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IT WAS SAFE TO SAY

that William Starling wasn't too pleased to find out that and was now seeing Celeste again. William had asked Celeste to meet him for a lunch which they had in Olivia's office. Olivia was trying to be as neutral as possible in the conversation William and Celeste were having. 

"Are you absolutely sure?" Asked William, nearly sulking like a child.

"Oh come on now Will. She's a teenager and Leo isn't that bad," said Olivia, earning a grateful smile from Celeste.

"But you were so sad and heartbroken when things ended the last time. I bought you a lot of ice cream," reminded William.

Celeste rolled her eyes. "And I appreciated it but Leo and I are good now. We didn't break up because we didn't get along or that we stopped caring for each other. We broke up because we needed some time apart," she explained.

"Mmm you could had taken more time apart..." muttered William. 

"Can you at least try and be supportive of this?" Asked Celeste, batting her eyes lashes the way she did when she was seven and wanted a new toy.

William sighed but nodded. "Of course but just know that it is my job to hate anyone you date."

A few days after Celeste's lunch with William and Olivia, Celeste and Leo were having a picnic after their classes. Leo had surprised her completely, saying that they should go out and study there, but he had planned a very romantic picnic for them.

They had already sat there for an hour, talking, laughing, joking. Celeste told him crazy things that had happened to her while she's been in Hogwarts but she intentionally left the subject family out.

Leo listened Celeste, he had forgotten how sweet and clear her voice is. How contagious her laugh is and how her eyes sparkle when she speaks. He didn't want to ruin their moment but he had to ask, he had to know more, he had to know if Celeste was alright. 

That was a thing about Celeste, she's the most happiest girl in the whole world and she doesn't let things affect her, at least not from the outside but he knew that from the inside she as a mess. "Celeste," Leo started, interrupting Celeste's story about the time the Weasley twins took her wand.

"What?" Celeste smiled and took a sip of her pumpkin juice.

Leo took a deep breath in and exhaled. "You wrote me one day. You were clearly happy and you wrote to me about finding your family," he said and noticed how Celeste's upper lip started to quiver but she still kept the happy face on.

"What about them?" She asked carefully, she didn't want to look too upset. She was able to be one in front of William, Olivia, Beth and Nathan. Even though she really cares about Leo, she couldn't be one in front of him, she's afraid that he will treat her differently. 

"You told me who they are, you told me that you found them but now you won't even mention them. You wrote about them with such happiness and adoration. You told me how wonderful your mother is and that you have brother, besides Nathan. You have another aunt whom you met, and she seemed great," Leo explained and reached to take Celeste's hand. "What happened?"

Celeste closed her eyes, taking a deep breath in. "I got caught up in the moment, I didn't think," she said and opened her eyes.

"Think what?" Leo asked.

"I told you, who they are. You must know what they have done," Celeste sighed.

"Supports You-know-who, yes. I know that," Leo admitted.

"I don't know if I can take that. They have done some awful things, not all of them but most," she said before dropping her chin down and wiping her tears. "It's stupid really. I was fine with everything, I didn't even thought about it but then my friends from here started to go on about the things my family has done and I realized I'm nothing like them."

"I'm sure they don't care that you aren't like them. They would be crazy not to want you," Leo smiled and kissed Celeste's hand.

"The thing is that they don't know. I represent everything they disapprove. I'm friends with muggles, bloodtraitors. Merlin I even worked for Dumbledore's army and helped the Order. They just don't know it, or they do. Subconsciously they do but..." Celeste started but the small sob she had hold stopped her.

"Hey hey," Leo comforted her and moved closer. "It's okay. You don't need to change to get their approving. And if you don't want them in your life, you don't have to. You have your uncle, Olivia, me, Nathan and Beth."

Celeste nodded biting her lip, she was done crying. Leo was right, she has many people in her life who loved her just the way she is. She has people in her life who don't go around killing others. 

"You're right," she whispered and leaned over to kiss Leo but the kiss was interrupted short when Hermione ran to them.

"Cele! Ron's getting out of the infirmary," she exclaimed when she reached Celeste and Leo. "Oh, sorry. I didn't know that you were in the middle of..."

"That's alright," Leo smirked and turned back to Celeste. "Go, go and see your friend. I'll wait."

"Thanks, I'll see you soon," she grinned and kissed him before leaving with Hermione. 

