Dark Waters Require Warmth

Chapter 2 - Choices, Choices, Choices

Bellatrix Black woke up with a migraine and pulled herself out of bed to grab a cup of coffee. She was only wearing a regular sized rock band t-shirt that draped down to her knees, and her underwear, but no one would see her anyways, since she lived alone. She found calmness in solitude ever since she got out of her dreary marriage.

Bellatrix was drinking her coffee with a shot of whiskey stirred in when she heard a low ding from her phone signaling that she had received an email. She checked it briefly and saw what she had been waiting for the last week.

The email read:

"Dear Bellatrix Lestrange," 'ridiculous' she thought, two years working under him and he still didn't care to acknowledge her last name. 'Just kept scrolling',

"You have been invited to overlook one of the five lucky admitted students for our program: Feared Beauties.

This position will entail:

-Being the main commercial diver on the boat.

-Making sure the admitted student is safe at all times while diving.

-Going in after the student if they are in any danger at all.

-And lastly, making sure nothing suspicious goes on during the two months that could put the student in danger.

Thank you for your consideration and we hope that you will attend our first, and only briefing, on Tuesday, May 20th at 2:00pm.

Regards,

Captain Exavier

Bellatrix added more whiskey to her mug and placed her phone back on the counter. She, Bellatrix Black, would have to be a babysitter to some annoying student for two months, and hopefully she'd have some great other employees to help her get through it.

The redeeming part about accepting would be that she'd get paid extra for being a literal security guard to this student, and she would be out on the water for two months and be able to hear the relaxing water as she fell asleep. Maybe with her luck her insomnia would get better during this time. One could hope.

She went back to sleep until noon and was happy with getting eight extra hours from the time she had previously woken up. To get ready for Sunday brunch with her sisters, Andromeda Tonks and Narcissa Malfoy, she threw on some black jeans, a dark green cardigan and some checkered vans and left her small apartment. She drove her forest green motorcycle to Narcissa's manor which she had inherited from her ex husband when he went to jail for murder. Ever since then, Cissy had planted several different types of flowers in her front garden, including the ones of her own namesake, and added a greenhouse in the back with several different kinds of pollinators. She also built a stable for three horses, one for each sister to ride on their monthly voyages. Sadly, over the past several months, those rides had occurred less and less.

Bellatrix took off her helmet when she arrived in front of the manor's gate and waited for someone to let her in.

"Well look who finally decided to show up..."

"Haha very funny Andy, I'm only an hour late because I took a nap."

"Only an hour?!? Bella, you need to get your shit together. An hour late is an hour worth of work lost. Haven't you ever heard of the phrase: "Time is money"?? You could get fired for being an hour late, or worse, someone could get killed because you were late, and that would be on your hands."

"Thank you for your over exaggeration Andy, but when I need to be somewhere important I will be there, and in a timely manner." She pinched the bridge of her nose with discontent.