"Gin?"

Ginny opened her eyes and saw she was in the living room at the Manor and realized she must have fallen asleep on the couch. She turned her head to see Harry sitting beside her and she grabbed him into a tight hug.

"Are you ok?" he softly asked her.

She nodded against him before she let out a muffled cry. "Is Draco awake yet?"

"No, he's still out...listen to me; I want you to tell me whenever you get those letters-"

"I can't, if I do, they know and then somehow and someway somebody gets hurt...I won't do that."

"What is he asking you to do?" Harry asked.

She just looked at him and shook her head. "It doesn't matter now, I've already dealt with the consequence," she said, looking away from him.

He didn't say anything; he wasn't really sure what else to say to her.

She suddenly snapped her head back to him. "Harry, I'm tired of being scared...not for me, but for everyone I care about. I could care less at this point if I die, but I CAN'T live like this anymore. Being put in positions where I need to choose who lives and who dies? Harry, please, PLEASE tell me something, ANYTHING that will make me feel like we have even the slightest of chances of going up against these guys."

"Ginny-"

"No, please don't tell me some vague shit again about how you're more prepared than I think, that doesn't tell me anything," she said angrily. "I need some proof or something or...or-"

"I have something for you," he said, cutting her off. "Hermione has been working on this for a while now for me," he said, pulling out a thin silver necklace with a round flat coin looking charm on it.

He leaned forward and put it over her head and pulled her hair through. "This necklace is charmed so that if you are ever in danger you just grab the coin between your fingers...and help will come. If the chain is even broken, help will still come...I promise."

"So... you have something like this too...so you know when I'm in trouble?" she asked, playing with the charm on her necklace.

He pulled out a small coin in his pocket that was the exact same one on her chain. "Yes, and I have one for Draco now too, at first we made these for our meetings and whenever we were in trouble, but ever since the Hogsmeade attack I've been having Hermione work on them, they take a while to make."

"Meetings? Who exactly is "we", more than Hermione and Ron I take it?" she asked.

He nodded.

"Harry, why are Draco and I the last to know everything? Especially when we are the ones who seem to be the focus of these people lately? You're having secret fuckin meetings and we aren't a part of them? Why?"

"Because I don't trust you,"

"WHAT?" she yelled.

"Not like that Gin, what I mean is, you know as well as I do that these people have been finding out things when there is no possible way they could have found out. It's possible someone is using Legilimency or something on you. I don't want to take a chance and reveal anything to you...do you understand?" he asked, giving her a sad look.

Normally Ginny would be fuming over Harry not revealing something like this to her, but she completely agreed with him. She remembered Will suggesting this a few weeks ago when he offered to teach her Occlumency.

"Can you teach me Occlumency?" she asked him.

"Me? No, I'm probably the last person that could successfully teach you that, I barely learned it myself."

"Well, Will offered a few weeks ago when he thought this might be an issue?" she suggested.

"No, I don't want him messing with your mind," he said firmly.

Narcissa had entered the room and placed a tray down on the coffee table in front of Harry and Ginny. "You should eat something," she said, gesturing to the tray.

"Thanks," Ginny mumbled before grabbing a cracker off of the plate. "Is Draco awake?"

Narcissa just shook her head.

"Mrs. Malfoy...are you any good at Occlumency?" Harry asked her.

"Yes, we all are," she said.

"So, Draco is an Occlumens?" Harry asked, surprised by this information as was Ginny.

"None of us are really gifted with Legilimency, but Occlumency we made sure to master during Voldemort's time, especially with working so... closely with him," she explained, clearing her throat.

Harry and Ginny just looked at each other.

"Do you think one of you would be willing to give Ginny a few lessons?" he asked.

Narcissa looked away from them as she seemed bothered by the question. "I'll think about it...excuse me," she said, before getting up and making an abrupt exit.

"What was that about?" Harry asked, turning to Ginny.

Ginny just watched Narcissa's retreating form down the hallway and she gave a light sigh. "I'll be right back," she said before getting up and following Narcissa.

She found her in the garden and made her way outside, she could tell she was emotional and almost decided to turn back around and leave her be.

"I'm sorry, Ginny, I know you need help I just...I need a minute," she choked out through the sobs that started to surface.

