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Now's my time Andromeda thought to herself as she pulled her bag with her out her bedroom door. She had only been back from Hogwarts one day and her parents seemed relieved that she had finally graduated and gotten away from the filth of the school. Of course Andromeda thought this was ironic considering she was now going to live with Ted who was her parent's definition of filth. She walked down the hall to her parent's room and peered inside. They were fast asleep in their huge king side bed both of them facing the outside of the bed. Her parents had explained to her years ago that her marriage was to arranged just like theirs had been. Dating had been out of the question for her, but when Andromeda realized her life could be better than the path she was on she found Ted. Part of the reason she was leaving was because her parents had told her no and their own marriage was an example of a marriage where love was never found.
Andromeda quickened her pace as she reached her youngest sister's room. As she open the door she saw the familiar pink vibrant color of the room and couldn't help but feel guilty. Cissy had never found out about her relationship with Ted. Andromeda had been lying through her teeth for a long time to her youngest sister. Whenever she was with Ted Andromeda always told Cissy she was studying, and of course Cissy was naïve enough to believe her. Andromeda shut her sister's door as she rolled over in her sleep her blonde hair splashing onto her pillow.
Now she was running down the hallway to the last room. She opened the door of her eldest sister's room and walked right in. She pulled up a chair next to Bellatrix's bed and stared at her. Andromeda had always gone to Bellatrix for advice, but with Ted Bellatrix supported her even less than her parents. The last night Bellatrix was at Hogwarts Andromeda learned this the hard way. She had been studying on the couch when she heard footsteps entering the common room. Suspecting Professor Slughorn she quickly pretended to be asleep. Instead of Professor Slughorn it was Bellatrix and her boyfriend Rodolphus.
"How are your sisters feeling about you not being here next year?" Rodolphus had asked softly keeping his voice low so no one would hear him; after all they were out after curfew.
"Cissy is worried, and I don't care about Andy anymore." The words dug into Andromeda's skin like a sharp knife and she felt as if she couldn't breathe. "She's sleeping with filth the whore." Andromeda pulled herself out of the terrible memory and stared at her sister who had lost all faith in her. Now Bellatrix was about to married and Andromeda would miss the wedding.
"I'm sorry Bella I really am." As Andromeda spoke she patted Bellatrix's soft black hair. She wanted so much for her sister to wake up and comfort her and tell her everything was going to be ok, but Andromeda knew it wouldn't happen. For one Bellatrix was a deep sleeper and Bellatrix had started to withdraw from her life the day of her own graduation from Hogwarts.
Finally pulling the last string of hope she had for Bella, she returned the chair to the corner and looked at her eldest sister, her role model, and her best friend for the last time. Andromeda left the room and little did she know that Bellatrix had stared at her as she walked out tears streaming down her face.
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