Narcissa
Several weeks passed and we had not gone past a few make out sessions on the couch but my resolve was breaking and knew it was only a matter of time. A few days ago I was pleasantly surprised to see an invitation to Harry Potters birthday party and as soon as she saw it I was not getting the opportunity to say no to it as Hermione already had me make a promise I would come.
I had spent a day each week visiting Andromeda and it was as if we had never been apart, I had forgotten what kind of humour Andi used to have so whenever she said something ludicrously dirty it shocked me. Andi was heading to the party with Teddy and hopefully that along with Hermione will provide enough of a buffer between the Weasley family and myself.
So since it was a beautiful day and the invitation said casual I put on my maxi dress and gladiator sandals before Apparating to a house that was stories high and sat in a slight slant as it towered upward. This was known as the Burrow and was the home of Arthur and Molly Weasley and in all honesty I do not know what to expect from the evening but as long as Molly Weasley didn't try to hex me and I was going back home to Hermione that evening everything was good.
I can see a large gazebo type tent set up in the back garden and a group of four redheaded men staring at me as I slowly made my way down the garden path towards what I assumed was the front door. Just before I could knock the door was swung open with my hand paused in mid air just in front of the apprehensive face of Molly Weasley.
Throughout the years the woman and her family had been the ridicule in Pureblood circles but I always felt a sense of jealousy towards her, after struggling so bad with my pregnancy and birth of Draco and then not that anyone knew I also had two miscarriages and a stillborn before I gave up trying to have more children but this woman had child after child and even a set of twins in that I felt irrationally jealous of her throughout the years.
Seeing her looking so worriedly at me in that moment I felt as if I was under inspection, people were still wary of me but for the most part they were at least cordial. Considering Moly Weasley not only held her own against Bella but actually beat her I can only imagine what she could do to me in that moment.
"Mrs Weasley...pleasure to see you again...thank you for the invite..." She still didn't break that impressive McGonnagall stare but nodded and thanked me for coming as I gave her a Bottle Of Wine as it was always customary to bring a gift for the hostess also before directing me to the back garden which was full of redheads and a bunch of other familiar people. Surprisingly it was Harry Potter who walked over to me and enveloped me in a hug.
"Thank You so much for coming!" The boy...no the man as he Now was looked a little bit pissed already. Mr Weasley was manning what looked like a Barbecue, young Ronald waved along with Pansy Parkinson and Draco was there with Susan Bones on his arm, the dinner in the weeks previous had gone well with the young witch, she was intelligent and full of spirit not to mention she doesn't let my son away with anything.
The eldest Weasley was a curse breaker and had a young blonde woman who looked vaguely familiar and exceedingly stunning stood beside him with a young girl who appeared to be around Teddy's age on her hip.
The Ministry Weasley I think his name was Percy who always had his head stuck up Cornelius Fudges arse also stood there with a woman who looked like she was ready top pop any day.
"Aunt Narcissa..." Young Teddy came running over followed by Andromeda who nodded to me and hugged me also. Another twenty minutes passed and I had yet to see Hermione, if she stood me up I am gonna be pissed. Thankfully ten minutes later she was running into the garden in a pair of jean shorts, t-shirt and flip flops, she has her long curly hair loose down her back and a pair of aviator sunglasses on.
I must have been staring because Draco slapped me lightly on the arm causing a few people to turn around and look at him funny.
"Wasp..." I looked at him and he shook his head on mild disgust before walking over and greeting everyone, time moved rather fast as before we knew it Dinner was served and we all sat down to our Barbecued burgers and hotdogs or in Hermiones case veggie burgers.
Drinks and music happened afterward and I made my way into the house to grab another bottle of wine that so was sharing with Molly Weasley of all people, considering our first interaction things soon thawed between myself and the Weasley Matriarch and I actually found her to be fun company.
As so walked into the kitchen I hear footsteps behind me and automatically knew who it was because her shoes have been clacking against her feet all night.
"You shouldn't be here..." I turned to smile at her but considering both of us had already had a few drinks the tension in the room was even worse than usual, I don't know what it is but every time we are alone in a room together at an event usually you could cut the sexual tension with a knife.
"I came to get some coffee because I don't much feel like getting pissed as a giant tonight..." I quirked an eyebrow at her as she walked toward me looking exceptionally edible.
"Why Miss Granger...do you have big plans tonight?" She was directly in front of me and had me trapped against the counter top with her hands on either side of my hips.
"Well I was thinking we could cut out early and go back to my place...and I could thank you for coming tonight..." I smiled at her as she brushed a stray strand of hair away from my face. I immediately knelt down to press my lips to hers and she pushed her body flush against mine and held onto the hair on the nape of my neck. I don't even know how long we were kissing for but I didn't want to stop.
"Hey Cissy I..." Andromeda was frozen stiff at our stances and Hermione stepped back from me effectively removing my hand from under her shirt and looked between the two of us and went to walk out of the room, once she reached Andi she must have been drunk because she just lifted her finger to her lips in a shushing motion before flowing out of the room with her flip flops clacking behind her.
