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Blood in my Eyes


Ava just stared at Bella and the pleased, superior smirk she had planted on her face. She could react to this situation in one of two ways. She could turn, shocked and appalled to Arian and abuse her for getting in this situation; which she very much wanted to. Unfortunately this would seem to Bella as though she really cared that she’d heard, and she didn’t want that. So there was only one thing to say…

“I think you’re reading too far in to this Bella,” Ava said casually. Bella glared a little at the use of her name but kept smirking. “I said I’d take you over Malfoy, and considering the slime ball he is I’d pretty much take anyone over him any day.”

Bella feigned offence. “Oh Mendez, why must you offend me so?” She turned to her sister who stood in shock that someone had spoken to a member of her family like that. “See how cruel the new girl can be?”

“No respect,” Narcissa said, shaking her head. Unlike her sister, Narcissa wasn’t pretending to be offended, and she couldn’t believe that Bella was letting someone speak to her like that.

“Well I’m sorry to have upset you both so much. I didn’t mean any offence; I just didn’t want your head getting any bigger in thinking that I might be in to you. Just because I chose you over Malfoy doesn’t mean that I want you at all.” Even though she knew she shouldn’t, Ava enjoyed this playful banter.

Bella turned back to Narcissa. “You’re right, Cissy. No respect at all. But not to worry,” she turned her head back to Ava and a small smile played at her lips, “she will learn.”

Ava only raised a sceptical eyebrow in return as Bella winked and walked away with Narcissa.

“Wow,” said Arian, snapping Ava back to reality. “She is so in to you.”

“Hmm…” was Ava’s only reply as she tried not to focus too intently on Bella’s body as she walked in to the Great Hall and took what Ava assumed to be her usual seat. Arian just shook her head and tugged Ava into following in to the hall to sit at the Ravenclaw table.

“Is something wrong?” Bella asked Narcissa, noticing the way she kept looking at her. The breakfast had been mostly silent since they walked in but it seemed like her sister was pissed at her.

“Nothing. Nothing at all,” Narcissa replied, turning back to her food.

“You’re jealous, aren’t you?” Bella said jokingly.

Narcissa threw her fork down and turned to her sister in disbelief. “No! And I thought I told you not to talk like that out here.”

“I could be wrong, sister dearest, but I’m pretty sure it’s you making all the noise.”

“Oh fuck you Bella, you think you’re so fucking spectacular but you’re not.”

Bella stopped smiling. “Excuse me?” Narcissa winced; she knew that tone and knew she overstepped her boundaries. “What the hell is your problem?”

Narcissa looked away and stumbled for a reply that wouldn’t make her sister any angrier than she was already getting. “It’s just that new girl… she treats you with such disrespect which not only reflects badly on you but all of us. She’s just a common, no good witch and you’re fawning all over her.”

Bella’s eyes narrowed. “Firstly, don’t talk to me about respect for the family. You have no idea what I’ve gone through and what I will go through to get our family the respect we deserve. Secondly, I do not fawn all over her. I’m playing to beat Malfoy here and I have to get to her. I can’t believe you’re accusing me of having feelings for some nobody.” She exhaled sharply and turned away, making a note to not look in Ava’s direction.

“Sorry, but you have been looking in her general direction ever since we sat down.”

“Fuck you, Narcissa. I don’t have to listen to this shit, especially from you. You should know better,” and with that she got up and walked off. Narcissa sighed and looked over at Rabastan who was giving her a questioning look. She just shook her head and began pushing her food around her plate, suddenly losing her appetite. She knew that she had gone too far in offending Bella, and even though it seemed like she had gotten off easy, she knew she would probably suffer a lot more later on for her own disrespect.

Over at the Ravenclaw table Ava had resumed eating her porridge after being too distracted by watching Bella fight with her sister. Well, she couldn’t be sure they were fighting, but it certainly seemed like they were arguing quietly. Ava couldn’t believe the power that Bella wielded. The way she turned on her sister and made her cower was incredible. She hadn’t screamed, yelled or drawn her wand, only looked at Narcissa with such darkness that her own sister had been scared.

“5 sickles says that whole thing was about you,” Arian whispered to her.

“What? Are you kidding?” Ava said, looking at her friend with disbelief.

Arian just shrugged. “I could be wrong. I just think that Bella is more in to you then she knows.”

They were now both watching Bella leave the hall. Ava laughed a little as Bella pushed a smaller student over on her way out. “Yeah. You could be very wrong.”

“But then again…” Arian said as Bella glanced over at Ava before going through the doors.

“You’re wrong. I’m just another name for her to add to her list of accomplishments.”

“You have to be careful, because even if that’s the case, she’ll stop at nothing to get to you.”

“I’m a big girl, I can look after myself.” Even as she said it, she doubted it to be true. She was a strong and independent girl, and would never get caught up in anything that she knew to be wrong or bad for her, but there was something about Bella’s darkness that made her want to do something dangerous.

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From then on, Ava threw herself into making a routine and getting very involved in her schoolwork. As much as she liked Arian, she didn’t care all too much for the rest of her friends, so she avoided spending too much time in the common room, opting to spend her time studying in her room or the library.

Except for the occasional suggestive comment or seductive looks, Bella had backed off a lot since that first day. Ava wasn’t stupid enough to believe that she had backed off all together and secretly hoped that she hadn’t.

It was a few days later in the late afternoon before dinner and Ava sat alone in her room, flicking through her new potions book. Feeling as though she was being watched she looked around and nearly jumped out of her skin when she found Bella standing in her doorway; leaning on the frame with her arms folded exactly as she was the on the train when they first met. Ava suppressed a shudder as she took in her appearance, as though she’d almost forgotten how hot that girl was.

