DISCLAIMER: If you recognize any of the characters it clearly shows they aren't mine. If they were mine I'd be swimming in a pool of gold.. But since I can't swim I'm neither swimming in a pool of gold or water. It all belongs to the great J.K. Rowling. If you become infatuated with any of my OWN characters.. Please feel free to steal them from me.
(Even though I've read all 6 Harry Potter books over and over, I will NOT follow what happened in HBP because I was very disappointed. It was still a good book though)
Chapter 2
"I don't want you to leave. Stay with me tonight, please? I need you Red. I love you." Ginny stood there in shock at what he had just said. Though he loved her, he never let her stay. Why tonight of all nights?
"I'm telling you.. I'm getting fatter and fatter as the days...Ginny? Ginevra Weasley?" said Nixon waving her hand in front of Ginny's face. "Oi. Are you listening to me?"
"Huh? Oh. Sorry Nix. What were you saying?" Ginny said shaking her head and groaning.
"I said.. 'I'm telling you.. I'm getting fatter and fatter as the days go by.' Seriously Gin, how did you make it with such a big belly?" Nix said looking down at her stomach.
"Motherhood.. The best thing yet," Ginny said laughing.
Nixon shot her a look and slapped Ginny's arm playfully.
"No, I mean seriously Gin. I have ONE little creature inside my stomach.. And you, you had two!" She pretended to be holding onto a microphone and said, "Now, Miss Ginevra Weasley, how did you do it?"
Ginny cleared her throat, trying not to laugh, and said, "Well, Mrs. Nixon Kayla Van Buren-Zabini. The trick to being pregnant is enjoying the fact that you're going to be a mother. Well, technically speaking you're already a mother but once that child is born you'll see that that night with your special someone and those 9 months were worthwhile. Now, you.. You're only what.. 4 months pregnant.. You still have 5 more wonderful months left to go. It really isn't Blaise's fault..but you will think it is once you're in labor.."
"Hey.. Excuse you Gin. You're making this worse on myself," Nixon said throwing carrots at Ginny.
Ginny ducked them and continued laughing.
"I'm sorry Nix. You should've seen your face. That was unforgettable," Ginny said mimicking Nixon.
"Ladies," Blaise said. He looked down and dusted himself from all the soot he had gotten from the fireplace.
"Hello love," Nix said. She pointed childishly to her cheek and Blaise planted a kiss on the spot. Ginny giggled.
"So, what are you two up to?" Blaise said setting a chair next to Nixon and taking a cup of tea.
"Just talking about the joys of motherhood," Ginny said smiling broadly at Nixon.
"She is talking about the joys of motherhood, not me, I am simply arguing at the fact that I look MORE like a large and tall pygmy puff," she said pointing at Ginny and then at herself.
Ginny and Blaise laughed.
"Love, you don't look like a pygmy puff. I know for a fact you're not covered in fluffy fur," Blaise said between laughs.
"Well, it's true. I'm five foot six so that makes me a large and tall pygmy puff," Nixon said straightening her blouse.
"What color are you?" Ginny said suppressing her giggles.
"Ginny!" Nixon cried out. "You two are unfair. Having you two near me causes me to say stupid things and I end up making fun of myself." She began to sob on Blaise's jumper.
"Hormones," Ginny mouthed to Blaise. He simply nodded.
The following morning Ginny woke up to two sets of twins.
"You didn't show up yesterday," Fred said tapping his foot on the carpet.
"We had to call Ron to help us," George said placing his crossed arms over his chest.
"We had to go over the inventory ourselves."
"Our little sister never showed up."
"We're hungry," Annette said.
Ginny shook her head and covered her face with her hands.
"Unbelievable," she muttered to herself.
"We heard that," Fred and George said.
Ginny sat up.
"Look. I'm sorry. I was down at the Ministry reporting Friday night's shift. Harry and I had to go over some Honeydukes papers and finished well past ten at night. I had to have Hermione bring the kids over. Nixon was here babysitting for a couple of extra minutes while I went out to buy groceries. I'm sorry." She looked up apologetically.
"It's ok Gin. Next time, please owl us," Fred said picking up Victoria.
Walking out of the room George called, "Gin, we're going to make breakfast. Are you hungry?"
She placed her hands together, smiled, and said, "Yes. Very hungry."
"Mr. Malfoy, I assure you that those papers for Honeydukes are in order. The new owner and her partner have moved the date for the meeting for a weeks extension. I'm sorry sir. She's the rightful owner at the moment. She can make the decisions," said a balding skinny wizard.
"Have you any idea who I am. And did you say it's a she?" Draco said through gritted teeth.
"Y-Y-Yes sir. I-I-I do. But lady's decision," he said in a shaky voice.
"Lady? The owner is a woman? This should be easier than I thought," Draco said pressing his fingers together.
"Oh no sir. Mind you, she is a very tough and prestigious woman. She doesn't take no for an answer," said the wizard.
"Excuse me?" Draco said getting up. The wizard backed away a couple of steps.