After realizing Narcissa already knew she was present she walked over and sat beside her. "I'm sorry," she said.

Narcissa wiped her tears and turned to the redhead beside her. "For what?"

"I feel like ever since I started hanging out with Draco, his life has been in more danger than before," she said, her gaze at the ground as feelings of guilt set in.

"That's absurd, do you realize how much more danger YOU are in ever since you started hanging out with MY son?"

Ginny turned to look at her as tears stung her eyes. "He almost died," she said in a small voice as a single tear slid down her cheek.

Narcissa wiped the stray tear away and cupped her chin to look at her. "But he didn't, I will make sure we work with you on your Occlumency," she said in a serious tone, her expression turning back into the Narcissa Malfoy she knew her to be. "Why don't you go check on Draco," she said with a nod towards the door.

"Draco?"

He slowly opened his eyes and could barely make anything out through his blurred vision.

"Draco? You've been out for a while now, you really should get up."

He finally blinked through his fuzzy sight and he was greeted with nothing but white all around him. He sat up in his bed and looked all around and saw nobody. He got out of bed and took a few steps.

"Hello?"

"Draco? Right here silly, come sit down,"

His head snapped over to a grand piano a few feet away and he saw someone sitting on the bench patting the spot beside her for him to sit.

"Astoria?" he whispered out as he walked closer to her.

As he walked closer and was right in front of her he stopped, he wanted to grab her and kiss her face but he was confused. Instead, he just sat next to her and turned to face her where she greeted him with a bright smile.

"You look a bit different," he said, taking in her beauty.

She smiled, "Well, it's been over two years since I've seen you, Draco."

"Two years...yeah," he mumbled, looking away from her as he thought back to that tragic day.

His eyes snapped back over to her when he heard some light babbling beside him. He was so focused on Astoria that he hadn't noticed the baby she had on her lap, which looked to be about two years old. He could tell right away it was Ginny and Harry's daughter by the color of her eyes and the copper hair that dangled around her cheeks. He couldn't help but smile at the tiny child as she started hitting the keys on the piano.

"Am I dead?" he asked.

"No silly, you're just dreaming, but it has been a while since you've dreamed of me in such a way...it's always of that night," she said with a sad expression.

He looked up at her, her eyes firmly on his. "I miss you...a lot."

"I know, I miss you too, Draco."

He looked away from her and stared down at the piano.

"What is it, Draco? Is it Ginny?"

He didn't say anything.

"She is quite the young woman, very strong and full of everything that will keep you going," she said with a smile.

He still didn't say anything or look at her. He suddenly felt her hand on his face and turn him to look at her. The feel of her touch was overwhelming and her scent suddenly filled him and he instantly fell apart before her.

"It's quite alright to miss me, Draco, but it's more than ok for you to love Ginny," she said, placing her hand on his cheek.

She gently took Lily and handed her to Draco, who was unsure of whether to take her from her grasp. "Um..."

"Go on, hold her," Astoria said, pushing her into his arms the rest of the way.

"I shouldn't be allowed to hold babies," he said, as he nervously held the child at arm's length.

"See, everything always starts out uncertain, but when you finally allow things to happen and you accept it..." she said before she gently pushed Lily towards him so that he was holding her against him. "...then that uncertainty turns into just... certainty," she said with a bright smile.

Draco looked at the child in his hands as she grabbed a piece of his hair in her tiny fingers and looked at him. She gave out a loud babble that made him smirk before he realized his newfound comfort with holding the child in his arms.

"See how much happier you are already?" she said, as she reached forward and brushed his hair back. "I love you, Draco," she said, before gently leaning forward and placing a kiss on his lips.

Draco couldn't even begin to describe the feeling of kissing her again; he never wanted to wake up again if it meant leaving her.

"You really need to wake up now," she said with a smile.

"I don't want to."

"You have to, Ginny needs you, you can't leave her," she said firmly before taking Lily back from him. "Before you go, play me something, Draco," she said, as she nodded to the Piano.

He looked at her with a loving smile. "Of course,"

He placed his hands over the keys and just as he went to press down on one of them his eyes snapped open.

