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Post by sr2008 on Jul 19, 2008 19:33:28 GMT
Kaitlynn was bored, as per usual. She didn't feel like taking a part in the mindless chatter of her friends. She had been feeling down, and couldn't seem to talk to anyone about it, not even her best friend. Kaitlynn herself didn't even know why she felt the way she did. It was a beautiful day, and she wore a light jacket on top of her short sleeved shirt. She never exposed her arms. Her best friend was the only other one who knew why.
She was getting quite warm, even though she was just sitting. She quickly glanced around, and after making sure no one was around, she lifted up the sleeves on her jacket. Once her sleeves were pulled up multiple scars and new cuts could be seen on her left forearm. She glanced down at her arm, and sighed. She didn't know why she resorted to physical pain to help with her emotional. She had been so caught up in her thoughts, that she didn't notice someone had joined her until the other person sat down right next to her. She looked at the person in shock before quickly lowering the sleeves of her jacket. "What do you want?" Kaitlynn asked, a bit harsher than she meant to.
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Post by Zeke Richter on Jul 22, 2008 12:12:21 GMT
After an hour or more of just circling the lake and wandering aimlessly Zeke decided that he would just sit down where he was and relax in the warm weather. Once sitting down he removed the white shirt which was over his black tank-top. Even though it was just a plain, thin shirt it was way too warm for him to be weaing more than one thing on his torso.
He leaned back and let himself bask in the warm sunlight for a moment, not realizing there was somebody next to him until she spoke up, and pretty harshly at that, demanding to know what he was doing there. The sound actually made him jump slightly.
Zeke turned to face the girl, he'd seen her around in the corridors but couldn't quite place what house she was in or a name to her face at the moment.
"Sorry, if I'm disturbing you." he apologized. "Actually didn't realize there was anyone else here."
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Post by sr2008 on Jul 22, 2008 14:05:14 GMT
Kaitlynn noticed the guy jump when he heard her. Sorry, if I'm disturbing you. Actually didn't realize there was anyone else here. She knew she'd seen the boy around, but she couldn't remember his name...and she knew he wasn't a Slytherin (not that that bothered her any). "Oh, sorry..." Kaitlynn replied lamely. "I just, I thought you saw..." She shook her head and said, "I'm, uh, Kaitlynn by the way. I really am sorry for snapping at you like that. I've been alone a lot lately, so you suddenly interrupting my thoughts kinda scared me."
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Post by Zeke Richter on Jul 22, 2008 17:51:55 GMT
"I'm Zeke." he smiled at Kaitlynn. Okay at least he now knew the snapping hadn't been the fact that it was him that had sat next to her. That was always a big help. "Ah, don't worry about it I probably should've payed more attention to where I was sitting." he gave a small chuckle. "I could have accidentally sat on you or something then you would've had a good reason to yell at me."
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Post by sr2008 on Jul 23, 2008 2:39:15 GMT
I could have accidentally sat on you or something then you would've had a good reason to yell at me. Kaitlynn laughed at Zeke's comment. "Very true, but of course if you had sat on me I would have had to hex you," she said with a wink and a smile. As she talked, she absent-mindedly played with the cuffs of her jacket sleeves. It had become habit with her since her friend found out about her...issue. She was starting to get kind of warm in her jacket, but refused to take it off. "So, what house are you in? Not that it matters anyway, I'm just curious."
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Post by Zeke Richter on Jul 23, 2008 6:50:19 GMT
His smile grew slightly when Kaitlynn laughed at his little joke. "Hmm, yeah that would really suck." Zeke said as he shifted slightly, trying to get his torso into a more comfortable position seeing as there wasn't anything to lean back against except the grass and he didn't really feel like lying down at the moment.
"I'm in Ravenclaw. And, seeing as we're on the subject, how about you?" House didn't particularly matter at all to Zeke, after all some of his best friends had been Hufflepuffs or Gryffindors and maybe the occasional Slytherin when he found one that wasn't too bothered about things like blood or House.
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Post by sr2008 on Jul 23, 2008 13:58:46 GMT
"Oh, I'm in Slytherin," Kaitlynn replied, "It's a family tradition, you know." She added an eye roll for emphasis on what she thought of the matter. "My family is filled with Death Eaters, well, except me. My family was furious when I decided to stay "neutral", even when I'm really not. I support the Order...secretly of course. I'd be in so much trouble if my parents found out." Then, she lay back, sprawling out on the grass. She was fighting the urge to take off her jacket. "Is your family a wizarding one?"
