Draco climbed the stairs and entered the large room. Ginny was
sitting on the bed with a baby in her arms. "So how's Harry?"
Ginny smiled. "He's fine. He's such a good boy! He's only two weeks old, but I can kind of tell that he's going to be great."
"Of course he is, with his great father. Oh, yeah, what are you going to do about a father? He can't grow up fatherless!" Draco said.
"Well, if it's not too much work for you . . ." Ginny's voice trailed off.
"You mean I'm going to act as his father? But, but, I mean, we don't even live together! Besides, I don't think I'm the fatherly type!" Draco blurted out.
"Oh, no, not quite like that. I just mean . . . be an uncle to him. Or more like a best friend. I already visit you a lot, almost every week!" Ginny comforted.
"Ok," Draco said, sitting down next to Ginny. He pulled the blanket gently away from Harry's face, and saw a beautiful baby face with eyes a mix of green and hazel. The face stared curiously up at Draco, then smiled. Draco smiled back, and pushed away a lock of his dark brown hair. "His expression is so much like his father's."
"Will he be just like Harry?" Ginny suddenly asked, as if she was pulled away from her dreamy state.
"I hope not. Harry had a lot of trouble in his life. You-Know-Who, his uncle and aunt, and everything in between that and, well, that," Draco said reassuringly. He looked into Ginny's eyes and saw sadness. She quickly looked away to Harry.
"I bet Harry would have loved to meet him," Ginny sighed.
"Of course he would. Harry Jr. is so, sweet!" Draco looked down at Harry too.
"I wonder if Harry became a ghost. I wonder if he is actually around, someplace," Ginny wondered aloud.
"I don't think so. He would definitely come and visit you. And, besides, he was a Gryffindor. Gryffindors are brave. He was very brave, even for a Gryffindor. I bet he didn't want to be a ghost, he would probably want to experience the real thing, whatever it is."
"I understand. No, wait, I don't. Whatever, I think it's impossible to understand anything that doesn't have a theory or formula," Ginny determined to herself.
"Does love have a theory or formula?" Draco joked.
"Do we understand love?" Ginny joked back.
"I guess you're right," Draco sighed.
"I wonder how he will be when he's older. I wonder what house he will be in! I wonder what he will be when he grows up! I wonder . . ." Ginny said excitedly.
"Let's not worry about all that now. I think you should get some sleep. Here, I'll help you put Harry in his crib," Draco stood up.
"Ok," Ginny stood up and the two put Harry in his crib carefully. Ginny gave him a kiss on the forehead and Harry smiled. He looked at Ginny with his innocent eyes, then at Draco. He soon closed his eyes and let his mouth hang open a little. Ginny got dressed for bed and laid down with the covers up to her shoulders. Draco sat at a chair by her bedside, like he did every night. He held her hand and they looked at each other for several minutes silently.
"Everything's going to be fine," Draco finally said.
"No it won't. Nothing ever works out. That's the way life works," Ginny contradicted.
"Harry is fine. He'll grow up to be fine," Draco stated firmly.
"Ok, I'll believe you," Ginny sighed. She looked away up at the ceiling. "I miss Harry."
"I know you do. But please be strong," Draco said quickly.
"Ok. I'm tired. I think I should get some sleep," Ginny yawned and turned away from Draco.
"Good night," Draco walked over to the other side of the bed, kneeled down, and looked at Ginny in the eye. "Sweet dreams." Draco gave Ginny a quick kiss on the lips. They both closed their eyes, but opened them again. Draco walked out of the room without another word. Ginny stared at the door for a while, then turned over to face Harry.
"I love you," Ginny whispered. She then fell asleep.
This was what usually happened before Ginny went to sleep. Draco would come over to her house and say goodnight. They sometimes had dinner together at Draco's house, and then Draco would walk Ginny home and tuck her in. Ginny still missed Harry, and would often sit for hours in a chair, pretending to read the Daily Prophet, thinking of him. Draco could clearly see her eyes were in another world, but he never did anything about it. He knew how she felt. He would spend nights locked up in his room, away from his father, thinking about his mother. Why did father have to tell the Dark Lord about his mother teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts and her switch to the light side? Draco often thought. He still didn't know if she was dead or alive. He hoped she was dead, unless she had escaped somehow and been able to get away from the Death Eaters, but hadn't been able to get home yet. Draco knew of the ways of torture the Death Eaters used. He shuddered whenever he thought about the Death Eaters.
