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Sure?... no. Derry shook her head the tiniest amount but left it at that, it wasn't like she wanted to dump it all on Theo. The guy probably had his own issues, and really, did she expect people to be able to deal with hers when she could deal with them herself? "Mhmm, same." The game thing. "I guess... it's just a wee thing but... cherry on the cake or something." Eloquent, Derry. Well done. Fantastic. So descriptive. You're never going to be a writer. "That's good though... me too I guess. Hanging out with 'Scanius helped." Always did. He was good with stuff.
... Oh. That. "Um..." She shrugged slightly. "I... y'know... someone might have touched me." she said quietly, rubbing her thumb over the scratches on her hand that she'd got climbing that tree... "It's... kinda difficult to explain. And... my dad was there. I didnae um... I didnae really want to talk to him." Because she'd have cried, in front of everyone. By avoiding people she'd managed to hold all of the stuff in and not humiliated herself... it wasn't long until summer now anyway... she could deal with it all then.
Boring? Derry didn't really think so. "It's kind of fascinating actually. It's all about how mammal's brains and stuff work and... yeah." she trailed off, conscious of the fact that most people around here weren't too interested in muggle science. "Cannae concentrate anyway." Brain too full. Mind too occupied. "A distraction would be fantastic."
No. See? He could tell. Theo wasn't going to press her for details, however much he wanted to know, because she clearly didn't want to talk about it with him. Fair dos really, but the game is something that they had shared. "
Yeah..." Cherry on the cake thing was exactly right. It's amazing what losing a game of Quidditch did to a person's confidence, especially when they were heavily into the sport. "
Not just a small thing for everyone." Or a
wee thing, like she said. Wee. Lol. Quidditch used to be a big thing for Theo but not so much these days. Their last game had only made that feeling stronger. He nodded but didn't say anything. He sure wished he had someone to make him feel better about himself after. Was quite a lonely night actually.
Sigh. Misery loves company. Sigh.
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Oh." He got it. She did a runner because she didn't want to speak to anyone. Not the answer that Theo was hoping for, but oh well. "
He was? You played so well, though." Theo encouraged, and gave her a little elbow nudge in the process. "
I bet he was dead proud." These sounded like comforting words to Theo, he really hoped they would help...
Mammal's brains. Huh. "
Aren't humans mammals?" Was that a fact? Was it bad that stating this fact made him feel proper clever? Ummm, okay, distractions. Theo dug into his bag quickly and pushed all of the general crap out of the way. He had a few chocolate frogs which he placed onto his desk, he had a pen and notebook (boring), he had a few paperclips, he had a bracelet which he pushed to the very bottom of his bag, aaaaaaaand last of all he had a Comb-a-Chameleon hairbrush. That was pretty cool. He got that out.
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Uhh..." He brushed his hair and felt it magically change... (into a mini afro) "
What do you think?" Entertaining enough?