The fine line...

Under A Killing Moon


True to hers and Rabastan’s plan, Bella had at least for the time being tried to make peace with Ava. Mostly this just involved spending time with her without making a pass at her, which Bella found quite difficult. Often Bella would wonder into the library, pretending she had to study so she could sit near Ava and make a point of not hitting on her. Never feeling like she had anything to say, she never bothered trying to start conversation and hoped that just being in each other’s presence was enough to make Ava want her.

The sudden change in demeanor didn’t go unnoticed by Ava. At first she was a little confused by what Bella was doing, and then she just found it annoying. Bella made something rise in her, made her want be pushed so she could push back, but without Bella constantly starting on her she had nothing to fight back to. For a while Ava thought that maybe Bella really had just given up on her and deep down (very, very deep down) she felt dejected and annoyed at herself for missing the opportunity to sleep with her. This feeling was always short lived as Bella slipped up quite often if only for a short moment. Moments like when she stands closer than necessary so that she’s touching Ava’s arse or breasts somehow while waiting to be let into the potions classroom. Moments when Ava turns to catch her staring at her as she walks away. Moments when she can’t help but let a suggestive comment or seductive smirk slip. Moments when she forgets to bite her tongue and lets slip how fuckable Ava looks today… Ava savours these moments, but she still won’t admit to herself that she likes her.

“This is bullshit!” Bella cried, slamming her book down on the table.

Rabastan sighed. “Sit down Bella or you’re going to get us thrown out.”

Bella scoffed but sat down anyway. “Let them throw me out of the library, I don’t care. It’s not like I need to study, or you for that matter. You know that we’re going to get top marks for everything. I could not show up to the final exam and still ace it. I don’t need to study, I don‘t need to go to class. All I need to do is fuck that stupid girl and I can’t bloody well do it!”

“Patience-”

“Don’t give me that ‘patience’ crap. You know that’s not who I am and it’s obviously not working anyway.”

“Then what do you suggest? You obviously don’t like my plan so why don’t you come up with one?” Rabastan was being more short with her than he usually would, but Bella had been in such a foul mood over then last few weeks he was finding it hard to be in her presence any longer then required.

“I could always just use imperio. That’d show the bitch who’s boss.”

“You could, but you and Lucius agreed that using someone against their will didn’t count.”

“Who cares about Lucius? I just want to screw the girl,” she sneered.

Rabastan chuckled. “That’s more like it, starting to sound like your old self again. Now if you’re interested I may have a new plan of attack for you.”

Bella raised an eyebrow, “I’m listening.”

“First you need to forget about Mendez for a few hours and go get yourself laid. You’re all tense and sexually frustrated and it’s reached a point where even I can’t stand to be around you.” Rabastan inwardly thanked god that she respected him or he would have been cruciod for speaking to her like that. “Then I say you just go for it, corner the bitch in a broom cupboard or something and make a move on her.”

Bella smirked slightly as she let the idea play through her head. She liked the sound of it but “will she go for it?”

“I think so. She puts up a strong façade but she wants you so bad that if you started it I don’t think she’d be strong enough to say no and mean it.”

“All right then,” Bella chewed on her quill for a bit. In a sense she thought Rabastan might be right, but another part of her knew that Ava probably had it in her to walk away. “All right, I’ll go with your plan. But if she embarrasses me you have any idea how much I’m going to hurt you?”

“Yes I do,” Rabastan replied, half smiling. He wished he was naive enough to think she was only joking and hoped like hell that Ava didn’t reject her again.

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It had been a long, trying day and Ava couldn’t wait to get back to her room and relax. After making excuses to not join Arian in the common room with the others she headed up the stairs to her own room. She entered her room, throwing her bag into the corner, and her thoughts of climbing into her bed were stopped suddenly as she looked up and realised that Bella was sitting on it. The shock caused her to stumble and cursed loudly.

“Haven’t heard that come out of your mouth before, Mendez. I kind of like it,” Bella said, amused at how much she had startled the other girl.

Ava just glared in return and waited a few moments for her heart to stop pounding before she spoke. “What the hell are you doing in my room again?

Bella stood up and began to casually stroll around the room. “Just thought I’d drop by. Seems we haven’t spoken in a long time.”

Ava narrowed her eyes in suspicion. “No, we haven’t. Hasn’t stopped you from following me around though.”

“Now why the hell would I follow you around?”

“That’s what I was trying to figure out. At first I just put it down to coincidence that you just happened to be wherever I was, but then it happened a little too often.”

“I have more important things to do with my time than follow you around, believe me,” Bella scoffed.

“Then why are you here, in my room, this late at night?” Ava was beginning to worry where this was going to end up and made a promise to herself that she wouldn’t give in.

