Damien narrowed his eyes slightly. Isobel was a big girl who could make decisions for herself, and apparently Jake needed to feel all manly next to Maybelle and threaten his sister's boyfriend. Well more power to him, then -- if he's that insecure. Couldn't even finish said threat -- probably lost his train of thought; the boy didn't really look all that intelligent. Of course the Hufflepuff would prefer to say all of this aloud, but it would only make matters between the two boys worse, and it would make Isobel feel uncomfortable. He wasn't about to do that.

So instead of responding verbally to Newman's threats, Damien simply nodded his head.

And apparently he felt the need to continue to speak. "The simplicity of enjoying each other's company, I suppose," he replied, slightly sarcastically. "I like her -- she likes me and we've finally decided to do something about it and make it official --"

Damien didn't like Jake.