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My neck hurts.
This doesn't feel like my bed.
Where am I?
I open my eyes.

Shit.

I'm laying on the couch in the little back room of Dumbledore's office, wrapped in the arms of Rabastan Lestrange.
This probably looks bad.
And right behind the Headmaster's desk!

Just to clarify, Mr. Lestrange and I have an entirely non-romantic relationship. He's my best friend. In his arms, I feel loved. I feel needed. Because Rabastan does need me; maybe even more than I need him. And I do need him. No, I don't need anyone! I will survive!
Rabastans dark eyes flutter open. He takes in the surroundings and our position.
"This probably looks bad." He says quietly. I have to giggle. Even though we should be getting up and I should be high-tailing it out of there ASAP, I just can't. Not yet.


I'm the master of evasion.
Yet Tonks still managed to track me down.

I finally had to leave Rabastan to get ready for his parents who're coming to get him later today. They're going to be furious, so he better look good. I also, need to make a good impression. The Lestranges are family now, I suppose.

So I'm walking through an empty corridor (when do I ever walk through an occupied corridor anymore?) and lo and behold, Mr. Blondie shows up. And I mean Tonks.

Now of all times? The reality of Rabastan leaving is crashing in around me and Ted picks now to corner me?
Bloody brilliant.

As reflex, I turn to walk away from a situation that is bound to be outside of my comfort zone. This time however, something gives.
"Oh no you don't! Not this time, Andromeda!" Tonks calls out from behind me. I whirl on the spot.
"And who's going to stop me?" I ask defiantly.
"Will you stop running away every time you see me?" He asks, exasperated.
"I don't owe you anything, Tonks!"
"I'm sorry."
That's all he said. Sorry. Then he stood there, with a pleading look on his face. Well, he picked the wrong day to catch me, I'm in no good for sunshine and butterflies.
"No you're not! I haven't forgotten what you said! You told me exactly what you thought of me! Pretty words now aren't going to make that go away!" I holler.
"I didn't mean them!" He has his hands in his blond hair, clearly frustrated.
"That's bullshit! Oh yeah, and all that crap I said about you being a worthless mudblood at the end? Yeah, maybe I meant that!" It's safe to assume I've won this round. I can't keep a smug look on my face though, when I see the hurt in his eyes. Then, the hurt turns to sadness. Why is he sad? He should look hurt!
"You don't mean it." he replies simply. It's a statement, not a question.
"What would you know, Hufflepuff? Of course I mean it!" I snap.
"I know it was you." He states.
"What are you on about?"
"The note to Dumbledore. You told. You told the truth. You set me free." He says softly.

Shit.

"HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW?" I yell. Okay. Fr-eak-ing OUT!
"Wha- Hey, hey! Relax! No one knows. No one needs to know. It's just you, me and Dumbledore. No one else will find out. You're safe." He's trying to calm me down. So not working. I think of Rabastan crying more than I've ever seen him cry in his life.
"Yeah? What about him then? I tell the truth and save your sorry ass! So what's the trade-off? My best friend gets expelled! He gets sent away! They're sending him away today! How is Rabastan supposed to survive Durmstrang! Durmstrang is EVIL!" I holler. Ted is taken aback.
"Durmstrang? That's a rough place..."
"EVIL! It is EVIL! You're evil! I'm more evil! I got my best friend expelled to save your pathetic ass!"
"Y-your best friend? Rabastan, he's your best friend?"
I nod.
"An-and you told the truth, for me, and he got in trouble?"
I nod again.
And he's being expelled and sent to that school?"
I nod on last time.
"You-you told. Even though it meant sending your best friend away. Why?" Ted asks.
I shrug. I don't feel like talking all of a sudden. And I can't say why I did it. I can't let him see my shattered heart.
"Andromeda-" He reaches out his hand. I recoil.
"Don't touch me! I'm evil! For once, for the first time EVER, I did the right thing! Or I thought it was right! And look what happens! I betrayed the one person who'll always love me! I ruined the future of my own best friend! All because I tried, for once, to do the right thing! I give up! The "right thing" is over-rated!" Whyyy am I crying again?
"I, I don't know what to say." Tonks says quietly.
"There's nothing left to say, except goodbye to my best friend." I say before taking off, running.


My eyes are no longer puffy and my nose isn't red anymore. I've redone my ruined makeup, fixed my long brown hair and changed my clothes. (I didn't change since I fell asleep with Rabastan.) Now that I look presentable, I can go find Rabastan and stay with him until he leaves Hogwarts. Forever.
Thoughts like that will make you start crying again, idiot.