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hermionesclone 
Alec nodded. There was no doubt that Avery was smart. What she had said was something that made him feel slightly happier and... protected? Nah. Maybe a bit more comfortable about the game. Yes, that was it. "You're welcome!" She really was.
Alec grinned. Tough questions! It was something his dad had asked him before once Alec had explained what Quidditch was. And he had no answer for the man before so Avery was doing pretty well. "You could make a great Chaser, you know," he said, "Have you tried trying out for the team?" It would be great to play with Avery in the future! Also... what?! "You have a Quidditch pitch at home?"
... WHAT?! Okay, Alec didn't know much about this 'cancer' business but one thing he did know was that it was bad. Very very bad. And with the way Avery was saying this... it wasn't very nice to have it. GULP! "I'm so sorry, Avery," he whispered, giving her a small hug, "And this isn't something magic can fix?" He thought magic could fix everything...
Yeah... that was something he hadn't thought through. What if she was in the girl's dorm? How would be bring her out? And then something came to him. "I'll get a girl to go in there and drag you out," he said, grinning up at her, "You won't be able to hide from me."
Was he comfortable? "Yeah, I am," Not that he usually had girls sit on his laps. But yes, this was comfortable. ... What? Get up? "No, stay!" And with that, Alec took hold of her hand and pulled her down gently. There.
Avery listened to what Alec had to say.
"You really think so?" She smiled, smiling crookedly at him.
"I've never really thought about it, with me only just getting back to Hogwarts. Is it hard?" She said, thinking long and hard. It would be so cool to be on the Quidditch team with Alec. She laughed,
"Yeah I do. It was one thing I always wanted since I was about one, so when my parents found out I had cancer they made it, though it was a year before I went to hospital. They made it with magic of course. We own a lot of land." "It's alright, Alec." She said in a soothing tone, and she stroked his hair, she could tell he was worried about her, because of course he'll only have heard rumors about it.
"No, magic can't fix it. I think it's something to do with Muggles and their blood, the reason it can't be fixed simply." "Awh, you'd do that for me?" She asked, he was so sweet to her almost like a brother. She grinned down at him again and fluffed up his hair.
"You sure? Heavy old me sat on your lap?" As she started to get up she was pulled right back down and back into Alec's lap. She looked at Alec and laughed lightly.