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Who: Alice Longbottom and Bellatrix Black
What: Alice is terribly conflicted and needs to tell Bellatrix something.
When: June 20th, 6th year. Continued 2 years later, late 1981
Where: Outside of the Potions Dungeon, to start
Rating: PG-13
Alice had been avoiding Bellatrix for the last few weeks. It had been a magical time but it had made her feel terribly guilty too. Frank Longbottom had basically swept her off her feet with the endearing awkwardness. She would have never believed he really liked her but he did.
But, where did that leave her and Bellatrix? Bellatrix knew that what they had was fine for school but that it couldn't last forever, right? They'd never really talked about it, but she had to understand that. The future was marriage and kids and they could never have that no matter how special what they had was.
Her heart was hammering and her stomach churned with anxiety as she waited outside the Potions Dungeon for Bellatrix to get done with class. Gryffindor and Slytherin had Potions together, so Alice had it earlier in the day with Ravenclaw. It was just as well, less chaos that way. Potions was hardly her best subject.
Alice's blonde hair was slightly mussed and her uniform was a tiny bit askew at the end of the day. Her tie was loose and slightly cocked to the left. Standing there, Alice's feet were slightly pigeon toed and her arms were folded in front of her. |