Author's note: Second chapter! Thank you for all the reviews! Dracoxohermione, jessirose85, pnayz4life, dolphinroxy, qeauxtigers06, NessaCullen23, and spikeecat. You all rock and I hope you will continue with your constructive criticism and support.
Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns everything.
Rating: May vary. All my chapters are mature.
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- "If you have nothing nice to say about anybody, then come sit right next to me."- Steel Magnolias.
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What can you say about Narcissa Malfoy, she was beautiful, blonde and wealthy. Was once everyman's fantasy and is still today one of the hottest wives to grace the pages of witch weekly and playwizard. In public she was a lady and when she was with close individuals she was herself.
"My dear, I'm excited you could come to tea…I know you have classes." Her scarlet lips shine in the sunlight underneath her black sunhat that gives a new definition to 'over the top'.
Hermione nods holding the china cup in her hands, a bit nervous around Narcissa, "I always have time for you."
Narcissa raises her head and her smile shines her blue eyes are glowing, her pointed and picturesque face is shinning in the sun, "Well that means a lot…coming from you dear."
Hermione sits there a bit quiet and awkward because Narcissa is always one to break the ice anyway. The blonde takes a deep breath, takes off her hat and shakes her hair down around her shoulders, "Will it make it easier for you to relax if I'm not dressed up like a queen?"
Weird enough, it actually did help Hermione to see Narcissa's guard down. "You look beautiful with your hair down. I'm not that lucky."
Narcissa rolls her eyes and lights a cigarette, "Please dear you're an infant…you probably put a dust of powder on your nose and a bit of lipstick and your done." Narcissa blows out the smoke from her lips and make sit look classy to do so. She makes everything look classy.
Hermione jokes around with her, "You know it's bad for your health." She would know this because she has been in health classes for the past year at St Mungo's research hospital.
Narcissa laughs a cold laugh but smiles, "Lucius has been on me to quit…I told him to shove his pipe and cigars up his arse and leave me the hell alone."
Hermione giggles and eats a cookie, god she loved how mean they were to each other. "Well good to know that you and Lucius aren't the perfect couple…I'm afraid that's what people will expect of me and Draco."
Narcissa finishes the cigarette and smiles, "Don't worry dear, married people aren't perfect. Sometimes you just make the other person feel like shit sometimes…it makes you feel better. Tabloids forget that."
Hermione sips her tea and looks out at the manor grounds, "Where are the peacocks? Usually by now they are roaming around or something."
Narcissa mumbles something and sips her tea, Hermione looks back to her, "What?"
Narcissa huffs and puts her tea down, "You know that really nice car I wanted, you know darling because I saw your car and had to have one of the muggle devices…they seemed like so much fun."
Hermione's face goes from smile to serious in three seconds because Narcissa learning how to drive is never a good thing, "Ughh….I guess."
"Well I bought a black escapade-"
"Escalade? You bought an escalade?" Hermione corrected.
Narcissa ignores her correction, "Whatever an escalade…anyway so I hired myself a person to teach me how to drive, he got really annoying by telling me what to do! I was paying him, so I fired him and taught myself."
Hermione sits there with bulging eyes because she knows this story has a bad ending.
"So I got the hang of it, and when I pulled up to the house the other day I accidentally ran over one of the white peacocks." She finished in all seriousness. But…
Hermione cracked up laughing hiding her face in her hands. Narcissa In all seriousness says, "What? I don't see why Lucius is so pissed off? I mean, I always wanted a green peacock anyway…they're the beautiful ones. I mean the white looked so virginal. We aren't pure people. Do you see the headlines today? Sex, Sex, Sex and more sex."
Hermione can't stop laughing, not because of the peacock but how she thinks about everything. "You…" she couldn't even finish her sentence.
Narcissa smiles and says, "So you want to go for a drive."
Hermione looks up in all seriousness now, "Ugh…not right now we just had tea." She lies because she doesn't want to die before she turns 19.
Narcissa knows she is lying and sits back in her garden chair, "Well how is everything going with you and my son?"
