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Edric seemed taken aback as Ella merely gave him a smug 'I know'. Since when was the little one so over-confident?! Merlin. This really was another person. Another person too similar to him, actually.
As Ella, her confidence now a little weakened, assured the ogre boy that he could continue to ruffle her hair, Edric shrugged. Of course, he was going to continue doing it. But, seeing as Ella actually kind of enjoyed it, he would be evil and leave her in doubt. "We'll see." As the girl then went on to ask if her getting bigger changed anything, Edric looked off into space absentmindedly. "Well. Yes, it obviously does. You're not a child anymore," he explained, then returning his gaze to the girl. "But, change doesn't always have to be bad. I can finally teach you how to do that ice cream trick from last term," he said with a half-smile, referring to the time he'd transfigured a bowl into ice cream just to cheer up Ella one day they were at the Great Hall. He'd told her she'd have to wait until her fifth year, but seeing as he was graduating this term, he'd have to give away his tricks now.
And then the summer questions.
Edric knew this would be coming. For reasons unknown to him, humanity made a habit of wanting to know everyone else's summer, like this was some special time where people took trips to the moon and took rides on the Loch Ness monster.
Ella was specific, though. She wanted to know about Evelyn. Edric narrowed his brown eyes at her. At least one thing hadn't changed: Ella was still as curious now as she had been at twelve. "See her? No. She's in Scottland now so I think the chances of seeing her again are slim," he replied simply, crushing any hope Ella could have ever had for Edrilyn. What he didn't mention though, was the letters he'd written the girl and the 'swimming lessons' they'd shared on Evs's last day at Hogwarts. It would make Ella too giddy and curious, so he'd keep all the juicy information to himself. Evil ogre.
But by mentioning summer and Evelyn and reminding Edric of the last few weeks of the term before, Ella had sort of dug her own grave, as Edric now asked, "What about you? Did you see that boy you were snogging last term?" Yeah, Edric was good at bringing up topics delicately.
So Edric was clearly as surprised by Ella's change in behavior as he was with her change in appearance. It made the third year smile a little, seeing how shocked he was about the whole thing. Had he really not expected to rub off on her in some way? Edric clearly didn't realize how important he was to little Edrica, that much was very clear to her.
We'll see? Meh. That wasn't the response she wanted. He was only teasing though, right? Because if he
didn't continue the hair ruffling, how was Ella meant to know the Grinch cared about her at all? Frown. He really was a meany, that ogre of hers. Yes...HERS. Hmph.
"I know. I hate not being a kid." But he already knew that, yeah? She had made that very clear last term. O___O WAIT! OGRESAYWHATABOUTICECREAM?! Ella turned to face Edric, a WIDE smile on her face.
"You really mean it!?!" She asked excitedly, bouncing a little. It was as if Ella was 12 again, if only for a minute. But wait...best not to be TOO excited. The ogre might decide to change his mind. Play it cool, Ella. Cool as a cucumber.
"I mean...*cough* That would be really nice." REALLY? Edric was such a downer. Just because Evelyn was in Scotland didn't mean they'd never see each other again! Maybe they'd be one of those epic romances where the couples found each other later in life and got married
and adopted their fairy godchildren and lived happily ever after! Meep!
"You could...write her, y'know. Just saying." 
And if he wanted Edrilyn to live up to its AWESOME potential, he definitely would.
O___o OHMERLIN'SBEARD. Blush. Ella frowned before deciding she'd give Edric a taste of his own medicine.
"Actually I did...and we..." DRAMATIC PAUSE TIME. Let's just let the big old ogre's mind run wild with possibilities for a minute or two. Mwahaha. ...
"Talked. He's coming back for fifth term, actually. He's pretty excited about it." And Ella was too, if she was being completely honest. Mostly because Logan had been her first friend at Hogwarts. And that's all they were now, friends. JUST FRIENDS.