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Dark Marks and Cigarettes
Andromeda Black was walking from the kitchen to her bedroom when she noticed her sister outside the window. She paused, put down her coffee and opened the window, climbing halfway through to sit of the sill with her legs hanging outside.
"You know Bella, smoking's really bad for you."
"Fuck off."
"Well," Andromeda retorted, "someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning." Bella sneered. "Sheesh, you don't have to be so snarky." With no response but an eye roll from Bellatrix, Andromeda jumped from the sill and sat on the grass by her sister. "All right, what's up?"
"I don't know if you've noticed Dromi, but my life is pretty much the living equivalent of hell right now…"
"What happened? Last time I checked everything was going perfectly, you're engaged to Rod, you're done with school, and you're finally achieving your life-long dream of joining You Know Who's crew of minions." This got a small chuckle out of Bella, but she quickly caught herself and went back to frowning.
"Yeah well, Rod's a dick, I haven't seen any of my friends since school got out and…" She cut herself off.
"And what?" Dromi probed.
Bella smirked. "And my annoying big sister is pestering me with questions." She shot her best death glare at Andromeda. "Why don't you just go play with your stupid muggle toy, whatever his name was."
Dromi was suddenly upset. "Ted, and I know you're pissed at something, but that's no reason to just be outright mean." She stood up and climbed back through the window, slamming it shut behind her.
Bella winced at the bang of the window closing. As soon as she saw the older girl go up the spiral staircase Bella let her mask of obstinance fall as a tear rolled down her cheek. She turned over her wrists to look at the marks she had been hiding from her sister, a dark mark on the left, and a line of red, puckering scars on the left, both still fresh from the night before when they had been put there. She wiped away the tear, put her mask back on and took at final drag from her cigarette before stomping it out on the grass.