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Wonderstruck
Adam figured she was probably going to need some time to sort things out for herself before she went spilling her guts to anyone. "I imagine she probably needs to think things out first," Adam said with a little nod. At Louisa interesting chuckle that she tried to disguise into a cough, Adam turned to look at her, trying to prevent himself from smiling. "You think she ran away or you know she ran away?" Adam asked, a small smile finally breaking through on his lips.
Adam lost his smile when Louisa mentioned that his parents loved one another. He appreciated her touching gesture, giving a small nod. "I guess they saved all their love for one another," Adam said with a little smile that didn't fully touch his eyes. "I guess people can just change and grow apart you know? Sometimes there's no defining reason or any defining moment as to when it happened, but it does..."
Adam was quiet after Louisa's question as to what he was afraid of. Him and Louisa were close, but even Adam had never really shared what he was afraid of with anyone. "Dying alone," Adam whispered softly, so that only Louisa that was right next to him could hear him. "Getting down to the end of my life and having no one beside me...Odd, I know, for someone who has spent most of their life alone, but I always kept hope in the fact that once I got older and was away from my parents I would find someone that could honestly say that they love me and meant it."
She shrugged a shoulder, or well she made a gesture as close to shrugging a shoulder as possible while lying on the ground like this. "
No, I don't know but I think she might've ran away from him. She is the Head Girl, you know. Younger students know her and all.. it'd be embarrassing for her to be seen in such a situation." The image of Dallin and Vashti snogging, though, was totally wrong.
Louisa sat up slowly when he started talking about his parents loving only each other. She turned to face him while he was still lying back. She offered a very small but sad smile, "
Adam... I think you should stop thinking about it." It was one of those times when Louisa found herself not as smart as she thought she was, with nothing comforting to say to a friend.
And then came his fear. The girl listened quietly, and very politely to the whole thing. It made her heart slow down a bit, listening to his deep concern of not retuning to that loneliness state. Very sad. She spoke once he'd finished, her voice matched his tone. "
Oh Adam, you're not going to die alone." Again with the know-it-all attitude. Louisa sighed and tried again, "
I won't let it." She offered a smile before adding more enthusiastically, "
How about we make a promise to each other today?" In fact, the idea was greater than expected. She reached for her bag and started rummaging through her stuff as she talked, "
We can do like the people in movies do." Even if she wasn't a fan of non-documentary movies, she knew some. "
We write an oath or something and bury it in here. It's like letting the earth protecting it for us... or something." Only they weren't going to return to Hogwarts and take it out. It was just a gesture of commitment.