For The Sake Of the Baby
Written by: Dracoscutie
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??
Disclaimer: You know the drill. I'm not making money (unfortunately), I don't claim J. K. Rowling's characters as my own (yet), and I own only a few lucky little characters in this fic (The list includes: Chloe Lynch, Payton Jackson, Andrew, and Sophie, Rachel, Andrew, Chris and Danica Weasley, Bryon Malfoy, Bella, Ashlyn Grove, Dabria Mandela, Claire Redding, Farrah Neely, James Carmichael, Katrice Applequist, Michael Jamison, Evie Madison, Chanda Popkin, Calista Starling, Natalie Mitchell, Mara, Elisabeth, Professor Stufflebean and Bailey Malfoy.). Oh yes and the plot. the plot belongs to me and me only!
Author's Note: Oh wow, long time no see, huh? Erm. sorry about that one, I really did try but you must understand that I had to write it all and then type it all and do all my homework and study for all of my tests and it's just been a mite bit difficult, to say the least. Plus, I've been busy devising a plan to marry Tom Felton ... you know you do it, too! Lol! So it's here, it's not long at all . at least I don't think it is. But it's something. You do learn a few things pertaining to the plot in this chapter but it's really sort of a bridge to the next chapter - you know how that goes! I hope you enjoy it and find it at least a little bit entertaining!
Hold on tight.
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Chapter 7 She's Not an It!
Draco sat awake on his bed, still fully clothed and pondering everything Ginny had told him earlier that night.
He was coming to the conclusion that he really wasn't as dangerous as he always had been; no one feared him anymore. The blonde boy couldn't ever remember the last time someone cowered before him in the hallway. When he really asked himself when he had become softer and why, he realized he had become a lot less dangerous in order to protect Ginny. He seemed to attract trouble and with the way upon them, that wouldn't be a very good quality if he didn't want either of them to end up dead. Especially since she seemed to attract enough of her own trouble to go around. It wasn't like him to be so nice or caring, but for now, it was the way things had to be.
For Ginny. And for them.
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Ginny lay in her bed, thinking over everything that had been running through her mind all day. There was only one word the kept repeating over and over in her mind.
Danger.
It was gone. Now Draco was normal and nice - just like every other boy in the school. This bothered Ginny a lot because the danger was what had really kept their relationship interesting - it was what they had that no one else did or ever would. If she had wanted someone normal and polite, she could have chosen from any of the hundreds of boys in the school - but that just wasn't her type. Draco was. Everyone feared him because of his cruelty and the danger that came along with being associated with him. At the same time, all the boys were jealous of him. His bad boy appeal had hooked more g irls than most guys would ever even dream of getting.
Ginny rolled over and gazed out her window at the starry night's sky, admiring the beauty of it all.
She supposed she would just have to get used to the new Draco. If it had to be done, then she would do it - for them.
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The next day at Hogwarts was extremely chaotic, but none-the-less typical for the first day of classes.
Ginny awoke to a room full of crazed girls. Her new roommates and Chloe were in a frenzy trying to find the right thing to wear, which was odd and pretty much pointless because whatever they spent three hours picking out would more than likely be covered by their robes all day.
Ginny sat up in her bed and looked around groggily at all four of her roommates standing at the mirror. Evie was carefully making sure her hair was perfect after slipping her clothes on; Ashlyn was furiously trying on shirts - asking Chloe, who was surprisingly ready, whether or not she should wear them; and Dabria was putting on her lip-gloss, while bopping her head to a tune only she could hear.
Ginny gathered that Farrah had gotten stuck with Claire and the other snobs from their year in another dorm. She pitied Farrah because she was such a nice girl and didn't really deserve that kind of torture.
Putting her bare feet on the cold, hard floor, Ginny began to crawl out of bed. In a matter of moments, she too would join the pandemonium - but she needed some time to breathe first.
"Gin, you're going to be so late!" Ashlyn exclaimed as she tried on what seemed like her forty-second shirt.
