What A Girl Wants

Chapter Eighteen-An Announcement

      Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter :)

     "What the hell are you doing here Draco?" Ginny asked as Draco entered her home as she quickly shut the door behind him.

     "Well it's been two months since I've heard from you, so I figured I'd stop by and see why you've been avoiding me. You promised me I could see our daughter." Draco told her as they stood in the middle of the living room.

      "I never promised anything. I told you I would think about it!" Ginny told seething.

       "I think you've had enough time to think about it, Red. It's not just me you're keeping her from. She has a brother that wants to get to know her as well." Before Ginny could retort, she quickly ran to the downstairs bathroom to puke. 

     'I absolutely hate morning sickness.' Ginny thought as she picked herself up from the bathroom floor and walked over towards the sink. She splashed cold water on her face and looked at her appearance. She noticed Draco was leaning on the doorway with his feet crossing one another and his arms folded across his chest.

    "You look a little pale. You alright?" he asked her as he raised a brow.

     "I'm fine! It's a stomach flu going around." She said as she wiped her face off with a towel. Draco stepped closer to her and took in her appearance. He noticed her face was pale and she looked fatigued. Her clothes also looked a little more snug than usual. Realization kicked in as he thought of where he had seen these signs before. Once before with Ginny, and with Astoria.

    "You're pregnant." He whispered as he looked into her brown eyes.

     "W-What?"

      "Gin, I'm not daft. I've seen you look like this before and I know damn well there isn't a wizarding flu going around."

     "So, what if I am?" She told him as she pushed passed him and made her way back into the living room.

    "The baby's mine isn't it?"

      "No, it's not, it's Harry's!"

      "Well I find it awfully coincidental that after two months of not seeing or hearing from you that you turn out to be pregnant weeks after our encounter?" Draco asked her as he stepped closer to her and placed his hand on her arm.

     "Don't you touch me!" she shrieked as she yanked her arm out his grasp. "You do realize that Harry and I sleep together, right? You have no right to even accuse me of this. You left me eighteen years ago! You have no right to your daughter and I will personally see to it that she will never know the likes of you."

           Anger coursed through Draco's veins. How dare she keep threatening him to keep their daughter away from him! 'She wants to play this game with me? Fine, I'll see to it that she will rue this day. I will find out one way or another if the child she is carrying is mine and not Potter's.' 

        His mouth thinned as his eyes narrowed into slits of fury. He strode passed her as he made his way towards the door. He knew if he stayed around her much longer, he wouldn't be able to control his anger. For years he let go of the person he had once been, filled with so much rage and hatred. When he became the only parent in Scorpius' life, he knew he had to change.

    Ginny, however, was the only person who could cause him to act this way. He loved her still, but she was being completely unreasonable. He made a mistake eighteen years ago, a mistake he was trying to right. He placed his hand on the doorknob and then turned his head to look back at Ginny.

     "You're going to regret this, Gin." He told her before stepping out the door and disapparated away.

       It was about six in the evening when Harry and Hermione apparated in the front yard of Potter's Hollow. Harry's arm was wrapped around Hermione's shoulders as they began to walk towards the front door. Before the turned the knob, he looked at Hermione and spoke, "Why don't you go upstairs while I break things off with Ginny? I don't want you to be around when she doesn't take the news well."

     "I can handle myself around Ginny, Harry. She doesn't scare me." She told him as she placed her palm on his cheek."

     "I know but please do this for me? I don't want to take a chance of her casting her Bat Boogey Hex at you. Me on the other hand, I can deal with it."

      "Alright Harry, if you insist." She placed a kiss on his cheek and together they stepped inside the threshold. Once the door was shut behind them, they noticed Ginny was anxiously pacing back and forth in the Living Room. Curious, Harry and Hermione walked into the living room as Harry called out, "Ginny, are you alright?"

      Ginny stopped in her tracks at the sound of his voice. She turned to face him and Hermione and took a deep breathe. "Yes, Harry I am fine. Did the two of you enjoy the afternoon with Ron and Luna?"

     "Yes, it was lovely." Hermione said as she fixed her gaze on the red-haired woman. Hermione felt something was off with her in the pit of her stomach. She had never acted nice towards her, but she knew Ginny had to save face for Harry.

     "Um Ginny, there is something I needed to talk to you about." Harry said as he motioned for Hermione to give him and Ginny some privacy.

      "I'll be up in my room while the two of you talk. Excuse me." Hermione told the pair and then walked out of the living room and up the stairs leading to her room.

     "Of course, there is something I need to discuss with you as well. Do you mind if we discuss it in your study?" She asked him as she nodded towards his study.

       "Sure." He said as he followed closely behind Ginny. Once they reached his study, he shut the door behind him and folded his arms across his broad chest and took a deep breath before he opened his mouth, "Ginny I need to talk to-"he was cut off when Ginny blurted out the two words that were going to crash his world.

      "I'm pregnant."