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Eight
Narcissa
Weeks passed and Hermione and I became closer than ever, we always spent the night together either at mine or hers, neither one of us wanted to separate at the end of our time together. I was falling further and further in love with her and I think the feeling is mutual or at least I am hoping.
Everything in my life had taken a major turn and no one or nothing could take that away from me, I had spent the last two weeks planning her birthday and it was this evening. Harry helped with the invites, Molly Weasley helped with the food and the venue through Harry of course and Ron and George Weasley sorted out the booze and I mediated between everyone.
It turned out quite a small affair, a few people I did not know from what I am assuming was Gryffindor house, Draco, Susan, the Weasleys, Pansy Parkinson, Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, Andromeda, Kingsley, Minerva McGonnagall, Filius Flitwick and Hagrid.
An eclectic bunch but it should be a good night anyway, I had charmed everyone's glass to automatically refill from the Kitchen, there was some sort of music monstrosity sitting in the garden playing all sorts of songs I had picked up since the war.
Molly was cooking and baking up a storm with Flopsy whom offered her help for Hermiones party since the small elf had taken a liking to the young woman and Molly got on splendidly with the elf. Once she found out how well I treat her the Weasley Matriarch soon changed her attitude and I think was slowly starting to accept me slightly.
One by one pops started Apparating to the Burrow and first to arrive was Andromeda with no Teddy but on the arm of Kingsley, their relationship became public knowledge a week ago when someone saw them in Muggle London and even snapped a still Muggle photo of them kissing and sold it to the Daily prophet.
All in all the Wizarding Community took it well that their Minister was dating someone so influential but they were still the talk of the gossip mill.
"Ahh if it isn't the most popular couple of the gossip columns. No young Teddy today?" She shook her head and accepted a glass of wine whilst Kingsley took a whiskey.
"Augusta Longbottom offered to babysit for me...so I plan on getting shit faced and having a good night." All I could do was laugh at her and slowly everyone started trickling in except Hermione. If I didn't know any better I would assume she was trying to avoid us going public but within two minutes a pop echoed in the air and she ran in looking breathless but beautiful.
"I know I know...I'm sorry...I got home late and then by the time I showered and figured out what to wear I got distracted." She was wearing a pair of converse, blue jeans with a rip at the knee, black tank top and navy hoodie that said Abercrombie on it.
"Showing up at your own party late! Typical Hermione." Harry laughed as he said this which made me also look at the past gatherings we had, she always shows up late except for our own dates by ourselves.
As she greeted everyone I went to get her a drink and usually she liked wine but recently she had been on a beer kick, Corona with a slice of lime in the bottle. Dinner was incredible Moly really had outside herself, the three tiered vanilla and strawberry vegan cake was delightful. All in all it was good and before I could react Hermione stood up.
She had taken a seat at the head of the table with Harry on one side and much to Andromeda's insistence I was on the other. She looked so embarrassed but this needed to happen, if our relationship was going to progress then the people closest to her needed to know.
I can't sit here and say I am not nervous, I am sweating bullets in anticipation of their reaction. Hermione was their golden girl and I was the big bad wolf trying to steal her virtue...at least that's probably how this was going to be perceived.
This was a bad idea, we need to abort this...I will be lucky if I get out of here without getting hexed. I tried to meet her eyes but she was nervous too, she was wringing her hands together before Harry reached out a took one to try and calm her down, Dromie was holding onto my leg in support or maybe she knew I was going to jump up at any second and run and was trying her best to keep me there.
"Umm...so I have a bit of an announcement, this is probably going to shock all of you but you are my family and the most important people in my life and I need to share good news when I can even though I am really nervous..." Pansy Parkinson took that moment to gasp and smile before running over to her.
"Oh my god you're pregnant! I knew you were all glowy for a reason...Ron said he thought you were dating someone so come on! Who's the father?" Minerva McGonnagall dropped her glass of whiskey, Ginny looked shocked and Molly Weasley actually fell off her chair.
"NO! No! I'm not pregnant!" Everyone looked a mixture between amused and relieved but once Pansy let go of her she continued. "Part of it was right though... I have met someone...we started dating and I am happy...incredibly deliriously happy and I want to share that with my family!" Arthur Weasley stood and was the first to congratulate her.