Draco and Ginny would often take walks in the backyard, pushing Harry around in a stroller. When Harry became a toddler and could walk, they would often take him to parks. But Harry still loved the backyard the most. He loved being around Draco and Ginny only, without other kids and their parents. Draco took to his art again and drew pictures of Harry laying in the grass playing with a flower. Or of Ginny sleeping against a tree with Harry in her arms. Or of just Ginny, feeding the coy fish in the pond with her hair catching the sunlight. Or the moonlight. But sometimes, when Draco was alone, he would sit outside at night with the stars shining, and instead of drawing just a few trees, he would draw his mother. His mother, with an arm around a young Draco. He never really thought when he drew those pictures. Just like the times when he would draw Ginny and himself holding hands.
And the older Harry got, the younger and younger Draco and Ginny felt. Ginny went from spending too much money shopping in Hogsmeade to renting silly family movies and laughing her head off at them. Draco would play pretend games with Harry, and Ginny would often join them until Draco created a dragon to chase after her. Draco apologized, and soon Ginny was back to playing the princess in distress while Harry would battle with Draco, the evil beast, to save the princess. Ginny would sometimes take days off just to goof off with Draco and Harry. But everyone at the Ministry knew it was worth it for her, because the next day she would work two extra hours and usually within the next week find a few Death Eaters. Besides, Harry was such an extraordinary child, he deserved attention from his mother.
Harry grew and grew, and before Ginny and Draco knew it, he was off to Hogwarts. He sent letters home sometimes. He made friends with Hermione's daughter and Ron's son, Harry's cousin. Ron's son had bright red hair and green eyes and was named Jonny. Hermione had married one of Viktor's friends from Durmastang and had a daughter with black hair and freckles. They were all in Gryffindor and often got in trouble. Ginny would regularly get letters from Hogwarts on Harry's behavior. Before his second year, Ginny gave him his father's invisibility cloak and his Marauder's Map and would tell Harry stories of his father and his troublesome ways. Ginny would often end up crying those nights when Harry was tucked safely into bed, dreaming his childish dreams of his bright future.
While Harry was off at Hogwarts, Draco and Ginny would often spend nights at each other's houses, sleeping on Ginny's couch or camping in Draco's backyard. They would giggle and tell each other ghost stories or stare at the stars. There weren't any Dark Marks in the air anymore, because Harry had scared Tineblas into hiding by beating him in a duel at an unfortunate meeting at Hogwarts in his first year. Those nights usually ended up with Ginny falling asleep in Draco's comforting hug and with a small trace of Ginny's lipstick on Draco's lips.
In Harry's second year, Ginny came and visited Hogwarts with Draco. Harry gave them a tour, showing his classrooms and his dorm. They met his friends, and his enemies. When Harry pointed out Pansy Parkinson's daughter, Draco went up to her and told her he used to be friends with her mother, who had gotten out of Azkaban five years after she was sent there, because she made the Ministry believe she was wrongly accused, even though everyone else knew that wasn't true. That visit mixed the past and present for Ginny. She was reminded of everything that had happened to her at Hogwarts.
For through it all, Harry was just like his father.
THE END!
Big AN: So, I'm done! Finally! I'm sorry it took so long! I mean, I started in October 2003, and then I didn't update for over three months! I'm sorry about that, but I had tons of homework and projects! Also, I kind of lost interest in this story. As you can see, it was my first ever fic, therefore it was kind of experimental. In fact, the whole thing was just a big experiment! If you could survive up until this last chapter, you must consider me a great friend and feel the need to read everything I write! Therefore, thank you! All of you reviewers, you have made me feel as if I wasn't just a nothing! Thank you! So, right now I'm cowriting a story with happigolucki616 called Waterworks. But it won't be updated until September at least because happigolucki616 is in Brazil for the whole summer! I wrote a one shot called Tragic Kingdom, and I think it's my best work! I'm also starting a short story that will probably be only two or three chapters called Strawberry Blonde. And since the summer is coming up (today was my last day of school!) I will probably be writing many more one shots and stories! This story has taught me a lot of writing skills and facts about Harry Potter, so I hope my other stories will be better than this experiment. Ok, I think I'm just ranting on here, so I'll just get on with the thank yous! Thank you all my 12 reviewers!
Equinox-15: Thank you for your four reviews! You were my first reviewer! And your story is so creative! Yay! A round of applause for Equinox-15! Woot woot!
Happigolucki616: Thank you for your 14 reviews! You are such a great friend and your writing is so good! You've lasted through this 74-page-on- Word story that's just plain awful! Thanks for teaching me about Fanfiction! You rock buddi!
