What a day…Ginny thought. She had spent the morning and part of the afternoon, after getting the kids off to school, shopping up and down Diagon Alley for the items needed for tomorrow night's charity ball at the manor. Draco and several of his executives had agreed, several months ago, to hold a ball for a local food charity to help feed children throughout the United Kingdom, muggle or wizard.
As Ginny sat and ate lunch with her ever gossiping sisters-in-law, she mused about the beginnings of the ball and how it had, unexpectedly, gotten out of hand. As Hermione, Heidi, Greta and the rest of the group was gaily discussing who was pregnant and who was getting married, Ginny thought,
"Once word was out about the ball, most of the wizarding world was scrambling to get invitations. Therefore, she had decided to simply forego the invitations, much to the horror of her mother-in-law, and set a price for attendance. For a mere 10,000 gold galleons, one was able to attend the ball and spend a weekend at Malfoy Manor being the guests of Draco and Ginny Malfoy. She had intentionally set the price at an exorbitant amount hoping to keep the numbers small, but still giving a solid donation to the charity. She had been dumbfounded when they had been inundated with letters from Gringotts stating that monies had been moved to their charity account from over 500 separate accounts! So, much for keeping the numbers low…"
Ginny was pulled from her musings when the silence around her invaded her thoughts. She looked up from the floor she had been staring at. Every single one of her sisters-in-law was staring at her with an odd look on their face.
"What?" Ginny inquired as she squirmed uncomfortably in her seat.
"I cannot believe you did not tell us!" Hermione accused.
"Tell you what?" Ginny asked even more confused.
"Ginny Malfoy, I cannot BELIEVE you did not tell us!" Heidi said with disappointment evident in her voice. She narrowed her amber colored eyes at Ginny and gave her a glare.
"Tell you WHAT?" Ginny said with exasperation and just a hint of annoyance.
"That you are PREGNANT!" Hermione knowingly said.
Ginny just stared at a far wall and shook her head. She, then, turned back to the group of women before her and said, "What can you do, smell it? I only found out bloody yesterday!"
Her only responses from the women were several high-pitched squeals and being pulled into several embraces. Ginny, after she was finally released by the last sister-in-law, gave them a small smile and began picking at the Conch Salad in front of her.
Eventually the conversation veered off of her again. Her thoughts returned to the ball and all that she had accomplished that morning.
She had found most of the decorations she needed. The theme for the ball was Celestial Bodies. She had spent a few hours in the local party decoration shop purchasing items for the ball. She had bought small tennis ball-sized, opalescent magical balls. These balls, when tossed into the air, released mini-firecrackers in the shape of stars and moons. She had also acquired new midnight blue napkins that magically sparkled through several well known constellations, including the Big Dipper, Pleiades and the Little Dipper, in colors of silver and gold.
She had also found small party favors that were sure to delight the wealthy and generous attendees. While searching through scores of specialty catalogs, she found mini-magical wands that were heavily decorated with glitter, feathers, small semi-precious stones, etc. However, that was not what made the wands so neat; no, what made them neat was that they were actually viable wands for a week. They were charmed to transfigure small items into anything you might want or need. Granted, the spell wore off when the charm expired on the wand, but for that week; a lot of fun could be had. Ginny was delighted to hear that the store could deliver them directly to the Manor by noon the next day.
She had continued her flipping through the magical catalogs and had found a few more items. After ordering the wands, she found cute kazoos that when put to the mouth played a piano rendition of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."
For the food, she had turned to their usual catering shop. The shop, Magical Munching, had been linked to affluent wizarding families for centuries. They take the orders from the clients at their store; then, on the day of the event, they would send the ingredient list, recipes and extra House Elves to the client's home to help make the food.
This time, their piece de resistance was going to be the dessert. They were making chocolate cups in the shapes of stars with mousse in them. They would be placed on clear glass plates with candied moons that, as you ate them, would squeak, 'No! I'm the man on the moon.'
They also were making special magical appetizers for the gala. There were mushroom crepes that tasted like peanut butter and grape jelly sandwiches. There would also be petit fours with small star dollops on the top. They looked so sweet, which is why Ginny thought it hilarious that they actually tasted like lemons. She, of course, ordered a double order of those. One of the reasons why Ginny and Draco Malfoy were so popular, besides them being young, rich and beautiful, was the fact that they loved to add humor to notoriously boring events. This one, with all the new finds, was sure to be a blast…and that was not counting the end of the evening firecrackers made for the event by Gred and Forge.
