She Said What?

Chapter 19: I Enjoy a Bit of Madness

A/N: Thanks for all the brilliant feedback, guys, I do appreciate it!

In the last chapter's ending author's note, I promised a riddle that would drive James insane. I have one, but it didn't feel right, adding it onto this chapter, so I shall reference it next chapter instead. Sorry about that!

Otherwise...I don't have much to say except I had a good time writing this. Hopefully you shall have a good time reading it too!

Cheers.
Xx

November 4

12:45 PM
Status: Very giggly

My goodness! Livvy is so silly sometimes!

Thanks to the olive incident, Livvy has wisely decided to leave lunch a little early. This means I am now in class a little early with some time to spare. I think this is a good thing, because now, I am able to immortalize the olive incident in this journal. November fourth...this is a day Livvy will always look back on fondly.

The whole ordeal took place at lunch today, but a few minutes ago. Here's how it all went down.

See, me, Livvy, and Alice were sitting in our usual places, Alice and Livvy one side with me on the other. We were eating lunch – there was some very nice steak-and-kidney pie today – and discussing my refusal of Jonathon and the conversation I had with James afterward.

True to my word, I didn't tell them anything about Sirius, but the rest was in-bounds and made for some very spirited dialogue between us.

"This is just so huge!" Alice cried, throwing her hands up in the air. "I mean, Lils, this is like proof that James is in love with you! I mean...it's so obvious! Why are you still in denial?"

"C'mon, Alice, how does James telling Lily to dump Jonathon translate into James telling Lily he's in love with her?" inquired Livvy rationally. "The only way to really know if James loves Lily is if he says so directly. Which he hasn't. So – and you might want to stay sitting for this one – he doesn't love her. Simple as that."

"C'mon, Livs, have you told anyone you love how you feel about them?" Alice asked scornfully. "No one ever does, so you have to rely on hints—"

"In case we're forgetting this, I was the one who dated him before, not you," interrupted Livvy. "I know him. If he cares, he will say so. He doesn't believe in bullshitting around."

"He probably doesn't want to get hurt again!" retorted Alice. "I mean, every time he tried to be bold and tell Lily how he felt, Lily put him down and made him regret it. Maybe he doesn't want to go there again; but he still cares about her, so he's hoping she'll pick it up another way. And I mean, come on...when a guy tells a girl that her lack of interest in another guy should result in her dumping him immediately, that's basically screaming at her, 'YOO HOO, I'M RIGHT HERE!'"

"James's advice was exactly what we already told Lily ourselves, so it's highly irrelevant," insisted Livvy. "Or are you suggesting you and I are in love with Lily as well?"

Until this point, I had stayed somewhat mute, letting my friends have a go at it so I could eat my lunch in peace; but by this point, I was pretty sick of their bickering. I decided to speak up.

"Will you lot shut up now?" I requested. "James and I are friends, plain and simple, and he was trying to be helpful. Get over it. Here, have a sandwich." I held out the plate for them in the hope it would divert conversation a little bit.

Livvy looked at the plate with interest. "Are those olives?" she asked.

I actually had not paid much attention to the sandwich platter when I had shoved it under their noses; but once Livvy pointed it out, I glanced down and saw that the house elves had put a toothpick through each sandwich with an olive on top, restaurant-style.