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Post by bella on May 28, 2011 10:26:21 GMT 1
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -ONE DAY AT A TIME, LIFE GOES BY, IN THIS ENDLESS CYCLE.CAN YOU STOP IT? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -WILL YOU FIND ME?I WILL SAVE YOU FROM THE DARKNESS,
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how much longer could this snow possibly last? even for london this was an unreasonably long snowstorm, and it didn't seem to be clearing up any time soon. it wasn't as if bellatrix didn't like the snow. in fact, she found that winter was actually nice after so many days of summer heat, but, after the first few weeks, she began to wish that she could walk outside without having to dress like she was off to explore the arctic for the day. of course, at this point, she just wished that she could go outside at all. bella was never one to sit still. she was far too restless for such a thing. after days of being cooped up in her house, she knew that she had to get out. she had to see someone. anyone. she wasn't usually one that needed to be to be near people, but today was going to be an exception to that.
bellatrix glanced one more time out he window at the constant snow fall and decided that she had no choice but to face it or risk going madder than she already was, so she did the stupidest thing she possibly could right then and grabbed her coat before heading out into the snow. sure enough, she was chilled to the bone in a matter of seconds. it was only then that it occured to her that she had no idea where she was going. all she knew was that she wanted to be anywhere from there, so she simply let her mind take her to wherever it wanted to go. with a pop, she found herself standing at the end of rodolphus's street, no more warmer than she had been moments before but a lot closer to somewhere she knew she might be and somewhere she might actually like being for a little while.
she walked the rest of the way down the street, pulling her hood up to save her hair from turning into an even worse mess of curls than it already was. it didn't take her long before she was standing on her doorstep and knocking on the door like she had so many times before. bella really hoped he was home, though she couldn't see why he wouldn't be. it wasn't like many of them worked for a living anyway, and not many people at all seemed to be out for that matter. "hi," [/b] she she said simply as she looked up with a smile to see a familiar face opened the door. [/size] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -[/center] * TAGS* rodolphus lestrange* CREDIT* MEGHAN FTW OF CAUTION! for the temp, and her BFFL Becca Earp for the lyrics! * COMMENTS* *brings him pie* |
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Post by kate on May 28, 2011 20:12:29 GMT 1
 '' we're just misguided ghosts, travelling endlessly
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the weather was absolutely frightful. rodolphus could feel the chill from the window panes despite the fact he was sat in front of a roaring fire and dressed in his warmest robes. it had snowed non-stop for days now. the snow was so deep in places that it infiltrated his boots and saturated his socks. in his hand was a book, something he’d picked up on the in diagon alley when he’d last visited. it had lay discarded on a shelf, pressed against a window. the pages had been dampened by the arctic conditions outside, but other than that it was in moderately decent condition. flicking through the pages now, rodolphus was mesmerised by the words on the page before him. the muggles take on witchcraft throughout the past few centuries.
the salem witch trails struck him the most. they hadn’t been taught about things like that at Hogwarts. the staff and pupils of Hogwarts were all muggle-lovers. Muggle-lovers and mud-bloods. the thought caused him to turn the page with more force than he’d intended. it ripped. sighing, rodolphus put the book on the ancient dark cherry coffee table beside him and stood up. moving across the room, he quickly glanced out of the window at the snow still falling before picking up his wand and moving back over to the table. “reparo” he muttered, watching the page immediately knit itself back together.
lowering himself into the chair, he heard a knock at the front door. lifting his wand to his throat he magnified the volume of his voice to echo throughout the house, “i will get it.”. the hallways were lined with a dark mauve, a cobalt chandelier hanging from the ceiling overhead. his footsteps rang down the corridor as he made his way to the door. opening it, a private smile spread onto his features. rodolphus wasn’t an overly friendly person, but then again what pureblood was? it tended to be mud bloods and muggle-lovers that ran around with beaming smiles on their faces. “bella.” he looked her up and down before checking his manners. “you must be frozen, excuse my rudeness,” stepping back, he held the door open wider for her. “come in.” waiting until she moved past him before closing the door, rodolphus muttered “orchideous” under his breath, conjuring a single pale calla lily. holding it out for her, his eyes glinted. “for you”.
