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It was not. But...yeah, he was too exhausted to argue on that right now. He knew exactly what he was feeling, though, and it had nothing to do with avoiding anything. He just didn't want to deal with it all right now.
Face buried in his hands, Aidan took a few calming breaths. Not that they were relaxing, though, as the scene in the luggage compartment replayed through his head, and he heard all over again all the words that were exchanged. "She wouldn't admit to admitting what she told me." That she liked him. "So I reminded her of it...in front of other people..." The thought that he embarrassed her didn't come to mind. Just that he neglected to keep that business as private as he realized now, he probably should have. "AndIcalledherarubbishfriend."
And that was it. So their friendship was probably over now.
"You know," Dora finally said after listening to him and watching all of his motions.
"It's not easy for her. She didn't chose this, it just happened. The fact that you said it in front of others probably humiliated her, Aidan." Was he even aware of this? She frowned at her friend thoughtfully.
"And calling her a rubbish friend just hurt her." Alexa was a tough little gryffindor, but even she was capable of being hurt and embarrassed, especially at the hands of one of her best friends.
The fifth year moved to the floor, directly in front of the seat he was occupying beside her abandoned one and tried to grab his attention.
"That wasn't a talk you had with her, that was you being frustrated. Get all that frustration out of you before you go talk to her again. Because you should talk to her again, more civilized. She's your friend, she's worth it." Dora wasn't going to tell him what to say to her, but he did need to at least talk to her more like she was his best friend and not some stalker chick.