A Box of Monkey Love
A Box of Monkey Love
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. (Okay, that needs to
be followed by a big “DUH”)
Author: Lady Brannon
Spoilers: I guess the first four HP Books…
Summary: Ginny and Draco are married. They are experiencing
a “dry spell” in their relationship. Ginny comes across a new wizard’s game and
opens new doors for the couple.
Warnings: This is Rated R. Go away if you are not old enough
to read this. Thank you.
Ginny Malfoy was tired. It had been such a trying day.
First, she had to get up and make breakfast for everyone with a flick of her
wand. Then, she had to get the kids to school by making sure they were at the
fireplace in time. She had to tell the House Elves to make sure Draco’s clothes
were freshly pressed; and finally, she had to tell the Head House Elf what to prepare
for a dinner party tonight with some of Draco’s customers.
Bloody Hell, I don’t know if I need sleep or a drink more,” thought Ginny to
herself
As Ginny sat at the Breakfast table pondering her hectic
life, Draco snuck up from behind and kissed her on her right cheek.
“Morning Darling, what do you have planned for today?”
tonight’s dinner party.”
“Bugger! I was hoping to get in some “quality time” tonight,”
Draco said while enticingly raising and lowering his eyebrows and giving her a
suggestive smirk.
Ginny knew what he meant. If she did not have children that
were younger than five, she would have sworn that they had not had sex in five
years.
“Maybe tomorrow night, Love.”
Draco muttered an unintelligible response and swallowed a
glass of pumpkin juice in one great gulp. He placed the glass back on the
table, kissed her briefly on the lips and was out the door.
Ginny sighed and slowly got up from the table. She called the
Head House Elf, Flora, and went over the plans for the evening’s dinner. The
appetizers would be a collection of Stuffed Mushrooms, Bruschetta, and Shrimp
Rolls. The salad course would be walnuts and crumbled Blheesheese on a bed of
mixed salad greens. The soup would be a cool melon soup. The main entrée would
be Roasted Lamb with Mint Jelly, roasted potatoes with parsley and garlic green
beans. Dessert would be a champagne glass filled with strawberries and drowned
in a sweet Grand Marnier sauce. She informed Flora that dinner should be served
at exactly 7pm.
With that settled, Ginny went upstairs to collect the baby,
put on her robes and head to Diagon Alley. She was supposed to meet her mother
outside of Flourish & Botts at 10am. She had better hurry or she was going
to be late.
Molly Weasley was already waiting for her by the time she
arrived.
“Hello Dear…
my granddaughter this morning?”
“Fine, she gets to sleep all day after keeping Mommy up all
night.”
“Pish-posh! That is why you have House Elves…”
“Mum, you would never have left your children to House
Elves, and neither will I.”
Molly and Ginny began walking down the cobblestone alley.
They did their normal route and picked up the necessities. As they were about
to head back to the apparition point, Molly noticed a new store called Sexy
Stuff.
“Oooh!” Molly gasped, “Look there is a new shop over there.
It looks to be one of those Sex stores. Want to go take a look? I could find
something that would overload your dad’s Eclectic circuit.”
“It is Electric Circuit, Mom. And, I really do not want to
hear about you and Dad’s sex life. Ugh!”
“Please, how do you think we had seven children? So, you
want to go take a look?”
“Mom, I have Kaitlyn with me.”
“She’s asleep! Come on, let’s”
“Fine”
Ginny followed her mom into the store. Her mom headed
straight for arousing potions.
Oh Morgana! I did NOT need to know that. Ginny thought.
Ginny walked slowly around the store and took in the items
she saw. Some she knew what they were, others she could make an educated guess,
and there was another group that she did not want to know. As she looked
around, a raven-haired witch approached her.
“Good afternoon! I am Huntress and I own this shop. Is there
something I can help you with?
“No, I am just looking around.”
“Are you sure, I get the feeling that you need my help.”
“Umm- Yes, I am sure. Thanks anyway.” Ginny gave the woman a
polite smile and turned around. That is when she saw it. A game called “Monkey
Love.”
The game claimed to be for the “hurried” lovers. Well,
that would certainly be Draco and me. Maybe we should try it? She thought.
“That is an
excellent choice!” Huntress informed Ginny.
“Have a lot of
people bought it?”
“Yes, and all
have returned singing its praises.”
“It certainly
sounds interesting. I think I’ll try it.”
“Wonderful! That
will be 18 galleons.”
Ginny paid for the game and waited for her mother by the
door. Just as her mother got to the door, Kaitlyn woke from her nap with a
great wail.
“Looks like you need to be heading back home.” Molly said to
Ginny.
“Yes, she has been really cranky lately. Plus, the boys will
be home around 2pm. Bye Mom, love you!” Ginny blew a kiss towards her mother as
she walked off
She arrived back at the Manor in time to get Kaitlyn to her
room, put away her packages and rush downstairs to greet the boys as they came
out of the floo network.
Ben and Bill came out of the fireplace and ran to their
Mother. They both animatedly spoke about their day at Hogsmeade’s Primary
School. Ginny smiled lovingly at the young boys who looked so much like Draco
when he was their age.
They continued their infectious banter as she walked with
them to the kitchen for their afternooack.ack. They sat at the bar while she
and Flora worked on the evening’s food.
Soon, they were finished with their snacks and headed to
their rooms to complete their homework. Plata, the nanny House Elf, was upstairs
keeping an eye on the children so Ginny could concentrate on the evening ahead.
Draco arrived home at 6:30 giving him just enough time to
shower and put on more formal robes. He met up with Ginny in their shared
master bath. As she was putting the finishing touches on her hair charm, he
leaned in for a quick kiss on the cheek.
“You look like an angel.” He said to her.
“And YOU are still as handsome as you were in
Hogwarts.”
Draco caught her eye in the mirror and winked at her, “Well,
of course I am.”
He then walked out to get his freshly, shined shoes. When he
pulled the shoes out of the closet, he also pulled out the game Ginny bought
that day.
“Umm- Ginny what is this?”
“What is what?” She retorted from the bathroom.
“Monkey Love?”
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Ginny hustled into the bedroom. “Blimey, that was going to
be a surprise for you after the party. I bought it this afternoon at a new
store on Diagon Alley. It is supposed to be for the rushed, ragged couple.”
“Well, now I have something to look forward to.” Draco put
his hands behind his head and thrust his hips toward Ginny in the most
suggestive way.
Ginny giggled at his antics and smiled. It looked like their
dry spell was about to end.