I know this took forever to get out and I apologize to my readers.
I hope you like the chapter. This is not really what I planned, but I just started writing and this is what came out.
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"Narcissa Black!" Valerie screeched as she entered the fifth year girl's dormitories. Narcissa looked up at her friend from her book and scowled.
"No." she replied simply. "I'm finishing off this chapter and then I'm going to bed." The blond witch said, burying her nose in the pages.
Valerie walked over and plucked the book from between Narcissa's fingers. "No, you're not. You're telling me exactly what's going on with Luscious Lucius Malfoy." She said with a dreamy smile.
Narcissa made a face at this. "Luscious?" she repeated.
Valerie shrugged and giggled. "Whatever, Narcissa just tell me what's going on between you two!"
The blond snatched her book back from Valerie and put in it the drawer in her bedside table. "Nothing's going on, we're just friends. That's all." She said, pulling the covers back and making an effort to climb into bed.
Valerie rolled her eyes. "Friends? I think not, Black." She said, refusing to move off of Narcissa's bed. "You were both flirting shamelessly with each other the entire feast and then you walked back here together and he kissed your cheek good-night!" Valerie exclaimed, practically bouncing on the bed.
Narcissa's pale cheeks flushed a deep crimson. "Just a friendly kiss." She murmured, staring down at the bedspread.
"And, Heather saw you two holding hands on the train." Valerie said, smirking when Narcissa blushed harder.
"Since when do you believe anything that snob tells you?" Narcissa asked. She shooed Valerie off her bed and closed the curtain behind the girl.
"I'll find out eventually, Narcissa." She called through the curtains.
Smiling to herself, she laid down under the covers, pulling Lucius' cloak to her chest. He hadn't asked for it back yet, and she didn't plan on offering it back to him.
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Narcissa did her hair especially nice the next morning and put on extra make-up. She wanted to look her best today, for Lucius.
She smiled at herself in the mirror and applied a bit of lip gloss. She had never imagined that she her and Lucius could really be together. She knew it was only a matter of time until he asked her to be his girlfriend.
And, the best part was that she knew she wasn't imagining any of it. He had given her presents, held her hand, complimented her and even kissed her on the cheek. There was no way anything could possibly go wrong.
She loved Lucius Malfoy and he loved her. Everything was perfect. She was perfect, he was perfect and they were perfect for each other. That is, until Narcissa entered the great hall. Things didn't seem as perfect then.
Because, clinging to Lucius Malfoy's perfect arm was her not so perfect sister.
Narcissa stood and stared, open mouthed at the pair. Bellatrix was clutching Lucius' arm and they were both laughing at a joke someone one of the older Slytherins had made. Bella laid her head on Lucius' shoulder and Narcissa felt sick to her stomach.
"I guess you were right, Narcissa." Valerie said, grabbing the girl's arm and pulling her towards the other side of the Slytherin table. "You and Lucius obviously don't have a thing, the way your sister's hanging off of him." She said with a giggle.
The two fifth years sat down with a few other girls and Narcissa grabbed a bagel. She couldn't believe what she had seen. He always pushed her sister away when she tried to make advances, but he was clearly enjoying the attention now.
She tried to eat the bagel, but it felt like cotton in her mouth. She chewed on it slowly and then swallowed. "Excuse me, I'll be right back." She said before getting up from the table and fleeing the Great Hall.
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Bellatrix watched as her little sister fled the Great Hall, tears in her eyes.
'Serves her right' Bella thought to herself with a smirk. She had been angry when she found out that Lucius was taking interest in her little sister. But, she had let it be. However, when he sent her the necklace for Christmas she was infuriated. She had liked Lucius since the two were toddlers. She would be damned if the brat was going to steal him away.
Bellatrix had been jealous of her sister since the little blond was born. She was the youngest and naturally got the most attention from everybody. Andromeda liked Narcissa better and always stuck up for the little brat.
However, her mother whistled a different tune. Narcissa was her daddy's little girl, but Druella possessed a lot of power over her aging husband.
This had been perfect for Bella's little scheme.
It had been pretty simple. All Bellatrix had to do was remind her mother that she was first born and therefore had to be the first to be married off. She always hinted that Lucius probably wouldn't be interested in Narcissa long enough for her to be able to marry him.
Druella had gone straight to her husband, panicked about the whole situation. She knew she must marry her daughter off to the Malfoy heir. But, it didn't matter which one. And of course; the sooner the better.
Cygnus had contacted Abraxas, Lucius' father and the two had had a long discussion. In the end, it was decided that Lucius Malfoy and Bellatrix Black should marry after graduation.
Of course, nobody told Narcissa that.
"What's wrong with your sister?" Rodolphus asked, poking Bellatrix with the end of his fork.
She shrugged, not attempting to rid herself of the smug look on her face. "I don't know." She replied. "She's always crying about something."
"She looked pretty upset. Maybe you should go check on her." Rodolphus said, poking at his eggs.
"She's fine." Bella growled.
Lucius looked uncomfortable, trying to swallow his toast.
"Fine, I'll go check on her." Rodolphus said, getting to up from the table. He gave both Bellatrix and Lucius hard glares before leaving the Great Hall.
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"Miss Narcissa?"
Narcissa sat on the girl's bathroom floor, her knees pulled up to her chest. She was pressed between the sink and the wall. She was barely visible if you weren't looking for her. "Go away, you're not even supposed to be in here." She gasped between choked sobs.
She felt a warm, strong hand on her shoulder and she looked up in surprised. "Rodolphus." She said, surprised that he was coming to check on her.
"Expecting someone else?" he asked, and Narcissa detected a hint of bitterness in his words. "Come on, a beautiful pureblooded girl such as yourself shouldn't be sitting on the dirty bathroom floor." He said, grabbing her hands and pulling her to her feet.
She gave him an embarrassed smile, wiping the tears from her eyes. "Don't cry over him, Miss Narcissa." He said, dropping her hands. He gave her strained smile.
"You wouldn't understand." She said, staring down at her shoes.
"No, I don't understand." He said, frowning. "I don't understand how a great girl like you can let herself be treated like dirt by anyone. He doesn't care about you the way you deserve to be cared about."
Narcissa looked up at him, her tear filled eyes filled with anger. "Why don't you mind your own business!" she yelled at him. "You don't know anything about it so don't pretend you do." She said. She pushed past him and ran out of the bathroom.
She raced down the hallway and all the way into her dormitory. She collapsed onto her bed, her chest heaving as she tried to catch her breath. A fresh wave of tears swept over her and she began to sob into her pillow.
Everything had been perfect when she had gone to bed. Now, everything was turned upside down. She hoped Rodolphus really didn't know what he was talking about, and Lucius really did care for her.
She ran out of tears and her breathing evened out. Narcissa fell into a deep sleep, her classes forgotten. Right before she slipped into unconsciousness she hoped that everything would be back to perfect when she woke again.
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I got the Luscious Lucius thing from a story I read a long time ago. The author spelt Lucius' name Luscious and someone commented on it, saying something about a name a fangirl might call him or something. And of course everyone is Lucius' fangirl at Hogwarts.
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