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|  ~ Mrs. Steve Harrington ~ It be like that sometimes.
SPOILER!!: Heath! <3 Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy 
It was only after the fact that it occurred to Heath that Claudine might think he was laughing at her, and he inwardly berated himself over it. What was wrong with him? He hardly ever laughed at anything, and now it was like he turned into a giggling idiot whenever he was around her. Ugh, this storm must be affecting his emotions as well as his memory! "Sorry," he said with an apologetic look back at Claudine. "It's not you… I was just imagining my sister's reaction if I asked her to apparate to Espresso Patronum for you."
Then the conversation turned to the lack of magic, and Heath had no idea how to respond. He never really thought of his lack of confidence in spellwork as a blessing in disguise until he heard Claudine. If anything, he had the opposite problem! "I know," he replied. "If you like, I can help you. I'm kind of used to doing things without magic. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I’m not very good at wandwork.”
Wow, that came out wrong! Now Claudine probably thought he was too lazy or too dumb to learn magic. Way to make a fool of yourself, Heath! he thought. “I mean, I can do the spells when I practice alone," he explained, "but in a classroom when there’s people around to watch me fail…” He sighed, nervously running a hand through his hair. Did Claudine have any idea where he was going with this?
Heath didn't know how Claudine would react when he told her why he always hid his eyes, but he didn't expect her to feel sorry for him! He was torn between feeling guilty for making her pity him and gratified that she actually cared. "It's okay," he said, realizing too late how that probably sounded. "Not okay that it happened, but you don't have to be sorry."
Merlin, was he ever going to stop saying the wrong thing?! He looked around the room for a distraction when Claudine asked another question that caught him off guard. Come to think of it, he had noticed that about her, but he didn’t think anything of it at the time. He wondered if her reasons for not looking people in the eye were similar to his own reason for hiding his eyes, but he didn’t ask. She could tell him in her own time. “I have noticed, but that’s not why,” he replied. “It’s because I trust you not to judge me for whatever you see there."
Claudine shook her head, a small grin forming on her face. “That would be rude if you were. But since you’re here making me soup, I figured that you weren’t laughing at me.’’ Heathen was the only one helping her during this time {or the only one she remembered offering to help her feel better} and she hoped she’d remember this tomorrow and all the days that followed. Oh? He wasn’t good at spellwork? “Really?’’ she asked in surprise. “A far as I can remember you were never terrible. But you shouldn’t worry about it. We all have spells that make us want to throw our hands up and scream in frustration.’’ Yes, this was her experience talking. The Slytherin considered the Gryffindor’s plight. “That sounds like me and public speaking. I hate having to do presentations in front of everyone.’’ She shrugged. “I hope you realise that you’re not bad at magic. You just need a bit of a boost in your confidence.’’ Which was a lot harder than one might think but it wasn’t an impossible task.
Yes, she did. Yes, she had to be sorry because Claudine thought that someone as nice as Heathen didn’t deserve to be treated in any bad way. Only thing was, she wasn’t going to tell him this because Claudine was never one to express her emotions outright to another person and she didn’t want him to feel embarrassed if he thought she was pitying him too much.
His response to her question caught her off guard, stopping her mulling. What? He trusted her? Claudine never thought that anyone would want to trust her save family members, William Williamson and someone who was once upon a time her best friend {though at that time, she wasn’t even sure she had ever had a best friend. Memory, you know}. “Oh.’’ Claudine was lost for words and honestly, if she hadn’t been, she was unclear as to what to say. “I won’t, I promise,’’ she replied, hoping that was enough to reassure him and staring at Heath’s chin in surprise but at the same time feeling happy about the revelation. This only led to another question. “Why though? Haven’t you ever noticed that I can be rude and very crude sometimes?’’ Claudine was literally nicer to creatures as opposed to humans. |