Draco came home to an empty house. Or so he figured. Ginny was lying across the couch, munching on some random crisps, staring at a blank wall. She crunched on a crisp when Draco placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Do you want to go out and eat, lovely?" Draco massaged her shoulder.
"No. I think I just want to stay here…"
"Are you sure?" Draco asked, taking his hand back.
"Yes…" Ginny leaned over and brought a blanket up over her head, crisps falling all over the floor.
"Come on, Ginny. We have to do something!" Draco pelted a crisp at Ginny, causing her to peek out of the covers.
"Hey!" she shouted, grabbing the crisp and eating it. Draco suddenly grabbed the blanket that was covering her and ripped it off.
"Stop being selfish, Ginevra." He said fiercely as he walked to the bedroom and slammed the door.
"Touchy." Ginny muttered as she pulled the blanket over herself again.
The week went by extremely slow for Ginny and Draco. They were in a rut, and all they could do was tolerate each other. It was one night, when Draco came home from work when Ginny wasn't in fact sleeping on the couch that Draco got a little worried.
"Ginny?" He called.
"In here!" he heard her voice coming from the bedroom. He dropped his things, and hurried to the room. What he saw left him open-mouthed. Ginny was leaning against the bathroom door, all dressed up in the most sluttish clothes she had. She was wearing a black corset (tied loosely for the belly bulge), lace panties, and her hair was in curls, cascading down the front of her, and her back.
"Draco." She whispered seductively, walking over to him, "I'm sorry about the way I have been acting…"
"What about the way you're acting now?"
"But Draco-" She protested.
"I mean, you look great and everything, but it's not you. You're not being the woman I fell in love with." Ginny's eyes were daggers at Draco's now.
"The woman you fell in love with…was pregnant. As I am again. Deal with it! I'm sick of trying to deal with it and its making me insane!" she ripped off her corset, leaving her torso exposed. She went up to him and grabbed his hand. She brought it to her stomach, over the Dark Mark. Draco took his hand away because it was too hot.
"That is not normal is it? Yet through this I know Artemis is still alive. Don't ask me how. I just know. And it really hurts to see that you're going to work and trying to forget about this nonsense when our daughter is missing!"
"Do you know what I do at work, Ginny? I spend more than half my hours using all my resources to try and find her. Every. day. So don't tell me I'm trying to forget about her, when I'm trying to get her back!" With that Ginny slapped Draco hard across the face. Draco looked at Ginny with intent in his eyes. Ginny brought hands cupped over her mouth.
"I'm sorry."
Draco bit his lip, and then walked away, leaving the topless Ginny to stand alone. She turned into the bathroom, and slid her hand across the countertop quickly, flinging everything off the counter, crashing to the floor. She leaned against the wall and slid down to cry, bringing her knees to cry against. Draco heard her sobbing and came to the bathroom doorway. He frowned and sat by her, putting his arm around her.
"I think, if we work together, we can get through this, Gin." He took her hand and kissed it. He lovingly stroked her palm with his thumb. She looked at him with tears in her eyes. She moved in front of him, and straddled his legs. She hugged him, and then brought her face close to his, touching noses.
"I hate you." she laughed, wiping tears from her eyes. Draco chuckled.
"I hate you too." Draco replied, bringing both their laughter in an adoring kiss.