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Dallin was silent for a very long time after he finished speaking. He thought back to that day in Diagon Alley when Louisa had told him that... what she felt about him. He closed his eyes, trying to remember what he'd said to her. He hadn't really said that there was no way on Earth they could ever be together, he'd just said that he couldn't possibly imagine not having Ellie. That was what he'd been trying to get at; Ellie was here - thank Merlin - so there was no use for Louisa to ask 'what if.' Because it wouldn't matter. Would her reaction have been any better if he had told her that maybe things could have been different? Even if that was a lie?
...He'd just have to ask her. If she ever talked to him again.
He opened his eyes suddenly at one of the questions Adam asked. Slowly, he nodded. Of course he had felt that; that 'unrequited love' thing. Sure, it hadn't been love, but it'd been something. Those crushes at Merlin's on his sisters' friends. And those few months after Ellie broke up with him that he didn't know how he felt. Was that a kind of rejection Louisa was feeling?
Sighing, Dallin leaned back to grip the other edge of the bench with his hands. "Do you think it'd be a good idea for me to just ... talk to her? Or should I wait and let her do it on her own?" Dallin really had no idea why he was asking Adam for advice. He was Louisa's friend and stuff... so maybe he knew her better than Dallin did.
It wouldn't hurt to ask, would it? "You're really good friends with her, aren't you?" Dallin might be clueless about a lot of things, but it was fairly obvious that Adam felt strongly about Louisa.
Adam sat silent while Dallin was silent. It was a lot to take in and this was a lot to process, so Adam didn't blame Dallin if he needed a minute. Heavens knew Adam himself had a hard time following and understanding this stuff, and given the fact that Dallin was coming to Adam for advice made Adam feel like maybe Dallin had just as hard of a time as he did. When Dallin finally did speak Adam had to admit that he was surprised. He was asking Adam for advice? Well...perhaps he wasn't mad at Adam for telling Louisa to express her feelings.
"Um...I don't know if she's planning on trying to come and talk to you or not," Adam said with an apologetic frown.
"I mean obviously she's been avoiding the situation, but maybe if you did try to approach her again, maybe it would work." Adam felt for Dallin and he thought that if Louisa could find a way to get back to the friend stage with Dallin, that maybe it would help her...well...hurt less. But of course Louisa was remaining quite quiet about the whole thing to Adam, which surprised him slightly, but he wasn't really pushing Louisa to talk about it since he knew how difficult of a topic it was for her.
"I would...uh...prepare yourself for it to not be the friendliest conversation you've ever had with her, but I think if you can force her to get out the frustration, then maybe you guys can have a civilized conversation."
At Dallin's second question Adam couldn't help but shoot his eyes to the ground. After all he was dealing with his own pain at the idea of Louisa being with another guy, but somehow he was managing to remain her friend.
"Yeah...I consider her to be a best friend," Adam said with a nod. He could see from the look that Dallin had that he was suspecting that there was something more than what Adam was telling him.
"I...uh...I can kind of understand what she's going through," Adam said, not too loudly. He hoped that Dallin was understanding what he was trying to say without having to say it out loud.