{{Of A Different Kind}}
Andromeda
Prompt: Caught
Caught.
It was awful, and it ruined my life as it was.
I loved my family, but I loved Ted too. He was everything I wanted in a man. Perfection, even. He was a muggle-born, yes, but he treated me like a princess and he made me feel necessary and loved.
I felt more comfortable in his presence than I did with my own family.
That's not right at all.
I didn't think so. So of course I had to leave, and it was hard to tell them.
So being caught was the easiest thing.
It made it all work.
)O(
Love.
That's the most important thing to me.
The kind of love I receive from my family isn't the right type of love. Bella calls it honour, but I call it blind obedience.
Love is a matter of the heart, not of the mind. It's not born of blood-lines and purity, but through burning passion.
Bella would never understand.
I don't think she's ever truly loved anyone, except the darkness within herself.
Cissy? She was different, but she was a coward, too.
She felt love, but ignored it for the sake of reputation.
They are both wrong.
Love is life.
)O(
Motherhood.
Now that's something both me and Cissy understand, with equal amounts of fervour and passion.
I have my lovely, quirky, clumsy Dora. She has her clever, handsome young Draco.
We both love our children more than we love ourselves.
Bella's child is just pain.
She could never understand.
Being a mother is the most prominent thing in my life. Without it, I wouldn't be who I am.
Dora is my world, and Ted fills up my heart too, and between us all, we achieve our own level of perfection.
Starting a family was the best decision I ever made.
)O(
Loss.
Broken heart, broken soul, broken mind.
Dora gone, Ted gone, Bella gone, Remus gone…
Loss shapes my life, but I am so grateful I managed to spend most of my life free and not trapped within the confines of my strict family.
I am happy for what I have had, though, and now that it's gone, I can only be appreciative.
Loss is hard, the most difficult thing, in fact, but it's something I have to deal with.
In the end, it will help me be a stronger, better Grandma for little Teddy.
And he is my world now.