Spike shook his head. "No, it's fine..." he said, nibbling on the inside of his lip. Perhaps if he kept saying it, it might come true? He didn't like feeling like this. He wanted out and back to normality. If only time could be rewritten, and that his feelings hadn't just sort of tumbled out and made themselves known before he truely understood them himself. "Yesterday was just a one off..." he said, swallowing slowly. Things had to return to normality.

Heh. Normality.

He couldn't blame Beezus for sitting the other side of Louisa. It was probably for the best, really... He couldn't help but sneak another look at her though, despite it causing his mouth to go dry, and his bottom lip to threaten wibbling once more. He couldn't deny she was pretty, nor how much more this hurt than he thought would be possible.

Big brother? Really, why was he kidding himself?

He winced at his own feelings, though luckily was distracted from more self pity at Louisa's comment on the new Professor. He nodded slowly. Beezus was right, she was unique. Not many Professors happily laid in the dirt like that.

"I wonder what she wants worms for," he murmured. Any other time, he'd have already started trying to find his own, for funsies. Not today, however. Today was for doodling broken hearts in the dirt.