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Jack didn't want to agree with him, so he merely kept his mouth shut and just allowed Will B (this was starting to get confusing even for him) to continue speaking. He'd always sorta wondered why the younger Slytherin kept to himself, he'd sorta dumbly assumed he was doing the sterotypical "Brooding Snake" routine and left him to it but now he was feeling sort of guilty about it. Even though he was older and in a completely different house, he still could've...dunno, been nicer to him? Not that he was rude or anything! But maybe like, made sure to at least wave in the hallways or something. He nodded as Will B mentioned that his ex, apparently Amber, had enough on him to ruin him which he totally understood considering things with his...previous relationship. "If she's got stuff on you, shouldn't you also got some on her? Y'know, with your relationship being a two way street and all. I'm sure there were a few things she might've let slip while you were together. Even if they were lies I bet we could still make them work in your favor." his twin piped up finally joining them on the bed making Jack sigh gustily.

"Revenge already? Seriously?" Will just shrugged not seeing the problem. "It helped with that jackarse, I bet it'd work with her too."

They turned their attention back to Will B as he asked, rhetorically they were guessing, why he had trusted her after being all Lone Wolf the past few years and really, they didn't have any good answers. Well actually that was a lie, they had some pretty decent answers they just probably weren't what the other teen would like to hear.

"Maybe..something about her interested you?" 'Like her boobs or how her arse looked in a skirt' Jack added mentally.

"You're not stupid Will, you're just...y'know, you just trusted the wrong person that's all. Everyone does that eventually." Will supplemented with a slight shrug.

"Yeah, at least you didn't actually do something with her." the Gryffindor piped in.

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Will made a face showing how much he truly believed Amber had told Will B the full truth about her household situation. He was still telling people he, Jack, and Izzy were triplets even though most people knew her birthday was celebrated first in February. And people still believed him! "Maybe that was the attraction. Some girls are like that, being attracted to people different from their usual or something like that." he explained with a shrug. Personally, he'd gotten plenty of owl and floo addresses from explaining his religion to some curious girls all under the guise of "extra learning" which yeah, it started that way but ended totally different.

Jack was more concerned over Will B's comment over watching trusting relationships die before and that he's never going through it again. What really got him was the emphasis on "romantic setting" which set his mind rolling. "I mean...it's one thing to say you don't want anymore relationships because you can't see yourself again in anything romantic again but it's a whole other thing if you don't want one just because of one stupid bint. Because then it'd be like letting her win for the rest of your life and honestly? You deserve much better than that." he told the teen seriously. Admittedly, he'd toyed with the idea of never dating another guy again after Colby but it'd taken the newest edition of Quidditch Weekly to completely ruin that (damn their summer special!) before amending it to only going for guys who were already out and secure. No more maybe shoulda coulda wouldas.

The twins both gave an aborted shrug as Will B mentioned that the mention of his non-existent sex life was in fact true since neither really cared. "I think it's a good think. Doing anything with anyone is supposed to be special so who cares if you were saving it until you felt right? If anything the girls are gonna think you're a romantic." Jack said with a slight dramatic waggle of his eyebrows and a grin.
"And be thankful you learned her true colors now and instead of after. Could you imagine that lie she prolly told to all the other boys she'd been with that were all 'her first' or some tri-ow!" Will glared and rubbed his head from where his twin had smacked him harshly. What?! He was willing to bet money that more than a few had seen what she had hidden in her knickers.

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Will cocked his eyes at the blush suddenly staining Will B's face and tried to think of what could have caused before his words caused him to forget about it. He wanted to ask what the other issues were but a look from his brother promptly closed his gob; one thing at a time, got it. "That's the spirit! If you don't hide away and act like you're the wrong one, she won't have a leg to stand on once the rumor mill gets a hold of everything. And be prepared, they will." Will warned. Gossip in Hogwarts was sometimes worth more than chocolate and galleons combined in the right hands and could make or break a person's entire livelihood within the castle walls. It's partly why he's so surprised Colby would be apart of this after he was very slowly dragged through manure last Spring. But hey, he'll be just as happy to remind him of where he belongs in case he forgot.

Jack sighed and frowned as Will B still decided to focus on his twin's mention about Amber's supposed virginity and even though he'd been right, he still didn't think he should've said it so soon after the fact. Urgh, if he was going to get anywhere with Dagrun he'd better start learning some form of tact like last week or she'd chew him up and spit him out like an old piece of gum. "Even if she is, there's nothing saying you have to react to it. If you act bored with it all I guarantee everyone else will and she'll only look worse if she keeps bringing it up." Most people's emotions and opinions on gossip was fickle here the Gryffindor had come to realize and it mainly came from how the objects of the rumor mill reacted. If you fell apart, you just became part of the whole s**t storm whereas if you just ignored it, they get bored and move on to the next body the damned vultures. Jack knew this all too well and was well versed with the most popular rumors that had run rampant last year so he wasn't all surprised Will B thought to bring them up or ask how he dealt. He chuckled at the comment about sitting idle since for all intent, he'd wanted to do just that and maybe hope to become one with the fungi community. It was really Will, Andi, Izzy and even Riddles (she'd deny being apart of it he's sure but he's sure they would've never been able to accomplish half of what they did without some sort of assistance).

"Nah, it's ok. I figured you'd ask sooner or later. To be honest, I kinda shut everything out for a bit. I put on this mask like everything was fine in front of people and would only let myself feel when I was alone which was def not healthy. Will noticed sorta right away something was off about me and confronted me, basically wore me down to tell him the truth rather than just letting him hear more from the rumors. And after that-" "Revenge. Sweet beautiful delicious revenge. We pranked that d**k from so many angles I was sure he'd be put into the Janus Thickey ward by the end of the semester." Will interrupted gleefully. "The best part was, by the time the rumors had died down and everyone had sorta picked apart which were real and fake, barely anyone had any sympathy for the p***k. Even the professors! It was, to put it mildly, a magical time." The Slytherin twin gave a happy sigh while his brother just snorted in laughter at their shenanigans.

"Pretty much what he said. And it worked for the most part. I was focusing on something else other than my heartbreak and I found out that happens if you mix cockroach clusters in someone's toothpaste." Jack added with a wide slightly manic smirk.