draco whispered to his wife.
Her eyes flew open and a sweet smile graced her face to make her look even more angelic. Draco loved to look at her just as she was waking; she was the most ethereal being he had ever seen.
She looked down at Katie and her smile became even brighter. She quickly but carefully got up from the rocking chair and placed Kaitlyn in her bassinet. She stood and watched Katie adjust to her new surroundings. Ginny smiled at the sight of Katie taking her bent hand to her mouth and yawning. She stretched lazily and went back to a peaceful slumber.
Ginny awoke with a hand on her back. She glanced over her shoulder and saw her mother standing behind her. She was watching Katie too. Molly enclosed her arms around Ginny and hugged her close.
"You better go get ready. Ben is waiting." Molly whispered to Ginny with a wink.
Ginny nodded, gently hugged her mother back and pulled away. She headed down the hallway to the master suite. Draco was there with a cocky grin on his face.
Ginny looked him directly in the eye with a question in her cinnamon colored eyes and cocked her head.
Draco waggled his eyes and said, "Look at my man boobs!"
Ginny dropped her eyes to Draco's chest. He was wearing a sexy, white oxford shirt that was crisp and clean and, sure enough, you could see the red drawings underneath the expensive material.
"Oh my…Draco, I really thought it would come off." Ginny said with honest distress in her voice.
"Ginny-umm- I know you did. I was just taken by surprise. I'm not mad. In fact, it is rather funny once you stop and think about it. Truce?"
"Humph…I get it now. You're just trying to keep me from retaliating. Yeah right…no, Draco, there is no truce. The war is on. You won't know where or when, but I will. Teach you to throw me in a cold shower."
"Ginny, you were the one that started this…" Draco said with a bit of apprehension in his voice. He knew what Ginny could be like when she set her mind to it. She had spent way too much time with her brothers…in particular, Fred and George. Damn, this was not a good thing.
"Maybe so, but I will ALSO be the one to finish it! Now, let's go bring our son home."
Draco obviously winced at this declaration. Ginny saw it and inwardly smiled. Men were so easy to freak out.
With that said, she stalked into the bathroom and Draco could hear the shower running. He walked into his massive closet, removed the white shirt and searched the racks for another shirt. Eventually, he found a black, broad cloth shirt that certainly would not allow the red "tattoo" to show through. He removed it from the hangar it was resting on and donned it. He looked at himself in the mirror and smiled. He still looked good…oh yes, he did.
Meanwhile, Ginny was getting out of the shower and drying herself off. She turned to her right and opened the door that led to her private dressing chambers and closets.
She pulled a tan, cashmere jumper from the hangar and pulled it over her head. She turned around 180 degrees and began flipping through her selection of pants. She finally decided on a pair of black, cotton pants that zipped on the side and particularly flattered her derrière (if she did say so herself!)!
She came out of her closet from the main bedroom entrance and saw Draco sitting at the desk in the corner sending out some last minute correspondences for his business.
"Ready to go, Draco?" Ginny asked.
"Yes" he said as he got up and turned to look at her.
He walked to her and offered her his arm. They left their bedroom and headed down to Katie's nursery. Once there, they realized that Molly and Arthur must be downstairs with her and Bill.
Sure enough, they arrived in the parlor room to the cutest scene. Bill was sitting on the large single-person chair and had an open book on his lap. He was reading from it to his baby sister while Molly and Arthur looked proudly on.
Draco rubbed his hand on Ginny's back and gave her a loving smile. She smiled back and they entered the room.
"Are you ready to bring your son home?" Arthur asked the couple before him.
They both got silly grins on their faces and nodded eagerly. Molly winked at Arthur; she knew exactly what they were thinking. With seven children, they had been there a few times themselves.
Ginny kissed Kaitlyn and Bill on their foreheads, walked to the fireplace, threw in a less frantic type of floo powder (powder keg blue) and disappeared in the much more common, green flames.
Draco kissed Katie on the cheek and ruffled Bill's hair affectionately. Then, he too, headed through the fireplace to the regular entrance of St. Mungo's hospital. Once there, they immediately headed to the third floor. The doors opened and Ginny practically ran to Ben's room. His door was open and Ginny could see into the room. He was sitting up on his bed playing Exploding Snap with a floor nurse. He had a broad grin on his face and his blonde hair was shining in the morning sun.
Ginny lightly cleared her throat and Ben's eyes lit up at seeing his mother and father. He jumped from the bed, ran to his parents and jumped into his mother's waiting arms. She kissed the top of his head. Shortly there after, Draco leaned over the hugging pair and ruffled the young boy's hair. At his father's touch, Ben jumped into his father's arms and gave him a massive hug.
The nurse smiled benevolently at the happy family and gently excused herself from the room.
"Ready to go Benny-boo?" Ginny asked him using his family nickname.
"Yep…do you think we could all go to get some pizza this evening? I would really love to eat some pizza. The food in here really stinks!" He whispered in a stage whisper.
