Rainy and misty; like always [[Kelsi]]

[Gabriel Liam Maurer]

Gabriel woke to his alarm at six thirty that saturday morning, like always. It was quiet in the dorm room. No one but him would wake to his alarm because of the charm his father had put on it, so he quietly go out of bed and walked over to his dresser opening the third drawer from the bottom. In it everything was cluttered and all his clothes were bundled and stuffed into the drawer. After shifting through it for a few moments he managed to find a clean pair of gray hufflepuff sweats. He looked back over to his friends sleeping to make sure he hadn't woken them up as he pulled on the pants over his boxers and then the shirt pushing the sleeves up to his elbows. He took a look in the mirror and ruffled his hair up a bit with his hand. He kicked on his running shoes and then quietly left the dorm and started jogging quickly making his way out of the common room not looking twice over it to see if anyone was awake yet.

He quickly jogged around the corners in the halls and was soon enough out of the castle and making his way over the bridge. He then turned left down the path to the lake. It wasn't easy to run on the coarse rock beach but he liked the challenge. When he had been jogging for about twenty minutes he slowed down and pulled off his damp shirt from the rain. He was well built but wasn't much for showing it so he looked around and didn't see anyone so he tossed his shirt on the stone beach and stretched his arms out twisting his body making his back crack. He bent over hooking his fingers under his shoes. It felt good to stretch out his body after the night.

His eyes wandered over the lake and he loved the feeling of the light drizzle on his face and chest. His gaze was broken and he crouched down to dip his hand in the cold water splashing some on his face. He then stood up and walked over to where he put his shirt and used it to whip his face. As he did so he heard someone approach by the movement of rocks on the beach and he quickly but clumsily tried pulling his shirt on. It slightly stuck on his head and he fumbled trying to pull it down so he could see who it was.

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[Kelsi May]

It was such a nice day and Kelsi had taken a trip to hogsmeade and met her parents while she had been there to catch up on something's. Kelsi had been thinking about Athan all that morning missing him, she hadn't seen him in a while. She was playing with her blue shimmery skirt that she had been wearing and walking all hapily back to the school probably looking like an idiot as she always did. She also had a white tank top on. But, she didn't care. She walked by the lake and came out by the trees and a rock that had been by the lake. She giggled softly as she saw the boy in front of her and blushed really red stopping not knowing what to say. Kelsi hated being really shy with people. She saw him putting his shirt back on and all she did was freeze. She tried to close her eyes as he did but opened them. "I, I umm. Hi." she said and stuttered and bit her lip. Her stomach was in knots and she felt sick to her stomache and sat down. She felt like her head was spinning. She didn't know why she did that. Kelsi let out a sigh wanting to run away right now she felt like such an idiot.

(Sorry it's kindof short I normally write a lot but I'm on my phone))

[Gabriel Liam Maurer]

He struggled with his shirt for a moment longer his hands only getting in the way of himself. He grumbled a little of his own silliness and stopped struggling and tried to do it the calm way.

Gabriel was finally able to pull his shirt over his head to reveal a familiar girl he was almost sure she was in his house. She looked to be only a few years younger than him, maybe one or two. He cocked his head to the side looking at her for a second. He decided that she was indeed in his house. He was sure of it. He had seen her a few times in the common room.

He smiled kindly at her half grinning at her awkwardness. She looked like she was really shy. He tried to remember the girls name but couldn't for the life of him do so. "Hey there" he greeted back and approached her fixing his shirt that was pretty wet from him wiping his face on it. "Im Gabriel, your in my house right?" he asked pointing to the hufflepuff crest on his chest.

He ruffled his hair slightly and pushed his sleeves to his elbows. The girl was pretty.. and really, really shy he could tell by the way she stuttered and didn't look at him but the ground.

[Kelsi May]

Kelsi smiled at him as it was raining and tried to fix her hair as it was getting wet. But oh well it was rain so it wouldn't hurt right? Kelsi loved thunderstorms and being out in them. She giggled at him softly as he had spoken to her and she really blushed that time. "Yes." Kelsi said really fast and bit her lip. She wished Athan was here so she wouldn't be so nervous he was the one person where she could be herself. She figured she would introduce herself to him. "I'm Kelsi May." The blonde haired girl said shyly. "I'm in Seventh year. How bout you?" She asked him coming out of her shell more. He was pretty cute too but she knew she wasn't going to cheat on Athan she wasn't that type of girl. "Why are you out here when its raining? Your a little wet." She said. Kelsi so stupid why did you ask him that? She was so dumb sometimes when it came to boys. I mean really Athan had been her first boyfriend and her first kiss.

