Post by Syrus Helling on Aug 18, 2011 19:30:34 GMT -6
Sitting with his back against a tree, Syrus had a book open and parchment in his lap where he was scribbling down notes now and then as his bright blue gaze skimmed the pages. A couple passed him, holding hands and talking in low voices, but he tuned them out and watched them briefly to make sure they kept on their way. He grimaced as they leaned in for one of those innocent little kisses and the girl started giggling. Glancing around briefly, he was half disappointed and half relieved when he didn’t see any rocks around to throw at them. Might have knocked some sense into them, but he didn’t feel like having another trip to detention. Hey it didn’t have to be a big rock….
Mumbling something he turned back to his book, his thoughts turned briefly to Kite and his current idiocy. He’d seemed so damn confident when he said he wanted to marry this Mikayla girl and then he turned around a few days later telling some other girl he’s not over her. “There is seriously something wrong with that boy’s head.” He noted something else down from his book and looked out over the lake in time to spot one large tentacle sliding out of the water and back in again.
Glancing down at his parchment, he tapped his finger against his thoughtfully. It was hot today… he would be inside in the common room where it was cooler but it was already packed with people escaping the heat. He’d rather deal with the heat than the majority of Slytherin house all packed together. It was only slightly less hot in the shade, where he sat, but there was the slightest of cool breezes coming off the lake. After taking off his shirt it wasn’t completely unbearable, and the half coin that hung on a leather thong around his neck was cool against his skin. He ran one hand through his hair and over his face, studying his parchment quite intently, “What am I missing…?”