Draco and Ginny both laughed at their precocious child. Draco went to the wooden cabinet in the corner and removed Ben's green luggage holder. He quickly used a shrinking spell and placed it in the pocket of his black jeans.
The happy trio left Ben's hospital room and returned to the main entrance of St. Mungo's. They threw in the floo powder and flooed through the network to Malfoy Manor.
When they returned to the family's parlor, they found Molly, Arthur, Katie, Bill, Ron, Hermione, Harry and Millicent waiting for the trio. Ben was grasped in many hugs and was smiling ear to ear. The last person to come up to him was his identical twin, Bill. He gave Bill a long look, an obnoxiously, perfect grin and wrapped Ben in a massive, bear hug.
"I missed you, Benny-boo" Bill said followed by a sniffle.
This brought tears to all the adults' faces. It was one of those touching moments that remind you to live and love.
Once Ben and Bill pulled apart, Draco informed the crowd that Ben wanted to go to get pizza. Since all the kids would want to go, Draco told them to meet them at "Chucky Cheese" in about 2 hours with all the kids in tow…a Malfoy treat!
Everyone headed back to their homes through the floo network and promised to be at CC in a couple of hours. Draco took Ben and Bill upstairs to get Ben re-settled into the room the kids share and to spend some father/son time before heading to the restaurant.
Ginny took Katie up for her feeding; she was already getting grumpy and Ginny wanted to get her settled before going to the restaurant.
She walked up the stairs with Katie in her arms loving the smell of her youngest child. Baby powder…it was amazing how intoxicating it could be, especially when on your child. It was one of those smells that once you are a parent, will always bring a warm, fuzzy feeling to you. Ginny leaned over to her baby's cheek, inhaled deeply and smiled. Life was good, very good.
She took Katie to her nursery, unbuttoned her blouse, took down her special breast-feeding bra and began to nurse the baby.
Meanwhile, Draco was helping Ben and Bill put up Ben's items from the hospital. As they finished, Ben turned to him and asked if it would be okay for him to take a nap. Draco nodded and Bill informed him that he would stay and keep a watch on his twin.
Draco nodded again, settled the boys into their beds and went looking for Ginny and Kaitlyn. He found them exactly where he thought they would be...in the nursery.
He stood in the doorway for several minutes watching his wife nurse Kaitlyn. After three kids, he never ceased to be amazed at the strength of love for his family. But what really blew his mind was how his father could have been such a cold hearted bastard with a family to love? How could Lucius have not loved him and his mother more and more every day instead of the hell they did experience? It always worried him that he would one day do something Lucius like…despite Ginny assuring him every day that he was not his father.
Ginny resettled herself in the chair as she was breast feeding Katie. When she did, she noticed her blonde Adonis watching her. She gave him a fake wolf whistle that was more air blowing than a whistle so she would not wake up Katie. She smiled when he was obviously jerked from his thoughts at her noise.
He smiled and she returned the smile. "Life was good," Draco thought.
After laying Katie down in her bassinet, Draco pulled Ginny out of the room and to their bedroom.
"We have about 30 minutes before the kids wake up, wanna have a go?" Draco asked in his "there is no way you can resist this sexy voice" voice.
"Sure…" Ginny replied with her "I know what you are up to" voice.
They arrived in the bedroom and Ginny ran quickly to the table with the dice on it…the 30 minutes they had would pass quickly and she wanted to use their time together for fun things…very fun things.
She picked up the dice, threw them in the air over the table and let them drop. She had received two dots plus three dots for a total of five dots.
The taco magically moved the five spaces and the mist, man appeared.
"You have landed on the Space of Phallic Wonderland. The tools you will need will appear on the table. Enjoy…"
The misty man disappeared in a great poof cloud and the needed tools did appear as he had said. There on the round table was a complete set of dildos from the outrageous to some that looked like the real thing! They came in every color of the rainbow, size in the metric system and design thus far invented.
Ginny began laughing. She ran to the table and picked up a red and white striped one and began to lick it in a most naughty way. She waggled her eyes suggestively at her lover and said, "Yummmm…I love peppermint! I love things that make me tingle…all over."
Draco could stand the sight no more; he tackled her onto the bed. She wiggled and writhed beneath him making him all the more aroused. She continued her wanton licking of the striped device and smacking her lips.
Draco was inflamed. He unbuttoned her black pants and hastily pulled them down to her ankles. He did the same with his own and thrust homeward. Ginny was so caught up in the moment and sensations she forgot her teasing with the toy and almost instantly coming. Feeling her strong reaction and his own sweet sensations, he, too, was soon in the thralls of passion and filling her with his seed.
Ginny lightly snuggled into his chest. Draco gently removed himself from her warm nest, pulled her close and flipped positions with her; so that she was now on top. They both wanted several minutes to snuggle and bask in their afterglow; however, it was soon brought to a halt, too soon.
Ben and Bill were awake and running up and down the halls singing a loud, childish chant, "We're going to get some pizza. We're going to get some pizza."
Draco and Ginny looked at each other and smiled. It was good to be a Malfoy.