Ellie twisted her mouth around for a moment, pretending to know what he was insinuating and then shrugged again, "Why not? I mean, my parents always said to say what's on my mind as long as it isn't mean and I don't have anything mean to say to you." Well, she did. Just not anything she was going to say to him.
"You're cute and I think if you wore your hair differently you could be even cuter." Ellie smirked and tried not to look too much like she was trying to edge her way out of a situation that could become worse if she didn't march right down to her common room that instant. "Like, I know a ton of girls that think you're probably one of the cutest guys in the school but they are too afraid of you to really say anything."