"That's great news Hermione...why didn't you invite the lucky chap!" Harry and Andromeda were nearly busting an aneurysm at this point trying not to laugh, Draco was smiling at my discomfort as Hermione reached for my hand.
"Narcissa and I are dating and it's incredibly serious!" Ron fainted, Pansy caught in the crossfire fell onto the floor under him, Georges jaw had practically hit the table, Arthur looked shocked but not unhappy Moly Weasley was a whole different situation, her face went through a myriad of emotions and three different shades of red before exploding.
"You're joking! I mean this has to be an elaborate joke!" Everyone tensed in that moment and Hermione in turned pulled me lose slightly behind her almost as if to protect me.
"She is a child and you are a middle aged divorcee with a son the same age...you're taking advantage she is just a child..." I could see my sister get defensive and I just shook my head at her whilst Molly glared daggers at our entwined hands.
"I'm Twenty-Three, well with the time turner usage technically Twenty-Five, Molly I understand it's a shock and the relationship is unconventional but..." The Woman didn't even let Hermione finish before taking out her wand and aiming it in my direction causing everyone to stand in shock and tell her to stop, Arthur actually put his hand on her arm to try and stop it from escalating even more but she just shrugged him off.
"You have done something to her, imperiooed her or a love potion because there is no way someone as intelligent as Hermione would fall for the likes of you." Hermione grabbed my hand and I in turn pushed her behind me in reversal roles, I will not let this irrational woman hurt her any more than she already is.
"Mum don't..." Bill was livid and Fleur at this point was holding Ginny back who wanted to try and help her friend and probably me to a point.
"Molly stop this right now..." Arthur was still trying to placate his wife but she was having none of it.
"Mrs Weasley..." Harry, even though he was beyond shocked looked even more betrayed at how the woman was acting. Soon everyone ended up saying something but I just reluctantly let go of Hermione and handed her to Harry who was giving me a look of sympathy before I held up my hand and also took out my wand.
"I don't want to fight you Molly...and I don't think in your right mind you would want to fight me..." The Weasley Matriarch wasn't backing down and I really hoped it didn't come to blows. Everyone was now on their feet with Arthur trying and failing to get his wife's attention and I glanced at Hermione who's eyes were brimming with tears at the situation and Harry was trying his best to comfort her.
"I have already fought and beaten one Black Sister I can take on another...Bellatrix was a competent dueller and well known to be the most talented and I beat her!" Everyone gasped again at her flaunting my dead sister in my face but I didn't even react and I could see Minerva McGonnagall eyeing me with interest but I could not ponder what that was about.
"It's true that I am a Black but unlike Bella I inherited Black Family Magic that goes to one woman of the family every three hundred years not to mention that I married a Malfoy and learnt a few tricks from that side of the family too...you will not beat me..." She threw a hex at me which I blocked and silently cast a dome around us so no one got hurt. Flitwick seemed impressed by my casting abilities and again those eyes of a Minervas were full of curiosity...I nodded to Harry who pulled Hermione away leaving just Molly and I standing in front of each other, she threw a few hexed which was easily blocked however getting frustrated for about ten minutes she threw hex after hex and I kept deflecting them but never hexed back.
"Mum stop it!" All of the Weasley children were practically screaming at their mother none more so than Ginny, Hermione was almost crying and being comforted even more by Harry and Andromeda, Minerva and Filius were in shock staring at us both.
"Molly listen to your daughter...stop..." She kept going and throwing so many hexes I could barely keep up I was casting silently and one of them got through my shield and cut my face. "STOP!" My Magic was losing its patience as I could feel it brew inside of me and candles flickered, storm clouds gathered and I had hoped to keep my secret to myself but unfortunately it was too late.
"You cannot best me! Nor should you! This reaction..." She still kept firing hexes and spells at me which I easily deflected but I was determined not to hurt the woman. "Is stupid! Molly stop!" She seemed intimidated by my elemental magic but faltered slightly.
"Dammit Molly I LOVE HER!" That seemed to snap her out of it as she collapsed onto the grass almost exhausted. I squared my shoulders back allowing the Black Family elemental magic to flow from me to make my point as I walked over to her and thunder cracked through the air and lightning lit up the sky.
"I love her! I haven't cursed her, I haven't dosed her! I have fallen in love with Hermione Granger and no one not even You is going to keep me from her!" I wandlessly let down the dome and turned just in time to see Hermione throw herself at me and hug me as fiercely as she could and kiss me as deep and as passionate as she possibly could whispering she loved me too before turning to face Molly.
