"No, actually there used to be a duck pond here," Emmanuelle replied, splashing her feet in the water a little. The sudden appearance of a hot spring where a duck pond use to be did seem a little odd to her, considering all that she had learned in science class, but she supposed that with magic, anything was actually possible. Besides, the water didn't seem to be doing any harm, so...

"What year are you?" She was curious. She had only meet a grand total of one fellow seventh year, and that didn't seem to be changing anytime soon. Oh, well.

Ameliah nodded. "Yeah, that'd make sense too! I guess its kinda hard to think of bad things when I've had so many good times there. I once had a snowball fight with a guy who reeeeeally loves ducks." And speaking of Daichi, what would he say about there not being a duck pond?? He'd probably be as sad (if not more) as Ameliah.

"Look, you're just--" Ameliah cut herself short as she realized how nasty she was close to being to Lex. She was ACTUALLY about to say that Lex was too young to understand. Ameliah hated being called firstie and thought of as too young when she was in her first year. Whyyyyy would she say that to someone else?? Rudeness was not tollerated in Ameliah's mind.

Shaking her head, she tried for a subject change. "Have you gone to any of your classes yet??"

*after pushing him in*

Beezus was almost hysterical. It was a stupid move, a very stupid move to push the Prefect into the Hot Spring. What if Matilda drowns?! She would never forgive herself if something happened to the tarantula. In fact, she didn't quite realized she was trembling a tad bit, immensely worried with the creature's well-being.

She had been ready to yowl and shed tears when she saw the creature poking out of her Master's curls, clearly avoiding the water. OHSWEETMERLIN! Beezus patted her chest, sighing with relief. Thank goodness Spike had become taller or else, she would be haunted by how she had instigated Matilda's submergence into the Hot Spring for the rest of her life.

Then Spike was slowly getting out of the water, turning towards her direction.

UH-OH.

Well, the summer sure did him good. With his clothes wet, the brunette couldn't deny that his masculinity had come more apparent. Of course, that was pure appreciation. And friends do that, appreciate each other. Bleeh.

"You going to come join in the fun?" HUH? WHAT? NO!

But before she could even protest, he was approaching the bank and started splashing water towards her. "SPIKE!" Beezus exclaimed, quickly backing away. The splashes had reached her legs and she wiped them with her hands as she laughed nervously at the sixth year. Oh, no, no. She planned on going for a stroll, not a swim! "Stop! Stop! It's not lovely and hot!" She was zigzagging around to avoid the spattering Spring water. "I don't want to get wet!" Nuuuuuu.

"Well, are you going to or not?"

Except, it was really only a rhetorical question now. He splished and splashed his way up to the bank, heading straight towards Beezus. He laughed as she backed away, and pulled himself up and out of the water. "You're not scared of a little water, are you?"

With that in mind, however, Spike did take Matilda from her dry patch in his curls, and placed her carefully on a dry, sunny rock. Matilda stretched out, clearly happier about this plan. Happy that his tarantula was safe, Spike returned to the task in hand: Operation Payback.

"But it IS lovely and warm!" Spike said honestly. "That's why it's called a HOT spring." And was coming to give Beezus a nice big friendly hug to prove it. He ran after her, arms outstretched ready to catch and engulf her in a big, wet hug. Being bigger and faster, he should have the advantage. "I'm coming to get youuuu!"

Oh, she didn't WANT to get wet? She thought it'd be that easy? Nuh-uh, girl. SHE started it.

"Hang on..." he said with a grin, as he came face to face with her on an attempted dodge. "...I don't think that's fair somehow. Only getting ME wet. A PREFECT, no less." He reached out to grab her, and just missed. GAH. He should have know how agile she was, being on the Quidditch team.

"Give me one good reason I shouldn't give you a good dunkin' too?"

"Of course I'm not scared of the water!" Beezus yelled, giggling somewhat. It wasn't good. Spike was out of the water and was charging towards her. MEEEEPP! ..Oh, Matilda break. Her dark brown eyes watched the two for a while. No doubt, Spike really loved his tarantula and with that, her mind drifted off to the question she was supposed to ask him once more. Would he agree or would he be upset with her?

Her thoughts were rattled by the Prefect's voice. "NO! It's not!" Well..even if the Spring was indeed lovely and hot, it wasn't the perfect time for her to dip into it. Her eyes widened when he stretched his hands and darted towards her direction. He was going to hug her so she'd get wet!

AACCCCKKKK!

