Post by colleen on Sept 28, 2007 18:29:54 GMT -5
Hangout Park.
What the heck did that mean? A park. It certainly looked like no park that Colleen had ever seen. Just grass. Grass and trees and arrogant little first years running around, screaming their little heads off about how excited they were to be at Hogwarts.Colleen couldn't help but take notice that they seemed to be avoiding her. She wasn't the most friendliest-looking person there,at Hogwarts. It wasn't that she scowled or looked mean when a student went by,but that she showed no expression on her face whatsoever.Maybe that was why they kids started to make their way over to her and suddenly reared away when they caught a glimpse of her slightly malicious eyes. Colleen shrugged. She liked the attention that she wasn't getting.
A strong wind blew by and Colleen tugged on her black and white polka-dotted hoodie. Her hair blew in all sorts of directions and she sighed,not even bothering to fix it. There would be no point in pinning it up or putting it into a ponytail.It was so short,that it would probably fall out and go in every direction again. Another strong wind blew by and she zipped up the hoodie. She pulled the hood over her head and tugged her sleeves down past her hands. Brown eyes peered around the Hangout Park. Colleen spotted a swing occupied by an older-looking girl with fierce red hair and golden green eyes. Colleen raised her eyebrow. Without even asking the girl to move, the girl quickly jumped up and sprinted away. Colleen paused for a moment and then shrugged."Wonder what's gotten into her..."She said,grinning.Colleen,with her hands still in her long sleeves, climbed onto the swing. Why was it so tall? Or maybe she was just short. Yea,that was probably it. Colleen rocked her legs back and forth and the swing began to sway forward and backward.
There was an eerie silence and Colleen turned her gaze from the ground to her surroundings. The sky was a fading orange color,blending in a red and pink. The sun was just sinking below the tip of the horizon. It was a nice sunset. If only Colleen had had her camera with her. She sighed and leaned her head against one of the ropes on either side of her. When was the last time that she had swung on a swing? Months? Years ago? Collen shrugged. She couldn't even remember. Every day,after school it was either work or come home and lock herself in her room. She never stopped by the park on her way from home. That was where all of the school-kids lurked and hung out at. It was definately not a place where Colleen would want to be. Maybe if the park was dull and deserted,only would she have even considered taking time out of her life to go to it.
Kicking her legs back and forth a little bit harder now, the swing carried her higher. There was a long creak every time she moved forward and backward. It kind of influenced the mood to the eerie silence. She looked around. No more students. The sky had darkened a little bit more and all around her...silence.
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