"Nah, it won't take me too long," Ginny said, walking to the bathroom.
And indeed it didn't. After a really quick shower, a drying charm, lip gloss and a pair of jeans with a small Chudley Cannons t-shirt - she was ready. Thankfully, everyone else finished up quickly as well.
The first class of the day was Charms and since they had missed breakfast, the girls just headed straight for Professor Flitwick's classroom.
As soon as they entered the room and took their seats, the short man walked in and presumed his place behind his desk, on a stack of books. After looking down his role call list to make sure everyone was accounted for when the bell rang, he looked up and smiled at the class before him.
"Hello everyone! Another year at Hogwarts means new charms of course, but today will be review for you all, to get reacquainted with your wants," Flitwick said. "So, if you would, please practice you favorite charm - nothing too dangerous and please be sensible about it! I will venture to think that you don't want detention the fir night back!" He said as he stepped down, signaling they should all begin.
Ginny and Chloe pulled out their wands slowly, watching Dabria master her first charm gracefully.
"Avis," the candy sweet voice said before a small flock of birds escaped her wand and fluttered around the room a few times. After one pooped on Dean's head, they all flew out the open window.
"Oops, sorry Dean!" Dabria laughed before turning to Ashlyn and giving her a high five.
Ashlyn then turned toward the girl, Mara, from the train ride home and whispered something nobody could hear, causing a small blue flame to erupt from her wand and land at the hem of Mara's robes.
"Oh gosh, she just cast the bluebell flame and set fire to Mara!" Chloe gasped quietly.
"Shhh!" Ginny said, fighting back a laugh as she saw Ashlyn turn innocently away from Mara just before the girl spotted it and began hopping up and down as Flitwick rushed to her assistance and put out the flame.
"How did this happen?' Flitwick demanded, glaring up at his students.
When no one said anything, her grew even huffier and stomped across the room to stand on his pile of books behind his desk and began mumbling to himself.
"This is the last time."
Ashlyn was about ready to wet herself from trying to keep from laughing every time she caught sight of Mara's singed robes in the corner of her eye.
Eventually, Charms ended and as soon as the girls stepped into the crowded hallway, they let the laughter loose, causing quite a few turned heads.
"So were to now?' Dabria asked the group after she had gotten all of the laughter out. She was aware that not everyone was heading to the same class and hoped that someone would be going her way because she really could not find her way there by herself.
"Umm, Muggle Studies," Farrah said, getting a nod of agreement from Ashlyn.
"Oh," Dabria said, thinking she would have to find someone to help her along the way.
"I'm going to Health with Stufflebean and so is Chloe," Ginny offered, turning Dabria's head.
"Great! Me too," Dabria said happily, "But I don't have the first clue about how to get there."
Ginny led the way to Stufflebean's room and managed to get them all there with a minute or so to spare. Once inside, the girls found Andrew, Draco, Claire, Byron and Blaise. Chloe immediately shoved her way to Andrew - apparently experiencing withdrawal form seeing him only once in the summer. Draco made her way toward Claire's desk and reluctantly took the seat next to her - having been given the ultimatum of Claire or Byron; she chose the lesser of the two evils.
Ginny saw that Blaise had found Dean long ago and now the two were speaking quietly to each other in their own little corner of the room. Ginny moved instinctively to Draco and sat down next to him, giving him a wide smile - but not before she saw Byron wink at her in the corner of her eye.
"Hey Gin," he greeted her, grinning slightly.
"Hey Draco! How's it going?" Ginny asked him, putting on her best smiley face.
"Okay; that Catton kid kept me up half the night though, so I'm living on about four hours of sleep," Draco told her.
"Have you ever heard of the Catton family before?" Ginny asked. Since Josh was in Slytherin, she could generally assume that his family had some ties with the Dark side - and if so, then Draco would know about it.
