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The Dragon's Egg
Thats So Raven
Chapter Five: The Date
Saturday night came around quickly and before Ginny knew it she was dropping Skylar off at Percy's house. Ginny found out that the aunts and uncles took turns looking after the children, leaving Molly and Arthur to have some time alone.
"I'll be back tomorrow about mid-day to pick her up, thank you again. And Penelope, may Merlin be with you tonight!"
Penelope laughed, "Don't worry, I love children, have fun tonight."
Ginny kissed Skylar on the forehead then left back to her house to get ready.
'What to wear, what to wear?' Ginny thought. 'Hmm, casual? Dressy? Classy? I don't know.' Ginny sighed. She looked through her wardrobe again until she found a short grey skirt and a white blouse to go with it.
She put on a very small amount of make up again. She never really liked it that much, it hides the real beauty. If you cover your face with loads of make up, you must be extremely ugly, like Pansy Parkinson for one. Ginny put on a little bit of blusher, so that when she blushed it wouldn't be as noticeable.
Ginny was tapping impatiently on the table in front of the long sofa, when she heard the door bell ring. 'Gods and Goddesses what am I getting myself into?' Ginny asked herself as she opened the door.
Draco was there with a white rose in his hand, which he handed to her. "Thank you," she let him come in.
"Are you ready?"
"One moment." She said as she looked for a vase, poured water in it and placed the rose inside of it. She grabbed her handbag off the worktop and they both left the house.
Draco opened the car door for her, "Thank you." Ginny said as she sat down. Draco walked around to the other side of the car and got in. He put the key into the ignition and they drove off.
When they arrived, Draco opened the door for Ginny, earning another thanks. Ginny looked up and saw the name on the restaurant it read: The George and Vulture. They walked in and were almost immediately seated. Ginny sat down on one side of the booth, expecting Draco to sit on the other side, instead he slid in right next to her. She tried not to be noticeable as she inhaled and smelled his aftershave.
"G'day," a girl with an Australian accent said. "The name's Nirvana. What can I get you two to
drink?"
Ginny looked up at the girl, "Um...sorry do I know you from somewhere?"
"Virginia Weasley?" she asked, Ginny nodded. "Oh so sorry, I didn't recognize you! I'm your neighbor! Nirvana Reynolds."
"I thought I knew you from somewhere. You just moved in down the road, is that right?" Nirvana nodded and she and Ginny talked for a little bit.
"Sorry sir, what can I get you to drink?" Nirvana asked again.
"I'll have pink lemonade please,"
"And you?"
"Same," Ginny said.
"I'll be right back with your drinks," Nirvana wrote it down and then left to go and get the drinks.
Ginny began to laugh; Draco looked at her, puzzled. "What?" He asked.
"I just find it funny that 'The great Draco Malfoy, Slytherin Extraordinaire' drinks pink lemonade of all things. It's not a very manly drink, or color."
Draco glared, "Would you rather I drank Bacardi and Coke instead?" He smirked.
"Fuck off," Ginny told him.
"I'd rather not," Nirvana came back with the drinks.
"Thank you." Ginny said as she set her drink down in front of her.
"You're welcome. Would you two like a starter?"
Draco looked at Ginny, "What are you looking at me for?"
"Do you want a starter or not?"
"Oh, no thanks I'm ready to order."
"Alright then, what can I get you?" Nirvana took out her notepad so she could write down the orders.
"I'll have the Shrimp with the Fettuccini Alfredo," Ginny said.
"And I'll have the salmon."
"What kind of side would you like?"
"Mashed potatoes."
"Alright, I'll be back in a few minutes with your food."
Draco and Ginny nodded as Nirvana walked away, "About Skylar…" Ginny began.
"Yes, about Skylar…I've been meaning to tell you something." Ginny turned in the booth so she could look at Draco. "As you know, I am a Malfoy."
Ginny rolled her eyes, "Has there ever been a day where you let me forget it?"
Draco smirked and continued, "In the Malfoy family it's not exactly proper to have a child and not be married to the mother-"
"Absolutely not!" Ginny shook her head, "I am not marrying you."
"Do you really have a choice?"
"Do you really think you should even have to ask me that?" Ginny glared at him before continuing. "Malfoy, I came to have dinner with you, talk about Skylar, and maybe get to know the father of my daughter better, please don't make this any harder than it already is."
