Bellatrix moved to her closest as she thought about Lucius Malfoy, about her sister, and about her own chooses in men. She would never resign herself to a man like Lucius. Lucius was arrogant not because of the power of his mind but because of his wealth and place in wizarding society. Lucius's wealth made him popular with in Slytherin and Cissa and Lucius were the "it" couple, a perfect combination of two very rich, popular, and pretty Slytherins. Bellatrix unlike her sister did not want to be popular because of who she choose, not wealthy either, she had enough wealth to support who every she choose, she wanted to be powerful. She wanted to be feared not loved by the people around her. She wanted a man who's mind could rival even her own and saw what he wanted and took it quietly and smartly assuring his place in history. She wanted someone with their own ideas of the world, someone she would be willed to die for, to be loyal to till the end. Someone who protect her as she protected him.

She had found Hogwarts boys less the satisfactory. Sure they were nice playthings but for a real relationship they lacked the brains. Even the smart ones at Hogwarts were just boys and did not think beyond the school's walls. She unlike her sister had never been able to stick with one boy for very long. She had all ready worked her way through most of the suitable boys in Slytherin and except for a couple 7th years they had proved boring. She would had stuck with the 7th years for at least a couple weeks but they had made it crystal clear that they were not going to be seen was a little 5th year so her relationship with they had been kept to their dorms and the perfect's bathroom on the 5th floor. Over the Christmas break she had been trying decide which was better Ravenclaws or Gryffindors. Ravenclaws were more suitable for anything outside of the bedroom since she would be humiliated if she was seen chatting up a Gryffindor but rumor had it that the Gryffindor boys were the funnest and the second kinkiest boys in the school after Slytherins.

She removed her thoughts from her romantic woes to pulled out her favorite black dress. It had belong to her grandmother before her and though the dress had probably been something like a mourning dress when her grandmother had worn it now it was a perfectly old fashioned evening gown. It was made of well worn black slick covered with intract black lace designed with tiny snakes and leaves. The top of the dress had a V- shaped neck line that revealed just enough to keep things interesting. The dress fanned out at the waist into a slightly pleated skirt that fell to the floor.

She looked in the mirror and smiled she had always loved the way the dress looked on her. I gave her a simple long form with a slight curve in at the waist. She opened her jewelry box and took out a silver chain. On the end of the chain hung a large square cut emerald. She slide the jew around her neck smiling as the jew touched her chest.

"Why do you wear that thing?" her sister, Narcissa, spoke from the doorway "You look like you're from the 1800s." Narcissa didn't wait for Bellatrix to respond before continuing "And why couldn't you find some Slytherin boy to be your date for this dinner. I hate being the only one with a date at these things." She finished starring at the wall.

"Who would you suggest I bring? All the boys in Slytherin are down right boring except for Travis and Hayborn and they made it quite clear that our relationship was purely physical." Bellatrix said as she curled her long black her into a bun on the top of her head.

Narcissa looked shocked she had not known that her little sister had slept with half of Slytherin house already. "You slept with Ryan Hayborn! Are you insane the boy is crazy. He lit half of the common room on fire last year and he is way to old for you." Narcissa spluttered at her.

"Don't get your knickers in a knot, Cissa. He is only 17 and he only lit the common room on fire on a dare. And come on Cissa even you have to admit he is fine." Bellatrix said looking at her sister "And keep your voice down I don't need mom finding out

I have had sex." She added in a slightly lower voice.

"Tell me you haven't slept with Lucius's brother or Lucius." She said look worried and horrified at the same time.

"No, Cissa, you boyfriend is not cheating on you with me or any other girl that I have heard of and I haven't slept with Cacius." She said looking shocked at her sister. Lucius was so not her type and he was their third cousins, something the had been quietly hushed up when Lucius and Narcissa had first gotten serious about there relationship, not that you couldn't find cousins attractive she found Sirius her cousin quite attractive but he had disgraced the family by being sorted into Gryffindor and he was only a 3rd year so that was out of the question.

"You would tell me if you heard anything regarding Lucius, right?" Narcissa said pleadingly with Bellatrix. Her face was worried Bellatrix never saw that kind of worry in her face. The worry that she was wrong about Lucius, that he wasn't the man she thought he was.

"Of course I would, Cissa. But I don't think he is he only hangs out with you, Rookwood, Snape, and Veralee." She said trying to clam her sister fears. Sure Lucius wasn't always with Narcissa but the only other girl her who was in his group of friend was Cora Veralee, Narcissa's best friend and not the type of girl to foul around with her best friend's boyfriend.

"GIRLS! We must go!" Their mother shouted up the stairs. Narcissa hurried to fix her expression from worried to happy bliss. Bellatrix grabbed her heeled black boots and slid her feet into them before tripping down the stairs behind her other sister.

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Author's Note: Thanks for reading! I meant to have Bellatrix meet Tom Riddle in this chapter but I got caught up in her and her sister talking. Next chapter I promise! Thanks