Scorpius Malfoy left his grandfather's room and scanned the ballroom for his father. Rose saw Scorpius's angry face and went to him immediately.

"Scorpius, what happened?" Rose asked with concern.

"Darling, I don't think you need to worry about this. Why don't you talk to your parents?" Scorpius said.

"But…," Rose started to say as she placed a hand on Scorpius's shoulder.

Scorpius brushed her hand off and walked away from Rose. He was angry and upset. He did not want Rose to be concern.

Rose was upset about being so rudely dismissed but she was a stubborn Weasley and tried again. She walked fast and caught Scorpius's shoulder again.

"Talk to me," Rose begged.

Scorpius looks at Rose. He turns around and holds Rose's hand. "Honey, just enjoy the party. We'll talk later,"

Scorpius left Rose standing in the middle of the dance floor fuming. He better tell her or else!

********

"Dad?" Scorpius said.

Draco was busy talking to his guests. He turned around with a wide smile but the second he saw his son's face he knew something was wrong.

"Excuse me," Draco said to his guest and moved along with his son to a corner of the room where they were well out of anyone's hearing range.

"What is it?" Draco asked.

Scorpius showed his father the list and told him, "I saw this list in Grandfather's room along with their numbers and contact addresses."

"I'm going to kill him," Draco's pale face became red. He crushed the paper in his fist.

"Dad. Calm down. He isn't in his room anyway," Scorpius said

"When I find him I'm going to throw him out of this house," Draco said.

Astoria Malfoy walked towards the two Malfoys men and whispered, " What's happening?"

Draco filled his wife in on what was happening. She looked shocked and said, "There is nothing we can do now. So, let's join the party and have a family meeting after." She turned to her son and said, "Your fiancée is searching for you."

Scorpius moved away from his parents and walked towards Rose. She was near the buffet table looking at what she should eat. He walked up behind her and slid his hands around her waist and buried his face at the nape of her neck.

Without turning, Rose asked, "Are you ready to tell me what that was all about?"

Scorpius rubbed his nose on her soft skin and told her, "We'll talk about it later. I don't want to spoil your mood,"

"My mood is spoilt so tell me," Rose said.

"You aren't going to let this go, are you?"

"Nope. I'm as stubborn as my dad and proud of it."

Scorpius released her so that she could continue filling her plate. "You fill up your plate with food for the both of us and meet me out in the balcony and I'll tell you," said Scorpius.

"Really?" Rose's asked surprised.

"Yup. But on two conditions- One, you can't tell anyone and second, you can't be upset."

"You're scaring me. But Ok to both," Rose said

"Meet you in 10 minutes in the balcony," Scorpius said as he walked away. He spotted the person that he was looking for.

"Hey, Drake. A word," Scorpius asked.

Drake looked distracted and worried. Scorpius didn't ask him what was bothering him but said, "I found out who was feeding the press."

"Really? Who?" Drake asked Scorpius.

"It's Lucius Malfoy," Scorpius said.

**********

Drake looked a bit taken aback. "What? Why?"

"I don't know. My dad will talk to him tonight," Scorpius said.

"This has been a horrible night."

"At least we found out the leak," Scorpius tried to make Drake look at the bright side.

"That's not it. Lily's pregnant."

"What?" Scorpius shouted it out a bit louder than he intended and was drawing looks from his guests.

"Keep your voice down," Drake hissed to Scorpius.

"Sorry! What are you going to do?"

Drake ran his hand over his face and let out a sigh. "I'm not sure. I love her but raising a baby now. There's so much going on around us and I'm scared. I really am. I have no idea what to do. The right thing would be to marry her and raise this baby together. But what I really want to do is run away."

Scorpius looked at Drake sympathetically. "Think how scared she must be."

"I know," Drake said. "I'm going to find her and talk with her."

Scoprius went to the balcony to find Rose and tell her about his grandfather

*************

"I can't believe your grandfather would do this?" Rose said angrily.

"I know. He can be a crud."

"What did Drake say when you told him?" Rose asked.

"He has other things on his mind so I think this hasn't sunk in yet."

"Oh." Rose did not ask Scorpius to elaborate. "What do you think your father will do?"

"I sure this is the last straw. I'm sure my grandfather will be put in a home somewhere far away where he can't do more damage. That is if Drake doesn't sue him and try to get him thrown in Azkaban."

"I'm sure Drake won't do that," Rose said confidently.

"Let's go in. I want to dance with you, my love."

Scorpius took Rose's hand and kissed it. "Would you honor me and dance with this fool who is desperately and totally in love with you?"

Rose laughed and pulled herself up. She kissed his lips and put her hands around his neck. Scorpius puts his hands on Rose's waist and pulls her close. Rose rests her head on Scorpius's chest and they danced. It was magical and Rose knew that she would cherish Scorpius and this moment for the rest of her life.

************

Harry Potter was in St. Mungo signing papers to admit his wife. Ginny had become delusional and Harry felt that she needed to be monitored by Healers.

