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[marissa]

[ Med. or Adv. RPer please =] ]


Looking in her full length mirror, Marissa stared at her reflection. Not because she was a conceited girl, or obsessed with her looks and imperfections, but because sometimes, if she looked hard enough, she could see her mom. Okay, so not literally "see" her, but see the resemblance of her.

Marissa was in her third year at Trio's. She had a few friends and even more aquaintences. She wasn't depressed, failing any classes, and didn't have any enemys. At least not that she knew of. So what was her problem? Sure, she was always smiling on the outside. On the inside though, she definetly wasn't smiling. She thought she had gotton past everything that had happened with her parents. It had been quite a few years now. Surely she should be normal again by now.

Turning away from the mirror, she left her room. Making her way through the common room, dressed in a pair of jeans, a pink tee with a black zip-up hoodie, and black vans with little white polka dots, she headed for the Entrance Hall. Usually when she wanted to get away from her own thoughts, she would head straight for the lake. Today though, there was another place that she had on her mind.

The Enchanted Garden. It was a beautiful place in the middle of the castle. Its many different kinds of plants and fountain made it the perfect place for a day like today. Marissa wanted to just relax somewhere that was peaceful.

As she walked through the tunnel that lead to the garden, she ran a hand through her blonde, wavy hair. She was amazed at how fast it had grown since she had arrived at Trio's. When she had first gotton here, it had fell right below her shoulders. Now it fell all the way down her back, stopping about where her elbows were.

Finally reaching her destination, Marissa took her time walking to where she knew the fountain to be. Ahh the fountain. The sound of it alone seemed to calm her thoughts. A familiar smile made its way across the girls mouth. The smell of the flowers filled her as she took in a deep breath.

Sitting down on the edge of the fountain, she leaned over and looked into the calm water. Funny how one minute it could be so still and peaceful, and all it took was one small thing to make it break into ripples and splashes. Crossing her legs, Marissa looked around the garden. It seemed to be pretty empty. Silently she wished somebody would come join her.

[zackary]

Zack's head just sort of rolled on his shoulders. It seemed pretty early to him. Then again, Zack really had no telling of what time it was. His glasses were laying on his bed and he was standing in front of a mirror. He was putting his contacts in today, just because his glasses were kind of starting to bother him. His eyes were kind of sensitive, not that everyone else's aren't, but it made putting in contacts more of a game of precision.

After he'd finally gotten his contacts into his eyes, as well as a couple of pokes in the eye later. Zack was finally, well, ready for something. He didn't know why he'd gotten up and dressed. Maybe it was just that kind of a day. He was pretty much just wearing his school stuff without the robe and had added a blue hoodie to wear over it. Seemed like a day to spend in solitude outside. That sounded almost like an exact opposite.

Zack's footsteps echoed through this newly entered school. He was only a first year, so it made sense that he hadn't really been outside of the school. Or pretty much out of the common room. There was some place he'd overheard someone talking about on the way to class. It was like a garden or something. It seems like the perfect place to be alone on a day like this. He figured everyone else would be hanging out with their friends in random parts of the castle, but he doubted anyone would be outside.

Zack was almost blinded by the natural light that shone into his face at the end of a tunnel leading into this garden. It was quite a nice place, if you want to think of it in that way. But Zack just sort of thought of it as art. He didn't see it as flowers. There seemed to be a fountain up ahead and low-and-behold someone else was out as well. Zack put his hands into his pockets as he kept walking forwards. Maybe she was waiting for someone.

[marissa]

The Enchanted Garden was such a unique place. The way it was set in the middle of the castle was very clever. She had heard that it was a present to Hermione Potter from Harry himself. Some present...she thought to herself silently with a smirk. How many guys gave their special lady a garden. An Enchanted one at that? Her guess was not very many. Hehe.

Looking up, she saw the large windows that belonged to the libray. Ahh, the library. Another one of her favorite places! She hadn't been there in a while. Maybe she would find a reason to visit it tomorrow. =] Yeah, that sounded like a good idea.

Already, her slightly depressed mood had lifted. All she needed after all was some fresh air. Amazing how a change in scenery could completley turn a persons mood around. Marissa was a nature girl. She loved everything about it. Give her the outdoors anyday over being inside. Well, as long as it wasn't storming. That would keep her in. Not the rain however, just the lightning.

When she looked back over to where the tunnel ended, she saw a guy, who looked to be a little younger than herself, walking in her direction. Hmm...It didn't take long at all for some company. Well, technically he wasn't company. Not yet anyway. That would soon change though. Hopefully...

Pushing back some of her hair, she smiled brightly at him from where she sat on the fountains edge. "Hey." she began in a friendly voice. "Nice place, huh?" she asked, giving the garden a quick look around. "I'm Marissa Harper." she added in a friendly voice.

[zackary]

Zack felt a slight shiver run up his spine. You know, one of those full body ones that come when you least expect it? Well, he got one of those. Not that it's relevant or anything. It just seemed strange to him that he would shiver for some reason other than it being cold. Then again, Zack's hoodie had kept him feeling somewhat warm. His hands were still in the pockets of the hoodie. His eyes were straing so intently at the ground that it seemed as if Zack was trying to drill a hole with his mind. He figured he would just be able to sit on the other side of the fountain by himself. Plus, he had been almost positively sure this girl wasn't looking for him.

