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Rating: R for language and sexual scenes

'thoughts' and "speaking"

Chapter 2 – Sealed Deal

Draco sat on a lawn chair, watching from afar, as his girlfriend and sister played in the pool. The pool was charmed for Arriana's safety of course; with a strong invisible thread that would bounce Arriana back if she ever crossed passed the shallow end. The shallow end consisted of many toys belonging to Arriana including rubber ducks, toy boats and inflated animals. It even had a mini slide! Spoiled was the word for Arriana, but who can blame her and her cute ways? She always gets what she wants yet she still acts as an innocent angel. Most kids of the same status and opportunities would take advantage of their power and end up growing into a snobby, boastful rich kid, much like how Draco used to be, but all that changed, much thanks to Ginny. She happened to perform her magic on him and spread it to his sister and for that he was thankful. He thought that since Arriana didn't grow in a proper family environment, she would rebel with the lack of love and care emitting from a normal family. But much to Draco's delight, his love for her was enough to satisfy Arriana and her needs. She had turned into quite the opposite he expected her to be, with the help and love Ginny showed her as well. The bond that Ginny and Arriana shared was like no other. They were more than like sisters; it was like they were mother and daughter. Draco had seen that Ginny had learned to love and care for the child as the years passed and he knew that Arriana reciprocated the same feelings as well.

The mother/daughter bond that they had, replaced the lack of presence of Narcissa Malfoy. Arriana didn't get to see her mother nor her father for that matter. When Narcissa was in labor with her, 2 months too early, they landed in the most horrible situation. It was a 50/50 chance; one or the other wouldn't survive this serious predicament. Narcissa was going through a lot of pain with only little strength left, due to the enormous amount of blood that was rushing out of her. The result of this made pools of blood on the bed and floor. To make situations worse, she didn't have her husband inside the delivery room with her, to help her, to guide her. Lucius was elsewhere, probably out satisfying the needs of the Dark Lord. He knew all too well that she was giving birth right now but he didn't care, he already had a son and that was all he needed; a heir to carry the Malfoy name. After much struggle, Narcissa couldn't take it anymore, she needed someone in there with her, so she had asked the medi-witch if Draco could come in.

The medi-witch had forbid the request at first, but gave up in the end when Narcissa started shouting at her. It would do harm to the baby and herself if she continued her screaming and shouting so she reluctantly let Draco be called in, after he had changed into the proper attire, which was a pair of blue flannel top and bottom with a mask to cover his mouth to go with it. He went in and held Narcissa's hand the whole time, whispering comforting and encouraging words to her. It helped her calm down, but it didn't help with the problem that they were about to overcome. The medi-witch shook her head as she looked at the monitor and back to Narcissa's pale face.

"I'm sorry to say but you have a very serious decision to make," the medi-witch fiddled with her gloves as she looked at the mother and son. How she hated it when it came to a time like this. "I-It's either you, Narcissa, or the baby. If you decide on the baby, it will take too much of your strength and blood which will put you in a very critical condition that will eventually lead you into… death…" she trailed off.

"DON'T YOU DARE SPEAK OF SUCH A THING IN FRONT OF MY MOTHER YOU FOOLISH WOMAN!" Draco bellowed, pointing an accusing finger at the medi-witch's face.

"What are the chances of both the baby and I may live?" Narcissa quietly asked, ignoring Draco's outburst.

"The chances are slim. Statistics say that one of ten people survive when they come around to this problem," she replied hesitantly.

"What if we chose mother, and not the baby? What will happen?" Draco asked eagerly, perspiration very evident on his forehead that was slowly trickling down his face.

"We will have to take the baby out, the fastest way possible to prevent any more blood-loss from Narcissa. We would have to perform the C-section, which is highly dangerous to premature babies, which is your case as of now. The already wasted blood has weakened the child's heart greatly that will lead to death immediately as the lack of blood circulating in the small body will cease, preventing the blood to reach the heart and around again."

"T-the baby! Save the baby!" Narcissa shouted.

"Mother! No, I will not have you cost your life for this unborn child! There will be others mother. We can even ad - "

"No Draco! I cannot stand to kill such an innocent child whom I have already learned to love so much. The baby shall be saved!" Narcissa insisted.

"Don't speak of such nonsense mother! You cannot love someone whom you haven't even met yet."

"When you become a father Draco, you will understand where I'm coming from."

"That's not the case with my father," Draco snarled.

"Draco, please. This is the last thing I am asking of you…" Narcissa pleaded. Draco took one good look at his mother and sighed, kissing her lightly on the forehead.

"Alright, if that's what you like." He replied, defeated. Narcissa smiled, tears falling down her face. She pulled her son into a tight hug, whispering "I love you son, remember that' in his ear." Draco replied, "I love you too mother." He was on the brink of tears, but held it back.

