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Okay... Maybe that joke was the wrong move... Really wrong move? He watched as she shifted uncomfortably and didn't laugh. Okay, yeah very wrong move. But he didn't know what to do, let alone what to say and he had never really talked to someone after such an embarrassing moment and this is why Zander preferred to stay all by himself and it's not his fault okay? Ah. Zander started to play with the end of his robe's sleeves uncomfortably. H-Hi, Josette..." he responded, a little relieved that she actually introduced herself instead of running away. "It's, uh, nice to meet you. I mean... not like this, but still nice... and uh... sorry about... uh... I'm not normally... I guess I just.." SPIT IT OUT, ZANDER! Jeeeez. The poor boy kept on trailing off mid sentence as his nerves kept on kicking in. This girl was probably wishing that she had run away because Zander definitely was.
"Sooo...." How do you swiftly change the topic without cracking another offensive joke? "You, er, come here often?" he said shuffling his hair out of his face. DOINK. What a dweeeeeb. You come here often?! What the heck, Zander. You're trying to meet new people, not repel them. He should've asked about her book or something. Merlin. "Maybe we should step away from the edge?" He suggested moving away from where he had almost fallen over. At least he said one thing that wasn't completely stupid? That's a start.
This really was getting more and more awkward. That was the only feeling she could come up with right now. There was no other way to describe it. It was actually more curious to know who was feeling more awkward right now, because he was seeming to fumbling more so with his words than she'd ever done. Looking a bit puzzled as she tried listening to him come up with an actual sentence, which was only making her start to...sympathize with the older boy. Although according to him, he's not normally like this. She bit her lower lip as she silently waited for him to finish...
introducing himself?
"..I-It's..um..nice to meet you too.."
A bit of puzzled look as she'd noticed he changed the subject. It might have been the best idea to do, since the both of them were both feeling this terrible awkwardness. Josie had to think about that for a moment to his next question, but then it didn't take long to come up with an answer.
"I-I guess not..T-This has only been my second-second time here.." Now he definitely couldn't have been one of those terrible people her father had been continuously warned her about before she'd left home last year. From the looks of it, he didn't seem dangerous at all. So far at least. Although by all of this nervous fidgeting & fumbling of words he was doing, the second year was feeling a little..
comfortable per say? The second year looked at him as he spoke once again. She nodded in response,
"..W-We could go..um..there", pointing back inside the tree house inside itself..away from any ledges or balconies.