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A Little
Time Away

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Ginny come
into dining room much to everyone�s surprise.�

�I thought
you were sleeping,� Draco said as he helped her into her chair.�

�My hunger
got the best of me.� I didn�t have
breakfast, remember.�

�Are you
feeling better, Mummy?� Thuban asked.

�Yes, sweetheart.� I�m fine.�

�Mummy,
Uncle Blaise and Aunt Pansy are coming over after lunch.� They have something to show us,� Serpens
said.

Draco smiled
at her.� �I flooed
Blaise to let him know we would be leaving this afternoon.�

�Will you be
joining us on our trip, Narcissa?� It
would be an enormous help and I do so enjoy shopping with you,� Ginny added.

Narcissa
smiled, �It would be great fun.� I think
a large shopping spree is in order.�
Maybe lightening Lucius� Gringotts� vault will wake him up.�

�Grandmother�s
coming with us!� Cam exclaimed.� Oh, this
would be a wonderful trip.� Grandmother
was already talking about a shopping spree.�
The little wizard could see the toys piling up.� He and his brothers would have to try on lots
of new clothes, but that was a small price for toys.� His eyes opened wide as he thought about the
pet shops in France.� They would have to
get Grandmother to take them to one.� If
things went well this week, they would be coming home with a puppy.

As the
little boy plotted, the elves served the family a simple lunch of tomato soup
and sandwiches.� It was best to travel on
a light stomach and Draco wasn�t in the mood to deal
with food his children would need assistance with.� Serpens pushed the bowl of soup away.� Cam giggled and Thuban shook his head.

�What�s the
problem, little man?� his father said lovingly.

�It has
tomatoes and it makes me sick.�

�You�ve
eaten it before,� Draco said puzzled.

�Who told
you it had tomatoes in it, darling?� Narcissa questioned.

�Grandfather,
last night, and I got so sick I couldn�t make it to the bathroom and I threw��
Serpens began.

Draco put
his hand up in front of the child�s face.�
�Stop!�
We do not speak of such things at the table.� Don�t eat the soup.�� The blond wizard shook his head.� If he and Ginny had twenty children, he would
never understand them.� They could eat
something a hundred times but let them find out what was in it and they�d never eat it again.

The family
had completed their soup and sandwich when a Manor house elf appeared and bowed
at Draco�s side.�

�Master
Draco.� Master send
this ice cream for the children.�

�Oh, I
forgot,� Narcissa started, �I sent him for it earlier.�

Draco waved
his hand at the elf.� �Serve it to them.�

The elf
placed a bowl of very colorful ice cream in front of Serpens.� It contained candied dragons that moved.� It placed a bowl of chocolate ice cream
covered with chocolate syrup and whipped cream in front of Cam.� It paused and looked at Narcissa.

�What�s the
problem?� Draco asked.

�I�s forgot,
Master Thuban was being punished.� There be no ice cream for him.�

Serpens
stopped greedily filling his mouth with ice cream and tears started down his
face.� �He went in Zenith�s paddock.� I thought he would get killed.�� Ginny leaned over and calmed the boy.

Draco
snarled at his eldest son,�
�You walked across a paddock alone?�

�Yes, Daddy.�

�Grandmother
and Grandfather saved him.�� He didn�t
get hurt,� Cam announced.

�I got a
sore behind,� Thuban interjected.

�Your
grandfather spanked you?� Ginny asked ready to be angry.�

Serpens
giggled, �No, Zenith hit him in the bottom with his head.�

Draco looked
at the elf.� �Thuban will do without
dessert.�� The elf served Narcissa,
Ginny and Draco a raspberry sherbet.� The
wizard looked at his eldest sone,� �What was your punishment?�

�Grandmother
sent me to my chambers.�� He was having a
hard time looking his father's eyes, eyes that clearly showed the wizard's
disappointment in his son�s actions.�

�We will
discuss this later, son.�

-------*******-------

�So, you
decided to have babies?� Cam asked Pansy and Blaise as he looked at the ring on
her hand.

Blaise
pulled the little wizard onto his lap and chuckled,� �We�ve decided to spend the rest of
lives together, little mate.�

�And we
wanted to tell you before you left,� Pansy added.

�If you had
a baby now, he could be Leo�s friend.� He
doesn�t have any,� Serpens supplied.

Thuban
rolled his eyes at his brother.� �She
can�t just have it now.� They have to get
married, then Uncle Blaise has to put the seed inside Aunt Pansy and she has to
grown the baby for a long, long time.�
Remember how long Leo was inside Mummy.�
It will take at least a year,� Thuban informed his little brother.

Thuban kissed
Pansy's cheek, �Congratulations.� I hope you�re happy with him.�
He�s really bossy at times but I like him.�� He smirked when he looked at Blaise, who
removed Cam from his lap and seized Thuban.�

He tickled
the five year old.� �You only like me?�

�And only a little at that,� the boy teased while
giggling.

�Not a wise
thing to say eight weeks before your birthday, Thuban.�� Blaise continued to tickle him.

�Oh, I
forgot.� If I said I loved you would I
get a bigger gift?�� the
little wizard threw his arms around his godfather and hugged him.� �I do love you.�� Thuban then started to whisper to Blaise, � I need you to do something for me.� I�m really mad at my
grandfather but I still love him.� Tell
him that for me.� Make sure he doesn�t
get too sad while we�re gone.�

Blaise
kissed the boy�s cheek, �I�ll tell him.�

--------********--------

The Weasley
boys and their parents sat at the Burrow's kitchen table.�

�You spoke
with Ginny, Mum?� Bill asked.�

�Yes, they
arrived at their French Villa at three.��
She and Draco were going out for the evening.� She�s calm now.� It was wise of them to get away.�

�The Prophet
isn�t going to be nice to her or the Malfoys tomorrow.� You didn�t tell her about the Jones man,
Mum?�� Charlie inquired.

