Hermione Granger, one-third of the Golden Trio, has returned to Hogwarts to complete her 7th year of magical education. To celebrate the ending of the war, the newly appointed headmistress Minera McGonagall wishes to promote unity and acceptance amo...
'Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have.'
― Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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11: The Lady in Red
As the weekend drew closer, so did the arrival of Hermione's birthday and subsequent party. Hermione's anxiety over the whole ordeal was steadily increasing, especially as she didn't even know what she would be wearing to the event. She also didn't really know who, outside of the students and faculty of Hogwarts, would be attending.
The Weasley's attending was a given and Ginny had mentioned that the remaining members of The Order of the Phoenix had all been invited but that was all the information she had. Thankfully, Ginny ended up making too many invitations and Hermione had found herself in possession of a few spares to invite who she wanted there personally.
She had been filling them out, the night after her dinner with Narcissa, when Draco found her.
'What are those?' he asked casually as he got comfortable on the couch next to her.
'Invites to the party tomorrow. I know its short notice but I wanted to invite a couple of extras,' Hermione replied, leaning back into his chest.
Absentmindedly, Draco began to play with a lock of her caramel curls.
'I'm sure Ginny's already invited over half the wizarding population. Who else could there be?' He smiled.
'Mum and Alec, for one. I'm not sure if Gin would had sent them one so I thought I would just in case. And the others are for Andromeda, Teddy...and Narcissa.'
'You're inviting Mother?' He asked stunned.
Hermione nodded her head, 'Yeah. Is that okay?'
Draco cupped her chin with his hand and tilted her head back to look up at him.
'Of course, its okay...I just never...I never thought you would..' Draco couldn't find the words.
'Why wouldn't I? She was lovely to me. She apologised for everything and was understanding about us. I mean, If you had asked me a year ago if I had wanted to invite you and your mother to a party, I honestly wouldn't know what to say. But everything's different now. I've gotten to know the real you and what I've seen of Narcissa, I have no reason not to like her. So, I very much want to have both of you there.' Hermione said as she reached her hand up to cup his cheek.
