Him? Confusing and irritating things? That was her, and she’d know it if she listened to herself talk. It was as if she’d forgotten the contents of his letters entirely.
“If you’re talking about the teasing, I’m sorry. I already said I was,” he said on one exasperated breath. “I’ve taken responsibility. I told you I’m sorry and told you how I felt. We don’t have to argue, but you won’t accept my apology and continue to tell me how awful I am to you!” As if he hadn’t sent her a whole bracelet and wished her happy birthday! As if he hadn’t almost been drowned by a sea creature to save her ass! She was obviously so determined to demonize him that she forgot all the times he’d openly cared about her.
“Maybe if you told me your feelings—not about how moronic and infuriating I am, but why everything I seem to say upsets you—we’d be able to go to school as friends this year. You can say I should know why they upset you, but they’ve never bothered you this much before!” He’d been plain with his feelings, as humiliating as they were, yet he was supposed to be some kind of legilimens. His hands balled into fists and he held them stiffly at his side, and his lips dipped into a deep frown. “You should know by now that I’d never insult you or anything. I’m just, you know, poking fun. It’s how we’ve always talked.” Didn’t she know that, or had she conveniently forgotten that, too?
“If you’re talking about the teasing, I’m sorry. I already said I was,” he said on one exasperated breath. “I’ve taken responsibility. I told you I’m sorry and told you how I felt. We don’t have to argue, but you won’t accept my apology and continue to tell me how awful I am to you!” As if he hadn’t sent her a whole bracelet and wished her happy birthday! As if he hadn’t almost been drowned by a sea creature to save her ass! She was obviously so determined to demonize him that she forgot all the times he’d openly cared about her.
“Maybe if you told me your feelings—not about how moronic and infuriating I am, but why everything I seem to say upsets you—we’d be able to go to school as friends this year. You can say I should know why they upset you, but they’ve never bothered you this much before!” He’d been plain with his feelings, as humiliating as they were, yet he was supposed to be some kind of legilimens. His hands balled into fists and he held them stiffly at his side, and his lips dipped into a deep frown. “You should know by now that I’d never insult you or anything. I’m just, you know, poking fun. It’s how we’ve always talked.” Didn’t she know that, or had she conveniently forgotten that, too?
