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Chapter 25

It was early. She wasn't sure exactly what time it was, but the feel of morning poured from her surroundings, even though only moonlight peered through the window. She wasn't sure how long she'd been asleep. Hours, days? It couldn't have been long, her whole body still ached. Sleep tugged at her eyelids, but something pushed her to stay awake so she gingerly pushed herself up so she was sitting.

The past few days had been hectic. After her water had broken days earlier, she and Harry had rushed to the hospital, and now her body could relax after giving birth to a beautiful baby girl. Her entire family had come to visit: her parents, Ron and Hermione, Percy, Bill, Charlie and even George. Both James and Albus had been very confused about a baby sister. They didn't understand why they couldn't pick her up and play with her and, even though Harry explained it over a hundred times, Albus would still try to stick his fingers up the baby's nose.

The baby's name was Lily, and she was perfect; ten little fingers and ten little toes and perfect smooth baby skin. Ginny glanced over at the bassinette where the new baby slept quietly. A smile crossed Ginny's lips and she was about to drift off to sleep when the door slid open and a black figure slipped in.

"Draco?" Ginny asked hesitantly.

"Hey love," Draco sat next to her on the bed and stroked her cheek gently. "Are you ok?"

"Yes, I'm fine," Ginny smiled up at him and leaned against his hand, "How are you?"

"I'm ok," he smiled back. "How did everything go?"

"It went great," said Ginny, shrugging, "She was easier than James and Albus. My body hurts, but everything was fine."

"Great." And finally, she'd been waiting since he came in the room, he kissed her. Even though it hurt, she wrapped her arms around him and pulled him close to her, trying to touch every part of him that she could reach. He groaned and kissed her back, letting his arms slide around her waist. It had been weeks since she'd seen him, let alone kissed him. Harry had been insistent that Ginny stay at home the last month of her pregnancy and that there be someone with her every minute of every day to tend to her every need. When he finally broke the kiss he let his lips linger on hers and he gently bit her lower lip, teasing her before saying, "God, I missed you." The tender contact of his lips brushing against hers made Ginny's head spin.

She could feel his chest rising and falling against hers as she said, "I missed you too." Then, suddenly, a soft cry emerged from the bassinette. Reluctantly she pulled away from him and turned to nod at the bassinette. "She's over there. Her name is Lily."

Draco glanced over and hesitantly stood up before walking over. He peered down and then stared back up at Ginny, shocked. Ginny nodded, tears pooling in her eyes. Draco carefully lifted the baby out and carried her over to the bed. He sat next to Ginny and gently quieted the baby until she was looking up at them, bright crystal blue eyes shining in the dark. "She's beautiful Ginny." Draco stroked Lily's smooth, pale cheek.

"Draco," Ginny wiped tears off her cheeks, "She's yours. She's your daughter."

"I know," Draco said quietly. He lovingly held Lily in one arm tightly against his chest and wrapped his other arm around Ginny. "What do you think we should do?"

Ginny shrugged, "I don't know. Harry doesn't even suspect that Lily isn't his. And my family," she sighed, "My mum is convinced that Harry and I have the perfect family." She leaned against him and closed her eyes, "Sometimes my family is such a headache."

Draco chuckled, "Well, I have something for Lily." He carefully put the baby back in her crib before pulling something out of his pocket. He lay down beside Ginny in her bed and held out the long necklace for her. Ginny gasped and held out her hand. He dropped it and the large dragon pendant landed softly. "Where did you find this?" Ginny asked, "I've been looking for it for years!"

"You left it at my house when you moved out," Draco said softly, "I found it a few years later and Olivia threatened to take me to the hospital because I obsessed about it for weeks. I didn't know if I should send it to you; try to give it to you in person or what. I was confused." He folded Ginny's hand around the necklace, "But it's rightfully yours, and I'd like Lily to have it."

"It's wonderful," Ginny leaned up to kiss him gently.

He kissed her back and then said, "I should probably get going. I have to be at work in a few hours."

"Ok," Ginny kissed him again, "We'll meet in a few weeks to talk about what to do, ok?" Draco nodded and then kissed her once more before leaving.

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"God, these months have been crazy," Ginny sighed and leaned against Draco's shoulder. He kissed her forehead gently, but stayed silent, giving her the freedom to continue. "I thought things might change after my third child. I thought Harry would start being a better father and I thought Albus and James might calm down a little, but," she shrugged, "Nothing has changed. Harry is spending more time at work than at home and almost no time with the kids. They've gone weeks without seeing him. Lily is wonderful, she's a quiet, easy baby to take care of, but Albus and James. God, they're driving me crazy!"

"Yeah, I can understand that," Draco said.

"You're lucky, you only have one, and he's only five," Ginny groaned. "I have two and one of them is seven and is constantly encouraging the other to go wild."

Draco chuckled and said, "Maybe you should bring Albus over to play with Scorpius. It would do him some good to hang out with a boy his own age."

Ginny smiled and said, "Thanks for the offer, but I think it would confuse Albus way too much. Scorpius is already calling me mommy. What would Albus think?"

"When are you going to tell Harry that Lily is my daughter?" Draco asked carefully.

"I don't know," Ginny sighed, "Things are so crazy now and I really don't' want to hurt Harry or my family."

