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Gemini

"Brother, I have big news." Rodolphus walked up to Rabastan in the front entrance of Malfoy Manor, clapping him on the back. Rabastan lifted an eybrow.

"Oh?" He asked.

"Bella is having a child." Rodolphus replied calmly, a smiling splatted on his face. Rabastan looked at his brother, shock in his features. Then he started laughing.

"Well, this is you time Roddy. Remember what I told you when you were younger? When you knock her up, run. And DONT return." He was in hysterics. "Hey, its about time it happened to you. When Estella was pregnant, I ran for the hills. Now its your turn." He smiled cockily. One would never know that he was kidding, but Rabasten had a nasty sense of humor. Rodolphus looked at his brother as if he had lost his head. Rabastan caught sight of his murderous expression and stopped laughing."Look, it was only a joke." He chuckled. Rodolphus closed in on him, punching him square in the jaw.

"Dont you dare even joke about it. Bella means a lot to me at this moment, and so does that child inside of her. And though she doesnt show it, I know she would do anything to protect the kid." Rodolphus snarled. Rabastan's mouth was bleeding. He got up and stood before his brother, wand raised.

A peircing voice cackled behind Rodolphus. He turned around to find Bellatrix standing there, her stomach out in front of her. He walked to her and wrapped an arm around her waist, placing a kiss to her temple. It had been months since they had last shown affection for each other, but Bellatrix's sudden pregnancy had altered that a bit. "Careful, Rabastan, you could hurt yourself with that." She chuckled darkly. Rabastan put his wand away.

"So, when are you do?" He asked, straightening out his jacket and wiping the blood from his face.

"About a couple of weeks," She replied. Her crazy smirk faltered slightly, and turned paler than usual. Suddenly, she moved away from Rodolphus. She ran out of the room, and slammed a door upstairs. Rodolphus stared at the place she was standing a mere second ago. He then ran after her.

"Bella? Bella, dont slam the doors, this isn't our home." He sat beside his wife on the golden sheets of what must have been the master bedroom. He saw that she was crying, and he wrapped his arms around her, pulling her to his chest. She sobbed quietly into it, her body shaking. It almost stung him to see her this way. This wasn't the Bellatrix he knew, or fell in love with. This Bellatrix was broken, shattered...almost normal. "Bella? Bella, love whats wrong?" He asked.

"I can't do it. I'm just not made for this parenting thing. I can barley manage to get a word out without screaming at someone, because of these stupid mood swings." She cried.

"Bella, you can't say something without screaming anyway." It was completely true. He tried to hold her closer, but she pushed him away. She felt angry now, angry at him for making her like this. She got off the bed and put her back to a wall.

"Just, please go. This is your fault, for getting me into this!" She yelled at him.

"It isn't like I planned this! If you hate it so much, get rid of it! You're good at killing things!" He shot back. She brought on a hurt expression. Rodolphus was mad at himself, for making her feel this way. He tried to comfort her, but she yelled at him.

"I said go away!" She shouted. Rodolphus reluctantly walked out of the room. Bellatrix slid down the wall and sat down against it. Boiling tears rolled down her cheeks, and she didnt wipe them away. They were a reminder of what a bad person she was, of how angry she was. They were also her last reminder of Rodolphus. What the hell is wrong with me? She thought, pulling at her own hair. Fucking hormones... She thought with dismay.

"Brother, is she alright?" Rabastan asked Rodolphus as he walked down the stairs.

"No." Rodolphus's face had turned hard and expressionless, and he shoved himself past his brother.