Disclaimer: Characters are not mine they belong to JKR, but I wouldn't kick Draco out of my bed, if he so chose to show up.
Harry was walking back to his office at the Ministry, caught up in his thoughts. Ginny had been acting rather strange lately, not only since the Ministry ball. Unfortunately they had run into Malfoy and his wife. There had been quite some staring and some evil looks from his parts. Even after all this years Malfoy was still able to just rub him the wrong way.
'Back to my Ginny problem' he thought. He couldn't figure out what had gotten into his wife. She seemed so distant since Tasha was born. Normally he just shrugged it off, blamed it on the hormones. But the more he thought about it, he had to admit that there must be a deeper problem to it all. He just couldn't quite put his finger on it. Yes they had been fighting a lot, but which couple doesn't? They had three little kids that needed their constant attention and with his job as an Auror, he was more away than home to help Ginny. But still, there was something not right in his marriage and he was determined to get to the bottom of it all. Maybe he should owl Ron or Hermione to talk it all over.
Well, maybe not Ron. He was married to his sister after all. Not really a good idea. 'Hermione it is then.' Harry thought.
He was so deep in his thoughts that he didn't notice the person coming around the corner the same time he tried to walk around it too. After an almost collision he looked to see just who he ran into.
'Well, what are the odds?' he thought. He had run into just the person he needed.
"Hey Harry" Hermione said, "how are you?"
"I'm fine, thanks. What brings you all the way down here?"
"I wanted to pick you up for a late lunch, but if you're too busy, we can always reschedule" Hermione answered with a little frown.
Harry thought it was a great idea and crabbed his best friends hand to head out for a fast lunch.
Ginny was trying for probably the hundreds time to stop Oliver from trashing the flat. 'Boys will be boys' she thought. But if he came anywhere close to Mia's room again, she would have to lock it, or Mia would freak out when she came home from school this afternoon.
Tasha was sitting on the floor playing with her dolls, trying to get her brother to join her in playing family. He rather was playing with his Miniature Quidditch set that his uncle got him for his birthday last month. Ginny didn't blame him, since she would have picked the Quidditch set over the dolls any day.
She heard a light knock at the window and saw an owl with a letter in his beak, waiting for her to open the window. Ginny walked over and opened it, wondering who would be writing her so late in the day.
Taking some Owl treats from a bowl on a nearby desk, she exchanged the letter for the treats and turned the letter around to see from who it was. Ginny recognized the handwriting immidealtly and tore the envelope open. There were only two words written in it, but it made her world come crashing down anyway. Before it all went black and Ginny hit the floor, she looked at the words one more time..
" I'm sorry"
Harry and Hermione went to a small sandwich shop just around the corner from the Ministry in Diagon Alley and had settled outside to eat.
" 'Mione, I need to talk to you about something" Harry started, "It's about Ginny."
"Is she alright? She not sick, is she?" Hermione asked.
"No, no she fine. Well she's not sick, is what I'm trying to say. There is something else I've been wanting to talk to you about." Harry didn't know how to start. Hermione was sitting across from him, completely quite, waiting for him to continue.
'I have a feeling, I know where that is going' she thought. Ginny had told her before about her problems, but to actually her it from her best friend was something completely different.
"What's wrong Harry? You know you can tell me anything."
Harry took a deep breath and was just about to start, when Hermione's smile froze on her face.
"Don't turn around Harry, but Malfoy is coming over here"
It was useless to say 'Don't turn around' to someone, because 99 of the time, they will just do that. Harry definitely belonged to the 99 crowd, since he turned around instantly to look for him.
Sure enough, Malfoy was coming down the street with his arrogant stride, heading directly for them. He stopped in front of them, looking down, locking eyes with Harry.
"Potter! Well, well, what are you doing here? They let you out of the Ministry these days finally?"
"I'm having lunch, what does it look like?" Harry answered "And it's none of your business what's going on at the Ministry, unless you want us to make an official visit at your Mansion this evening."
Draco just had to chuckle at this one. It was so easy to get Potter irritated. Just like the good 'ole days at Hogwarts. He leaned down to Harry and almost whispered barely audible into his ear
"So, are you still together with that Weasel? Is she popping out the kids as fast as her mother? Or did you decide that you wouldn't add more of the Red Heads to spare the Wizarding World some agony?"
At that, Harry jumped up, drawing his wand and pointing it directly at Draco's face. Hermione was standing too, trying to get in between the two rivals to stop the situation from escalating.
"How dare you to speak like that about my wife!" Harry almost screamed. "It's none of your business if and how many children we have. Stay away from her and my family."
Draco was not surprised by Harry's outburst. He had seen it coming, since it was such a predictable reaction. Just a little more teasing and he'll be leaving Harry alone for now. After all he did have other things to do today.
" Oh, did I strike a cord here?" Draco asked. "so, how many are there by now? I hope they don't come all after their uncle, but Tasha seems to be a real beauty, striking eyes and all…"
It had slipped out before Draco could stop himself.
'Shit, shit, shit. She's going to kill me.'
A/N: I will try to update as much as I can, but I'm sharing a computer with someone, so I don't get as much time on it as I want right now.