"We-well she has maintained Honeydukes in top shape even when the war was over and she was on her own fixing it up," he said.
"That doesn't mean she's going to say 'no' to my proposal in taking the shop," said Draco.
"She's a--" The wizard was interrupted by another wizard.
"Mr. Johnson, they need you down in Mrs. Roger's office," said the wizard.
"Uh.. It was a pleasure seeing you Mr. Malfoy," said the wizard, Mr. Johnson.
"Fred, hand me that package right there. You three aren't good enough with this sort of thing," Ginny said putting some faulty quills on a shelf.
"Ginny, where did you put that .. Oh. Nevermind."
The door opened and Hermione walked in with Annette and Victoria.
"Mommy! Unky Fred and George!" they both shrieked in delight.
"Hermione, where's Samantha?" Ron asked poking his head from under the counter.
"I left her with your mum. She's too little to be in here," Hermione said speaking of her daughter and Ron's.
"Oh. What brings you here?"asked Ron walking over to his wife.
"Just coming to see if you needed help working in the shop," Hermione said crouching down helping Ginny with one of the parcels.
The hours dragged by and Annette and Victoria had been put upstairs to take a nap in Fred and George's room on top of the shop. It was now almost 5 in the afternoon and none of them had stopped to eat. There was just too much work to do. Inventory was all screwed up and no one had bothered to look it over. Ginny being the one in business decided to help out but Fred and George just gave her all the work to do.
"Fred. George. I have to go now and check up on Harry at Honeydukes. I'll be back in a few," she said getting up and stretching her legs.
Fred and George both waved without looking up from their new invention back in the backroom. She scoffed and walked out into the bright May sun. She put on her hood to keep the sun from hitting her eyes and walked inside Honeydukes.
"Ginny. What are you doing here?" Harry asked looking up at her. It had only been five years since he left her and still he regretted leaving such a beautiful woman. He studied her face and how those freckles had fallen into place like the stars in the sky. How her blood red hair had turned an auburn color and how it would curl at the tips. Her big brown eyes were shinier than ever and those pouty lips, oh how he loved those. Her full figure now curving in all the right places...
"Harry! I'm talking to you," Ginny said in an irritated tone.
"Sorry Gin," Harry said turning red.
"How's everything going? Any problems?" Ginny asked walking around the shop. It wasn't as crowded as it was last week.
"We're doing ok. Derek, Wendy, and Lucille are doing good, for new workers," said Harry.
Ginny looked at the workers in the shop. All of them were wearing magenta robes and hats. She turned her attention back to Harry.
"Harry, about those papers. We got the extra week, right?" Ginny asked Harry.
"Yes we did Ms. Weasley and thanks to you I can stop being so shaky," Harry said shuddering.
Ginny smiled.
"Listen. I need to talk to someone but I don't know who to talk to.." Ginny said biting down on her lip.
"About what?" he asked setting down his quill.
"Well, you know Seamus from Hogwarts. And well, he asked me yesterday to go out on a date with him. No commitments. Nothing of that lot. But I'm not sure if I still want to go."
Harry's heart fell. How could she? How could Seamus, his own friend from Hogwarts, ask out his ex girlfriend? His Ginny? It's true, he left her at Dumbledore's funeral ceremony. So, he really has no right to tell her who to date, right?
"Well Ginny, you did tell him it was alright, didn't you?" Harry asked trying to keep his voice from shaking.
"Well, yes I did, but now thinking about it, I'm not sure I'm ready to go through this," Ginny said.
"Gin, honestly. When was the last time you dated someone?" Harry asked not lifting his eyes to face her.
"The last person was Colin. But that was two Christmas' ago," Ginny said biting her nails and turning pink.
"As a concerned friend, Seamus isn't such a bad bloke," Harry said.
"Really? I was thinking we go to a cinema or or..to a.. restaurant of some sort near the Shrieking Shack," Ginny said, her eyes gleaming.
"Everything will be ok Gin. When's this date?" Harry asked finally looking at Ginny.
"Tomorrow?" Ginny said with an embarrassed and guilty look.
Harry laughed.
"Arthur, I was thinking. Do you think that Annette and Victoria's father might be someone Ginny isn't proud of?" Mrs. Weasley said sitting on the edge of their bed.
Mr. Weasley set his glasses down on his stomach and placed his reading book on the night table. He rubbed his eyes and looked at Mrs. Weasley.
"Molly, Ginny has her reasons for not mentioning the father of her children. We should respect her decisions and not pressure her into telling what she's keeping a secret," Mr. Weasley said giving his wife a "mind your own business" look.
"But Arthur, what if it's someone who wouldn't fit into our family? A Muggle perhaps? I have nothing against Muggles but still" she said knitting a pair of socks furiously.
"Molly. Leave the girl be. She chose the young man for a reason. She .. She loved him and she got two beautiful little girls out of it. I know it was wrong of her to be a mother at a very young age but what a woman wouldn't do for love," he said getting comfortable on the bed.