"I've heard the name but I can't really remember anything about the family. My father mentioned them a time or two," Draco said as the bell rang.
Ginny nodded, knowing that Stufflebean was coming. And sure enough - within seconds, the strict lady waked through the door carrying a large bag in her arms.
"Hello, class. Glad to see a few familiar faces in the crowd, as well as some new ones for this year's Health class. For those of you who didn't take Health last year, you need not worry about falling behind, as there is no prerequisite for taking this class - everyone will be in the same place. Any questions?' She asked, looking around at her large class.
A few students shook their heads, but most remained quiet, anxious to see what was in store for them in the bag.
"Alright then, let's get started. Every year, the school requires us to do something to prevent pregnancy or STDs in the school. Last year, we did some projects about STDs, but this year the project will entail a lot more effort than just a small little project," she said. And with that being said, she opened the bag and poured out small packages with writing on them that was illegible.
"Engorgio!" Stufflebean shouted and the small miniscule parcels swelled into bags of what seemed like -
"Flour?" Claire snorted haughtily, eyeing the large sacks with disgust.
"Exactly," the professor said proudly.
"What will that teach us?" Blaise questioned.
"It's not cooking class," Claire reminded her.
"I have put a charm on each flour sack to act like a child - a baby, actually. Each will cry at random times for various reasons. Every baby will be given a set of parents for a period of two weeks. If the baby does not stay with its' assigned parents, I assure you that you will experience many difficulties until the baby is returned - not to mention that points will be docked from both parties involved.
"Furthermore, if you loose your child, you must find it before it dies of starvation and/or neglect.
"When I pass out the children, you will receive a permanent marker and you will need to come up with a name for it. This project is supposed to scare you, so-to-speak, into waiting to have sex.
"All of my instructions are in a packet, which you will receive with your child. All of your teachers have been informed of the project and should be tolerant of it," Stufflebean finished. "I need you all to pick a partner of the opposite sex and come forward to collect your child, please."
Ginny and Draco stood up and got in line in front of Blaise and Dean, Dabria and Byron and Claire and Seamus, among others.
Draco was not exactly thrilled with this project. When he spent time with Ginny, he didn't want a crying flour sack hanging around as well, but he knew that there as nothing he could do about it.
As he and Ginny sat back down, Ginny turning to him and asked something he hadn't been totally prepared for.
"What do you want to name it?"
"Er - I don't know."
"Oh come on, Draco! It'll be fun! I think it should be a girl," Ginny urged.
"I'm not really good at this kind of stuff," Draco said quietly.
"Fine then, her name will be Adrienne - Addie for short," Ginny said taking the marker and writing the name on the sack in large, capital letters.
"Sounds good," Draco noted.
Stufflebean came around to collect the markers while there were still several minutes left in class. In those last minutes, Addie began crying loudly. When Draco and Ginny ran out of ideas to make her stop crying, Draco pulled out his wand and began to put the silencing charm on her, when Stufflebean stopped him.
"You are not to use magic on your baby, as you wouldn't use it on a real child - every spell, curse or charm you use will cause massive pint deduction," she warned him before staring pointedly at the class as a whole.
Eventually, Ginny got Adrienne to stop crying by bouncing her gently on hr hip. Obviously, Ginny had the patience and the natural mother gene that Draco would probably never grasp.
When the bell ran, Ginny surprised Draco again by handing him Addie.
"What are you doing?" Draco asked as the heavy sack of lour came to rest in his arms.
"You get to take her with you to your next class," the redhead explained.
"Gin, do you really think that's a good idea?" He asked, unsure of hi abilities to properly care for her.
"Of course I do; unless you have any objections," she said, raising an eyebrow.
"Okay, I'll take it," Draco replied, putting up less of a fight than she had expected.
"Good," she said, placing a small kiss on his cheek. "And Draco - she is not an IT - she's our child." Then she walked out of the room, leaving Draco confused.
"But it's a flour sack," he mumbled to himself before heading off to Charms.
