A Day in the Life

As Tris stared out the window at the lake, she wondered what would happen if she went in it. The idea absolutely terrified her, but her curious nature still allowed her mind to wander. The first things that popped into her head were horrible monsters that would kill her, but the rational part of her brain told her that there was almost nothing to fear. Unfortunately, the rational part of her was very small.

Tris did however want to go outside. This far into Spring, there were very few days when it was not raining. The grass was still wet from yesterday's shower, but the sun was shining and fluffy white clouds covered the sky. She threw on her ankle boots, grabbed a book from her bag, and jogged out of the tower.

Tris avoided eye contact with others as she passed them in the hallways. She wasn't too terribly fond of the smile-at-eveyone-who-passes-you approach to navigating the school, and preferred to keep her distance. She reached the the entrance to the Grounds in 10 minutes, and slowed to a walk. She watched the lake warily, making sure to keep a safe distance. She sat down against a near-by tree, and opened her book to the page she had folded down. The occasional droplet of water brushed her skin, but she soon forgot about them as she became absorbed in her book.

Days like there sometimes irritated her a lot. The gloom of rainy days reminded her of the comfort she had grown up with in James Tanaka's hours after he murdered her parents when she was almost ten years old. When the sun came out she felt almost like a Vampire, the sun just irritated her and she didn't like it. When Yumi was irritated she could sometimes be a handful, either not wanting to talk to anyone or pulling pranks like she used to when she was younger. Yumi had always been a prankster but since she had started dating Louis Weasley she hadn't wanted to pull any pranks.

The eighteen year old girl had been outside at the lake, hidden up in a tree that had all its leaves sprouting already. There were enough to cover most of her body, and it shaded her from the sun. She had just closed her eyes to rest for a while when she heard someone approach. At first she thought it was only she kind of animal getting close to the lake for a drink or something. But soon she felt something lean against the tree where she was and her eyes slowly opened. Yumi shifted a bit and looked down at the girl who was under the tree. She wasn't sure if she had seen the girl around the school before and she let a sigh escape her lips. Yumi tilted her head to the side a bit as she looked down at the girl. A wide smirk suddenly crossed her lips as she noticed how timidly she looked at the lake. "Afraid of the water or something?" she asked the girl suddenly, half trying to scare her.

"Afraid of the water or something?"

Tris jumped at the sound of a voice above her. She had not noticed anyone in the tree, which was unfortunate proof of her lack of ability to observe the things around her. She looked up, and saw a girl sitting in the tree. To be perfectly honest, she seemed to blend right in with the leaves. Tris wasn't exactly sure how the girl had gotten up there, mostly because of the fact that the trunk was mostly smooth.

"N-No." Tris silently cursed. She hadn't meant to stutter, but she froze up when asked about her fear. She cleared her throat and tried again.

"No, I'm not afraid of the water. I was just...thinking." Not necessarily one of her best lies, but it would have to do.

"What are you doing in a tree?"

Yumi giggled a bit at the girl's reaction to her question. She always got a kick out of scaring others, old habits die hard. Her head was still tilted to the side and her smirk was still on her face, she swung her leg slightly from the branch where she sat. "Are you sure?" Yumi question her, raising an eyebrow. "You seem afraid to go near the water." she grinned at her.

Her excuse made Yumi giggle again and she moved her head from side to side as she thought. She actually thought it quite funny that someone could be afraid of the water, but she knew anything was possible, which made everything even more funny to her. Learning about a new phobia always made her happy because she got more information on things that could help her with becoming a Healer.

The girl asked her why she was in the tree and Yumi shrugged. "The sun irritated me and I like being in trees." the redhead answered truthfully. She sighed softly and decided to get out of the tree. She swung herself a little bit and with a heavy push she jumped out of the tree and landed on her feet on the ground. She straightened herself and then sat down next to the girl.

Tris frowned. Like most people, she didn't like to be laughed at, and that seemed to be the very thing the girl in the tree was doing. She closed her book, too irritated to concentrate. She focused all of her energy on not looking at the lake, instead looking the girl in the eye.

"I'm not afraid. And it wouldn't be any of your business if I was." She tried as hard as she could to stay composed. She wasn't a very good liar, and the fact that someone was picking up on that unnerved her. She could pick up a textbook and learn how to do almost anything, but she couldn't master lying.

When the girl jumped down next to her, Tris shifted away from her slightly. She didn't like being near people she didn't know, especially ones that hadn't exactly made a good first impression. The one thing that Tris had to begrudgingly give the girl credit though, for was her intuition.

"I don't think I've seen you around before." she said in a dry tone. Of course, Tris didn't know that many people. But she did remember faces, and this was one that she could not place.