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"It's not nice to invite a guy for a swim?" asked Edric, raising an eyebrow at Ella. It's as if he had spilled all his thoughts out to her. Somehow the girl just knew him too well. "I thought it was friendly behaviour."
But then Ella was sharing some information that Edric hadn't even thought about. Of course. He'd just been assuming all this time that all little boys were chasing after his fairy godchild, what with her new… ways, and all. But there was always that possibility. Precisely the boy she liked, might not like her back.
The Gryffindor's mock-innocent expression faded as his brows furrowed, watching as Ella seemed to shrink beside him, looking and sounding rather hurt by the fact that this Harvey git didn't like her back.
"He's an idiot," muttered Edric without really thinking. Then he realized he probably wasn't being very helpful. "I mean… does he know that you like him?" Which honestly, was more than any foolish little Ravenclaw boy deserved. Ella wasn't just pretty, she was smart and clever and had an amazing sense of humour. Was this kid blind?
Ella shook her head, frowning at Edric.
"Not the kind of swim you meant, Edric." And he knew that she knew what he was thinking, yeah? She was HIS fairy godchild, after all. You don't hang out with an ogre and not learn his ways. You just don't.
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idiot... Funny Edric had picked that word to use. Ella even let out a half-hearted laugh, recalling what she'd said to Harvey over the summer.
"Yes, he knows. I mean he didn't at first but I told him...this summer." And she'd ruined everything, yeah? Because now they weren't even really friends.
"Actually, I called him an idiot." She admitted, her green eyes growing a little wider as the memory popped into her head.
"I think I said, 'I like YOU, you idiot.'" Surprising, huh? Not very Ella-ish of her, was it?
"His only response was to ask me how long I had felt that way." Frown. And then it was like it had never happened, at least that's how Harvey was playing it. Stupid boys.