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**Juliet Raphael** · #1 (**permalink**) 02-14-2012, 03:27 AM

Peak District is a vast area of land across central and northern England, most of which lies within the national park of the same name. The landscape is extremely diverse, open moorlands expand over the area, and they’re accompanied by enclosed farmlands, glacial edges, wooded gorges, pastures, caverns, and valleys. The Peak isn’t entirely uninhabited; a few of the trails run through small towns that cater to wizard and muggle visitors alike.

Most of the wildlife in the park isn't wild at all, but domesticated pets and farm animals. Common critters such as foxes, voles, and shrews inhabit the vast area with bats nesting in the roof of caverns. Most of what can be spotted here, however, are birds of all species soaring the skies at any time of year.

A pair of mountain bikes has been provided by Ms. Raphael and her team for the date, as well as a charmed map of the area so that no matter we’re the adventures ride, the two blinking dots on the map will show them their location should they find themselves misplaced. All of this sits with a woman from the dating service at an unofficial entrance to the park, ready to be picked up and worn out. Of course there is protective gear as well, though if the couplet is feeling a bit dangerous, they are more than welcome to go without on their trail ride.

BanaBatGirl · 02-17-2012, 04:31 AM

William showed up to the date place on time, which was good for him, and carrying a small ~~bundle~~ bouquet of flowers, which was good for her, and potentially good for him too. He had no idea who this 'Alysson Zookara' was, or what she looked like, or why her last name sounded like a ZOO, but he really hoped she would be fun.

And pretty.

And like animals.

Could her last name really be a misnomer? That would be a major bummer. WHAT IF SHE HATED ANIMALS??! What if she was like, afraid of the wilderness? What if she had never been...er...hiking and/or biking? Because as Willy drew closer to the date guide, he noticed the tell-tale signs that told him their date was going to be something adventurous and outdoorsy.

Well at least it looked perfect for him. Now then, where was she? William sighed and looked about, leaning against a tree and trying to avoid the awkward smile of the dating service lady. He took turns shifting the bouquet from one hand to the other as he alternated wiping his sweaty palms on the inside of his pockets. Hopefully he still smelled good and not as nervous as he felt?

Lislchen · 02-17-2012, 08:52 AM

Today was The Day then. The Blind Date day. This was bound to be interesting. Or at least Alysson hoped it would be. No, it definitely WOULD be. Because she was the optimistic type. It would definitely be fun. Yes. And she didn't have very high expectations in this date's outcome either. She wasn't looking for The One or anything after all. She had mainly just applied because it had sounded like fun. And she liked dates. But you know, you never knew what could happen. Heh.

William Williamson.

He had a quite funny name already. Hopefully he would be too then. Making her way over to the arranged meeting spot, Alysson didn't quite know where to look first. At her date or at what was standing next to the woman from dating service which would give away WHAT they were going to do today. She was pretty curious about both.

As she drew closer the guy already waiting for her won out. He was quite...easy on the eyes too. And it was right at that moment that Alysson realized that she was in fact just a little bit nervous about this date. Just a little.

"Hi." She said with a small grin as soon as she was finally standing in front of her date for the day. After that she just couldn't help but glance over at the dating service woman and found herself looking at...a pair of mountain bikes?! Okay, seriously, how awesome was that?! Probably even more excited than before Alysson looked back up at William, waiting for him to say something.

Hopefully he would be just as excited for this as she was.

BanaBatGirl · 02-17-2012, 01:52 PM

Oh. OH! There she was! William quickly stopped with his awkward hand-wiping ritual and straightened up, smiling without realizing it as he caught sight of his date. She was pretty.... pretty. Heh. Good job, Juliet Raphawhatever!

"Hi!" William responded, holding out the flowers toward her. "These are for you. Just a few wildflowers I scooped up on my way here." He was still smiling kind of broadly and now that his hands were empty, he wasn't sure what to do with them. So back into his pockets they went. "I'm William." Obviously. Good one, genius. "Er, but you can call me Will or Willy or W³. Some people do." Or she could call him something else entirely, that was totally up to her. Heh.