"I used to respect you...what you wouldn't do for your family! I stupidly thought I was a part of that Family...for you to treat the Woman I love this way, how wrong was I!" She walked away pulling me along behind her all the way to the apparition point and apparated away from the carnage that was her birthday party leaving behind lots of people who were shocked, horrified and disgusted at the woman's behaviour.
Hermione
Furious! That was the only emotion that came to mind, I never in a million years thought Molly would act like that, she was completely out of line and I could not be more ashamed of her, I couldn't even look at Narcissa, what she endured tonight was nothing short of shocking and it was my fault. I should never have had a party.
I took my shoes off and my jacket and took a bottle of beer from the fridge and popped the top off it before taking half of it in one swallow. As I glanced up at her she was just looking at me with concern, considering she was just in a duel with Molly Weasley it should have been the other way around. Taking her in I was surprised that not a hair was out of place, nor a wrinkle in her clothes.
"I don't even...the way she...I'm so...ugh..." She walked over to me and took the bottle from my hand before taking a swig herself and setting it on my kitchen counter, she placed one of her hands on my hip and the other lifted my chin to force me to look at her, any other time it would have amused me to think of Narcissa Black the aristocratic woman chugging a beer.
"That's good but maybe try for full sentences..." She smiled at me and all I could do was kiss her as fully on the lips as I could and hold onto her hips.
"I'm so sorry for the way you were treated tonight...if I had known...I love you by the way..." She cut me off again with a kiss and pulled me over to the sofa before sitting down beside me.
"Firstly I love you too...secondly look this is not your fault...Molly Weasley has always been fiercely protective of her children and you fall under that category, she could have went about it a different way but she loves you...a mother even a surrogate one is going to fight to the death for those she considers her children..." What she was saying makes sense logically but I feel for Cissa who just stood there and deflected the curses Molly was sending at her.
"Let me see your face?" The cut ran from her cheekbone to her chin and looked deep, my healing was a lot better than it used to be but I stood up and went to the cupboard and pulled out a pain relieving potion and a balm that Severus Snape used to make, whilst in the room of requirement during the battle I spotted Snape's book and put it in my bag.
She seemed to recognise it as her eyebrow quirked and I had forgotten than she was in Snape's year and they must have been friends. I placed a small amount of balm onto my finger and rubbed it in to her wound.
"How did you get this potion recipe?" She was intrigued I knew she was...I couldn't blame her but there seemed to be a story and so she proceeded to tell me.
"The last time I saw this was six years ago. When Lucius failed to get the Prophecy and then went to Azkaban he was disgraced, he took it badly being beaten and captured by children and the Order of the Phoenix, being treated the way he was by Voldemort and he struck me with his cane, marked me here..." She touched her cheek and lip before she unbuttoned her blouse until her collarbone was free and I saw her pale unblemished skin in front of me.
"What happened?" I has heard so many horrible stories of how her marriage was and I felt for her, Lucius saw her nothing more than a trophy wife and that was all her family expected of her.
"Well Severus saw it at the previous meeting and Voldemort was furious, striking your perfect pureblooded wife would not even make it onto his radar but considering he was already in the bad books he called him out on every infraction." This woman had housed Voldemort and yet speaking about her husband made her voice tremble.
"He continued to take his frustrations out on me only he was more intelligent about the whole thing, he forced himself on me and only a few times did he mark me but when Severus saw bruises on my wrists he must have informed Bella who ordered him to help me and well, he showed up with the potion and this balm...how did you get the recipe for it?" I sighed and stood up taking her hands in my own before leading her into the bedroom.
"When we were in our sixth year at Hogwarts, Harry found a book, he joined Slughorns class quite late on and found his textbook in the cupboard of the Potions Room." I walked over to the bookshelf in my bedroom and pulled a book from it.
"Seemed perfectly innocent until Harry nearly killed Draco in the girls bathroom with an unknown spell. Snape saved his life that night with the counter spell. When we were hunting the Horcruxes There was one kept in the Room Of Requirement and I saw the book and so took it." She nodded her head and seemed to remember the incident and I sat down beside her and opened up the page that said 'This Book is Property of the Half Blood Prince' She gasped at ran her fingers over the handwriting.