Without second thoughts, Beezus hopped and leaped to avoid him. SHE WILL NOT GET WET! Dodge. Dodge. Dodge. She was fast, but Spike just had the capacity to encage her if he wanted to. She stuck her tongue out when he began complaining about how unfair the whole situation was. "Yeah. Whatever.. Obviously the Prefectship doesn't entitle you from being immune to girls who would push you in the water."

Hmm? One good reason? Beezus giggled. Honestly, she just didn't want to get wet because she would feel uncomfortable with what she wearing if it becomes soaked with water. And with Spike around...well...it can get pretty awkward. "...Just because! ....You don't wanna ruin my hair, do you?." She shook her head and grin widely.

What was thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis place? West did not know. He did wonder about if the stuff in the grounds would change every single year or not, and wasn't entirely sure that he trusted a random spring of hotness.

There were plenty of people around though and none of them looked like they had been boiled alive so that was a good start.

Spotting that Penelope girl, West went over, plopped down next to her, and examined the water, still clearly not quite convinced to put his own feet in there.

And, since he felt like he knew her, it was easier just to jump into talking.

"Hi. Did you go in that compartment again? On the train? I didn't. Was going to get food and then you know, it stopped and stuff. I heard there were adults in there." Which meant it was good that West didn't bother.

One moment, it was quiet and relaxing; the next, it wasn't. Well, it was still relaxing since the water on her feet still felt nice, but now someone was talking, and when she glanced over, Penelope recognized him as the boy who'd also entered the prefects' compartment last term and had broken a broom. What was his name? East? North? West? That one sounded right.

After sitting up, she shook her head. "No, I didn't either." She hadn't really thought about going to that compartment, honestly, since she'd gotten on the train with Anya this time, instead of alone. There were adults there though? "Well, the Headmistress was on the train." She'd yelled at them all to sit down and stuff. "Guess it makes sense she'd sit with the prefects." And those other adults too whose names she didn't remember.

"She has nice hair, the headmistress lady." Like fire hair. West made this observation matter-of-factly. He hadn't learned about crazy redheads yet. Only time would tell.

"Are you gonna be one, do you think?" A prefect, he meant. And then, "Your name is Penelope right? Its real long. Is there something shorter you like?" Or he could make one up. Lop. Loppy. Those would be good.

Oh she doubted him did she? Terry didn't lie and he would definitely take revenge. She was just giggling away and he smirked at her, watching her movements, dodging away from her splashes and splashing her straight back. He knew what would make her giggle, he knew exactly how he could take revenge. "Of course I will" he winked and then started tickling her waist, cackling in preparation for her reaction. "Just like that" he poked his tongue out. He was probably strong enough to pick her up and dunk her in but he thought that would be going a little too far, it was just a little bit of fun and he didn't want to upset her.

He was impressed with her magical skills, for a second year she was able to perform spells that Terry couldn't yet. It wasn't because he was rubbish at it but instead because he hadn't actually had the chance to learn any of them yet. His education had been mostly focused on Care of Magical Creatures and Herbology because that's what his mother was best at. "Well it's okay for you then" he chuckled. "But I don't know any spells so you'd have to clean my clothes too." Yep. His mum didn't appreciate having to do the 'washing' herself. "Why are you acting so surprised at that?" he asked, his expression blank. Of course he didn't mind the mud! "I have lots of animals at home, you get dirty all the time." He had wellies now, to stop his socks and trainers from getting ruined and his mother had recently bought him overalls when he went to help out with the larger animals.

He shook his head when she asked him about getting cold. "I'm fine, I don't really feel the wind" he said, unzipping his jacket and handing it over to the girl. "You look like you might go blue if you don't have anything to keep you warm." And he wouldn't want that! She might have to go back to her common room and he would get bored out here by himself.

He was glad when she stopped crying, knowing that his 'comforting' words weren't exactly the best. He gave her a gentle smile as he sat back, leaning up on his elbows so that he could absorb the autumn sun and still see her. He didn't really know what else to say to her now that she had let everything out. "Just don't be sad! You have lots of friends here that can help make you happy," like him! He could tell her jokes and act silly to make her laugh. He understood that it was a good thing that she trusted him. "I'm glad you trust me" he nodded once, he felt like he was a trustworthy person. "It's okay" he smiled as she hugged him and he hugged her back. "Do you feel better now" he hoped she did, it would make things happier. And if not he would try doing something to cheer her up.