"Promise me that you will take care of your brother or sister with all that you've got. Love the baby with all your heart, with all I know you are capable of." She cupped Draco's face with her warm hands. "And don't let Lucius come near the baby, I fear he might do something to the innocent child…" Draco nodded, understandingly. Narcissa smiled at him, letting go of his face. She looked down at her stomach, and caressed it gently. "Mommy love you so much baby. This is why I am about to do this." Tears were flowing freely on her gown. Once she was able to control herself, she averted her eyes to the medi-witch and said. "Let's do it."

The medi-witch nodded, carefully putting on a new pair of latex gloves. After having another contraction the medi-witch said "Alright Narcissa, when I count to three I want you to push okay?" Narcissa nodded. "Okay, one… two… THREE!" Narcissa pushed as hard as she can, her head thrown forward with blood seeping out of her. She held on to Draco's hand tightly, nearly cutting off Draco's blood circulation. With Draco's vacant hand, he shakily patted his mother's forehead with a damp cloth.

Narcissa threw her head back as she tried to catch her breath. She released Draco's hand from the tight grip she had on him. He immediately took his hand and brought it to his chest, massaging it slightly. 'Damn that hurt!' he thought.

"Alright, you're doing great Narcissa! I can see the head of the baby already. Come on continue doing this and the baby will come out in no time!" the medi-witch informed her, cheerfully. "On the count of three. One… two… THREE!" Narcissa jolted from the bed, pushing even harder than she did before, if that was possible. She squeezed Draco's hand tightly once again and Draco had the urge to scream with his mother as well but refrained himself from doing so. 'It'll probably make the medi-witch go deaf,' he thought amusedly.

One more push and a deadly high-pitched scream later, the small baby was pulled out, screeching as well. Draco made a face at the baby that was still attached to Narcissa's umbilical cord. The medi-witch looked at Draco with a smile on her face. She took out a pair of sanitized scissors and handed it to Draco. "Do the honours," the medi-witch had said.

Draco looked at her with wide eyes and frantically shook his head. The medi-witch laughed slightly and cut the umbilical cord herself. She brought the baby to a quick clean-up session and wrapped the baby with a pink blanket.

"CONGRATULATION'S! IT'S A GIRL!" she screamed in joy, cooing at the baby in her arms.

Draco smiled and squeezed his mother's hand reassuringly. He heard a soft "I love you both Draco and Arriana. Don't you forget that." coming from his mom's lips. Draco felt his mom's hand, slipping slowly out of his grip. He turned to look at his mother and his smile faltered. "Mother?" Draco whispered; his voice cracked a bit. A single tear fell down from his glistening silver eyes. He reluctantly let go of his mother's hand and placed it gently over her heart. Then he leaned down and kissed her forehead, playing with her hair a bit. "Goodbye Mother…" He whispered before getting up and taking his sister from the medi-witch.

He looked down at his little sister. She had platinum blond hair (almost like silver) like his and her fisted hands, which were too small, smaller than a normal baby's would be. Draco cradled her to his chest and thought, 'Mom's right, I already love her and I've only just met her.' He looked back and forth between his sister and his mother, before placing Arriana safely, on the crook of his mother's arm for a while. 'At least she was able to hold her... even for only a few minutes.'

"Have you thought of a name yet Mr. Malfoy?" the medi-witch asked, who was silently watching him greet his baby sister.

Draco looked at her and replied, "Yes. Arriana Mikaylla Malfoy." He smirked at her before looking back down at his sister lovingly.

When Draco was able to bring Arriana to her new home after a few days of being confined in a hospital, they were met with great news. The headline of the newspaper read "Lord Voldemort killed by the boy-who-lived, Harry Potter. Deatheater Lucius Malfoy incarcerated in Azkaban along with the Dementors." A few months later, Lucius died in prison. His body couldn't take the number of cuts and wounds he received from the fight and he didn't want the guards to help heal him. As a result, his open wounds became the food of the flies and mosquitoes and eventually got infected. The disease he got and also the lack of food he was able to partake led to his death.

'You deserved it you bloody fucking ass excuse of a father!' he thought, ripping the picture of his father on the newspaper.

Draco, who was supposed to be mourning over the loss of his father, was actually ecstatic. He wouldn't have to become a deatheater like his father had wanted him to be and he would get all the money and properties he had. A bonus being that Arriana would be safe without his father being here to control her like he did to him.

He was interrupted out of his reverie when Arriana jumped on his lap, calling out his name while waving her small hand in front of his face. "Dwaco! Is you okay?"