"Severus was a close friend, we were in the same year at school and were so competitive when it came to our classes, Severus, Lily Evans, Alice Longbottom and myself were always trying to one up one another, Severus was first in the class at Potions, myself second, Lily third and Alice Fourth that was the most competitive class. Lily was first in Charms and History, I was first in Ancient Runes and Arithmancy, Alice was first in Transfiguration with James Potter coming in second and Herbology. All of the other classes changed year to year but we were the four who since our first year made each other better...made each other strive harder...you did that for Draco. Made him work harder because you beat him in most of his classes." I blushed at her but she just continued to flick through the book and it caused her to seem shocked.
We sat for a few minutes in silence whilst flicking through the book as she pondered the friend she lost and the whoosh of the F.L.O.O interrupted us as we both stood up wands in hands and walked into the living room only to see Harry, Ron, George, Neville, Susan, Draco, Andromeda, Kingsley, Minerva and Filius.
"Sorry to interrupt but I wanted to check on you and we'll this lot wanted to come too." We both smiled at Harry who looked sheepishly at his shoes. All of them apologised and gave their approval and we all decided to stay in and have some fun. Liquor and fun with the Staff at Hogwarts was surprisingly a good time until Minerva cornered me an hour into it.
"I have to say this relationship throws a spanner into the works of my plans but I wanted to ask you a favour...I planned on doing this earlier but then the whole fiasco with Molly happened." Oh god! What now? This woman was formidable in her own right and had a seller reputation.
"What plans?" She smiled at me and took me away to the kitchen and I laughed at her taking in her surroundings like a cat.
"Well Horace retired last year and right now we have a revolving door of Potions Trainees and well I don't want trainees every week I want someone who cares about the children and I want someone who knows what they are doing?" I would swear my hearing is going because that sounded suspiciously like a job offer albeit temporary.
"Well I would be more than happy to fill in for the week or two until you get someone to replace Horace. I am actually off for a couple of weeks so the timing is perfect." I clicked the kettle on and went to make both myself and her a cup of tea before she grabbed my arm.
"Narcissa...I don't want to just have someone to fill in...I am offering it to you full time from around Halloween time at least the year and if you want to work on next year you can? I will also need a Head of Slytherin house as Aurora Sinestra hates it if you would be interested? You will have room and board, an apprentice from sixth or seventh year, you can be assigned a House elf or you can bring one with you and I know you don't need money but there is a pretty good wage if I do say so myself. I know you already have a job but Potions Masters or Mistresss in your case are hard to come by." Ok this woman is offering me a job! To teach children! How in the world did she think the parents were going to handle that.
"Why me? I don't exactly have the best reputation! People might boycott." She shook her head at me and laughed.
"I seem to recall Albus telling me he got a lot of stick when he was first hired, look at Sybil and great Morgana you couldn't be any worse than Umbridge. Just take a week think about it, talk about it with Hermione and Draco and send me your owl!" I nodded my head and she left to go back to the party leaving me in shock, that was how Hermione found me ten minutes later.
"Hey! Are you hiding?" I just shook my head at her and kissed her on the lips and could tell she was so drunk but I am glad she having fun with her friends.
"Where did you and Minerva sneak away off to? Should I be worried about you running off with her?" She waggled her eyebrows at me and I just tickled her, I honestly don't know how to broach the subject with her.
"Umm...she offered me a job teaching Potions and Head of Slytherin." Hermiones face lit up like a firework and threw her arms around me.
"Narcissa that's brilliant...oh you will be such an amazing teacher!" Draco chose that moment to walk in with a glass of some monstrous drink in his hand.
"Who's teaching and Granger do you have to practically dry hump my mother in front of me?" I nearly choked at my son and my girlfriend in that moment.
"Oh I'm sorry am I hurting your delicate sensibilities? This is my house and I will do as I please, if you have a problem with it then just down another one of your fruity drinks!" They always did this and it both warmed my heart that they were getting on well and scared me to death and how normal it felt.
"Your mother has just been offered a job! To teach!" My son smiled at me and hugged me to which I couldn't help but be grateful for how my life had turned out.
"You will be fantastic at that mum...I am so proud of you!" I thanked him and ended up joining the party and trying to forget about all of the awkwardness of the day and celebrate Hermiones birthday.