Ana: Thank you for your one review! I know you don't read Fanfiction or even Harry Potter for that matter, but you still reviewed because you like me! I feel so loved! You're my mija/bitch!
FroZen In TiMe: Thank you for your five reviews! I remember when you used to be Rokamerica123! And you had all those stories like Breaking the Habit! You're a great writer and poet, and best of all, a great friend!
Rachel: Thank you for your one review! I know that you don't usually read Fanfiction just like Ana and aren't that crazy about Harry Potter to write your own stories, but you still read it because you're my friend! We've been friends since 2nd grade, and now you're leaving, it's so sad . . . so I doubt that this will be anything like the next Harry Potter, because everybody is OOC and therefore doing OOC things, like Ginny dating Draco.
Slade Appleton: Thank you for your seven reviews! You told me something that I needed to know, that my chapters were way too short! After your reviews, I made them longer, haha!
ILUVRONWEASLEY: Thank you for your eight reviews! You are a really good friend, even though I've never met you in person! You are so funny, and that shows in your great stories! Your reviews are funny too, and they make me feel all good inside! Hehe, MANGO!
Angelloverkk: Thank you for your three reviews! Haha, your reviews are funny! Well, you are great friend, and update sometime!
Murderbynight666: Thank you for your one review! What a typical Ansel review! It's just all about you, isn't it? Everything has to be full of action and gore. Sure, sure, hurry up saying how great my story is and then talk about The Bone Closet and your story! Your story, which I think is good! So, thanks for being my crazy friend!
Kewii: Thank you for your one review! And it was a critique too! Thank you! I need critiques to write well! You are so right, my characters, especially Harry, are OOC. And if I want to be a fanfic writer, I need to work on that! And your story is so sweet and sad! I love it!
BlackHoleOfTheWizardingWorldSC: Thank you for your one review! That's so kewl that you don't usually like Draco/Ginny ships but you liked mine! I feel so loved!
Kyntor: Thank you for your one review! I don't usually get critiques as reviews because most of my reviewers are my friends and don't want to offend me, so thank you! I need critiques for my writing to be better! You are totally right that I sped things up way too fast because, as I said, this was an experimental story. I just admired my friend's Draco/Ginny stories, so I wanted to write one, so yeah.
So there! Thank you all again! I love you all! You are so kewl! I bet no one s reading this authors note, or even the last chapter because it's so horrible! Well, um, bye!
Ginny smiled. "He's fine. He's such a good boy! He's only two weeks old, but I can kind of tell that he's going to be great."
"Of course he is, with his great father. Oh, yeah, what are you going to do about a father? He can't grow up fatherless!" Draco said.
"Well, if it's not too much work for you . . ." Ginny's voice trailed off.
"You mean I'm going to act as his father? But, but, I mean, we don't even live together! Besides, I don't think I'm the fatherly type!" Draco blurted out.
"Oh, no, not quite like that. I just mean . . . be an uncle to him. Or more like a best friend. I already visit you a lot, almost every week!" Ginny comforted.
"Ok," Draco said, sitting down next to Ginny. He pulled the blanket gently away from Harry's face, and saw a beautiful baby face with eyes a mix of green and hazel. The face stared curiously up at Draco, then smiled. Draco smiled back, and pushed away a lock of his dark brown hair. "His expression is so much like his father's."
"Will he be just like Harry?" Ginny suddenly asked, as if she was pulled away from her dreamy state.
"I hope not. Harry had a lot of trouble in his life. You-Know-Who, his uncle and aunt, and everything in between that and, well, that," Draco said reassuringly. He looked into Ginny's eyes and saw sadness. She quickly looked away to Harry.
"I bet Harry would have loved to meet him," Ginny sighed.
"Of course he would. Harry Jr. is so, sweet!" Draco looked down at Harry too.
"I wonder if Harry became a ghost. I wonder if he is actually around, someplace," Ginny wondered aloud.
"I don't think so. He would definitely come and visit you. And, besides, he was a Gryffindor. Gryffindors are brave. He was very brave, even for a Gryffindor. I bet he didn't want to be a ghost, he would probably want to experience the real thing, whatever it is."
"I understand. No, wait, I don't. Whatever, I think it's impossible to understand anything that doesn't have a theory or formula," Ginny determined to herself.
"Does love have a theory or formula?" Draco joked.
"Do we understand love?" Ginny joked back.
"I guess you're right," Draco sighed.
"I wonder how he will be when he's older. I wonder what house he will be in! I wonder what he will be when he grows up! I wonder . . ." Ginny said excitedly.
