To say Luke was happy would be an understatement. His first reponse after speaking with his parents was to hug both his parents tightly, and then proceed to do a victory lap around his bedroom. It made Ginny feel good to know she could bring such happiness to her son, not to mention herself.
The next few weeks passed by quickly. Draco put his flat up for sale, and moved his things back to the house. Life was good and comfortable, and Ginny could simply not get tired of sharing a bed with Draco. Both Ginny and Draco had begun taking cat naps during the day because of their lack of sleep at night, not that either was complaining. They had a lot of time to make up for.
Ginny had already told her mother that they were working things out and trying to be a family again, but they had yet to make an appearance at the Burrow. Her mum was overjoyed that they were together again and wanted them to come to family dinner as soon as possible. Ginny was a little afraid... okay a lot afraid of facing her family.
Her brothers had always been hard on Draco, and like Ginny, he had a short temper. They had eventually excepted him because they realized they were going to lose their baby sister if they didn't, but after the divorce they went right back to hating him. She wasn't sure she or Draco was ready to be around the family quite yet, but it was becoming more and more difficult to avoid her mother's persistance.
Not only was this weighing on her mind, but also the fact that she had been feeling sick recently. She had been keeping this from Draco and Luke because she didn't want to worry them, but she knew she was going to have to face the truth sooner or later. The only time she had ever felt like this was when she was first pregnant with Luke.
Ginny stood in her bathroom, staring at the pregnancy potion and wishing it were any color but blue. She soon realized it wasn't going to change, and the potion confirmed what she already knew. She was pregnant. She immediately collapsed on the bathroom floor, crying silently to herself. Why was this happening? They had been careful this time. Damn the Weasley firtility.
She wanted more children, she really did, but not now. Not when things were finally starting to look promising. Having a child had torn them apart before, and who's to say it wouldn't again? Ginny brushed her tears off her face and tried to pull herself together. If they couldn't handle this as a family, then they shouldn't be a family. It was a simple fact she had to face.
She washed her face with cool water, trying to disguise the fact that she had been crying. She exited the bathroom, hearing voices coming from the living room. She walked in the room, but the only person there was Draco. Strange, she could have sworn she had heard her mother's voice. Draco turned upon hearing her enter, and a smile broke out on his face.
"There you are, we have something we need to discuss," he said.
Ginny's stomach immediately dropped. Had he noticed her strange behavior? Did he suspect something? A million different questions were running through her mind, but she forced herself to remain calm on the outside.
"What is it?" she asked a little more shaky than she meant to.
Draco looked at her in concern.
"Are you alright?" he asked.
"Yes I'm fine," she said more sternly, "What do you want to discuss?"
"I know you've been avoiding this, but we can't do that anymore Gin," he said.
How did he know? Had he heard her crying in the bathroom? Or was he more perceptive than she thought?
"Draco I-"
"No Ginny, we're ready. We can handle this," he said looking her in the eye.
"You really think so?" she asked sounding hopeful for the first time.
"Of course we can," he said giving her a reassuring hug, "We'll get through it together."
"You don't know how happy it makes me feel to hear you say that," Ginny said relieved.
"Well I know how important your family is to you Gin, and what's important to you is important to me," he said.
Now she was confused? What was he on about?
"Huh?"
"I want your family to see that we can make this work, that we're serious. And like I said, we can't avoid them forever."
The wheels began to turn in Ginny's mind. He wasn't talking about having a baby, he was talking about going to the Burrow. That had been her mother's voice that she heard, Draco must have been talking to her about dinner. All of the apprehension she had been feeling earlier started to resurface. She was glad he was ready to face her family, but being pregnant was much more important. How was she ever going to tell him?
"Dinner is at six, so we should tell Luke to start getting ready," Draco said.
"Right, of course," Ginny said still in her own world, "I'll go tell him."
Ginny was feeling all kinds of emotions. First of all, she was nervous about how this family dinner was going to go. Second of all, she still needed to tell Draco about her pregnancy. Her biggest fear was that her family would welcome him back, and then the moment he found out about her pregnancy he would split. She knew he was much better than that, but she just didn't want this to freak him out or scare him off.
As they walked into the Burrow together, she felt as though she might be sick. Luke ran into the kitchen, immediately embracing his uncles and cousins, completely oblivious to the gravity of their situation. Her father embraced her with a warm hug, and gave Draco a firm handshake thus setting the standard for the rest of the family.
Her mother hugged them both, and most likely because of her father, her brothers shoke Draco's hand reluctantly. The only one who remained seated at the table was Harry, who seemed to be fuming in his chair. Ginny ignored him, she had much bigger things to deal with. Dinner passed by amicably enough, that is until dessert.
The children finished quickly and left the table to play in the living room, leaving only the adults. It seemed as though everyone had been holding back for their sake, and Ginny suddenly wished Luke would have stayed seated at the table. Her brothers were eyeing Draco, waiting for some sort of slip-up. Her father left the table as well, seeing the expression on her brothers' faces. He did not want to get caught in the middle of this.
"I'm just going to go check on the kids," he said casually exiting the kitchen.
The moment he left, her brothers started in on Draco.
"So Malfoy, what made you decide to come crawling back to our little sister?" Ron asked scathingly.
Hermione immediately slapped his arm, but the damage had already been done the moment the words left his mouth.
"Ronald Weasley-" Ginny said.
Draco silenced her by placing his hand over hers.
"It's alright Ginny," he said squeezing her hand, then turned his attention to Ron, "Not that it is any of your business, but I missed my wife and son."
"None of my business?" Ron said outraged, "It's my business when you walk out on my baby sister."
"Ron, stop this," Mrs. Weasley said, "For Ginny's sake."
Ron looked over at Ginny, and his face faltered for a second but the anger quickly returned.
"This is for Ginny's sake mum," he said, "I don't want her to get hurt again."
"If she wont look out for herself, then we must Mum," Bill added.
Draco's hand tightened around Ginny's, and she could tell he was trying so hard to restrain himself.
"How long do you plan on staying this time?" Fred asked.
"Plan on empregnating her and leaving again?" George asked.
Ginny immediately paled at hearing her biggest fear voiced. That was just too close to home, and tears immediately started rolling down her cheeks. In their anger no one seemed to notice, but her mother.
"Stop it!" she yelled, "You're only upsetting Ginny."
Everyone turned to look at the openly crying Ginny now. Draco immediately tried to wipe away her tears, but she pulled away and stood from her chair. She faced her family angrily, with tears still streaming down her face.
"You can taunt us all you want," she said shaking her fist, "But it isn't going to make any difference. You can try to protect me all you want, but that isn't going to make any difference either. I am a grown woman and I make my own decisions, and if I get hurt then I get hurt. There is nothing you can do about it. Draco and I love each other and that is all there is to it. And...and-"
Ginny gripped onto the back of her chair for support, she suddenly felt light-headed and dizzy. Her mother and Draco both stood up immediately, coming to her side.
"I told her you would only upset your sister," her mother said accusingly to the entire table, she then turned her attention to her daughter.
"Are you alright sweetheart? You look very pale and I'm not sure-"
"I'm fine," Ginny interrupted.
"Well you don't look fine," Draco added.
"I'm fine!" Ginny snapped back.
"Ginny we only want-"
"There is nothing wrong with me! I'm just pregnant!" she yelled.
The whole table was deathly silent. No one said a thing, not her mother, not her brothers, not even Draco. It was too much to take, she couldn't be in this room anymore. Ginny found her balance, gathered her strenth, and ran out of the room as quickly as she could wondering what she had just gotten herself into.