Edgar Bones

“what? you care all of a sudden?” 

What the hell. “All of a sudden?” He repeated. “Have I missed something?”

for just a moment, amelia finds herself in edgar. they were truly more alike than either of them knew. “i.. understand.” sighing, she averts her gaze, not willing to face him more often than not. “ed.. i..” and there it was, the lump in her throat. the main cause of her lying. “i’m sorry.”

Glancing over at Amelia, Edgar frowned at the sudden change in atmosphere around them. Or maybe it was just the sorry that was throwing him off.  “Are you...okay?”

“really? come on ed, i thought you grew out of this shit.” she couldn’t help but think about his own treatment of her, the fact this was the first time they’d spoken in over a week. and amelia had gone rapidly downhill since then. “why can’t we just.. like people.”

“Obviously not.” He muttered quietly. It was moments like this he wished he and Amelia were closer just so she would get it. But that wasn’t going to happen right now. “Because people like Ted shouldn’t like people like me. I mean come on, everyone is giving me a hard time for just saying no to a date. Imagine if we did go out for a bit and I did something stupid to hurt him them. There would be a damn target on my head.”

“ i already know you’re here . ” she rolled her eyes in a near-tired irritation and were it not for her traitorous smile , perhaps her act of a faux annoyance would have held up . despite her usual animosity towards her ex partners , edgar was the endurable exception whose presence she didn’t completely despise . “ then how about a drink to fix your hurt feelings ? i can’t have your broken ego on my conscience . ”

“Not my fault if you can’t ignore my presence. You’re not the only one with assignments due you know.” He said with a casual shrug and he was perfectly happy with playing along until she mentioned a drink. And that piqued his interest a little bit more. “Oh, so now you are concerned with my ego?” He teased. “But you know me, I’m never going to say no to a drink.”

“ i was being diplomatic , didn’t want to have you feel unwanted by saying the truth out loud . ” she bites back but it lacks the usual power and contrary to her words she moves aside , making room for him . 

“Well, you failed. I feel completely unwanted and it might take me a while to get over the pain I feel right now.” Grinning he sat down in the space that she had made and started taking his own work out of his bag. “See, wasn’t so hard was it? You won’t even know I’m here.”

“you’re kidding.” raising her eyebrows, amelia reaches over to whack him with her notebook. “why would you do that? he’s like the sweetest guy here and you..” sighing, she shakes her head. “you’re an idiot.”

“Oi!” He protested and flinched out of her reach. “Exactly! He’s sweet. Would you really want someone like Ted dating me?”

“Yes that’s also very true.  Warming charms are essential this time of year. What’s your favorite? Season I mean?”

“I dunno, not really thought about it that much,” Edgar said with a shrug. “Maybe autumn, though? I like when it’s in between too hot and too cold.”

“if you really think i’m gonna believe that..” she shakes her head, manicured nails tapping against the hard wood in a steady rhythm. “what happened?”

Glancing over at Amelia, Edgar let out a loud sigh. “I said no after I had said yes.” He said quietly and this was one of the few times he actually felt bad about what he had done. “It was stupid to say yes anyway.”

Sibella’s eyes went wide and she snuck a quick glance at Ted before whispering “So you said yes… then turned him down?” She shook her head. “I don’t think I’m getting the full story.”

“That is the full story.” He sighed. “I don’t get why it’s a big deal I changed my mind. I get that he’s upset, and it was really shitty of me, but it’s not that big a thing.”

changing the subject away from herself was natural, and something she did often. “so.. speaking of breaks. what happened with you and ted?”

The sudden change of subject totally threw Edgar off and, really, he hadn’t expected him and Ted to be such a thing. “Nothing happened.” He shrugged but he couldn’t quite look at Amelia as he switched his attention to his breakfast. “He asked me on a date and I said no. It’s no big deal.”

rolling her eyes, she finally takes a bite of the now crust ridden bread. “when have i ever needed your help?” her tone is teasing, but there’s an ounce of truth behind it. “i’m just taking a break.”

“Never. But the offer is always there.” He said, glancing over at her with a smile and a shrug. “And breaks are good. The more breaks the better actually.”

“Yeah it is cold, but that adds to it I think.  You know you don’t want to ruin it by walking on the new snow.” 

“That’s true. It does look nice.” He smiled. “And it does make you thankful for whoever invented heating charms.”

“Wait, what?” she asked, eyebrows furrowing. “You know?” She put her fork down and leaned forward, resting her arms on the table so she could whisper “Why are you trying to ignore him? Is he bugging you? ‘Cause I can tell him to fuck off if he’s making you uncomfortable.”

“No he’s not bothering me it’s just...” Letting out a sigh Edgar looked over at Sibella with a sheepish look on his face. “He asked me out. And I said yes...then no. I feel like shit about it so I’m trying to avoid him as much as I can.”

“Okay,” was all Ted could say, reaching up with both hands to dig his palms into his eyes, desperate to get all the moisture out of them. The apology didn’t help Ted feel better at all, but he still believed it. Maybe he was just an idiot, but Edgar sounded genuine. Then again, he sounded genuine when he said he wanted to go on a date with Ted, too. “I um… I should…” he started, but wasn’t able to get the full sentence out before he was speed walking out the door and practically running down the stairs. He kept running until he was outside the Ravenclaw common room, looking back at the knocker, tears freely running down his scowling face. All that work on the riddle only to get his heart broken? This kind of shit could only happen to him. He then kept running until he was in his own bed, pulling the covers over his head so he could cry in peace.

As Ted left Edgar took a step as if to follow him but stopped instead and just stared at the door. He has let people down before but never has he felt so awful about it. He just kept telling himself that it was for the best. That Ted will get over it and find someone better suited for himself. But that didn’t stop the guilt from causing an ache in his stomach and when he was sure Ted wasn’t coming back he walked over and dropped himself into his bed and stared up at the ceiling instead. “Good job.” He muttered to himself and let out a sigh. If there was one thing Edgar was good at it was really fucking things up.