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Nik nodded at her apology, but then his head snapped up when he heard her next question, "My father would sooner eat a house elf." he said honestly and without much emotion.
Andi made a mental groan. Boom went the other high-heeled boot as she put her foot into it. Again. She really, really needed a smoke. "Oh?" she said, mildly. "Well, I've always heard that house-elves are a delicacy in certain parts of the--"
The professor stopped. "Who's your father anyway?" Andi resolved to look the old man up in the school register. Honestly. Didn't anyone in this school have a normal family? Certainly not
her anyway...
Andi paused to tug a cigarette from her case when the whole thing just
swooped away from her. Andi stood up sharply, looking livid, her attention gone from Nik. "
Who did that?" she said, her voice shaking ever so slightly - like a knife just flung at a wall.