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He looked at the spoon he had used to stir his chicory with and said, "Well...because you are someone who is important to me, and so it's important for me to take an interest in you." It wasn't a perfect answer, but was there really a perfect one?
He felt better with her nod and response that she was fine. He sat there, just trying to reassure himself that everything would work out eventually. He wasn't sure how, or when, because right now, of course everything wasn't ok. Everything was muddled and cofused and just plain wrong, but he had people like Nia who he knew would help take care of him.
He laughed. "If I insist? Don't you get to hear it more often? I'm sure that being related to Theo, you compare fovorably." He couldn't imagine it being different, but maybe he only saw her through rose colored lenses.
"Thanks. That would be pretty helpful, though I hope you don't have to take away from your own work to help me." He was happy to have someone willing to help him get by in school.
She nodded at his answer, apparently satisfied. For the moment at least. And with that she took another mouthful of stew, and enjoyed the flavours in her mouth as Elan seemed thoughtful.
To Nia it appeared to be a confused kind of thoughtful. In an accepting kind of way. She couldn't explain why she thought that, but she put it down having known Elan for the whole time they'd been at Hogwarts. She'd obviously become attuned to the little details that could give away what he was thinking.
Nia shook her head lightly, causing her hair to flick over her shoulder. As she smoothed it back down, she gave a small chuckle. "Exactly the opposite, I'm afraid," she said. "I wasn't cute, annoyed my brother and generally wanted to do my own thing...so Theo got all the comments, and I stayed well clear, reading a book usually." She bit her lip. "Not that people didn't say nice stuff, of course, they did...but it was always him that got all the attention." She rolled her eyes. "It's a bit more different now everyone sees us as individuals, and not just 'the twins'...though it still felt strange you saying stuff like that and just my close family."
"Of course not," Nia replied with a smile. "We can do some work together anyway - and I like to recap stuff, keeps it fresh in my mind ready for the exams." Her eyes seemed to light up. "Teaching someone else is the best way to confirm you know something. And we can try and make it fun too."