Never the Twain Shall Meet
Marcus couldn't take his eyes off Hermione. They had apparated and as a group walked to the club. It was new and talked about everywhere in social circles: Lumos was the 'it' place.
Hermione Granger and Harry Potter being Hermione Granger and Harry Potter were given VIW passes along with the rest of the group.
Marcus had growled at the bouncer leering at Mya. She hadn't noticed of course, she never does, but when Marcus wrapped a possessive arm around her waist and glared intently at the bouncer practically daring him to make a move; she squeezed his hand and looked at him with her warm brown eyes. His face softened and they walked into the loud club.
They found a table and the boys went to get drinks while the girls sat down and giggled at each other in the excitement.
They were all talking and chatting when a song came on that got the girls moving.
Bum bum bee dum …. I'm going crazy now!
Disturbia by Rihanna
The girls got up bouncing out to the dance floor, hands raised; jumping to the rhythm of the music in the beginning then shaking their arses.
Faded pictures on the wall, it's like their talking to me.
Adrian had been off his game all night. He didn't know what was wrong…. Well that's not entirely true, he knew; he just didn't want to admit it. He also didn't realize that he was staring, something he never did – it gave witches too much power.
Marcus watched his friend for a few seconds and smirked returning his gaze to his lovely witch currently laughing with her girlfriends.
***on the dance floor
"He's staring." She told them.
Hermione smiled, "He has been since we fell out of the floo."
"Why? Do I have something on my face?" Daphne asked mildly panicked.
Hermione and Pansy shook their heads and looked at each other, "You look hot."
Daphne smiled at her friends and continued dancing.
Astoria had not been paying attention to her sister as she was making googly eyes at Malfoy. Hermione snorted and tossed an arm around the little blonde, "Solidarity, Asti?"
"Right. Solidarity, but he's sooo beautiful." She whined and let Mya lead her towards the little dancing group of girls.
Hermione watched Draco's smoky gray eyes storm in passing as he watched Astoria.
The songs were over and the girls strolled back to the table to find three witches sitting in their seats. The girls stopped abruptly and quirked an eyebrow.
Marcus had a strange look on his face and Blaise looked like he ate something bad; the other facial expressions were similar.
Hermione looked at Pansy and then back to the simpering witches sitting in their spots. Pansy spoke, "Excuse me, but those are our seats." She said as nicely as humanly possible.
The blonde sitting closest to Marcus turned her head and gave the girls the 'up and down' look then returned focus on the man in front of her, "Marcus, you're here with children." She teased and placed a delicate hand on his forearm, which he picked up like it was slimy and put back on the table.
Another intruder sitting at the table turned and spoke directly to Daphne, "I know you, Greengrass right?"
Daphne nodded but didn't speak, "Well sorry, but you … busy doing something else, so these are our seats now." She sniffed.
Pansy was a nanosecond from hexing the witches so Hermione stepped in quickly. She smiled, a sickeningly sweet smile, "Oh that's all right; we were just about to head to the bar. Does anyone need a drink while we're there?" she asked.
The two girls who spoke earlier nodded their heads, "Patron on ice." And handed their empty glasses to Hermione like she was a waitress.
Marcus didn't know what to do, manners dictated he couldn't just get up and leave, which is what he wanted to do, but the look in Mya's eyes made him want to attach himself to her hip and not move from it.
Adrian was watching Daphne; the evil gleam in her eye as Mya asked anyone if they wanted drinks was enough to make the hair on his arm stand on end.
Pansy smiled sweetly as well and took note of what everyone was drinking. The girls walked away together; Astoria was the only one who glared and the force of her anger made Draco shrink a little.
"Why are you here, Misty?" Adrian barked wanting them to go away so he could get to know Daphne.
"Why Adrian, such manners! We're just here having a good time." She said in mock affront.
The other girl, "We haven't seen you in so long, we thought you'd be thrilled to catch up. Marcus had such a crush on Misty in school, why wouldn't we say hello?"
Marcus gritted his teeth and decided that ignoring them would be best.
Blaise had no such compunction of manners right now, he was married expecting a child and in love with Marcus' girlfriend – there was nothing left for him to lose, "excuse me, but the property value just took a dive." he said standing up getting ready to walk away. He was caught by the third girl who hadn't spoken, "Where are you going handsome?" she asked seductively running a fingernail across his shoulder.