�Which
part?� Ron interjected.� �The part about
Malfoy beating the bloody hell out of the prat with his own hands before coming
to the Ministry or the part about the prat not keeping his mouth closed about
the hit wizards he worked for in front of the Azkaban prisoners.�

�I didn�t
tell her either,� Molly sighed.

Percy leaned
forward in his chair.� �He would have
been a great informant.� It�s too bad
your lot couldn�t keep him alive, Ron.�

�My lot
doesn�t work at Azkaban.� Besides no one
thought he�d be an idiot and tell other prisoners he was going to talk his way
to freedom,� replied Ron.

�There will
be a lot of fallout from this,� Arthur added.

�In many ways, Dad. The guards in charge of Jones� safety will
likely be demoted.� There hasn�t been a murder in Azkaban in years.� Plus you should see
Lucius Malfoy.� I�ve seen pictures of him
when he was in Azkaban, he looks worse now.��
Ron shook his head as if to rid it of a horrible vision.

Arthur
nodded.� �He truly didn�t mean for the
wizard to go that far.� Dumb aristocratic
traditions, Ginny said she loved his son but he had to have proof.� Now, he may have lost everything.�

��He deserves it,� Molly spat.

Bill took a
drink of his butterbeer.� �You know, Percy, he wouldn�t have given you
anyone high up in Lucius Malfoy�s hit wizard
ring.� Lucius wouldn�t have given the man
to Draco if he knew anything.�

Percy turned
his nose up.� �You don't know that for
sure, you never know what information can be obtained.�

-------*******-------

Ginny couldn�t help but smile as she walked to Port Henri IV on
her husband�s arm.� They had taken a
dinner cruise on the Seine River on their honeymoon and it had been a beautiful
and romantic evening.� She could only
imagine what the cruise would be like now that they were in love.�� They had taken the Muggle Les Bateaux Parisiens cruise almost seven years ago.� It was a lovely glass
enclosed boat that boarded at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.� There had been two hundred other couples on
that boat and Draco had said he wanted a more private cruise this time.

How private
surprised her.� Draco and a purser help
her onto the large yacht where a table for two
sat in a corner of the teakwood stern deck. No other passengers were present
there or in the large main cabin.� This
was a wizard cruise ship and they would be served by
elves.�

�Draco, are
there other guests or have you�� she started.

He guided
her to the table.� �This is a private
cruise.�� He assisted her into her chair
and kissed her hand.� �I wish to share
you with no one tonight.�

�Voulez-vouz que je dise au capitaine que vous �tes
pr�ts � commencer, et que
je fasse amener votre vin au gar�on,
Monsieur?� the purser
asked Draco.��

(Translation:
Shall I tell the
captain you�re ready to get underway and have your
waiter bring your wine, Sir.)

�Oui,
merci.�

(translation: Yes,
Please)

The couple
sat and drank a glass of wine as the yacht started down the Seine River.� It was dusk and the colors of the setting sun
added to the beauty of the ancient city that surrounded them.� She stopped herself from giggling as Draco
eyed the Muggle buildings and monuments.�
Despite the Malfoys� natural dislike for all things Muggle, they did
appreciate beautiful things.� On their
first trip to Paris, she was silly enough to question his admiration for the
city.� He scoffed at her, telling her
that most of the city was designed by wizards and
merely built with Muggle labor.� When she
had located a building that didn�t have any wizarding
connection, he simply replied, �Well even a broken clock is correct twice a
day.��

He pushed
his chair next to hers and drew her into him, whispering, �Listen to the music,
my love.�� She could hear music in the
background but the view as they went down the right bank of the river past
Hotel de ville, Le Louvre Museum, Grand Palais, and Trocadero had her
attention.� The first six courses of
their meal had been served while cruising this
bank.� The view was spectacular and the
atmosphere was very romantic but something was missing.� Ginny was hoping for Draco�s normal Saturday
night poems between courses but the verses never came. Yet, he did keep looking
at her with a �that�s how I feel about you look� which
seemed very out of place to her.��

Draco asked
the waiter to wait before serving dessert.�
He looked longingly into her eyes.�
�I wish we had started our relationship differently.� I regret forcing you into marriage and into
having my children.�� He smiled at her
and kissed her tenderly on the lips.� �Although it is my favorite regret.� Come.��
Draco took her hand, led her out onto the large deck and with a snap of
his fingers the volume of the music increased.�
He pulled her close and they started to dance.� They hadn�t been
moving together long before he started to sing to her.

�Will you be my favorite regret,

Could I be your sweetest mistake?

Trade one step
back for two ahead

Just a little time that's all

Don't be afraid to fall

This catch I won't
forget,

My favorite regret.�

He softly
lifted her chin and placed a gentle kiss on her lips before continuing with the
singing.

�Won't you let me chip away the
stone

Are you really better off alone?

Won't you let your guard down one
more time

Just like
I've done mine

We'll look until we find something neither will forget

My favorite regret�

Tears were
slowly running down her cheeks.� He
kissed each away and whispered, �I love you, Ginevra Molly Malfoy.� I always will.�� He finished the last verse.��

�Will you be my favorite regret?

Cut the strings attached but save
the thread

And I know your feelings are probably right

But just this once tonight

As you lay in your bed

Place a little on this bet

My favorite regret�� *

He pulled
her lovingly into his arms.� �Happy
tears, Ginny?�� She nodded into his chest
as she tried to stop crying.� �Good.�

When she
looked up, the Eiffel Tower was behind him illuminated to intensify its
strength and beauty.�

�Damn you,
Draco Malfoy,� she murmured to him before turning his head toward the tower and
telling him lovingly,� �how am I ever
again going to be able to look at that without remembering this moment and our
love for one another?�

He turned
and smirked at her.� �I shall have a
photo of it placed in every room in Black Hall then.��

She giggled,
�You would do that.�� She placed her hand
over her mouth and once again tears fell down her
face.� �You told me to listen to the
music.� You were using the music instead
of poems.� I didn�t listen.�

Draco hugged
her and chuckled.� �I thought my
selection of songs was lacking.� It is
Muggle music after all.�

She had
taken a liking to Muggle music in her seventh year at Hogwarts.� To Lucius� dismay, she introduced Narcissa to
it.� Draco listened to it with her but he
said he didn�t understand it.�

�I�ll play
them for you again.� He snapped his fingers a couple of times.� The music started playing as they cruised up
the left bank past the Eiffel Tower and Invalides.� He placed his hands on her hips, looked into
her eyes and started singing again.