He realized he was in his bedroom and saw just the light of the fireplace filling the room. He turned his head to see Ginny curled up in a ball on the armchair beside his bed fast asleep. A smile instantly filled his face as he saw how beautiful she looked with the light of the flames dancing across her face and hair. He thought back to his dream and the baby he held...her baby. He brought his hand up to his hair where she had been playing with a few strands of it.

He sat up in bed and looked around again just to make sure it really was a dream. He glanced through a small opening in the curtains to see it was night time and then his eyes fell back on Ginny. How long did she sit beside him until he woke up? How long was he out? He looked at the clock and saw it was almost three in the morning. When his eyes went back to Ginny once more he was met with her amber gaze.

"You're awake," she said in a small voice, but a smile still forming.

He nodded at her comment, "I am," he said with a small smirk.

She got up and joined him on the bed in front of him. "How are you feeling?"

"Ok, I guess, a little off, but otherwise still the same Draco," he said. "Not really sure what happened after I blacked out... at that moment...I thought I was going to die."

"You almost did, your mum saved your life," she said, a feeling of guilt filling her when she wasn't able to do it herself. "Were you scared?"

He looked into her eyes, "I was scared that I would never see you again."

She bit her lip at his comment.

He kept staring at her and a sad expression filled his face when he thought back to his dream, it seemed more real than a regular dream. He could still smell Astoria's scent and Lily's hair when he held her. He wanted to tell Ginny how much she looked like her and Harry but for some reason, he couldn't bring himself to do it. Knowing that he held her child so full of life and she didn't, made him feel guilty and he wished there was something he could do so she could have seen her.

"What's wrong?" Ginny asked.

He just shook his head, "Nothing, just-just still out of it a bit I guess," he lied before he finally slipped out of bed.

He didn't realize how dizzy he was until he stood up and slowly fell to his knees as he held his head. Ginny tried to hold him up, but joined him at knee level when she couldn't hold him up any longer.

"You ok there, buddy?" she laughed. "You did just almost die, you can't just go walking around like nothing happened." she teased.

"Fuck, that was a shitty feeling; I think I'm ok now," he said.

He felt Ginny's hands on each side of his face as she looked into his eyes. "Are you sure you're ok?"

He didn't say anything; he was mesmerized by her honey brown eyes piercing into his. He leaned forward and gently pressed his lips against hers before he opened his eyes back up and saw her staring at him with a smile.

They both met each other's lips this time and it was slow and gentle, every movement of his lips on hers made her remember how she just almost lost him hours earlier. Her kisses against his lips started to slow down and stopped altogether when she started to cry.

He looked at her and she just shook her head in an apologetic way, but he knew why she was upset. He grabbed her to him and buried his face in her fiery mass of hair and held her tightly. Astoria was right...Ginny needed him and he needed her.

Over the next few days, Ginny had barely been able to sleep at night. She had gotten another letter that ordered her to get rid of all the sleeping draught Draco had been giving her. She was trying to catch up on some sleep during the day so she really hadn't been back to Draco's as much as she would have liked. Today was the first day she was going to attempt to learn Occlumency and she was a bit nervous.

"Alright, Ginny, I've never really been that experienced in Legilimency myself, but I know enough to attempt to enter your mind. You know the way this works I assume from Mr. Potter, so just empty your mind," Narcissa said with a small smile.

Ginny nodded and let out a nervous breath as she started thinking about all the personal stuff she didn't want Narcissa to see.

"Ready?"

"NO!" Ginny quickly said as she thought about all of her and Draco's intimate moments together.

"Stop thinking about everything you don't want me to see, just empty everything from your mind, especially of emotion." Narcissa reminded her.

Ginny nodded once more and let out another nervous breath as she started to think about how she should be thinking of nothing.

Narcissa pointed her wand at Ginny, "Legilimens"

She felt a sharp pain run through her head as Narcissa entered her mind, it was one of the most uncomfortable feelings she had ever experienced. She was very much aware that she was there with her in her head and she started to panic about what she was able to see. She begged her mind to not go to those intimate memories in fear of Narcissa seeing them. She thought about anything else but that...well she thought she did when she suddenly felt Narcissa break the spell.

Ginny immediately grabbed her head in pain as she pulled back.

"Just so you know, Ginny, thinking of what you don't want to be thinking about, is still thinking about it," Narcissa said with a bit of anger as she seemed to have seen something she didn't want to.

