A Night Out

Hermione put the red cocktail dress Ginny lend her on. It was knee-long and the longest dress the young Weasley had in her wardrobe. Since Hermione´s after baby body was much curvier then the professional Quidditch-players the red dress ended above her knee.

Scandalous, her old-fashioned husband thought. The young witch picked fine-mashed fishnet-tights and put them on. The older wizard only reluctantly let his witch go. He did not like it when other men could see his wife like that, at least not when he was not there to make understood that the gorgeous witch was all his.

Hermione kissed her children and Lucius bye. While she was looking forward to going out with her mom it pained her to leave her baby alone after they shared her body for so long. She knew very well Lucius could handle it yet not being her son´s entire world anymore felt harsh-

The young war-heroine apparated to her parents' house on the outskirts of London. They took the tube to the city center and went to one of the finest clubs. Draco had recommended the venue.

Two hours later the dentist had to realize that it was a bad idea. Her daughter was sleeping on a table, her new baby must have worn her out, the drinks were ridiculously expensive and guys were hitting on them. couldn´t they understand that women just wanted to have a good time every now and then? She was a grandmother for god´s sake.

Dr. Granger reached her lowest point when somebody offered her cocaine. How she wished to have gone to the playground instead. She thought partying with her daughter would be fun like her friends always made it out to be.

She grabbed her daughter's arm and dragged the sleepy witch outside. Having a midnight snack in a nearby fast-food restaurant they exchanged a bit of gossip.

"I was actually a little happy when I heard about Chris´mishap," Hermione admitted.

"So was I. I just hoped I wouldn´t have to socialize with his wife anymore. She always made me feel like I abandoned you," her mother said.

"She can´t still be with him! He has a child with another woman!"

"Oh yes, she can. There is a lot that that woman can ignore."

"You can´t ignore a child!"

"That´s what I always thought, but we care about our husbands and are not only married because it´s comfortable and so we don´t have to justify ourselves for not being married and having children."

"Dad and Lucius would never betray us, they´re not suicidal."

The two ladies discussed their next step. They couldn´t return home that early their husbands would mock them forever. The dentist remembered that the Royal Opera House was showing Twilight od the Gods from Wagner. Out of experience, the two knew that many people wouldn´t stay countless hours, it´s really only 16 hours spread out on three evenings, until the end.

They decided to go to the opera house and wait for the people discreetly leaving during the intermission. Being a Gryffindor Hermione was the first to ask a couple leaving early if she could buy their tickets. They looked at the young witch as if she was insane and took a cab. A couple of awkward tries later the two women for tickets for free and they arrived at their seats just in time to see the latter half of the performance.

They left with a crying and a laughing eye. On the one hand, they enjoyed the show greatly but they hated not being able to bring their husbands. It wasn´t like the men wouldn´t enjoy an evening watching an opera or a ballet, the main issue was they couldn´t stand each other.

Hermione apparated home. She kicked her shoes off. A little uneasy on her feet she went to search her husband and son. She found Lucius sleeping on the couch with little Richard sleeping on her belly. They looked so cute together.

Admiring her wizards for a while the young witch stood in the doorway. Her son got hungry and without much of a warning started to cry. Hermione walked up to them and carefully lifted her baby. Lucius who was just ribbed out of his sleep looked at her.

"Shh, I have him," she whispered to the older wizard who was quick to fall back asleep.

After giving her son a bottle of milk Hermione took a nap as well. At least until someone needed another bottle or a fresh diaper.