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He seemed to make her blsh a lot by telling her the truth. Her face was nearly the color of the gryffindor's red. He thought it was sweet that she had that reaction, but he should probably not push it too far. "Nah..." he started "I couldn't stay away from you now if the dementors tried to keep us apart. You're far too much fun to not be around and I don't feel in danger around you, just distracted. Nothing hurt too badly " he finished with a wink.
It was now his turn to blush as she told him he was smart. "I'm not too sure about that. I feel like all this studying to catch up has stunted my brain power. I feel like there's so much stuff pushed in there, if I try to add more, some will have to fall out to make room. One of the reasons I came by the playground and I'm so glad I did, otherwise I might not have seen you here." He reached out to give her a quick hug, just to let him know how happy he was to see her.
As he walked back, he saw her concern. He tried to replace it with a weak smile. "It's just normal family stuff. Hopefully it will get better, but I don't know." He looked into her green eyes and melted at the way she watched him. He felt like she truly cared and it was nice to have someone feel that way.
The second year couldn't help but wonder why Ian was being so nice. I mean...really nice! She appreciated all the compliments and stuff she'd just never been one to know how to take them. Hence all the blushing. She giggled at the dementor bit, raising her eyebrows at him.
"Not even dementors?" And without thinking too much about why or if she should, the small blonde leaned over and kissed Ian on the cheek. He really did deserve it.
Ella frowned when Ian shared that he didn't know if he was that smart. She hated it when he friends put themselves down.
"Of course you're smart, Ian! You just have so much to catch up on that it's probably making you feel overwhelmed." Ella got that way even when attending classes regularly!
"I can help you if you want, y'know. With all the work." That is if he felt like having her help. And then suddenly he was hugging her, and expressing again how glad he was that he had found her here. She returned the hug and smiled.
"Well I'm really glad you're back." And she really was.
Ella bit her lip, knowing that sometimes normal family stuff didn't work out the way it was supposed to. She didn't want that for Ian though, and returned his weak smile with one of her own.
"I'm sure it will...and if for whatever reason it doesn't you can come find me, yeah? To talk...or not talk. Y'know, just to sit together. Sometimes it's nice to just sit with a friend." At least Ella thought so. And speaking of sitting, Ella was a bit tired after all the falling and running so she fell back onto her back, placing her hands behind her head.
"Up for some cloud watching?"