𝔸𝕋𝕄𝕆𝕊ℙℍ𝔼ℝ𝔼

A

Quick preface: I love Ginny. The way I made her act in this book is simply for this book.

I could feel my life falling apart as she stood here, at our front door. I balanced James on my hip and just stared at her.

Her red hair was tied into a ponytail and an awful red suitcase sat on the pavement beside her.

"Hey- Malfoy?" She snapped.

"Ginerva?" I countered.

"Where's Harry?" She hissed. I adjusted my grip on James.

"Harry?" I turned and called into the house. He was by my side in an instant, wrapping an arm around my waist and looking at our unexpected guest.

"Oh, hey, Gin," He greeted, waving a large hand at her.

"Come in," I said cooly, turning around and stalking into the house. As I walked through the living room, I leaned over and sat James in his playpen.

I turned to look at my god-son-in-law and huffed.

Teddy had ice cream all around his mouth and some on his shirt. His hair was chocolate brown to match and I shook my head fondly at him. 

"You're a messy Metamorphogus, aren't you?" I teased. Teddy giggled and nodded, letting me pick him up and carry him to the sink in the kitchen. I sat him down on the counter and lifted the shirt off his head, banishing it to the laundry room with some wandless magic and grabbed a clean rag. Wetting the rag with water, I began to clean and wipe all of the chocolate chip ice cream off of Teddy and he giggled every time a tickled him.

Soon, Ginerva and Harry had joined us in the kitchen, chatting about something or another, and I flicked my hand to turn on the kettle.

"There, all clean!" I announced, throwing my hands in the air, smiling when Teddy did the same. I picked him up off the counter and sent him to his and James' room to put a shirt on and brush through his, now platinum blond, hair.

I turned to Harry and Ginerva.

"How can we help you, Ginerva?" I asked her kindly, wiping my hands on a dishtowel left next to the sink for that reason. She visibly cringed.

"I need a place to stay, I thought Harry lived here," She said, sending a glance to Harry. Harry's eyebrows scrunched.

"I do live here," He said, sending a confused glance at me. I shrugged. We had an entire conversation with our eyes alone and I smirked as Ginerva gaped at us in confusion.

"But Malfoy answered the door," She said, throwing a hand in my direction. I squinted at her.

"I don't see why I wouldn't answer the door if I live here too," I clarified, turning around and flicking my wand at the dishes in the sink one by one.

"You guys are roommates?!"

I snorted. Harry chuckled.

"Mumma!" I turned as Teddy ran into the kitchen. Ginny looked taken aback for a moment before smirking smugly. I quirked an eyebrow at her and when she put her arms out, I realized why.

That bitch thought Teddy meant her.

Instead, the seven-year-old Metamorphogus ran and threw himself at my legs. I looked down at him and smiled, ruffling his hair with my hand and leaning down to pick him up.

"Hello, handsome," I greeted, sitting him on the counter, allowing him to watch as I continued to clean the dishes. Teddy giggled every time I splashed water on him and I'd smile at him.

"Harry, why don't you show Ginerva here the guest room, I'll finish up here then get dinner started,". I said, turning around and leaning on the sink, looking at Harry. He smiled at me, then nodded, grabbing Ginerva's suitcase for her and walking down the hall and towards the guest room.