10 chapters already.. Wow!
To be honest, I don't really know for how long I want this story to continue...
12 chapters... 15 chapters... I just don't really know yet...
Do you think they wizards and witches play party game 'Spin The Bottle'? They do now!
Not super content with this chapter, though..
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The door of her bedroom was thrown open.
''He's here! Bella, wake up! He's here!'' Narcissa shook her sister awake.
''Go away! Let me sleep!'' Bellatrix pushed her sister away.
''He's here!'' Narcissa squealed.
''Who is?!'' Bellatrix asked frustrated.
Why would her sister wake her at this time?! Narcissa knew how much her older sister enjoyed sleep...
''Rodolphus!'' Narcissa exclaimed.
Bellatrix shot up. It took her a moment to fully comprehend what her sister had said, before she shot out of bed and sprinted out of her room. She stood in the hall of the first floor of the manor and saw him standing there at the bottom of the stairs... Rodolphus Lestrange!
''Wh-What are- are you doing here? Bellatrix was suddenly very aware that she had just gotten out of bed and looked less than her best to say at least...
Rodolphus didn't seem to mind...
''I came to talk to you about the party, that kiss...'' he got up the stairs.
Rodolphus slowly approached her. When he finally stood in front, he boldly kissed her.
''No mistletoe this time...'' ''See you at school, Black'' he whispered, after breaking the kiss.
He turned around and left.
Bellatrix just stood there, watching him leave.
''That's was so romantic, Bella!'' Narcissa had been watching them from the doorway of Bellatrix' room.
Bellatrix didn't know what to say...
''Bella!'' Narcissa squealed again.
''Bella!'' she kept hearing it...
''Bella!'' the voice seem to come from far away...
''Bella!'' her little sister's voice pulled her away from her dream.
Bellatrix sat straight up, suddenly wide awake!
She shot out of bed and ran out. In the hall, she looked around... Rodolphus was nowhere to be found...
''What are you doing? We need to get ready for school!'' ''Mother says we have to leave in an hour...'' she heard Narcissa say behind her.
''I will get ready...'' Bellatrix sighed.
Christmas break was clearly over...
Everybody had returned after the Christmas break and the halls of Hogwarts were filled with the sounds of a lot of people talking and a lot of laughter again.
Now, everybody was seated at the long tables and enjoying their first meal together again after Christmas. They had a lot of catching up to do! Telling each other their stories about their Christmas presents and funny family situations...
Bellatrix took it all in, she didn't feel like sharing her story... It hadn't been funny... One of her sisters hadn't been there to celebrate Christmas with them, because she had decided to fall in love with a boy who was clearly not a Pureblood and not to forget that she had kissed Rodolphus... The reason for that being a mistletoe... Actually because he had been dancing with another girl, but that was definitely not something she would mention!
''Had a good time, Black?'' once again, somebody asked about how she had spent her Christmas holidays...
''It was nice, I suppose... Not much to do...'' she replied casually.
''You enjoyed yourself, Bella'' Narcissa smiled.
Narcissa opened her mouth again to continue talking about the events of her big sister's holiday, but Bellatrix shot her a death glare.
''We- We enjoyed ourselves... With our family...'' Narcissa smirked.
''I heard somebody talking about a party tonight, what's that all about?'' Bellatrix quickly changed the subject.
''Slytherin House Party tonight, to celebrate a late Christmas and to have a bit of fun before school really starts again...'' Lucius replied.
Flashes of the last Slytherin House Party she went to rushed through her mind and Bellatrix' eyes automatically searched the crowd of people for Rodolphus. He was seated a couple of places away from her and was talking to Severus. Bellatrix dropped her gaze quickly, her attention returning to her plate covered with food...
''You are going, Black'' Lucius basically ordered.
''Come on, Bella! It will be fun!'' Narcissa looked at her with her big pleading eyes.
''Fine...'' she mumbled.
Bellatrix looked around the Slytherin common room, a drink in her hand. The room was filled with people again, people dancing, people drinking... She slowly took a sip from her drink. Her eyes settled on a pair of dark brown eyes, who were staring back at her... The eyes of Rodolphus Lestrange!
Bellatrix nodded, to acknowledge him.
Rodolphus smiled and walked over to her.
''Hi'' he said softly.
Bellatrix had the feeling she was blushing, she really hoped she wasn't... He was trying to say something, he was trying to find the right words... He wanted to talk about the party, she could see it in his eyes... She had been so stupid! She had caused another awkward situation with her stupid actions! Stupid girl, stupid mistletoe!
Suddenly, they were surrounded by a group of people. They got pulled away from each other and seated on the floor. They were joined in a circle of Slytherin students of the floor...
''Spin the bottle! Spin the bottle!'' a bottle was placed on the floor, in the middle of the circle.
They were caught in a game of 'Spin The Bottle'...
A couple of drinks and kisses later, it was Bellatrix' turn to spin the bottle. She twisted it and hoped for the best... As long as it wasn't one of those greasy and perverted boys... Or Lucius, Narcissa would not be amused!
Rodolphus watched as the spinning bottle came to a stop right in front of him. He held his breath. He knew it would happen... As soon as had known he was joining a game of 'Spin The Bottle' with Bellatrix Black, he knew it would come to this... The Universe just pulled them towards each other, always!
Rodolphus sighed. It wasn't that he didn't want to kiss her again, just not like this... Not for a stupid game of 'Spin The Bottle'... He actually had wanted to talk to her about the last kiss they'd shared under the mistletoe, before doing anything else but then they got pulled away from each other to join the game... He first wanted to settle everything and make everything clear, before possibly even kissing her again...
Bellatrix got closer to him, following the rules of the game. She clearly had no idea about Rodolphus his doubts, the alcohol was clouding her judgement a little bit already...
''Maybe we shouldn't...'' his eyes were focussed on hers...
''It's only a game, Rod'' Bellatrix took a sip from her new drink.
Rodolphus watched her drink... Was she drunk already, or just tipsy?
If she was drunk, it was better not to kiss her... It hadn't ended well the last time...
''I don't want this to be a game...'' he looked for any sign that could tell him if she had had too much to drink already...
''I know...'' she said, suddenly very serious...
She got even closer to him and kissed him, the group around them whistling and cheering. Maybe she wasn't that drunk after all...
Not as drunk as the first time anyway...
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I think things are finally looking up for these two!
I want to continue this party a bit in the next chapter...
Thank you for the people who are still reading this story!