�I see the questions in your eyes

know what's weighing on your mind

You can be sure I know my part

Cause I'll stand beside you through the years

You'll only cry those happy tears

And though I make mistakes

I'll never break your heart

And I swear by the moon and the stars in the skies

I'll be there

I swear like a shadow that's by your side

I'll be there

For better or worse,

Till death do us part,

I'll love you with every beat of my heart

And I swear

Ooo...

I'll give you every thing
I can

I'll build your dreams with these two hands

We'll hang some memories on the walls

And when (and when) just the two of us are there

You won't have to ask if I still care

Cause as the time turns the page,

My love won't age at all� **

Ginny was in
tears again.� He stopped singing and held
her close.� �I want you, Ginerva,
forever.�� He walked her to the side of
the boat.� She leaned back against him
and he held her tight around the waist as they passed Pont Neuf.�� Another slow song started but he snapped
his fingers skipping to a faster one.

�And I would do anything for
love, I'd run right into hell and back

I would do anything for love, I'll never lie to you and that's a fact

But I'll never forget the way you feel right now, oh no, no way

And I would do anything for love, but I won't do that, I won't do that

Anything for love, oh I would do anything for love

I would do anything for love, but I won't do that, oh I won't do that

Some days it don't come easy, and some days it don't come hard

Some days it don't come at all, and these are the days that never end

Some nights you're breathing fire, and some nights you're carved in ice

Some nights you're like nothing I've ever seen before or will again

Maybe I'm crazy, but it's crazy and it's true

I know you can save me, no one else can save me now but you

As long as the planets are turning, as long as the stars are burning

As long as your dreams are coming true, you better believe it

That I would do anything for love, and I'll be there til
the final act

I would do anything for love, and I'll take a vow and seal a pact�� ***

The rest of
the song was lost to her as he turned her head and kissed her passionately a
number of times.� Somehow, he turned her
or she turned and their snogging only ended when a
group of twenty-something males on the bank started cat calling.�

When they
looked back at the bank, they were going past d'Orsay Museum.� They listened to a number of other songs
drifting by, Saint Germain des Pres, Saint Michel and
Notre Dame Cathedral.� The docks were
empty when they returned.�

Kissing
Ginny lovingly on the lips, Draco then whispered, �Would you like a romantic
walk or�� A boat filled with young
American Muggles pulled into the dock next to them at that moment interrupting
with blaring music.� �Damn Muggles!�

She pulled
him into a very passionate kiss when she pushed away they were both
breathless.� �I disagree, Draco.�� Their song is very fitting for this moment.��

He raised a
brow to his wife and listened to the lyrics.

�It's like a dream

Although I'm not asleep

I never want to wake up

Don't lose it

Don't leave it

So go on, go on

Come on leave me breathless

Tempt me, tease me

'Till I can't deny this

Loving feeling

Let me long for your kiss

Go on, go on

Yeah come on�� ****

��

He pulled
her close.� �I think I can do that.��

-------********--------

Narcissa and
Ginny sat at the small iron table on the villa�s terrace finishing their tea
while Draco stood on the edge watching the boys merrily running through the
vineyards.� �I said no hiding, Cam,� he
bellowed when the little wizard snuck behind a large collection of vines.

�Draco, let
them play.� Come and have some tea.� Tipsy and Nan are in the vineyard with them,�
Ginny said softly.

�Come,
Draco,� Narcissa added and the wizard reluctantly sat down next to his
wife.� �Here you go, darling,� she said
after pouring him a cup of tea.� �Your
father owled me last evening.� He sent thirty thousand galleons to the Paris
Gringotts branch for my shopping.�
Ginevra and I were discussing spending the day in wizarding Paris.�

�That sounds
fine, Mother.� We�ll go do a little
shopping, have a nice lunch, then I�ll take the boys to the park and you ladies
can finish your shopping,� he smirked at them, �for the day that is.�

�We have our
plans for the day,� Ginny walked to the terrace edge,� �Thuban, Cam, Serpens.� You have ten more minutes before you need to
clean-up to leave.�

Thirty
minutes later four grumpy wizards, two happy witches and a gurgling babe walked
up to Luxembourg Palace.� Draco tapped
the bricks.� He touched the wall and his
hand went through.� The wizarding family
hurried through the port to wizarding Paris, closing it behind them.� The wizarding version of Luxembourg garden
looked very much lile the Muggle one with a couple of
exceptions.� The old wizards were playing
wizards chess.�
Children were playing Gobstones.�
People were playing Swivenhodge, not tennis.� In addition, the puppets had no strings.

�I want to
see the puppet show,� Cam said.

�I want to
ride the ponies,� Serpens added.

Thuban
rolled his eyed.� �Stop being dim-witted,
those ponies only go in circles.� Your
pony at home is better than those old nags.�

Draco
growled at the boy.� �Thuban, where are
your manners?�

�I left them
at the villa,� he said under his breath.

�Repeat that
louder, please,� Draco hissed.

