Chapter 2

Rodolphus had watched Bellatrix sleep for about a hour before she began to stir. She had been moving in her sleep and had ended up wrapping her arms and legs around Rodolphus' body. Rodolphus had always been fond of this behavior.

"She's almost like a squid..." he thought, "If I'm lucky she'll keep cuddling like this once she's actually awake."

"Roddy?" Bella questioned, "Can you flip my pillow to the cold side? I'm too ick..."

Rodolphus just smiled and watched her.

"Roddy, at least use a cooling spell on my pillow" she whined.

"I would love" Rodolphus replied, "but your laying on my arm, not your pillow."

"Oh..." Bella said, looking halfway between tired and bewildered, "Well... shut up..."

Bellatrix hated it when Rodolphus gave her the 'hun...' look. When he gave her 'the look' she felt like a child who had been caught playing with their parents wand. She spent several moments trying to come up with a more cunning retort than shut up before she finally spoke.

"You left the picture box on..."

Rodolphus stared at her for a moment, then moved to get out of bed. Bellatrix looked sad as her main heat source left her side. He went down to their kitchen to search for the small box that seemed to control the larger picture box. Bellatrix had a bad habit of picking it up and carrying it around the house. He remembered seeing it in her hand when she had come into the kitchen earlier that morning. He quickly found it on the island and made his way back up the stairs to his wife.

When he arrived back in their bedroom he found the bed empty, the covers array and the door to their bathroom cracked. He fiddled with the controller box until the pictures disappeared into blackness. He was just about to leave the room to go grab some extra pillows when he heard a retching sound from the bathroom. Turning around, he dashed into the bathroom. Bellatrix was kneeling in front of the toilet, empting the content of her stomach into it.

"Oh gods..." Rodolphus thought, "I hope she can keep lunch down..."

Rodolphus quickly made his way to Bellatrix and knelt down beside her, Holding her hair up. She continued to regurgitate until her stomach had been purged of its contents. She fell back against him and snuggled into his chest, clinging onto his light blue t-shirt. She was sweating profusely, shaking and had a far off look in her eyes.

"Babe you look really sick..." Rodolphus said gently, "You need to go lay down again. Come on"

Rod helped Bellatrix stand up and began to move them towards their large bed. Once Bella was on her feet, her head began to spin and she felt faint. Rodolphus noticed that Bella had paled further and stopped walking to give her a moment to rest. Once Bellatrix squeezed his hand they closed the space between her and their bed. It only took ten minutes before Bellatrix fell into a deep slumber. Once he had made sure she was asleep, Rod made a decision that he knew would make Bella mad, but would help her feel better more quickly. He quickly wrote a letter and handed it to Bella's owl, Aristotle, and watched as he flew into the distance. After a few moments the doorbell rang and Rodolphus was greeted with a tight hug from the last person that Bellatrix would want to see when she woke up.

"Roddy! I'm so glad you owled! Where is my little Bella?"

"I'm glad to see you too Druella, Bellatrix is upstairs. She hasn't been feeling well today and I thought that her mother would know what to do more than I would" He replied with an awkward laugh.

Bellatrix's mom, Druella, was the only person who Rod knew that could take care of Bella better than he could.