Narcissa's acceptance of her apology made Hermione feel like she should just move on from the subject. However, it was hard. There was a lot of baggage with the Black name. Why would Narcissa want to use it? She couldn't understand. The only saving grace to the name was Sirius. But surely that couldn't be the reason...
Narcissa's frustration was amusing but also frustrating. Did she really think that Hermione really wanted to do this? "Mostly just paperwork, interviews with guests of honor, reviewing guest lists, that sort of thing until the party set up and the party itself."
Did Narcissa realize yet that Hermione would be a guest at her party?
Hermione nodded absently. She knew that Narcissa was trying to get to her so she tried not to let her succeed. Reaching for the documents, she began to review them. Taking a quill, she marked a few sections where she felt there needed to be more detail before sliding them back over to Narcissa.
"Are you looking forward to the party?" she asked, trying her hand at a bit of friendly conversation.