“I have a problem,” Bella replied as she began to slowly move towards Ava. “You see, I’m used to getting what I want, whenever I want.”

“Well maybe it’s time you grew up,” Ava said, hoping that if she pissed Bella off enough she’d just leave so she wouldn’t have to deal with the battle going on inside herself.

“I’m not about to change anytime soon, Mendez. And right now I want you,” Bella said, advancing closer and closer. “And I could be mistaken, but I could swear you want me too.”

Ava backed herself against the wall but Bella didn’t stop and just kept moving in. “So what?”

“So, I think if I was to kiss you right now you wouldn’t stop me.” Her tone was soft but the look in her eyes was predatory. She had now moved so close that their bodies were almost touching, her face just inches away from Ava’s.

“R-really?” Ava managed to stammer out. The smell of the other girl was intoxicating, and her closeness was affecting Ava in a way that she’d never known. She wanted so bad to just let Bella take her. Just let her throw her onto the bed and fuck her senseless. But she had to stay strong, she’d lasted this long she’d hate to give in now. “Well I think you’re wrong.”

“Do you now?” She stared at Ava intently.

Ava only nodded in reply. She stared straight back into the darker girl’s eyes. Her gaze was so focused and Ava was a little surprised to note they looked questioning, like they were searching for something. Ava broke eye contact when the intensity became too much.

“Only one way to find out,” Bella said, moving in for the kill. At just the last second Ava turned her head causing Bella to pull back and stare at her in shock.

Ava was scared. She couldn’t read Bella’s emotions, but knew she must be pissed off. If she didn’t know any better she’d say that Bella looked hurt. She stood, trying not to look at Bella, inwardly cringing as she waited for the backlash to hit. But it never came. And before she knew it Bella was gone.

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Rabastan’s painful cries filled the common room. Everyone watched as he writhed on the floor but no one stepped in and tried to stop Bella as she sent Crucio at Crucio at him. Some even sniggered and were enjoying the show. Lucius could be heard amongst this group whispering to Snape “Crucio, so fun it should be made illegal”. No one even bothered to question what Rabastan had done to earn this painful public humiliation, but seeing as he was one of Bella’s closest subordinates they knew it must have pissed her off something fierce.

Bella hardly slept at all that night. She lay awake angry, frustrated and some other emotion she couldn’t quite put her finger on. ‘Hurt,’ said a voice in the back of her head. ‘That’s the pain of rejection.’ She scoffed at herself. Why the hell would she be hurt that Mendez had rejected her? She told herself that she couldn’t be hurt because that would mean that she had some sort of emotional attachment to her, and that just wasn’t an option. She’d only ever let herself fall once before, and after the pain it caused she refused to ever fall for anyone ever again. She groaned in frustration and sat up, ignoring the burning sensation in her eyes that meant tears were close. But she held them back she’d cried enough in the past over Her, and she certainly wasn’t going to sit here and cry over Mendez.

She needed to take her mind off of it, off of everything. Bella stood up and grabbed her wand, leaving her room and feelings behind to look for the one thing she had always turned to in times of torment. One thing that had remained solid in her life. Cold, meaningless sex. She got into the dorm without even needing a password and stood before the sleeping sixth years. She’d had them all over the years, they were nothing special but knew they were obedient and loyal to her. They’d do whatever Bella told them to, and they would feel honoured just to be used by her.

There she was. Bella stood over the sleeping form of a girl not much shorter than her, waist length chestnut hair splayed over the pillow. She was a much less attractive version of the person Bella truly desired to be with that night, but if she closed her eyes hard enough, she could at least pretend. The girl woke under Bella’s gaze and realizing what she was there for, she silently lifted the sheets and removed her night gown, offering herself to the dark goddess.

Bella didn’t even bother with a silence charm. She took the girl as hard as she could, beating the young one’s hands away whenever they touched her, getting more and more frustrated when the voice begging for more wasn’t Ava’s and going faster and harder. She knew she was hurting her, but she didn’t care. And when the other girls woke to their friends cries of pleasure and then pain, they all lay still and didn’t say a word. After all, this sort of thing happened all the time.

When she was done, Bella stood up and left, not saying a word the whole time. After returning to her own room, she showered away any evidence that she’d even touched the other girl. She climbed into bed still naked and dripping wet from the shower then, just like every other time, she got herself off. She’d never came during these experiences fucking random people, cause really it wasn’t about sex. It was about power and domination, showing those beneath her who was boss. She never let them touch her. They’d try to touch her face and her body, they’d try to kiss her, but she never let them. They weren’t worthy to touch her.

She finally fell asleep after bringing herself over the edge, Ava’s name on her lips.