�I�m sorry,
Serpens.�

Draco
whispered to the boy, �One more mistake and you will be back at the villa with
your manners.�� Thuban nodded.� The blond wizard put his arm around his
wife�s waist and softly growled in her ear.�

�You
shouldn�t have stopped me from spanking him for his cheek at the villa.�

Ginny paused
before she responded.� Draco and Lucius
thought spankings were the solution to every problem with the boys.� Many times, there wasn�t
even a problem.� Malfoy men merely loved
to set rules, and stupid ones at that.�
The vineyards seemed a lovely place for a game of hide and seek; they
could see a great distance from the terrace, nothing would happen to the
boys.� Yet, Draco had to be able to see
them at all times.� In her opinion, he
deserved to be called an old fuddy
duddy.� That�s what he was acting like.� Thuban had whispered it after all.��

�He�ll be
fine, Draco.�� She looked at each of her
sons.� Serpens had his hand holding tight
onto Draco�s free one.� In mere minutes,
the boy would be riding on his father�s hip.�
Cam was holding tight to Narcissa�s hand and
Thuban was holding onto the pram.� �We�re
going to Gringotts then shopping.� Only
if you�re good will we go to the park.� If you misbehave your father will take you
back to the villa.�� The boys nodded and
as if on cue, Serpens tugged on Draco�s trousers to be
carried.

The Paris
branch of Gringotts was a double of the London one.� Both Draco and Narcissa acquired galleons and
euros for their shopping needs while Ginny watched
the children.�� Thuban stepped up to a
goblin�s desk.� �Parlez-vous fran�ais
ou anglais?�

(Translation:
Do you speak
French or English?)

�I speak
both as do you, young Master Malfoy,� the goblin snarled.�

Thuban moved
behind his mother and peeked around her at the goblin.� �Goblins are so mean.� How can Uncle Bill stand to work with them?�

�They are
not mean, Thuban.� They are merely
impersonal,� Ginny replied.

�Oh.�� Thuban approached the goblin again.� �Do you speak Gobbledegook?�

�A little.�

�Is it hard
to learn?� the little wizard inquired.�

��Not for goblins.�

Thuban saw
his father coming.� �Well it was a
pleasure talking with you.�

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Draco placed
his dressing robe on the chair revealing his bare chest and silk pajama
bottoms.� Ginny was engrossed in her book
so he cleared his throat.� When she still
didn�t respond he walked around and sat on her side of
the bed looking at the title of the tome.�
�Greatest Quidditch Pranks and Blunders�

�Ginevra,
what is your wicked mind planning?�

She kept her
eyes on the pages of the book.� �Nothing to worry your pretty little head about.�

�I beg to
differ with you, darling,� he said
over-sweetly.� �I�ve had to stop your
wand play two too many times lately.�

She closed
the book and placed it on table next to the bed without looking at him.� �Fine!� I�ll merely remove the cushioning charm from
my brothers� brooms.�� She finally looked
at her husband and smiled.� �Did you have
something in mind?�

He answered
by leaning into her and kissing her very passionately.� She managed to push him away.�

�Slow down a
little,� she giggled.� �I�m willing,
although I would like to discuss a couple of topics we�ve been avoiding.�

He rolled to
his side of the bed and pulled her onto his chest holding her by her
shoulders.� �I haven�t been avoiding
things, Ginny.� I wanted you to feel safe
before addressing them.� Here is my view
on my father and our family.� He is not
welcome in our home.� The boys will not
be going to the Manor.� I will continue
to work with him.� The boys will be allowed to owl him and you or I will read his owls
before they are given to the children.�
Tomorrow I want to read his owl to Thuban.�

�Well, we
agree on most things.� Your father will
never be allowed visits with our children again.�

�Ginny, I didn�t say never.� I
think if the boys decide they want to visit Lucius when they are eleven they
should be allowed.�� He saw his wife
start to fume so quickly added, �but that�s five years
off and we don�t need to argue about that now.�

�I don�t
want him communicating with my sons,� she snapped at her husband.

�Explain to
me what problems you see arising from it?�
We will read the letters before they go to the boys.� If there is anything in the letter we don�t
want them to see, they don�t get it,� he calmly said.

�I want to
read them,� she demanded.

�I see no
problem with that.�� He handed her a
letter.� �This is the letter I�d like to
read to Thuban tomorrow.� Ginny removed
it from the envelope and read it.

My dearest Thuban,

I cannot find the words to express the overwhelming remorse I feel.� My actions set in motion events that almost
caused your mother irreversible harm.�
Only by the grace of all that�s magic, did I happen by her and her
attack and put a stop to it.

I am a flawed man in many ways
but my actions were never meant to cause you or your
father pain.� In my own foolish way, I
was trying to save you from it.��

From this moment on, I promise to
help protect your mother and your entire family from harm.� My actions were unforgivable, although I hope
one day that we can work past them.

I love you with all my
heart.� Look after your grandmother for
me.� She is also hurting deeply.

Love always,

Grandfather

�A Slytherin
to the end?� she questioned.� �He called
himself foolish and flawed.�

�In that
part he was being loving, apologetic and truthful,
where he reminded us that it was he who stopped the attack, that was the
Slytherin in him.�� He kissed her
cheek.� �Thuban gets it tomorrow?��

�Yes.�� She turned to her husband.� �I need the truth.� Did you have anything to do with Daniel
Jones' murder in Azkaban?�

�No.� He
looked at the two small bruises on his right hand and showed them to her.� �But his face did cause the bruising on my
hand.�

�Draco!�

�If you can
bat boogey a bint for patting my bottom, I can throw
my fist into a bloke�s face after he assaults you.�

She pulled
him on top of her, not that it took her much effort.� He was very willing to move.� He rested most of his weight on his elbows
and his knees, which were in-between her legs, and smirked at her.� She placed an open hand on his bum and patted
it lightly.

