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The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn

CHAPTER 2: Merlin's Gift To Girls

Darius Ezekiel Malfoy was uncannily like his father was when he was at school. Not only did he look the spitting image of Draco but his attitude was remarkably the same. He was proud, arrogant and thought he was Merlin's gift to girls. The only problem was…that this was true. Ginny and Draco were constantly getting letters sent home from Hogwarts asking them to sign yet another detention form. "…off canoodling on the quidditch pitch…" and "…expressing desires in the astronomy tower…" were just two of Professor Snape's favourite phrases to use in these letters. Of course, seeing as how Severus was Darius' godfather, he did overlook a lot of his misbehaviour and instead of issuing punishment he sent to Malfoy Manor a card saying, "It's A Boy!" Draco thought that this was 'just a phase' and laughed about it regularly. He thought that Ginny got too distressed over such a tiny thing. But Ginny couldn't help but feel a bit afraid that one day when Severus sent a card about a baby that it could be for real.

That was why, when Ginny walked into Darius' room that morning, she screamed so loudly. The vision in front of her rendered her speechless. The first thing she noticed was that there wasn't just Darius sitting up in his bed, but a young girl. As Ginny looked around the room she spotted items of discarded clothing lying in various places of the room. The items that caught her attention were the girl's dress and bra, which were hanging from Darius' desk. Ginny didn't shout or rant she simply spun on her heal, walked calmly out of the room and shut the door smartly behind her. All she heard as she shut the door was Darius' voice from his bed.

"Shit."

"Draco! How can you find this amusing! Don't you care AT ALL that your son has been gallivanting around with a different girl every week! DRACO! You're not listening to me!" Ginny cried, frustrated.

Draco was doubled over, laughing, at yet another letter that Severus had sent home. He finally looked up at Ginny's face, with tears in his eyes.

"Gin, have you even read this one? It's hilarious! Look, I wouldn't be laughing if I thought there was danger in what Darius is doing. He's just like I was at that age and now look at me! I'm reformed!" Draco said jokingly.

"Just because YOU slept with the entire Slytherin house doesn't make it acceptable for your son to! Don't you think there is anything wrong with his behaviour? Aren't you worried that one day he might actually get one of these girls pregnant? Aren't you worried that he'll bring one home and we'll know what they've done!" Ginny yelled at Draco.

Draco's face softened as he realised what was really making Ginny so hysterical. He walked over to her and wrapped her in his arms.

"Gin, don't worry about it. Truly. We will never have to see these girls or talk to them or think about what they've done with our son. Or more what he's done with them. I promise you will never have to see Darius with one of these girls. Alright? It's fine. I promise!"

Since that day, Ginny had slept more soundly at night knowing that she would never have to witness any girl with her son. But at this moment, as she was walking towards her chambers, Draco's promise was the only thing running through her mind. She opened the door to her chambers right as Draco was coming out of the bathroom.

"Hello you! I thought that you were going to wake the kids! Come back to finish what you started? Well…it's too late! I've already…" Draco trailed off as he saw Ginny's face. "Gin…Gin…are you okay? Gin...can you hear me?" Draco whispered warily.

"Darius." She whispered and then everything turned black.

She was comfortable. That was the only thing that Ginny was certain about. She had a suspicion that she was in her bed and that Draco was the one talking to the figure next to her. Someone was jabbing her with something and she was pretty sure that it was a wand.

"Well Mr Malfoy, she seems to be doing just fine now. Her temperature has lowered considerably and I've sent for a potion that will clear her head when she wakes up. Will that be all, Sir?" the person, who she had now identified as their healer Dr Arlington, asked.

"No, that will be all. Thankyou so much Peter for coming on such short notice. Do you know what could have triggered her lapse?" Draco asked the healer.

"Well…her sugar levels were fine and so was her glucose and water levels so all I can judge is that this attack was caused by severe shock. Had anything happened that you know of? Do the children?" Dr Arlington responded with a concerned look.

"I haven't left her side so I haven't spoken to the children. I sent Dava to tell them to go to breakfast and then carry on with whatever they had planned for today. I didn't think that there was any point in worrying them if Ginny wasn't severely ill. Thanks again for coming." Draco spoke softly to the healer as he made his way over to the door.

Healer Arlington responded by picking up his bag and walking towards the door. "Give my love to Ginevra when she wakes up. Goodbye Mr Malfoy."

Ginny tried to sit up but realised that she didn't have enough strength. She didn't want to open her eyes in case Dr Arlington was still there. She knew that if he knew that she was awake he would do more tests on her and that would take ages. All she really wanted to do was sit down with Draco and have a long, hard cry.

"Alright Gin, he's gone now. You can open your eyes," Draco said jokingly, but when Ginny opened her eyes she saw that he looked very worried.

"How did you know that I was awake?" she asked him softly, as she didn't have much strength.

"That doesn't matter, what matters is that 2 hours ago you just, collapsed and all I know is that it has something to do with Darius. What's he done now to get you to have a severe shock attack? I swear I'll kill him!" Ginny knew that Draco didn't mean what he said but he had a ferocious look in his eyes that made her a little bit nervous.

"Draco, calm down! I'm not telling you anything until you take a breather." Ginny replied calmly, "Just come over here and sit down with me! Please," She added pleadingly.

Draco saw the hysterical look on her face and knew immediately that whatever is was that Darius had done, had scarred her more emotionally than physically.

"Where is he?" Draco muttered furiously between clenched teeth. He tightened his hands into fists and walked stiffly out of the room. He didn't tell Ginny where he was going but she had a sneaking suspicion that she would be seeing Darius, very soon.