((Sorry I didn't realize you put it was raining in this post lol)

[Gabriel Liam Maurer]

He smiled lightly as she seemed to loosen up a bit, well, at least saying something rather than keeping quiet. He chuckled lightly as she answered his question and he had been right. He knew he had seen her in his common room. "Awesome, Huffies for the win" he said enthusiastically with a grin. It hadn't passed him that she blushed and it made him chuckle lightly, he passed it off as extreme shyness.

He rather enjoyed his house. Everyone was so laid back and tolerant. They almost all got along well and liked the same things, he had a lot of friends from different houses but most of them came from hufflepuff.

He smiled at her friendly as she introduced herself and it immediately clicked in his head, of course. "Ahhh Kelsi, I had almost forgotten" he says grinning. She continued to tell him she was in seventh year, same as him. He laughed lightly "me too" he answers.

Gabriel laughed a bit at her question and he shrugged "aside from liking the rain, I try to run everyday." He informed her. He looked down at his clothes and saw that the rain must have picked up because his clothes were getting wetter as they spoke. "A little wet never hurt anyone" he said laughing "if I had my wand with me I would use it to dry myself" he added but then he just shrugged.

"So what brings you out here, Kelsi?" he asked not realizing that he hadn't told her his name. He tucked his hands in the pockets of his gray sweat pants.

((don't worry about it ;D))

[Kelsi May]

Kelsi giggled softly and blushed slightly as he had said huffies for the win. She was rather slightly embarrassed it was something she needed to get over though. Kelsi smiled at him and played with her hair and was quiet for a bit. “I love being a hufflepuff.” She said proudly speaking soft. Why did she have to be like this? Kelsi you poor, sweet, innocent girl. She thought to herself. But, hey at least she had been making new friends now and he seemed nice enough. Hufflepuffs were always loyal and friendly towards each other.

She smiled at him as the rain had kept coming down harder. Why were they just standing here in the rain? She had thought to herself. Both of them were going to end up really sick or something. “That’s awesome.” She said and smiled as he said he had been in the same year as her too. “Glad I met someone new from my house today then. I love making new friends but, I kind of get shy at first.” Kelsi said. She was starting to open up more to him now than she had been before.

“Well if you dried yourself off with your wand I would still think that you would get wet since it was raining.” She said and giggled softly joking with him. “I was in Hogsmeade with my mum and I haven’t seen her in a while and we went to grab a bite to eat.” She told him smiling at her resting her arm on her one elbow and shrugged. It started thundering and lightening and Kelsi had jumped a little bit but, she still loved thunderstorms. She jumped into him not meaning too. Kelsi had gotten a little scared. She looked up at him. “I’m sorry I didn’t mean to do that.” Her cheeks blushed even redder. “Do you want to go back inside where its warmer?” Kelsi asked him.

[Gabriel Liam Maurer]

He grinned as she blushed, rather awkward that girl was. He smiled confidently at her trying to radiate it to her, figuratively of course. He laughed as she stated that she loved being in hufflepuff. The good thing about being in hufflepuff was that everyone got along more or less, he had a lot of friends from hufflepuff and they all got along really well, and the house as a whole was all close knit.

He smiled as she seemed to begin to warm towards him and her shyness started to fade from her. He looked up at the sky as the rain started to pick up. He ran his hands over his soaking wet hair and wiped water off his face. He smiled at her explanation of being by the lake in the now pouring rain. "I wish I could see my mum more" he commented and then the thunder struck and she practically jumped into his arms. Even though he didn't catch her or anything, what he did to however was place his hand on her upper back, she had scared him more than the lightning.

He laughed at her "it's all good" he said grinning at her. He brushed his hand over his wet shirt and nodded at her "defiantly" he agreed and started for the castle.

