Bellatrix Lestrange and Hermione Granger: Love Story

Chapter Thirteen: Growth

I woke up the next morning with two warm bodies pressed against my sides. I was careful as I rolled over. On my right laid Narcissa and on my left laid Bella. I smiled and nestled my nose into her lavender scented hair. I felt something wrap around my waist. I turned my head. Narcissa was cuddling up to me. I gave a small smile. I heard footsteps coming. Without hesitation, I wiggled out of their grasps and under the bed, when Lucius threw open the door. I covered my mouth and relaxed.

He came closer to the bed and yanked the covers off of the girls. They didn't respond. I could only see his feet but I watched as water flooded off the bed. They screamed and jumped from the bed. I bit my tongue to hold back the laughter. "Good you're awake. Bellatrix, Severus and the Dark Lord are here to see you," he said calmly. "Come, Narcissa." I watched Narcissa and Bellatrix leave the room.

Bellatrix came back in and cleaned the mess up with her wand. "Hermione?" she said softly.

"I'm under here." She got down on her hands and knees and peered underneath the bed. She smiled at me.

"You can come out now. Lucius usually doesn't have the balls to come in here, but I guess he felt confident this time." I crawled out and gasped. Bella had grown immensely. It was almost as if she had become four months pregnant over night! She looked down at her swelled belly and smiled. "The doctor said that I would be growing fast." I couldn't stop the smile from forming. I came over to her and hugged her. She kissed my cheek and hurriedly got dressed. "Have to get downstairs, love. You should go on home." I groaned as she left. I walked onto the balcony and gently shut the doors behind me.

I looked down and took a deep breath. I kicked a leg over the railing and began to climb down the tall stream of vines. Once my feet hit the ground, I took off through the garden. I soon became lost in a maze. I heard someone coming and I began to run through the grass walls. I found myself on the paved sidewalk and without stopping I was out the gate, running into a back alley that Fred and I agreed on meeting at. I was suppose to be there last night but I fell asleep.

Fred laid in a sleeping heap on the ground. I kicked his foot and he jumped up. He rubbed his eyes. "Ya know when someone says: meet me in the alley at eight, it usually means meet in the alley by eight," he complained. I rolled my eyes and he apparated us back to Grimmuald Place. I snuck up to my room, only to be caught by Molly. She seemed very angry with me.