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Finale Part Two - Darling

Whoop whoop. There will be a short epilogue after this but here is part two of the finale. (Current publication time 02:42am)

"He isn't your dad."

The words hung in the air like a bad smell for ages after they were spoken. Lily stood. She breathed in. And out. And in. And out. Starla didn't say a word, she only stood there, watching her girlfriend process.

"You knew." Lily finally spoke. Starla nodded. "How long?" Silence. "How. Long?"

"Since Christmas." Starla looked down and began to cry, it wasn't long before she could hear Lily's voice crack with tears too. It only made Starla want to cry more.

"Ch-Christmas? 7 months? Seven. Fucking. Months. Were you ever going to tell me?" She spat, Starla could no longer see love in her eyes, just hatred.

"It wasn't up to me to tell me. I walked in on your mum and dad having a conversation, more like an argument, about it on Boxing Day. They begged me not to say anything. So I didn't. They said they would, they said they would do it when the time was right. I didn't think it would go on for this long." Starla cried harder and through the blurriness it took her a while to notice Lily was no longer crying or choked up, she had flames in her eyes and everything about her was angry. "I swear."

"You also swore to never keep secrets from me. Remember that? Valentine's Day? We spent hours under the stars talking about never keeping things from each other. I told you everything about me! And you knew and didn't say anything." Lily began to turn and walk away when stale reached out to pull her back. Before Starla could kiss her though the whole building shook and what sounded like an explosion came from the front of the house. "Bella!" Lily ran off and Starla took off after her.

They made it to the kitchen and Lucia and Rhea were gone. They burst through the doors and found it empty, the remnants of labour still on the floor. Liquid from when Bella's water broke, wet towels abandoned in the sink and a pillow thrown halfway across the room.

"Where are they?" Starla asked from behind her. Lily whipped round, her face still a storm of anger.

"How the hell am I supposed to know I've been with you all night. Which means one thing." She started to walk towards the door. "I know as much as you do. I'm assuming."

Lily kept walking, her want at the ready until she heard the screams of a fight. Then she began to run. Lucia rounded the corner in front of her, followed by Rhea. She ran to them and stopped them. "Where the hell is Bella?" She screamed.

"Safe, But I don't think we are. Let's go." Rhea said to her. Lily stopped and stared at her. All this time thinking she had a half sister. Now she's just a step sister. Barely even a relative. She'd always wanted a sister. And hers had just been ripped away from her. "Are you okay?" Rhea snapped her back just as Starla came running around the corner.

"There's Death Eaters everywhere." She said.

"Yes thanks for that little nugget of information. I guess you get to pick and choose what you tell us don't you?" Lily glared before stalking off towards the fighting. Lucia got on her heels. Rhea stayed behind and looked at Starla.

"What was that?" Rhea asked her. Despite never feeling like a part of the family, she was beginning to like this big dysfunctional mess very much.

"Later." Starla replies before following the others.

***

Just breathe. In, out, in, out. It was the best Sophia could do as the man continued to paw at her. Her broken right arm was trapped behind her back and her good hand was squashed in between herself and the round belly of her attacker.