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The Dragon's Egg
Thats So Raven
Chapter Four: Skylar's Birthday
The next morning Ginny woke up, at The Burrow, in her old bed. She stretched, lazily and smiled. She stood up quickly and walked out the door, the smell of bacon and eggs filling her nose enticing her downstairs.
She walked down the steps slowly, taking in all her surroundings. 'Oh Merlin, I've missed this place,' Ginny thought. When she entered the kitchen her mum was putting butter on some toast, "Morning Mum."
"Oh Good morning Gin! Sit down, have some breakfast! Today is going to be a big day!" Molly beamed.
"What...why?"
"I wrote to your brothers and told them that you were back! Percy is the only one that can't make it, he's still the same as ever."
"Oh, how fun." Ginny pouted once her mum turned around and sat down. She began thinking how her brothers and sisters-in-laws would react, Harry and Hermione included.
~*~
Draco woke up the next morning to an empty bed, "Bloody hell." He got out of his bed and checked her room, she wasn't there. He continued looking for her, but he didn't have to look very far. As he entered the dining room he saw Skylar sitting at the table eating bacon, eggs, and toast.
"Morning!" Skylar said happily while stabbing her fork into her pancake and putting it in her mouth.
"Good morning," Draco said taking a seat at the other end of the table. "Chives!"
A man came into the dining room, "You rang, sir?"
"Yes, get me some eggs and toast, no bacon."
"Right away, sir." Chives bowed causing his shaggy brown hair hanging in front of his face. He then turned around and left the room.
Skylar picked up her glass of pumpkin juice and drank from it, spilling some of it down the front of her night gown. She looked up at Draco, tears forming in her eyes.
"Don't tell me you're going to cry?" Skylar said nothing, "It's just pumpkin juice!"
"I' 'posed to be a big girl!"
"Big girls don't cry." Draco said as he made his way towards her. "Go up to your bathroom and wash off."
Skylar nodded her head, "Yes, father."
~*~
Bill and Fleur, Charlie and Tawny, Penelope, Fred and Angelina, George and Zoe, Ron and Luna, Penelope and last but not least Harry and Hermione were all in the Weasley's living room, awaiting Ginny's news. They all sat impatiently, after they had smothered Ginny with hugs, kisses and dozens of questions.
Ginny decided to go with the same news breaking tactic that she used with her parents. The worse response would probably come from Ron, so she put a silencing Charm on him.
"What did you have to tell us Gin?" Charlie has asked.
Ginny glanced at her mum who nodded her head encouragingly. "Well, I just wanted to tell you all that you're aunts and uncles." Ginny knew that didn't sound good. "Well what I mean is-" Ginny didn't get to finish because Charlie had walked up to her and hugged her. He placed his hand on her stomach.
Ginny blushed, "No Charlie, I'm not pregnant. I already was, three years ago." Ginny looked down at Charlie's hand as he slowly moved them away. Ginny sighed, "I'm sorry I never told you," She looked up into his eyes, water forming in her own.
"Oh Gin, don't cry." Bill said as he hugged her.
"I'm sorry," Ginny hugged him back. "I'm sorry for being a terrible sister!"
"Ginny, you were never a terrible sister." George assured her.
Ginny, sobbed into Bill's shoulder, "Yes I was. I left without telling you, and disappointed all of you."
Ron stood behind Bill moving his hands around frantically.
"Gin, you never disappointed us."
Ginny nodded her head before lifting it off of Bill's shoulder. She looked at Fred, "Yes I did. I got pregnant by Malfoy."
"You did what?" Fred asked.
"I'm sorry, I'm Sorry!" Ginny cried.
"Gin, it's okay," Charlie said as he hugged her.
"I would have preferred it to have been someone else, but if this is what you wanted, I'll be okay with it." George said. "It is what you wanted, right?"
Ginny wiped her face, "Yes, George, it is."
Ron eyes looked as though they would pop out of his head. He glared at Ginny and pointed at his mouth. Ginny took the silencing spell off of him, "Malfoy Gin!? Malfoy are you serious!?" Ginny looked at Bill, Fred and Charlie for help.
