Higgs had hardly intended for this to be a conversation that would upset Lydia, but it wasn't exactly like he hadn't presumed it would. This wasn't the sort of topic that people could discuss with no emotional involvement. But Higgs did feel better for speaking to her, even if he wasn't feeling all that better about the matter in general. "I don't mean to imply that George would cheat on you," Higgs said honestly. And he really didn't. If anything, from the conversation they had had, Higgs could tell that Weasley clearly had no wish or intention to hurt Lydia. "But I guess, this situation is also..." Higgs paused, shaking his head a bit. "Sticky," he deemed finally. And it kind of was. Higgs wasn't too sure if any of them had signed up for this, but certainly didn't think Lydia had.
The way Lydia said that she knew she'd never have all of Weasley's heart because some of it would always belong to Alicia made Higgs' own heart ache. That didn't seem fair. As much has he got loving Alicia, understood the feeling and the need, Higgs didn't feel it particularly fair that Lydia would think that she still couldn't have all of Weasley's heart (Higgs suspected that this couldn't possibly the completely true). "No, I suppose we're not quite the fairytale material," Higgs commented instead, with almost a small grin. It seemed silly, because they both clearly had plenty to be happy about but then, could anyone really ever be as happy as any fairytale promised? Probably not.
"So do you think I'm wrong in not wanting Alicia to spend time with your boyfriend?" Higgs asked. He mostly knew the answer, felt rather quilty about it, because he shouldn't be the one to make Alicia do or not do something, to dictate who she could or couldn't hang out with. Didn't mean that Higgs wanted her to hang out with Weasley. But that was unfair, right?