Dear Alex,

There’s this boy I (and half the school) like. He flirts with me all the time. But he has a girlfriend! What’s up with all these mixed signals? But more importantly, how do I make him see that he’s meant to be with me?

- Just A Friend

Dear Friend,

Only thing I can really tell you is to ask him directly. If he has a girlfriend, he really should not be giving you mixed signals. Frankly, I'm not sure that kind of boy would be worth your time, but that's beside the point. Maybe it's a miscommunication of some sort?

If you're sure he has a girlfriend, confronting him and asking him why he's flirting with you would be prudent. It may be unconscious after all and calling him on it could knock some sense into him about you being the better choice. If you aren't fully positive he has a girlfriend (hey, most of us are teenagers and some of said teenagers go through significant others like socks sometimes), I would suggest telling him how you feel if you have not already. Be direct.

Unless, of course, this is my boyfriend you like, in which case my advice is to back off my blue haired boy.;)

~ Alex

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Dear Alex,

I'm hopelessly good looking, with far too many fanboys (and some fangirls, strangely enough) for my own good. They follow me everywhere, stalk me down corridors... you get the idea. It's awful, and it's starting to interfere with my social life. Help.

- Too Sexy For My.. Wand

Dear Wand,

Are you positive you are being stalked? As far as I know, stalking is still illegal...

If you're sure you are actually being stalked, informing a professor would be your best course of action. If you're not sure the stalkers are actually there though, maybe Miss Flora would be better...;)

Then too, they could just simply be 'fans'. If that's the case, why not enjoy it. Ask them to carry your books for you. That long trek to class would be much easier if your load was a few books light.

Just don't exploit them. A favour is one thing, anything else is not a good idea. I don't want the next letter I receive to be about Wand abusing fans, after all...

~ Alex

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Got a problem? Need an answer but you don’t want to ask someone as yourself? Well, look no further, Alex is here to help you out.

Alexandria Davis is the Ravenclaw leader of SIN and the advice columnist of HEx. No problem is too big for her to give you a suggestion. Girlfriend problems? Ask Alex. The boy you like likes someone else? Ask Alex. Quidditch or Dueling addiction? Well, as she herself is a sufferer of that syndrome, she can relate, so Ask Alex for that too.

Alex can be contacted via owl mail care of the HEx staffroom addressed to the Ask Alex column. (email: askalex_vhhex@quackedduckie.net with the subject “Ask Alex”)

Column by Alexandria Davis, seventh year Ravenclaw