Just an Itch

Jealousy

Narcissa walked into her sister's office announcing her arrival, "hello, Andy," she walked further in and shut the door.

"Cissy?" She looked up from her computer. "What are you doing here?"

"What? Can't your baby sister come visit you during work?"

Andy rolled her eyes, "the sad baby sister routine doesn't work on me." Narcissa scoffed, "fine it doesn't always work on me. Only like 88% of the time. I only asked because I'm supposed to have a meeting with Bella. She said she had something she wanted to talk about so I'm surprised to see you here."

"Bella asked me to come too."

"Really why?"

Narcissa took a seat, "why don't we just wait until Bella comes in."

Andy sighed "fine but I sense that you know something and I hate not being included."  She checked her watch, "what's taking her so long? Jesus," she looked out her window, "I need to have a talk about her bothering my staff. She's always hanging around Hermione. Hopefully she's not making her uncomfortable."

"I don't think that's it," Cissy let a little snort out of her nose. "Isn't she Bella's TA?"

"Yes," Andy shrugged, "but they have class to discuss things and Hermione's office hours. She shouldn't be bothering her while she is working, what if someone needs Hermione for something."

"Oh," Cissy said quietly, "I'm sure they've been using Hermione's office hours."

"What was that?"

"Nothing."

"Seriously, what are they talking about out there?" Andy was just about to get up from her desk when she saw Hermione gathering up her stuff and leaving the library. She watched as Bella watched her leave before she turned and headed towards the office.

"Andy. Nice of you to join us," Bella entered the room in the grand way she always did before inclining her head towards her sister.

"Bella," Andy responded in kind, "what's with the creepy dramatics and why do you keep bringing my staff coffee?"

"We need to talk."

"Clearly," Andy rolled her eyes, "you called this meeting. Why is Cissy here?"

"Reinforcements."

"Reinforcements?" Andy looked over to her younger sister who just shrugged. She shook her head, "okay fine but why do you keep bringing Hermione coffee."

"She needs caffeinated for everyone's safety."

"Yeah," Andy agreed, "she does get awfully grumpy without her proper level of caffeination."

"Must be a school only thing," Cissy added, "when she stays over the house she almost never drinks coffee." Bella and Andy both turned to look at their baby sister. "What? Fine. I'll stay out of the conversation until I'm needed."

"So what did you want to talk about besides Hermione and her penchant for iced coffees?"

"Funny enough, I did want to talk about Hermione."

"What's the problem? Is the student teaching getting to her? Does she need a day off at the library? We can always talk to the Dean. Is her grade in your class slipping?"

"Calm down, Andy," Bella rolled her eyes. "You aren't her mother. She's top in the class and the students love her. She'd make a great teacher if that's the path she chooses in the future."

"Then I don't think I understand why we are here..."

Bella sighed, "this would be easier with a drink," she quietly said to Cissy who nodded androlled her eyes gif show. "Andy?"