Adam gave Louisa a little smirk as she plopped a piece of gum in her mouth, thanking him for it. "Don't mention it," Adam said, shoving the pack back into his coat pocket. "I honestly can't live without the stuff. Helps with the nerves and all that nonsense. I've actually never tried wizard brand gum though...is it similar to muggle gum?" Adam asked. He imagined they would probably have more exotic flavors than the muggle world did, and that if you wanted you could probably get gum that would be more than just gum. Suddenly as image of the girl Violet from the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory book popped into his head.

When Louisa extended her apologies about Rubiey, Adam gave a little shrug. "Maybe she wants to end things and she's just not sure how. Or, maybe she's just too busy and we were crazy to think it would work when we never get to see each other. I just...well I wish she'd at least talk to me or something you know? At this point I feel like I am just speculating more than anything else since really I have no idea what's going on." In all honesty it had been months since him and Rubiey had even exchanged so much as a hello. He assumed it was at first his fault since his mom passing away had drawn him away from Hogwarts and into his new life with his grandfather, but he had assumed she would at least return on of his letters. Adam bit his lower lip. There was really no point in telling Louisa all of this. It wasn't really her problem after all. "I'll figure it out," Adam concluded vaguely.

Adam listened as Louisa went on about Joao, somewhat surprise that she too was having similar problems. Although their situation was slightly better considering she had at least seen him over the summer. "Is he not at Hogwarts right now?" Adam asked, nothing really inflected in his tone. It was a bit odd if he wasn't here, but who knows. Maybe the kid was off doing important political stuff with his important parents. At the remembrance of his parents' occupation Adam couldn't help his lips from twitching slightly. Ahh that conversation with Paulie had been quite amusing. Of course, Louisa probably knew nothing about what happened between Paulie and Joao, and he wasn't going to be the one to tell her. She already hated Paulie enough as it was. Perhaps his amusement at this memory prevented Adam from making a rather unpleasant face when Louisa said that things between them were perfect. "Well...I'm...uh. Good to know things have been better since the fight." Adam assumed he could have done a bit more to make that seem more sincere.