Day 10...so far I'm doing better than my first attempt...
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"Are you sure?"
Regulus hovered at the door to his brother's bathroom.
"Yeah, it'll be fine."
"Because I can cover for you if-"
Sirius flinched viloently, knocking over the tin of bruise salve that Kretcher was carefully applying to his face. The house elf snatched it out the air and smacked Sirius' hand sharply.
Both glared at each other and Regulus cleared his throat.
"Sirius-"
But his brother cut him off, "No, it's fine Reg."
"She's mad at you you know."
"She's always mad at me over Christmas holidays."
Regulus sighed, resting his head on the door frame. "Not always."
Sirius sent him a dull look and Regulus shrugged.
"I'll see you downstairs."
Half an hour later Regulus looked up as his brother slipped into the room, the family Christmas gathering already in full swing, looking surprisingly normal again. Almost immediately Bellatrix is by his side.
"Hello cousin, late to the party I see."
Sirius grimaced, "Fashionably late love, it's a thing."
"Don't fuck with me Sirius." Bella snapped as Sirius turned away from her, heading to the liquor cabinet already.
"As if I would, haven't you got a boyfriend to do that?" He said as he poured himself a glass of firewhiskey, his father ignoring the underage drinking happening in the room. "Or is Roddy not doing it for you?"
"Oh please." Bella rolled her eyes, pursing her dark lips. "Have we fallen to that level Siri?"
Upturning the glass Sirius smirked, "we'll fall to any level you want Bella."
She reached out, ignoring the way he flinched away from her and ran her fingers over his cheek. Sniffing them she smiled coldly.
"Bruise salve?"
"Yeah, so what?"
"Aww...did daddy hit you little cousin?"
Slapping her hand away Sirius scowled, "what do you fucking think?"
Her grey eyes hardened, "I think he should have hit you a little harder."
"You want to take a go?"
"That sounds lovely." She said, smacking him across the face, hard.
"Fuck you." Sirius hissed.
"You wish Siri." She popped a strawberry into her mouth, sucking on it decadently, "What did you do this time?"
"Nothing."
"Please..."
Sirius turned away, snagging the bottle of firewhiskey and grabbing Bellatrix, dragging her out of the room.
Together they stalked up the stair in silence.
"Give me that." Bellatrix whispered as they reached Sirius' room, taking a long swig from the bottle. Sirius smirked and opened the door, flinging himself onto his bed.
"Your sticking charms are still holding up I see." She said as she walked slowly around his room, surveying it like it was an ancient artifact to be studied.
"I told you they would."
"So...Uncle Orion..."
Sirius flushed, averting his eyes, suddenly very interested in his pillow. "There was this...uhh...mugg-" He stopped and swallowed, "this mudblood girl."
"A girl..."
He nodded, skin prickling as Bellatrix stared at him. "I uhh...I fucked her. Da wasn't happy."
Bellatrix laughed, sharp and bell like, a real laugh, and Sirius relaxed a bit.
"Of course you did Sirius."
It was in the way she said it, like she already knew...Sirius narrowed his eyes, "You..."
"Cissy told me ages ago."
"Then why-" He buried his face in the pillow, letting out a strangle yell, "You're so frustrating Bella!"
"As if you're not Sirius, honestly." She stopped her inspection of his room and now stood at the edge of his bed. "Budge up cousin."
Together they settled onto the bed comfortably, staring up at the ceiling.
"You're going to have to grow out of this rebellious stage soon Sirius."
"And what if I don't."
She turned to face him, eyes taking in every little detail before looking back at the ceiling.
"You know what happens if you don't."
"Yes...but-"
"But nothing Sirius! You're the heir to the family! You have to set an example, you have to fight for your family."
"We fight enough I feel like."
She smacked him on the arm.
"I'm happy Bella, I'm happy being a rebel. What if this isn't just a phase...what if this is just who I am?"
"Who you are doesn't fucking matter Sirius. Your actions matter."
"Yes..but..."
Bellatrix sighed.
"Sirius, look. I know you little cousin, and I know you can do this. I can see it in your eyes, I know that you could do this if you wanted to, it's a matter of want though. And if you decide you want your little friends more than you want your family, then that's your decision, and you can make it all on your own."
"But?" Sirius asked hoarsely, because he knew there was a but coming and only Bella was brute enough to just say things like this. To tell him exactly how it was, no sugar coating.
"But we'll be on different sides then, and the past won't matter then. You and I, we'll be enemies, and you know I won't hold back just because we share the same blood."
"You think I would?"
She laughed again then and pressed a kiss to his dark hair, "I don't think you would, at all."
They lay in silence for a little while longer before she spoke again, voice thick and heavy.
"It'd be a shame to see you go though, you have so much potential Sirius."
Sirius turned to look at her, dark curls and porcelain skin and was struck by how much he loved his cousin.
"Is that your version of goodbye?" He teased, ignoring the twisting and turning of his stomach.
"Shut up you bastard." She chuckled and kissed his forehead.
Sirius laughed and passed her the bottle after taking a long drink from it.
He savored the burning feeling in his throat and closed his eyes tight.
When he opened them again, she was gone.
This one is a bit weird, not sure I got the idea across...what do you guys think of it?