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Why did she.........sound so weird? Her smile looked off too. Masking her problems? Ilia supposed that was probably right. She had a feeling it was something more than simply her O.W.L.s , because she had been having that stress for awhile. "I'm sorry to hear that." She gave Leah a polite smile. If she didn't want to talk about it, Ilia supposed it really wasn't her concern.
She knew her expression had changed, however, when Leah asked her an odd question. Why would she phrase it that way and.....they were in the same house. Why was Leah asking her? "I am doing fine." As fine as could be expected she supposed. "I only saw Henric this morning for a moment, but he seemed ok?" It was his turn to have parental bonding time with Princess and he seemed his normal self. Had she seen him after Ilia had? "Is something wrong?" Why....wouldn't she just ask Henric herself? She didn't see Leah as the kind of person to not say something if Henric were not ok.
Did Ilia notice her uh STRANGEness? Leah hoped not. Or maybe she did. A part of her wanted to scream at the girl while the other part told her to be nice. As for now, the latter seemed to be fading away slowly until the larger piece took over. Deep in her own thoughts, she ignored Ilia's smile... unintentionally. Oh well.
She had however, noticed the change in Ilia's expression. Maybe she was SURPRISED that the whole school knew about their relationship.
"That is GREAT to hear," Leah smiled, a bit too widely perhaps.
"No no, nothing's wrong. I just wanted to know more about how you and your BOYFRIEND are doing, if you don't mind. You guys are quite the cute couple." ... It felt weird to say that. Like for real.