For The Sake Of The Baby
Written by: Dracoscutie
Disclaimer: Let's see. I own the plot and the few characters that you see that you don't recognize. These characters will be listed in full at the end of this fic, as I don't want to spoil anything! But JK owns everything basically. Lucky.
Author's Notes: Ta da! It's finally here! The moment you've all been so anxiously awaiting, I'm sure. The sequel to The Girl All The Bad Guys Want! I told you the first chapter would be up in late July, I'm so sorry for the delay! I have had so many vacations and such but anyway here it is! I am absolutely ecstatic of course by all the reviews I got for TGATBGW, but I am looking forward to everyone's input on this one! I would like to thank my amazing beta readers for helping me out! They of course will be credited as well! Please enjoy!
Summary: Ginny and Draco have to say goodbye to each other for the summer and they both go home to BIG surprises! Draco's got a little one at home and Ginny's got several! At school there's new kid causing some trouble between the lovers, nasty rumors are beginning to spread and it's starting to look like things will never be the same again. Plus Draco and Ginny get paired up for another practical project! And what does a sack of flour have to with it??
Here goes nothing.
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Chapter 1 Chocolate Is Cheaper Than Therapy and You Don't Need an Appointment
All things considered, the train ride home from Ginny's fifth year and Draco's sixth year had been chaotic and a full-fledged disaster.
Ginny brought Draco to sit with Harry, Ron, Hermione and Lavender this time around. Needless to say, Draco had had to be pulled into the compartment entirely against his own free will, fingers laced together with Ginny's.
Draco felt as if he was standing in the middle of Diagon Alley at Christmas, completely naked as he stood before the Dream Team. Hermione and Lavender were looking at the couple with complete adoration. Draco was just waiting for one of them to coo about how cute they were, but thankfully no such thing happened.
Ron and Harry, on the other hand, were staring at Draco and Ginny with looks of contempt and distaste, and in Harry's case, slight jealousy.
"Hey Gin, since when did 'just friends' hold hands?" Ron asked sincerely, watching Ginny quickly drop Draco's hand in sudden recollection of her fib.
"Sorry, I had to literally drag Draco in here." Ginny laughed, seating herself between Hermione and Lavender as Draco reluctantly sat next to Harry.
"You could have left him out there and I wouldn't have minded." Ron said gloomily, glaring at Draco - only to have the look returned.
"Ronald Weasley!" Lavender scolded the sardonic redhead, "Be nice! Draco did NOTHING to you!"
"He's HERE isn't he?" Ron shot back heatedly, crossing his arms over his chest and slouching down to add under his breath, "And since when do you call him Draco?"
"Well, Weasley let me tell ya," Draco drawled out matter-of-factly, "being with you is no picnic either."
Ron made a childish face at Draco before turning to look out the window at the passing countryside.
"You two had better stop acting like children." Ginny warned them as she played with her hair.
"Or what?" Ron challenged his little sister menacingly.
"Shouldn't have done that." Draco told Ron, seeing Ginny's eyes flashing.
"Don't tell me what I should or shouldn't do to MY sister! I would know better than YOU what she wants anyway!" Ron retorted rather huffily.
"Hey, look, I was just trying to warn you." Draco said quickly, as he adverted his eyes away from Ginny's anger filled ones.
"I don't need to be warned!" Ron informed Draco brusquely.
"Ron Weasley! Do not challenge my patience!" Ginny yelled loudly at her brother. "Draco is my friend and you need to get that through that thick head of yours." Ginny then turned on Draco as he was, after all, not entirely faultless.
"Draco, when Ron gets his knickers all up in a bunch like that - do not provoke him! Honestly boys!" She cried out, giving them both the death glare she had perfected. After living with six brothers for much of her life, how could she not?
The full compartment became silent so quickly that you'd think it'd been emptied. A mad Ginny was never a good Ginny, and every one of them knew it.
"Anything off the trolley, dears?" the trolley lady's voice cut through the silence.
"Yes, I'll have six chocolate frogs, please." Ginny told the lady as she counted the number of people that were in the compartment. Ginny handed the old lady the galleons in exchange for the chocolate frogs before the cart rolled its way to the next compartment.
Everyone watched as Ginny took her seat once more. They all waited almost expectantly to see if Ginny would share her sweets.
It became apparent that she was NOT sharing as she unwrapped the first frog and popped it into her mouth in one bite.