Anyway. The date, Willidiot, the date! "Soooo," he tacked one with a glance toward the lady just WATCHING them from her little booth, "do you like the great outdoors? I DO!"

Lislchen · 02-17-2012, 06:09 PM

Awww, he had brought her flowers? Returning his smile happily, Alysson reached out to take the flowers from him. "Aw, thank you." And they were hand-picked too?! She held them closer to her face for a moment so she could smell them. Yes, they definitely smelt of wildflowers. In a good way. A very good way. She wasn't the typical roses or tulps-type of girl anyway. These were a lot more...well, she liked them better anyway.

When he introduced himself to her, she couldn't help but chuckle lightly. "I know. Nice to meet you, William." Oh there were nicknames too? And she got to choose one? W³?! Was he called William Wilson Williamson or something?! "Where does the third W come from?" Alysson asked, clearly amused by this nickname while she slowly lowered the flowers again. "I'm Alysson." As he probably knew already. "You can call me...I don't know, Al or Aly or well, whatever you want. I'm not picky." In general. Not only when it came to nicknames.

Right. The date. The woman at the booth was looking at them strange. Or maybe she was just watching them. Which was kind of weird too, really. "Maybe somebody should plan a date for her too." Alysson said quietly with a small grin before raising her voice again to answer William's question. "I do. Yes! Where do you think we're going to go?" Or was that going to be their decision?

BanaBatGirl · 02-17-2012, 06:52 PM

"You're welcome!" Willy replied just as happily. He tried not to rock back and forth on his heels too much. He was just.... pleased. This date should be fun, right? Who said William Walter Williamson had no game?!

He extricated his hand from his pocket to offer her a shake, just now remembering his manners apparently. "Ah," dang, why had he mentioned that, "yes. My middle name is Walter, actually. William Walter Williamson." Yep. Worst name in the world. "Alysson," he repeated hers, liking the sound of that. It had a nice n-sound at the end. "I was actually wondering.... do you like animals? Since your last name has ZOO in it?"

Willy's eyes also flicked over to the woman at the counter and he snickered under his breath. "We probably should. We'd be doing her a favor." She was creeping big time here. Heh.

So, where were they going? "Well I.... guess we're going riding in this park here..." He gestured around at the trees surrounding them and shrugged. "Might as well get started, right."

Lislchen · 02-17-2012, 10:54 PM

Glancing down at his extended hand Alysson moved the flowers from her right to her left hand so she was able to shake his hand. "Hi." She said again with a grin, seeing as they'd technically already 'met' a couple of seconds ago. But she shook his hand nonetheless. It was a sign of good manners after all.

But back to his funny name. Aw, not Wilson then. "Walter?" She repeated with a small smile when he didn't seem too thrilled about sharing that piece of information with her. Okay, now the W³ nickname made sense too. She was still going to go with William for now though.

Alysson gave him a smile when he repeated her name, which turned into another set of chuckles. Zoo? Heh. "I do actually. I LOVE animals to be honest. Care of Magical Creatures was my favorite class at school." She glanced around them for a second as she thought of that. Maybe they'd get to see some unique animals today too. "Why? Do you like animals too?"

She glanced over at him with another grin when he agreed with her. Yes, a big favor. "And us too." She probably wouldn't be staring at them that way if she had a date too. Talking of dates, they should probably get started on theirs. "Sounds awesome." Alysson didn't really care WHERE they were going. And with that she quickly made her way over to the mountain bikes ~~and the creepy lady.~~

BanaBatGirl · 02-18-2012, 07:51 PM

"Hi," William said again, wondering how many times there were going to introduce themselves then? Heh. It was good to see that he wasn't the only nervous one, or so it seemed.

Walter. "Yes," he rolled his eyes, "it's this weird family...tradition, I suppose. I swear that every single one of my relatives, or at least those in my immediate family, has the same initials." Which, obviously, were WWW. So lame.

