Padma shrugged. “I don’t think Lavender would use me,” she responded weakly. “She has no idea I am interested. It was a game and that was the part she found fun.” Padma shrugged again. “It’s not like I told her how much I really liked it.”
“I need to concentrate on my school work,” Padma replied nervously. She needed to change the subject. It had been so foolish to mention her other crushes. What had she been thinking?!
It was wonderful and terrible when Professor Sinistra pulled away. “Who…would you try and get me to go on a date with?” she asked, hoping to change the subject a bit and get the focus off her.