Edward rolled his eyes. He was sure his teacher would laugh if they heard anyone call him smart. But then she was pretty foolish at some stuff.

"Whatever.." he said dismissively. What did he care if she cried? He liked making people cry because then they took him seriously. And knew he was a big deal.

Still.. he looked at the sea glass and carefully tucked it away in a pocket after staring at it for a moment. He noticed her smile and the corners of his lips threatened to curl up and return the smile but he managed to stifle it.

"Thanks. It's a prettier piece anyway. " He said slowly and finally took the chance to sit on the bed. It was soft! Maybe he'd convince her to just hang out there until the brother came home. He wad sure they hadn't met so he couldn't know him well enough to kick him out yet, right?