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Post by Zeke Richter on Jul 23, 2008 17:42:30 GMT
He smiled good-naturedly at the rolling of Kaitlynn's eyes. "Cool, well I've never been particularly fond of politics and the like. Always found them pointless - whole world would be better off without them. That's why I'm not getting involved at all if I can help it. So I'm staying completely neutral for as long as possible." he explained, looking out over the lake.
"I guess you could say that. It's actually pretty random in my family. Some generations can be all wizarding - others completely muggle or even a mixture of both. Last few generations have been pretty much muggle except for me and my mum's cousin. He got killed while working for the order against the last Dark Lord."
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Post by sr2008 on Jul 24, 2008 3:14:14 GMT
"Oh, I'm sorry," Kaitlynn replied. She had lost quite a few family members because of Voldemort's quest for world domination. However, it didn't bother her. After all, she hated her family. "Were you close to him?"
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Post by Zeke Richter on Jul 24, 2008 7:37:09 GMT
"Don't be, not like you had anything to do with it." Zeke smiled at Kaitlynn, it was nice of her to try though. "Nah, I never met the guy because my mum thought that by keeping me away from all things magical - including him - I'd be less likely to develop any magical abilities." a small chuckle, that was his mum. "She figured being a wizard would be too dangerous for me, and she wouldn't be able to cope with it."
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Post by sr2008 on Jul 26, 2008 6:00:41 GMT
She figured being a wizard would be too dangerous for me, and she wouldn't be able to cope with it. Kaitlynn laughed and said, "Parents have weird views of protection for their kids. My parents thought that keeping me safe meant keeping me away from muggles and muggle borns. Oh, and Order members too." She rolled her eyes again. "Then again, my parents are twisted old loonies."
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Post by Zeke Richter on Jul 26, 2008 9:17:06 GMT
Another chuckle made its way out of Zeke's throat, shoulders shaking just slightly as it did. He liked that phrase 'twisted old loonies'. "At least they weren't boring though. I mean my dad's a clean-freak and my mum, well she's just timid and over-protective. So she'd throw a fit if she heard I joined a duelling club. Luckily the only things they get to hear about Hogwarts are what I tell them so I can sugar-coat things a bit. That way they don't start contacting people to try and get me out of here as soon as they can." he said, rolling one shoulder absent-mindedly.
"Hey, Kaitlynn? I was just wondering... how come you're not hanging out with those friends of yours? If you don't wanna answer then just tell me to shut up or something 'cause I'm just being nosy really. I mean a pretty girl shouldn't really be spending a day like this on her own."
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Post by sr2008 on Jul 26, 2008 18:08:55 GMT
Kaitlynn blushed slightly when he called her pretty and tugged nervously on the cuffs of her jacket. "Oh, I just," she said, thinking of how to word something that even she didn't know the answer to. "I've been feeling kind of depressed lately, and my friends just don't seem to make it any better. If anything they make me feel a bit worse because I'm technically not supposed to be friends with them. Then, there's my best friend she knows everything about me, but I just feel like we kind of drifted apart."
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Post by Zeke Richter on Jul 27, 2008 17:36:06 GMT
He grinned mentally when Kaitlynn blushed, no matter what it still felt good when he managed to make someone blush. Zeke decided he might be pushing his luck if he tried asking why she'd been feeling down. So he just kept quiet until she was done talking. "I hate it when that happens. Up until third year I was dating this Gryffindor girl, Victoria. She was my best friend as well. When we broke up we were still pretty close but then she just kinda stopped talking to me." he shrugged a little. "Along with a few other people I was friends with."
He paused for a moment. "I don't mind too much anymore, though. Things just happen. Have you tried talking to her about it?"
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Post by sr2008 on Jul 28, 2008 1:21:54 GMT
I don't mind too much anymore, though. Things just happen. Have you tried talking to her about it? "I'm sorry about your friends, though. It still had to have hurt," Kaitlynn replied. "Yeah, I've talked to her. She insists that we're not drifting apart though, that everything's still the same. Whenever I do need to talk to her about my...well, things, I have to practically drag her away from her other friends." She was starting to feel really comfortable talking to Zeke, but she knew she wasn't quite ready to share her issue.
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