5 years on
"Holy shit your huge" Addie spat out the minute she saw me.
"Thanks honey, love you to" I said with a scowl. Guess I should explain ... I'm pregnant and I'm at a party for mine and Draco's fifth wedding anniversary. And right now I'm very grumpy and fat ... really very fat, I feel like I'm wearing a tent.
"What she means is you look absolutely radiant" said her husband Dan, turns out he wasn't a muggle but a squib who found it easier to function in the muggle society so was very excepting of Addie being a witch.
"Yeah, yeah" I said dismissively but giving him a hug none the less.
"Can I say hi to the next of my God children?" she asked giving my belly a hug with her ear to the bump,
"I hope he kicks you in the head" I said cheerfully
"He?" she squeeled.
"Yep" I said proudly as I felt him kick where Addies head use to be.
"Is this one mine, you did promise to have my children you know" she said staring at me accusingly
"I'm sorry but this ones Draco's and he's already rather fond of him and three's enough for me, you may just have to have your own children" I laughed
"Fine" Addie huffed "But mine will be cuter"
"Bollocks will they" I almost yelled
We may have actually got into a half hearted argument if it wasn't for the fact we were interrupted by a high pitched squeal of "Mummy" from my three year old little girl
"Yes Evie honey?" I asked scooping her up.
"Xander and Toby wont let me play with them" she sulked and stuck out her bottom lip and I tried my best not to laugh. Things like this were serious to the little madam and she would have been highly offended if I didn't treat them as such.
"Well how about you go and see grandma, I hear she has sweeties" I lied but Evie soon wriggled free and went of in search of Narcissa. Yeah Narcissa and Lucious soon accepted me and my brats when they realised it was my connections that could keep them out of jail and it was the only way the Malfoy name would live on, they're still not particually friendly to me but they dote on their grandkids so I'm not fussed.
"Care to dance?" Draco whispered into my ear as his arms snaked round me from behind.
"No!" I said flatly and stepping away from him. He gave Addie and Dan a puzzled look but Addie just shrugged and quietly left dragging Dan behind her.
"What's wrong?" he asked cautiously approaching me again.
"You called me fat" I spat and glared at him
"What? When?" he spluttered out in shock.
"Earlier" I huffed, "You said it was a miracle that I could fit into this dress without magic and it's a stupid tent of a dress anyway."
"Do we have to go through this every time your pregnant" he groaned
"Yes!" I said sounding like a stroppy teenager. "Are you screwing your secretary?"
"What? No!" he almost yelled
"I saw you looking at her, she's pretty and skinny and probably a stupid whore-" I ranted
"Yeah but I love my fat wife" he laughed but stopped when he saw the look I was giving him. I began to stomp away. "Ok that was probably the worst thing I could have said" he started
"You think?" I asked angrily becoming even more frustrated because he got in my way.
"You're not fat, you're pregnant and it's beautiful and you're gorgeous and I'd be a fool to want anything else." He rambled pulling me into a hug
"Go on" I said still sulking
"And I'm sorry if I offended you but I love the bump because it reminds me how lucky I am to find such an amazing woman to bear me children with cute lopsided mouths and it keeps the likes of Charlie Weasley looking at you perversely-" he continued
"He does not!" I protested
"Yes he does," Draco answered before carrying on "I love the bump so much I forget that your sensitive about it and say stupid things. And I'm definitely not screwing Elle, Geoorge is" he laughed
"Okie dokes, all better now" I chirped and gave Draco a quick kiss.
"Good, now promise me after this ones born" he said referring to the bump "we won't have another because I don't think I would survive another 9 months of pregnancy."
"Yeah and I don't think I'll be able to get away with murder again" I laughed and let Draco lead me to the table where everyone was getting seated for the meal. Pretty much all the old gang was there with the exception of those who died in the final battle and Aunt Molly who only died about a year ago but had never really been the same since the battle. Of course there were new additions to like our kids, Draco's parents and friends from work, Charlie's fiancé, Fred's wife, Fluer and Bill's kid Toby and Ginny's child James Harry Potter and her new husband. It was a strange mix but it worked it took some effort but it did.
"Actually" Draco suddenly said and led me off somewhere private "I need to tell you something" he said nervously.
"Last time you told me that I hexed you through the window" I said suspiciously
"Yeah ... well" he chuckled tensely, "I decided I would try and track down our marriage certificate, seemed like it might be a good idea for a present or sumut only ..." he trailed off
"What?" I asked becoming worried
"Turns out it didn't officially go through" he said looking at me as if I was a bomb due to go off any second.
"What?" I asked in quiet shock
"This marriage has never stopped being a pretend one" he sighed "So ... Keira Oralee Grey will you marry me ... again" I couldn't help but laugh and neither could he.
"Nah," I said smiling warmly at him "Lets just keep pretending, it seems to work for us" I added and kissed him softly
"Thank Merlin" he chuckled "I really couldn't be arsed for another wedding"
"Same" I said grinning as we went hand in and back to our guests.