"Give me that." Draco said taking the newspaper from her and putting it in flames. "I'm not going to let anyone hurt my family, do you understand? Let him come, I'm here for you." Draco said looking into her fearful eyes. Draco knew she was terrified because of the way she was shaking and Zaara ran into the kitchen looking wide eyed.
"What happened? I heard a slam, and it wasn't me!" she said and Draco shook his head.
"Nothing love…it's nothing." Draco said and Jade turned around to Zaara. She knew Harry would want his daughter back after all these years and she wasn't going to give her up to him.
"Zaara come here." Jade said. Zaara walked to her mother and Jade hugged her forcing herself not to cry but Zaara knew how shaken her mother was. "Whatever happens, don't leave Mummy or Daddy okay? We love you so much." Jade said meaning it and Zaara nodded wondering what had gotten her mother so emotional.
"Are you all right?" Zaara asked and Jade nodded.
"I'll be fine." Jade said getting up and letting her daughter hug her.
"I'm putting boundaries all over this place. If you want to go outside to shop, tell me and take Hermione or Ginnny with you. You need to have someone with you at all times." Draco stressed and Jade nodded.
"Oh Merlin…I'm so worried." Jade breathed and Draco hugged her.
"No you're not. As long as I'm around, there's nothing you should worry about." Draco said feeling her hug back tightly.
"Let's get ready. We're going to have to go to work and school yes?" Draco asked and Zaara nodded.
"Draco, we need to go to the market today, come back early?" Jade asked and he nodded. They all had gotten ready and Draco drove Zaara to her school and Jade stressed her not to leave school until Jade or Draco gets her. They drove Jenita to the Burrow where Molly looked over her granddaughter and Jade had a few words with her mother about her ex-husband coming back from Azkaban.
"Oh, I'll turn him into a turnip if he lets himself come near my family." Molly said.
"Thanks Mum, Draco says hello, he's waiting and we have to go to our workplace." Jade said and Molly nodded. "Bye Mum." Jade said.
Draco then drove Jade to her workplace at St. Margins and kissed him goodbye.
Draco went to the Ministry and opened the door to his office. He stepped back and a dart shot past him.
"Damn!" Ron and Blaise said together and Draco walked in the office grinning.
"When will you boys learn?" Draco asked taking his cloak off and putting it on his chair.
"Did you read today's paper?" Blaise asked sitting on Draco's desk and Ron leaned on the wall crossing his arms.
"Yeah…Jade was pretty pissed." Draco said seeing Harry wave at him. "Shove it." Draco said turning it over and slamming the newspaper down.
They went to talk about the day's work until someone knocked on their door. The door opened and Cornelius Fudge came in.
"Hello sir." Ron said.
"Hello Aurors, I am very happy for you all to see someone today. I'm guessing you all wanted to see him for a long time as well as the other civilians." Fudge said moving aside and revealing Harry Potter. Draco balled his fist and Ron grabbed his hand and gave him a look to not do anything.
"Hello Auror Zambini." Harry said shaking his hand.
"Potter." Zambini acknowledged.
"Auror Weasley." Harry said stretching his hand to his former friend. Ron gave him a dark look and shook his hand firmly.
"Hello Potter." Ron said wanting to bash his head onto nice pure solid concrete.
"And…you're Auror Malfoy I believe? Who arrested me?" Harry asked and Draco gave him a cold look.
"Nice to see you again…after 3 years." Harry said holding out his hand.
"Welcome back Potter." Draco said coldly, shaking his hand firmly. Harry spotted the wedding ring on his left hand and he looked back at Draco.
"Congratulations to your marriage with my ex-wife." Harry said and Draco for some reason, hearing that wanted to kill him.
"Best three years of our lives." Draco replied seeing him stiffen.
"Well, now that you all have met with Mr. Potter, our soon to be Head Auror." Fudge said and quickly everyone looked at each other. "It's going to be sir, for you all for Mr. Potter." Fudge said and Ron's ears started turning red.
"My cabin is on the opposite side of yours. Come to me if you need anything." Harry said looking at them with satisfaction.
"I'm out of here before I get hit with something." Blaise said quickly leaving.