"Ron, don't make her sadder, just forget about it," Bill said.
"What? I can't forget about my sister liking a Malfoy and having a niece or nephew who is part evil!"
Ginny glared at Ron and raised her hand to smack him. Bill grabbed it before it could reach his youngest brother's face. "She is not evil! I don't ever want to hear you say that again!"
When Ron said nothing Bill punched him on the arm, "Ow!" Ron glared at his brother, "I'm sorry, Gin. Family is family." Ron looked at Ginny and tried his best to smile.
Ginny smiled up at him and hugged him, "I better get home. Draco and Skylar should be back today or tomorrow."
"Where did they go?" Ron asked.
"Um...they went to do some…father daughter bonding, this weekend and I told them I was going to come home and explain the whole...situation."
"And you have explained the whole situation, haven't you?" George asked.
"Well not the whole situation but, the more important parts." Ginny told her brothers who were now eyeing her, suspiciously, "But now I really have to go."
"Bye, Gin," Was chorused as she apperated to her house.
~*~
Ginny sat on the living room couch waiting for Skylar and Draco to arrive. She stood from the couch when she heard a small knock on the door. She walked to the door and knocked back.
Skylar laughed knocked again. Ginny let out a small chuckle, she knocked on the door four once more.
"Come on Virginia, open up."
Ginny unlocked the door and let them in, "Mummy!" Ginny picked up Skylar and kissed her on the forehead.
"Hey! How is my favorite daughter?"
"Mum, I'm your only daughter."
"I know that's what makes you my favorite. Did you have fun at your father's house?"
Skylar nodded, "We went to lunch and I got new robes!"
Ginny smiled, but looked at Draco when Skylar mentioned getting a robe. "Skylar, will you go in your room and wait for me to give you a bath? I have to talk with your father about something."
Skylar nodded and looked at both of her parents before going upstairs to her room.
Ginny motioned for Draco to sit down on the sofa. She took a seat on the sofa across from him.
"I talked to my family this weekend. I told them about you and Skylar and I thought it would be a good idea to have Skylar's birthday party at the burrow. With you there of course." Ginny told him.
"Is that all?"
"Well...I didn't tell them how Skylar came to be, with Lavender's party and everything." The tile on Ginny's floor had never seemed so interesting before now, "And...I kind of told them we were together and...Err...um...I told them that I...err...love you." Ginny blushed.
Draco smirked at her reddened face, "I see…if I went you would want me to act as though I were in love with you?"
Ginny nodded, "Wait...what do you mean if?"
"I haven't exactly accepted your invitation, have I?"
"What? Malfoy, you have to!" Ginny glared at him.
"Correction, I don't have to do anything." Draco stood up and walked into Skylar's room.
She turned around when she heard the door open. Draco picked her up, and sat her on her bed.
"Skylar. I have to go home. I'll be back on Thursday."
"Pwomise?" Draco nodded.
"Goodnight Skylar, see you on Thursday." Draco kissed the top of her head and went back down stairs.
"Good Bye Draco. You better be here on Thursday."
"It's not my fault you lied to your parents."
"I can not believe you, Malfoy." Ginny said to Draco as he apperated home.
~*~
Ginny sighed and leaned back on her feet as she sat on the floor. "Skylar put it on for mummy. Please?"
"Uh-Uh! Daddy said I could wear pwetty robes!"
"Maybe he did say that, but the robes are with father and he's not here. Is he?"
Skylar pouted, "He'll be here as soon as you break that cup in the kitchen."
"Okay, let's just wait until he gets here and I won't be breaking any cups in the kitchen."
"Okay mummy." Skylar put on her best smile for her mum.
Ginny walked into her room to get dressed. She put on a green dress that came just above her knees with black high heels and her hair up in a sloppy bun.
When Ginny heard the kettle go off she went to the kitchen and took out a cup. She mad a cup of tea and took a sip; just as it entered her mouth it burned her tongue. She dropped the cup, causing it to hit the ground and break. "Bugger." She said as she looked down at her stained skirt.
