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Gryffindoll Louis absentmindedly scratched the top of Luna’s tiny head with his index finger, a gesture which caused the kitten to purr happily, curling up snuggly in his other hand. He watched Justine with an expressionless look on his face. He wasn’t sure what to say or even think. The girl had seemed so genuine! For Circe’s sake, she had been his French professor for a while, too! It absolutely blew his mind to think that every detail she had shared about her life had been one big fat lie. How could someone lie to effortlessly, so easily? Lou could hardly lie about the weather without breaking into a sweat.
“Fine,” decided the boy suddenly after a few moments of silence in which he tried to process the shock. “I won’t insist… but I know the truth. You’re not convincing me otherwise, Justine."
All comfortable conversation had gone right out the window, and in the place of the two friends laughter was a tenseness that Justine was finding more and more unbearable. Along with Louis' kicked puppy gaze, seriously, she couldn't take his big sad puppy eyes just then. She should just give in, tell him and then beg for forgiveness.
Even if Louis didn't forgive her, she owed him the truth... Didn't she? After all, he was her first friend here at Hogwarts, he had treated her with such kindness and at a time when she had felt so alone... No, she had to tell him the truth, or fess up or whatever, because Louis already KNEW the truth, he just wanted to hear it from Justine.
"Fine.. I... Lied to you Louis. I vas born in Giverny like I told you... But, I've lived in Quebec, Canada for most of my life... Not Paris," Justine said, her bright eyes still staring down at the kitten in Louis' hands.
"But," Justine added, looking up into Louis' blue eyes. "I'm not sorry for it, it vas my choice," she spoke resolutely, a stubborn gleam to her eyes.