�That was a
pat, Draco.� She did this.� Ginny opened
her hand wide and grabbed as much of his left bum cheek as she could and gave
it a very firm squeeze.� �Which we both
know, my husband, means she wants to do this.��
She placed a hand on each of his bum cheeks firmly squeezed them while
pulling his hips into hers.��

�That is
only for you, my love,� he replied before cheekly adding,
�Would you like to spend the next twenty or thirty minutes doing that?�

The sound of
a small fist knocking on the door stopped her reply.� �Daddy, there are funny noises in my
room.� Can I sleep with you and Mummy?�

�Bloody
hell,� he whispered to his wife before rolling out of the bed and placing on
his dressing robe.�

�What do you
say to leaving the older ones home when you go to
Spain?�

------******-------

Ginny fell
onto the sofa after having had the day from hell.� Serpens walked into the room.� She sat up and glared at the little
wizard.� �Get to your bedchamber now or
I�ll take my wand to your bottom,� she bellowed at the boy.� He turned tail and ran out of the room
moments before a loud Apparation pop was heard.� Draco
walked into the room, assessing his wife�s mood he tried to leave her in peace
and see to his children.� By the looks of
her, he wasn�t sure if they were still alive.

�Wait!� she
said.� �You need to redden three little
wizards� bottoms.�

Well, they�re
still alive, he thought
as he walked into the room.� He sat down
pulled her into a hug and kissed her forehead.�
�What did they do?�

�They
unleashed their magic all over Muggle Paris that�s all!�� She pointed to the Pensieve on the table.
�It�s all in there see for yourself.�

_________The
first Pensieve memory___________

Ginny walked
down the busy Paris street towards the Eiffel Tower
pushing Leo�s pram.� Serpens was standing
on a step on the pram, Thuban and Cam were holding
onto either side.

�We�re going
to the Tower and then the park while Grandmother is shopping?� Thuban asked.

�Yes,
sweetheart,� Ginny replied.

French women
past the family and looked into the pram.�
Many saying, �Votre b�b� est beau, finalement l'un d'entre eux
a votre cheveux.��

(Translation:
Your baby is beautiful, finally one of them had your hair.)

Other said,
�Que ces enfants-l� sont ob�issants!� or, �Votre b�b� est adorable.�

(Translation:
�How
well behaved those children are! Or, Your baby is
adorable)

Ginny beamed
and nodded at most of them not knowing what they were saying but knowing by her
sons� reactions, that it must be praise.�
She stopped before crossing the street.�
Serpens jumped off the step and ran to the grass area.� He turned around with a stick in his hand.

�I�ve found
a wand!� he spouted proudly.

�It�s a
stick,� Cam informed him.

�I�m a
wizard.� I know a wand when I see one,�
Serpens retorted.

�Que mignon,� a French woman said.� �Il joue
au magicien.�

(Translation:
How cute, a French woman said.� He's pretending he's a wizard.)

�Si, je suis magicien,� Serpens replied. �Je ne m'habille
que comme un Moldu � �tre
en harmonie avec vous.�

(Translation: I am a wizard, Serpens replied. I�m only dressed as a Muggle to fit in.)

Thuban
walked over to his little boy and pulled him back to the pram.� He whispered, �Telling the Muggles you�re a
wizard isn�t fitting in.�

Serpens put
a hand over his mouth.� �I�m sorry,
Mummy.�� He showed Ginny the stick.� �Isn�t this a nice wand?�

�Yes, sweetheart.� What do all good wizards
do with their wands?�

�They sheath
their wands,� he answered and put the stick in his pocket.

�Que c'est
precieux, les enfants et ses jeux
de faire semblant,� giggled a young French woman as she walked by.

(Translation:
That�s just
precious, children and their games of make believe)

Serpens
pulled the stick out of his pocket and pointed it at the woman�s foot.� �Je suis un vrai magicien
et ceux-ci, c'est une baguette authentique.�

(Translation:
I am a real wizard
and this is a real wand.)

The woman
tripped, her friend barely caught her before her fall.�

�Je vous ai donn�
un croc-en-jambe. Je suis
un vrai magicien,� he spat.

(Translation:
I made you
trip. I am a real wizard)

The Muggle
women stared at Serpens.

�Thuban,
what did he say?� Ginny hurriedly asked.

�He said he
was a real wizard and it was a real wand.�

She
retrieved her young son and removed the stick from his hand.� �Thuban apologize for me, please. Tell her, I�m very sorry for Serpens' behavior.� It won�t happen again.�

�Ma m�re
veux s'excuser de la
conduit de mon fr�re cadet.
Elle regrette infinitement
et voudrait vous assurer de
cela n'arrive plus.,� Thuban said.

(Translation:
My mother wishes
to apologize for my little brother�s behavior. She is deeply sorry and
will make sure it doesn�t happen again)

Ginny turned
Serpens toward the women.� �Je suis d�sol�.�

(Translation:
�I�m sorry.)

�Je t'excuse,� the woman replied before
walking off.

(Translation:
Apology accepted.)

�I�m sorry,
Mummy,� Serpens said.

She pointed
the stick at him.� �You�re lucky I don�t
take this to your bottom right now.� If
you can�t behave we will have to go back to the villa.�

------******------

Draco smiled
at his wife.� She elbowed him.� �It wasn�t funny.�

�I�m sure it
wasn�t at the time but look at it in a couple of weeks and you�ll feel
different.� Where�s the stick?�

She giggled,
�You can�t see it.�

�It was a
very old wand wasn�t it?� He smirked.

�Yes, it
was.�

�That�s my
boy!�� He hugged his wife.� �Although he was a bad boy
for using it.�

_________The
second Pensieve memory___________

Serpens,
Thuban and Cam sat on the lawn watching the Muggle magician in the Park.�

�J'ai besoin d'un
assistant pour ma lev�e prochaine,� he said.

(Translation:
I need an
assistant for the next trick)

All the
children raised their hands.� The man
called on Thuban and he walked up to him.

�Comment tu t'appelle?� the magician asked.