Draco leaned towards Harry and whispered out of shock.
"Is she going to eat ALL of those by herself?"
Harry gave a chuckle as he explained -
"Chocolate is the way Ginny takes care of her emotions. She eats it when she's happy, mad, sad, nervous, and just about any other time she can get her hands on it. I suppose she bought one for every person in here that gives her grief." Harry said at last as the boys watched as Ginny violently bit the head of the third frog and chucked the card out the window.
"Oh," was all Draco said.
"Will you two stop gossiping over there?" Ron asked irritated. He found it highly annoying that Harry and Draco were speaking to one another in a fairly civilized manner.
"Calm down, Weasley. I'm not trying to steal away your precious Potter." Draco grumbled.
"Oh, but this is calm, Malfoy." Ron said bitterly.
Hermione and Lavender saw that if this behavior continued then it would only upset Ginny further, so they stepped in.
"So I heard that Seamus and Parvati have finally hooked up." Hermione said suddenly, hoping their gossip would be enough to distract Ginny for a while.
"Oh yeah!" Lavender exclaimed, leaning across Ginny so as to be sure that she could hear them loud and clear. "But I heard that he's cheating on her with Padma!"
Ginny sat up suddenly, amazed at this news.
"You're joking!" she exclaimed.
"No! I'm serious!" Lavender said, happy to see that Ginny was willing to participate in a little gossip.
The cold tension had been broken and all three boys all rolled their eyes.
Harry and Ron began to talk about next year's Quidditch team strategies, which Draco thought was particularly idiotic as he would be the Slytherin captain next year and he could hear every word they were saying. It was when Potter began to ramble on about Wronski Feints that Draco lost interest. Potter's Feints were becoming so predictable that he didn't even bother listening anymore.
Ten minutes later, the blonde-haired boy was so fed up with all the mindless small talk and girly gossip that he got frustrated. He was being left out! Draco HATED being left out of anything. Sure he would have rolled his eyes at the girls if they tried to get him to participate in the gossip, but he would have gladly piped in every now and then.
With those thoughts, he got up to go and find some of HIS friends to sit with.
Draco stepped out of the compartment and breathed in the Potter-free air that surrounded him. A door slammed behind him and he smelled the ever- familiar aroma of Ginny's light perfume.
"Why'd you leave?" she asked him worriedly.
"I don't belong in there." he said simply, turning around to meet her warm doe eyes. He saw that she was still holding two of the chocolate frogs.
"Why didn't you say something then, Draco?" she asked him, stepping forward.
"I dunno." he said honestly, grabbing her hand once more.
"Well then, let's get out of here." she said flicking her hair over her shoulder. She knew she would probably never be comfortable sitting with his friends so why should he be comfortable with hers. Well, those friends anyway.
Ginny dragged Draco down the corridor of the Hogwarts Express and stopped abruptly at the opposite end.
"All right, this compartment will be like a completely different world than what you're used to." Ginny warned him as she pulled open the door to reveal four giggling girls.
One of them, Draco knew very well and one he was only in acquaintance with. The other two girls, however, were new faces.
"Ginny!" Blaise squealed, standing up to hug her. "Draco!" she said hugging him, as well. She had recently begun to call him by his first name.
"Hey you guys!" Chloe exclaimed, jumping up to hug Ginny and smile at Draco. She wasn't quite to the hugging point with him yet.
"Hey Blaise! Hey Chloe!" Ginny greeted, "Draco this is Elisabeth and Mara." She said, introducing a blonde and a brunette who were otherwise identical.
"Hi." The girls said blushing. Draco realized that they must be twins. Each girl had big green eyes and dimples only on their left cheek.
"Hello." Draco said politely.
Chloe sat next to the twins, letting Draco and Ginny sit next to each other with Blaise on the other side of the redhead.
"So Blaise just told us about the little hallway scene earlier." Chloe said, raising her eyebrows. "What's with that?'
"It was nothing really. Really, it was just an accident." Ginny explained as Draco snaked his arm around her waist.
"Sure it was." Blaise said rolling her eyes.
"It was!" Ginny defended; she loved not having to pretend she and Draco were 'just friends' with them.
Blaise, Chloe and Ginny launched into a total recreation of the incident with Blaise and Ginny playfully arguing over what REALLY happened and Chloe interjecting where it was needed. The compartment was a totally stress- free zone, so unlike the forced conversation that had taken place with the Dream Team.