[Kelsi May]

Kelsi felt so different talking to guys after her and Athan had broken up. She had been rather disappointed but, maybe he was better off on his own or with Adonia. She was happy if he had been. She hadn’t regretted him being her first kiss at all until she had met Gabe today. She was opening herself up quick to him but, it still felt weird for her and she was rather shy. Kelsi smiled and blushed at him as the water kept coming down. She looked down at her shirt. It was rather a bad day to wear a white tank top too with her blue shiny skirt. She glanced up at Gabe after a minute or two of awkwardness. “You don’t see her much?” Kelsi asked him and half smiled. “My mother had been in town that’s why I got to see her.” She told him and shrugged. Her and her mother were really close to each other. Kelsi was the family type she loved being around her family. All of the sudden there had been lightning and thunder and jumped into his arms. She sighed in relief that he had been okay with that. “I don’t mind the rain and the thunder it’s just the lightening that gets to me.” She said and finally let go. She played with her hair and pulled it up into a pony tail with a hair tie that she had on her wrist. She smiled at him when he had said yes to go inside. ”I’ll race you.” She said that and gave herself a head start laughing a little bit joking around and looking back waiting for him to catch up to her.

[Gabriel Liam Maurer]

He half smiled as she asked if he didn't see his mother often and shook his head "not as often as I would like" he was actually really worried about his mother since he came back to Hogwarts from the summer leave. As a child he had been to naive to realize, to see the purple, black and blue marks on his mothers skin. He had realized this summer that his seemingly happy family, it was all just a half truth, his whole childhood had been a lie. But this wasn't something he would trouble someone else than himself with. He had been thinking for awhile now what he would do about it, and he couldn't let anyone know that he knew if he was actually going to go through with it.

He grinned and looked down at her. Her being so close made him realize how cold the rain actually was, he felt heat emitting from her. He couldn't help but notice her being in a white shirt but decided to be decent and not go staring at her.

He laughed as she started to run for the castle and he deliberately gave her the head start knowing he could easily catch up. He laughed grinning even more as he sped up towards the castle catching up with her only because he ran literally as fast as he could. He didn't pass her by much and was relatively tired as he stopped running in shelter of the entrance hall. His clothes and hair were soaked and sticking to his body uncomfortably. He turned around breathing heavy but laughing back to her. He shook his hair to get some wet out of it spraying it all over the hall.

[Kelsi May]

Kelsi looked at Gabriel and half smiled she felt bad for him knowing there was something wrong but, didn't say anything more. She didn't want to get in his business if he didn't want to talk about it. "I'm sorry." Kelsi said and frowned. Kelsi always couldn't wait for the breaks that they had because that ment she got to go home and see her family she was homesick at times. But, around here she was surrounded by her friends which was fun.

Kelsi looked up at him after she had jumped into his arms which was a little bit funny. She thought after she was in them. It felt nice and made her miss Athan. She sighed and let go of him. She was happy she was making new friends it was awesome. Maybe Gabriel was bringing her out of her shell? Kelsi shrugged at the thought and smiled when he had agreed to race back up at the school. She had led and he was not that far behinde her he finally caught up to her. "Hey that's not fair." She said and giggled sticking her tongue out as he had beaten her. She put her arms out as he had shaken his hair out from the access water that was on him. "Ahh" she said and giggled as she had gotten more we.

[Gabriel Liam Maurer]

Gabe just smiled at her as she told him she was sorry. There wasn't anything she could do about it, and at this moment not him either, so there was no point in feeling sorry about it. He was worried out of his mind though, and thus her compassion made him feel somewhat better and he didn't know why.

Kelsi seemed like a sweet girl, and now that she was opening more up instead of stuttering and blushing out of shyness, he could actually see that she had a good personality as well. He hated girls that wouldn't be themselves even if they got payed. The facade was always present and you couldn't have a real conversation with people like that. He really didn't agree with girls that felt like they needed to do that.

He chuckled mischievously as he realized that he'd been wetting her even more with his water excess. He grinned at her and pealed his shirt from his body to squeeze the water from it wishing he had his wand. He laughed as he put the less wet shirt back on "wish I had my wand right now, I really shouldn't leave it behind when I go out, something might happen" he said pausing for a second "like I get insanely drenched in rain water" he said grinning as he looked out the big doors that led outside. The rain had picked up even more and just then a lightning struck not that far away. It was beautiful but also kinda scary to know that one of those could kill you if you gave it a chance to. He looked to Kelsi wondering if she'd jump into his arms again.

