Hey everyone. Here is another chapter for Little Moments. This chapter was written for Fortnightly Challenges Thread's Leaf Pile Challenge. I used the red (words) prompt of Whisper. I hope you all enjoy Whispers.
Andromeda hears the whispers follow her as she walks through the Slytherin Common Room. She knows something is wrong. Not the kind of wrong were you can just talk it out with someone and it's be alright. But the kind of wrong that breaks apart families. The kind of wrong that can't be made right by a simple I'm sorry.
The thing that breaks her heart the most is when she sees Bellatrix whisper into Cissa's ear. The look of betrayal that Narcissa turns on her makes Andromeda's heart break ten times over again. The look is like a knife to Andromeda's heart.
"Is it true?" Narcissa asks in a voice that breaks several times over.
It's a simple question. Direct and to the point of things and much the thing she expects to come out of Bellatrix's mouth. Not sweet little Cissa. Not the baby sister that she knows and loves.
"Go ahead, Andy," comes Bellatrix's voice full of scorn and hatred.
At this point Andromeda wonders what she can say, if anything at all, to get herself out of this situation. Taking one look at Bellatrix she knows there is no talking her way out of this situation. So she'll be honest with her sisters. She'll tell them exactly how she feels and then she'll have no family at all. This is a fact she knows for sure.
"It is," are the few simple words that solidify her fate.
"That's all we need to know," Bellatrix whirls on her heel taking Narcissa with her. "Don't bother trying to interact with us ever again."
"I'm sorry," she whispers as they walk away. She wishes that she regretted what she'd done to drive a wedge between them but she can't bring herself to. Maybe she is wrong about not having a family. Ted will be her family from her on out. With that thought her pain washes away as though it was never there to begin.
I hope you all enjoyed Whispers.