Written by: Dracoscutie
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??
Disclaimer: You know the drill. I'm not making money (unfortunately), I don't claim J. K. Rowling's characters as my own (yet), and I own only a few lucky little characters in this fic (The list includes: Chloe Lynch, Payton Jackson, Andrew, and Sophie, Rachel, Andrew, Chris and Danica Weasley, Bryon Malfoy, Bella, Ashlyn Grove, Dabria Mandela, Claire Redding, Farrah Neely, James Carmichael, Katrice Applequist, Michael Jamison, Evie Madison, Chanda Popkin, Calista Starling, Natalie Mitchell, Mara, Elisabeth, Professor Stufflebean and Bailey Malfoy.). Oh yes and the plot. the plot belongs to me and me only!
Author's Note: Oh wow, long time no see, huh? Erm. sorry about that one, I really did try but you must understand that I had to write it all and then type it all and do all my homework and study for all of my tests and it's just been a mite bit difficult, to say the least. Plus, I've been busy devising a plan to marry Tom Felton ... you know you do it, too! Lol! So it's here, it's not long at all . at least I don't think it is. But it's something. You do learn a few things pertaining to the plot in this chapter but it's really sort of a bridge to the next chapter - you know how that goes! I hope you enjoy it and find it at least a little bit entertaining!
Hold on tight.
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Chapter 7 She's Not an It!
Draco sat awake on his bed, still fully clothed and pondering everything Ginny had told him earlier that night.
He was coming to the conclusion that he really wasn't as dangerous as he always had been; no one feared him anymore. The blonde boy couldn't ever remember the last time someone cowered before him in the hallway. When he really asked himself when he had become softer and why, he realized he had become a lot less dangerous in order to protect Ginny. He seemed to attract trouble and with the way upon them, that wouldn't be a very good quality if he didn't want either of them to end up dead. Especially since she seemed to attract enough of her own trouble to go around. It wasn't like him to be so nice or caring, but for now, it was the way things had to be.
For Ginny. And for them.
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Ginny lay in her bed, thinking over everything that had been running through her mind all day. There was only one word the kept repeating over and over in her mind.
Danger.
It was gone. Now Draco was normal and nice - just like every other boy in the school. This bothered Ginny a lot because the danger was what had really kept their relationship interesting - it was what they had that no one else did or ever would. If she had wanted someone normal and polite, she could have chosen from any of the hundreds of boys in the school - but that just wasn't her type. Draco was. Everyone feared him because of his cruelty and the danger that came along with being associated with him. At the same time, all the boys were jealous of him. His bad boy appeal had hooked more g irls than most guys would ever even dream of getting.
Ginny rolled over and gazed out her window at the starry night's sky, admiring the beauty of it all.
She supposed she would just have to get used to the new Draco. If it had to be done, then she would do it - for them.
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The next day at Hogwarts was extremely chaotic, but none-the-less typical for the first day of classes.
Ginny awoke to a room full of crazed girls. Her new roommates and Chloe were in a frenzy trying to find the right thing to wear, which was odd and pretty much pointless because whatever they spent three hours picking out would more than likely be covered by their robes all day.
Ginny sat up in her bed and looked around groggily at all four of her roommates standing at the mirror. Evie was carefully making sure her hair was perfect after slipping her clothes on; Ashlyn was furiously trying on shirts - asking Chloe, who was surprisingly ready, whether or not she should wear them; and Dabria was putting on her lip-gloss, while bopping her head to a tune only she could hear.
Ginny gathered that Farrah had gotten stuck with Claire and the other snobs from their year in another dorm. She pitied Farrah because she was such a nice girl and didn't really deserve that kind of torture.
Putting her bare feet on the cold, hard floor, Ginny began to crawl out of bed. In a matter of moments, she too would join the pandemonium - but she needed some time to breathe first.
"Gin, you're going to be so late!" Ashlyn exclaimed as she tried on what seemed like her forty-second shirt.