Draco stood and sat on the other side of the booth, "What about Skylar do you wish to speak of?"
"For one, I have never taken Skylar to Diagon Alley. I would have appreciated it if you had at least asked me if it was alright."
"I don't feel the need to ask you if it's okay for me to take my daughter to a place she should have been introduced to since day one. Not in some bloody story you told her."
"She's my daughter too. I need to be aware of where she is!"
"Do you not trust me with her?" Draco arched an eyebrow.
Ginny shook her head, "I wouldn't be shocked if she told me she felt safer around you." She then sighed, "It's not that I don't trust you, but I tend to worry about her more than I should."
"She's a clever girl; she'd know what to do if she were ever in danger."
Ginny nodded her head in agreement, "She is clever, especially for someone her age."
Draco smirked, "That must be from my genes." Draco said.
"Don't kid yourself."
"I'm not kidding. The clever genes come from me. She must get some of her good looks from her mother, though." Ginny began to blush as Nirvana set their plates down in front of them.
Draco chuckled, causing Ginny to turn even redder, "It's not funny."
"Why are you blushing?"
"Well…I don't get complimented often."
"Come on, I bet a lot of your male employee's compliment you often."
"Yeah, but I can't tell if they're being serious, or if they just want a pay raise." Draco chuckled, again, "Well there was one guy that I did end up going out with. He taught me never go out with employees."
"Why what happened?" Draco asked, while cutting his salmon.
Ginny wrapped some of the fettuccini around her fork and said, "He was a really nice guy, his name was Bryant. He had short black hair that was a little curly and he had the most gorgeous blue eyes I have ever seen. He was the tall, dark, handsome, and mysterious type of guy."
"I asked what happened not what he looked like." Draco said.
"Right, sorry. Well we went out for like a month or two and before we knew it rumors were flying around like crazy about me being pregnant by him, him only going out with me to get a pay raise and other idiotic things like that. It got to the point where I just suggested we stopped seeing each other and that he find a new job. Ever since then I think he's hated me and maybe even vowed for revenge. He thought I was in love with him or something."
"Did you really sleep with him?" Nirvana walked by the table to see if they needed refills, Draco looked up at her and could have sworn that for a second her eyes were red. They told her no and then she left.
Ginny glared at Draco, "I hardly think that is any of your business."
"Seeing as how you are the mother of my daughter, I think your business is my business."
"Yes, when it comes to Skylar, not of my personal business."
"Right…sorry," Draco said not sarcastically and went back to eating his food.
They ate in silence until Ginny spoke up, "No."
"No what?"
"No, I didn't sleep with him."
Draco grinned, 'I always get my way.'
Nirvana came back and said, "Are you both finished?"
"Yes," Ginny answered.
"Great!" Nirvana started to pick up the plates and place them along her arm,
"Would you two like a desert?"
"We'll get back to you." Nirvana nodded and went into the kitchens.
"Do you want some ice cream?" Ginny asked.
"I don't know. Depends what kind they have." He picked up the menu and looked through it. "Hmmm I've found what I want."
"What?"
"Chocolate cake with chocolate syrup and then vanilla ice cream comes with it."
"Okay, get that and we can share it, as long as you don't care about catching any Weasley filth," Ginny joked.
"I'd say I got enough of that about four years ago."
Ginny tried her best to hide her blushing, "Infuriating git."
Draco smirked and told Nirvana what they wanted once she walked by again.
~*~
Skylar had just finished eating her dinner, spaghetti, with her cousins. They were upstairs in the bonus room playing games. Then the subject of quidditch came up.
"I like quidditch too it's wicked." Justin said.
"So I do! I'm going to be the best quidditch player there ever was!" Victoria exclaimed.
"No you can't be because you're a girl."
"Yes I can!" Victoria shouted standing up and dropping one of her dolls.
"Anything boys can do girls can do better," Julia yelled at her twin.
"No they can't, girls are stupid!" Justin said standing up and pushing Victoria.
"Stop fighting!" Heaven, the oldest, yelled.
"Honestly, don't you know fighting will get you no where?" Honest said.
Heaven then added, "But you all need to stop fighting, it's really pointless and I don't even like quidditch. I think it's stupid."
"Well no one asked for you two knuts!" Justin yelled. "Just because you don't like quidditch means we have to stop liking it too!"