Meanwhile, the twins seemed totally enamored in Draco.
"So, Draco, what's -" Elisabeth would start.
"Your favorite color?" Mara would finish for her.
"Umm. dark blue I suppose. Why?" he asked suspiciously.
"Just cuz." they'd answer simultaneously gawking at him.
Conversation went on like this for ages before Ginny became aware of the fact that Draco's arm had disappeared from around her waist and he was now talking animatedly to the twins.
Draco had hit a nerve. Unfortunately, that nerve was "jealousy"; Ginny was horrible when it came to being jealous.
"If you'll excuse Draco and me, we really need to be going!" Ginny said, pulling Draco out of the small compartment. Once the couple was out of earshot of everyone, Ginny questioned Draco on his actions.
"What do you think of Elisabeth and Mara?" Ginny asked cautiously.
"I don't know, Gin. They're nice and all, but they're very ditzy." he told her slightly confused.
"Really?'
"Of course! Why? Did you think I was attracted to them?" Draco asked half laughing.
"No way! I was just wondering." Ginny said blushing so her face matched her hair.
"Gin, you're the only girl for me." the blonde man assured her.
"Good, because I think I'm the only one who can put up with you!" Ginny said standing on her tiptoes and kissing him just below his bottom lip. "Come on, the train's stopping."
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Kids flooded the gates of Platform 9 ¾, some running towards their eager families and some running away.
Draco and Ginny almost felt as though they were moving in slow motion. Neither was eager to do anything that required leaving each other.
"Maybe you could come to the Burrow sometime?" Ginny asked wistfully turning to face Draco. She eyed his hands in hers and thought about what he would have said to that comment a year ago. She was glad times had changed and so had his feelings toward her.
"I think I'd like that." He told her sincerely, "And my mother will be dying to meet you."
Ginny nodded nervously at the prospect of meeting Mrs. Malfoy. That would probably be the most nerve-racking experience in her life.
Both of their eyes had grown brighter and more hopeful at the prospect of seeing each other. Maybe the summer wouldn't be so long and boring after all.
Draco saw his mother approaching fast and felt an odd mixture of feelings. First of all, his mother NEVER came to pick him up at the Platform. Secondly, he hadn't exactly informed his mother about his girlfriend just yet. Both of those thoughts worried him slightly. Draco knew that it was time to act fast or there would be a huge scene.
"Well, I guess I'll be seeing you soon then, Gin." Draco told the redhead before him. He kissed her sweetly once before leaving her with three last words. "I love you."
"Love you too, Draco." Ginny said, watching the gray-eyed boy leave leading a confused looking Narcissa out the door.
Ginny supposed that she should go and find her own family now. It was not that this thought bothered her, she just wasn't sure she was ready to go home just yet.
"Virginia!" her mother's familiar voice rang out from behind her. Now was the time for Ginny to step into real life.
She whirled around and held her arms out wide as though she was expecting a hug.
"Mum!" she cried smiling.
"Oh look at how you've grown this year! Your hair is so long!" Molly fussed. "You've become so beautiful! Not that you weren't before dear; but you look so much more like a beautiful woman than a pretty girl!"
"Thanks Mum." Ginny rolled her eyes and grabbed her trolley.
"I've already gotten Ron, Harry, Hermione and Lavender." Molly went on, leading her only daughter out the door. "Did you know she was staying with us for a few days?" She asked in reference to Lavender, "She's such a lovely girl! I'm so glad Ron's found her, maybe he'll grow up!"
"I don't know if that's possible! But if it is, she's the one for the job." Ginny agreed as they all piled into taxis.
The Dream Team clambered into one cab while Molly, Arthur, who had been waiting outside, having fun hailing the cabs, and Ginny all got into the second.
Ginny decided it was the time to let her parents know about her and Draco's relationship now. It'd be best if they knew before everyone else did.
"Well, Mum..Dad..I've kind of got some news for you." Ginny said nervously.
"Whatever is it dear? You sound worried." Molly said from the seat beside her.
"I've got a -um- well; I've got a new boyfriend."
"That's wonderful dear!" Molly gushed.
"You're too young to date." Arthur said flatly.
"Dad, I'm almost 16 and I've dated before."
"Who is it dear?" Molly asked, unable to hold back her curiosity. "Is it that Payton Jackson boy that I've heard so much about in the news? A good boy that one is."