"Let's not worry about all that now. I think you should get some sleep. Here, I'll help you put Harry in his crib," Draco stood up.
"Ok," Ginny stood up and the two put Harry in his crib carefully. Ginny gave him a kiss on the forehead and Harry smiled. He looked at Ginny with his innocent eyes, then at Draco. He soon closed his eyes and let his mouth hang open a little. Ginny got dressed for bed and laid down with the covers up to her shoulders. Draco sat at a chair by her bedside, like he did every night. He held her hand and they looked at each other for several minutes silently.
"Everything's going to be fine," Draco finally said.
"No it won't. Nothing ever works out. That's the way life works," Ginny contradicted.
"Harry is fine. He'll grow up to be fine," Draco stated firmly.
"Ok, I'll believe you," Ginny sighed. She looked away up at the ceiling. "I miss Harry."
"I know you do. But please be strong," Draco said quickly.
"Ok. I'm tired. I think I should get some sleep," Ginny yawned and turned away from Draco.
"Good night," Draco walked over to the other side of the bed, kneeled down, and looked at Ginny in the eye. "Sweet dreams." Draco gave Ginny a quick kiss on the lips. They both closed their eyes, but opened them again. Draco walked out of the room without another word. Ginny stared at the door for a while, then turned over to face Harry.
"I love you," Ginny whispered. She then fell asleep.
This was what usually happened before Ginny went to sleep. Draco would come over to her house and say goodnight. They sometimes had dinner together at Draco's house, and then Draco would walk Ginny home and tuck her in. Ginny still missed Harry, and would often sit for hours in a chair, pretending to read the Daily Prophet, thinking of him. Draco could clearly see her eyes were in another world, but he never did anything about it. He knew how she felt. He would spend nights locked up in his room, away from his father, thinking about his mother. Why did father have to tell the Dark Lord about his mother teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts and her switch to the light side? Draco often thought. He still didn't know if she was dead or alive. He hoped she was dead, unless she had escaped somehow and been able to get away from the Death Eaters, but hadn't been able to get home yet. Draco knew of the ways of torture the Death Eaters used. He shuddered whenever he thought about the Death Eaters.
Draco and Ginny would often take walks in the backyard, pushing Harry around in a stroller. When Harry became a toddler and could walk, they would often take him to parks. But Harry still loved the backyard the most. He loved being around Draco and Ginny only, without other kids and their parents. Draco took to his art again and drew pictures of Harry laying in the grass playing with a flower. Or of Ginny sleeping against a tree with Harry in her arms. Or of just Ginny, feeding the coy fish in the pond with her hair catching the sunlight. Or the moonlight. But sometimes, when Draco was alone, he would sit outside at night with the stars shining, and instead of drawing just a few trees, he would draw his mother. His mother, with an arm around a young Draco. He never really thought when he drew those pictures. Just like the times when he would draw Ginny and himself holding hands.
And the older Harry got, the younger and younger Draco and Ginny felt. Ginny went from spending too much money shopping in Hogsmeade to renting silly family movies and laughing her head off at them. Draco would play pretend games with Harry, and Ginny would often join them until Draco created a dragon to chase after her. Draco apologized, and soon Ginny was back to playing the princess in distress while Harry would battle with Draco, the evil beast, to save the princess. Ginny would sometimes take days off just to goof off with Draco and Harry. But everyone at the Ministry knew it was worth it for her, because the next day she would work two extra hours and usually within the next week find a few Death Eaters. Besides, Harry was such an extraordinary child, he deserved attention from his mother.
Harry grew and grew, and before Ginny and Draco knew it, he was off to Hogwarts. He sent letters home sometimes. He made friends with Hermione's daughter and Ron's son, Harry's cousin. Ron's son had bright red hair and green eyes and was named Jonny. Hermione had married one of Viktor's friends from Durmastang and had a daughter with black hair and freckles. They were all in Gryffindor and often got in trouble. Ginny would regularly get letters from Hogwarts on Harry's behavior. Before his second year, Ginny gave him his father's invisibility cloak and his Marauder's Map and would tell Harry stories of his father and his troublesome ways. Ginny would often end up crying those nights when Harry was tucked safely into bed, dreaming his childish dreams of his bright future.
While Harry was off at Hogwarts, Draco and Ginny would often spend nights at each other's houses, sleeping on Ginny's couch or camping in Draco's backyard. They would giggle and tell each other ghost stories or stare at the stars. There weren't any Dark Marks in the air anymore, because Harry had scared Tineblas into hiding by beating him in a duel at an unfortunate meeting at Hogwarts in his first year. Those nights usually ended up with Ginny falling asleep in Draco's comforting hug and with a small trace of Ginny's lipstick on Draco's lips.
