It's not that complicate... it's just...

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During the last two weeks Hermione's life had been a bit complicate, and that's why she was looking now at Black Manor by herself, unsure whether to enter it or not. She knew of course she really had to tell the gate, her name and the reason for her appearance. She knew she just had to say it... she knew this was not Malfoy Manor... she had read the article years ago in the Daily Prophet that Narcissa had burnt down the Manor after Lucius had died in Azkaban.

She took a few deep breaths and jumped slightly, when someone appears right behind her, and smirked at the woman's voice: ,,I know you did not came, to run away, Hermione Granger."

She turned around, and looked at Andromeda, who stood behind her, and asked the older witch: ,,Did you just came?"

,,No... someone saw you from out of the upper windows, and told me, you are standing in front of the gate since five minutes, and I thought, I'd check that. Forgot what to tell the gate?"

Hermione shook her head, and told her, that she hadn't been quite sure for a moment.

Andromeda sighed, and placed a hand on her shoulder, assuring her: ,,It's her son's wedding, Mione. And your best friend's one. Come on..."

,,Alright..." she said, knowing... she would have followed Andromeda any way... and if it would had been out of pure stubbornness...

,,It's a beautiful house..." she confessed, while Andromeda walked her along the path, that leads right behind the house.

,,Thank you... it's Cissy's house. I'm just here quite often, so technically... I also live here. I thought you'd bring someone?"

,,Yeah... it's complicate."

,,Would you like to talk about it...?" Andromeda asked, but Hermione shook her head, and told her, that this would be a bit the wrong moment, to what Andromeda could only agree. She lead her into the garden, and the first two other people, Hermione saw were Narcissa and Draco.

,,She's not like the woman you've met those years ago..." Andromeda whispered, and the younger witch nodded, and followed her.

Draco approached them, and hugged her tight, greeting her: ,,I'm really glad you came." He looked at her, and asked if she didn't came with someone, and she shook her head: ,,No. She's... busy." She said, didn't want to talk about Julia right now. She was just really happy to be here right now, even... with Narcissa.

One after the other the Weasleys came with Ron, after Draco had changed his mind, because Ron was at least Harry's best friend, and also he and Hermione had too much in common, to uninvited him. And after one another former classmates came, greeted each other, and everyone made clear, that there won't be any fight because of old habits, or the old house rivalries...

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After a wonderful ceremony, during which Narcissa was standing behind her son, and Harry had had asked Ron to be his best man, almost everyone was celebrating.

Harry and Draco had been having such wonderful vows, Hermione had seen some tears running down Narcissa's and Andromeda's cheek, hiding her own tears by herself, thinking back at the conversation she had been having with Julia not that long ago.

Narcissa and Hermione weren't even look at each other... sometimes, Hermione saw Andromeda whispering with her sister, and Ginny whispered in Hermione's ear: ,,Come on, Mione... talk to her."

,,I don't know what we should talk about with each other."

,,I think she's a really nice person..."

,,Could be..." Hermione muttered, continued her dinner... she felt Narcissa's gaze on her, and she by herself couldn't stop looking at the other witch, who was damn beautiful in her long green dress...

"Are we going to continue this stupid ignoring-thing all night, Ms Granger?"

Hermione jumped slightly, looking over the table at Narcissa, ignoring her at first until she sighed, and thought:

"It worked during the last three hours, Ms Black..."

Narcissa raised her eyebrows, and also continued her dinner...

"You really should-"

Hermione concentrated of closing her mind with much force, and thought about the most boring essay, she could remember... she continued her conversation with Ginny, knowing... that she had acted just stubborn....

A bit later she watched Narcissa leaving the garden, but she also could see, that her gaze was on the gate the whole time, and when Ginny looked back, she muttered: ,,Fuck..."

Hermione also turned, not only seeing Rita Skeeter, but also Julia.

,,I'm not here." She hissed, for a few people to hear, and just went inside, slipping through the first door, she could find.

,,Well... that's interesting..." Narcissa whispered, casting a Lumos, and Hermione groaned and rolled her eyes, listening to voices outside. She realized, that the both of them were standing in a broom cabinet, and reached out for the doorknob, saying: ,,I'm out of here..."

Narcissa wrapped her hand, around Hermione's wrist, and whispered: ,,I know that this is the most stupid place for being here right now... especially with me, but... whomever you were running away from, is still out there. And either you can stepp over your stubbornness, or you are going to betray the both of us, because I really don't have any intention to talk to that blond, annoying, little... Bug."

Hermione had to smirk, nodded, and let go of the doorknob...

Narcissa pointed her wand at the door closed it, and touched Hermione's mind, before she whispered: ,,They could listen, if they want, Ms Granger." So Hermione opened her mind:

"Did you forget how the silencing charm works?"

"No, but I wasn't quite planning to share this chamber."

"Are you really making differences now between a room and a chamber?!"

"Yes, Ms Granger. Let me have a bit of my pride left."

"So... a woman who is running away from another woman, have pride at all?!"

"You also run away, Ms Granger. From a woman."

TBC...