"I never said you had to stop liking it! I just said I didn't." Heaven said trying to stay calm, she
really did love her cousins, but sometimes they could get very annoying.
"It's alright for her to think diffewntly than you all," Skylar said, "It's sort of like me liking macaroni and cheese, and Ariel likes Macaroni and beef."
"Skylar that's not quite it, but close." Heaven said.
"Alright munchkins time for bed." Percy said as he walked up the stairs.
"Awwww," they chorused as they walked into rooms to prepare for bed.
~*~
Draco and Ginny both got in the car and drove to Ginny's house.
Draco walked around the car and opened up Ginny's door, "Thanks."
"You're welcome." He said as they walked to the front door. "Well..."
"I had a really great time Draco."
"Yeah me too. Tomorrow, are you picking up Skylar...?"
Ginny's eyes widened for a second, "Oh I forgot she was going to stay with you. It's nearly been three weeks and I still can't remember."
"It's all right, I'll pick her up. I can just drive...or floo right?"
"You can floo, I'll tell Percy that you'll be coming instead of me." Ginny turned around and opened her door. "Sit down." She walked over to the fire place and threw in some floo powder, "J & J's White Rose!"
Seconds later, Percy's head appeared in the fire place, "Hullo Gin. Home from your date already?"
"Hey, Perce. Tomorrow Draco is going to pick up Skylar instead of me, okay?"
Percy's flamed head nodded, "That's great. By the way, how was your date with him? He didn't do anything to you did he?"
Ginny blushed, "No he didn't. But he is sitting on the couch behind me." Ginny took a step back.
"Oi, Malfoy didn't see you there."
"Nice to see you too."
"I'll be seeing you tomorrow. Good night." And with that his head disappeared.
"Still over protective I see." Draco said.
"No" Ginny shook her head, "he was just asking." She turned around to look at Draco.
Draco took a few steps towards Ginny so that he was in front of her, "I had an alright time with you tonight,
Weasley. Surely we will do it again, sometime?"
Ginny blushed and nodded, "Believe it or not, I enjoyed myself too. It would be nice to get to know you more."
"I'll owl you sometime. And I really will owl you, unlike someone I know."
Ginny laughed, "Oh, Shut up."
Draco smirked and kissed Ginny on the cheek, "I better get going," He said and made his way to the door. "I'll see you soon."
Ginny watched him as he walked to his car and drove off; she looked at the house to the right of hers and looked away but did a double take. 'What the fuck was that?' Ginny blinked, she must have been seeing thins, 'You did not just see a pair of red eyes staring out the window alright? You're just hallucinating.'
She closed the door and walked off into her room.
~*~
Draco woke up early the next morning; he took a shower, got dressed and then ate breakfast. He checked his watch and saw that it was 10:30, "Time to get Skylar." He said to himself.
He walked to the fire place that was in the library, grabbed some floo powder, and stepped into the flames. "J & J's White Rose!"
Seconds later he was on the floor of Percy's living room. "Hullo Draco," Penelope said as she helped him up.
"Hi, thanks. How are you?"
"As good as you can be when you have about eight children running around your house."
"I hope Skylar wasn't a problem."
"Oh no, she's just the sweetest little thing!"
Draco heard a stampede of footsteps on the next floor, "That'll be the children now." Draco turned to look at Percy who entered from a different room. "Morning Draco."
"Good morning Percy."
"Daddy, Daddy!" Draco saw Skylar running into the room.
"Hello." Draco said as he picked her up and kissed her on the cheek, "Do you have your things ready?"
She nodded, "It's up stairs."
"Run and get it then." He put her down and she was off. When Skylar came back Draco put her bag strap over his shoulder and took her hand in his. "Thank you again, Penelope."
"Your welcome, Bye Skylar!" Penelope said as they walked towards the fire.
Draco saw the floo pot, grabbed some powder and yelled, "Malfoy Manor!"
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Chapter six, a lot shorter, I know. But the last time I wrote it I had this whole swimming incident which didn't fit with my new Draco, so I took that out, if it was in it would have been…19 pages, I think. And it is now only nine. Also from time to time when D/G Are alone together and Skylar is at someone's house I will show a little of what Skylar is doing, because there's so many fun things that can happen with her! I love doing little kid stories, maybe I could do happily married D/G Fic! This is all for now, Thanks to everyone for reviewing again!
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