(Translation:
What is your name?)

�Thuban.�

�Thuban va m'aider executer une lev�e simple de cartes.
Choisis une carte, s'il-te plait.��
Thuban did and the magician said, �Montre-la � tout le monde.�

(Translation:
�Thuban is going
to help me perform a simple card trick. Pick a card, please.�
Thuban did and the magician said, �Show it to everyone.�)

Thuban
showed the crowd the seven of hearts from left to right.� Ginny saw him smirk.� When he showed the card from right to left,
it was the king of spades.�� The audience
clapped.

�Mais je n'ai pas
fait la lev�e.,� magician said in puzzlement.�
Thuban placed the card in the deck.

(Translation:
I haven�t done the trick)

�Maintenant, je vais rendre
la carte quitter le jeu de cartes.�� The magician placed his hand over the deck and tried to make the
card rise but couldn�t, a perplexed look appeared on
his face.� Thuban giggled on the stage
and then placed his hand out.� Both the
king of spades and seven of hearts flew into his hand.� He showed them to the crowd and they clapped.

(Translation:
I will now made the card rise from the deck.�)

� _________The third Pensieve memory___________

The boys sat
in another area of a park watching a Muggle puppet show.�

Serpens
pointed to the puppets.� �Why do they
have strings?�

�Muggles
need strings to make puppets work,� Thuban said.

Ginny
whispered to the boys, �Behave yourselves.� I�m going to sit on the bench with Leo.�� The boys nodded and she walked away.� Three women walked over and chatted with her.

�How old is
he?� asked a woman in blue.

�Six weeks.�

�He is so
lovely,� said another.

�Thank you.�

Leo opened
his eyes wide.� The women sighed.� The women in blue said, �What dazzling gray
eyes he has!�

�He has his
father�s eyes,� Ginny said proudly.�

The women
talked and goggled over Leo for a couple more minutes.� Ginny tried to keep any eye on her other sons
and talk with the women.� Serpens seemed
to be paying more attention to the women around his little brother than the
show.� Ginny noticed strange things
happening to the puppets.� They appeared
to be moving on their own and going in different places then the puppet masters
were directing.� Before two of these
strange events, she saw Cam elbow Thuban.�
Her two little wizards were laughing too much.

Leo started
to cry and she looked down.� His pacifier
was floating towards Serpens, luckily she was able to
catch it.

�I can�t
believe he spit it that far,� said the woman in blue.

�He�s full
of surprises.� It was nice speaking with
you ladies but it�s time for us to leave,� Ginny said

before she placed Leo in his pram and collected her older sons.� She walked the group away from others.

�I don�t
know what has gotten into you today but it stops now.� Do you hear me?��

�I didn�t do
anything, Mummy,� Thuban said.

�These
puppets were moving on their own, Thuban.�

�It wasn�t
me.�

�Was it your
brother then?� Ginny asked.

Thuban
looked at the ground.�

�Answer me
young man?�

�Yes.�

She looked
at all three.� �You know better than to
use magic in front of Muggles.� First
Serpens in the street, then Thuban at the magic show, now Cam at the puppet
show, plus Serpens Accioed Leo�s pacifier, do I need
to take you back to the villa?�

�No, Mummy,�
all three answered.

______ The forth and last Pensieve memory ______

Thuban and
Cam sat by the fountain�s side at Luxembourg garden.� Serpens sat next to Ginny on a bench.� Many children had rented sailboats that
operated by remote control.� The two
older boys approached their mother.

�Mummy, may
we please rent a sailboat to play with while we wait for Grandmother?� Cam
sweetly pleaded.

�No, we
haven�t behaved well enough.� If you
behave at dinner tonight we�ll come back Friday and rent a sailboat for each of
you.�

Both boys
frowned and walked away quietly back to the fountain.� All was peaceful as Ginny read a book to
Serpens when she put it down she noticed a large number of the Muggle children
looking at their remotes.

�Cela tombait en panne.� a number of boys, said.

(Translation: It�s not working)

�Mommy,�
said a little boy in a Dallas Cowboy shirt.�
�Something's wrong.� When I tell
it to go left the boat goes right sometimes.�

Ginny looked
for her older boys, she saw Thuban focusing on a boat with blue sails and Cam
on a boat with red sails.� Moments later,
the boats collided.� Two Muggle boys
cried while her two giggled madly.� She
walked over and took them by the arm leaving Serpens and the pram at the
bench.�

�That�s it,�
she whispered.� �You�re staying at the
villa this evening and maybe the rest of the trip.�� They were steps away from the pram when Leo
started to cry.� She ran to him only to
find his pacifier missing.

She eyed
Serpens and put out her hand.� �Give it
back,� she hissed lightly.

------******------

Draco leaned
back on the sofa and pulled his wife close.�
�I�m so sorry they were being devilish today.�� He kissed her forehead.� �I was hoping not to go through the jealousy
bit with Serpens but we know how to handle that.��

Ginny stared
at him.� �Well, what are you waiting
for?� Go upstairs and spank some
bottoms!�

He kissed
her forehead again.� �I don�t want to
quarrel but if you believe so strong that they need to be spanked, why didn�t
you do it?� If I recall correctly, I
wanted to spank them Sunday for not listening to you or me and you told me I
spank too much.�

She pulled
away from him and walked angrily across the room.� �This is different.� They were Muggle baiting today and I don�t
want to raise a pack of Death Eaters!� she hissed.

�Ginevra!�
he growled.� �Think before you
speak.� I would never allow my sons to do
the things my father and aunt have done and you know that.� I saw three little wizards being very
mischievous.� It was far from Muggle
baiting.� Cam has tried to do the same
thing at wizarding puppet shows.�

Ginny walked
over and hugged him.� �You�re right.� I�m very sorry.� I�m just at the end of my wand.�

�That is
because they wouldn�t listen to you today, correct?� he asked and she
nodded.� He walked her over to the sofa
and started to snuggle her.� �I believe
the first order of business should be making you feel better.� It will do them good to wait and worry a
little longer.�

�You may
have been joking last night but I think we should find someone to watch the older
boys when we go to Spain.� I need some
real time away.�

�You want to
bring Leo with us, Ginny?�

�Yes, Draco.� He�s too young to be left
and he isn�t a problem,� she replied then kissed him.