Just then she heard the door bell ring. She went to go answer it and then stopped. "No, it can't be." She opened the door and saw Draco, "Bloody Hell."
"Now, that's not a nice way to greet your love." Draco said stepping into the house.
"Skylar's in her room. I have to go and get changed." Ginny went to her room to look for clothes. "Washing on Friday's, damn it." She looked through her wardrobe and couldn't find anything but one dress, 'How embarrassing,' she thought as she took out the dress and put it on.
When Draco walked into Skylar's room, she jumped off of her bed and hugged his leg, "Happy Birthday. "
Skylar smiled, sweetly, "Thank you."
Draco looked down at her clothes, "Is that what you're wearing?"
"No, mummy wants me to wear a dress, 'Cause she said we are going to see my family." Skylar stopped talking and looked up at Draco, "I've never seen my family."
"Don't worry, you'll love them." Draco assured his daughter, "Are you wearing your new robes?"
"Did you bring them?"
Draco's teeth clenched, "No, I didn't. I forgot."
Skylar frowned, "Its okay, I think."
"How about you wear the nice dress today and then tomorrow when you're with me, you can wear the robe." Draco told her. As of today Skylar was four years old, and she already like fashion.
"Okay!" Skylar jumped out of his arms and grabbed a dress off of her bed.
It was red and frilly at the bottom and it stopped just below her knees.
She walked to her dresser and pulled out red dress socks that had white ruffles on the end when they were folded down. "Can you help me wiff this?"
Draco looked around for any sign of Ginny, "Skylar, I don't really know how to get those things on." Skylar frowned and Draco sighed, "Okay, okay. Do…whatever it is that you have to do before you put this…thing on."
Skylar giggled and took of her trousers and top. Draco picked up the dress, "Arms up." He slipped her arms through the arm holes and pulled it down. Skylar stepped back and sat on the floor to put on her socks. After her socks she put on her shiny, black shoes, "I like these shoes." Skylar said as she stood and she and Draco began to walk out of the hall.
"Why is that?"
"They click when I walk down the halls!" Skylar beamed.
Ginny walked back into the living room and told them it was time to leave. She took Skylar's left hand and Draco took her right. Ginny locked the door as they walked out the house.
They sat in the car, listening to soft music. Ginny instructed Draco where to go. They would have flooed, but Skylar had never flooed before and Ginny didn't want Skylar's dress to get dirty
When they reached the front door Ginny looked down at Skylar, her red hair in two curly pig tails. Skylar looked up at her mum and smiled.
Ginny did the code knock on the door. When she opened it the whole place was dark. Skylar grabbed Draco's hand and he picked her up as Ginny shut the door behind them.
"Mummy, Daddy it's too dark in here. I don't like it." Draco lowered Skylar's head to his shoulder.
"Surprise!"
The lights turned on and Skylar looked around the room, smiling. It was filled with people she had obviously never seen before.
"Happy Birthday!" They yelled again.
Molly Weasley quickly walked over to Skylar and took her from Draco's arms, "Hullo! I'm Molly, your Grandma, but you can call me Grams."
The family took turns walking up to Skylar and introducing themselves. Draco took a seat and watched them all. One of Ginny's brothers made his way towards Draco and he straightened up in his seat.
"Draco, I'm Bill," he said, extending his hand.
"Bill, it's nice to meet you." Draco shook his hand and forced himself to smile.
Bill pulled Draco up to his feet and introduced him to the rest of the family. Everyone seemed nice, with the exception of Ron, of course.
"Malfoy," he said.
"Ronald." Draco smirked.
"If you harm her in any way, I swear you'll regret it."
"Do you think I would actually harm the mother of my child? What do you take me for? And idiot?" Draco asked.
"Actually I-" Ron was cut off by Luna.
"Ron, don't answer that. Let's go, everyone is heading outside."
Once they all were outside Fred and George used fireworks to light up the sky and spell, "Happy Birthday Skylar." In red and green sparks
A little while later everyone sat down at a rather large table. It had to be enormous to fit all of the children and their parents.
Nearly everyone had children, though Molly was still waiting for Ron and Luna, George and Zoe, and Harry and Hermione to deliver her some good news.