"No, Mum." Ginny said.
"Then who is it?" Molly demanded.
"Well - you see - that's the thing." Ginny said hesitantly.
"Go on." Arthur urged. As much as he hated the whole dating scene, he knew Ginny was a feisty girl and he wanted to know who had managed to capture his daughter's heart. The way she was acting it seemed as though this boyfriend may be more serious than previously.
"Draco."
"Malfoy?"
"Yes."
"I'm very happy for you Ginny, but why him?" Her mother asked. She had no arguments with the boy who had saved her daughter's life, but she hoped that Ginny was doing this out of love, not just because she was in debt to him.
Ginny opened her mouth to explain, but was stopped abruptly by her father's astonished and disbelieving voice.
"It can't be."
"Daddy-"
"His father tried to kill you in your first year. Don't you remember? How could you even LIKE him, let alone DATE him?"
"Daddy that was his father! Draco is not his father! He saved my life! Plus Lucius is dead now; he's not threat to me anymore."
"It's too dangerous." Arthur said in a softer tone.
"If it wasn't for Draco, we probably wouldn't even be having this conversation. He loves me." Ginny explained.
"I don't like this." he said, turning around to face his daughter.
"I love him." Ginny said, eyes pleading with him to understand.
"I will accept this relationship under one condition," Arthur conceded, "That he behaves himself. If he puts one TOE out of line-"
That seemed to be a popular threat with the Weasleys.
"He won't." Ginny promised.
"Okay."
"Thank you Daddy! I love Draco. It feels like I've found a part of me that's been missing all these years when I look at him. I can trust him with everything and when I'm with him - it just fits. Nothing can go wrong." Ginny assured her mother.
"How do you know that?" her mother asked.
"Because, he loves me too."
That was all that needed to be said.
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So there's the first chapter! As uneventful as it may be! Ginny's parents now know about Draco and Ginny's relationship.
The reason I included this chapter in this fic and not it's predecessor was because it sheds a new light on Ginny. It shows her jealous bone and her readiness to do anything for Draco and both of those things will contribute to the story later.
Well I hope you enjoyed the first chapter! Please review!!
Oh yes and thank you to my betas: LadyBrannon, Lily_Among_the_Thorns_89,
Written by: Dracoscutie
Disclaimer: Let's see. I own the plot and the few characters that you see that you don't recognize. These characters will be listed in full at the end of this fic, as I don't want to spoil anything! But JK owns everything basically. Lucky.
Author's Notes: Ta da! It's finally here! The moment you've all been so anxiously awaiting, I'm sure. The sequel to The Girl All The Bad Guys Want! I told you the first chapter would be up in late July, I'm so sorry for the delay! I have had so many vacations and such but anyway here it is! I am absolutely ecstatic of course by all the reviews I got for TGATBGW, but I am looking forward to everyone's input on this one! I would like to thank my amazing beta readers for helping me out! They of course will be credited as well! Please enjoy!
Summary: Ginny and Draco have to say goodbye to each other for the summer and they both go home to BIG surprises! Draco's got a little one at home and Ginny's got several! At school there's new kid causing some trouble between the lovers, nasty rumors are beginning to spread and it's starting to look like things will never be the same again. Plus Draco and Ginny get paired up for another practical project! And what does a sack of flour have to with it??
Here goes nothing.
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Chapter 1 Chocolate Is Cheaper Than Therapy and You Don't Need an Appointment
All things considered, the train ride home from Ginny's fifth year and Draco's sixth year had been chaotic and a full-fledged disaster.
Ginny brought Draco to sit with Harry, Ron, Hermione and Lavender this time around. Needless to say, Draco had had to be pulled into the compartment entirely against his own free will, fingers laced together with Ginny's.
Draco felt as if he was standing in the middle of Diagon Alley at Christmas, completely naked as he stood before the Dream Team. Hermione and Lavender were looking at the couple with complete adoration. Draco was just waiting for one of them to coo about how cute they were, but thankfully no such thing happened.
Ron and Harry, on the other hand, were staring at Draco and Ginny with looks of contempt and distaste, and in Harry's case, slight jealousy.
"Hey Gin, since when did 'just friends' hold hands?" Ron asked sincerely, watching Ginny quickly drop Draco's hand in sudden recollection of her fib.
"Sorry, I had to literally drag Draco in here." Ginny laughed, seating herself between Hermione and Lavender as Draco reluctantly sat next to Harry.