"Nah, it won't take me too long," Ginny said, walking to the bathroom.
And indeed it didn't. After a really quick shower, a drying charm, lip gloss and a pair of jeans with a small Chudley Cannons t-shirt - she was ready. Thankfully, everyone else finished up quickly as well.
The first class of the day was Charms and since they had missed breakfast, the girls just headed straight for Professor Flitwick's classroom.
As soon as they entered the room and took their seats, the short man walked in and presumed his place behind his desk, on a stack of books. After looking down his role call list to make sure everyone was accounted for when the bell rang, he looked up and smiled at the class before him.
"Hello everyone! Another year at Hogwarts means new charms of course, but today will be review for you all, to get reacquainted with your wants," Flitwick said. "So, if you would, please practice you favorite charm - nothing too dangerous and please be sensible about it! I will venture to think that you don't want detention the fir night back!" He said as he stepped down, signaling they should all begin.
Ginny and Chloe pulled out their wands slowly, watching Dabria master her first charm gracefully.
"Avis," the candy sweet voice said before a small flock of birds escaped her wand and fluttered around the room a few times. After one pooped on Dean's head, they all flew out the open window.
"Oops, sorry Dean!" Dabria laughed before turning to Ashlyn and giving her a high five.
Ashlyn then turned toward the girl, Mara, from the train ride home and whispered something nobody could hear, causing a small blue flame to erupt from her wand and land at the hem of Mara's robes.
"Oh gosh, she just cast the bluebell flame and set fire to Mara!" Chloe gasped quietly.
"Shhh!" Ginny said, fighting back a laugh as she saw Ashlyn turn innocently away from Mara just before the girl spotted it and began hopping up and down as Flitwick rushed to her assistance and put out the flame.
"How did this happen?' Flitwick demanded, glaring up at his students.
When no one said anything, her grew even huffier and stomped across the room to stand on his pile of books behind his desk and began mumbling to himself.
"This is the last time."
Ashlyn was about ready to wet herself from trying to keep from laughing every time she caught sight of Mara's singed robes in the corner of her eye.
Eventually, Charms ended and as soon as the girls stepped into the crowded hallway, they let the laughter loose, causing quite a few turned heads.
"So were to now?' Dabria asked the group after she had gotten all of the laughter out. She was aware that not everyone was heading to the same class and hoped that someone would be going her way because she really could not find her way there by herself.
"Umm, Muggle Studies," Farrah said, getting a nod of agreement from Ashlyn.
"Oh," Dabria said, thinking she would have to find someone to help her along the way.
"I'm going to Health with Stufflebean and so is Chloe," Ginny offered, turning Dabria's head.
"Great! Me too," Dabria said happily, "But I don't have the first clue about how to get there."
Ginny led the way to Stufflebean's room and managed to get them all there with a minute or so to spare. Once inside, the girls found Andrew, Draco, Claire, Byron and Blaise. Chloe immediately shoved her way to Andrew - apparently experiencing withdrawal form seeing him only once in the summer. Draco made her way toward Claire's desk and reluctantly took the seat next to her - having been given the ultimatum of Claire or Byron; she chose the lesser of the two evils.
Ginny saw that Blaise had found Dean long ago and now the two were speaking quietly to each other in their own little corner of the room. Ginny moved instinctively to Draco and sat down next to him, giving him a wide smile - but not before she saw Byron wink at her in the corner of her eye.
"Hey Gin," he greeted her, grinning slightly.
"Hey Draco! How's it going?" Ginny asked him, putting on her best smiley face.
"Okay; that Catton kid kept me up half the night though, so I'm living on about four hours of sleep," Draco told her.
"Have you ever heard of the Catton family before?" Ginny asked. Since Josh was in Slytherin, she could generally assume that his family had some ties with the Dark side - and if so, then Draco would know about it.
"I've heard the name but I can't really remember anything about the family. My father mentioned them a time or two," Draco said as the bell rang.