Ginny surfaced from her musings when the waiter brought their bill to the table. He laid the receipt on the table and gave each of the women a smoldering gaze. Ginny snorted at this boldness and withdrew her Gringotts' Card. She paid for the meal, said goodbye to the girls and headed further down Diagon Alley. She still had lots of shopping to do and the boys would be home mid-afternoon. Eventually, she found herself outside a familiar shop.
To Ginny's delight, while shopping for her dress, she had found a faux toga outfit (faux because it was actually a two-pieced outfit simply sewn and cut to mimic the lines of a toga sheet) with magically sparkling stars and moons in the shop where they had found the game, Monkey Love. Huntress, the store's owner, had remembered Ginny and was delighted to see her again. She had helped Ginny so much. Ginny assured her that the game had definitely worked its magic and that yes, her mother and father had apparently liked their items as well. Ginny played this one off; she had never asked and never would. They talked for a few minutes and Ginny asked Huntress if she would like to be the special guest of Draco and her at the ball the following evening. Ginny did not think the woman's eyes could become more amazing as they all ready were, but they did. They lit up brightly as she enthusiastically nodded and Ginny smiled.
"Great…we will see you tomorrow night!" Ginny said as she picked up her purchases and walked out of the store. It was time to head home. She Apparated to the Manor.
When she arrived home, she noticed that the house was awfully quiet. She placed her purchases on the floor in the vast foyer and headed upstairs. She went into Kaitlyn's room first. There her little angel was sleeping peacefully. She kissed her fingers and placed them on the sleeping baby's head.
She quietly walked out of the room and headed to the master suite. When she walked in the room, she noticed one very important thing. Draco was not in the room. She sighed. She had been hoping all day to get a bit of nookie in before the boys got home.
She toed off her leather loafers. Next, she removed the Book of Kells scarf from around her neck and unbuttoned her beige silk shirt. She drew the shirt off her shoulders and tossed it on the floor.
That had taken quite a bit to get used to…throwing her clothes on the floor, that is. Her mother had spent years trying to get her to pick up after herself. One night in the Malfoy Manor and her new mother-in-law was already calling her into a 'discussion' about how the House Elves were complaining that the young Mrs. Malfoy was being difficult.
She unhooked her front clasp bra and tossed it on the floor as well. Then, she unbuttoned and unzipped her wool trousers. She tossed these on the floor too. She removed her pair of knee high panty hose and tossed them on top of the other items. In her knickers, she walked over to her nightstand and retrieved the ponytail holder she used at night. She put her hair up in a twisted loop and headed for the bathroom. On her way, she noticed that the clothes had already been removed from the floor by one of the House Elves. She also noticed that the game had been moved from its normal spot. She quickly noted, however; that the change seemed to be so that Draco could reach his Nifler shoes.
Just outside of the door, she put her right hand at her nape and gave it a good rub. She opened the door and walked into the bathroom; she almost screamed at the sight before her. There, in all his naked glory, was her husband.
He gave Ginny a winsome, sexy smile and beckoned for her to come over and join him. Before she did though, she took a moment to take in her modified bathroom.
He had made the room a good deal larger mainly to hold the new bathtub. It was three times larger than their normal one and was a beautiful royal purple. There was steam rising from the water in the tub that lapped on her lover's edible body.
She returned the smile Draco was giving her and walked to the side of the tub. She gladly took the hand that he offered her and climbed into the tub. Draco situated them so that she found herself leaning back against his chest with his arms tightly wrapped around her waist.
He gave her kiss on her nape and removed his right hand from the water. It went to the table at the side of the tub and picked up his wand. With a flick of the wand and a muttered spell, the door slammed shut. For the second time that day, Ginny almost screamed.
The misty man had been hidden behind the door. Her gaze flew to Draco's and he gave her a nod to his right. Ginny took a look in the area his nod had been and there were the dice from the game. She returned her gaze to the misty man and found him smirking at her.
She returned the smirk and waited for his announcement.
"You have landed on the Square of Motion in the Ocean. Enjoy!"
He disappeared in a poof of smoke.
Ginny rolled over on top of Draco. She placed a hand on either side of his face and drew in for a gentle kiss. The kiss quickly became more passionate and soon their hands were relearning each other's bodies. Their moans of passion could be heard a good distance in their magnified bathroom, but Ginny and Draco were oblivious.
Ginny maintained her position on top and was soon setting a pace that was driving Draco wild. Water was splashing over the sides of the tub in great quantities.
When the passionate storm in the tub abated, Ginny laid her forehead to Draco's and gave him a gentle kiss. She jumped in shock when a small voice behind her said, "Look Bill, Mom and Dad are having a water fight!"