"You could have left him out there and I wouldn't have minded." Ron said gloomily, glaring at Draco - only to have the look returned.
"Ronald Weasley!" Lavender scolded the sardonic redhead, "Be nice! Draco did NOTHING to you!"
"He's HERE isn't he?" Ron shot back heatedly, crossing his arms over his chest and slouching down to add under his breath, "And since when do you call him Draco?"
"Well, Weasley let me tell ya," Draco drawled out matter-of-factly, "being with you is no picnic either."
Ron made a childish face at Draco before turning to look out the window at the passing countryside.
"You two had better stop acting like children." Ginny warned them as she played with her hair.
"Or what?" Ron challenged his little sister menacingly.
"Shouldn't have done that." Draco told Ron, seeing Ginny's eyes flashing.
"Don't tell me what I should or shouldn't do to MY sister! I would know better than YOU what she wants anyway!" Ron retorted rather huffily.
"Hey, look, I was just trying to warn you." Draco said quickly, as he adverted his eyes away from Ginny's anger filled ones.
"I don't need to be warned!" Ron informed Draco brusquely.
"Ron Weasley! Do not challenge my patience!" Ginny yelled loudly at her brother. "Draco is my friend and you need to get that through that thick head of yours." Ginny then turned on Draco as he was, after all, not entirely faultless.
"Draco, when Ron gets his knickers all up in a bunch like that - do not provoke him! Honestly boys!" She cried out, giving them both the death glare she had perfected. After living with six brothers for much of her life, how could she not?
The full compartment became silent so quickly that you'd think it'd been emptied. A mad Ginny was never a good Ginny, and every one of them knew it.
"Anything off the trolley, dears?" the trolley lady's voice cut through the silence.
"Yes, I'll have six chocolate frogs, please." Ginny told the lady as she counted the number of people that were in the compartment. Ginny handed the old lady the galleons in exchange for the chocolate frogs before the cart rolled its way to the next compartment.
Everyone watched as Ginny took her seat once more. They all waited almost expectantly to see if Ginny would share her sweets.
It became apparent that she was NOT sharing as she unwrapped the first frog and popped it into her mouth in one bite.
Draco leaned towards Harry and whispered out of shock.
"Is she going to eat ALL of those by herself?"
Harry gave a chuckle as he explained -
"Chocolate is the way Ginny takes care of her emotions. She eats it when she's happy, mad, sad, nervous, and just about any other time she can get her hands on it. I suppose she bought one for every person in here that gives her grief." Harry said at last as the boys watched as Ginny violently bit the head of the third frog and chucked the card out the window.
"Oh," was all Draco said.
"Will you two stop gossiping over there?" Ron asked irritated. He found it highly annoying that Harry and Draco were speaking to one another in a fairly civilized manner.
"Calm down, Weasley. I'm not trying to steal away your precious Potter." Draco grumbled.
"Oh, but this is calm, Malfoy." Ron said bitterly.
Hermione and Lavender saw that if this behavior continued then it would only upset Ginny further, so they stepped in.
"So I heard that Seamus and Parvati have finally hooked up." Hermione said suddenly, hoping their gossip would be enough to distract Ginny for a while.
"Oh yeah!" Lavender exclaimed, leaning across Ginny so as to be sure that she could hear them loud and clear. "But I heard that he's cheating on her with Padma!"
Ginny sat up suddenly, amazed at this news.
"You're joking!" she exclaimed.
"No! I'm serious!" Lavender said, happy to see that Ginny was willing to participate in a little gossip.
The cold tension had been broken and all three boys all rolled their eyes.
Harry and Ron began to talk about next year's Quidditch team strategies, which Draco thought was particularly idiotic as he would be the Slytherin captain next year and he could hear every word they were saying. It was when Potter began to ramble on about Wronski Feints that Draco lost interest. Potter's Feints were becoming so predictable that he didn't even bother listening anymore.
Ten minutes later, the blonde-haired boy was so fed up with all the mindless small talk and girly gossip that he got frustrated. He was being left out! Draco HATED being left out of anything. Sure he would have rolled his eyes at the girls if they tried to get him to participate in the gossip, but he would have gladly piped in every now and then.
With those thoughts, he got up to go and find some of HIS friends to sit with.
Draco stepped out of the compartment and breathed in the Potter-free air that surrounded him. A door slammed behind him and he smelled the ever- familiar aroma of Ginny's light perfume.