Albus and James were standing next to their father. Harry had aged terribly these last few years. James had told his father to admit her a while ago but Harry refused. Ginny was the love of his life and admitting her in St. Mungo seemed like he had failed her.

Albus did not say anything to his parents but he knew his mother was not the same person these last few years. He stood by his father, sad that this was where his mother would be for the next few weeks or even the next few months.

"Thank you, Mr. Potter," the nurse said kindly to Harry.

"Can we see her?" Albus quickly asked.

"I think it would be best if you left her alone for a while. She needs time to get used to the place."

Albus nodded sadly and James walked towards the floo station. Harry and Albus followed him.

"So, you are going to be a grandfather?" James tried to lighten the mood.

"Yes. So it seems," said Harry. He had told the boys while filling the papers the Healers had given him mainly so that they would understand why Ginny had a complete breakdown.

"Are they getting married?" James asked.

"I'm not sure. But I need to have a talk with Lily tonight," Harry said. "I want her to know that she'll have my support no matter what happens."

"Drake loves her. I'm sure they'll be getting married or at the very least engaged soon," Albus said.

*************

Albus was right! But he never guessed how right he was. Drake and Lily were getting married. The next day!

Drake found Lily after the party and begged her to marry him. She had accepted wholeheartedly. They had decided a big wedding was not what they wanted so they were going to elope. Lily would tell her mother when the time was right.

"We need two witnesses," Drake said.

"Rose and Scorpius?" Lily asked her fiancé.

"I was thinking of Albus and Scorpius."

"Can't we have three witnesses?"

"No. I think two is the magic number."

"You can have Albus as your best man so that Rose and Scorpius can be our witnesses. That way no one is left out."

"Don't you need a maid or matron or something like that?"

Lily rolled her eyes. "Maid of Honor. I was thinking Rose could do that too."

"Fine."

Drake turned to Lily. They were both lying on her bed in the dark at the Potter mansion waiting for the rest of the family. "Are you sure you don't want to wait and get married? I know how you girls dream about big wedding."

"I am not wearing a white wedding dress looking 8 months pregnant!" Lily said outraged. "Besides, I'm sure the Weasley family will throw a huge reception for us."

Lily leaned over to kiss Drake. "Are you scared?" she asked.

"I'm nervous but I hope you know that when I said, "elope" that, meant just you and me. No crazy family or friends."

Lily smiled at Drake. "I love you but I'm not going to make my parents sad by eloping without telling them."

Just then they heard voices coming from the living room.

"They're back," Lily said as she jumped out of bed and ran to the door. She looked back at Drake and said, "Come on."

Drake followed Lily down the stairs to the living room and saw the three Potter men.

"Where's mom?" Lily asked.

Albus, James and Harry looked at each other but it was James who said, "Lily, we need to talk." James looked at Drake and said, " Can you excuse us for a few minutes?" The Potter men led Lily to the kitchen to answer Lily's question.

**********

Lily was sobbing and Drake was trying to calm her down. Harry saw Drake pull his daughter into a warm embrace and whisper into her ear. His hand was moving up and down Lily's back.

Harry was surprised when Lily told him that she was planning on eloping. He never imagined that this was how his only daughter would be getting married and he tried to explain she could still have a big wedding in spite of the circumstances.

Lily wiped her eyes and went to her father. "Daddy, Drake has to go. I'm going to walk him to the door."

"So, when are you planning on "leaving"? Harry asked.

"First thing tomorrow. I think something low-key would be best," Lily said.

Harry kissed her daughter's forehead and closed his eyes tightly. He couldn't believe that his baby girl was all grown up.

Lily walked out of the room pulling Drake behind her. Drake said his goodbyes while leaving the room.

"I cannot believe she's going to marry him," James said

"Why? He's loves her," Albus defended Drake.

"I know. But still. I though she would go off to university, work for a long time and then get married when she's 30."

"She can still do all that while she's married."

"With a kid? I doubt it," James said with a chuckle.

"Ass," Albus mumbled.

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"I cannot believe you did this," Draco shouted at his father.

"He was a shame to our family. Impure and he walked around this house like he belonged here," Lucius said, his voice dripping with venom.

"You are still the same narrow-minded person you've always been. I want you out. I've spoken to Ron and he's willing to hush this up for the family's sake but I've had it with you," Draco continued ranting.

"Calm down" Astoria told her husband.

"I will not calm down. He's out. Pack your bags, old man. You're going to an old age home far away from here. It's in Serbia actually. Luckily, they have room for you."

"I will not go. All this is mine," Lucius said.

"No. It's mine. Mom put everything in my name, remember? You get your 1000 galleons a year and that's it. I never want to see you again," Draco said as he kicked a chair on his way out.

Astoria followed her husband and tried to calm him down. He stood by the stairwell holding the banister. "Sweetheart, please calm down," She pleaded. She was scared that he would get a heart attack or stroke. She had never seen him so angry. Her husband didn't even look like her husband. He looked like a stranger. Astoria shook away that thought and hugged Draco. Her head rested on his back and her hands moved towards his chest and rested over his heart. She could feel his heartbeat racing and smell the perspiration through his shirt.