Jade finished her day at work and met up with Hermione later on. They picked up Dean, Zaara, Dillon and Jenita and took them back home to cook.
"Thanks for everything, are you sure you don't want to stay?" Jade asked and Hermione nodded.
"I have to make dinner, and I saw that Ron was in a really bad mood." Hermione said and Jade gave her a curious look. "I have no idea, but he came home looking very angry during lunch and left without telling me or kissing me goodbye." Hermione said and Jade's eyebrows rose to her hairline.
"Oh…I have to ask Draco what happened then." Jade said and Hermione nodded.
"Owl me if you find out because Ron would most likely not tell me by the way he was acting." Hermione said leaving. Right after she left, Jade saw Draco's car roll into the driveway and she smiled. She went downstairs and outside to the garage and opened the garage door for him. She moved to the side and saw him park his car and get out.
"Hey love." Jade said hugging him and found out that he looked upset. "What's wrong?" Jade asked and he shook his head not wanting to vent on her.
"Just a long day. That's all." he responded turning to her and kissing her sweetly.
"Okay…" Jade said not wanting to press further. "Remember I told you we have to go to the market?" Jade asked and he nodded. "Can we go now? We're all ready and I don't have any groceries and supplies ran out." Jade said.
"Sure. Let's go now." Draco said when they entered their home.
"Zaara! Get ready, we're going outside!" Jade said going to her bedroom.
"Where are we going Mum?" Zaara asked.
"Hogsmeade sweetie. Jenny, where are you?" Jade sang and Jenita made a small sound. Jade walked to Jenita's playpen and picked her up. "Hello doll." Jade said taking her to her room. She noticed that Draco was very quiet and didn't even greet his girls. He sat in their bedroom thinking about something that was definitely bothering him.
"All right, you're ready to go." Jade said taking her to her bedroom. "Honey, can you hold Jen please? I have to change." she said and he nodded taking her.
"Daddy…" she said babbling and singing to him.
After Jade changed, she got out and saw Draco stretched out on his bed with Jenita and Zaara on his chest.
"Apparate?" Draco asked and Jade nodded.
"Otherwise, you'll hassle with the car and Hogsmeade is right there." Jade said.
"Then go outside, and I'll lock this place down." Draco said.
They apparated off to Hogsmeade and Jade walked around Hogsmeade to buy things. There was a small fair and Jade enjoyed herself and saw Draco not paying attention to anything at all.
"You've been down the entire day…what the hell is going on?" Jade asked.
"Nothing." Draco said wanting to avoid the topic.
"Please Draco, seeing you like this really worries me. Please?" Jade asked.
"Do you have to know everything that's going on in my life? Let me be with my own problems, what's it to you? You came here to shop! Not to know how my fucking day went." Jade stood there stunned and stared at him.
"Jade…I'm so sorry." he said going to touch her arm and Jade shook it off.
"Don't touch me." she said shaking him off violently and leaving off feeling very embarrassed.
"Daddy? Why did you scream at Mummy?" Jenita asked in Jade's arms. Zaara stood there silently wishing that her father didn't turn out to be the other father Harry was.
"Why did you get so angry at Mum?" Zaara asked as they followed where Jade went.
"Daddy went through a lot of stress today that's why Daddy accidentally said those things to Mummy. I didn't mean it." Draco said and Zaara pursed her lips.
"I heard that if you give her an 'I'm sorry' gift, she'll be happy." Zaara suggested.
"Your mother will shove up my 'I'm sorry' gift up my arse. She's different and that's why I love her." Draco said and Zaara gave him a weird look. Jade at this point didn't want to shop for anything. Instead, she wanted to slap Draco and perhaps take a long nap. She felt her son kicking her inside and she stopped touching her stomach because she felt slight movement inside. Draco stood away in a safe distance and watched Jade look for the necessities for the house angrily.
"How dare he?" Jade said to herself.
"Hello Mrs. Malfoy, the usual I believe?" a salesperson asked.
"Yes, make it two please." Jade said in a bitter mood.
"Mummy! Daddy!" Jenita squealed reaching for her father.
"Look, Jen…" Jade said wanting her attention on some kittens nearby.
