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TakemetotheBurrow 
Creepily not sweetly. His smile was creepy. Ella did not smile back. Nope.
He's alright. Ella wasn't sure she was satisfied with this answer. Mostly because she knew how brilliant Alec was and it amazed her that anyone could think he was anything other than that. "He's not going anywhere." Just so Edric knew. He was going to have to play nice if he wanted to keep an Ella cause Ella planned on keeping Alec for as long as he was willing to be with her. She loved him lots, y'know?
UGH. BOYS. "I want you to want to do it. I don't want you to do it just so that I won't be frowning at you all the time." It wasn't that complicated, SHEESH. And now it was her turn to let the silence settle over them as she sipped on her butterbeer and contemplated whether or not she was happy with the ogre right now. Hmmm...
After what was a very uncomfortably silent couple of minutes, the seventeen year old placed her mug down and glanced up at Edric. "You're my ogre and he's my boyfriend...I want you to get along."
"Never said he was," Edric replied when Ella reminded him that her beloved Alec was here to stay.
At the girl's following words, he raised an eyebrow and grinned. "Who said I was doing it for you? Don't flatter yourself, Ells. I'm doing this for myself," said Edric. "I'm doing it because
I don't want to get pranked anymore, not because my rebellious little sister is threatening me with her expressive eyebrows." Part of this statement was true. He really didn't want to receive another owl like the one she'd sent him that morning. Ever. Again.
The following silence was probably more uncomfortable for Ella than it was for Edric; it was no secret the boy preferred silence over talking. Also, he wasn't the one having boyfriend-and-older-ogre-brother problems.
"I don't think getting along with people is part of an ogre's job description," said the boy as Ella asked him to just get along with her boyfriend. He smiled to reveal he was just teasing. "Anyway, I already told you - I'll make an effort from now on. Promise." He raised his right hand as he made his promise. "C'mon. I appreciate your concern for my opinion, but you're still just a kid in school, Ells. Have fun. Don't worry so much. I know I may not act like it, but I do trust you. I just…" he looked away for a moment, searching for words. "I wouldn't want anything bad to happen to you. I can't be in the castle anymore, so there isn't much I can do to help you anymore. So I worry… not because I think you're not trustworthy, but because if something happens… well, if something happened to you, it would be completely out of my hands."
And Merlin knows that Eddy would never be able to deal with having a heartbroken little sister that was going through a break-up or something. So, for his sake, the girl better make good decisions, stop panicking, and be happy.