“Shit you scared me. What the hell are you doing in my room? I didn’t realise I’d left the door open,” Ava said, trying to sound annoyed and not looking at her again until she had her defences back up.

“It wasn’t,” Bella said simply, lifting herself from the door frame and strolling into the room. “I know my way around here very well, there aren’t many places I can’t get in to.”

“Well you really are the master of this castle, aren’t you?” Ava said, rolling her eyes.

“Personally, I prefer Mistress…” she said looking over at Ava and smiled at her seductively.

Ava stayed silent. “Can I help you?”

“No.” Bella shook her head and resumed looking around the room. “This is almost as big as my room. You should consider yourself lucky; most students would give up their wand arm for their own room.”

“Yeah, well it might only be temporary. I think I’m expected to join my housemates eventually.” Ava was still a little stunned that Bella was in her room and was trying not to look too confused. “I don’t want to give it up though. It’s so much easier to study and the rest of Ravenclaw are so damn noisy.”

“Yeah. Study. That’s definitely the number one reason why you should be happy to have your own room. Have you uh… tested it out yet?”

“Oh I see, you’re here to try and seduce me again.”

“Offers on the table, Mendez, and my offers don’t last forever.”

Ava looked at her sceptically “and why do I not believe that.”

“You know, Mendez, maybe you shouldn’t believe everything you hear.”

“Well I’m sorry, but as of yet you’ve given me no reason whatsoever to falsify what everyone says about you. And until you do I don’t see any reason why I should waste my time on you.”

Bella stopped looking around and stared at Ava intently. “You can be quite rude sometimes you know.”

“Yeah, you seem to bring that out in me.” Ava didn’t know why she was being such an asshole all of a sudden. “So I guess I should count myself lucky that you want to get in to my pants so bad or you’d use your superiority to beat me in to place.” She held a strong façade but winced inside, waiting for Bella to explode it never came.

Bella stood clenching her fists and breathing heavy. She wanted nothing more than to curse the insolent fool but knew that wouldn’t get her anywhere. Instead she just turned and walked toward the door. For a brief moment there Ava was worried that she’d actually hurt her, but she stopped in the doorway and spoke without turning around.

“Try and cut me down all you want, Mendez, it won’t do you any favours. Just remember, there are worse things out there than Me.” And with that she walked off, the door closing itself behind her.

Ava sat on her bed and contemplated this for a long while until it was time to join Arian and the others to head down to dinner.

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“She’s a fool! A fucking fool!”

“Calm down Bellatrix or I’m going to start thinking that your sister is right.”


It was late that night and Bella was in the library studying with Rabastan. Well, they were supposed to be studying but Bella hadn’t shut up about her previous encounter with Ava. Her and Rabastan had always got along. They had a mutual respect for each other and Bella had sometimes found herself wishing that her arranged marriage was to him and not his brother.

“What do you mean? Right about what?” She asked him.

Rabastan sighed and put down his book. “That this girl gets to you more than you let on.”

Bella raised her hands on frustration. “Of course she gets to me! She’s the only person to reject me and it’s driving me insane!”

“So you admit you have feelings for her?” He asked lazily, picking his book back up and flicking through its pages.

“Of course I don’t,” she replied, a slight note of disgust in her voice. “I just really, really want to break her. Knock her off her bloody high horse and show her that I am better than her. It’s just going to take a lot more time and effort than I initially thought.”

“So it really is just a sex thing?”

Bella threw herself into a chair and put her face in her hands. “Yes, of course it is. But at the same time there’s just something about her. The way she challenges me, she’s smart and she’s not backing down. It just makes me want her more.”

“Want to know what I think?”

“No,” she said shortly, head still buried in her hands. There was a very long pause in which Rabastan just sat staring at her then she sat up, looked at him and sighed. “What do you think?”

“I think she wants you-” Bella just scoffed. “No, I think she really does. Unfortunately she’s one of those strong willed people who doesn’t want to give in to this sort of thing. I just don’t think she wants to be some random girl you fuck and gloat about. She doesn’t want to cave like all the others, she wants to prove that she’s better than that. And who knows? Maybe she is.”

“What are you saying? I should give her a chance?”

“It’s obvious that she intrigues you and that you’re very much attracted to her. I’m saying that if you go ahead with this, you’ll probably get more than you bargained for. You need to do this to beat Malfoy, but at the same time you can’t get too involved with anyone at this point. You have to stay strong if you want to come out of this thing on top.”

“You think I’ll get involved?”

“I don’t know Bellatrix. I don’t think you will too much, but you’re at least going to have to pretend you are if you want to get to her. And at the same time you can’t do anything to make you appear weak in front of the others or Malfoy will over throw you like that,” he slapped his hand on the table to emphasise his point.

Bella smirked a little. “Pretend I want to get involved? That sounds more like it. What do you suggest I do?”

“Well like I said earlier, I really think she wants you just as bad as you want her. I think you should just suck it up and make a move on her. It’ll test how strong her resolve is and after you’ve tested that out, we can figure out what the next step is going to be.”

Bella laughed. “Finally a plan. We’re going to break that bitch down.”

“Fuck yes,” Rabastan laughed.

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A/N: And here is chapter 9, finally. Sorry it’s taking so long. I have no intention of abandoning this story, I just want to wait until I’m in the right mood or I know I won’t write properly. You can pick out which chapters I wrote when I didn’t really want to, they’re not very good and I don’t like them and I want to do the story justice by writing it well all the way through.

Please keep the reviews coming. It was getting three new ones out of the blue today that made me want to write more.