I had accepted Minervas proposal with the stipulation that Hermione be allowed access to the castle to see me and she saw no harm in that and asked me to start after the Halloween Break. It took a few days after Hermiones birthday but the shit majorly hit the fan and sitting at breakfast that morning I should have known she was going to do this but I was stupid enough to think she cared. As I sipped on my coffee the whoosh of the F.L.O.O interrupted my train of thought.
Hermione had already left for work and so I knew it wasn't her I was inherintly shocked to find Harry Potter standing in my living room with Ronald Weasley following closely behind him.
The youngest Weasley son was an enigma to me but was one of Hermiones best friends and I can't be mean about him but it was always so awkward considering his manners was atrotious and every time I met him I wanted to slap him on the back of his head and tell him to chew with his mouth closed.
"Mr Potter, Mr Weasley what can I do for you?" Harry looked downtrodden and so when he produced the paper from behind his back and set it Infront of me, there across the front page was two different pictures of Hermione and I, someone had taken a pictures of us individually at the Gala and put them side by side with the headline, Death Eater ex wife ensnared our Golden Girl! I knew this was going to happen that infuriating woman had went to the Daily Prophet.
"I want you to know that the rest of us had nothing to do with this! Mum has went full scale bat-shit crazy...I already showed it to Hermione this morning when she came in but she asked if I could come over on my break to tell you because she got called into a last minute meeting..." At first I wanted to reprimand him on his language but he had a point.
"I'm sorry she is acting this way Narcissa...you and Hermione both deserve to be happy and so can't understand why Mrs Weasley is acting this way..." I shook my head at the two young men in front of me and in that moment I had seen them as men, they seemed to always be boys to me considering they were the same age as Draco but Hermione was a woman.
"Never apologise on the behalf of someone else Mr Potter...I think Molly Weasley is just extremely protective, I am not making excuses but Hermione is near and dear to her heart and my past is full of ups, downs and downright mad..." They smiled at me before I invited them to sit.
"Hermione told us you got offered a job to teach at Hogwarts? That's fantastic..." We continued small talk for a while before they had to go back to work and I couldn't help myself...I gave into temptation and read the article.
'Following the birthday of The Golden Girl Hermione Granger this reporter has stumbled into something that is nothing short of shocking. As my rabid readers know Miss Granger, one third of the Golden Trio, recipient of the Order Of Merlin First Class has not been featured too often since her break up with Ronald Weasley.
However it seems sparks were flying at the Gala this past year as Hermione Granger has entered into a relationship with none other than Death Eater ex-wife Narcissa Black who was married to Lucius Malfoy.
The woman in question was responsible for Harry Potter being able to deceive Lord Voldemort and eventually go on to defeat him. Some would say that she changed her ways too late in the war but with Lucius Malfoy as a husband, Bellatrix Lestrange as a sister and even her own son being forced to take the mark in order to protect his mother others would say she didn't have a choice.
Following her sentence of a year with no magic and being forced to live as a Muggle it seems has changed the heart of the Ice Queen herself. All in all the past shouldn't matter but it does, the fact that they are both women shouldn't matter but it does because regardless of their age or standing in society there is going to be heartbroken wizards everywhere at the prospect of these two ladies batting for the other team.'
That was as far as I could go into it, the whole current events section of the paper seemed dedicated to us both and our past etcetera. In all honesty they can go screw themselves, I have made it this far without peoples opinion so I am not going to worry now.
It was my day off so I spent it at home reading and went into the garden to try and relax and prune some of my more rare potion ingredients that was growing in the garden.
"I thought I might find you out here..." I didn't even realise how long I was outside for but considering Hermione was in front of me it must have been after five.
"Hey you...good day at work?" She nodded before I stood up and brushed some dirt from my jeans that had accumulated when I was pruning some tantacula leaves at the base of the plant.
"Yes except for that horrid article...are you alright did Ron come by?" I nodded and levitated my ingredients into the house and deposited them in the Potions lab beside the kitchen before putting them on stasis.
"Yes Both Harry and Ron were here...and I did see it but I didn't read it at least not all of it...I don't care Hermione what anyone says you are my future...I love you..." She smiled at me before sighing and looking up at me.
"How come you are standing here, all sweaty and covered in dirt but still smell Devine!" I just shrugged before tugging her upstairs to go for a shower and just to wash the grime of not only the garden away.
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