This chapter is a little bit sappy since I was listening to Taylor Swift when I wrote it(:

Anyways, I hope you like it.

~ Living4Fantasy

I Won't Give Up: Chapter 7

"Just do it mate!"

"No way! She's totally gonna kill him!"

"Nah, don't listen to him!"

Ted glared at his friends.

"How am I supposed to decide what to do when I have all of you in my face?"

Arthur Weasley put a hand on his shoulder.

"Girls love all that secret admirer stuff. That's how I got Molly to go out with me."

Ted stared at the vase of red and white roses.

"But it's Andromeda Black. She wouldn't even consider being my friend let alone anything else."

"Just go for it," Arthur encouraged. "Live for the moment. That's what the Muggles say, eh?"

"I suppose..."

"Andy wake up."

Andromeda felt herself being shaken and opened her eyes.

All six of the girls in her dorm were gathered around her bed.

"Ah!" She sat up quickly and looked around, confused. "What's going on?"

They all began to giggle.

Athena stood up and went over to the window where she pulled back the thick curtains. Sunlight poured into the dark, cold room.

Everyone separated so Tanya Lenten could get through to Andromeda's bed. She held a glass vase of roses.

"What the–"

"Look at the card." Serena grinned.

Andromeda searched through the white and red flowers until she found a rectangle of thick, expensive parchment that had her name written on it in very nice cursive handwriting.

"Who's it from?" She asked flipping the card over.

"It doesn't say."

"I bet it's Serena's brother Evan."

"No way! He's a fifth year."

"Well maybe it's Antonin Dolohov."

"What if he isn't even in our House?"

"No one else would have the nerve if they weren't Slytherin."

While her House mates theorized about who the mysterious sender could be, Andromeda just smiled and looked at the flowers and the card with nothing but her name.

Andromeda and her friends spent the next couple of days trying to figure out who sent the flowers to her but never seemed to come up with any realistic answers.

"Rabastan Lestrange," Athena said. "I know it."

"I have hardly ever spoken to him. Besides," Andromeda said as she sat down for dinner in the Great Hall. "Whenever we do talk it's always in a group and he never really seems interested."

"Maybe he's shy," Serena suggested.

"Rabastan Lestrange? Shy? Ha. You're funny."

"Well, well," Bellatrix walked over and took the seat opposite of them. "Looks like you've caught someone's attention." She said and laughed.

Andromeda blushed.

Narcissa followed her sister's lead and sat in the empty seat next to Bellatrix.

"Andy!" She giggled.

"Oh come on! Does everyone know?" Andromeda looked next to her at her friends. "Who did you tell?"

They laughed and tried to keep their faces straight.

"No one."

"Liars." Andromeda sipped her coffee.

Narcissa continues to giggle as she poured herself some juice.

"I think it's romantic."

"Of course you do, Cissy."

"Yeah but when I find him I'm going to hex him," Bellatrix said causally as she buttered her toast.

"What?" Andromeda coughed on her bacon.

"Yup. It's my job." She said. "As your sister, that is. Besides, he'll put up with your family if he really likes you."

Athena and Serena were looking at her in a mix of horror and amusement.

"You'll scare him away!" Athena exclaimed.

"Then he's not good enough for her," Bellatrix said it as if it was obvious.

Andromeda's face was beet red. She was grateful when Serena changed the subject.

"Are we going to get up early to go to Hogsmeade?" She asked

"I want to sleep in," Athena said.

"No," Andromeda insisted. "Let's get up early. Then it won't be too crowded."

"Fine."

"I wish I could come," Narcissa said, staring at her plate.

"Oh, just wait a few years," Bellatrix said. "How about I go with you guys?"

Serena looked a little bit nervous because, who wasn't afraid of Bellatrix? But Athena had been Andromeda's friend long enough to know that she was safe. And she was treating Serena casually enough so she didn't have much to fear. Apparently she was officially accepted.

"Yeah, okay," Serena said with a small smile.

"You set?" Andromeda asked as she tied the laces on her boots.

It may not have been very cold anymore but it still was muddy and wet.

"Ready," Serena and Athena said in unison.

"Okay. We've gotta meet Bella."

And they did.

She was waiting for them just outside the front doors.

"Let's go then," She said as she pulled on a pair of fingerless gloves.

The four of them spent the whole walk up talking about typical teenage affairs; life, school, gossip, and boys.

"Where are we going first?" Athena asked when they reached the village.

"I could go for a Butterbeer," Andromeda said.

"Or a Firewhiskey," Bellatrix said as she led the way into Madam Rosemerta's pub.

"She's kidding right?" Serena asked.

Athena and Andromeda just laughed in response.

"Ted, you're not going to get anything?" Molly Prewett inquired as she sat in a booth with Arthur, Ted, and a few others.

"Nah," his sister, Annie, leaned forward with a grin. "He's broke. He spent all his allowance on those flowers."

Ted rubbed the back of his neck.

"Yeah, thanks for writing that card for me. There's no way my handwriting could be that good."

"All I wrote was her name."

"Ooh," Serenity Lovegood smiled as she sipped her Butterbeer. "I'll buy you a tankard if you tell me who she is."

"No way!" He said leaning back in his seat.

Arthur piped up.

"Yeah, really. This doesn't need to become a rumor. No one can know."

"Oh, Arthur," she elbowed him. "We're all friends here. Nobody is going to be telling anybody's secrets."

"Okay..." Ted said slowly. "Well, it's... Her name is..."

"Spit it out!" Molly encouraged.

"It's Andromeda Black."

A hush fell over them.

"Ted!" Serenity gave him a small hug from the seat next to him. "Don't you dare go getting in over your head, you hear?"

They chose a small table by the window and the hearth that had a fire blazing in it despite the weather.

"Andy would you grab the drinks?" Bellatrix asked as she shook her cloak off.

"Sure." Andromeda laid her own cloak over the back of her chair, taking her pouch of galleons out of the pocket.

She walked to the counter in the front of the pub.

"What can I get you, sweetheart?" Madam Romserta asked as she cleaned out an already clear glass.

"Four Butterbeers."

"Coming up."

Andromeda leaned up against the counter as the barmaid filled up the pewter mugs.

She looked around at the mostly empty room. Other than a single man with a hood over his face in the corner and a small crowd next to her, the place was deserted. It usually was this early in the morning.

"Nah," She heard a voice in the group by her say. "He's broke. He spent all his allowance on those flowers."

She couldn't help it, she was interested. The booth they were in was behind a wooden divider that she couldn't see over so she leaned against it causally and listened.

"Yeah, thanks for writing that card for me. There's no way my handwriting could be that good." This voice was a boy's that seemed familiar. Andromeda didn't have time to try and figure out who it was before the other voice said, "All I wrote was her name."

"Ooh," A third, softer voice said. "I'll buy you a tankard if you tell me who she is."

"No way!" The boy leaned against the divider right behind Andromeda

A fourth voice spoke.

"Yeah, really. This doesn't need to become a rumor. No one can know."

"Oh, Arthur," The soft voice piped up again. "We're all friends here. Nobody is going to be telling anybody's secrets."

"Okay..." The first boy said "Well, it's... Her name is..."

"Spit it out!" Another girl spoke up. She sounded excited.

"It's Andromeda Black."