Nice (not quite stupid) mistake

HG//8//NB

It was was their third day in Paris, and Hermione was sitting on their balcony, when Narcissa stepped out to her with two cups of coffee in each hand.

,,Are you alright?" Hermione nodded, took one of the cups... she tried not to think about what those cups reminded her of, and said: ,,It's just... so beautiful her. And so... light-hearted... you know what I mean?"

,,It's not England. It's no reminder of what happened." Narcissa sat down, and said: ,,People go out on the streets... working, living,... because they have to. We all are doing that. We are trying to forget the war. But it will be present... perhaps for ever. At least for people like us... because we saw it. We've seen the horror with our own eyes... the cruel people are able to do to others..." she looked at Hermione: ,,That brings me to a question... what's your motivation to get up every day? I know people calling you war hero, and everything, and if someone find out, where we are... you are probably some sort of... holy person, because you've picked me."

,,I picked you out of the list, because... because I wanted to learn to know you, Narcissa. Not because of doing some benefit, or to calm my conscious. I picked you... because someone should have go with you, for just the person you are now... and not for whom you might have been in the past." she could see a slight blush building up on Narcissa's cheeks before the woman quickly took a sip of her coffee.

,,Thank you..." she said after a while and Hermione cocked her head in question, and the other woman explained: ,,For picking me... for... forgiving me."

,,Narcissa... there's nothing to be forgiven... the war and even before it... were other times."

,,Oh well, I could have been nicer to you that one day in Madame Malkin's."

,,Well... I didn't expect a kiss on my hand from you, or a hug, nor even a handshake. We were different people, and-... what?" she asked, when she realized the joy in Narcissa's eyes, to what a laugh soon would be follow: ,,A kiss on your hand?"

Hermione felt herself hard blushing, before she muttered: ,,Shut the fuck up... I mean... I didn't expect a red carpet, or... your tongue in my throat..."

,,You really don't make it better..." the woman laughed, and Hermione couldn't stop herself anymore from laughing...

They left the room for a bigger shopping tour, and Hermione somehow felt bad, because Narcissa was buying her most of the things she could find.

,,You know... I do have money."

,,I know that... but perhaps dinner is on you...?" Hermione blushed, Narcissa bit her lip, and she asked: ,,Is that a question, Ms Black?"

,,No. Because you should be the one, whom asking, if that would be something like a date... it's just a dinner." Hermione nodded, but when they were later sitting in the restaurant, it felt exactly as something... like a date...

She smirked at that thought, looked up at Narcissa, who was also smirking, and whispered: ,,Shut up..."

,,I didn't say anything..."

,,No, but your gaze says enough." Hermione said, and Narcissa leaned slightly forward, what gave Hermione a perfect view in the other woman's cleavage, and whispered: ,,And what do you think are my eyes saying?" Hermione's mouth went dry, and she didn't know what to say, when something else caught her eyes... someone, to be more specific...

,,What...?" Narcissa asked, followed Hermione's gaze, and sighed: ,,Oh damnit..."

,,What is she doing here?! I thought she don't have vacation..." Hermione whispered, and Narcissa shook her head: ,,I don't know... do you want to leave?"

,,No... I don't let someone like her ruin my da-... dinner." Narcissa smirked and it was obvious for Hermione, that she failed to correct herself... she blushed even harder and the moment she wanted to add something, she rolled her eyes, while Audrey was approaching them.

,,There you are, you arrogant Bitch." she said, and looked at Narcissa... ,,Do you have any idea, what you have done?! You and that filthy mudblood managed to fired me."

Hermione wanted to say something, when she saw Narcissa shaking her head, before the woman turned to Audrey, crossed her legs, and said in a very calm, but slightly cold voice: ,,Neither me, nor Hermione have anything to do with that, Ms Allison. Perhaps you had been too pushy to the wrong person... and if not, what I seriously doubt, you might decide what you think about people. Is she now your sweetheart or... would you like to insult her... while you are thinking about that... you should also think about, how you would like to speak to me. Do you want to crawl up my arse, or do you want to insult me, too."

,,I..." she started, and Narcissa nodded: ,,Yes, I thought so. The door is over there." she said, turned back to Hermione. Audrey stood at their table for another minute, before she just left...

,,I think, I don't want to see you angry..." Narcissa winked at her, and shook her head slightly... they continued their dinner, and went back to the Hotel after a delicious dessert...

,,I don't know, why I'm thinking about that right now, but did you and Andy had been having contact the whole time?" Hermione asked on their way, and Narcissa shook her head: ,,No. I broke the contact to protect her... I wanted for her to be save, so that Bellatrix couldn't find her, because she had mentioned once, that she would kill Dromeda for betraying our family... and I believed her... she was mad and evil enough for doing something like that..."

,,I'm really sorry about that, Narcissa..." the older witch smiled, and they continued their way...

After entering their Hotel room, Narcissa was the first who took a shower, and Hermione felt a strange urge deep inside of her... it was more a feeling... the feeling was stronger, than just teasing the other woman, and they definitely had teased each other a bit. She placed a hand on the bathroom door, touching the doorknob, and took a deep breath, before she went to her suitcase.

She had to distract herself from all those thoughts in her head, Narcissa might could hear... she should distract herself from those feelings, she should not be having...

"It was just a stupid kiss!" Hermione shouted in her thoughts...

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Narcissa leaned her head against the tiles in front of her... she was standing underneath the hot water, closing her eyes, and thinking... she thought about the last three days with Hermione... she thought about their conversation, and something she had seen the whole time in Hermione's eyes. It was something she had been seeing only a few times...

The first time she had seen it in Lily's eyes... it was that understanding, to which none of them had to say anything... the second time... it was something in Lucius' eyes. It had been that moment after she wanted to kill Bella. It was deep inside of his eyes, that had told her, he had been on her side in that single moment. And the third time... Draco. Shortly after he had recognized Harry... he had been standing in front of her, and she had seen it in his eyes. She saw, that he knew it was Harry, but that he didn't want to tell the truth.

And now Hermione... the whole last days, she knew they could sit in a room... not sharing a single word, and it wouldn't be uncomfortable...

But on the other hand... it were nearly twenty years... perhaps more... but she was definitely older than Hermione, so in retrospect... she should not be thinking about that stupid kiss... it had been a mistake...

"Just a stupid... but fucking... good kiss!" she shouted in her own thoughts, hearing Hermione's shouted thoughts, without understanding the words... asking herself now, what the young woman had shouted... 

TBC...