16 Apr 2018, 01:44
The Slip Up
Darkness engulfed Reyna as she slept, and she felt like she was floating in a thick, black ocean that entirely consumed her in comfortable silence. Although it felt as though she was being floated through an ocean, she could somehow still breathe. It was calm, it was quiet, it was relaxing. Then, a strange clicking sound broke the quiet. It wasn't consistent, and it had no observable pattern. Reyna's brow furrowed as she tried to identify what the sound was. The water seemed to thin around her, and the noises became far clearer. She heard her name.
Reyna, on instinct, lashed out, and she felt her hand, which was clenched up in a tight fist, narrowly brush past fabric. Her eyes opened next. Her pale blue eyes, that somehow seemed full of warmth landed on the boy in front of her, who looked concerned. The next thing Reyna did is pull her hands over her mouth in shock, nearly hitting the boy again as she retracted her hand. She was momentarily confused as to who the boy was and where she was. Then, it clicked into place, like the last piece of a puzzle locking in inside her head.
"Oh my god Reid, I'm so sorry" the girl said, the panic setting in. I just fell in sleep in front of the Head Boy and tried to hit him. My lord, if I don't get in trouble for this, I don't know what will get me in trouble, her mind thought, going a million miles a minute. She churned up several ideas in her head of what she could say if she got in trouble. Nothing usable came to mind, no convincing excuse popped up in her head.
"Uh... um," Reyna stammered, her mind blanking. Slowly, she rose to her feet. Her heart felt as if it was about to shoot out of her chest. She had no clue as to what to do to keep herself out of trouble. Instead of doing the reasonable thing, such as staying and apologizing to him, she panicked. She ran.
The stone walls blurred around her, the occasional torch that was here and there becoming a blurred orange glow to her eyes. Turn the corner she urged herself, for she was coming up onto a fork in the path. A far too long moment of hesitation caused her shoulder to hit the corner and for her catch herself on the wall with her hand, causing a stinging to radiate on the palm that was touching. Her palm was minorly scraped up, nothing serious, but as of now, it stung like all hell. She bit her tongue to distract herself from the pain in her shoulder, which practically seemed to radiate through her body. It was more of a... numbing pain rather than a sharp, stinging pain. It was far less hurtful than the fall she had just taken, but she got the feeling that the bruise would last for quite a while and be quite the pain for her later on.
Reyna, on instinct, lashed out, and she felt her hand, which was clenched up in a tight fist, narrowly brush past fabric. Her eyes opened next. Her pale blue eyes, that somehow seemed full of warmth landed on the boy in front of her, who looked concerned. The next thing Reyna did is pull her hands over her mouth in shock, nearly hitting the boy again as she retracted her hand. She was momentarily confused as to who the boy was and where she was. Then, it clicked into place, like the last piece of a puzzle locking in inside her head.
"Oh my god Reid, I'm so sorry" the girl said, the panic setting in. I just fell in sleep in front of the Head Boy and tried to hit him. My lord, if I don't get in trouble for this, I don't know what will get me in trouble, her mind thought, going a million miles a minute. She churned up several ideas in her head of what she could say if she got in trouble. Nothing usable came to mind, no convincing excuse popped up in her head.
"Uh... um," Reyna stammered, her mind blanking. Slowly, she rose to her feet. Her heart felt as if it was about to shoot out of her chest. She had no clue as to what to do to keep herself out of trouble. Instead of doing the reasonable thing, such as staying and apologizing to him, she panicked. She ran.
The stone walls blurred around her, the occasional torch that was here and there becoming a blurred orange glow to her eyes. Turn the corner she urged herself, for she was coming up onto a fork in the path. A far too long moment of hesitation caused her shoulder to hit the corner and for her catch herself on the wall with her hand, causing a stinging to radiate on the palm that was touching. Her palm was minorly scraped up, nothing serious, but as of now, it stung like all hell. She bit her tongue to distract herself from the pain in her shoulder, which practically seemed to radiate through her body. It was more of a... numbing pain rather than a sharp, stinging pain. It was far less hurtful than the fall she had just taken, but she got the feeling that the bruise would last for quite a while and be quite the pain for her later on.
Your obedient servant,
Reyna Calthorn
Year 1 Gryffindor
22 Apr 2018, 21:26
The Slip Up
The reaction caused him to jerk his head back, personally startled at the speed that she even lashed out. But he couldn't blame her after seeing her just fall right asleep against the wall, he'd lash out if someone found him like this. Yet every time he ran into a student, it seemed like he was getting the most oddest responses. Although a lot of them had such strong guilt whenever something bad happened. It worried him and made him wonder if he was that scary or hard to approach. Was she okay? It wasn't that big of a deal, right? Even if she did manage to somehow sucker punch him or slap him, he didn't think he'd get mad.
Sure he would get dazed and probably get annoyed, but in the end it was something she didn't mean. From the impression he's had so far, she wouldn't be the type to let such a thing go either. That seemed to prove true as she shot up faster than he expected. He raised his hand slightly, "Wai - Reyna." But she already sped off to leave a confused Hufflepuff teetering on the heels of his shoes. Reid sucked in his breath, his brows furrowing and his eyes narrowing as he stumbled to stand up.
Clearly it upset her and he wasn't one to let things go either; unless she told him to bugger off. The boy didn't bother brushing his trousers as he followed after the girl, long strides that translated into a power walk as his arms swung on each side. "Reyna!" he gritted. Reid winced as he barely spotted her hit herself against a wall, that had to hurt. But even then she just kept going, fast and resilient, now that was someone he would never want to go toe to toe with.
But Merlin's Beard she was too fast for him, she could probably rival Sabrina in a race. He was slow and always lost against anyone who even challenged him to such, so the real trouble was even keeping up with her. Why bother though? Well it bothered him a lot, it was stupid to say that it bothered him that she was bothered. Nevertheless, he didn't want to leave Reyna thinking she did something terrible. She acted like a convict on the run.
Reid sharply breathed as he ran faster, finally finding himself not too far from the Gryffindor. "Reyna - wait, you're so fast. Merlin's Beard I can't breathe." he wheezed, coming to a jog. He tapped a quick hand on her shoulder rather than potentially startling her even more by pulling. "H-hey, look ... nothings ..." He walked backwards just beside her, the pacing awkward and misshapen.
"You're fine, I ... I wanted to tell you nothing's wrong. I really don't care about what you almost uh - did. You're not in trouble, okay?" the boy reassured, still heaving a little. It was embarrassing he was even so winded, maybe he should run more. "There's nothing to worry about."
"Trouble usually finds me."