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RachieRu 
"I know." Finlay said sadly, looking at Spike. He didn't look physically upset, but something in his eyes said something different. He was kicking himself for making them fall out. It was all his fault...and he hated it. "I don't think even I can make us friends again." He shook his head. It'd do no good to look upset infront of everyone. Taking Spike's arm, he lead him over to a quieter part of the common room, and sat down on a sofa.
"The thing is Spike....I really betrayed him." Finlay was gonna tell Spike what happened. Not that he thought he'd understand. But Spike was little, he wouldn't really care. "You know Marie? I told you about her last term." Marie who'd dumped him. "Well...she used to be Jimmy's girlfriend. And I went and got with her....and betrayed Jimmy. You don't do that...get with you best friends ex." He had been rather stupid. And he was paying for it now. "Thats why we fell out..." He nodded, sighing again.
"Thing is....it wasn't worth it. She dumped me on the train. I lost Jimmy....for nothing." At least that was how he felt anyway.
Spike rubbed his lips together, not really sure what to do or say. He was getting the feeling it was probably grown up stuff he wouldn't understand, and was almost preparing for Finn to tell him to go away and stop pestering him about Jimmy.
"Course you can," Spike said confidently. Anything was possible. And if anyone could do it, Finn and Jimmy could. They were amazing. Look at what they could both do on the pitch. Not just anyone could do that and hold their nerve. And they were older and had more experience too. Though Spike's mind was probably thinking along far more simplistic lines to what might have
actually happened.
And then rather than pushing him away, Finn took Spike to one of the quieter sofas. Spike sat on the sofa next to him, and bounced lightly with his legs swinging. Figuring that maybe that wasn't appropriate, and now was a time to try and act a bit more grown up, he hastily pulled his legs up and crossed them in front of him. Matilda too had noticed something, and his hair moved as the tarantula changed position.
He nodded as Finn spoke once more. Course he remembered Marie. "Your girlfriend. A snake. Well, not a literal snake. But, yeah. You held hands and stuff." He bit his lip, trying to follow everything. Admittedly he didn't really understand. Something to do with Marie being Jimmy's and then not. And an X. "Jimmy has buried treasure?" Spike enquired, not understanding Finn's meaning of 'ex'. To Spike, an X marked the spot, and treasure was underneath worth fighting for. Even if that treasure was only chocolate, and they were all going to share it anyway after a battle of rather 'epic' (and imaginery) proportions. But maybe Marie was that treasure?
He shook his head, a confused look on his face. "She dumped you on the train...like threw you? Weren't you gonna be on the train anyway?" And surely you'd be thrown OFF the train? Not that Spike had seen Finn for any of the journey.
HMMM. Hmmm.
"He's still here," Spike said quietly after a while. "He's not properly lost. You just need to find your friendship again." Matilda made her way on his shoulder, and he gave her a small smile. "You miss him, right?"
Apparently, Spike wasn't as oblivious as one might think. Or he'd just taken a good guess. Either way, he was making his best effort.