"Well, dear, now's not really the time for questions...It's nearly supper," He said in a rush and before Bella had time to protest, he had rushed out into the hallway. After standing there, confused, for what felt like several minutes, Bellatrix walked to the big, wooden door, opened it and walked along the nearly deserted corridors and into the Great Hall. She met up with her friends and sisters, and, sitting down beside them, she made to eat her dinner in a daze.
"Bella where WERE you?" Narcissa asked. She had clearly forgotten to be angry at her older sister, unlike Lucius, who when he saw Bellatrix, turned away quickly to talk to his friends. Bellatrix turned back to Narcissa and Andromeda, who looked worried.
"What?" She asked, glancing back over at Lucius, who again, turned away very quickly.
"Where were you? You're half an hour late! You're usually here early!" Narcissa rambled on. Bellatrix rolled her eyes, looking now to Andromeda, then glanced back over at Lucius. "Bella?!" She heard her sister call. Bella sighed and shook all thoughts of him from her head. She could NOT be feeling sorry for Malfoy. She just couldn't. All this was gone however when Bellatrix noticed Andromeda's hand in front of her face.
"Bella? Are you alright? Beeeeella?"
"What? Oh, I'm fine! I was-was with...Slughorn. I finally went to one of his little sit-downs, it was incredibly long and there was not much to do..." She trailed off. After that, Bellatrix quickly finished her supper, told her sisters that she was going up to bed, and walked out of the Great Hall.