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Post by bella on May 29, 2011 10:26:59 GMT 1
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -ONE DAY AT A TIME, LIFE GOES BY, IN THIS ENDLESS CYCLE.CAN YOU STOP IT? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -WILL YOU FIND ME?I WILL SAVE YOU FROM THE DARKNESS,
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bella had never been the affectionate sort. she had spent her entire life around parents who barely looked at each other unless it was from opposite ends on of the long table that sat in the black family dining hall. honestly, she wasn't sure she would even know what it was if she saw it. no one she knew would. that was just one of the things that sepparated them from the rest of the world. they didn't have feelings, which for some might seem like a bad thing, but for them it only meant that they could take on anything without feeling the least bit of regret or pain. it was just easier that way. bellatrix had learned that early in life, and she found it was still a good thing to live by.
despite her feelings on the matter, she couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised when she turned around to see rodolphus presenting the flower to her. it was possibly the prettiest thing she had ever seen. so pure and delicate that she hated to touch it for fear that it would be tainted just for coming in contact with her finger tips. it wasn't as if she hadn't seen lilies before. she had always been quite fond of them in fact, but here she was twenty-five-years-old and gushing because a guy had given her a flower. what was wrong with her? she was getting soft, and she was going to have to put on end to this before it got any worse. "it's beautiful," [/b] bella finally said after a moment, tugging her jacket off before reaching out to take it from him. "i hope i'm not bothering you,"[/b] she commented, quickly changing the subject before she turned into a puddle, as she draped her jacket across her arm, being careful not to crush the flower in her hand. "i couldn't stand to sit in my apartment another moment. i hate being shut up for this long. it's so...dull. i had to get out and see someone, and you were the first person i thought of. plus, i hadn't seen you in over a week, so i was sure that you had been missing me dearly,"[/b] she teased. bella did get where she did miss seeing him at times. they were too much alike for her not to like being around him, and he was one of the constant figures in her life that she didn't like to be without. she hated the time of year when her sister had to go off to school again, and she hated when she and rodolphus got too busy to see each other. sure, recently it had been her more than him, but she was sure it made up for some time when he had been gone in the past. [/size] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -[/center] * TAGS* rodolphus lestrange* CREDIT* MEGHAN FTW OF CAUTION! for the temp, and her BFFL Becca Earp for the lyrics! * COMMENTS* none |
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Post by kate on May 30, 2011 14:46:06 GMT 1
'' we're just misguided ghosts, travelling endlessly
'' the ones we t r u s t e d the most, pushed us away [/color][/font][/color] [/center]
Rodolphus was a gentleman. He couldn’t help it, it was how he’d been raised. His parents showed a fair amount of affection towards each other… when others were around of course. It was a matter of keeping up appearances in the Lestrange household. Father would offer his mother his arm, which she would take. It was about showing the public and their staff a sense of unity. Unity does not equal weakness. Flowers however, had never been part of the equation. They’d never had flowers around the house as his father strongly believed that all things green grow in the garden, therefore they should stay in the garden. Lily’s reminded him of Bellatrix. The outer shell appears delicate, smooth, fragile even but when you investigate closer they embellish something that is already beautiful, to be uneccesarily decadent.
Smiling, Rodolphus took her coat and hung it on one of the hooks. “Did you know a lily often means to add unnecessary adornment to something that is already beautiful?” The glint in his eyes stated what the nonchalance of his tone did not. He was never overly affectionate, he would never declare the rapture he experienced at her beauty, because that would demonstrate weakness. Instead, little moments like these gave away his often hooded feelings towards Bella. With a shake of his head, he gestured for her to proceed down the corridor towards his study. “Of course not. You know you’re always welcome here… As long as it isn’t interrupting my beauty sleep.”
She amused him greatly when she teased him. It wasn’t often that pure-blood woman felt comfortable enough around men to tease or demonstrate a sense of humour. This was one of the things he found most appealing about Bella actually, the fact she didn’t have a stuffy air about her that mimicked his great late aunt Geraldine’s; like so many witches appeared to. Trussed up in their corsets, with barely an inch to move, he could hardly blame them for not cracking a few jokes, he supposed. “No, it has been awful. The weather of course,” he held open the door to his study for her before walking in himself. “Though my days without you have been just as awful. Rapturous even. I could barely eat, barely sleep. Look at me, I‘m fading away.”gesturing down to his body before breaking off into a laugh.
