#p;bella

It had been a long day with little to no chance of reprieve when Rod finally settled down onto the couch in the common room. The fire was roaring and most of his classmates were in bed which was how the pureblood preferred things. He watched as the last couple of stragglers made their way up to their dorms for the night before summoning his sketch book. As the charmed book made it’s way silently but quickly through the air, Rodolphus pulled a piece of charcoal from his rucksack just as the book landed in his lap. He placed the tip of his wand on the cover of the inconspicuous book and murmured a few spells to break the tight wards he had on his property before turning to the page he’d been working on the night before.

He wasn’t sure how long he’d been working when he heard someone else enter the dorms. Rod’s hand stilled on the paper, glancing up for a second.

Bella. 

Due to an unfortunate summer storm, Andromeda had been forced to stay the night at Greengrass Hall after her intended’s birthday party. Her mother had insisted that she go with only Blinky as chaperone, so she hadn’t seen her sisters for their nightly routine. The whole evening had been a disaster, in her opinion. She’d been stuck by Pius’ side the entire night, batting off his wandering hands. When she finally did get rid of him, she’d found him in a - it still made her blush - very compromising position with another party guest. Something about the way they were together was hypnotizing and, if it hadn’t been for Blinky coming to the rescue, she might have stood there and watched the whole thing. 

Pressing her hands to her cheeks, Andromeda burst into Bella’s room to talk about it only to find that Cissy was already in the room. “Oh, I’ve had the worst evening.” She cried, rushing to hug both of her sisters. “The absolute worst. I missed you both so much.” She hated being away from her sisters, especially when there was a thunder storm. They terrified Andromeda and she found that the only way she could sleep was if she spent the night talking to Bella and Cissy only to fall asleep mid conversation. “I wish you both were with me.”