Round 2 has begun!
House: Slytherin
Category: Drabble
Prompt: Siblings
Word Count: 355
Andy wanted to scream. Or bash her head against the wall repeatedly. Instead, she just smiled in apology, and went after Bella, cursing her older sister to Hell and back.
Why couldn't she be like Narcissa? Sure, the little brat was annoying, with all the 'prim and proper' behavior she insisted everyone around her exude, but in this situation, it was far, far more preferable than Bella's stubbornness. How, again, was Bella the oldest?
"Where is he? Where is he?" Bella was standing at the tip of her toes, fruitlessly trying to spot the man she so wanted to see, and shrieking for all the ballroom to hear.
"He won't be coming tonight, Bella," Andy growled under her breath as she forcefully dragged Bella away. "Uncle Orion just told me."
"B-but Father promised!" Bella wailed, and Andy looked desperately around herself to find the closest exit from the Malfoy Mansion.
"Need some help, Miss Black?"
Andy turned and narrowed her eyes.
"Not at all, Heir Malfoy," she said cautiously, tugging at Bella's sleeve. Lucius was only a few months younger than her, and her father Cygnus had not been subtle in his desire to marry her into the Malfoy line.
Personally, Andy didn't want to do anything with the blonde peacock - let Narcissa have him, he suited her expensive and sophisticated tastes. Spotting the open terrace, Andy dragged Bella to it.
"Andy, let me go!" Bella struggled, but Andy had experience with wrangling her, so they managed to go through the open glass doors and sat in the chairs.
"Bella, the Dark Lord won't come tonight, because he has some duty to attend to," Andy whispered. "He'll come the next party. He wouldn't miss Yule."
Bella scowled but said nothing else, snatching the glass of champagne Andy had accepted out of politeness and downing it.
Andy just rolled her eyes and prepared herself for a long night of babysitting her older sister. Thank Merlin Cissy -
"Narcissa!" The screech of their mother, Drusilla, was heard in the ballroom, and Andromeda pinched the bridge of her nose. Spoke too soon.
Was she the only sane Black sister?