C-C-Care of Magical Creatures was her favorite c-c-c-class?!?! "NO WAY!" William exclaimed quite happily. "That's my favorite class too! I mean, I actually teach it, so, yeah!!!" AWESOME. This date was going so much better than he had expected! Haha!

Heh. He followed her over to the bikes and picked one out that looked about the right height for him. Interesting that that had worked out when he was so tall... hmm. Creeper lady had probably done it. Will also picked up two maps and held one out to Alysson.

"Do you want... some sort of basket thing on the front of your bike?" he asked thoughtfully, eying the flowers in her hand. That would look cute, her on a bike with a basket of flowers. Heeeeee. He blushed just at the thought.

Lislchen · 02-20-2012, 12:06 PM

Trying to ignore the fact that her second 'hi' had probably been a bit too much, Alysson concentrated on the name-talk again. Which turned out to a lot more entertaining anyway. "Seriously?!" She replied, chuckling at this rather strange family tradition. "And nobody dares to break that tradition?" Probably not. They would go down in family history. And not in a good way.

A little surprised by his exclamation Alysson just grinned at him for a moment, waiting for some sort of explanation as to why he was so happy about her liking animals. ... Oh, and there it was. "You teach it? Really? That's-that's awesome!" Somehow it seemed that this Juliet person wasn't exactly bad at her job. Heh.

Running her hand over the bike's seat softly, Alysson turned around with a smile on her lips to look at William again. Who was holding out a map for her. "Thank you." She said as she took the map from him, struggling slightly to hold it in the same hand as the flowers.

A basket? "I-" Then she noticed how he was also looking at the flowers and realized that it actually was a pretty good idea. "Yes. Yes, that'd be great." Alysson ended up saying, meeting his gaze for a moment before averting her gaze over to the baskets he had mentioned. Would he get it for her?

BanaBatGirl · 02-21-2012, 01:01 AM

"Nobody," William intoned seriously, shaking his head. "I thought about doing it, I mean, if I ever have kids," probably not the best thing to be discussing on a first date, "I thought about not naming them WW Williamson... but I suppose that would also depend on the woman I married."

And anyway... time to move on to a better topic. "Oh thanks! I think so too!" He grinned, quite proud of his job actually, and that got him wondering what it was she did for a living. Swimsuit model, maybe? Heh. "What do you do, if you don't mind my asking?"

He noticed her struggling with holding too many things at once and hurried up to go grab a basket. Will attached it to the front of her bicycle easily, since the thing just snapped into place, and then mounted his own bike. "There you go. Ready when you are."

She could lead the way if she wanted to. He had NO IDEA where they were (despite having a map in his hand) and wasn't about to let on to that.

Lislchen · 02-21-2012, 11:19 AM

Ooooooooookay. They were talking about kids. And marriage. And even though they weren't exactly talking about them or anything these were still quite...delicate topics. "Or maybe you should. I mean, I kinda like the Ws." Alysson mused, catching herself biting on her lower lip a little. This was definitely not something she wanted to discuss on the first date.

So, next topic, please. Like him teaching Care of Magical Creatures. Alysson just couldn't stop smiling about that. "Oh, I work at the Ministry. Magical Law Enforcement. So make sure you don't do anything illegal, or you'll have me coming after you." She even winked at him, clearly quite glad to get away from the topic of family and weddings.

Her eyes followed William when he went to get a basket for her and then attached it to the front of her bike. "Thank you." Oh, hang on, did he expect her to do something? Well, probably getting on the bike would be a good start. But then they should probably decide where to go first. Right? Although she really couldn't care less.

So pulling her gaze from him, Alysson pushed her bike over to his and held out the map for them both to look at. "Right. We could just-" She shrugged, glancing up at him for a moment in hopes of some kind of input from him. "Or you know, we could just get started and...see where we'll end up?"

BanaBatGirl · 02-21-2012, 01:34 PM

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Ooooooooookay. They were talking about kids. And marriage. And even though they weren't exactly talking about them or anything these were still quite...delicate topics. "Or maybe you should. I mean, I kinda like the Ws." Alysson mused, catching herself biting on her lower lip a little. This was definitely not something she wanted to discuss on the first date.

