It was true that Maisie was pretty brilliant in charms and transfiguration, but she wasn’t much of a bragger, and she definitely wasn’t about to say that she would understand the things that Julien talked about. He probably knew loads that she didn’t. Just because she could reverse most charm and transfiguration mishaps and was an animagus, it didn’t mean that she was smart like Julien, “I don’t know, Alfie,” she said truthfully, “I probably wouldn’t go so far as to say a thousand times smarter. I mean, he’s an intellectual though. No doubt about that. I probably wouldn’t understand much more than you though. I’m more practical. Yeah, I have to consider how something works in order to judge what is best to use in a situation, but theory is sometimes a bit over my head.”
When Alfie mentioned that he thought she might take Ellie as a roommate, Maisie felt a bit surprised, but tried not to show it. She never really thought much about the possibility...she just thought Ellie probably wouldn’t be interested. Plus, she didn’t know how well it would really work out. As much as Maisie loved Ellie...she always felt like she was striving for something when they were together, something that never felt quite like it was there. Alfie and Ellie had always been closest and Maisie...well, she’d always been the one on the outside. To consider Ellie sharing her flat was kind of a foreign concept, “I was just considering it, and Rose suddenly mentioned she was looking. I didn’t think a whole lot about it when I asked her, honestly...I don’t know, I guess I just thought Ellie wouldn’t want to. I’d probably cramp her style or something.”
She nodded pleasantly though, when Alfie asked about the day care, the knot that had formed in her stomach loosening a little bit, “She mentioned it a few times, yeah. I might very well end up being her own, personal AMR Squad member when it’s all said and done. Lots of magical children in one environment will probably make for a nightmare of accidents on occasion.”