Bill and Fleur had two children: Honest and Heaven, twins, whom Fleur got to name. Charlie and Tawny had one daughter, Ariel. Percy and Penelope were the parents of two fraternal twins, Justin and Julia. Fred and Angelina had one daughter, Victoria.
All children, except for Skylar and Victoria, were older than six. Victoria who was five and Skylar, who of course was now four.
Dinner went along smoothly, everyone making light conversation, "So Draco, where do you work?" Charlie asked him.
"Well, being the only heir to the Malfoy fortune, I am now the director of Malfoy Inc. We own several businesses. Though I am actually trying to start a new business myself."
"What kind of business would that be?"
"A quidditch shop, where everything is about Quidditch."
Ron snickered, earning a punch in the ribs from his wife, "Ron, be nice!" Luna scolded.
After dinner soft music began to play, and Skylar was taken by her mischievous twin uncles.
Skylar giggled as her Uncle Fred handed her a wand. She wrapped her small hands around it and walk towards Draco.
"Hi daddy," she tugged on his trousers and smiled up at him. He turned away from his conversation with Bill.
"Hi," Draco said.
"Daddy...can I practice somefin on you?" She asked sweetly.
"Depends on what it is." Skylar took the wand out from her back and motioned for Draco to lean down and he did. She placed the tip of the wand on his nose and a lady bird appeared, she then placed them all over his face.
Draco ended up swatting them all away in the end. He picked Skylar up and walked to the dance floor, "Silly little girl."
He put Skylar down on the floor and she stepped on his shoes. Inside Draco grimaced, 'Damn, I just bought these!' He placed his hand on her back and they moved around the dance floor.
"Skylar, Skylar!" Some of the other children called and she ran over to them.
Draco walked towards Ginny and put his right hand on the small of her back and brought her closer to him, "There is something oddly familiar about that dress." He whispered in her ear.
Ginny leaned back and smacked him on the arm playfully. "Malfoy!"
He let out a small chuckle, "There is, I thought I saw it in Witch Weekly."
"Let's dance!" She grabbed his hand and pulled him onto the dance floor.
They slowly moved together across the floor, when out of nowhere Draco dipped Ginny. When he brought her back up her face was red, "Next time you could give me a warning, you know."
Draco smirked, "In some places dipping is considered a form of foreplay."
Ginny blushed, "What's with you tonight? Did you use some sort of nice potion?"
"Something like that." Draco said as the song ended and they were called into the house to open presents.
After presents had been opened and the cake was eaten, Draco, Ginny, and Skylar went home.
After tucking Skylar in, Ginny walked Draco to his car, "Thanks for coming Draco."
"What, you didn't think I would seriously miss my daughter's fourth birthday party, did you?"
"No." Draco stopped at his car door and turned around to look at her.
"Are you doing anything this weekend?" Draco asked.
Ginny shook her head, "No, why?"
"Do you want to go out to dinner? We could leave Skylar with your mother."
Ginny blushed. She had been asked out on dates before but it just felt strange being asked out by the father of her daughter.
Ginny raised an eyebrow, "Just last week I could have sworn you hated me, and don't think Skylar didn't tell me about your weekend, because she did. And now you're asking me out to dinner?"
Draco nodded his head, "Basically….yes."
Ginny shook her head, "I'll have dinner with you, but this is in no way a date. We need to set some ground rules about Skylar."
"Saturday at seven sound good?" Ginny nodded, "It's a date." He smirked
"It's not a date!"
"Keep telling yourself that, Weasley."
"You are the most infuriating person I know!"
Draco smiled as he got in his car, "Glad I could be of some use."
Ginny glared at him as he pulled out of the drive way. After watching his car go down the road she went back into the house to take a nice, long bath.
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Chapter five, I believe. I hope you liked it and Draco seems a bit soft, but he did have to put on an act for the Weasley's after all. But the asking her out bit, that was from the last time I wrote this story, and for the story to make sense he has to ask her out at this point and time. So I'll try and etch him up a bit. Do you think he's too soft, or what? Sorry if the spacing is weird too :-/
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