In Harry's second year, Ginny came and visited Hogwarts with Draco. Harry gave them a tour, showing his classrooms and his dorm. They met his friends, and his enemies. When Harry pointed out Pansy Parkinson's daughter, Draco went up to her and told her he used to be friends with her mother, who had gotten out of Azkaban five years after she was sent there, because she made the Ministry believe she was wrongly accused, even though everyone else knew that wasn't true. That visit mixed the past and present for Ginny. She was reminded of everything that had happened to her at Hogwarts.
For through it all, Harry was just like his father.
THE END!
Big AN: So, I'm done! Finally! I'm sorry it took so long! I mean, I started in October 2003, and then I didn't update for over three months! I'm sorry about that, but I had tons of homework and projects! Also, I kind of lost interest in this story. As you can see, it was my first ever fic, therefore it was kind of experimental. In fact, the whole thing was just a big experiment! If you could survive up until this last chapter, you must consider me a great friend and feel the need to read everything I write! Therefore, thank you! All of you reviewers, you have made me feel as if I wasn't just a nothing! Thank you! So, right now I'm cowriting a story with happigolucki616 called Waterworks. But it won't be updated until September at least because happigolucki616 is in Brazil for the whole summer! I wrote a one shot called Tragic Kingdom, and I think it's my best work! I'm also starting a short story that will probably be only two or three chapters called Strawberry Blonde. And since the summer is coming up (today was my last day of school!) I will probably be writing many more one shots and stories! This story has taught me a lot of writing skills and facts about Harry Potter, so I hope my other stories will be better than this experiment. Ok, I think I'm just ranting on here, so I'll just get on with the thank yous! Thank you all my 12 reviewers!
Equinox-15: Thank you for your four reviews! You were my first reviewer! And your story is so creative! Yay! A round of applause for Equinox-15! Woot woot!
Happigolucki616: Thank you for your 14 reviews! You are such a great friend and your writing is so good! You've lasted through this 74-page-on- Word story that's just plain awful! Thanks for teaching me about Fanfiction! You rock buddi!
Ana: Thank you for your one review! I know you don't read Fanfiction or even Harry Potter for that matter, but you still reviewed because you like me! I feel so loved! You're my mija/bitch!
FroZen In TiMe: Thank you for your five reviews! I remember when you used to be Rokamerica123! And you had all those stories like Breaking the Habit! You're a great writer and poet, and best of all, a great friend!
Rachel: Thank you for your one review! I know that you don't usually read Fanfiction just like Ana and aren't that crazy about Harry Potter to write your own stories, but you still read it because you're my friend! We've been friends since 2nd grade, and now you're leaving, it's so sad . . . so I doubt that this will be anything like the next Harry Potter, because everybody is OOC and therefore doing OOC things, like Ginny dating Draco.
Slade Appleton: Thank you for your seven reviews! You told me something that I needed to know, that my chapters were way too short! After your reviews, I made them longer, haha!
ILUVRONWEASLEY: Thank you for your eight reviews! You are a really good friend, even though I've never met you in person! You are so funny, and that shows in your great stories! Your reviews are funny too, and they make me feel all good inside! Hehe, MANGO!
Angelloverkk: Thank you for your three reviews! Haha, your reviews are funny! Well, you are great friend, and update sometime!
Murderbynight666: Thank you for your one review! What a typical Ansel review! It's just all about you, isn't it? Everything has to be full of action and gore. Sure, sure, hurry up saying how great my story is and then talk about The Bone Closet and your story! Your story, which I think is good! So, thanks for being my crazy friend!
Kewii: Thank you for your one review! And it was a critique too! Thank you! I need critiques to write well! You are so right, my characters, especially Harry, are OOC. And if I want to be a fanfic writer, I need to work on that! And your story is so sweet and sad! I love it!
BlackHoleOfTheWizardingWorldSC: Thank you for your one review! That's so kewl that you don't usually like Draco/Ginny ships but you liked mine! I feel so loved!
Kyntor: Thank you for your one review! I don't usually get critiques as reviews because most of my reviewers are my friends and don't want to offend me, so thank you! I need critiques for my writing to be better! You are totally right that I sped things up way too fast because, as I said, this was an experimental story. I just admired my friend's Draco/Ginny stories, so I wanted to write one, so yeah.
So there! Thank you all again! I love you all! You are so kewl! I bet no one s reading this authors note, or even the last chapter because it's so horrible! Well, um, bye!