"Why are you running away from it then?" Spike said with a laugh. A glance back at the sunny rock told him that Matilda was quite happy, and had taken the time to get a nap. Evidently she didn't really care what was going on, as long as she didn't get wet, and got lots of petting and even a few treats to make up for it. Spike gave her a smile, before turning his attentions back to Beezus.

"Here comes the HUGGLE MONSTER!" he said, spreading his arms wide like he used to do to scare Indy when she was younger. Hehehe. He leapt over some rocks at the edge of the hot spring, just as Beezus dodged back the other direction. Argh! And now he thought about it, his shoes were squelching underneath him.

Squelch, squelch, squelch.

He flicked them off lightly, glad he never properly tied the laces on his sneakers. "I didn't know a friend would do such a thing," Spike said, raising an eyebrow - mock upset at the thought she could do such a thing. And he had another card to play... "Plus, a Prefect, I can ensure that such behaviour doesn't go unnoticed." To him at least. Spike didn't have powers to take points and such, and this was fun so he didn't care to - but Beezus might not know that...

Ruin her hair? Spike shook his head, his wet curls flicking water spray around. "Not usually no," he said with a smirk. "But look what you did to mine. It's a wet mess," as opposed to his usual dry mess, "I think fair's fair, don't you?" And then, he cut the corner and preempted her next dodge...

You're all mine now, Beezus, he thought with a grin, ready to catch the younger 'Claw.

Theodore lay on his belly, just flicking his hands about in the hot spring. It was nice here, MUCH nicer than the lake anyway. But Theo was still in no mood to get IN the water, though he really did need to start learning how to swim. Cos he didn't want a nasty Ravenclaw to approach and push him in now, did he?! Today just wasn't the day for it, though.

He was too tired. Tired of girl drama. Theo liked to call it girl drama, but all it really consisted of was a psycho first year who kissed him under the influence of love potion.

Serenity didn't really like him at all. The thought made the second year sigh, and he relaxed down with his face in the grass and his hands still dangling in the water. Oh yes, it was hard being a twelve-year-old. Getting caught up in all those emotions and hormones. Ugh.

Kurumi really hadn't gotten OUT of the castle much since the term had started, juggling most of her time between the common room, the library, and the kitchens. Lewis had actually been the one to tell her to go out and get some fresh air on her own to unwind, to which she had insisted that her unwinding time had always been spending time with him but she had to admit that getting out in the fresh air with no real destination in mind was...refreshing.

She had heard talk about a hot spring on the grounds from some lions while she had been in the common room and was rather curious as to what sort of place it was. Back home it was a monthly trip with her family to a hot spring to relax and...

"Wow," she whispered as she looked out over the spring. It was almost like having a piece of home at Hogwarts. Too bad she hadn't come prepared at all to slip in the waters. She couldn't very well go in her robes.

Before answering his question, Beezus took a quick glimpse of the tarantula too. Her mind was settled. She really was going to ask him soon, once this little game of theirs was done. For now, she was going to enjoy his company and not attempt to do anything that could ruin the mood.

"I'm not running away from it!" she laughed back. "Can't you see I'm only skipping?" Bleeh. Sarcasm certainly is, and always will be a girl weapon, there was no doubt about that. When the Prefect dashed off towards her, Beezus squeaked and edged away, shaking her head as she did so. There was no way she would let him get to her if she could help it.

NUUUUUUUUUUUU. XD

See? See? That's why she didn't want to get wet. Her shoes would greatly suffer the consequences just like his. And she really loved her shoes! She stuck her tongue once more at his direction. "Well....friends do such to have fun." Hmm. They were laughing after all right? At his remark about ensuring her behavior was noted, the brunette fell silent for a while. Then she pouted and furrowed her eyebrows. "Oh really?.." Short pause. "Naah, you won't do such a thing. Ravenclaw neeeeeeds house poooooints." Since they were lagging a bit behind the other houses and she knew that Spike was aware that she was one of the top earners from their house. So yeah, he won't risk it no?

Shaking her head still, she only chuckled at Spike saying it was unfair. Meh. Life IS unfair so whether he liked it or not, he was soaking wet and she was not. "Oh, no you don't." said Beezus as if she could read his mind once she saw that look he was giving her. Then without warning, she skidded to one side of the spring.

Can't catch me now Prefect Hutchinson, her thoughts were rejoicing when unexpectedly, her right foot slipped and she felt herself falling backward. O______O Oh no! She was going to hit the rocky ground! HEAD FIRST!

Her eyes shut on its own accord. Mehh.

Bye bye Hogwarts. Bye bye world.

