Noble sighed. This was going to come back to haunt him and he was sure of it — Clementine was, among other things, very prone to scheming. "I suppose I ought to be grateful," he said, sure that she would tell him what she wanted eventually. Maybe not today, but eventually.

He was fucked, and she didn't even know everything.

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   Clementine Greengrass

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"Of course you should be grateful," the Hufflepuff agreed, resting her head affectionately against his shoulder. "You have me as a sister, a whole family that loves you dearly—and if I am not mistaken, the eye of a pretty young lady."

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   Elsie Kirke

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Noble put an arm around her shoulders, more out of habit than because he was feeling particularly affectionate. "It's just flirting, Clem," he said, forcing some levity into his tone despite himself.

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   Aldous Crouch

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"If I were flirting with a gentleman," the Hufflepuff pointed out with a hint of sourness, "you would not think there to be any 'just' about it."

Indeed, Ford would no doubt have her married within the fortnight if she did.

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   Elsie Kirke

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"Fair point, Clem," Noble said, feeling woefully unprepared to argue about society's outlook — or avoid the subject of their family's dire finances — at present. He removed his arm from around her shoulders when they reached the stairs of the stands, and gestured for her to begin without him.

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   Tatiana Macnair

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"I hope you know," she said brightly, turning her head to glance behind her at her brother, "that you have not heard the end of this."

  

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Noble wrinkled his nose at her in a childish expression. "I figured," he said, because he had, but that didn't mean he was happy about it.

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At that, they were nearly upon their sisters, and so Clementine did not discuss the matter further (at least not today), true to her word. Still, she could not help but smirk at Noble as she sat back down upon the bench, wondering just how long she might draw this out.

  

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