Draco's heartbeat finally slowed down, back to normal. He put his hands on Astoria's which were gripping his shirt tightly.

"What's for dinner?" Draco asked.

Astoria laughed out loud. "Dinner? That's all you have to ask about?"

Draco turned around and hugged his wife. "My father will be in a high security elderly home. I don't want to waste a single moment thinking about him. He's an arse and always will be," Draco said sadly.

Astoria looked up at her husband, "I'm sorry about this. I know this hurts.'

"I spent 2 decades trying to change people's image of the Malfoy family and he could have destroyed all that," Draco said.

"Hi," Scorpius said as he entered the room. "When's he going?"

"First thing tomorrow," Draco tells his son.

"Can I talk to him?"

"I don't know what you're expecting but go ahead,"

Scorpius enters his grandfather's room and sees him sitting in his old and worn rocking chair. Closing the door behind him, Scorpius goes up to Lucius Malfoy.

"How could you do this?" Scorpius asks but unlike his father, Scorpius's voice is gentle.

Lucius does not answer but continues rocking himself, back and forth. Back and forth.

"You owe him an apology. I cannot believe you contacted Rita Skeeter and those other reporters," Scorpius said.

Lucius looks up at his grandson. "I will never apologize to him. His grandfather was a traitor, his grandmother- a lunatic and a mudblood father."

Scorpius gives his grandfather a sad look. "I've never admired my father more than I have at this moment. He is nothing like you and I thank God for that! You are a pitiful and hateful person." With that Scorpius walks out and never looks back.

*************

6 months later (The grand finale)

"Push, Lily. Push," Rose tells her cousin.

"I can't. I'm so tired. Please, just tell the healer to take this baby out. The pain is horrible," Lily cries. Drake holds his wife's left hand while Rose is standing on Lily's right.

"Just a few more pushes. You're almost there," Drake urges wiping his wife's brow with a water soaked cloth.

"Ice chips?" Rose asks holding a cup.

"No. I want my mom," Lily begs.

"I'll get her," Drake says hurriedly rushing out.

Ginny Weasley was released from St. Mungos a couple of months ago. She was on several medications and had therapy twice a week as an outpatient. She had changed drastically the last few months and was as cheerful as she was when she first married Harry.

Harry Potter was surprised to have not noticed her change from the wonderful woman she was to a bitter, angry one. But the change was so gradual that no one, not even her own mother, realized that something was happening at a much deeper level than anyone realized.

"I'm here," Ginny Weasley said rushing to her daughter.

"Mom. I can't believe you did this three times," Lily said.

The healer interrupts. "Get ready. Another contraction and it looks like a big one."

"Push, honey." Ginny says.

After Ginny's return, Lily was the one who was the most reluctant to be with her mother. Ginny was almost sure that they would always be estranged but now, when her daughter needed someone the most, Lily had asked for her mother. It warmed Ginny's heart.

After the contraction had ended, Ginny pushed back her daughter's sweat drenched hair and looked deep into her eyes. Lily smiled.

"Thanks for being here," Lily said gratefully.

"I'll always be here, my baby girl," Ginny replies.

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"No word?" Scorpius asks as he returns from the cafeteria along with Alex and James.

"No," Harry says. "But Ginny is in there. Lily asked for her." Harry continues to pace along with Ron and Hermione. Albus and Hugo were playing chess. Grandmother and Grandfather Weasley were dozing in a corner.

Rose rushes out. She's out of breath but manages to say, "It's a boy!"

The waiting room filled with Weasleys, filled with shouts of congratulations and hurrahs.

"I have to head back," Rose said.

The doors to the labor room swing open as Rose enters it and then swings back out as Ginny walks into the room holding a blue bundle.

"He's so beautiful," Ginny said to the audience surrounding her. She looks up and looks at Harry's tear filled eyes. And they share a "moment".

Harry mouths an "I love you" to Ginny who mouths back her response of "I do too".

Drake walks up to his mother-in-law and takes his brand new son from her. " Mark Darius Edward. That's his name."

Rose comes back out. "Lily wants her son back."

As Drake heads back to the labor room with his son, Rose hugs Scorpius. "I am never having children."

"That bad?" Scorpius asks.

"Horrible. It was the worst thing I've seen in my life. Almost sure I'm going to ask a Healer to tie my tubes."

Scorpius hugs Rose and says, "Don't worry. When we have a baby, I'll make sure they drug you up with all those Muggle medication. No pain."

Rose laughed and rested her head on Scorpius's chest. All the drama of the last year and half were finally over.

"You two!" Ron said to his daughter and future son-in-law. "You have less than 3 hours to get ready and be at the church."

Scorpius, Rose and the rest of the Weasleys rushed to the next family event. Rose and Scorpius's Wedding!

THE END

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