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Originally Posted by Dani
Ok, so this was beginning to feel more and more like an argument - but it WASN'T. Nope - no sir. They had JUST patched things up and nothing would make them mad at each other. NOTHING.
Right - now that's clear... He used glamour charms?! That's SO cute. She should have thought of that too. Rachel was about to comment fondly on that piece of information when he practically shouted at her. ... Well, he didn't SHOUT - but his tone was just as bad.
Not an argument, not an argument... "Reid - I don't want to fight," she said, feeling pathetically hurt. She even felt little TEARS coming. Ugh. "And so I'm just going to say that it would be nice if you liked my best friend since we're going to spend a lot of time together..." she said evenly, wishing that she could somehow wave her wand and make everything right between her two favourite people.
Unfortunately, there was no spell that could fix their relationship. Only time... And it has to be natural, not accelerated.
"I NEVER asked for you to change. Ever. Everyone has their flaws, and if this is yours then I am blessed. Reid, all I'm-" she replied, slightly surprised that he would think that. Had he misunderstood her that much? She really would not have him change... Because, she knew from experience, that changing oneself means changing EVERYTHING - and she wouldn't exchange Reid for some guy with sympathetic qualities. Ever. "Opposites attract..." she whispered quietly, the words slipping out too fast for her to reel them back in.
Dang.
Moving on...
"Fine. But you weren't really being civil before..." Rachel folded her arms, slightly defiant. He COULD have been gentler, but she did understand. And while civil wasn't the word she would have used, he hadn't really been un-civil either. Which meant she couldn't be mad at him for that - and while she had plenty of other things to help her with that, she refused to think them.
This was NOT an argument, remember?
"And on that note - I'd like to leave this place. Speaking about personal problems with a Professor close by is just weird..." the sixth year attempted to lighten the mood, having noticed their HoM professor enter the alley right after Jake Upstead did, a few minutes ago. When she had been younger, the fact that teachers had lived was strange to her, yet after all those Aparecium issues that feeling had been quickly erased. Now, it was only weird to be near them while talking about your personal life - unlike before, when it was weird to see them outside the classroom.
Ohh she looked taken aback. Well he had just yelled at her, basically. "Look...I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell." he said in a softer tone, relaxing his stance as well to show that he wasn't looking for a fight. He was just frustrated at the moment.
"I don't want to fight either Rach, but we have problems and those problems will more than likely cause us to have an argument at some point in time." He admitted, walking closer to her and hesitantly brushing his fingers lightly against her cheek, wiping away her tears. He hated that he made her cry but he didn't know how not to.
Smiling softly Reid almost... almost laughed at that. Him liking Livvy? Probably not going to happen. Not in the near future anyway. "For you I think both of us will try." Reid told her. He knew that even though he thought it unlikely that he and Livvy would ever come to like each other he would try for Rachel's sake. Plus this way if he tried and still didn't like her Rachel couldn't say that it was because he hadn't given the girl a chance.
He wished that this was fixed already. Wished that there was nothing left to be said on the events of the past and that they could just move forwards as if nothing had happened. But he knew they couldn't. Too much damage had been caused for them to pretend nothing happened. But Reid hoped that they could at least move forwards while acknowledging the past.
"Yes they do. Being opposite tends to make things more interesting." Reid said in reference to Rachel's whispered words. "And that's good to know Rach because not even for you would I be able to change myself. At least not completely." he had already changed because of her, but she wouldn't be aware of that fact due to the fact that she hadn't known him from before they met and he had always treated her like someone special. Someone to be cherished and showered with love.
Laughing Reid said, "But I wasn't exactly being un-civil either. Besides different people have different ideas on what being civil entails." Although to himself Reid just might concede that he hadn't exactly been nice to Livvy. But he found it hard to be nice to people who had only shown him deceit. Even if he himself was an excellent manipulator and liar he didn't appreciate those characteristics in others.
"So where would you like to go then?" he asked, looking at Livvy as well figuring Rachel would want to include her in the activities. He also had to admit that while the alley had at one time been a good spot it no longer was what with all the other people invading the place. It was definitely time to find somewhere else to hang out and relax.