"I know," she said levelly as she moved further into the room, the book still held firmly in her hands as though it were a shield. And perhaps it was. Bella was just as uncomfortable here as the others. This was not her world, this was not where she belonged and these were not the people she was supposed to be with. But she refused to let such a situation defeat her and made do with what she could the best she could. There was nothing more that anyone could do. "I made the discovery earlier that Draco and Miss Parkinson were gone. I was not aware that anyone else was as well." And suddenly it made her worry about the rest of her family that was there. Cissa and Reggie. They wouldn't just up and leave her would they? The thought had a lump forming in her throat but she pushed past it and focused on the girl once more, resisting the urge to cringe at the tears she was met with. Tears and Bella did not get along. Crying wasn't something she felt was necessary and to watch other people do it only made her wonder at what sort of person they were.
"If that is how you let yourself always believe, that you can not make it in the world without a lover or a boyfriend or a husband or a fuck buddy or whatever you wish to call them then that will become the truth. No body needs be that dependent on another person to survive. To do so only makes you weak and gives those around you an easy target with which to attack you with."