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Edric had stumbled upon a challenge, and that challenge came in the form of a girl with big brown hair and light blue eyes. The problem? She was just as stubborn as he was. While he insisted that he had no reason to be nice, she insisted he owed her more manners; while he insisted apologies weren't enough, she saw no reason to crawl at his feet.
Neither party wanted to give the other the pleasure of calling it quits.
Edric narrowed his eyes at the girl. He needed his foot fixed before the train got there, and this girl seemed to be his only hope - well, she DID owe him that. "Fine. I will ask nicely, but I will not apologize," decided Edric. He could fake politeness, but there was no way he was apologizing for reacting appropriately to having his toes broken in halves!
Taking a deep breath, Edric got up to his feet and let out a loooooong sigh.
"You-- Ellie," - was that short for Eleanor or something? He felt the name was too cutesy and made him sound friendlier than he wanted to - "Will you please mend my toes whichyouhavebrokenwithyourlackofconsiderationimean seriouslywhatthehellisinyourtrunk?!" He paused. "Please?"
He said please TWICE. She HAD to help him or else he was going to categorize her as a savage.
They seemed to be in a staring contest at that moment in time. Both most likely contemplating what to do. Neither of them seemed likely to give up. Stubborn as rocks. Ellie stared at the boy as he narrowed his eyes at her.
He said he would ask nicely, but he wouldn't apologize. Ellie pondered for a moment before nodding.
"Fine." That would have to do. For now. But if she ever saw him on the grounds, she would probably sneak her wand out and zap him on the bum.
Raising her chin slightly as he stood back up, Ellie sighed. Just not as loud or as looooong as the boy's. My, he must have really been fed up. Amusing. And it was a good thing he corrected himself and called him Ellie, or else she would have jabbed him in the tummy.
Ellie rose an eyebrow at his long muttering sentence but just ignored it. And without further ado...
"Sit back down and take off your shoe." Ellie said, waving her wand at his foot. She kind of realized that that was an odd thing to request of someone in public.
"I know that sounds weird, but just do it." She added. Because she was the boss around here.
"And if you really must know, I have a lot of books." She told him, sitting on her own trunk as well. She was a book junkie. Well...
"And shoes."