“I’m not scared of them, Hestia,” Ted said patiently. “They’re just girls.”
“Just girls? These are the Black sisters you’re dealing with. The youngest one, Narcissa, let those Slytherins who look like boulders beat someone up for getting on her nerves. And you don’t understand Bellatrix. Evil takes a human form in Bellatrix Black. She got in trouble last year because she tried to use Dark Magic on a third-year in duelling club.”
He shrugged. “So they’re a little unfriendly. It doesn’t matter. Andromeda is brilliant and I think she’d be really funny, if she stopped being so uptight.”
“Ted, your parents are muggles. You should feel lucky that she just rejected you, rather than turning Bellatrix loose. You’re being thick.”
“I know I’m thick,” Ted grinned. “But I’m just going to keep asking Andromeda out until she says yes.”