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Minerva smiled at him as they walked, "Thanks, it's really fun actually. I didn't know if I could do it or not. Since I didn't get to try out, I thought this might be the next best thing." She then shrugged and blushed a bit, "It's just an added bonus when I know some back information, like if two are dating or something." She laughed a little at this, she didn't do it to be mean or gossip, it was just for the entertainment really. Well until it came to Rich, now that was just to get under his skin and hopefully make girls aware to stay away from him. She then jumped a little in front of him and smiled, "Hey.. I at least left you out of it this time, even though I was thinking what I said last time." She was glad his drink was good, she wouldn't want to screw up on something like that.
She looked at the snow, "Depends on which state I was living in. Some we got a ton, others we got none. I like it though, plus I like my winter hats, so it's a win/win situation for now." Her smile grew as he said he liked her hair, he was hoping he would. It would be blonde again soon, but maybe she would leave the blue for awhile, since he enjoyed it. "Thanks, I could always make yours match for the next quidditch match Ravenclaw is in." She was good at the spell and liked doing it not just on herself. "Oh yeah, Taylor and I are pretty good friends actually.There is a group of us that use to hangout a lot until well you know how breakups go and things. It use to be Maxwell, Ariana, Taylor, Damon, and myself, but once Maxwell and I ended and Taylor and Damon ended it just got awkward all the way around." She shrugged a bit thinking about it, they hadn't hung out as a group all term. It was sad, but what could you do.
As they continued to walk Minerva tried to figure out how to bring something up and finally she just took a breath and went for it. "Hey Ethan..I need to explain something to you." Yes, she really felt the need to explain herself. "The other weekend at Hogsmeade, at the three broomsticks. Well not that I didn't like it or anything, but usually I'm not that well forward I guess." She felt her cheeks blushing. "I had went in and was excited to see Maxwell and Ariana together and wanted to hangout with them, but Elliot was there. Well to make a long story short, I was trying to be nice to her and I guess she just can't do the same. You were brought up and our date, and well she kind of... trailing off she looked away from him, well this was more embarrassing then she thought. "Anyway, Elliot asked how much I paid you to go on a date with me. I guess she doesn't believe you would actually ask me on a date. It just made me mad and well I just wanted to show her that we did like each other. Probably not the most mature thing to do, but I wasn't really thinking clearly after she said that." She hoped he wouldn't think she was a horrible person or anything after saying all this. She would have liked to kiss him either way, but it just happened so quickly and so randomly that she was feeling weird about it.
"Yeah, I guess I don't really know a lot about that sort of thing," Ethan shrugged in response to Minerva's comment on the personal details of her commentary. He chuckled a bit though, thinking how that aspect was what made her commentary special. Stopping suddenly as she jumped in front of him, the sixteen year old grinned at her words.
"Oh you mean cute?" he said, tugging gently on the side of her coat to pull her a little closer.
"I'm pretty sure that's what you said last time.." Chuckling a bit, he let go and walked a bit further down the path, willing her to follow.
"Oh, right.. I guess it's a pretty big country, isn't it? Lot of different climates?" That was a little strange for him to completely wrap his head around.. but he figured he'd see for himself one day. Turning to face Minnie, at her words, he grinned and placed a hand on either side of her hat, gently tugging down a little.
"Well, you look really cute in your hats.. so I guess it's a win for me too." Wink. Flirty teasing aside, the boy dropped his hands and walked alongside her as she spoke about a group of friends. He only recognized a couple names, but she seemed a bit sad that things weren't the way they were. Funny how things like that happened sometimes..
Ethan stopped and looked at Minerva as her tone suddenly got serious. An explanation? He grinned as he took a step closer.
"I was wondering about that actually.. about what got into you that day.." His smug smile started to fall, however, the more she explained.
"What?" he breathed, eyes slightly widened as she mentioned Elliot's comment.
"That's a horrid thing to say.." he started, eyes averted as he processed this info. He wasn't sure how she even knew about their date, but that wasn't really important anyway. He thought for a moment about all she said and turned back to her.
"So, you only kissed me to prove a point?" he asked with a hint of disappointment. What Elliot said was pretty awful and he guessed he understood Minnie's reasoning.. but he wished she had kissed him for a different reason.