Why do I keep listening to Taylor Swift while I write?
Sorry that this chapter is just a little short.
Anyways, I hope you enjoy it!
~ Living4Fantasy
I Won't Give Up: Chapter 8
Andromeda froze. Did she just hear that? Did he just say her name? 'Who is he?' She wondered. 'Why does his voice sound so familiar?'
But she wouldn't have to wonder for very long.
The girl with the soft voice squealed, "Ted!"
Andromeda almost gave an audible gasp.
"Don't you dare go getting in over your head, you hear?" She said.
Forgetting about the Butterbeers Andromeda turned and walked back to the table where Bellatrix, Athena, and Serena were engaged in a conversation about Quidditch.
She didn't bother for them to notice her approach or for Athena to stop speaking.
"I completely forgot," She said. "I've got a Potions essay I have to finish. I'll see you guys later!"
She turned on her heels and left the pub, looking back only to steel a glance at Ted Tonks who was talking animatedly with his friends, completely oblivious to her gaze.
Andromeda needed to be by herself. She needed to clear her head. A long walk around Hogsmeade and back to the school would do nicely.
What was she going to do? Her secret admirer that she and her friends were so excited about turned out to be...
'A Mudblood,' She thought bitterly to herself.
This was not at all how she imagined this would turn out.
She splashed through a puddle as she passed the joke shop. She kept her hands in her pockets and her head down as she attempted to be invisible. She didn't want to be bothered right now. She just wanted to think.
It was sweet of Ted but that did not at all justify it. He should have known better. Was he stupid?
'I've got to do something,' Andromeda said to herself. 'I'll go to him and I'll tell him... Um...'
Tell him what? To go away? To leave her alone? That it would never happen?
'That's exactly what I will tell him.'
Andromeda came back to the common room later that day to find Athena waiting there for her by the fire.
"Are you okay?" She asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Andromeda said as she sat on the couch next to her.
"You sure? Because last I checked our Potions essays were turned in a week ago."
"Did I say Potions? I meant Ancient Runes." Andromeda knew for a fact that her friend did not take Ancient Runes so she was safe.
"Alright," her tone was still one filled with doubt.
"Sorry about ditching you guys," Andromeda apologized.
"Eh, it's no problem. Surprisingly we had a good time with Bellatrix."
"Really? Oh. That's good."
"Yeah. You're sister can be quite friendly if she isn't cursing you."
Andromeda laughed.
"If she likes you, she can be good company. A bit strong headed, but hey, who shouldn't be?"
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For the next few days Andromeda could not seem to find Ted Tonks when they weren't in class.
First she tried to get his attention in Binns class so she could signal him to hang back after class. Then she realized she was attracting more attention to herself.
"What are you doing?" Serena asked her with a confused expression on her face.
"Nothing." Andromeda went red in the face and slouched back in her seat with her head down.
And later, in Herbology, he seemed like he always had to be accompanied by someone. Even when he was getting a new sack of potting soil he had the redheaded Gryffindor boy with him.
Even at mealtimes. There tables were right next to each other but with all the other students around, what was she going to do?
Finally she found him alone in the library after class hours.
He was browsing the back shelves when Andromeda approached him.
"We need to talk," she whispered.
Ted jerked in surprise and dropped the book he was holding.
She rolled her eyes and bent down to pick it up.
He took it from her with a quiet word of thanks.
She couldn't tell if he was being shy or being polite because they were in a library.
"Okay," he said quietly still. "Talk about what?"
He continued to browse through books looking for something particular.
Andromeda poked her head around both sides of the tall shelf making sure no one was around.
The place was practically empty except for a Ravenclaw reading in the front of the library and Madam Pince, the librarian, reorganizing some old books in the Restricted Section.
"About those flowers–"
"What flowers?" He asked sounding perfectly innocent.
"Listen Ted–"
He stopped.
"–I know you sent me those roses and–"
He sighed.
"You're going to tell me that is was a bad idea? I know. It was a stupid mistake. You were never suppose to know they were from me." He sounded distant.
She felt a pang of pity. And guilt.
"Yeah well..."
"Andromeda." He stopped his literary search and turned to her. "We can just forget it happened. Really."
She looked at him with a mixture of confusion and surprise on her face.
"It doesn't have to be a big deal," he said without much expression.
"Oh... Okay. Um, thanks." She turned to leave but froze when he said one last thing.
"And I'm sorry if I caused you any trouble." He sounded sincere.
And all at once Andromeda felt sorry for him. She felt terrible. He was being so kind. He was damning the consequences and taking a risk.
Because of the way he felt about her.
It was complete impulse, that came out of nowhere, that directed Andromeda's next actions but she would be grateful for it in the future.
She turned back around and walked right up to him.
And she kissed him. She kissed him like time didn't exist. As if no one else was there. As if no one would ever find them.
But that was too good to be true.