Chapter 23: Baby News

Ginny woke up late the next morning. She looked around and noticed that she was still in her clothes from the previous day and that she must have fallen asleep on the couch in her room. She slowly got up, got undressed and went into the bathroom to get washed off.

"God, What am I going to say to Draco?" She thought aloud as she turned on the shower and stepped inside. The water was warm and just right. She got under the shower head and let the water flow all over her body. "How did this happen?" She asked herself then smiled. "Well I know how it happened, but I'm on birth control." She sighed and poured some shampoo on the palm of her hand and began rubbing it through her hair.

"And how am I going to tell father?" She sighed then rinsed the soap out of her hair then began washing off her body. "I wonder what he is going to say. I hope he isn't mad at me."

Ginny then rinsed the soap off her body, got out of the shower and dried herself off with a nearby pink towel. "This is going to be a long day." She said tiredly as she walked out of the bathroom and over to her closet to pick out something to wear today. She suddenly remembered she hadn't dried her hair and went to get her wand on the night stand. She picked it up, pointed it at her head and said the drying charm. Instantly her hair was dry.

After a couple minutes Ginny was dressed. She decided to wear her white peasant shirt and her low rider form fitting jeans because she wasn't sure how much longer she would be able to wear them for. "Well I guess I should head over to Draco's now." She looked over at the clock. "It's a little after 10:30. He should be expecting me around this time." She smiled and headed out the door.

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When she turned the corner to the Slytherin Common room she saw Pansy come out. "Hey Pans. How did it go last night?" She asked as she ran over to her.

"It was good. Blaise was very surprised. After the initial shock wore off he was very happy." She smiled.

"Well that's great. See I told you everything was going to be alright." Ginny said happily.

"Well we still have to tell our parents." She bit her lip. "So keep your fingers crossed that they don't try and kill us."

"Alright. Well I'm heading in to see Draco. I'll come find you when I'm done." Ginny said happily.

"How about I meet you down by the lake in two hours." Pansy said. "I've got to go eat." She smiled. "I'm eating for two now."

"Yes you are. And I'll see you by the lake." Ginny said as she walked away and headed for Draco's private entrance.

Ginny sighed. "Well here goes nothing." She looked at the painting. "Loyalty." The portrait swung open and Ginny stepped inside.

"Gin, is that you?" Came the voice of Draco. Ginny looked around the room and guessed that he was in the shower or getting dressed.

"Yes, Its me." Ginny said as she took a seat on his couch by the fire.

"I'll be right out. I'm just finishing getting dressed." Draco said then momentarily opened the door. "So what's up?" He asked as he walked over to his couch and sat down beside her. "Are you alright? I got your letter last night. It said you needed to do something thinking and you weren't feeling well."

Ginny nodded her head. "I'll be fine. My stomach has been upset for the past week." Ginny said while looking into his gray eyes.

"Have you been up to Madam Pomfrey? Maybe you have a stomach bug or something." Draco said trying to help her figure out what was wrong with her.

"Yes, I've been up to see Pomfrey and no I don't have a stomach bug." Ginny said nervously.

"So what's wrong then?" Draco asked concerned. "Are you sick or what?"

"No, I'm not sick Draco." She said then paused for a moment to try and find the right words to tell him she was pregnant.

"Well then? What is it?" Draco asked. It was obvious that he wanted to know what was wrong with her and he seemed to be getting annoyed that she wasn't coming straight out with it.

"I'm pregnant, Draco." She said quietly. "I'm pregnant."

Draco paused for a second and didn't say anything. He just looked from her belly up to her eyes then back to her belly again.

Ginny just watched him. She didn't want to push a reaction out of him. This was pretty big news and it might take a couple minutes to adjust to.

"So your saying that I'm going to be a father?" Draco asked as a small came across his lips.

Ginny nodded her head and smiled. "Yes, your going to be a daddy and I'm going to be a mommy."

Draco suddenly leaned forward and took her into his arms. "This is just so overwhelming. I wasn't expecting you to tell me this, but I'm happy. We're going to have our own family now." Draco said happily.

Ginny nodded her head and wrapped her arms around him.

"When will you be able to know what we are going to have?" Draco asked anxiously.

"In a couple weeks probably." Ginny said. "Do you want a boy or a girl?"

Draco thought for a second. "Honestly, I want a girl. A daddy's little girl." He grinned. "How about you?"

Ginny shrugged her shoulders. "I'm not sure. I think I would like to have a boy, but I'll he happy either way." She said as she tucked a piece of her hair behind her ear. "What do you think your parents are going to say about this?" Ginny asked quietly. "And how about my father?"

Draco sat back in the seat. "I hadn't thought about them." He sighed. "I'm not sure what they are going to say, but I suppose we should write to our parents soon." He said looking over at his desk. "I don't want anyone else telling them before we do."

Ginny nodded her head. "How about we do it now and get it over with. This way they can write us back and maybe set up a place to meet later tonight." Ginny smiled. "Oh and I want to tell Harry, Ryan and Pansy too. We should write to Harry when we are done and tell him to go find Pansy and Ryan and come up here with them."

"Alright, but how about we write to your father first." He said getting up and going over to the desk.

Ginny followed and sat down on the chair beside him. "I think I should be the one to write to him. He is my father after all." She said as she took a piece of his parchment and began writing.

Dear Father,

This is your daughter Ginny. I have some news to tell you. I wanted to write to you before anyone else had a chance to get this news back to you before me. Draco and I are expecting a baby. I found this out last night.

I was wondering if you could have Lucius set up a meeting so we could all get together tonight and discuss this.

Love,

Virginia

Ginny handed the letter over to Draco and he gave it to his Owl and had his deliver it to The Dark Lord. "Ok, now it is my turn." He said as he took a quill and began writing.