Ginny looked at the floor in embarrassment. "I don't know if I can do this," she mumbled.

"You can, you just have a million things running through your head and you're over thinking the entire thing," she said with a small smile. "So stop thinking about what happened the other night after Pristine Point," she said with a smirk.

Ginny just buried her face in her hands and let out a loud groan. "I CAN'T! THIS IS TOO WEIRD!" she shouted out, getting up and pacing the room.

"TILLY!" Narcissa yelled out.

A few moments later the small house elf appeared.

"Please tell Draco to come down here," she said. She turned to Ginny, who was lost in her own thoughts and walked over to her and gently put her hands on her shoulders. "Relax, I hardly saw anything, at this rate you will never learn Occlumency. You have too many different emotions and thoughts filling you, so A LOT of that will be visible to anyone who may actually be invading your mind."

"I KNOW! I'm trying, I really am," Ginny said, looking up at the blonde. "What should I do? How can I turn off my mind?" Ginny practically begged her for an answer.

Narcissa guided her by the shoulders towards the doorway where Draco had walked in. "I think you might be better off practicing with Draco for now, until you can learn to clear all that stuff out," she said with a small smile.

"What are we practicing exactly?" Draco asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Ginny here needs to attempt to learn some sort of Occlumency"

"And?"

"And you're going to try and teach her," Narcissa said in a firm tone.

"Don't you think you're better at that sort of thing?" he said to his mother.

"Why yes, I do, but being that Ginny here can't seem to stop thinking about your countless sex sessions I think it's best that you attempt this one...son," she said firmly with a smirk as Draco cleared his throat at the mere thought of his mother seeing such images.

She left the room and Ginny bit her lip as she looked back at Draco, "Sorry, I was just worried about her seeing that stuff and then she...well...seen that stuff,"

"So you're thinking about us fucking, huh?" he asked, ignoring the entire Occlumency lesson.

She just looked at him with a nervous smile, "Sorry, I-I don't know why-"

She just watched him walking up to her, his eyes locked on hers as she stumbled for words, he kept nodding as if he was listening as she tried to explain to him how she was trying to not think of that stuff but ended up thinking about it anyway.

"Yeah, so should...we...pr-practice?" she finally managed to get out as he had her backed up against the wall and his face was so close to hers she could feel his breath hit her.

She went to go speak, but he just pushed his lips against hers to stop her from rambling on. She felt him slide his hand behind her back and pull her to him and then kissed her harder until she was practically pinned against the wall by his lips. He slid his hand into her hair and gently grabbed the side of her face as he hungrily kissed her. Ginny was about to pounce on him when he suddenly broke the kiss and backed away altogether.

"We need to practice," he said with a smirk.

She was just standing there, her lips raw from his kisses and her hair a messy mass. Did he seriously just tease her like that? She wanted him so bad and she could tell he was enjoying the fact that he left her wanting more.

"Alright, let's get serious now, just think of like...a brick wall or something," he suggested, pointing his wand at her.

"A brick wall?" she mumbled. The only wall she was thinking about was the one he had just pinned her against moments ago and how she wanted him to bang her brains out against it.

"Legilimens"

She heard Draco say the spell and just thought of a brick wall like he suggested...and then she started thinking about having her brains banged out against that brick wall instead.

Draco lifted the spell and started laughing.

"YOU'RE A REAL DICK!" she snapped at him. "Look what you started," she said angrily.

"You're right, I'm sorry I got you all...riled up," he said with another few chuckles before he lifted his wand at her again.

She stared at him and the amused smile he still had on his face. She rather it be Draco that had seen any intimate moments of them together than his mother, especially the night of Pristine Point. She was just so grateful for not thinking about when she had her head between Draco's legs.

"Legilimens"

She didn't even hear Draco say the spell; she was already lost in her thoughts from that night. She definitely wouldn't mind blowing Draco again, everything about the experience turned her on. She couldn't help but think about Draco being buried between her legs at some point, just the thought of it made a hot sensation run through her body.

She suddenly grabbed her head when she felt the spell lift again and just saw Draco staring at her. If she thought her experience with Narcissa earlier was embarrassing she was wrong, the fact that she was just thinking about Draco Malfoy going down on her and he saw it, made her want to curl up into a ball and never show her face again.