So, next topic, please. Like him teaching Care of Magical Creatures. Alysson just couldn't stop smiling about that. "Oh, I work at the Ministry. Magical Law Enforcement. So make sure you don't do anything illegal, or you'll have me coming after you." She even winked at him, clearly quite glad to get away from the topic of family and weddings.

Her eyes followed William when he went to get a basket for her and then attached it to the front of her bike. "Thank you." Oh, hang on, did he expect her to do something? Well, probably getting on the bike would be a good start. But then they should probably decide where to go first. Right? Although she really couldn't care less.

So pulling her gaze from him, Alysson pushed her bike over to his and held out the map for them both to look at. "Right. We could just-" She shrugged, glancing up at him for a moment in hopes of some kind of input from him. "Or you know, we could just get started and...see where we'll end up?"

Oh. She did? Merlin's beard, was the W thing a trend everyone except Willy was in on? His forehead furrowed at the thought but thankfully, William had the good sense not to continue the topic further.

"Magical Law Enforcement?!" he repeated, sounding shocked. Well she didn't look like a big bad auror or anything! "What do you do there? I bet you're a prosecutor person." He really couldn't see the pretty woman tackling bad guys and dark wizards. Nah, she belonged on a pouffy cushion in the Wizengamot or something.

"You're weclome." Will paused and eyed the map, not really... knowing how to read those things, but nodding like he understood anyway. "I like the second idea. Let's hit the trails!" And see some squirrels! Yay!

Lislchen · 02-21-2012, 03:45 PM

Good, he didn't look like he wanted to pursue the topic of his family tradition any further either. But why was he so surprised about her working at MLE?! "Yes...?" Alysson replied frowning slightly, just a little taken aback. What had he expected her to be doing for a living? Housekeeping?

Oh. Okay. That explained a lot. He had probably thought she was an Auror or something. "Oh, yes, I am. I just got promoted to Hit Witch for the MLE Squad." Smiling at him ~~quite proudly~~, Alysson nodded slowly to herself. Yes. He would know what that was right?

He was letting her decide apparently. Which was just as well for her. "Okay, great. Then, let this date officially begin!" Dundundun! Of course it had technically already started and all but now they would finally get to get started on the fun part planned by the dating service people. Heh.

Alysson put the map next to her flowers in the basket on her bike before mounting it. Okay, here we go. And with a quick wave at the creepy lady and a grin for William, she drove off - of course at a speed where William wouldn't exactly have a lot of problems catching up with her.

BanaBatGirl · 02-21-2012, 08:02 PM

"I didn't mean to imply.... yeah," he blushed a bit, feeling silly for thinking of her as a wimpy Wizengamot person. "A Hit Witch though.... sounds impressive!" He still had no idea what that was but if she liked it, more power to her. "Congratulations! On the promotion!" If Alysson liked hitting wizards, then surely it was cool. Not as cool as teaching about Magical Creatures, but still kinda cool.

And they were off! Well, she was anyway. Will grinned and let her get a head start before he pedaled after her, catching up quickly and settling into an easy pace. The forest looked nice today...

Lislchen · 02-21-2012, 10:09 PM

Alysson had gotten quite good at reading people. Well, most people. In most situations. So in any case, William's blush did not go by unnoticed and it kinda sorta made her feel a little bad. "Sorry." She muttered, averting her eyes to some random tree behind him. Of course he hadn't meant it the way she had taken it at first. He was just trying to be nice and make conversation and all. What was wrong with her today?!

"Thank you!" She grinned up at him again when he congratulated her on her promotion. "I mean, it's not teaching Care of Magical Creatures but you know." Because that was still somehow the ultimate job. Even though, working for MLE was definitely a very close second.

Slowling down a little, Alysson glanced over her shoulde to make sure William could keep up with her. Which he was. She ran a hand through her hair to keep it out of her face while grinning at him once he was next to her.