Dear Mum and Dad,

This is Draco. I have some news for you. I just found out this morning that Ginny is going to have my child. I wanted to write to you and tell you before the Headmaster had a chance to do it. I thought you should hear this from me. Please set up a meeting so we can all talk tonight. Virginia's "Father" will be in touch with you soon.

Love,

Draco

Momentarily Draco's Owl flew back in and Draco gave him the letter to his parents. He flew back out and headed towards Malfoy Mannor.

Ginny looked at Draco. "Well now that that is done. I think we should write to Harry." Draco nodded and began writing another letter.

Harry,

Go get Ryan and Pansy and come up to my room. We all need to talk.

-Draco

Ten minutes later Draco's owl came back with a letter. Draco took the letter off him and attached the letter to Harry Potter. The owl once again flew out of the window to seek out Harry.

"Well I guess this is from my father and mother." Draco said as he opened the letter to read it aloud to Ginny.

Draco and Virginia,

Although we are very disappointed in the two of you for becoming pregnant we are happy that we will have a new addition to the Malfoy family. We have set up a meeting at the Mannor tonight at 5:00 pm. I have already cleared it with the head master. You will go to his office at 4:45 and flew over.

Love,

Mother and Father

"Well that was better than I thought it would be." Draco said to Ginny as they walked back over to the couch and sat down.

Ginny nodded her head. Then heard a knock at the door. "Draco I think they are here."

Draco pointed his wand at the door and said a charm which made the door swing open to let them in.

"What it up? You wanted to see us all?" Ryan said as he walked in followed by Harry and Pansy.

"Sit down. We have news." Ginny said and watched them all sit down in chairs near them.

"So what is going on?" Harry said. "You note sounded so urgent. We practically ran up here."

Ginny nodded her head, took a deep breath then spoke. "Draco and I are going to have a baby. I found out last night that I was pregnant." She then looked at Pansy. "So I guess our kids will be growing up together." She smiled.

"Congratulations." Pansy said happily.

Ryan and Harry were more shocked eventually Ryan managed to congratulate then closely followed by Harry.

Draco nodded his head. "Thank you, but that was all we wanted to tell you. Now if you would please leave us to be alone. We have many things to talk about."

All three of them nodded. "I will talk to you guys later." Harry said as he walked out behind the other two.

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At 4:45 they were standing in Dumbledore's office. "Well I expect you two to be back in my office in one hour." Dumbledore said as he watched the two of them step inside the fireplace.

Draco nodded his head then threw down the flew power. "Malfoy Mannor!" He screamed then the two of them disappeared.

Instantly they were in the Mannor. Narcissa quickly came to Ginny and hugged her. "How are you feeling, darling?"

"I'm fine, thanks. Just a little woozy." Ginny said smiling.

Lucius went over to Draco and shook his hand. "Congratulations son."

"Thank you, father." Draco said then looked around to see if Virginia's father was there yet. "We have to be back in school in an hour."

"I know." Lucius said then looked at Virginia. "Your father will be here soon."

A couple minutes later The Dark Lord appeared in the room. He quickly went over to his daughter and gave her a warm embrace. "How are you, Virginia?" He asked then looked at Draco. "I was hoping you two would reproduce, but I didn't think it would be this soon." He laughed.

Draco nodded his head. "Neither did we, right Gin."

Ginny nodded her head at her father. "I'm alright, father. And no we weren't expecting this."

Draco then went over to his father and spoke for a couple minutes quietly while Narcissa, Lord Voldemort and Virginia continued their conversation amongst themselves.

"Have you been sick?" Narcissa asked

"Thankfully I haven't and I hope it stays that way." Ginny answered laughing.

"You will be lucky if you don't get sick. When I was pregnant with Draco I could barely keep anything down for the first couple months." She said. "It was horrible, but once I saw him nine months later it was worth it."

"My mom is so sentimental about these things." Draco said walking back over to them. He then looked at Ginny and got down on one knee.

Ginny's eyes widened as she saw him kneeling in front of her.

"I wasn't going to ask you this until school was over, but I feel that now would be the best time. For me today has been such a happy day. 1st I find out that I'm going to be a father and now I'm hoping to get you to agree to spend the rest of your life with me. I've loved you for what seems to be forever and I don't want to spend another day apart from you." He said looking up at her. He then pulled out a little black box and opened it. Inside was a beautiful Diamond ring. "Will you marry me Virginia Riddle?"

By now tears were flowing down Ginny face and all she could manage to do was nod her head. She quickly grabbed hold of him and pulled him up to her.

When he stood up he put the ring on her finger and pulled her close to him. "I love you." He whispered in her ear before letter go of her and only holding her hand.

"Welcome to the family." Lucius said as he hugged Ginny. Narcissa hugged and congratulated her after her husband and stepped back to let Virginia's father see her.

"You take good care of her now. I'll be watching you." Lord Voldemort said looking at Draco. "I'm happy it is you Draco. I don't think I could find a better son-in-law." He shook his hand then went over to his daughter and gave her a hug. "Congrats on the baby and on your engagement. And if you need anything you know where to find me, sweetie."

"I know, father. I know." She said then hugged him. "But we have to go back to school now. Headmaster will be expecting us."

All the parents nodded and watched them leave through the flew net wood. Once they got back into Dumbledore's office he began talking. "I am recommending that the two of you move in together. I will assign you both a new bigger room. The room will have everything you need in to live through the pregnancy and to live here next year with the baby. I will have the house elves move all your stuff tomorrow while your in class. After classes are over come back here and I will personally show you to your new living quarters." Dumbledore's finished as he walked them over to the door. "Good night. I will see you tomorrow."

The two of them headed out and back to Draco's room to spend the night.

To Be Continued…

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