"Uh, I should go," she quickly said, before making a run for the door.

He quickly blocked her path to the door and looked at her with a smirk. "Those are some...dirty thoughts you were having there, Weaslette."

"Please move," she said, not daring to look at him.

He stared at her face and saw her cheeks turn slightly pink. "Calm down, Ginny, I'm just messing around."

She glanced up at him and saw another smirk forming on his face before she shoved him backward playfully, "You're such a prick," she said angrily.

"Well, we would be able to practice properly if you weren't thinking like a dirty whore," he laughed as Ginny continuously slapped him on the arm and poked him in the ribs.

"DRACO, SERIOUSLY NOW, COME ON!" she yelled, stomping her foot.

He just looked at her face and then down to her balled fists and couldn't help but smile at her rising anger. "Sorry," he said, gently grabbing her wrists and felt her hands relax. "So, you really think someone could be invading your mind? I mean, it would explain a lot."

"I don't know, but I just want to at least try and learn something in case that is what's going on. So can you please help me?" she pleaded.

He felt bad for being insensitive; he could tell by the bags under her eyes that she was mentally and emotionally exhausted.

"Of course, well, I'm not the best at this, but it really does help when you push emotions aside. Had you been given lessons on this a few months ago you would've mastered it by now," he said, referring to the way she used to bury everything inside up until the past few weeks when her life was turned upside down.

She nodded that she understood. "So what should I think about?"

"Nothing, obviously you can't always think of nothing, but you need to know when someone is attempting to invade your mind so you can then try to block them."

"Ok, I think I'm ready."

He lifted his wand at her once more. "Legilimens"

Ginny's mind just kept thinking of blackness, she figured if there was just a big black blob in her mind it wouldn't allow anyone to invade it. She tried to focus just on the darkness, but then it kept making her think of the nightmares she'd been having. It was usually her standing in a dark room with a spotlight on a cradle in the middle of it. There was always a baby crying as she approached the cradle, but when she finally reached it there were just bloody blankets inside and the crying would suddenly stop. It usually ended with her being grabbed by someone and stabbed to death. She used to have nightmares of the entire attack replaying over and over, but it was this dark black room now... all the time.

She felt the spell lift again and she just shook her head in frustration. "I'm sorry, I can't do this," she said in disappointment.

He just gave her a sad look, his heart hurt for Ginny, he wanted so bad to tell her about his dream, but he felt awkward bringing it up.

"I don't think Occlumency is my thing right now, I think maybe I just need a good night's sleep before I attempt it again," she said as she made her way out of the arena.

"Do you need more sleeping draught?" he asked.

She scoffed at the question, "No, I've been ordered not to take them anymore and to get rid of all the ones you gave me," she snapped.

She saw Draco wasn't sure what to say and honestly, she wasn't even sure what she wanted to hear at this point. "Anyway, so the party is tomorrow... mum's having dinner at the Burrow tonight, so you should join us," she said with a small smile.

He nodded that he would be there and then watched her give a small wave goodbye before she headed home. He wasn't sure why he was suddenly at a loss for words for her; there was nothing he could say that would have made her feel better. He didn't want to fill her with false hope because he knew Ginny wouldn't appreciate him sugar coating stuff like this to her.

"Ginny left? Any luck?" Narcissa asked, walking over to him.

He just shook his head. "Mother, is there a way you could somehow capture an image from a memory or a dream?"

She looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "Possibly, what for?" she asked.

"I need your help"

Ginny was waving her wand nonchalantly at her hair as she stared at the mirror to see different hairstyles start to form. She glanced over at the garment bag that held the dress she would wear tomorrow and gave a sigh.

"Ginny Weasley, are you actually acting like a girl right now?" Harry teased as he walked in and saw the numerous hairstyles forming.

She just gave another sigh and shook her hair wildly back and forth until the hairstyle fell apart to her normal long hanging strands. She folded her arms on the vanity table and buried her head in them and let out a loud groan.

"I take it Occlumency lessons didn't go as planned earlier?" he asked.

She picked her head up and looked at him, "You would be correct."

"Don't feel bad, Gin, I sucked at it also," he said giving her a crooked smile.

She just shrugged.

