Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to JK Rowling. I'm just playing in her world.

A/N: I was too tired to post yesterday - I was too exhausted to do just about anything. Sorry. Also, this is before Azkaban turned Bella batty ;D

Title: Loyalty Over Love.
Genre: Romance
Rating: T
Warning: Femmeslash, Incest.
Pairing/Character: Bellatrix/Narcissa
Word Count: 419
Bellatrix Black, at twenty-two years of age, stared out the window, determinedly not turning round as the door opened.

"Bella?" a soft voice asked. "Bella, please talk to me."

"What do you want?"

The eighteen year old girl walked up to her and placed a hand on her arm. "You know what I want, Bella, but what do you want? What do you really want?"

"I want you to leave."

"I'm not going anywhere." Narcissa turned her older sister around and rested her forehead against hers. "You know this is what you want, Bella, I know this is what you want!"

"Cissy," Bella whined. "We'll be disowned, we won't be accepted as Death Eaters."

"I don't care," Narcissa said, her voice barely over a whisper. "I'd give it up in a heartbeat."

"You know I won't be able to do that, Cissy."

"Bella, please … just try. For me."

"But-"

"Shh," Narcissa said, resting two fingers against Bella's plump lips. "What happened to the no work, all play sister I remember from my childhood?"

"She grew up," murmured Bellatrix through Narcissa's fingers.

Narcissa replaced her fingers with her lips, showing Bellatrix what she would be giving up. When Narcissa pulled back, her blue eyes were sparkling with unshed tears. "I need that, Bella."

"So do I."

"Then stop turning me down! Run away with me. We can hide from our fiancés, from our parents." Narcissa lifted up a pale hand and stroked Bellatrix's black curls, adding quietly, "From the Dark Lord."

Bellatrix shook her head furiously. "Cissy, I can't do that. You might be able to, but I can't."

"Please?"

Bella placed a kiss on her sister's lips, a short kiss filled with sorrow and finality. "I'm sorry," she whispered as she pulled away. The tears in Narcissa's eyes spilled over as she looked at the older woman. "We can't do this any more. That's my final decision."

Narcissa stared at her sister helplessly for a moment, before whispering almost inaudibly, "I don't know why I can't stop loving you."

And then she ran; ran from the room, ran from Bellatrix, ran from love. Narcissa vowed never to open up her heart to anyone again.

"What do you want?" ~ "You know what I want, but what do you want? What do you really want? " ~ "I want you to leave." - X-Men 2.
A/N: I like this one. (:

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