Once she left Andi was boring her eyes into mine and so I turned around and poured myself a cup of tea and a coffee for Hermione before I heard it, my sister was laughing at me, not just a little bit but properly laughing at me.
"Ok this makes so much more sense now...your happier, more relaxed. It's because of Hermione isn't it? How long as that been going on? Does anyone else know? How in the hell did you end up bumping uglies with Hermione Granger? I mean she is gorgeous and if I was that way inclined I would also probably give it a shot but you! The epitome of Pureblood etiquette was just caught making out with a girl at a party who is the same age as your son..." I stood sipping on my tea letting her get it out of her system.
"Are you done laughing at my expense?" Following her smile and nod I inhaled a breath and turned to actually face her properly. "Firstly Yes Hermione and I have been seeing each other for a few weeks...Draco is the only other one that knows and if you must know we are not bumping uglies, there has been no more than some kisses here and there and dinners, lunches. When I married Lucius I was made perform as the perfect Pureblood wife at seventeen years old. I know how ridiculous it looks and sounds but I am allowed to want things now...I'm free.." Knowing she wasn't going to let this go I sat down prepared for the onslaught of crap that was going to happen.
"Does she make you happy?" I nodded and Andi did the most unexpected thing and hugged me in a way she hadn't in years.
"Then screw what everyone thinks." I laughed at her and we made our way back out to the party where everyone was dancing and laughing and I quietly excused myself and said goodbye to Harry and thanked Molly seeing Hermione do the same we walked away from the party separate but as soon as we were out of sight I held onto her and apparated straight into her living room.
"How mad was Andi?" I shook my head and took her head in my hands and kissed her as deep as so could possibly muster. She returned the kiss with just as much enthusiasm as I did before I pulled away and slowly peeled her shirt over her head and saw the red lacy bra she was wearing.
"I don't really want to talk about Andi right now...I have been dying to kiss you since I saw you walk into that party..." I placed small kisses on her lips and held one hand on her hip and the other wrapped around her hair at the base of her neck.
"Oh really...what else did you want to do?" I pulled her down the corridor to what I knew was her bedroom and opened the door before walking into it. I had never been in here before but the large bedroom was so quintessentially Hermione.
There was a large bookcase that covered the back wall of the room that was filled with books and there was a small gap for what looked like a music station. The opposite wall was a door that I am assuming led to a walk in closer as the door beside it was open and so knew that was her bathroom.
The part that drew me in was her bed, it looked like something you would find in Paris in the 1900's, it was black wrought iron with an intricate design and the most comfortable looking mattress I had seen, the walls were painted with grey, yellow and white, I turned around to look at her again and her eyes were full of passion.
"Come...' I held my hand out to her and kissed her tenderly in her lips and my hands felt like they had a mind of their own, they ghosted down her body to meet the button of her waistband and pooped it open. I could feel her breathing hitch and she pulled me in for another kiss as my hands were trembling.
"I know this is all new to you, it is for me to. If at any point you feel uncomfortable tell me and we will stop..." I nodded my head at her and briefly found it funny that she was comforting me. I pushed her shorts down her long shapely legs before they hit the floor and she stepped out of them to reveal a matching pair of knickers to go with that bra and she was stunning.
I spent probably five minutes looking at her, there was a huge scar that ran from her collarbone the whole way down to her hip and as my fingers traced over it she shivered.
"What happened?" She held no hesitation as she told me and I saw that brave Gryffindor defiance shone through.
"It happened at the Ministry, the night Sirius died, Dolohov hit me with a curse, nearly killed me." I placed feather light kisses on her neck and chest pausing to brush my hand over her breasts which were still covered by that bra.
"Scars are a part of us...they show the world we have lived...I don't remember seeing that before..." She shook her head and told me she places glamours over them and I could not help but smile to which she laughed.
"What's so funny?" I muttered a quick Finite and before I knew the full extent of two wars was marked on my body and she gasped. Not only could she see the mark that was half of her own but also long knife marks on my chest and there was two jagged lines on my wrist which told the talk of my struggles when I had lost my baby at 32 weeks.
"What happened..." She traced my marks down my wrists before lifting them up and kissing them as tenderly as she could. "Was it deliberate?" I could only nod my head and felt shame wash over me before I took a deep breath and told her what happened.
"I had struggled to get pregnant and had a miscarriage and I had a stillborn at 32 weeks before I had Draco...I slipped into depression and became quite reclusive and passive. I sat in the bathtub one night and had my wand in my hand and it was so easy...to just let my blood deep into the water and drift off to sleep. Lucius found me and called Severus to come and heal me. I knew it was stupid but I at the time I felt like I had no other option..." She nodded her head at me and pressed her lips against my scars again before tracing almost every scar with her finger.
I have never felt so vulnerable and so was fully dressed, not for long apparently as she reached up and pushed my dress down my shoulders chest and hips before it too looked on the floor and she stood drinking me in but immediately started to push me backward until my legs hit the back of the bed and I was forced to sit down. Everything had boiled down to this moment and I was filled with excitement and a slight fear but one look from Hermione and I felt like I had been given some of her courage and knew this was going to be one moment I was never gonna forget.
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