[Kelsi May]

Kelsi was so happy that she had been opening herself up. He seemed like he was a pretty cool guy. Hufflepuff’s were pretty much awesome because, they had gotten along with mostly every house except for Slytherin. But, she remembered this one time she had met this girl Candi and she had been a Slytherin and she was really nice. Kelsi had shook that thought out of her head because, that reminded her that she had to get rid of the necklace that she had given Kelsi and Athan and when one wore it and one was thinking about the other it would glow.

She looked up at Gabe and smiled right before she had raced him back to the school. “That was a lot of fun.” She said smiling at him giggling as he was getting her more wet shaking his hair. “Hey no more of that I’m soaked enough.” She was trying to say but was laughing hard. Trying to hold her hands out like blocking the water. “I have my wand since you forgot yours.” She told him and pulled her wand out and pointing it at both of them and dried the both of them off. Kelsi had felt so much better being dry.

She watched as he had walked over towards the main entrance door and she walked slowly behind him looking out poking her head out of the door .when there had been a loud bang of thunder Kelsi hadn’t been expecting. She got so scared that time. and screamed. She wrapped her arms around him and jumped into his arms looking up at him in the eyes and didn’t know what to say that time. She blushed a little bit red as she had been embarrassed again.

[Gabriel Liam Maurer]

He laughed as she complained being wet enough already as he was shaking his hair like a wet dog. He grinned as she got out her wand and dried them both off. He looked down at his now dry clothes. "Thanks" he said smiling big. It felt good not being soaked. He pushed his sleeves to his elbows like he liked having them, he was always so warm, he didn't even know why he liked wearing long sleeved shirts in the first place, naturally he should be wearing a tee-shirt.

He looked back at Kelsi from where he was standing. She was actually a really pretty girl, not that he hadn't noticed before, but he just thought about it first now. She had beautiful eyes. That was the first thing he noticed. They were kind eyes.

Gabriel grinned slightly as she screamed at the lightning. He hadn't been expecting her to do what she did next but he wasn't opposed to it. He wrapped his arms around her as a reflex. He looked down at her wondering if she was okay, half expecting her to run away from him any moment now. He didn't want that. He wanted to hold her longer, which surprised himself actually. What he did next he didn't think about at all. If he'd get slapped so be it..

He leaned his face close to hers, his lips inches away from hers. He paused for a fraction of a second before pressing his lips against hers, kissing her softly. She could move away if she wanted to, and he half expected her to do so. He hadn't even been expecting himself to do that.

[Kelsi May]

Kelsi pouted jokingly as he had laughed at her about getting all wet. It so was not funny she thought to herself. But then again she laughed about it anyways. “You’re welcome.” She had told him after she had dried the two of them off. He actually looked pretty good while he wasn’t wet either she couldn’t help but, take a glance at him. He was super cute and adorable she thought to herself and blushed. All she wanted to do was hide her face. But she didn’t. She saw him glance at her and looking at her and it made her blush even more. She had butterflies in her stomach. It was that sort of feeling, she couldn’t make it go away. Then all the sudden the thunder had started again and little before you knew it Kelsi was in Gabriel’s arms again. She looked up at him and smiled and felt his arms go around her holding her close. It felt nice. She wasn’t so shy around him anymore. The next thing that she hadn’t been expecting was him kissing her. She was surprised by it but, she kissed him back anyways. His lips were so soft. After they had kissed she opened up her eyes and looked into his. “Wow.” Was all she could say. She didn’t run away or anything. She just stood there smiling at him. She was speechless.

[Gabriel Liam Maurer]

He smiled down at her glad that she hadn't run away from him yet. Her eyes were even more pretty so close. He didn't let her go, he didn't want to, if she wanted to she'd have to move away. He grinned as he realized she was speechless. He moved his hand to brush a strand of hair out of her face letting his hand linger on her cheek. He smiled back at her not finding it in him to let her go.

He bit his lip slightly "im sorry" he said in a low voice not wanting her to think he was taking advantage of her or something, even though she did kiss him back. Then he realized it. She kissed him back. It was slowly dawning on him, she wouldn't have kissed him back if she didn't want to. This made him grin a bit. What he didn't realize however was that his face was also flushed with a slight red color.