...okay, maybe she should spend more time looking where she was going instead of looking at him. She had started to sway a little on her bike, almost colliding with his. Right, both hands on the handlebar again and eyes to the path ahead.

BanaBatGirl · 02-22-2012, 06:12 AM

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Alysson had gotten quite good at reading people. Well, most people. In most situations. So in any case, William's blush did not go by unnoticed and it kinda sorta made her feel a little bad. "Sorry." She muttered, averting her eyes to some random tree behind him. Of course he hadn't meant it the way she had taken it at first. He was just trying to be nice and make conversation and all. What was wrong with her today?!

"Thank you!" She grinned up at him again when he congratulated her on her promotion. "I mean, it's not teaching Care of Magical Creatures but you know." Because that was still somehow the ultimate job. Even though, working for MLE was definitely a very close second.

Slowling down a little, Alysson glanced over her shoulder to make sure William could keep up with her. Which he was. She ran a hand through her hair to keep it out of her face while grinning at him once he was next to her.

...okay, maybe she should spend more time looking where she was going instead of looking at him. She had started to sway a little on her bike, almost colliding with his. Right, both hands on the handlebar again and eyes to the path ahead.

Ignore the blush, ignore the blush, and it will just go away all on its own! Of course! And then William could just pretend not to hear her muttered, "Sorry," and he could just continue riding his bike and enjoying the wind in his hair, which he did, and all would be good. Yep.

"You're welcome!" Well somebody was being awfully polite today! Heh. "You probably don't have to discipline children all day though, so, we'll say our jobs are equally awesome." Will winked at her from his bike and nearly ran it into a tree as a result, swerving back onto the path just in time.

Merlin, why did his date have to be so distracting?! At least he wasn't the only one almost colliding with things, as she nearly ran into him and he had to brake just in time.

Pretty woman was gonna make him go head over handlebars yet. Heh.

Lislchen · 02-22-2012, 11:30 PM

She just looked at him for a while longer, quite glad that he had seemingly chosen to just ignore the whole thing and move on to a whole new topic. Good. Very good. She didn't want him to think she was some sort of weirdo after all.

"Weeellll-" But then no, SHE didn't have to discipline children at work. That was Izzy's job. Not that they were still children age-wise. They were just behaving like that sometimes. "No I guess not. Okay, let's go with equally awesome." She definitely liked the sound of that. Heh.

Alysson couldn't quite contain a giggle when he in turn almost ran his bike into a nearby tree. This was going to be interesting. Hopefully they would make it without any major injuries, seeing as both of them seemed to have their eyes anywhere but the trail. Erm...yes.

"So, what else is there to know about the great William Walter Williamson?" She asked with a grin, only glancing at him for just a moment in an attempt to hide the small blush that had formed on her cheeks. She wasn't used to being so distracted by something - or someone really - that she almost fell of a bike.

BanaBatGirl · 02-23-2012, 05:17 AM

Equally awesome. Will flashed her an equal grin and then remembered to keep his bike on the trail. FOCUS. He could NOT do two things at once, much less think of one thing and talk about another so.... perhaps this blind date was more dangerous than it seemed for someone like him.

Errrrrrr. "Uh, I recently turned 30 in Novemeber?" That was something she would probably want to know, but not something that was exactly interesting. Hmm. "When I was 18," he added on, with a bit more enthusiasm, "I went on a tour/vacation around the world with my two best mates, and when we returned to Europe, I was bitten by a mackled malaclaw AND struck by lightning all within the same week."

Willy sneaked another little glance at her, still grinning to himself for some reason. Would she find that interesting, disturbing, odd, or both? Heh.

"What about you, Alysson Zookara?" What was there to know about her? "Any interesting..... tidbits I should know?" Or more? Whatever she was willing to share, he'd listen to.

Lislchen · 02-23-2012, 09:14 AM

30. Okay, noted. Alysson risked another glance at him to nod and smile. She didn't want him to think she wasn't paying attention or something. It was just pretty hard to look at him and keep her bike from destroying some nearby plants. Or trees even. Which would probably result in more harm to her than the tree.

