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Samira Malfoy Potter · 06-04-2011, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

Nika took the handkerchief and did as instructed. "Thanks." She used it first to wipe tears off of her face then to blow her nose. She knew Samira wanted answers. Nika understood what the nod meant, but she didn't really want to explain. It was hard enough just thinking about what had happened, let alone telling someone. Maybe Samira was right though. What if it did help?

"It's Emily." She said slowly waiting for Samira to respond. "I-I think you've talked to her before." She whispered. Nika wasn't sure if she wanted to tell anyone. What if Samira told Emily that she was sad about the news? What if Samira told Emily and then Emily thought Nika was selfish for thinking that way? "She-she was my best friend." Nika used the past tense because she wasn't sure what they were anymore. Best friends or barely friends at all? Would Emily still want to be her friend after the move? It was all too much for the twelve year old to think about.

"She-she's leaving." With that short sentence came a few more tears. Nika quickly turned away and wiped them off with the handkerchief. "Am I selfish Samira? Selfish for not wanting her to leave?' She asked earnestly. Now she knew how her sister felt. It felt horrible. Now Nika knew what she did to her sister the day that she told her that she would leave her and go back to Hogwarts. "I'm such-such a hypocrite!" She said using a volume that was about two times louder than her soft whisper from before. Nika was having so many feelings jumbled around in her head. She couldn't take it. There was just too much. Too much for a second year to think about. This was something harder than arithmancy, something even harder than charms. This time it's emotional.

Oh. "Oh...I'm really sorry, Pink." Of course, saying 'sorry' never really helped anyone, now did it? At Nika's next comment, Samira turned to fully face her and said firmly, "No, Nika. You are most definitely not a selfish person." There was a fierce glint in Samira's eye that clearly messaged that if Nika disagreed, there would be problems. Samira was quite a determined person, like most Slytherins, and was not going to give up until she got the point across.

"It's human nature for you to be upset that your friend is leaving. You can't help it, can you? No. So stop beating yourself up about it." Samira said this in a nice, encouraging way, of course. She was never one for pep talks, but she had to try. "If you were to move back to the Muggle world, and I was upset, does that make me selfish? Does it make anyone who is going to miss their friend selfish? No." Samira thought using specific examples might help, since people couldn't really control their feelings or emotions.

"Another thing, don't you think Emily would be upset, too, if you were leaving? What kind of person wouldn't be?" A jerk, that's who. "And it's not like you're wishing Emily can't be happy," for whatever reason. If Samira knew the details of the move, she might be able to understand the situation a little bit more. "Like I said before, you're just going to miss her."

"And it's not like you have to stop being friends," Samira continued. She felt like she was on a roll. "You can still keep sending letters, or using that thing-uh, what was it called?-fellytoners?" Samira didn't know if Emily had a fellytoner or whatever that weird device was, but they could still keep in touch. "It's not like she's dying! You can still floo to each other's place, or maybe meet up somewhere out of school. Maybe when you graduate Hogwarts you can see more of each other."

Samira carried on. She held up a finger for emphasis. "And another thing," here Samira's voice was much softer and delicate. "The fact that you think you're being selfish means that you're at least acknowledging, however untrue it may be. I don't know where you got this hypocrite nonsense from, but a selfish person or a hypocrite would not acknowledge it, nor would they admit it. If you haven't been listening to anything else I said," and if that was the case, Nika would have on angry Slytherin on her case, "Then think about this-logical-point."

She leaned back. This whole conversation, she had not broken eye contact. "Got it?"

06-04-2011, 12:01 PM	#67 (permalink)
Samira Malfoy Potter Billywig Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: America Posts: 3,404 Hogwarts RPG Name: Willow Essence Evergreen Fifth Year	nice and long! :D Quote: Originally Posted by ArianaBlack Nika took the handkerchief and did as instructed. "Thanks." She used it first to wipe tears off of her face then to blow her nose. She knew Samira wanted answers. Nika understood what the nod meant, but she didn't really want to explain. It was hard enough just thinking about what had happened, let alone telling someone. Maybe Samira was right though. What if it did help? "It's Emily." She said slowly waiting for Samira to respond. "I-I think you've talked to her before." She whispered. Nika wasn't sure if she wanted to tell anyone. What if Samira told Emily that she was sad about the news? What if Samira told Emily and then Emily thought Nika was selfish for thinking that way? "She-she was my best friend." Nika used the past tense because she wasn't sure what they were anymore. Best friends or barely friends at all? Would Emily still want to be her friend after the move? It was all too much for the twelve year old to think about. "She-she's leaving." With that short sentence came a few more tears. Nika quickly turned away and wiped them off with the handkerchief. "Am I selfish Samira? Selfish for not wanting her to leave?' She asked earnestly. Now she knew how her sister felt. It felt horrible. Now Nika knew what she did to her sister the day that she told her that she would leave her and go back to Hogwarts. "I'm such-such a hypocrite!" She said using a volume that was about two times louder than her soft whisper from before. Nika was having so many feelings jumbled around in her head. She couldn't take it. There was just too much. Too much for a second year to think about. This was something harder than arithmancy, something even harder than charms. This time it's emotional. Oh. "Oh...I'm really sorry, Pink." Of course, saying 'sorry' never really helped anyone, now did it? At Nika's next comment, Samira turned to fully face her and said firmly, *"No, Nika. You are most definitely not* a selfish person." There was a fierce glint in Samira's eye that clearly messaged that if Nika disagreed, there would be problems. Samira was quite a determined person, like most Slytherins, and was not going to give up until she got the point across. "It's human nature for you to be upset that your friend is leaving. You can't help it, can you? No. So stop beating yourself up about it." Samira said this in a nice, encouraging way, of course. She was never one for pep talks, but she had to try. "If you were to move back to the Muggle world, and I was upset, does that make me selfish? Does it make anyone who is going to miss their friend selfish? No." Samira thought using specific examples might help, since people couldn't really control their feelings or emotions. "Another thing, don't you think Emily would be upset, too, if you were leaving? What kind of person wouldn't be?" A jerk, that's who. "And it's not like you're wishing Emily can't be happy," for whatever reason. If Samira knew the details of the move, she might be able to understand the situation a little bit more. "Like I said before, you're just going to miss her." "And it's not like you have to stop being friends," Samira continued. She felt like she was on a roll. "You can still keep sending letters, or using that thing-uh, what was it called?-fellytoners?" Samira didn't know if Emily had a fellytoner or whatever that weird device was, but they could still keep in touch. "It's not like she's dying! You can still floo to each other's place, or maybe meet up somewhere out of school. Maybe when you graduate Hogwarts you can see more of each other." Samira carried on. She held up a finger for emphasis. "And another thing,"** here Samira's voice was much softer and delicate. "The fact that you think you're being selfish means that you're at least acknowledging, however untrue it may be. I don't know where you got this hypocrite nonsense from, but a selfish person or a hypocrite would not acknowledge it, nor would they admit it. If you haven't been listening to anything else I said," and if that was the case, Nika would have on angry Slytherin on her case, "Then think about this-logical-point." She leaned back. This whole conversation, she had not broken eye contact. "Got it?" __________________