He pulled her hand away and dropped it unceremoniously; "Away from you." he said and walked around her.
She gasped.
Marcus and Adrian looked at each other, Harry and Draco looked at each other and they all looked at the girls in front of them practically seething with angry at the slight.
Jessica, the second girl, tilted her head after a moment and looked at Harry, "Are you…?"
He started to shake his head no, but she gasped in excitement, "Merlin, you're Harry Potter!"
Before anyone could do anything, the girls returned with glasses of drinks, "Gentlemen." She said and set new drinks in front of them.
"Ladies." Pansy said and set drinks in front of the girls.
"What did we miss?" Daphne asked
Adrian cleared his throat, "Blaise decided he didn't like the company at the table anymore so he left."
The girls smiled and the men felt their inside twist in anxiety.
Jessica was still fixated on Harry, "That… HE… is Harry Potter!" she said as if the girls weren't aware of who they arrived with.
Hermione just smiled and nodded and waited.
After Misty had skulled most of the shot and Jessica had gulped down the entire thing. The third girl had just sipped and set hers down; Misty wrinkled her face and placed her hand on her stomach.
"ohhh." She said miserably.
Jessica slapped a hand over her mouth and ran to the loo with the third girl trailing.
"What did you do?" Misty screamed at the girls.
Hermione leveled her with a steady gaze, "nothing."
Misty looked around for her friends, "they had something they had to do." Astoria told the girl.
Just then Misty turned green and vomited on her shoes, "oh I just bought these shoes." She whined.
"Maybe you should go." Hermione suggested.
Draco was about to take a drink of his drink, but after witnessing that he set it back down and pushed it away.
Hermione turned around to see everyone watching her like they knew she was the one who cursed the poor girls drinks… she was, but that was beside the point.
Astoria was pissed and she couldn't hold her tongue, "Blaise was the only one who acted. You let those girls be snide to us and sit in our seats!" she huffed and had to count to ten to calm down before she hexed someone.
Marcus was now worried and looked at Hermione to see if she agreed with Astoria… she did.
He moved to take her hand, but she stepped away, "I saw her touch you, Marcus; like she knew you. Is that the game you want to play?" she asked getting angrier by the minute.
He knew exactly what game she was talking about and it was not something he wished to engage in, "No." he said getting angry himself. He took her hand a little forcefully and dragged her to a dark corner away from the rest of the group currently getting scolded by Pansy.
She pulled her hand away and jutted her chin up at him defiantly, "I won't be manhandled and I won't sit there and let you parade whores in my face for your amusement!"
Her eyes alight with anger and hurt, "Listen!" he growled and took hands pulling them to his lips, "I didn't know what to do, Princess" he said kissing her fingertips.
"I didn't want to be rude or cause a scene." He explained placing an open mouthed kiss on her palm.
"Pucey and I knew them in school, Hogwarts. She was a bint then and she's a bint now." He said now sucking on each finger and drawing circles on her wrist with his thumb.
"I ignored her, didn't say a word to her. I should have left, I'm sorry." He said kissing up her arm and nipping at her soft skin.
"Forgive me, love, please. You mean the world to me." he said quietly embarrassed that he admitted it to her and to himself. He stepped forward and hunched to kiss her temple, her cheek, the corner of her lips; his fingers still drawing designs on her hand.
"Princess?" he asked when she didn't respond.
"I … I can't think, Marcus."
"Will you forgive me?" he asked again in her ear.
She nodded jerkily and lifted her face to meet his lips, "I want you Marcus, please… I need to feel you inside me." her eyes begging he groaned and apperated them to his bedroom.
He lifted her immediately and unbuckled his belt letting his pants drop; he pushed her knickers aside and entered, without a wall for support or a bed to lye upon; he just picked her up and impaled her on his erection.
Her legs wrapped tightly around his waist and her hands cupping his cheeks while she kisses him hotly. His arms were wrapped around her picking her up and putting her back down, he wasn't moving his body at all, only moving hers.
She loved that his strength and passion and need, "Marcus!" she yelled suddenly and he felt her inner walls pulse with release. He soon followed grunting and panting her name over and over again. That was when his legs gave out and he tumbled them half on the bed and half off.
