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Dallin nodded, sighing silently. He supposed that he should have guessed that much. But he had just hoped that Adam might know a little bit more than he did. It seemed like Louisa was hard for everyone to read, though. Dallin shrugged half-heartedly at Adam's suggestion. He didn't really want to approach Louisa. She would probably just run off. Or yell at him. Or hex him. And none of those things sounded at all like something he would like. He laughed a litte, shaking his head. "I don't think we've had one friendly conversation since... last term." That late night in the common room. Because after that there'd been yelling and crying and just plain awkwardness.
Sigh.
A best friend. That's what Dallin considered her, too. Or he had. Right now he pretty much considered her a crazy teenage girl that was at least partly crazy. Maybe best friend fit in there somewhere? At what Adam said next, Dallin's eyes widened and he resisted the urge to look at the fifth year. He knew what Louisa was going through? Meaning... what Dallin thought he meant? "In what way?" Okay, that might be a little personal. But Adam had the option to tell Dallin to mind his own business, of course.
Adam turned and gave Dallin an empathetic frown. He could only imagine how frustrating this could be: after all him and Louisa had been friends and from all that he'd gathered from this conversation it seemed like Dallin really enjoyed being Louisa's friend. He just wished there was some way that Adam could help Louisa so that she could talk to Dallin. He wished he could show her this Dallin that was sad and confused about the whole situation, but doing that would open a whole other can of worms that Adam wasn't really sure that he wanted to open. After all if Louisa felt like Adam was becoming good friends with Louisa she would probably hex him on the spot.
When Adam's semi confession came out he noticed that Dallin's eyes had gotten big. Somewhat embarrassed Adam shot his glance to the ground, not sure that he could make eye contact with Dallin. Of course Louisa already knew this, so it wouldn't be a surprise if somehow this got back to her. One can't really be surprised at what they already know, right? Adam cleared this throat slightly when Dallin asked what he meant.
"I...uh...well...I like Louisa as more than a friend, but the feelings aren't mutual," Adam said, the words come out quite quietly. In all honesty things had gotten complicated between Louisa and Adam since that moment in the owlery and then their conversation about her talk with Joao. Really, Adam was perplexed as to what Louisa was thinking and feeling, and it seemed like every time they talked about it the more confused that he got.
"It's kind of complicated though...sometimes I think maybe she thinks about it, but then there's another guy she kind of likes...and...it's just..." Adam let out a somewhat deflated sigh. Dallin probably did not want to hear him babble on like this, but Adam was confused and somewhat hurt, and he had no clue what to do about it.