Beginnings

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-this is what life is supposed to be like-


There has finally come a day that she can go into Hogsmeade with Ted and not be wary of her family. Narcissa's received a detention for mucking about in Potions, and Andromeda knows that she's high up enough in Slytherin because of Bellatrix that she can shoot a single look at a staring Slytherin and have them running away in fear. It's ironic that the only way she can be with the boy her family would kill if they knew about their relationship, because of her sisters.

But still she enjoys it, walking in the spring air, hand in hand with Ted.

This is what life is supposed to be like, not corsets and balls and fake flirting and arranged marriages.

It's supposed to be enjoyable.

They meet with a group of Ted's friends in the Hog's Head, and surprisingly, she finds them more pleasant to be with then any of her friends in Slytherin.

One bright-eyed, funny boy- Dirk?- entertains them by telling jokes, some so funny that they make her choke on her Butterbeer, something a Black would never do. Ted was changing her, and Andromeda was happy to say that she liked the new her.

They all stand up to leave, placing coins on their table to pay for the drinks. Ted slips her hand into his, making her smile gently up at him. Dirk catches this, the younger boy laughing.

"Do you guys love each other?" he asks, grinning. Ted catches her eye, raising an eyebrow. Andromeda shrugs. "Oh I get it, you guys do love each other!" Dirk exclaims.

One of Ted's friends slaps the younger boy on the back, pushing him towards the exit. "Let's leave the loved-up couple alone, okay?" he says, grinning at Ted. Ted just shakes his head.

Andromeda tugs on his free arm, making him stop walking. They stand in the empty doorway of the Hog's Head, Andromeda looking up at him curiously. "Are we really in love?" she questions him. He shrugs.

"I'm not sure what I feel for you, but it's definitely something stronger than I've ever felt before," he tells him, placing a hand on her back as he pulls her into a hug. "I'm not going to call it love just yet, but I'm sure that will come soon, okay?"

She nods, before stretching up and kissing him.

Here, in the doorway of Hog's Head, she doesn't care who sees them kissing.

She's pretty sure she loves him too, but he has to say it first.


I know that Dirk's isn't old enough to go to Hogesmede with Ted and Andromeda in canon, but I needed someone there to say that line, and I wanted someone at least canon, not an OC. Anyways, review yeah?