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grangerfan8 
The groaning was better than crying in her opinion. Anything was better than crying. She smiled back comfortingly and gave his hand another squeeze. "Everything about this place is dirty now. At least dirt belongs out here." She was playing along in hopes that it would help and she wouldn't have to deal with tears.
Conjuring up a handkerchief, she offered it up to him and gave his hand a gentle tug up. Him sitting up would be better for talking. "I haven't been in it yet, but from what I've heard it's just really dusty. How's yours?"
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Yeah." He said thoughtfully, "
I was thinking of staying here tonight." Maybe she could stay with him, because it could get a little spooky up here. You know, if unicorns and werewolves started to run about and stuff.
Normally Theo would ask how in Merlin's beard she conjured that handkerchief up, but that could wait till later. He took it with a thankful smile and rubbed it against his eyes. Blowing his nose could wait until he wasn't in girl company, obviously. He made a noise as she pulled him up, but he did so anyway, because it would be rude not to. "
Ours is really bad. It smells and there's rats in the dorms... and the sheets haven't even been washed and.... there was a spider on my pillow." It could really go on forever.
Before any more tears could come, Theo covered his eyes with the handkerchief again and mopped them up.