"Why'd you leave?" she asked him worriedly.
"I don't belong in there." he said simply, turning around to meet her warm doe eyes. He saw that she was still holding two of the chocolate frogs.
"Why didn't you say something then, Draco?" she asked him, stepping forward.
"I dunno." he said honestly, grabbing her hand once more.
"Well then, let's get out of here." she said flicking her hair over her shoulder. She knew she would probably never be comfortable sitting with his friends so why should he be comfortable with hers. Well, those friends anyway.
Ginny dragged Draco down the corridor of the Hogwarts Express and stopped abruptly at the opposite end.
"All right, this compartment will be like a completely different world than what you're used to." Ginny warned him as she pulled open the door to reveal four giggling girls.
One of them, Draco knew very well and one he was only in acquaintance with. The other two girls, however, were new faces.
"Ginny!" Blaise squealed, standing up to hug her. "Draco!" she said hugging him, as well. She had recently begun to call him by his first name.
"Hey you guys!" Chloe exclaimed, jumping up to hug Ginny and smile at Draco. She wasn't quite to the hugging point with him yet.
"Hey Blaise! Hey Chloe!" Ginny greeted, "Draco this is Elisabeth and Mara." She said, introducing a blonde and a brunette who were otherwise identical.
"Hi." The girls said blushing. Draco realized that they must be twins. Each girl had big green eyes and dimples only on their left cheek.
"Hello." Draco said politely.
Chloe sat next to the twins, letting Draco and Ginny sit next to each other with Blaise on the other side of the redhead.
"So Blaise just told us about the little hallway scene earlier." Chloe said, raising her eyebrows. "What's with that?'
"It was nothing really. Really, it was just an accident." Ginny explained as Draco snaked his arm around her waist.
"Sure it was." Blaise said rolling her eyes.
"It was!" Ginny defended; she loved not having to pretend she and Draco were 'just friends' with them.
Blaise, Chloe and Ginny launched into a total recreation of the incident with Blaise and Ginny playfully arguing over what REALLY happened and Chloe interjecting where it was needed. The compartment was a totally stress- free zone, so unlike the forced conversation that had taken place with the Dream Team.
Meanwhile, the twins seemed totally enamored in Draco.
"So, Draco, what's -" Elisabeth would start.
"Your favorite color?" Mara would finish for her.
"Umm. dark blue I suppose. Why?" he asked suspiciously.
"Just cuz." they'd answer simultaneously gawking at him.
Conversation went on like this for ages before Ginny became aware of the fact that Draco's arm had disappeared from around her waist and he was now talking animatedly to the twins.
Draco had hit a nerve. Unfortunately, that nerve was "jealousy"; Ginny was horrible when it came to being jealous.
"If you'll excuse Draco and me, we really need to be going!" Ginny said, pulling Draco out of the small compartment. Once the couple was out of earshot of everyone, Ginny questioned Draco on his actions.
"What do you think of Elisabeth and Mara?" Ginny asked cautiously.
"I don't know, Gin. They're nice and all, but they're very ditzy." he told her slightly confused.
"Really?'
"Of course! Why? Did you think I was attracted to them?" Draco asked half laughing.
"No way! I was just wondering." Ginny said blushing so her face matched her hair.
"Gin, you're the only girl for me." the blonde man assured her.
"Good, because I think I'm the only one who can put up with you!" Ginny said standing on her tiptoes and kissing him just below his bottom lip. "Come on, the train's stopping."
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Kids flooded the gates of Platform 9 ¾, some running towards their eager families and some running away.
Draco and Ginny almost felt as though they were moving in slow motion. Neither was eager to do anything that required leaving each other.
"Maybe you could come to the Burrow sometime?" Ginny asked wistfully turning to face Draco. She eyed his hands in hers and thought about what he would have said to that comment a year ago. She was glad times had changed and so had his feelings toward her.
"I think I'd like that." He told her sincerely, "And my mother will be dying to meet you."
Ginny nodded nervously at the prospect of meeting Mrs. Malfoy. That would probably be the most nerve-racking experience in her life.
Both of their eyes had grown brighter and more hopeful at the prospect of seeing each other. Maybe the summer wouldn't be so long and boring after all.