A few more moments of pondering would do, and then Theo would most likely wander off to a new attraction to entertain himself with. He was bored, and just needed someone to cause mischief with. But everyone was boring today, so he'd just have to chill on his own.

But with the way he was lying, it wasn't chilling him out at ALL. He GASPED loudly and pulled his head up, after the ground tried suffocating him. He did have bits of grass stuck to his face, but he chose to ignore that.

He saw an older person hesitating on the sidelines of the spring, as he was. She looked..... recognizable, but then again... Theo didn't make it a habit to talk to old people, so he just WOULDN'T of met her before. "Are you scared to go in, too?" He asked, gesturing to the death trap that was the hot springs. The second year shuddered at the thought of it, then sighed.

Bliss watched Terry carefully, knowing that his revenge was bound to come soon. At some point during all of the splashing and stuff, she realised she was having a really good time, all her worries about anything else were simply disappearing. YAY. She started laughing even more as Terry splashed more water on her, she relaxed for a second and then..he attacked. If tickling counted as attacking. She started giggling and couldn't stop, she had no idea what to do, she couldn't curl up into a little ball, she'd just end up in the water. She couldn't tickle him back, from what she could tell, he didn't like being tickled. During all this thinking she was still giggling. "Terryyyyy," she whined and laughed, a grin spread across her face. She balled her hands up into fists and leaned on Terry's shoulder to try and muffle the giggling. She didn't think it was working.

Bliss shook her head and laughed, "I could clean your clothes too," she told and then thought. Why couldn't he do it himself. "The spell is Scourgify," she explained to Terry and smiled. Now he could get as mucky as possible and be able to clean all his clothes! Bliss laughed, why was she acting so surprised. "I dunno, maybe it's because you are carefully avoiding all the water," she said and shrugged. Who knows, her mind was funny. Oooh, lots of animals? Of course, she already knew this, but it still caught her attention. "What type of animals do you have?" Bliss asked curiously, smiling at Terry.

Bliss looked at Terry anxiously, hoping that what he said was true. She didn't want him catching a cold because of her, even if the healer could easily get rid of it. "I do?" She asked, surprised. She didn't realise she was that cold, in fact, she was feeling kind of numb. Oh. That's how cold she was. "Thanks, Terry," she said accepting the jacket. She put it on and zipped it up, and instantly felt warmer. She grinned at the boy, her eyes filled with thanks.

At least she'd stopped crying now. At least was no longer being a pain. She returned Terry's smile and because she was sat down, she brought her knees up to her chest and rested her chin on them. She looked out across the spring, it was peaceful now and she was feeling relaxed. "Okay, I promise not to be sad," she told Terry, meaning it. As long as she had Terry and Blue, Theo and Alec as friends, she be happy. "I know I do," Bliss said and smiled gratefully at Terry. "Do you trust me?" She asked, it was always nice if people returned the trust and Bliss thought of herself as a kind, loyal and trust worthy person. She hoped he did trust her. She smiled at him as he returned her hug and she answered his question honestly, "I really do." And she really did. No question about it.

Kurumi closed her eye for a moment and just let her senses take everything it. It was something her mother used to do whenever they went to the mountain side hot spring back in Niigata. She would just stand by the side of it, her robe still wrapped tightly around her, and close her eyes in what Kurumi had assumed was some sort of peaceful meditation. It had always been interrupted by her brothers who all but canon balled into the warm waters, but it was one of the few times where the Gryffindor had seen her mother genuinely happy.

Kurumi had seemed to find that quiet place when she heard some one speak...to her? She peeked out from the corner of her right eye to see a boy... definitely talking to her. "Hmmm? Oh, not scared really. I'm just not prepared to go in," she replied, deciding to sit down on the water's edge and slip her bare feet into it. The water felt...really good. Lewis had been right. Getting out of the castle HAD been a great idea.

"I'm Kurumi, by the way," she said with a small bow of the head. She recognized the boy somewhat, mostly because she knew West and he had appeared in a part of the yearbook she was working on earlier. "You're...Theo, right?"

"Funny kind of skipping," Spike said, clearly amused. "Doesn't it usually go more like this?" he inquired, skipping in a rather over-zealous exaggerated fashion towards his friend. Every time he landed, he left a wet footprint and trail of dripped water from his jeans. Why had he worn jeans today, rather than shorts? A nice, untorn pair of jeans, no less. Though, he wasn't sure he wanted to answer that question - as for one of the first times ever, wanting to look reasonable had come into his vocabulary.

