19 Scars

"I know you must have scars, but you're hiding them so well… why won't you ever show them…? am I not worth the trust…?"

Andromeda Tonks never talked of her childhood. Her mother or father was never talked about. Ted didn't now anything really of the Blacks. Sometimes she'd slip up and mention them, but then she'd be depressed for days.

Ted understood why she'd be that way. They were a pureblood family, and she didn't believe what they believed. They completely disinherited her from their family. She had come crying to him, and he had held her through it all. Now, they were married, and Andromeda never talked about it. Ted sometimes felt like he didn't need to know, or so Andromeda thought. He wanted her to be able to tell him anything, to feel welcome to say anything to him. So, tonight he was going to pry it out of her.

They sat down for dinner at their table, in their small quaint house.

"Dromeda," Ted started, "I need you to answer some questions truthfully." A flash of confusion went through Andromeda's eyes.

"Alright then." She smiled at Ted.

"How come you don't talk about your childhood?" Andromeda's eyes flashed anger, hurt, and sadness.

"It's too painful, Ted." She said as her eyes glossed over. "Please don't make me talk about it." She begged.

"Dromeda, I want to help you start to heal, you need to tell me."

"I don't need to do anything. Ted, I'm a big girl, and I can handle it." She took a bite of her supper, trying to avoid the inevitable.

"Dromeda, what were your sisters like?" Ted decided to try a different route. Andromeda saw what he was doing, and decided it wasn't so bad to talk about her sisters.

"As you know, I have two sisters. An older sister, Bellatrix, and a little sister, Narcissa." Andromeda sighed. "Bellatrix is married to Rodolphus Lestrange. They are both Death Eaters." Ted gasped. "Bellatrix is a fool. She doesn't care for Rodolphus one bit. She is only with him, because Mum and Dad said she had to marry him. I was betrothed too. I was told to be married to Lucius Malfoy. I didn't want to, so I ran away."

"To marry me?" Ted asked.

"Yes." Andromeda went on. "I love you so much, and I don't want to end up like every other Black. I want to be happy and in love. I just heard that Narcissa was forced to take Lucius as a husband, because of my run away. That is my only regret. Lucius is a Death Eater also, so now Narcissa will have to live that way. I loved Cissy very much, and I wouldn't want her to marry that git." Ted smiled at her language. "Cissy was a wonderful girl. She had a good heart, but she wasn't brave enough to use it. She was too worried with what may or may not happen. She wouldn't take the risk, like I did."

"What was Bellatrix like?"

"She was a fool. She always bossed Cissy and I around. She tried to be "in charge" and to be superior to the two of us. Cissy usually did what she'd say, but I'd disobey at every chance I got. Bella even tried to boss around our little cousins, Sirius and Regulus. Sirius was a good kid. He was made a Gryffindor, and made great friends. He was brave, and a huge prankster. That ticked Bella off the most, he never listened, and sassed off the most." Andromeda laughed, as old memories flashed. "Regulus didn't do what he should of. He also became a Death Eater, as far as I know of."

"Oh, so your family was HUGE on pureblood?" Andromeda laughed.

"That's a huge understatement! Why do you think they hated you so much?"

"I don't know!" Ted exclaimed.

"You were a Muggle-born, or a Mudblood to them." Andromeda smiled. "I don't think of you that way." Andromeda sat silent for a moment.

"I'm sorry if I made you relieve bad memories, but I needed to know."

"I understand. Maybe it was good to get that all off of my chest…" Andromeda's voice trailed off.

"Dromeda, I love you." Andromeda smiled at her husband.

"I love you, too." Andromeda walked around the table, and sat on his lap. She gently kissed him. "Very much."

"Thank you for telling me."

"Thank you for making me crack."

-finished-

A/N- Short and sweet. I'm just trying to catch up, but I think that this is pretty awesome! Andromeda, to me, is a very sweet person, and I think she and Ted would have been a CUTE couple! Just look at Tonks!