Miracles Happen

"I'm home!" Ginny yelled, walking inside. Draco walked in behind her.

A tall, grey haired man came out of a room, followed by a young girl. The girl was tall and skinny, with red hair, grey eyes, and a pointed face.

"Remus! When did you get here?" Ginny asked, going over to the man and giving him a quick hug.

"I picked up Audrey, since you weren't home," Remus explained.

"Mummy!" That was Audrey wanting attention. Ginny then turned to her daughter and gave her a big hug.

Remus noticed Draco then. He walked over, holding his hand out.

"Draco...Malfoy, is it?"

"Remus Lupin," Draco said, shacking his former professor's hand.

"I'll be leaving now, Miss. Weasley," Remus said, before walking out the door.

"Mummy?" Audrey whispered to Ginny. "Who is that man?"

Ginny bit her lip. She took her daughter's hand, and walked toward Draco.

"Audrey, this is your...your father," Ginny said. "And Draco, this is your daughter."

It took a few moments to settle on the 10 year old, but when it did, she asked her mother a question.

"Mummy, I thought that Harry was my dad. Is he not?"

Ginny bit her lip, and cried. She buried her face in her hands, willing the tears to stop, but they still came. With a side glance at his daughter, Draco put his arms around Ginny. She uncovered her face, and crying into his chest. Audrey stood there, not knowing why her mum was crying. She left Draco and Ginny, and went into her room, locking the door.

When Ginny had stopped crying, Draco sat her down on the couch, sitting down next to her.

"Ginny," he said softly. "You never told her?"

"I told her that she would never meet her father, but she started to think that Harry was her dad anyway," Ginny said.

"You're going out with Harry Potter?" Draco felt his anger heat up, but tried to keep it down.

Ginny nodded. Draco stood up quickly.

"Give me my cloak," he demanded.

Ginny stood up slowly, unclasping the cloak. "Where are you going? What are you doing?"

"He killed my Dad, Ginny!" Draco yelled. "He killed my f***king Dad!"

"What else was he suppose to do?" Ginny asked, in a pleading voice. "You hated him anyway!"

"Yeah, but he was still my Dad, Gin." Draco gave her a hard long look. "Have a good time bringing up Audrey. She's Harry and your kid now." Then he walked out. For the second time in Ginny's life.

****

Harry, Hermione, and Ron trudged up the stairs to Ginny's apartment. They didn't even noticed Draco running down the stairs next to them.

"And then, hahaha, then he looked at Mum, the size of a piece of sand on the kitchen table!" Ron laughed. Harry and Hermione were laughing like crazy as Ron told them the story of how George turned Mrs. Weasley into the size of a piece of sand.

They had finally gotten control of their laughter by the time they got to Ginny's apartment. Harry opened the door.

Ginny was in a ball on the couch crying, with Audrey trying to talk to her. Harry rushed over to them, picking Audrey up and telling her to go into the kitchen with Uncle Ron, and Aunt Hermione. He sat down on the couch next to Ginny.

"Ginny," he said softly. "Ginny."

Ginny seemed to have gotten control of her crying, and looked up. "Oh, Harry!" she said. "I met him, and I didn't know what I was doing, and then he came here and-" she broke off sobbing.

Harry put his arms around her. "It's okay. Now, tell me what happened."

****

Audrey was sitting at the kitchen table, while Ron and Hermione made her some hot chocolate. Once it was made, the two adults both sat down, with steaming mugs in front of then. Audrey tried hers.

"Is it chocolately enough?" Hermione asked.

"Mmmmmhmmmmm," Audrey said, nodded.

"Good." Hermione smiled.

"Why are you so quiet, Uncle Ron?" the 10 year old asked.

"I'm just worried about your Mum," Ron answered, sneaking a peak into the living room. "Say, Audrey. What made your Mum upset?"

"Him," Audrey said. "He came home with Mum, and Mum told me it was my Dad."

Hermione cast a glance at Ron. "What did he look like, Drey?"

"He was wearing all black clothes, and he was super tall, and had white hair, and grey eyes, like me," Audrey said.

Ron clenched his jaw, and his fists. "That as-"

"Ron!" Hermione said sternly. "There is a child in the room!"

Ron got all mopey at getting yelled at by Hermione. "I'm sorry, love."

Hermione smiled. "It's fine, Ron."

****

Harry and Ginny walked into the kitchen, while Hermione, Ron, and Audrey were playing the Muggle game, Sorry.

"Mum!" Audrey said excitedly. She jumped up and gave her mother a gigantic hug.

"We're not going out to dinner tonight," Ginny announced. "Well, at least Harry and I am not. But, you can take Audrey out if you'd like."

Audrey looked at her Aunt Hermione and Uncle Ron, and pleaded, "Please? I'll be really, super good. I promise! Please, say you'll take me out!"

Hermione and Ron both chuckled. "Of course, we'll take you out, Audrey. Now go and get into your best outfit, and we'll leave."

The girl went hopping off, leaving the adults alone.

"What happened, Gin?" Ron asked.

Ginny told them of the night, and about Draco. Audrey came back just as they had finished the story.

"Let's go!" she said excitedly.