A New Beginning

Juliet was alone once more, since her Best friend was unusually busy lately, which rather surprised her, she wasn't sure what to do for the day either. She was sitting in the common room for Slytherin all alone for the day, when she suddenly decided to go to the Library. She quickly stood up, and got on her sneakers, and grabbed her "Zombie faced" bag. She looked around quickly and sighed, not knowing why exactly her friend was so busy all of a sudden. Juliet made her way down the stairs, her eyes darting around for anything unusual, which once more, was quite weird, and like earlier said, unusual for her without her friend to watch her back.

Juliet sighed and made her way to the room she was searching for. "If Dani finds me here..." She started, "She'll find me a dork." She stopped with her hand on the handle to the entrance, she looked behind her, seeing if anyone was around. Which of course, there was nobody around. Jules entered the room slowly, looking around for anyone who might be around who would know her.

"hello?" She whispered, her eyes darting around slowly, searching for something or someone she would know.

The library wasn't exactly his first choice in places where he liked to be. He always preferred the CoMC paddock or the lake. But today he decided to be in the library because he thought no one would be in there. After the meeting he had with Franki at the paddock, even though he had fun with her, he was a bit shaken about the problem they had because of their factions.

She had taken everything so seriously and he had reacted in a way that he wouldn't usually react in. He felt a bit odd now because of all that and it made him not even want to go outside. Which is why he was in the library. No one would bother him in there, probably and it was quiet enough so he could just think about a lot of things. Like something his parents had told him a couple of days ago when he had gotten an owl from them. It had caught him by surprise and he wondered how he was even supposed to do what they asked, because of his fears.

Jayden heard the door to the library open and he poked his head out from the aisle where he was and saw a girl, she was a Slytherin if he wasn't mistaken. Jayden looked around quickly and moved away to block himself from her view, he winced at the weird feeling he suddenly got and shook his head. He really had to get over his fear. It's not like he hadn't seen her before, they were in the same year and had some classes together, but Jay never really spoke to her.

Juliet heard someone walking into the library, lifting her head quickly and staring down the aisle seeing nobody, her heart beating slightly faster. "h-hello?" She barely whispered, her voice too quiet. Why was she suddenly frightened? She looked around some more before turning her head to her book and biting her lip. She wanted to get up and see who was there, but knowing her past mistakes, it probably wasn't the best idea at the time.

But still, her curiosity peeked to it's breaking point, before she realized what she was even doing, she stood and took a few steps forward, toward the area she heard the slight footsteps. She moved a little fast now, her eyes darting both ways before she stood still, listening closely to anything in particular. But strangely enough, she heard, nor saw anything that seemed to "Frighten" her more.

"hello?" She asked once more, looking around, and taking, once again, a couple steps forward. She noticed a boy about her age standing nearby, she frowned and noticed who he was, they were in a few classes together, but never had talked, all she knew was his name was Jayden, and well, what house he was in.

He probably looked like a creep just standing there with his face almost buried in a book he randomly found and picked up, trying to look normal. It was obvious he wasn't very good with people, everyone knew that, and he was especially bad when it came to girls. The only girl he had ever felt comfortable around was Katarina, and that was it. Now, that he though about it, he hadn't even talked to Kat in a while. She had been off with her other friends, and though he missed her he was preoccupied with his own friends - not that he had many.

The girl had begun to approach him slightly and Jayden felt himself shrink away from her gaze. He wasn't sure if he should try to talk to her or not, they would eventually have to interact in some way. Especially in class, since the professors were more likely to make them to partner or group assignments now. That kind of intimidated Jayden, not just because of the who working in groups thing, but because since he was a Ravenclaw he was supposed to be one of the smartest kids in Hogwarts, which meant that someone was bound to try and take advantage of that.

Taking a deep breath, Jay lifted his head from the book and looked over at Juliet. After a moment of hesitation, he smiled at her and asked, "I'm sorry, did I frighten you?" in a somewhat innocent tone. He had observed that she seemed startled about something and it was probably his sudden enterance to the library.

Juliet smiled slightly, knowing all too well he was..or seemed to be shy. She moved closer to him, looking up to him, as it seemed, he was a little taller than her. She had never really talked to him. "Hey…can I help you with something?" she asked, her eyes curious, shining with mischief. "You know, just because you 'walk quietly'….doesn't mean I can't hear you."

She smiled up at him and poked his chest lightly, as she took a step back slowly. "I might seem mean, but just because i'm a slytherin, doesn't mean i'm not nice Jayden." She laughed softly and walked back to her seat, sitting down and holding her book up. "you can come read with me." she mumbled, blushing as the shyness came back into play.