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Post by myillecitromance on May 26, 2011 17:16:00 GMT -5
A small smile played about Gabrielle's lips as she looked out over the lake. A gentle breeze played with her hair until she put her black and blonde hair up in a ponytail and bent low over her parchment. Snape's essay wasn't going to write itself. She rolled her eagle feather quill between her fingers as she thought of her next paragraph. Her transferring here from America had been an interesting change but she'd always wanted to live in Britain. It was like America with less trans fats.
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Post by kurtis adams on May 26, 2011 17:24:16 GMT -5
Kurtis never really went out to the lake. He liked it well enough, of course, but it was so cliche to wait out by the lake to pain the sunset. That was why he went in the middle of the day with a sketchbook rather than an easel. Pencil in hand, he sat himself down next to the American transfer student from his house, "Mind if I sit here?" Being Kurtis' only form of greeting, for the moment.
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Post by myillecitromance on May 26, 2011 17:32:21 GMT -5
Gabrielle's eyes flickered up briefly and she smiled. "No. Your welcome to sit down." Being new here she didn't really know anyone yet so how could she refuse? Besides, its not like she was antissocial or anything. "I like being outside. It reminds me of where I used to live in Washington." She looked out at the lake before she set aside her essay and looked up at him.
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Post by kurtis adams on May 26, 2011 18:42:46 GMT -5
"Washington?" Kurtis asked, eyebrows raised, "What's it like?" He questioned, mostly out of politeness but partly because he wanted to get far, far away from here as soon as he graduated at the end of the year.
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Post by myillecitromance on May 26, 2011 20:36:17 GMT -5
"Well..." She broke off and thought a moment;lowering her sunglasses. "Its very cold. And wet. It rains so much.." Gabrielle became temporarily lost in thought as she remembered. "It was very peaceful though and the forests were extremely dense. I used to go outside and relax under the trees..." She smiled and looked over at him.
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Post by kurtis adams on May 26, 2011 21:37:19 GMT -5
"It rains a lot here," Kurtis pointed out, "Do your parents love rain, or something?"
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Post by myillecitromance on May 26, 2011 22:34:14 GMT -5
Gabrielle thought about that. "No but its necessary. I mean,it makes things alive. Haven't you ever walked out in the middle of the woods after a rainstorm? You can smell life." She looked up at him with her emerald eyes. "That made having to wear raincoats to school worth it."
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Post by kurtis adams on May 26, 2011 22:40:34 GMT -5
"Can't say I have - but I'll keep it in mind," Kurtis smiled. Rain coats. What a strange name for them. Her accent was strange, as well, but he liked it. "Do you like it here, so far?"
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Post by myillecitromance on May 26, 2011 22:46:50 GMT -5
"Its certainly...different. The weathers the same though." She smiled brightly. "The castle is very beautiful. Not like the school in America. There its this huge building thats like a skyscraper. The dorms are seperated although the houses are different there." Snape's essay now forgotten, she turned to him with interest. "But London was so big! I got lost the first time I went looking for Diagon Alley."
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Post by kurtis adams on May 26, 2011 22:49:34 GMT -5
"Well of course it's big - it's a city" Kurtis laughed, good naturedly, "I hope you weren't alone, though"
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Post by myillecitromance on May 26, 2011 22:55:26 GMT -5
"Should I not have been?" She inquired; turning her head slightly to the side. "It seemed safe enough..." Her brow furrowed then she relaxed and looked at him again. "Of course its a city..a city of awesome. I have to admit, I did a bit of the muggle-tourist thing." She bit her lip in slight embarassment. "Its just such a lovely city."
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Post by kurtis adams on May 26, 2011 23:25:27 GMT -5
Kurtis shook his head, "I just hate being lost, and I hate being lost when I'm alone even more," He explained, "But the city is beautiful."
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Post by myillecitromance on May 26, 2011 23:30:41 GMT -5
"I can understand that. But being physiclly lost is better than being lost inside yourself." She knew that feeling only too well. It haunted her to this day that she had ever felt that way. Her eyes wandered to the sketch pad. "What did you come out here to sketch?"
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Post by kurtis adams on May 26, 2011 23:43:27 GMT -5
Kurtis knew nothing about being that kind of lost, but he nodded anyways. "Whatever inspires," He answered, in regards to his sketching.
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Post by myillecitromance on May 26, 2011 23:53:22 GMT -5
"I've never been good at drawing or painting. My mom was but I didn't inherit that trait from her." Gabrielle sighed wistfully and looked out at the lake. How she wished she could draw or paint what she saw and send it back to Washington to her friends. "I'm sorry. We've been talking all this time and you don't even know my name. Its Gabrielle but I prefer Gabby."
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