Did she stick her tongue out at him AGAIN? Spike mimicked the action, and picked up the pace.

Cuddle!Monster Spike was in BUSINESS, yo!

"Why are running away from me then?" Spike asked. "It's like, you don't want to spend the time with me as your friend." A pout ensued, though it soon turned into a giggle. He might be drenched, but this WAS funny. It'd been a long time he'd done something like this at Hogwarts - the end of last term had been FAR too serious with OWLs. "Really," he answered, though he gave a smirk when she mentioned house points. Oh, so she did believe he could take them. Well, that was interesting... He shrugged nonchalantly. "It's only the start of term. We'll make them back easily enough...I mean, YOU'll make them back..."

He eyed Beezus, arms still outstretched. "Oh yes I do!"

Except she dodged him AGAIN at the last minute. Sigh. Clearly just hanging around in front of the hoops had affected his agility last term. Maybe he should just sit down for a bit, pretend she'd worn him out and then pounce?

Hang on...why was she heading for the water? Wasn't she meant to be trying to stay dry? Spike's eyes widened. Beezus was falling. Head first. Straight on to the rockiest part of the spring.

Nuuuuuuuuuuu! She couldn't have concussion before Quidditch tryouts!

Without thinking, he ran and skidded along the ground in the attempt to provide a soft landing.

"Beezus?" he asked slowly, squinting open his eyes his didn't know he'd shut tight. Had he got there in time?

Theodore whipped his hands out from the springs and flicked them about to a dry-ish state. He went to grab something from his bag, then realized that he had forgotten it. WHAT? He always remembered his bag. He eyed the hot springs, and made a thoughtful face. Was this water drinkable?

"Really? Oh... but you could go in... and just magic your clothes all dry afterwards." That would be fun. An older lady like herself, surely would know the cool kind of magic. Theo would do that, too, IF he could magic himself the ability to swim as well. Oh well, wizards can't do EVERYTHING, you know.

Second year wizards certainly couldn't. Le pout.

Kurumi, huh? Hmmmmmmm..... "Oh, okay... aren't you a prefect?" Well, he wasn't sure about this term but he was pretty sure she was last term. Umm, what? "I, umm... yes I am. How do you know my name?" He asked rather quickly. Cos if he had another stalker, he'd much like to know about it. So he could document it and send it off to the Daily Prophet. They'd help him out, right? Give him some sort of perfume to swat away creepy stalkers.

Kurumi kicked her feet in the water a little more, splashing the water a little here and there. It felt really nice...would really feel amazing come winter and there was snow surrounding the area. At one hot spring she had been to there had been mountain monkeys that had come down and actually gotten in to the hots springs too.

"I could do that," she nodded with a small laugh. Kurumi had to admit that she often forgot that with a simple wave of her wand she could fix all the things that prevented her from doing some things - such as right now getting into the hot spring in her robes. "Maybe next time." For now she was content with just soaking her feet.

Prefect...right. Even without the badge on her robes people tended to recognize her as such. Sigh. Hopefully this wouldn't make him all...flustered and stuff. She hated the deer in headlight OMG YOU ARE A PREFECT look those words usually preceded...only that didn't seem to be the case this time. "I am," she nodded. Prefect since her fourth year. "Oh, um, well...I know West and your name showed up for the yearbook. Class photos and some other mentions," she explained.

As if on slow motion, Beezus could feel the air sweeping her hair and blowing tickling breezes from her neck to her spine as she descended lower...and lower..

Subconsciously, she could hear Spike earlier responses to her inside her head. "Funny kind of skipping," "Doesn't it usually go more like this?" Nooo, she thought. He was merely exaggerating. "Why are running away from me then?" Well because, you're trying to get me wet and I don't want to get wet! "It's like, you don't want to spend the time with me as your friend." Was he kidding? She loved spending time with him. Did her appearance at that meeting not stand as a proof yet? "Really," "It's only the start of term. We'll make them back easily enough...I mean, YOU'll make them back..." True. But then again, if he was going to tell her off, the points lost will still remain as points lost, whether it's been replaced with positives. "Oh yes I do!" Yeah, and because he was too enthusiastic on catching her, she was going to die on her way to make friends with the rocky ground.

.................

......................

..............................Thud!

For seconds, the brunette didn't open her eyes, and when she did, she kept on blinking. Well, it looks like she was still alive. Then a voice came that uttered her name. She frowned. Was it coming from behind her? Beezus turned her head slowly......"Spike!" she exclaimed, though in a low voice. Her hips hurt. "What're you.." then she realized that she was lying on top him. He protected her with his own body to avoid the impact of the fall. She wanted to get off of him but she was getting dizzy. "Sorry.."

