Title: The First Advice
Summary: Elanora just wants to be desired.
Pairing/Characters:Elanora and Andromeda
Rating:K
Warnings: N/A
Notes:Prompt: "How can you go through life pretending to be happy?"
Andromeda Black wasn't her friend, Elanora knew this. Andromeda Black didn't like her, and the feeling was mutual. Yet here she was sobbing her eyes out on Andromeda Black's shoulder.
"Why do they treat me like this?" Her words stopped making sense half an hour ago, but this question continued to be asked.
Narcissa sighed, but she patted Elanora's back. She may be a Black sister, but she wasn't as heartless as her sisters. "Boys are awful," she said with a blank voice. "They aren't worth your time."
"But I want to be desired," Elanora said, sitting up to look at Andromeda. "I want to be stared at by the boys, and I want them to want me."
Andromeda stared at Elanora like she was dissecting her. Her eyes raked up and down Elanora's frame until their eyes connected. "Some fitted clothing wouldn't hurt anything," Andromeda said.
Elanora looked down at her clothes with a frown.
"And your hair could do with a cut, maybe colour it a bit."
Elanora grabbed a bunch of her hair and looked at it. She turned to Andromeda with the same frown, but at least her tears had stopped. "What do you mean?"
Andromeda rolled her eyes. "If you want to be desirable then make it happen. You will never achieve anything if you do nothing."
"How," Elanora moaned. "How can I do that?"
"How can you go through life pretending that you're happy?" Andromeda countered. "If being desired is what will make you happy then you'll figure it out." Andromeda gently pushed Elanora off her and disappeared up the common room stares.
Elanora thought over Andromeda words, and then smiled. That might just work.
(w.c 281)
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