But people aren't always right. And Zack wasn't. It seemed like this girl had been waiting for anyone. And it seemed like she was set on connecting with him so he may as well cooperate. It's not like there was anyone else around. So maybe it would just be a 1-on-1 kind of thing. That'd be fine. It was probably going to be like that for Zack until he's become more friendly than he is now. And that could take a while.

Heh, Nice place? Seems like the perfect place for solitude. Almost like it was a perfect gift. He thought to himself. Zack himself was unaware of what the garden actually meant to some people. Then again, he was pretty new to the school. Zack raised his eyes from the ground to the girl and sort of smiled. He wasn't to far from the fountain now and once he was close enough to it he slowed to a stop. There really wasn't anywhere to sit down, so Zack just remained standing where he was.

"Hi...I'm...uh...Zack...and this is a pretty nice place. You out here for quiet or somethin'? Or were you waitin' for someone?" Zack said. His hands had now moved from hiding in his hoodie pockets to the confines of his pants' pockets.

[marissa]

The last time Marissa had been in the Enchanted Garden, she had shared her rainbow lollipops with Misstuh Jackson. =] That was a fun time. They had talked about whether or not her Grandmother had in fact gone to Candy Mountain to retrieve those yummy lollipops. That mystery was still unknown.

As the guy reached the fountain, he stopped. Marissa scooted over on it so he could sit down. It wouldn't be too comfortable to stay standing. He seemed a bit reserved. Marissa herself wasn't that reserved, but there was nothing wrong with people who were. Thats just what made everybody unique.

Zach, huh? She didn't think she recognized him. He must be a first year. "It's nice to meet you Zach." she said, smiling up at him. She was hoping to make him feel more comfortable. She was an easy person to get along with, which always helped things.

Was she waiting for someone? Haha. That was funny. "No, I was just out for some fresh air." she said nodding. "What about you? What brings you out here?" she asked curiously. She guessed it was probably for the same, or at least close to the same reason she was here.

[zackary]

Zack could see the girl making room for him to sit down. He contemplated it. I mean, it did seem like a tempting offer. Zack sort of tilted his head for a second. He was thinking about something. Something that he wasn't too clearly thinking about. Probably something completely unrelated, but nevertheless, it was what made him his own person. Thinking about random things at random times. He shook his head slightly, and he could feel his hair dragging itself across his forehead. And right now, Zack didn't feel like fixing it. He figured he would just stand the entire time he talked with this girl. But his legs probably weren't going to give him that opportunity. So he was going to have to take that seat.

As he sat down, Zack felt like he was sitting in water, that was probably just some splatter effect from the fountain. Great...Wet pants He thought, without getting up to make it seem more obvious. This was one of those things you didn't want someone to see. Especially on a first impression kind of situation. Which is what this pretty much was. Zack turned his head up to look at Marissa. "Fresh Air, huh?" He said. Zack didn't think that anyone came out just for fresh air. It was usually an excuse to get away from something else. Or, maybe he was just analyzing this way too much. That was probably it.

Why was I out here again? Zack thought to himself. He had known why only a few moments ago and now it was gone. Maybe it had been to get away from something. "Well..I guess I can't remember why exactly I was out here. But it must've been for some strange reason. He said, with a confused look on his face. His eyes were now turned towards the ground. This girl had probably figured out by now that he was a first year here. And he was pretty sure that she wasn't. It would make the most sense because she seemed to have known of this place better than him. This was just his assumption, however.

[marissa]

Sometimes Marissa wondered if there was something wrong with her. She had always figured she was quite normal, besides the magic and stuff obviously. It just seemed people had their own group of people, and she just wasn't in one. Marissa had always been a very independant girl, but everybody got lonely sometimes. That was usually why she could be found in random places by herslef.

After what seemed like a very contemplative minute, Zack sat down on the fountain. He seemed like he didn't want to be here. But he probably was just kinda quiet. Mrissa had been a bit quiet herself when she had first arrived at Trio's. It was quite an intimidating place.

Was Marissa really out for some fresh air? No. She couldn't lie to herself. The reason she had come out here was to hopefully clear her head from the many thoughts that were haunting it. Luckily it had worked for her, today anyway. She knew there would come a time when she would have to face those thoughts. Today just wasn't the day for it.

Marissa turned on the fountain so she could see Zack as she talked. "Well, fresh air and to clear my head." she said crossing her legs Indian style. She laughed lightly when he said that he didn't remember why he had come out here. She knew that feeling well. Marissa couldn't count the times she had walked into a room and completley blanked on why she had come into it in the first place.

She absent mindedly started to twirl a piece of her long hair around her finger. It was just a habit she had. "So, are you a first year?" she asked him curiously. Marissa looked up towards the large window that belonged to the library. The garden went up like six floors she believed. That was a pretty big garden...