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Ethan moved swiftly through the corridor with his head spinning somewhat from recent events. So many conflicting emotions were swirling around in his mind that it was hard to focus on any of them. He did his best to push everything to the far corner of his mind so he could focus on the one thing that mattered most - his friend was upset and he needed to make sure she was alright. Green eyes searched the corridor for any sign of Minerva, as he moved along the corridor, until they landed on a figure up ahead leaning against the wall.
Ethan slowed his pace until he stopped in front of the Puff. Oh, Merlin, she was crying... The boy's face fell a bit and he swallowed hard. Crying girls made him especially uncomfortable. "I... just wanted to make sure you were alright," he started slowly. Well, obviously she wasn't... but he didn't really know what else to say. Things had escalated so fast at the party... he tried to wrap his mind around it all... but it was such a blur of events.
He saw a few tears roll down Minerva's face. Maybe she just needed some time to herself to work out her own emotions. "If you'd rather be alone... I understand. Just say the word."
Minerva heard footsteps coming near her, but tried to hide her face hoping they would just pass. How could Maxwell have turned so cold towards her, it wasn't like she meant to leave this summer and why did it matter anymore they weren't together and he
had a few girlfriends since then anyway.
That's when she heard the voice that made her feel even lower, Ethan had followed her. She didn't only get humiliated by Maxwell and Elliot calling out her crush on him, but she showed a horrible side of her pulling a wand and then slapping Maxwell. Looking up at Ethan she tried to dry her face with her hands. "I..I'm fine, really.. Sorry about that." She wasn't sure what else to say or if she should explain anything about what had just happened. "No..NO you don't need to leave me alone, I just needed to leave there before I did something that made me lose points or get detention. That was not an option in her eyes, no one was worth points lost.
"ummm.. you probably got that Maxwell is an ex and that's where all the tension from Elliot and I kind of started from." she shrugged trying to explain a little at least. "They had no right even being there. Elliot hates all Hufflepuffs and especially Laura, so she had no reason to even be there and Maxwell doesn't even know Laura." She glared back the way they had just come. "I just feel bad they ruined Laura's birthday." Yuup just going ignore the liking comments.. That sounded good to her at the moment. Looking up at Ethan she felt the blush coming back in her face. She had to look horrid after just crying.