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Snape'sGirlThru&Thru Hmm, yes, the corridor wasn't exactly the best place to whisper and discuss personal matters, but there weren't any free compartments nearby, so they really didn't have much choice. So Vashti bent forward a little so that she and Louisa could talk at least a little more privately.
Dallin?! That boy Louisa had introduced her to a couple nights ago and who was in Vashti's year? Well no wonder she had been sitting all close to him that night - obviously Louisa had liked him long before what had happened at the feast; she just hadn't realized it before. And now Vashti suddenly wished she had more experience in this area because she really wasn't sure what advice to give her friend. Sure, Vashti had had a crush on a guy before, but that was quite a few years ago, and she'd never actually gone through the pain of her crush having a girlfriend - well, he might have one now, but it didn't bother her since she'd already grown out of it. And since then, her love life had been pretty much nonexistent. So what advice could she possibly give?
"I'm sure he isn't mean," she told Louisa quietly. "If you didn't know you liked him until last night, I'm sure he too was unaware of it as well, so he didn't do it to hurt you. He cares about you, I know he does." Even if it might only be as a friend, Vashti was a hundred and ten percent sure Dallin cared about Louisa - he wouldn't have agreed to stay up all night to hang out with her if he didn't.
But which "Ellie" was this? Vashti knew at least a couple of girls with that name, though she was sure it wasn't her Quidditch friend Ellie. She didn't want to ask though; Louisa probably didn't want to talk about her crush's girlfriend too much.
"You wouldn't be." Vashti wouldn't have offered if she thought Louisa would be a "burden."
Louisa frowned and looked up at her friend. How could she be so sure that Dallin wasn't mean? And cared about Louisa?! "
If you'd seen him today when he talked to me, you would know I'm telling the truth," He shouted at her!!! And didn't meet her eyes! He didn't even care when she wiped her eyes in front of him!! Usually, he'd try to cheer her up by either going for a walk –which wasn't an option in the train- or telling her about the ocean.
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He was just so weird.. and serious. He shouldn't be serious! That was me! I was the serious one and he was the one with the jokes! That's the true equation." With a shaky sigh, she shook her head, "
We're not close friends anymore, I guess," According to him. As for Louisa, she was far deeper than a close friend. "
I just want to go back to liking him a little. Just as when we first met in here, and then in classes. I don't want to be his close friend," Because that'd mean many things going on around her that she couldn't handle; Ellie would be around him most of the time, for starters, and then he wouldn't climb trees, swim, or sock-slide with her, not to mention their study sessions which were a big failure but at least she sat next to him and talked about things.
Thanks Ellie for ruining my bond with one of my.. best friends.
She nodded, at Vashti's invitation, "
I'll ask Marina and let you know, then. We're going to owl each other every week, right?" Her eyes were pleading; She didn't stay in touch with her friend much before because of her aunt but this summer, she was going to spend most of her time in the leaky cauldron. She will make sure of this.