Quel rat!

...But on the other hand you're right. She's isn't a phony because she's a real phony. She believes all this crap she believes. You can't talk-

It was one of those spontaneous things that nobody really does for a reason - the way she detached her focus from the book she had so obediently hunched over for the past half hour. There was no noise aside from the occasional gust of wind that whispered into her ear or attempted to turn the page, and there was no explanation for why she had looked up. She just did, and when she did, she saw the two students kissing in the distance. Because neither of the students seemed to be her friends, or even familiar enough to be stared at, she reflected little on the sight, pursed her lips tightly, and continued reading. Or at least, she tried to.

Were they there the whole time? If they were, who knows what they could have done all the while she was engaged in the pages of her novel! Her presence probably served little threat to an amorous adolescent couple, and Vitani didn't take an interest in playing the part of an informer. She just liked Capote.

But Capote's words, as interesting as they were, did not compare to how the thoughts of performing similar acts (kissing, naturally) with Paul captivated her. She imagined that Paul was napping in the boy's dormitory, as this kind of weather often made him drowsy during the mid-day, especially after eating two packages of Every Flavor Beans (only the good ones). It was a fact that she had come to know in due time. He tricked her into eating a soap one.

Vitani slipped her bookmark into place and placed the book on her stomach. She laid herself down on her back and stared at the clouds. For once, they had all looked just like clouds and nothing more, and she liked it that way. Her hand rested just above her brow to shield her eyes from the sunlight as she searched for any deviating clouds.

Soap didn't taste all that bad.

Daniel had been up on a tree, laying down on a branch his hand behind his head as he leaned against the tree bark. He closed his eyes not noticing that the branch could not support himself and thump the branch broke off the tree and both of them fell off the tree and hit the ground and he landed on his butt causing his eyes to tear in pain. "Ow!" he groaned holding his butt now and closed his eyes in pain not noticing a girl was sitting next to him.

At the instant a loud crash and thud had disrupted the silence of cloud-gazing, Vitani's heart could have given out from the shock. Not being the best person to scare, Vitani turned to the tree behind her, cursing at nothing in particular. She turned back to collect herself - to brush her hair out of her eyes and catch her breath. With her hand on her chest, she could feel her heart beat against her palm. Then she heard the voice beside her and she said, "Cor, you scared the 'ell out of me." Her voice somewhat raspy after not being employed for hours and with the thirst she had begun to feel shortly after she saw the couple kiss. Vitani shot a glance to the boy beside her. He looked a few years younger than her - a Gryffindor that she had never seen in any class, nor in the hallways. Not feeling polite by staring, she turned her gaze to her feet before her.

Daniel looked at the girl and blushed slightly, then looked down at the ground to hide his embarrassment. "Sorry, i should of known that the branch wasn't strong enough to support me up there for a long time" he told her letting a small laughter escape his lips getting up from the ground, dusting the dirt away from his blue jacket and white plain shirt then dusted some off his blue jeans.


^ what he wore

Vitani watched as the young man stood and cleaned the debris off of his clothing. While doing so, she thought of a clever response to his comment of the tree limb succumbing to his weight, but instead murmured, "All that rises must converge." She turned to her book and clutched it tightly in her hand and got to her feet.

"I should go," she said, "Might be some scraps leftover at the lunch table." As if by some act of precognition, Vitani's sentence was punctuated by an audible growling from her stomach. In a futile attempt to muffle the noise, she placed her hand over her stomach and looked to the boy with an expression of embarrassment - her cheeks flushed red with humiliation.

Daniel watched her leave to get some scrap leftover then started to jog up to her side, then looked at her as he walked up, keeping up with her pace. "I am sorry, for the rude interruption. I am Daniel" he told her holding out his hand.

The boy had made an effort to not let V go without an introduction, and when he put his hand forth she stared at it - then at his face.

"Hmm," Vitani gently wrapped her hand around his, giving a faint shake, "Vitani." Her stomach began to growl for a second time to scold her for not feeding it immediately.

"It's not a problem... Look, I'm really 'ungry, I'll talk to you later, all right?" She tried to be polite with a smile despite the fact that her stomach was nearly eating itself out of starvation. Salad, fresh strawberries, sandwiches... Anything more filling than a soap-flavored jelly bean appealed to her at that moment, despite the fact that it was strangely delicious, and she had never tasted soap before.

Daniel looked for his bag and then saw it was way back from under the tree, he reached for his wand then summoned it. "Alright, would you like me to escort you there ma'am" he told her putting his bag on smiling politely and as warm as he can.

"All right," Vitani said in response to his offer, but before she stuck out her arm, she turned to him and stopped - almost as if to pause and think, and she said, "Oh.... I'm going to warn you, I 'ave a terribly contagious skin disease. Kills your epidermis, instantly." She then hooked her arm around the crook of his elbow, allowing her bare forearm to slightly graze against his skin.

"It's actually quite painless," she looked down at her feet as they went up the grounds toward the castle.

If he was already asking to escort her places, Vitani assumed that she could at least be a little humorous with the lad.

Daniel frowned and stared at her worried. "Your not serious are you" he asked her pausing in his spot his arm hooked around the crook of his elbow, when she said she had contagious disease that was quite painless but he had to make sure he didn't want the disease as well