Ginny nodded, knowing that Stufflebean was coming. And sure enough - within seconds, the strict lady waked through the door carrying a large bag in her arms.
"Hello, class. Glad to see a few familiar faces in the crowd, as well as some new ones for this year's Health class. For those of you who didn't take Health last year, you need not worry about falling behind, as there is no prerequisite for taking this class - everyone will be in the same place. Any questions?' She asked, looking around at her large class.
A few students shook their heads, but most remained quiet, anxious to see what was in store for them in the bag.
"Alright then, let's get started. Every year, the school requires us to do something to prevent pregnancy or STDs in the school. Last year, we did some projects about STDs, but this year the project will entail a lot more effort than just a small little project," she said. And with that being said, she opened the bag and poured out small packages with writing on them that was illegible.
"Engorgio!" Stufflebean shouted and the small miniscule parcels swelled into bags of what seemed like -
"Flour?" Claire snorted haughtily, eyeing the large sacks with disgust.
"Exactly," the professor said proudly.
"What will that teach us?" Blaise questioned.
"It's not cooking class," Claire reminded her.
"I have put a charm on each flour sack to act like a child - a baby, actually. Each will cry at random times for various reasons. Every baby will be given a set of parents for a period of two weeks. If the baby does not stay with its' assigned parents, I assure you that you will experience many difficulties until the baby is returned - not to mention that points will be docked from both parties involved.
"Furthermore, if you loose your child, you must find it before it dies of starvation and/or neglect.
"When I pass out the children, you will receive a permanent marker and you will need to come up with a name for it. This project is supposed to scare you, so-to-speak, into waiting to have sex.
"All of my instructions are in a packet, which you will receive with your child. All of your teachers have been informed of the project and should be tolerant of it," Stufflebean finished. "I need you all to pick a partner of the opposite sex and come forward to collect your child, please."
Ginny and Draco stood up and got in line in front of Blaise and Dean, Dabria and Byron and Claire and Seamus, among others.
Draco was not exactly thrilled with this project. When he spent time with Ginny, he didn't want a crying flour sack hanging around as well, but he knew that there as nothing he could do about it.
As he and Ginny sat back down, Ginny turning to him and asked something he hadn't been totally prepared for.
"What do you want to name it?"
"Er - I don't know."
"Oh come on, Draco! It'll be fun! I think it should be a girl," Ginny urged.
"I'm not really good at this kind of stuff," Draco said quietly.
"Fine then, her name will be Adrienne - Addie for short," Ginny said taking the marker and writing the name on the sack in large, capital letters.
"Sounds good," Draco noted.
Stufflebean came around to collect the markers while there were still several minutes left in class. In those last minutes, Addie began crying loudly. When Draco and Ginny ran out of ideas to make her stop crying, Draco pulled out his wand and began to put the silencing charm on her, when Stufflebean stopped him.
"You are not to use magic on your baby, as you wouldn't use it on a real child - every spell, curse or charm you use will cause massive pint deduction," she warned him before staring pointedly at the class as a whole.
Eventually, Ginny got Adrienne to stop crying by bouncing her gently on hr hip. Obviously, Ginny had the patience and the natural mother gene that Draco would probably never grasp.
When the bell ran, Ginny surprised Draco again by handing him Addie.
"What are you doing?" Draco asked as the heavy sack of lour came to rest in his arms.
"You get to take her with you to your next class," the redhead explained.
"Gin, do you really think that's a good idea?" He asked, unsure of hi abilities to properly care for her.
"Of course I do; unless you have any objections," she said, raising an eyebrow.
"Okay, I'll take it," Draco replied, putting up less of a fight than she had expected.
"Good," she said, placing a small kiss on his cheek. "And Draco - she is not an IT - she's our child." Then she walked out of the room, leaving Draco confused.
"But it's a flour sack," he mumbled to himself before heading off to Charms.