"You all ready for tomorrow? You even bought a dress and everything for the occasion," Harry teased again.

"Ugh, please, I rather wear some jeans and T-shirt, but I guess I have to look halfway decent, especially in front of all those people." she said.

He just laughed, "Come on, dinner is ready," he said, holding his hand out for her.

They made their way downstairs to the dinner table where a roaring conversation hit their ears. All of Ginny's brothers were there for the party the following day and there was a heated argument brewing between Hermione and Pansy. Ginny's eyes scanned the table to see Draco covering his ears as Pansy's voice pierced through the air. She looked at Harry and just gave a small giggle before making her way over to Draco and took a seat beside him.

"Aw, I think they like each other," Ginny joked as Hermione's cheeks turned red with anger. "What are they even arguing about anyway?"

Draco looked at her with a pained expression, "I don't know, something about S.P.E.W, I have no fuckin clue and I don't care, please switch seats with me?" he pleaded.

"No way," she laughed.

He got up and pulled his chair out and dragged her chair with her in it over to his spot and then set up his chair on the other side.

"Thanks," he said with a smirk.

"Dick," she mumbled.

"PANSY, DEAR, SETTLE DOWN! GEORGE AND CHARLIE, STOP TURNING PERCY'S FOOD INTO A PILE OF ICE! AND FOR GOODNESS SAKE, BILL AND RON STOP ARGUING ABOUT WHICH QUIDDITCH TEAM IS BETTER, THEY BOTH SUCK!" Mrs. Weasley's voice rang out from across the kitchen as she took a seat beside Arthur.

Once everyone settled down and started eating it wasn't long before the conversation grew louder and louder again and it was right back to the roaring of disagreements.

Draco couldn't keep his eyes off of Ginny throughout dinner, the past few weeks he barely got to see her laugh or enjoy herself so seeing her happy right now meant everything to him. He was rather annoyed when Pansy pulled him from his thoughts to have a conversation with him about some sort of shenanigans they got into during their Hogwarts days.

The table had mostly cleared out and people were scattered around the house lost in their own conversations. He kept scanning the room to see where Ginny went off to and finally caught sight of her through the window on the back porch.

After about ten minutes of Pansy going on and on about nothing of interest to him; he was about to excuse himself when her words stopped him.

"You must really love her," she said suddenly.

He snapped his head over to her with a slight sneer, "What?"

"Ginny? You haven't listened to a word I said, you've been looking for her since she left the room. You can't stop staring at her...you must really love her." she said again.

He just looked at her and then back at Ginny through the window. "Yeah...I do."

Draco finally managed to make his way outside to Ginny eventually and just stopped to watch her for a moment. She was laughing at something Harry told her as she lightly slapped him on the arm. His mind went to his dream of Astoria and Lily again, looking at Ginny and Harry together made it hard for him not to think of their child. He felt the picture in his pocket that he had his mother help him create from the image he so clearly had in his of Lily. He wanted to give it to Ginny...to both of them, he somehow felt like he owed it to them, but he didn't want to overstep his boundaries.

He slowly made his way over to them as he kept going back and forth on whether to share something so personal with them.

"Hey, Draco, you finally managed to escape the wrath of Pansy," Ginny giggled, causing Harry to lightly shove her.

"Ha, yeah, I suppose I did...uh, can I talk to you?" he asked, clearing his throat as his nerves kicked in.

"Uh oh, sounds serious," Harry lightly joked. "I'll give you some privac-"

"Actually, I wanted to talk to...both of you," he said, the awkwardness of the conversation made him kick himself for even attempting to bring it up.

Ginny and Harry exchanged a look. "Is everything ok?" Ginny asked.

"Yeah, yeah, everything is fine, um...so I'm just going to come out with it and if I'm overstepping here, then I'm sorry, but I just wanted to tell you guys."

He glanced up at Ginny, whose eyes were piercing into his as she awaited his next words.

"When I was unconscious I had a dream...I mean, I don't even know if it was a dream, but Astoria was there and..." he trailed off and he reached into his pocket and pulled out the picture.

For some reason, Ginny knew what he was going to say and her heart felt like it stopped. She didn't realize she had grabbed Harry's arm tightly in anticipation of what was to come out of his mouth next.