O______o

Throwing all caution to the wind - quite literally - Alysson turned sideways on her bike so she could full-on stare at him. "You were struck by lightening?!" And bitten by a mackled malaclaw. "Do you- Do you have like a scar somewhere?" She let her hazel eyes run over the parts of his body which were not covered by clothing for a moment. If he had a scar, she wanted to see it! "And I assume you were bit by the mackled malaclaw first right?" Since it brought bad luck and all. Or fate just didn't like him much in general.

Looking back to the front just in time to duck in order to avoid colliding with a low-hanging branch of a nearby tree, Alysson reached up to pull a strand of hair out of her face. Oh and they were talking about her now? "Hmm. I don't know. I'm from Massachusetts. I have two older brothers." What else? "My parents first noticed that I was a witch when I managed to levitate my birthday cake off the top of the fridge." At this she turned to grin at him for a moment.

Anything else he wanted to know?

BanaBatGirl · 02-24-2012, 05:34 AM

She was staring she was staring she was staring UH OH! He KNEW he should have listened to Oliver more when the man said '30 is the age when chicks stop digging you'. SHOOT! WHY oh WHY hadn't he written down every single piece of dating advice from his friend why???

Oh. She was just asking about his series of unfortunate events. Hah. No big deal, that. "I was, yeah, after the malaclaw incident," Willy informed her proudly, jutting his chin up a bit and totally forgetting to watch where he was bicycling. "It wasn't the last time I got struck either." He bit his lip as her eyes trailed over him but shook his head. "No scar. Just a few tattoos, but no scars from lightning... yet, anyway."

His hair had smelled like burnt toast for a week though. Oh the memories.

William also noticed the branch just in time, if only because he'd been watching Alysson and had caught her reaction. He swerved to go around it and once his bike was back on track, he went right back to watching and listening to her instead of looking ahead.

"So you're an American!" Dur, he should have realized that already. "Did you go to school there too?" America was an interesting enough place, as was the topic of levitating birthday cakes. "Did you get to eat it before they caught ya?" He returned the grin.

Lislchen · 02-24-2012, 06:44 PM

Alysson tilted her head to the side a little, watching his reaction closely, a smile forming on her lips. He totally loved this getting struck by lightening thing, didn't he? "You're proud of having been struck by lightening, aren't you? And twice too." She commented with an amused giggle, shaking her head a little. He had probably deliberately stood outside under an oak tree during a thunderstorm, holding a lightening rod.

Aw, no scars. Of course, it wasn't that she was like into scars or something, she'd just heard that lightening scars looked quite unique. Maybe she was wrong though. And tattoos?! "Oh really?" Alysson replied with a grin and her eyebrows raised, clearly intrigued by this piece of information. Would it be too personal if she asked WHERE he had those tattoos? Heh.

They really should start watching the path ahead. And she kept on telling herself that every time she almost collided with something. But somehow she kept on getting distracted, her eyes always finding something a lot more interesting to look at. Maybe they should just hurry to get out of these woods. There had to be some place with a little less trees, right?

Nodding, her eyes darted over to rest on his face for a moment before she quickly focused on the path again. "Yes. Never been to Hogwarts. Sadly." She was still hoping for some kind of big event where they'd need MLE Security or something. Huh, interesting question about the cake though. "I...don't even know. I mean I was 4." They better though. Heh.

BanaBatGirl · 02-25-2012, 06:32 AM

"THREE times, actually," William corrected with a sneaky smirk. And yes, he was obviously proud of it. How many people could say they had survived such a similar feat, huh? Not many. Especially not when all three times he'd be struck by total accident!

He started blushing again when he caught sight of that grin and eyebrow raise. "They're on my torso," he muttered, turning back to the trail and keeping an eye on it for once. He would show her if she asked nicely, REAL nicely. Each had a story, obviously, but he wouldn't be as forthcoming with THOSE.