"I know, but Ginny, she is my daughter and it's not fair to me that I can't treat her like my daughter," Draco insisted.

"Well, Draco, I don't think it's fair that you expect me to destroy my family," Ginny retorted.

"Ginny, from everything you've been saying, you're family is already destroyed, especially if Harry barely spends any time at home," Draco said harshly.

Ginny stared up at him, shocked. "Draco, I can't believe you would say something like that! What would you like me to do? Leave Harry? Break up my family? Confuse my children?"

"Yes, that's exactly what I'd like you to do!" Draco said loudly. "Ginny, you aren't happy with him! You have two children with him and he never spends time with them! Here I am, asking you to spend the rest of your life with me! You're the love of my life and because of that I love and care for your children too! Leave Harry, come and live with me, marry me!"

"How can you expect me to just leave my family?" Ginny yelled, "That's not fair Draco!"

"No, do you know what's not fair?" Draco snapped. "You come to me and expect me to love you. You want me to hold you and keep you safe and then you leave me every night and walk into the arms of another man while I get to stay here by myself, wondering where you are and what you're doing! You get to have a life, Ginny, but I have to keep everything secret! To the world, you're the perfect housewife and I'm a man who goes through wives like candy bars! That's what's not fair, Ginny!"

Ginny glared at him and crawled out of bed, "I'm going to go."

"Fine," he grabbed his boxers from beside the bed and slipped into them before walking into the bathroom and slamming the door. Ginny pulled her clothes on and stomped over to the fireplace before flooing away.

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"Are you ok?" Draco asked quietly.

"I'm fine," Ginny mumbled. She rolled over in bed so she was facing away from him. She hadn't seen Draco in weeks, not since their fight. Now, she was curled up in his bed, late one Friday night. He had invited her over weeks earlier, but she hadn't responded. She didn't want to see him, but this morning she had met with Luna for coffee and Luna convinced her to go see him.

"Tell me what's wrong?" Draco moved closer to her and wrapped his arms around her. "It's like you don't even want to be here with me."

"I'm still upset Draco," Ginny tried to pull away from him, but he turned her over so she would look up at him. "I'm so confused and I've been confused and all you did was yell at me."

"I'm sorry," he said honestly, "But I feel like you want everything and you won't compromise." She glared at him and he said, "You want to have the perfect family, and you don't to hurt your family, but in the process of not hurting your family, you're hurting me."

Ginny sighed and pulled herself out of his arms and stood up before adjusting the clothes she still wore. "I think you're being really unfair."

"Of course you do," Draco said, sighing. He swung his long legs over the side of the bed and tried to touch her hip gently.

She pulled away from him and said, "You really upset me Draco. I don't want to throw away my marriage for nothing."

"So now I'm nothing to you?" Draco snapped.

"That's not what I mean Draco," Ginny insisted, "You know you're not nothing to me, but I don't want to end up as just another one of Draco Malfoy's wives. I want to know that it's all real."

"Fuck, Ginny, you know you mean more to me than any other woman on earth," Draco yelled, "I don't know why you're being so stupid about this!"

"I'm being stupid because I want to protect my children?!" Ginny yelled back.

"I don't want to talk about this anymore," Draco sighed and walked out of the room. "You're being unreasonable."

"Fine," Ginny snapped. "I'll see you later." She turned and flooed away.

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The wind blew her hair softly. Fall had come early that year and leaves piled on the ground. Tears spilled down her cheeks and the other people in the park walked past her, ignoring her. Most of them probably didn't see her; she was slumped down against a rock wall, her knees pulled up to her chest. Her chest heaved; she couldn't catch her breath. How could it be over so quickly? How could she actually have said the things she did?

She hadn't said anything yet, but he saw the look in her eyes, "Ginny, don't do this. Listen to me, we can get past this, and you know we can. Please."

But she had ignored him and said, "Draco, we need to talk."

She had acted on impulse. The past few days had been horrible. She seemed to fight with everyone she met; Draco, Harry, and even Luna. An ice had seemed to settle over her heart and the anger boiled inside. Even the thought of Draco made her clench her fists.

"Ginny, no, don't say it," he begged, "We can fix this. Forget the past few days, forget everything. I love you and you love me. That's all that matters, right?"

She stared up at him blankly, but his eyes, which drilled down into her, held a million and one emotions. Finally after a moment she took a deep breath and said strongly, "This isn't working, Draco."

The scene replayed in her head over and over again and only made her sob even harder. Why had she said it? She had lost him once, what could make her be so stupid to push him away again?

He didn't give her a chance to continue. Instead he turned on his heel and walked away, not saying a word to her, but she had seen it in his eyes. Pain, anger, frustration. She knew he loved her, but she watched his back as he walked away, not even trying to stop him

The empty space in her heart seemed to move down her stomach and she tried to take a deep breath, but she couldn't. For the second time in her life she'd let Draco Malfoy, her soul mate, walk away and she knew that this time it was truly over.

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A/N: This is kind of a short chapter, but I hope you all liked it (I doubt you did… lol)… It's actually really boring and has a quick ending, but I'm not in the mood to write another long break up scene. Please review. I'll have the next chapter up soon…