Sorry that this chapter is kind of short, guys. Hope you like it anyways(:
~ Living4Fantasy
I Won't Give Up: Chapter 6
"It feels like a perfect to dress up like hipsters and make fun of our exes. Woah, woah..."
Annie Tonks sang under her breath as she walked through the corridors with her Potions textbook in her arms. It was March and the snow was melting. She was feeling very happy that morning but she couldn't say why.
She passed a group of chattering Slytherins. One girl stood out to her and she knew why. A very pretty brunette which, if she was correct, went by the name of Andromeda Black.
Annie's brother had never said so but it was obvious by the way he looked at her that Ted had a massive crush on this girl. She was afraid he was going to get his heart broken. She was just worried about her big brother.
She must have been staring because Andromeda Black was giving her a funny look that quickly turned into a glare.
Annie pulled her books into her chest and ducked her head down as she walked past her and into Potions class.
"Who is she?" Athena asked as a small Ravenclaw second year seemed to be staring at Andromeda.
"I don't know," Andy said slowly. "But she seems familiar. I'm not sure why." She began to give the girl daggers until she looked away. Andromeda lift up chin up and kept walking.
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April was approaching rapidly and Andromeda spent the last few days of March looking longingly out the window.
"If it wasn't so wet and slushy outside..." She'd grumble to herself.
She wanted so desperately to take long walks out in the sun but it wasn't "ladylike" to walk through mud and water if one could avoid it.
"So that's why, when dealing with werewolves it's always best to..."
Andromeda had her chin in her hand, and was once again looking out the window. She couldn't hear Professor Branwell over the sound of her own thoughts.
The grass was poking up under the snow and birds were singing.
Her mind was wandering to, for whatever reason, the library. The paper she had written with Ted Tonks had gotten full marks and they were both really proud of it.
Well, she was proud of it. She hadn't spoken to him since the last day in the library so she had no idea how he felt. She kind of missed their small talk. Why didn't they talk anymore?
Of course they didn't talk anymore!
Andromeda's thoughts had quit wandering and she returned to the present where she mentally slapped herself.
Why would they ever talk?
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"Serena? Truth or dare?"
Andromeda, Athena, and Serena were all in the common room playing a good old fashioned game of truth or dare.
"Um..." Serena sat back and twisted her chestnut brown hair around her finger. "Truth."
"Okay," Andromeda gave her a playfully evil grin. "Do you have a crush on Amycus Carrow?"
Serena covered her red face with her hands.
"Oh!"
Athena and Andromeda began to giggle.
"Yes, alright?" She bit back a grin. "So what? Okay, okay. I get to pick now. Andy."
"Dare," Andromeda said leaning forward.
"I dare you–"
But no one would ever know what she was going to say because at that moment Bellatrix came into the common room surrounded by friends who all seemed to be cheering.
The girls looked at each other confused. Andromeda jumped up off the couch and went to see what all the commotion was.
"Hey Bella," she tried to squeeze her way through the crowd to her sister. "What's all this for?"
"I made the Quidditch team," she said with pride. "I'm the new Beater."
"Mum is going to hate you."
"Mum can suck it up." Bellatrix was far too excited to give her mother's opinions a second thought.
The crowd swept her to the couch by the fire place where they demanded that she recount every detail about the tryouts.
"What happened to the other Beater again?" Serena asked Andromeda and Athena who had moved to the armchairs in the corner.
"Bludger to the head," Athena said. "And he fell off his broom. They were saying permanent brain damage. His parents took him home as soon as Madam Pomfrey let him out of the hospital wing."
"Yikes."
"Yeah, well now my sister is taking his place." Andromeda slouched down in her seat.
"Oh relax. She'll be fine," Serena reassured her.
"I hope you're right."
"Bella!"
"What is it Cissy?"
Narcissa came running up to her sister at breakfast in the Great Hall.
The loud chatter of the students carried on just like normal.
Narcissa showed her sister a letter with nice red ink on the front of it.
"I got a letter that was meant for you."
"Who's it from?" Bellatrix set her napkin down and reached for the letter.
"Mum," Narcissa said.
"Oh, then I don't want it." She gave her back the envelope.
"You aren't going to read it?"
"Nah. All she's going to be saying is how much of a disappointment I am and blah blah..."
Evan Rosier laughed in the seat next to her.
"Well what do I do with it?"
"Burn it? I really don't care."
Narcissa turned to leave but then stopped.
"Bella, why would you be a disappointment?" She asked.
"Because I'm playing Quidditch now and it's not proper or socially acceptable or something stupid like that."
"Oh. That's a silly reason to be a disappointment if you ask me."