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Post by bella on Jun 4, 2011 9:49:10 GMT 1
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -ONE DAY AT A TIME, LIFE GOES BY, IN THIS ENDLESS CYCLE.CAN YOU STOP IT? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -WILL YOU FIND ME?I WILL SAVE YOU FROM THE DARKNESS,
THE DARKNESS THAT IS YOUR HEART. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -
bellatrix couldn't help but laugh at him. a real laugh. not something done out of spite or arrogance which had been her only means of joy lately. she was so glad to be around someone without things having to take on the serious tone that usually came along with being around people like her, especially given the circumstances that her life had been under lately. she had known exactly what she was getting herself into when she had decided to join the death eaters, but she had hoped that it wouldn't have sucked as much of the easiness and time out of her life as it had begun to do. truth be told, she knew she was neglecting rodolphus even if he was just joking about it at the moment. the only problem was, she wasn't sure how much he minded it.
"poor thing," bella cooed as she turned to pat his cheek, "it looks like i got here just in time. wouldn't want you dying on me, now would i? after all, who else am i going to find that is actually crazy enough to want to marry me? plus, my mother would kill me if she knew that i was the reason for your untimely death." [/b] that was definitely the understatement of the year. from the moment that druella found out that rodolphus had actually shown interest in bellatrix, she had been on the job, showering his parents in every bit of fake intentions and gifts that she could dish out without seeming too desperate even though she was. narcissa they knew they wouldn't have any problem finding a match for, and andromeda they were sure could find someone suitable on her own. bella, on the other hand, wasn't the type of person that many could put up with easily. she was opinionated and independent; and, even though she was beautiful, they knew that no one would actually want to, or even be able to, make her into the trophy wife that every pureblood man wanted. she let out a soft sigh as she walked into rodolphus's study, the warm air in the room immediately making her cold cheeks flush with color. bella loved his house. even if at the moment it was just mostly because it was warm and she felt like she was about to freeze to death, she loved how it always seemed to have a warmness to it. it was familiar and comfortable without seeming like a silly cookie cutter home. it fit him, but right then the only thing she cared about fitting was herself into the closest chair by the fireplace. she couldn't believe how cold she had gotten just from walking down the street but getting her wet jacket off had already helped a lot at least. bella planted herself into the chair, not bothering to ask whether or not he had been sitting there like she usually would have, and she closed her eyes for a moment as she let the heat sink in. [/size] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -[/center] * TAGS* rodolphus lestrange* CREDIT* MEGHAN FTW OF CAUTION! for the temp, and her BFFL Becca Earp for the lyrics! * COMMENTS* yay, had internet for the night! sorry, this took so long. |
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Post by kate on Jun 7, 2011 15:59:45 GMT 1
'' we're just misguided ghosts, travelling endlessly
'' the ones we t r u s t e d the most, pushed us away [/color][/font][/color] [/center]
One of his eyebrows quipped in a defined arch when she patted his cheek with her small hand. That was one thing about Bella, physically she appeared delicate, just like the flower. But that was as far as the delicacy went. Emotionally … well, she certainly wasn’t delicate in that sense, she was calm, cool and collected. Not many people managed to raise a laugh from her lips like he just had. It’d taken him rather a long time to grow close enough to her to grasp her sense of humour, often which she kept hidden, and exploit it. The laugh, not her cynical one, not the taunting one, but the genuine laugh was actually one of his favourite sounds.
A small pout tugged at his lips, something that only seemed to happen around Bella, and mainly when she’s mocking him. “you need to wait till after the wedding before I die. Atleast then she’ll be off your back for a little while. Leave her to sob about what could have been.” he smiled to himself as he pulled up a chair and sat opposite her in front of the fire. “She would be heartbroken. Your mum adores me.” his accent soon changed to mimic that of her mothers. “You didn’t even get as far as providing him with an heir.” Tongues often started wagging in a pureblood marriage if a pregnancy didn’t appear soon after the first few months. The focus was to preserve the pureblood wizards by marrying into another well-established family and providing children who would in their turn continue to maintain and preserve the pure bloodlines.