�I say we do
that, Ginny.�� He hugged her.� �I do have a small break planned for you
tomorrow.� The Paris director offered his
nanny�s services to us from nine to four tomorrow.� I�ll have everything
I need completed by three.� You and my
mother can go shopping all day and evening if you like.� Friday, I�m free to explore Paris with my
family.�

-------*******--------

�Daddy,�
Serpens said as Draco carried him down the Muggle street
towards the Louvre.� �Do the paintings
really not move at the Louvre?�

�It�s a
museum of Muggle artwork.� It has some of
the best works of their kind.� You�ll
enjoy viewing them.�

�Daddy,
look!� Cam pointed to a lamp in a window.�
�That plug is different.� Can we
get it for Grandpa?� He collects plugs
you know.�

�He collects
batteries too,� Serpens added.� �I�ve
seen lots of them around.�

�I think we
should get him that book about how Muggle airplanes fly,� Thuban interjected.

�Your
grandpa can�t read French, sweetheart,� Ginny added.

�They had an
English one too, Mummy.�

Draco rolled
his eyes.� He wasn�t
about to buy Arthur Weasley a plug or batteries.� The man had no use for them and he didn�t want to promote collecting useless items.� The book, he didn�t
mind, knowledge was never useless even if it was knowledge about Muggle items.

�We�ll see
about getting the book after the museum.��
He smirked at his wife.� �If we
have the money that is, Mummy may have spent it all yesterday.�

Cam turned
and looked at his mother in horror.� �If
you spent it all, I hope you got my birthday present already.�

The blond
wizard chuckled.� �I believe that�s the
Black in him talking, Mother.�

Narcissa
snorted, �Your father was merely joking, Cygnus.� Your mother�s spending yesterday didn�t even
put a dent in his vault.�

The little
wizard glared at his father.� �I was
joking, Cam.� Although,
you haven�t been behaving like a child whose birthday is only weeks away.�

�I�ll be
really good today, Daddy.�� The blond,
blue-eyed boy made an �x� with his hand in front of his chest.� �Cross my heart.��

As the
family walked through Tuileries Garden, the boys
spotted the wonderful playground and asked to play for a bit.� Draco knew that viewing the museum would not
be peaceful with the three boys.� He
handed each of them money so they could jump on the trampolines.�

��Ginny, I�ve got an idea.� Why don�t you and
mother stay here with the younger ones and I�ll take Thuban into the
Louvre.� I�ll
meet you in front of the pyramid in two hours.�
Then I�ll watch all the boys while you and Mother view the museum?�

The women
looked at each other and smiled.� �That�s
a wonderful idea, Draco.� Thuban�s
going.�� She pointed to the trampoline
where their eldest was speaking with the worker.

�Je ne veux pas faire les astuces. Je ne veux que sauter haut,� the little wizard said.

(Translation:
I don�t want to do tricks. I just want to jump high)

��Est-ce que tu sais sauter
haut du sol?� the worker
asked and the boy nodded.� �Essaie de rester au centre, et saute
comme tu essaies de sauter du sol. Fl�chis tes genous
avant de retomber, et quand le trampolino te repousser, saute
encore une fois. Tiens tes bras � s'equilibrer. S'amuse bien!�

(Translation: You
know how to jump high from the ground?� the worker asked and the boy
nodded. �Try to stay in the center, jump as if you�re trying to jump high
on the ground. Bent your knees before you land, when
the trampoline pushes you back up jump again. Hold you arms out
for balance. Have fun.�)

Thuban
walked over to the center and started to jump.�
His first three jumps didn�t get him very high
and on the next one he jumped at the wrong time and landed on his bottom.� He stood back up and tried again.� After a dozen jumps, the
little wizard got the timing down and was soaring quite high.�

Draco tried
his best to contain his mirth at his wife�s and Mother�s actions with each jump
the little boy propelled himself higher into the sky
and the women�s gasps increased in volume.�
It wasn�t long before they both turned to him.

�Draco, he�s
going too high,� Ginny said with great worry.

�He�s fine,
Ginny,� Draco replied calmly.� The boy
propelled himself even higher with the next bounce and the witches on each side
of him gasped and grabbed his arms in fear.�

�Draco
darling, stop him.� He�s going to get
hurt,� Narcissa begged.

He broke
himself free of the witches and headed for the trampoline.�� He�s fine but I�ll stop him before you two
die of fright.�

Thuban
looked at his father approaching and then his mother and grandmother.� The boy ceased jumping and sighed in
disgust.� Once he stopped, he walked to
the edge.� He looked at his father then
the witches in his life.� �They didn�t
like me jumping so high did they?�� Draco nodded.�
�Witches always spoil the fun,� he whispered to his father.