"Yes, you could." Theo had LOGIC. More logic than an old person, wow! This called for a smug grin. "Oh come on, I'll go in with you. But..." He went all quiet for a minute, then remembered that Kurumi was a prefect. So if she laughed at him, or made him feel bad, he would report her to the Hogwarts authorities. "Can you conjure some armbands?" Or a float? Otherwise, you'd all meet a very nervous Theodore.

"Cool!" Theo wanted to be a prefect when he grew up. But for a start, he didn't feel he had the maturity or brains to be one. Actually, he was a bit of a wimp and wimps couldn't fight crime like prefects. Oh well, it was just a far away dream of his. "What year are you actually in?"

Well, of course. Everyone knew West. And they did kinda come as a package deal in some cases, so... "Oh, right..." Theo didn't remember giving the school permission to put his photo in the yearbook. Psshhht. Anyway, some other mentions? Like what? A list of his daily routine written by his prefect!stalker?

No......

That wouldn't happen.

"I hope it's good stuff about me."

Yes there was plenty of noise out here... plenty of splashing and blah blah, but one voice was closer AND familiar. Turning her head up to see the source she smiled weakly. "I am not sure Ummm is a proper greeting," she said as she closed her book.

Chewing her lip she looked him over a couple of times. He didn't LOOK different. Maybe he was still the same old Nathan. "Would you care to join me?"

Everything was happening in slow motion... Spike became aware of the stinging on his back, the skin tender from rubbing against the rough rock. His wet tee must have rolled up, leaving it unprotected. He winced. Thank goodness he was wearing jeans though, else his legs would be roughed up even worse.

OOMPH!

Okay, NOW Beezus had landed - straight across his stomach. Well, that certainly said something about his aim. But more importantly, how was his friend. He slowly tensed his stomach muscles, trying to sit himself up enough to check she was okay.

As soon as she responded, he let out a breath he didn't know he'd been holding. "I'm here," he said quietly. She didn't exactly need to know where. Being underneath her was, well, on the awkward side. Even if he'd done it with good intentions. Though maybe she'd realised that the rock was slightly squishier that she was expecting. He bit his lip, nervously. "What am I, what?" he asked curiously. Doing there?

Saving you. Not wanting to see you hurt.

"It's no problem," he said. "No need to apologise." Especially since it'd been him she'd been avoiding. He was the one to blame. Spike's heart sank a little inside. "Are you hurt at all?"

She'd been awfully quiet. It worried him. Spike pushed himself up a bit further, wincing again at the skin being pulled on his back. He'd have a nice graze on that in the morning, huh? And probably a few bruises. That'd be nice for sleeping on. NOT. And he wouldn't even be able to see them to appreciate them properly - though he probably wouldn't want to, given the circumstances and the reminder there would be why she'd fell.

Because of him.

"Beezus," he said quietly, now sat up enough to adjust slightly to the side. He cradled her more comfortably into his left arm, her head resting against his left shoulder. With his right hand, he moved the hair out of her eyes. She really was pretty. Prettier than he'd remembered over the summer. His heart started to beat faster underneath her, and his mouth went dry. Despite his worries, he could see advantages in this outcome.

"I-I-I'm the one who should apologise," he said after a while and moistening his lips. For chasing her. And making her fall. And managing to make her wet, given she was laid across his wet tee and jeans. "S-s-sorry..."

Nathan simply smiled. Addy was .. Addy again. The one he first met at the Kite Flying event.

Without even thinking twice, the boy went on to sit across her.

"Hi." he greeted her properly then.

Well NO, she was NOT the old Addy. She was just not going to let this mess of hormones and confusion stress her out anymore. What was the point? "Hi." She kicked her feet a little, sending ripples through the water as she smiled at him.

"I owe you an apology for my behavior. It was not your fault... Delphi was right when she said that to you," Addy said very boldly. No better way to solve a problem than head on. "And I suppose seeing you with some other girl... it made me jealous. Which, for the record, I have never been before. For any reason." Legit! She never even got jealous when Kenyon got praise and she didn't. Which didn't happen a lot, so that may have been the reason. Heh. "But either way, I was being ugly to you and it wasn't fair. I am sorry."

Not wanting to be staring at him when he responded she looked out over the water and chewed on her lip some more. Nasty nervous habit.