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Mad Eye Touz 
Neptune pouted a little at Mia's first response. She hadn't really meant to correct her in THAT way - more in the sense that Mia already knew stuff. As Neptune had said.
And THEN.... Mia gave that assessment of her.
The worst.
It was the worst. Up there with being called 'not special'.
"I... do like you though." Neptune would never bother with someone she didn't. It was possible that her eyes got a little wet. She might have gotten a little teary. She wasn't admitting to anything though.
It wasn't OKAY if that was how she was. Neptune knew she was bad at a lot of things other people seemed to be able to do, but this ... this was new. The nicest girl Neptune knew telling her 'that's just how you are'.
"I wasn't upset with anyone for being friends with Marie. I wasn't." For the record. "I tried so SO hard to stay out of all of that. He liked her. I like him. I wanted him to be happy." Still did. She put her yarn on the floor and sunk her chin into her hands, with her elbows on the desk.
Knitting was NO FUN at ALL.
Lovely.
Juuuust lovely.
Neptune was crying. And it was all Mia's fault. Maybe she should have just told the girl everything she wanted to hear and they could be sitting here probably giggling and telling stories. But Neptune had wanted to know what Mia had thought of her and it wouldn't have been fair to lie.
While the older girl was speaking, Mia pulled out a clean handkerchief from her pocket and held it out to her.
"The thing is Neptune." she said quietly when the girl had finished speaking.
"You sit here now and tell me that you like me but your actions last year told me otherwise. Can you not see why I would question it?"
She moved a little closer to the girl and tentatively placed an arm around her shoulder.
"Have you and James ever sat down and talked about how you both feel? And I don't mean talking in riddles like you usually do. Just simple straight talk."