&& Say So

            she’d  got  a  letter  from  henri  after  the  quidditch  match ,  it  was  their  little  routine .  the  one  thing  they  could  talk  civilly  over ,  the  one  thing  in  her  life  her  father  regularly  took  an  interest  in ;  and  after  a  victory  on  the  quidditch  pitch  was  the  one  time  ellie  could  expect  to  hear  from  either  of  her  parents .  but  there  was  something  in  it  ellie  wasn’t  expecting ,  something  that  hadn’t  made  sense  at  the  time ,  a  quick  mention  that  her  mother  might  be  in  the  area  soon .  but  this  morning ?  it  all  made  sense .  “ notre  mère  lui  envoie  alors  ses  salutations ?  ”

“Couldn’t care less if that hag sends us anything” she muttered as she focused on her nails, not even looking up at her sister. Family, oh what a beautiful thing. For some people that may be true but not to her. Because in her opinion, they only dragged her down. They only made her seem weak and she couldn’t afford that. Not when times were changing and things got more stressful. She couldn’t afford showing weakness and vulnerability when she could lose everything. “Is there anything you want?”

“why would i? everyone knows that curiosity killed the cat”

“For once in your life put your prejudice towards me to rest” she said and rolled her eyes. “Judging people doesn’t look good on you, Frank”

the boy watched the girl carefully – allaire had always had a mean poker face. he wanted answers, but he also needed to be discreet. 

“uh – nothing” 

“I can see that you want to ask me something” she said as she studied him. “So ask” folding her arms over her chest, Ana arched her eyebrow. 

“What?” she asked, eyes moving up from her book as she looked at the brunette witch. “I wasn’t really listening so whatever it is that you had to say.. well it fell on deaf ears” tilting her head to the side, Ana arched one of her eyebrows as she awaited her response.

She had just been minding her own business, staying the fuck away from her sister. Mostly to save herself from the crushing disappointment that was having conversation with a person who didn’t appreciate her presence. Her back against the wall, eyes closed, Anaïs didn’t even notice that her sister was approaching. No, she was in her own little world. 

he hadn’t expected company and he wouldn’t have chosen anais from a long list but at least for the moment she was being pleasant enough. of the allaires he had always preferred ellie and it had gotten him in trouble, not that he cared much. “not quite.” he responded with a tight smile.

She had never been one to give a single fuck if someone disliked her. Just because she was cold and didn’t walk around, kissing people’s asses she was the bad guy? Whatever made people feel better. “Shame” she said and shrugged before she pulled out a book from her bag. Because clearly he wouldn’t even give her a chance so why push it?

“don’t be like that, anaïs,” he smiles, casually throwing his arm around her shoulders and dropping a kiss on the top of her head. “you know i could never turn against you and i’m sure you and ellie are fine.” he says with a tone of hopefulness bordering on naïveté. he was used to his sister’s coldness and it in no way stopped him from showing her affection, especially when it kept him from the possibility of getting dinner. if anyone was privy to secrets, he would assume it would be his elder sister. “please take pity on me, i know you know where the entrance is.”

Just rolling her eyes when she heard his words, she then sighed. She may be cold, may push her family members as far away as possible. But at the end of the day she did love them. Which she hated. Because she wished that she could just stop, that she could be indifferent when it came to them. “Why don’t you just ask someone else? Someone who wants to help?” she asked.