For Us . . . All of Us

Epilogue

Six months later, Ginny was again on a stretcher, but this time she was very much awake. In fact, she was screaming bloody murder and cursing Draco Malfoy for doing this to her.

"So help me God, Draco, if you ever do this to me again you will wish there were a Death Eater around to kill you because they would be much gentler than I would," Ginny Weasley Malfoy yelled at her husband.

Draco hid a grin as Hermione said, "Come on Gin, one more push!" Ginny pushed as hard as she could, screamed once more and collapsed, breathing hard as she and Draco heard the first cry from their baby.

"It's a girl,Gin," Hermione announced. "You have a beautiful baby girl."

Ginny's eyes brimmed with tears and she looked at Draco, who leaned down and kissed her lightly on the lips. "We have a baby girl," Draco said, grinning like a giddy school boy.

Hermione handed Ginny a tiny bundle of pink blankets. They sat there for a moment, then Draco asked quietly, "What are we going to name her?"

"Emily Narcissa," Ginny answered without hesitation. "It's perfect for her."

"I agree," Draco said, smiling.

They sat a minute longer, then Hermione, who had removed herself to a discreet distance, came forward.

"Well, now that you've had a minute, Ginny needs her sleep!" Hermione said, smiling. Then she shifted her attention to Draco. "And you, Dad, have a waiting room full of relatives who are waiting to meet little Emily."

Draco gingerly took Emily from Ginny's arms and walked slowly out of the room. As he walked down the hall he said quietly, "Hi, Emily Narcissa Malfoy. You're awfully cute, you know. And I love you very much."

The tiny baby Emily's grey eyes stopped briefly on Draco and she made a happy kind of gurgling sound. Draco entered the waiting room with a goofy kind of grin on his face. The room was full of sleeping redheads. In fact, everyone in the waiting room was sleeping except Harry Potter. Harry looked up from the magazine he had been reading and he smiled at the sight of Draco with a bundle of pink blankets in his arms.

Harry came over and looked down at the contented baby in Draco's arms. "She's beautiful," Harry said, letting Emily's fingers wrap around one of his. "What did you name her?"

"Emily Narcissa," Draco replied. Harry let her play with his finger for a second longer, then let his hand drop to his side. Then he looked Draco in the eye.

"I know we had differences in school , and I know that it wasn't completely your fault. Sometimes I baited you, goaded you even. And I'll admit, I thought Ginny had lost it when she started dating you our last year at Hogwarts," Harry said, shoving his hands deep into his pockets. "But I want you to know that now I don't think there's anyone in the world better for Ginny."

Draco was stunned for a moment, then gently disentangled a hand and stuck it out. As they shook hands Draco smirked and said jokingly, "Gee, Potter, if I didn't know better I'd say we were friends."

Harry smirked back and said, "We'll just keep it on the down low."

The two men grinned at each other, then harry said loudly, "Wake up sleepyheads and meet the newest member of the extended Weasley family."

As everyone gathered around Draco and Emily, Draco knew this had to be the best feeling in the universe, to be surrounded by people who loved and cared about him. When he first found out Ginny was pregnant, he hadn't been at all sure he was going to be able to raise a child without screwing the up for good. But somehow, he knew as he soon receiving the congratulations from his family, that as long as his family was around, there wasn't anything he and Ginny couldn't handle. It might be a wild ride, but they'd come through having passed with flying colors.