She giggled at their quandary looking at his smiling face.
He kissed her nose, "we should get back." He said
She nodded and felt him cast a contraceptive spell and cleansing charm.
They were back inside ten minutes walking back to the table hand in hand to find Astoria sitting on Draco's lap rubbing her nose on his – they were in their own little world, Pansy and Harry dancing slowly on the dance floor- forehead to forehead, and Adrian and Daphne sitting very close to each other talking quietly.
Daphne looked up and considered their slightly rumpled appearance, "Have fun?" she asked with a smirk.
Hermione returned her smile, "Yes." she said casually then giggled a little when Marcus pinched her bottom.
Harry and Pansy returned to the table; Harry was about to take a drink when Hermione placed a hand on his forearm, "I wouldn't if I were you." she warned.
He frowned and looked at the drink setting it down and pushing it away.
Marcus shot a look to his witch and she shrugged as if she had no other choice but to poison them.
Daphne snickered as did Astoria.
They had the wait staff clear the table and bring fresh drinks. The girls danced and danced, the wizards played pool, danced with the girls and generally just had a great time.
Blaise excused himself earlier claiming a headache. Hermione and Draco sadly watched him leave, "It'll get better when school ends." Draco said
She nodded.
The room was spinning. She searched for Pansy and couldn't find her, but she could swear someone sounding like Pansy was calling her name. Hermione looked down and there was Pansy crumpled on the floor in the middle of the dance floor.
She grabbed Daphne's arm (also unsteady) and pointed to Pansy. Daphne erupted into giggles which ended up being contagious and both girls ended up on the floor with Pansy… Astoria had the sense to walk (taking the long route, because she was too drunk to remember exactly where the boys were) to get help.
The wizards were only slightly less drunk than the girls and to see them attempting to focus on Astoria's mumbled garble was amusing.
She ended up just pointing instead of trying to explain … again.
Hermione forgot why she was laughing and didn't understand why she was sitting on the ground with Pansy and Daphne.
Suddenly she felt large hands pick her up and stand her on her wobbly feet, "My legs don't work." She said whoever was helping her stand.
A deep chuckled, "focus Princess."
"k" she said and squinted her eyes 'focusing' on her legs.
It was working she was standing and he stepped back slowly his arms held out like a parent would when teaching a child to ride a bike.
"Are we leaving?" she asked her handsome wizard.
He nodded.
Sometime between paying the tab and walking out of the club, the girls got their second wind. They were walking (read that as stumbling) slightly ahead of the wizards in a little group happy as can be saying hello to every passerby.
Many a wizard did a double and triple take as he passed; all the girls were quite pretty and obviously drunk. Who wouldn't want to be a knight in shining armor?
The wizards following the girls made sure those wanna-be knights were aware of their presence.
Astoria wanted to sing, but she couldn't think of the song, "I don't know! You know the one… umm stacks on deck…whatever you like…" she said/sang moving her head from side to side.
"OH! I know which one." Pansy threw her hands in the air
Stacks on deck, Patrón on ice
And we can pop bottles all night
Baby, you could have whatever you like
I said, you could have whatever you like
Yeah, late night sex so wet, it's so tight
I'll key up a port for you tonight
Baby, you could go where ever you like
I said you could go where ever you like, yeah
The girls stopped and started swinging their hips while they sang with her. Hermione jumped in when it was clear Pansy couldn't remember the next line.
Anytime you want to put your head through the floo
You know it ain't nothin' to drop a couple stacks on you
Wanted you could get it my dear
Five galleon dollar home, drop Nimbus, I swear
Yeah, I want'cho body, I need yo body
Long as you got me you won't need nobody
You want it I got it, go, get it, I buy it
Tell 'em other broke wizards be quiet
They all remembered the next lines and said them together.
Stacks on deck, Patrón on ice…
After their impromptu performance on the street complete with a round of applause from other drunken wizards and witches they made it home without splinching.
Hermione shed her clothes and climbed into bed under the cool sheets and drifted off to sleep only when she felt strong warm surround her, "good night Princess." He said and kissed her naked shoulder.
"night." She sighed and passed out.