"Well everything is fine…I mean were engaged…not much to be said." She says it watching the old gardener pick roses from some of the millions of bushes. She stares back at Narcissa.
The blonde raises her eyebrows the same way Draco does when he wants to know something else, "Dear I meant how are you and my son 'doing'?"
"What?" she didn't understand.
"How's your sex life?" Narcissa just put it out there; she thought nothing wrong with the question. Hermione forgot that the Malfoy's were an open family.
Hermione nearly spit the hot tea out and coughed, "What?"
Narcissa looked annoyed, "Well I'd like to know if Ill expect grandchildren right after your married. Or at least how many you want."
Hermione decided to change the subject and fast, "So how about that drive? You want to go know?"
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This had to be over with, but why so soon? Hermione bit her lip holding Draco's hand tight. He looked at his future-wife, she was wearing a black and ivory dress that showed off her curves and was apparently appropriate for tonight's dinner. Her hair put in an Audrey Hepburn inspired hairdo and a diamond necklace he bought her for their first anniversary. She looked elegant and like she belonged with the Malfoys in the first place. She took a deep breath and looked at the Dragon and snake engraved huge mahogany doors that belonged to Malfoy Manor. "My parents are in there with your parents…" she trembles with chills.
He nods and looks back at the Granger's Jaguar, "I believe that's your parent's car." He looks back to Hermione who still looks scared shitless.
"We should have supervised; they could be dead by now." She says in all seriousness.
Draco rolls his eyes, "Or…they could be getting along and already naming our children and going over plans for the wedding, like in-laws do."
"Tell me a story." She says nervous and biting her lip hard.
He looks at her, "What?"
"Please, it passes time and helps me calm down." She said starting to begin to hyperventilate.
He huffs, "Once upon a time there was a…cow heritress-"
"Heritress?" she looks at him like 'what kind of story is this?'
He looks annoyed, "We can just go in you know."
She goes back to starring at the doors, "There's a cow heritress… go on."
"Every day she passed by the big iron gates and wondered what it is like for her to live there. Day after day…then one day she decided to go in for a…a…swig of brandy and a dash of pearls. But you know people in the village down below would say 'elves come in but they never come out' or 'the lady there is pure evil.' The cow lady was however courageous, so she hoped over the iron gates and fell onto the golden stone pavement driveway and passed the slightly pornographic fountain in the terrace."
Hermione looked at him, "Okay you suck at story telling…lets just go in."
He nods and knocks on the door, "If you want we can skip cocktails and just leave right after dinner."
She turns to him, "Are you crazy, cocktails are what helps us get through the dinner! Booze my friend makes everything better."
The door opens and there's a tiny elf with deep blue eyes, it rejoices at the sight of Draco and Hermione, "Master Draco and Mistress Hermione! Welcome! Welcome! Come in…come in…ill take your coats." The elf does its job and leads them to one of the 15 sitting rooms on the first floor. Narcissa is chatting away with Mrs. Granger. She stands up and with her arms drawled out says, "Hello Love!" Narcissa apparently has her act of pure lady…like she does with everybody.
Hermione looks at the ancient sitting room in all its glory, "Where's father?"
Mrs. Granger sips her wine, "With Lucius going over hunting dogs and game…manly stuff I suppose."
Narcissa smiles and says, "Draco you can join them…they are in his office."
He walks away and almost bursts out laughing to see Hermione silently lip, "Don't leave me here!" Narcissa turns her around, "Well what would you like a martini? Scotch? Wine?"
Hermione's mother says, "Water, a new bride should watch her health…am I right Narcissa?"
Narcissa nods, "Of course, you should be thinking on your health…so no drinks for you."
Hermione sits down and in bites down gritting her teeth, in her mind she thinks, "Forget the booze. I might as well kill myself."
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Author's note: That's the second chapter. Don't worry the next will be longer. The next I'm going to introduce her to some new characters. Also what happens when witch weekly wants to do a pictorial of her at the manor? What happens when she becomes a celebrity….is she ready?
