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Oh Merlin's beard. WHY was she always doing that, scaring her ogre half to death? She hadn't meant to. She was actually pretty surprised seeing as she hadn't wiggled her eyebrows at him or anything. Biting her lip in an attempt to stop the smile from forming, the third year shrugged her shoulders. Ohhh Edric. Such a Drama King. "I didn't know ogre's had hearts." She said playfully, finally allowing her smile to form fully. She had missed him, the big grump.
And then Edric was studying her as if she'd grown antlers over the summer break or something. She frowned slightly, tucking her hair behind her ears. Was her face doing it again? ...Being a comedian? He wasn't laughing though, so that couldn't be it.
She'd changed? Well...that was normal, yeah? People grow up, get taller, eventually get wrinklier. "I guess I grew a couple of inches taller..." Shrug. No big deal. "I'll be fourteen so I guess it's normal...The growing thing. It's not a bad change...yeah?" Cause now homeboy had Ella feeling all kinds of insecure.
Edric rolled his eyes as Ella mentioned ogres' lack of hearts. There was a crooked half-smile on his face. His fairy godchild was learning his ways; she'd become quite clever. He remembered when she was just sweet and innocent and always surprised. "Good one."
As the girl explained that she'd grown a couple of inches, Edric shrugged. He assumed she would, but she didn't grow up a couple inches. She grew some twelve feet.
And then Ella was reminding him that she would be turning fourteen soon.
Fourteen!?
When in Merlin's beard did Ella get so OLD?! 14! That was just three years younger than him! She was beginning to catch up!
"It's a terrible change," replied Edric almost instantly, not being encouraging at all. "I can't really ruffle your hair or pull your cheeks anymore. You have no cheeks. All the baby fat's gone," went on the awful little ogre boy, obviously not helping Ella at all. He might've been a little bitter that she'd grown up. Like she'd done it on purpose or something. He'd kind of expected her to stay a twelve-year-old forever.