As the two girls were just approaching the infirmary, Hermione stopped Celeste and turned to her. "I need to tell you something," she sighed.

"What is it?" Celeste asked, her dark brows knitted together.

"Harry thinks he knows, who hurt Ron," Hermione said nervously, glancing around to see if anyone was there to listening them.

Celeste gasped. "Who?"

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CELESTE STORMED AROUND 

the school, trying to find her brother. There was a pit in her stomach, she could not believe that Draco was behind what happened to Ron. Every ounce of hope that she still held inside her, hoping that the Malfoys weren't that rotten, had fled away the second she found out about Draco.

After walking across the school, Celeste finally noticed the equally blonde haired boy. 

"Draco!" Celeste shouted, making her brother for once, stop on his heels. Celeste stormed towards her twin, fury flaming in her eyes.

"Celeste, is everything alright?" Draco asked but before he could had said anything, Celeste's open palm had slapped him. "What the hell?" Draco shrieked.

"You did it, didn't you? You're the reason Ron nearly died." She hissed and pulled Draco to the side corridor, where no one could hear them.

Draco's face paled even more, his eyes left his sister's and he bit his lip nervously. "It wasn't suppose to go to the Weasel." Draco muttered.

Celeste gasped, she really wished that she had been wrong. "Y-you, what? Why?"

"I told you, he wasn't suppose to get it." Draco repeated.

"Oh, so you were planning on killing someone else. Marvelous." Celeste huffed crossing her arms on her chest. It took her few seconds before she realized. "Wait, Katie Bell. That was your doing as well."

Draco turned completely red, you could had mistaken him for a Weasley at that moment. "She wasn't suppose to get hurt either." He sighed.

Celeste shook her head viciously. "Then who Draco? Who are you trying to kill?"

The boy was in shock by his sister's bluntness, it was definitely the stubbornness in her. "It's not important. Just stay out of this."

"Not important, merde. You can't be serious?" Celeste scolded her brother.

"All you need to know is that I'm doing this for us, for our family."

Celeste let out a dry chuckle. "Well maybe I don't want to be a part of a family like that. Where killing is acceptable."

"It's the only goddamned way out of this mess." Draco said and looked down at his feet. "You can't possibly understand it yet but you will."

"No Draco, I won't. Merlin, I have defended you and your family. I told Harry and Ron that you weren't rotten to the core."

"Our family Celeste. Not mine but ours." Draco said quietly but so that Celeste could hear him.

Celeste let out a loud sigh. "I don't know Draco. Maybe I don't want to be a part of it."

Draco's eyes grew wider than they ever have and the alarm bells in his head started to ring. "W-what? Just because of me?"

"No, because of all of you. Bellatrix killed Sirius, Lucius nearly killed all of us, me included. And now you're trying to kill someone."

"But mother hasn't." Draco said quickly, believing and hoping that mentioning their mother would soften Celeste but he was wrong.

"Maybe but it's only a matter of time," she snapped and on that note, she turned on her heel and started to walk away but then suddenly stopped. She turned around, her blonde hair following the movement. "You can tell Narcissa, that I'm not coming over for awhile. I need some time to think."

"Don't sit on your high horse!" Draco yelled after Celeste, stopping her on her heel.

"I'm sorry? What did you just say to me?" Celeste frowned and walked back to Draco.

"You don't like when I hide things or lie, well that's what you're doing to mother. You let mother think that you wanted to be part of our family, and she was happiest I've seen her in years. Now you're just breaking her heart."

Celeste blinked her eyes twice, she was in shock. She did not see that coming. "Don't you understand?! I need time to think! My whole life has been turned upside down. Not only did I found my past, I found that the people in it are..."

"We are what?" Draco huffed. "So if your family would be the Weaselbees, you would go straight into their arms?"

"No, that's not what I mean!" Celeste yelled, tears starting to find their way out of her eyes. "Everything is a huge mess and I don't think I want to be a part of any of this, absolutely any of this. Not the Order, nor your little Death Eaters club."

"Well neither do I! But I don't have a choice, okay? Because other wise father will rot in Azkaban for the rest of his life and Merlin knows what those nasty men will do to mother! And now there's you, and none of us wants you to be part of this!"

Celeste stood silently, she had nothing to say. She was done.

tadaa, miss celeste is done

but things will get even more messed up:)