Draco saw his mother approaching fast and felt an odd mixture of feelings. First of all, his mother NEVER came to pick him up at the Platform. Secondly, he hadn't exactly informed his mother about his girlfriend just yet. Both of those thoughts worried him slightly. Draco knew that it was time to act fast or there would be a huge scene.
"Well, I guess I'll be seeing you soon then, Gin." Draco told the redhead before him. He kissed her sweetly once before leaving her with three last words. "I love you."
"Love you too, Draco." Ginny said, watching the gray-eyed boy leave leading a confused looking Narcissa out the door.
Ginny supposed that she should go and find her own family now. It was not that this thought bothered her, she just wasn't sure she was ready to go home just yet.
"Virginia!" her mother's familiar voice rang out from behind her. Now was the time for Ginny to step into real life.
She whirled around and held her arms out wide as though she was expecting a hug.
"Mum!" she cried smiling.
"Oh look at how you've grown this year! Your hair is so long!" Molly fussed. "You've become so beautiful! Not that you weren't before dear; but you look so much more like a beautiful woman than a pretty girl!"
"Thanks Mum." Ginny rolled her eyes and grabbed her trolley.
"I've already gotten Ron, Harry, Hermione and Lavender." Molly went on, leading her only daughter out the door. "Did you know she was staying with us for a few days?" She asked in reference to Lavender, "She's such a lovely girl! I'm so glad Ron's found her, maybe he'll grow up!"
"I don't know if that's possible! But if it is, she's the one for the job." Ginny agreed as they all piled into taxis.
The Dream Team clambered into one cab while Molly, Arthur, who had been waiting outside, having fun hailing the cabs, and Ginny all got into the second.
Ginny decided it was the time to let her parents know about her and Draco's relationship now. It'd be best if they knew before everyone else did.
"Well, Mum..Dad..I've kind of got some news for you." Ginny said nervously.
"Whatever is it dear? You sound worried." Molly said from the seat beside her.
"I've got a -um- well; I've got a new boyfriend."
"That's wonderful dear!" Molly gushed.
"You're too young to date." Arthur said flatly.
"Dad, I'm almost 16 and I've dated before."
"Who is it dear?" Molly asked, unable to hold back her curiosity. "Is it that Payton Jackson boy that I've heard so much about in the news? A good boy that one is."
"No, Mum." Ginny said.
"Then who is it?" Molly demanded.
"Well - you see - that's the thing." Ginny said hesitantly.
"Go on." Arthur urged. As much as he hated the whole dating scene, he knew Ginny was a feisty girl and he wanted to know who had managed to capture his daughter's heart. The way she was acting it seemed as though this boyfriend may be more serious than previously.
"Draco."
"Malfoy?"
"Yes."
"I'm very happy for you Ginny, but why him?" Her mother asked. She had no arguments with the boy who had saved her daughter's life, but she hoped that Ginny was doing this out of love, not just because she was in debt to him.
Ginny opened her mouth to explain, but was stopped abruptly by her father's astonished and disbelieving voice.
"It can't be."
"Daddy-"
"His father tried to kill you in your first year. Don't you remember? How could you even LIKE him, let alone DATE him?"
"Daddy that was his father! Draco is not his father! He saved my life! Plus Lucius is dead now; he's not threat to me anymore."
"It's too dangerous." Arthur said in a softer tone.
"If it wasn't for Draco, we probably wouldn't even be having this conversation. He loves me." Ginny explained.
"I don't like this." he said, turning around to face his daughter.
"I love him." Ginny said, eyes pleading with him to understand.
"I will accept this relationship under one condition," Arthur conceded, "That he behaves himself. If he puts one TOE out of line-"
That seemed to be a popular threat with the Weasleys.
"He won't." Ginny promised.
"Okay."
"Thank you Daddy! I love Draco. It feels like I've found a part of me that's been missing all these years when I look at him. I can trust him with everything and when I'm with him - it just fits. Nothing can go wrong." Ginny assured her mother.
"How do you know that?" her mother asked.
"Because, he loves me too."
That was all that needed to be said.
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So there's the first chapter! As uneventful as it may be! Ginny's parents now know about Draco and Ginny's relationship.
The reason I included this chapter in this fic and not it's predecessor was because it sheds a new light on Ginny. It shows her jealous bone and her readiness to do anything for Draco and both of those things will contribute to the story later.
Well I hope you enjoyed the first chapter! Please review!!
Oh yes and thank you to my betas: LadyBrannon, Lily_Among_the_Thorns_89,