Harry was walking nearby and he spotted Jade with a small child on her arms. Seeing the little girls brown hair and gray eyes, he knew it was her child with Draco. Harry saw that Draco was talking to a tall girl and held her hand as they stopped near another stand. Jade grinned at something the little child was screaming at the kittens and he decided to make a greeting to her. Anger flooded through him knowing that no one else knew how horribly he spent those three years at the dark cells of Azkaban. It was her entire fault that he ended there and he knew a way to get back at her.
"Enjoying life are we?" he asked and Jade smiled turning around. Her smiled instantly dropped as she widened her eyes in pure horror, seeing him looking at her as thin as ever and ghastly pale. He was clean shaven and his hair was cut but 3 years in Azkaban really took a toll on his appearance.
"Three years…have you been happy?" he asked getting closer to her. Jade took a step back and Jenita turned and stared at the man in front of her.
"Hi!" she blurted out and his gaze turned to her.
"Hi…what's your name?" Harry asked and she showed him her teeth.
"Daddy!" she squealed.
"Why are you here?" Jade asked choking in her tears.
"Don't be scared Jade…I'm not here to hurt you. I've learned my ways. Where's Zaara?" he asked immediately. Jade blinked at him and felt a hand on her shoulder.
"How nice, you two have met, now leave." Draco said and Harry smirked.
"Where are your manners Malfoy? Won't you introduce me to your family?" Harry asked looking down at Jade's pregnant belly. "Oh, another child? What will it be?" Harry asked and Jade looked at Draco for help. Draco went to say something but was cut off.
"Dad, what color should those-whoa?" Zaara said looking up at Harry.
"Zaara?" Harry asked completely melting. He bent down to his daughter and loved the change. "Sweetheart, do you recognize me?" Harry asked quietly feeling hot tears rise in his eyes.
"Yes. You're Mr. Potter." Zaara said firmly. Harry blinked and shook his head smiling.
"I'm your-"
"Let me introduce you to my father…Draco Malfoy. He loves my Mum to death and he never hit her." Zaara said glaring at him.
"Zaara…that was before." Harry said and Zaara held Draco's hand.
"That was then…this is now." Zaara said tugging her father. "Come Daddy, I need your advice on a few things." Zaara said having nothing but pure hatred for the man in front of her with the same green eyes she had. Harry stood back to his place and saw the two leave and Jade was standing there with Jenita. People were staring at them and watched at what Jade said.
"Well, nice meeting you Harry. I have a family to attend to." Jade said leaving. Harry at that point was going insane. His blood was pumping through his veins and he was shaking from the anger and frustration that his own daughter spit in his face and left him there to rot.
Jade finished her shopping very quickly and made dinner, still in shock over seeing Harry two feet away from her in three years. She didn't notice that she picked up an extremely hot lid and it burned her fingers.
"AH!" Jade said dropping the lid. Tears erupted from the pain and it was hot pink. She wanted to hit something from the stupid mistake.
"Let me see." Draco said holding her hand and she jerked it away. "Jade stop it, just let me see what happened." Draco said and Jade let out an angry sigh.
"Let me be with my own problems, what's it to you?" Jade echoed the words he said earlier that day to her. Draco stood there getting a dose of his own medicine and started to get frustrated seeing her start to lose her sanity because of Harry.
"Fine." he said calmly leaving.
After Jade set everything on the table, she prayed that Draco wouldn't be a drama queen and say he wasn't hungry and go to sleep with an empty stomach. He knew how to play his cards with her, and to make her feel better, he ate knowing it calmed her down a little more. After tucking the children in, Draco walked to Jade who closed the lights and went to sleep. Draco lied down next to her and they both didn't touch either and didn't exchange a word. They had their backs turned against each other and Jade finally let her tears out. She felt guilty for treating Draco like this and also felt bad because he yelled at her for no reason at all. She also cried in fear of seeing Harry back and thinking of all the horrible things he would do to her children, her and Draco. She let out a small whimper and Draco heard. He turned around and Jade wiped her tears clutching the sheets.
"Jade." Draco said rolling over to his side and holding her. "I'm really sorry." he said and Jade turned to him and dug her face in his chest, sobbing hard. Draco never saw her break down like this before and this worried him. He held her through the night and told her he loved her which made her cry even more.