"She had Lily with her and she was older now and I had my mother help me make this for you," he said, as he reached forward and handed Ginny the picture and quickly walked back into the house before she could turn it over.

She and Harry just stared at the spot Draco was at in disbelief before their eyes traveled back to the picture in her hand. She let out a nervous breath before she finally turned it around.

Draco stood in the kitchen and watched her through the window; the pained emotions that pierced the air as Ginny looked at the photo broke his heart. He watched her collapse in Harry's arms as she held the picture against her chest. He hated himself for causing not just her, but both of them so much pain, he immediately regretted saying anything. He felt his eyes start to sting with his own emotions as he thought back to the encounter with Astoria and Lily.

He suddenly felt someone grab his hand and he turned to see Pansy standing next to him. She rested her head on his shoulder as she watched Harry and Ginny through the window.

"Whatever it is that you're regretting, I'm sure it was really the right thing to do," she said softly.

He just looked at her, her expression genuine and the small smile she gave him was somewhat comforting.

He nodded at her words and then turned back to Ginny. "I hope so."

Draco stepped into the shower and thought back to the dinner he just came from and the look on Ginny and Harry's faces. He thought maybe they would be mad that he would even bring up their daughter when it was really all his fault why Ginny was targeted in the first place. He shook his head at how stupid he must be to have done that.

He finished showering and got dressed and finished drying his hair as he walked into his bedroom. He was surprised when he saw Ginny standing there in the middle of his bedroom waiting for him.

"Ginny, I didn't expect to see you tonight," he said, tossing the towel aside.

He could tell by her puffy eyes that she had been crying and he felt horrible for it. They both just stood there silent for a few moments.

"Listen, Ginny, I'm sorry I said anything, I didn't mean to upset you and Harry I just thought th-"

"Stop," she said, holding her hand up. She shook her head, "I'm not mad, I'm not upset...I can't even describe how amazing it was to see that picture."

Draco felt incredibly relieved once he heard her feelings about him showing her the picture.

"To see her smiling and alive...to know she's ok, I feel so much peace now," she said walking closer to him.

He smiled at her words. "Good, I'm glad...I know it was probably a dream, it just felt so real. I just remember everything, her laugh, the way she smelled...even the feeling of holding her."

"You got to hold her?" Ginny asked with a slight sound of jealousy in her voice.

He gave her a sad look and then he had an idea and grabbed his wand off his nightstand. He brought it up to his head and pulled out anything he remembered from his encounter with Lily.

"I'm not sure if this will work, but here it goes," he said before he let the memory float into the air.

There was just a distorted image that would occasionally come into focus. Draco frowned at his failed attempt to share the moment with her, but there was the slightest sound of babbling that filled the room and then a small giggle that was clearly Lily's.

"Oh, my gosh," Ginny gasped with the widest smile as tears fell down her cheeks. "I can hear her."

Draco went into his bathroom and grabbed an empty vial and put the memory inside and then handed it to Ginny. "Here, so Harry can hear her too," he said with a smile.

She took it and just looked up at him. "Thank you so much," she said before letting her lips meet his.

He was so relieved Ginny wasn't angry and to even have her kiss him after all of this meant everything to him. He was worried she would feel resentment towards him or start to be unsure of her feelings for him again. He felt her pull back and then look down at the vial in her hands.

"I'm going to go share this with Harry...I'll see you tomorrow, Draco," she said with a smile before she made her way back to the Burrow.

Ginny was getting ready for bed and couldn't stop smiling since she showed Harry the memory. She would hold up the picture of Lily and then listen to the light babbling and giggles at the same time. There was absolutely nothing that could change her mood right now...or so she thought. Her smile faded as she heard that familiar tapping at her window and she opened the window and snatched the letter from the raven.

Destroy the memories...

She must have reread the letter a hundred times before she took in what it said. She would not destroy the only sound of life from the daughter these bastards killed.

"Fuck you," she spat angrily at the letter before she waved her wand and set flames to it.

She climbed into bed and grabbed the picture out of her side table drawer and just stared at it. She couldn't believe Draco did something like that for her and Harry, she knew he must have loved her a great deal to do something so special for her. She looked at the photo one last time until her eyes finally started to droop and she fell into another uneasy sleep.