Leaning back in his chair, he stared at the fire, letting the room gather the heat it had lost from opening the door. Keeping his eyes fixed on the fire he poked her foot with his. A small smile on his lips at the childishness of it all. Rodolphus liked being around Bella because it gave him some time to relax, give up on all the bravado and image. "i thought you came to pay your fiancee some attention... not steal his favourite chair and heat."
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Post by bella on Jun 15, 2011 10:08:42 GMT 1
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -ONE DAY AT A TIME, LIFE GOES BY, IN THIS ENDLESS CYCLE.CAN YOU STOP IT? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -WILL YOU FIND ME?I WILL SAVE YOU FROM THE DARKNESS,
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A smile slowly spread across Bella's face as she felt him nudge her, but she didn't bothering opening her eyes as she replied, "I would, but I'm afraid that if I faun over you too much that your ego would get so big you would finally just explode." The heat of the fire was slowly started to seep through her, warming her from head to toe in a way that was almost putting her to sleep even though she had only been sitting there a few moments. She opened her eyes, willing herself to focus on the man sitting beside her. After all, she hadn't drug herself out in the snow just to fall asleep in Rodolphus's favorite chair, though to her it looked exactly the same as the one he was sitting in.
Bella slipped her shoes off and tucked her feet under her as she turned in her seat to face him. She was unsure of even what to say to him. So much had been going on in her life lately, but none of it was really something she could or was willing to tell him. It was no secret to her that Rodolphus was a member of the Death Eaters, in fact it was something she almost expected from someone in his place, but that also worried her. She just knew that one day they would be standing in a meeting, and there he would be. She wasn't sure why it worried her so much, but Bella was almost afraid that he would go as far as to break off their engagement if he found out that she had joined. She didn't want to lose him, not after this long and especially not like that.
As if her former thoughts had unconciously brought it to mind, she blurted out, "When are we getting married?" before she even thought about what she was saying. It wasn't a demanding question but a curious one. She honestly didn't care when it was going to happen. She had waited this long, so she was sure that a little while longer. Bella would leave that decision up to him since it would probably be the only say he had in the whole ordeal, but she didn't want to be an old maid by the time they finally tied the knot either. She couldn't see herself as a blushing bride, but there was still something about Rodolphus that sent the butterflies in her stomach aflutter. It was rediculous to even think of someone like her being nervous about anything especially a guy, but she certainly was. Maybe that was what all of this was about. Cold feet.
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Post by kate on Jun 27, 2011 11:42:12 GMT 1
'' we're just misguided ghosts, travelling endlessly
'' the ones we t r u s t e d the most, pushed us away [/color][/font][/color] [/center]
Rodolphus grinned when she spoke. Leaning back into the chair, he settled down and let the heat of the fire wash over him. ”Death by exploded ego? That doesn’t sound too pleasant.” Leaning forward, he peeled his robe off his back and murmured a spell underneath his lips which promptly made it vanish back into his wardrobe. “I like it when you faun over me though.” Raising a cup of tea to his lips, he watched her intently over the cup as he drank from it, a small smile curving on his lips, just visible around the edges of the cup.
He had been aware of her lacking appearance in his life as of late. They usually spent a bit more time together than what they had, and if not they’d atleast have communicated briefly. In between his work for the Dark Lord and keeping up appearances in the wizarding world, usually Bella managed to find a slot in between these, but lately she hadn’t been around at all. At first Rodolphus had been suspicious, but then he’d come to the conclusion that she probably was just having doubts about the wedding. There was a lot of pressure around them as to when and where they were getting married. Parents, mothers especially, on both sides were pushing the case forward. Rodolphus’ mother a little less admittedly, but she still wanted her son married.
Raising his eyebrows, he looked across at her when she asked that. They’d been engaged for a long time and no real plans had been drawn up for the wedding yet. He wasn’t sure that she wanted them to get the marriage written in their diaries just yet. “When do you want to get married?” reaching across he found her hand in his and raised it higher. Playing with his fingers he waited for her answer. “We can get married today… next week… next month .. Next year… you pick.”
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