Originally Posted by AmbiguouslyMe

Thornton wasn't at all mad, just confused. Everyone had clearly continued being interested in snogging over the break, but it had never occurred to him that Paige would be interested, so hearing it suggested by Dot was unsettling. "We could do that, too. I sometimes play in that empty office, but Professor Flamsteed suggested another space that I want to try. We could do that."

He leaned on his cart, rolling it forward and back a little as he considered what she said. "She's my best friend." He shrugged. So it made sense that she thought he was nice. He laughed, though, at the quiz. "It was weird. I don't really even understand why that book was in the library. It was all quizzes and snogging tips and stuff." He remembered how Paige had grabbed his hand at that one question and how he had frozen. Hm.