�What�s why
you�re coming with me,� Draco whispered back.�
He turned to Cam and Serpens.� �If
you two can be good boys and not jump high like
Thuban, you may stay in the garden with Mummy and Grandmother.� Can you do that?�� Both boys nodded.� �Good lads.�

Cam climbed
onto the equipment and kept his jumps low.�
Draco and Thuban said good-bye to the witches and headed for the Louvre
were Thuban spotted a carnival just beyond the Pavillon
de Marsan.�

�Daddy, if
I�m really good can we go after the museum, please?� I want to ride on the big Ferris wheel.�

Draco took
the boy�s hand as they approached the crowded entry to the museum.� �If you�re good and we have time, we�ll
go.� You do still want to go to the Eiffel
Tower and ride in the glass lift at the Grande Arche
de la Defense?�

�I want to
go to both those places more than ride that old Ferris wheel.�� The Grade Arche is
one hundred and ten meters high and we can go up two hundred and seventy-six
meters in the tower.� I like going up
high.� My broom only goes six meters high
and Mummy won�t let us go higher than twenty meters with an adult.�� He smiled at his father.� �Witches are so silly when it comes to
height.�

�They sure
are, mate.�

Draco and
Thuban entered the museum via the courtyard in front of the pyramid.� Their tickets were pre-purchased so the two
wizards made straight for the security and the metal detectors.�� The little boy looked strangely at the
white tall doorframe that seemed out of place that the Muggle guards were
making everyone walk through.� He
remained quiet as he went through followed by his father.

�Daddy,
why�d we have to walk through that?�

�It makes
sure we don�t have any Muggle weapons, Thuban.�

�Oh.� Are we going to see the picture of the
smiling lady?�� Thuban asked and Draco
nodded

They headed
for the Denon wing, where the Mona Lisa hangs.� On their way, they looked at the Greek
statues.� The little wizard was most
interested in the Borghese Gladiator.

He lost
interest in the statues quickly, so Draco turned into the Italian paintings
room.� The boy wasn�t
very interested in them either.� He
complained a number of times about the pictures not moving.� Draco tried to show his son the great detail that went into each painting.� He explained how in wizard paintings the
artist focused on the people and animals and many times forgot about plants and
trees.� He pointed out the detail in the
leaves, chairs and table, but it don�t work.�

Acting
quickly so his son wouldn�t lose all interest, Draco
made the turn into Salle d��tat, where the Mona Lisa presides.� There was a crowd around the small portrait,
so he placed Thuban on his shoulders.

�Daddy, she
looks plump like Grandma.� She�s not that cute and her painting is so small.� What�s so great about her?�

The blond
wizard sighed, �Professor Milken said it was his favorite Muggle painting,
correct?�

�Yes.�

�Ask him
that question.� Please be still, I wish
to look at it for a few more seconds. � Draco smirked.� He was paying the boy�s tutor a large amount
of galleons.� Let him try to explain the
beauty of this piece of art to the boy!

The little
wizard remained on his father�s shoulders as they made their way to the French
painting wing.� The blond wizard was only allowed a short time viewing the paintings before
his son whispered that nature was calling.�
After the trip to the bathroom, Draco noticed their time was up and
headed to meet the rest of his family.��

---------*********---------

Narcissa had
been instructing the servants on which items went in each trunk as they packed
her things.� Even with the use of
shrinking charms, she had to obtain two new trunks for all of her shopping trip
purchases.� When the Lucius� owl flew in
the room, she shooed the servants out.�
She opened the small package to find her favorite Muggle item; she
believed it was called an IPod.� Ginevra had gotten it for her last
birthday.� It played the Muggle music she
had come to love.� Lucius hated it and
Narcissa, who had been missing her husband, now started to rage inside.

Damn prat, couldn�t stand having
a Muggle item in his house, she thought.� A small note
caught her attention:

My Dearest Narcissa

Please listen to your Muggle
item.

All my love,

Lucius

She placed
the headset on, pushed the play button and listened.� She hadn�t placed
this song on the device so she listened intently as the music played.

�Lost and all alone

I always thought that I could make it on my own

Since you left I hardly make it through the day

My tears get in the way

And I need you back to stay�

Disbelief
raced through her.� Lucius couldn�t have placed this song on the machine.� He didn�t know how.

�I wander through the night

And search the world to find

the words to make it right

All I want is just the way it used to be

With you here close to me

I've got to make you see�

However, it
had to have been him.� It must have taken
him days to find this song.� A single
tear ran down her face.

�That I'm lost without your love

Life without you isn't worth the trouble of

I'm as helpless as a ship without a wheel

A touch without a feel

I can't believe it's real...

And someday soon I'll wake

And find my heart won't have to break�

She lay on
the bed and started to weep as the instrumental part of the song played.�� He had to miss and love her dearly to
overcome his dislike for Muggle items and not only learn to place the song on
her device but he had to locate this special song too.� He had to be working on this for days.

�Yes I'm lost without your love

Life without you isn't worth the trouble of

All I want is just the way it used to be

I need you here with me

Oh darlin' can't you see...

If we had love before

We can have it back once more� *****

Narcissa�s weeping increased when the next
song began, another song from him.� She
was so torn.� He had been a great arse
but he was the love of her life.� He was
telling her that she was the love of his also.�

Hearing
their grandmother�s cries, Thuban and Cam came into her room.� Cam climbed onto the bed and into her
arms.� He kissed her cheeks and wiped her
tears away with his shirtsleeve.�

�Grandmother,
what�s wrong?� Cam asked.

Narcissa
shook her head unable to form any words.

�I�ll go get
Daddy!� Thuban stated and he hurried out of the room.� �Daddy!� Daddy!� Come quick!�
Some things wrong with Grandmother!�

--------*******---------

Author�s
notes:�� I hadn�t
planned on writing this chapter but a number of my readers wanted to see their
trips.� Because they take the time every
week to review my story, writing this chapter was the least I could do for
them.� My muses weren�t
being very helpful and I started watching music videos on the internet to
inspire me thus came the songs on the boat and the IPod idea.

The songs on
the boat were, �My Favorite Regret� by Gigolo Aunts, �I Swear� by All-for-one,
�I would do anything for love� by Meatloaf, and �Breathless� by the Corrs.

The first
song on Narcissa�s IPod was, �Lost Without
Your Love� by Bread.

The complete
lists of songs played on the cruise and placed on the IPod can
be found on my website.�� www.geocities.com/dagforever01.� If you click on them, it will play a music
video.

Special
thanks to Lorelei for the French translations and kiera14 for the Paris
information.
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