Oh, no, that wasn't what Meghan had meant at all and she frowned as the tone in her best friend's voice. "No, Pen, you're worth a thousand of those girls and that's not what I meant at all." She was shaking her head, rushing to reassure the girl.
"I just meant.. I can't help being protective of you, alright? You're my best mate. Did I tell you about the time I told Percy I was going to hex his privates off after you broke up?"
That was actually a mild way of putting the threat she'd made to her friend's ex-boyfriend, I thread she was ready to repeat after recent events, but that was beside the point.
"Oliver's right," she was adding a moment later. "If you really like him, you should go for it." Her tone was more encouraging, though she made a mental note to have a chat with Orsino as she flashed Oliver a grin meant to say she hadn't minded, her fingers absently moving right back into his hair. It felt nice between her fingers, she thought.