Draco shook his head, shaking himself out of his thoughts. He blinked a couple of times and finally focused his eyes on Arriana. Draco smiled at her and nodded. "Yeah I'm fine. What made you think otherwise 'Rianna?"

"You wewen't answewing me…" she fumbled with the words. Arriana has troubles with saying the letter "R", so whenever she came across a word that includes the letter "R" she would pronounce it with the letter "W". Also instead of using "Are" she uses "Is" even if it is incorrect to say when it is plural.

Draco laughed at his sister's cute attempt, while ruffling her hair with his big hand. "You mean, 'you WEREN'T ANSWERING me?" Draco emphasized on the "R's" of the words.

Arriana nodded innocently at her brother. "That's what I said!" Draco smiled down at her and pulled her in a tight bear hug.

"You are so cute you know that!"

"Dwaco! Big giwls like me is not cute, me is be-u-ti-ful" she replied, her hands on her waist. Arriana's head was inclined to the side as she looked at her brother with narrowed eyes.

Draco chuckled. "Alright princess, whatever you say!" He took her by the waist and lifted her up and placed her on his shoulders. Arriana squealed in surprise but ended up laughing with her brother. He walked leisurely towards Ginny, who was watching the siblings communicate with one another. She had a sweet smile set on her face.

"What are you smiling about?" Draco questioned as he neared Ginny. He placed Arriana on her feet, and watched her as she ran immediately to the pool. He turned his attention back to Ginny, lifting an eyebrow. Ginny just continued looking at him, studying his face as if memorizing each and every line. "I know I'm sexy Weasley, no need to drool," Draco smirked arrogantly, while running a hand through his hair. This comment snapped Ginny out of her thoughts.

"Arrogant Git!"

"Why thank you oh so much for the compliment Ginny. I will take that very close to my heart. But I would appreciate it next time when you compliment me again, don't forget to mention 'sexy' or 'handsome'. It would do well to help boost up my ego. "

Ginny rolled her eyes. "Draco, if your ego gets any bigger, you head will only be filled with air."

Draco laughed at the look Ginny was sending him. "Aww, come on hun, don't get your knickers in a twist now," Draco winked at her. "I can't untwist it at the moment because it seems that we have an audience." He inclined his head to the side, pointing at his sister. "But I can make up for it later, if you know what I mean." He wiggled his eyebrows suggestively, a small smile gracing his lips.

Ginny chuckled. "What makes you think I would have sex with you tonight?"

"What can I say? I'm irresistible to women. That proves to show that the Malfoy Charm never fails," Draco crossed his arms against his chest, looking smug.

"Oh really?"

"Really."

"Fine. We'll see about that."

"Damn straight we will!" Draco replied confidently. "Tonight, I guarantee to it that you will end up begging me to touch you and to kiss you. "

"And what if I don't?"

"Oh, you will. Trust me." Many ideas were already running in his head.

"Well, what happens if its you whose begging me and not the other way around?"

"That won't happen."

"Draco!"

"Alright fine. Um… I'll do anything you want me to do," Draco said, not paying much attention to what he was saying because he was too busy thinking of ways to tease Ginny into kissing him. He was so sure of himself that he would win this bet, so he didn't waste a minute thinking of what he would have to do if Ginny won.

"Ooh… I like that. Okay so here's the bet. If you win and have me crawling to you asking you to touch me and to kiss me, you get that and anything else you want me to do. If I win, you will do anything I want and you will befriend Ron. Is that a deal?"

"Hey that's not fair. When you come - "

"If, Draco darling. If is the key word here."

" - crawling to me, that means that you would want it too, meaning that you will get an extra wish more than me!"

Ginny shrugged. "Take it or leave it Draco…"

Draco growled, muttering a bunch of nothings under his breath. He was apparently thinking this deal over in his head very well if it had him talking to himself for a while. Ginny tapped her foot impatiently waiting for him to accept. She knew he would. There was no doubt about it.

"Make up your mind yet?"

He scowled. "Yes. It's a deal. Now let's seal the deal." He leaned in and grabbed Ginny's face with his hands before kissing her gently. When Ginny had her arms around his neck and was ready to respond, Draco broke it off, smirking at the angry look Ginny sent him. 'And the game has begun. This will be a piece of cake. She wants me already.' He thought as he chuckled softly.

I hope you liked that chapter! I wasn't planning on having that 'deal' but it just popped into my head and I thought, oh what the hell I'll give it a try. You gotta bear with me because it may take me quite a while to post up the next chapter but I will try to update sooner than I did with this chapter. I'm sorry this was late. Blame it on my English teacher. She gave us a project the day we got back from Spring Break on Wednesday and it was due Friday and it was a hella big project too. Damn. I busted my ass on that. I hope I did okay.. wish me luck?

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