I was listening to Treacherous and Holy Ground by (guess who) Taylor Swift.
I think they accompany this chapter really well so (if you want to) I suggest you listen to them while you read it.
:)
~ Living4Fantasy
I Won't Give Up: Chapter 9
"What the bloody hell do you two think you're doing in my library?"
Ted and Andromeda both jerked and their foreheads hit each others.
They both rubbed their heads and looked up to see Madam Pince standing there with a scowl on her face.
"Damn students don't realize that a library is for reading. Get out! Both of you! And do not even think about coming back until you know how to respect this place!"
Andromeda and Ted fled like their lives were at stake.
Laughing, they went into to the empty corridor outside.
"Wow... Um..." Ted ran his fingers through his blonde hair, chuckling,
"Yeah..." Andromeda shifted her weight between her feet. "Sorry about that... I mean, I hope you got your book."
"No. But that's okay," he said with a smile.
"Well, what was it?"
"Magical Hieroglyphs and Logograms."
"Ancient Runes! I've got a copy of that checked out and I'm almost finished with that it. You could use it after me."
"Thanks," Ted smiled.
And though they didn't really talk about the incident in the library, they made an unspoken agreement to meet there every Monday night unless, of course, their friends were around.
Even Ted's friends were not allowed to know, for Andromeda's sake.
"Please?"
"They won't tell anyone," he assured her.
"Save me the humiliation."
"Sure, okay..."
"Morning."
Andromeda slid into the empty seat across from Serena and Athena in the Great Hall. She began to serve herself some pancakes and eggs.
"Well you seem happy," Athena observed.
"Does this have anything to do with whoever sent you those flowers?" Serena asked. "Did you figure out who it was?"
Andromeda froze while pouring her maple syrup.
"No," she said. "I didn't."
"Then why are you so happy?" Athena asked.
"I dunno... I just am. Is that a crime?" She joked.
She looked up over Athena's shoulder and saw Ted looking at her from the table across the Hall. She smiled.
"What?" Athena was staring at her.
"Oh! Nothing..." Andromeda continued to eat her bacon. "I just have a good feeling about today."
"What are we doing?"
This was the third week in a row that Andromeda and Ted met up at the library in secret.
Andromeda was leaning back in her chair and looked distant.
"What do you mean?" Ted asked her.
"What if someone finds us? What if my friends find out? More importantly, what if my sister finds out."
"Then she'll get kicked out of Hogwarts for murder," he chuckled.
Andromeda brought all four chair legs onto the floor, looking concerned.
"Ted, this is serious!"
"Okay, okay. I'll be serious," he promised.
"What if Bellatrix finds out?" She asked again.
"She won't."
"Ted..."
"Andy." He looked her in the eye. "She won't find out. I promise."
The end of the school year was approaching rapidly and the older students were getting frantic about their studying that they had put off for as long as they could have.
"I'm going to hate being OWL students," Serena said while they were sitting in the common room on a Saturday night.
"Yeah," Andromeda agreed. "Just look at them."
All the fifth, sixth, and seventh years were comparing notes and were pouring over large books. They were getting so uptight that they would hex anyone that disturbed their peace.
"Even Bella's getting anxious," Athena noticed. "I don't think I've ever seen her this quiet before."
Bellatrix was sitting in the corner with Rodolphus Lestrange. They were both looking at the same thick book and they were both scribbling notes as they read.
"Ooh this is gonna suck," she said.
"Relax, Athena," Serena said. "We won't be there for a few years."
"Still..."
"I don't want to think about it," Andromeda said. "It makes my brain hurt."
"Okay, then why don't we talk about Quidditch? Bella is awesome!"
"Yeah," Serena agreed. "Your mum would totally change her mind about it if she could see her play."
"No she wouldn't," Andromeda assured her. "She would sooner do her own cooking and cleaning than admit she was wrong."
Andromeda sat in the library waiting for Ted that Monday night. She was reading the Daily Prophet which told her that four more Muggle homes had been attacked and still the only evidence left behind was the same strange symbol in the sky above the houses.
Andromeda knew better. It was this Dark Lord that everyone was whispering about.
She folded up the paper and set it back on the table.
She looked up when she heard someone approaching.
"Sorry I'm late," Ted said as he sat down. "I couldn't get Arthur to leave me alone."
"It's no problem," she told him.
"Besides," he said pulling something out of his bag. "I've got these."
He set down two cold bottles of Butterbeer.
"Madam Pince will kill you if she sees these."
"Then she won't see them."
Andromeda laughed and popped open a bottle.
"You're crazy," she said.
"I know." Ted grinned.
"So," she said after a moment. "We only have one other night like this before the summer holiday."
"Yeah..."
"But we could always write?"
"You're insane," Andromeda said.
"Oh come on!" He said. "You can address the front of my letters to Rabastan Lestrange or something and then your parents won't be suspicious."
"Alright," she agreed. "That might work."
He smiled and said, "to the summer."
And they drank Butterbeer and laughed and talked until the library closed for the evening.