"Haven't you seen them? Grey eyes. Aristocratic face. Platinum blond hair.." she said listing their appearance with her fingers.
"What are you implying Molly dear?" Mr. Weasley said with a curious tone.
"They both have Malfoy traits," she said in a disgusted tone.
"You've gone mad, woman. They aren't the only ones in this world with those traits," he said.
"What makes you so sure?" she said turning around and facing her husband.
"Let's just hope I'm sure," he said putting his glasses back on.
"Thank you Seamus," Ginny said sitting down on a restaurant chair.
"Do you like this restaurant? I wasn't too sure if you'd like it," he said looking around.
Ginny looked around and noticed all the wealthy magical families. She looked down at herself. She didn't look too bad. She was wearing a slinky silk black dress, strap heels, a black cloak, and her hair in curls. Light makeup and her silver necklace with the emerald green stone she had received as a present in her 6th year.
"I love it. It's very beautiful," she said looking around again.
"I was hoping you would," he said sipping on a glass of wine the waiter had just brought him. "Muggle wine is actually quite spiffing. Ever since the war there has been a lot of Muggle things here in the wizarding world. Have you noticed?"
Ginny looked up from her menu and nodded, "Yes, yes I have."
There was an ill-chosen moment of silence between them, yet again, and Seamus spoke up.
"Ginny, I hope I'm not making you in anyway uncomfortable. Am I?" he asked.
"N-no. You're not. What makes you think that?" she asked looking up at Seamus.
"You're off-ly quiet. If I make you uncomfortable in any way please tell me," Seamus said.
"I'm ok Seamus. Listen, I was wondering. Remember that Furnuculus Curse that little girl used on her mum a couple weeks ago?" Ginny asked changing the subject.
"Yes I do, why?" he asking playing with his fork.
"What happened to the girl and her mum?"
"The girl was sent to a detention home for a couple of week and her mum was kept in St. Mungo's Hospital."
"Oh," was all Ginny could say.
"I was meaning to ask you. I'm not one to speak ill of anyone but why would Harry leave you? He's a great chap and all but what a nutter. Really, you're a beautiful woman Ginny, and you were off-ly pretty back at Hogwarts. Knowing Ron and how he would react when someone talked to his baby sister but.. I mean, he had the nerve to leave you" he said scoffing.
"The whole He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named was a big deal to Harry and he didn't want You-Know-Who coming after me. It hurt, honestly it did, but he chose to save me instead."
All through dinner Ginny thought of what just had happened. As they were walking out of the restaurant she heard several clicking noises coming from across where she was standing as sh waited for Seamus to return, since he had forgotten his cloak. She heard the following,
"Mr. Malfoy, now that you are an alleged bachelor and widow for that matter.."
"Do you have anyone in mind, Mr. Malfoy?"
Was she hearing correctly? Did she just hear... Malfoy? Seamus returned and she blocked that moment off her mind. That night when he dropped her off at her flat he said,
"I had a great night Gin. Once again, I'm sorry for making you uncomfortable."
"Seamus, it's ok. Thank you for tonight. I'll see you tomorrow at the Ministry," she said opening the door.
"Ginny," he said touching her arm. Ginny froze.
"Seamus, please. We agreed we'd go just as friends."
He removed his hand from her arm and Apparated to his own flat.
"So, Gin, how did it go?" Harry asked Ginny. Nixon smirked from across the room.
"It was a bit awkward. The food was great. I just hope this was the first and last time it happens," she said flopping down on the couch next to Harry.
"Did he kiss you?" said Nixon, a large glistering smile forming on face.
"No, he didn't. I'm glad he didn't. I failed to mention he had a piece of lettuce stuck on his tooth. Very gross," she said taking off her shoes. Nixon and Harry began to laugh non-stop.
They all drank a bit of rosemary tea with lemon and honey, as they waited for Blaise to show up. Harry and Blaise still weren't on good terms since they both differed in mates and in Hogwarts' houses. Blaise finally showed up and Harry stood up.
"Potter," he said with a bitter tone in his voice.
"Zabini," Harry said not taking his eyes off of Blaise.
Ginny looked over at Nixon, biting her lip. Nixon had a worried look on across her face.
"Well Ginny, we better get going," Nixon said standing up quickly.
"Ginny. I'll see you tomorrow, right?" Harry asked, still glaring at Blaise. He Apparated on the spot.
"Blaise!" Ginny said hitting him on the shoulder with a throw pillow.
"What?" he asked looking at his wife and at his friend.
"Are you two ever going to get on good terms?" Ginny asked crossing her arms across her chest.
"If he stopped being so..so..so Potter (he spat when he said his name) then maybe I would," he said.
"I give up," Ginny said flailing her arms in the air. She sat back down.
"Listen, I don't know how to say this but, I might be hearing things, but.." she said.
"Just spill it," Nixon said.
"I heard someone mention Malfoy," she said really fast.
Nixon and Blaise both looked at each other and then at Ginny.
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