Aww. "Did you go to school at Salem?" he wondered aloud, remembering that she had said she was from Massachusetts. "Hogwarts is awesome, but I'm sure Salem was too." It sounded like a nice school, anyway.

Mmm cake. "I wonder if, when we arrive at where we're going," Will sneaked another little peek at Alysson, "if there will be a picnic lunch there?" Wherever they were going?

Lislchen · 02-25-2012, 10:10 PM

Alysson rolled her eyes at his next words, couldn't help but grin at him a little at the same time, though. "Right, sorry, THREE times." Of course, to be honest, it WAS pretty awesome. Or at least it was an awesome story to tell. Or stories, actually. Not that she was going to tell him that.

The moment she saw him blush, she realized that her reaction probably hadn't been that appropriate. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to-" ~~Leer?~~ Stare? Ask inappropriate questions? "-pry." She ended up saying, pointedly averting her gaze away from him and down into her basket for a moment. The flowers looked REALLY interesting all of a sudden.

Back to a more neutral topic. "No. American Academy of Wizardry*, actually." Which was rather weird actually. She DID live a lot closer to Salem. "So you went to Hogwarts then, I take it?" Somehow she thought it would be very weird returning to work where you went to school. Weird but exciting too probably.

Not that she could ask her parents if they had. Maybe Coop would remember. A picnic? "I hope so!" She turned her head for a moment to smile at him. Talking of going somewhere. Maybe they should consult the map...? Or they could just keep on driving. She quite liked that too.

*which her strange owner made up, not sure why.

BanaBatGirl · 02-26-2012, 08:15 AM

"Don't knock til you've tried it," Willy winked. Of course no one was going to WILLINGLY go around trying to be struck by lightning just to say they'd tried it, at least no one in their right mind would, but eh, he liked the phrase.

She totally had meant to pry, but he didn't mind. Will shrugged it off and still smiled at Alysson. "No really, I'll show you later. Nothing wrong with curiosity." Unless you were a cat. Heh. Then it could be dangerous.

"Where is that?" he asked.... curiously, realizing he was the one staring now. Eyes on the road, William, eyes on the road. "I DID go to Hogwarts. Slytherin House." He didn't know if that would mean anything to her, but since Hogwarts was as famous as it was, he figured it was worth a mention. "What was your school like?" Since they were on the topic and all.

Oh good, she liked his idea! William felt rather happy all of a sudden, cheerful too, and quite content to keep biking for a bit. If only his bum wasn't starting to hurt from the tiny little bicycle seat... "Just let me know whenever you're ready to stop," he nodded over at Alysson.

Lislchen · 02-26-2012, 11:31 AM

"Seriously...?" Alysson replied a little cynically, still grinning at him nonetheless. He wanted her to TRY getting struck by lightening. And why was this working?! Right now she seriously wanted to know what it felt like, seeing as he seemed to be oh so proud of it. Not that she would EVER say that out loud. Besides there was no way to just make it happen.

She kept her gaze straight ahead even when he replied that it was fine. And that...he would totally show her later?! "Okay." Alysson bit her lip to keep herself from laughing out loud, so instead ended up with a rather smirk-like grin on her lips. Somehow she suddenly found this whole conversation quite ~~hysterically~~ funny. And she didn't even know why.

"Kansas." Which as it were was so much farther away from where she used to live than Salem. Huh. Whatever. "Ooh, Slytherin." Jeremy had mentioned that house. He'd once had to conduct a detention for two Slytherins. With their Head of House. "Oh, it was great. I loved it. I was...quite the ambitious student." She'd read most of Jeremy's textbooks before she'd even started going to school.

She was not used to sitting on a bike for that long. She really wasn't. And was there even a destination, somewhere they were supposed to be going? Probably not. There had been no dot on the map or anything. "Hmm. There's a small meadow over there?" Alysson offered, pointing off somewhere to her right while at the same time glancing over at William.

And they still hadn't seen any animals. Not even some forest animals. The closest she'd gotten was the small caterpillar who'd been sitting on a branch which had almost hit her in the face.

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