A long awaited visit.

The time was around Ten o'clock, and it was unusually dark for this time of night. It could possibly be because of the New Moon and all of the clouds. The fog hung low, swirling around ones feet as he or she walked. Visibility was low, but not to any extremes. There was a slight chill to the evening.
Topher strolled out to the lake, near the water, and found some rocks to sit on. He was one of those few thoughtful people that just enjoyed peace and quiet to think about the past, present, and future. But tonight was different. He wanted to be at the lake, and not with a lot of people, but a few. Some people to talk to.

Wandering out at night wasn't something that people were allowed to do- but that had never stopped Ginevra. The lake was her favorite spot in all of Hogwarts, and night was her favorite between night and day. Note why she had chosen this time to leave her dormatory and come down. Sighing as she breathed in the smooth air, she smiled for the first time in what seemed like forever. It was weird being back here, without Darren or much friends. Not that she wanted friends- Ginevra was rather independant. Reaching the lake side, she sat down and stared into her reflection, not noticing Topher even being there. If she had, her reaction would have probably woken up everyone in Hogwarts and beyond.

Topher looked over when he saw the shape moving next to him. Such a familiar shape. When he realized who it was, his face brightened, and his day sky rocketed to greatness. But he concealed his excitement, and slowly crawled away from his spot, and slowly made his way towards Gin. When he got close enough to her, he plopped down next to her "Hey Beautiful!" he said hugging her.

Looking next to her as she felt anothers presense, and was aware that he was there, she couldn't believe what she was seeing. "Topher?! Oh. my.god! I've missed you! Where have you been? Is everything okay? Did I mention that I missed you?" she asked, totally biased and unaware that he had called her beautiful, which was something he had never done before. She was just shocked, the fact that her mouth was hanging open making that even more clear than it would have been in general by her ranting nature, which wasn't exactly casual for someone like Ginevra. She loved Topher, he was really one of the best guys she had met in her life- nothing would change that! Hugging him back, it was more of a squeeze with the stength that she put behind it, not knowing but softening it once she noticed.

[screw changing the colors lol, too much work]

"I have been fine." Topher said blushing. He had never thought Gin would ever be that excited to see him. "I just went...uh...on a trip." he said, he didn't really want to talk about where he had been or why he had gone. "How have you been?" he asked her, looking into her eyes, when she finally released him, and he her, enough to look in ones eyes.

[aha. it's fine! tis' a habit for me.]

Ginevra nodded, fully aware that this was really not just some figment of her imagination, but finally for once she was having luck. Topher was here! Her blood was rushing fast with excitment, her face lighting up with joy more than it had in awhile. This was the highlight of her world. Not sure whether she wanted to tell him the truth, or a lie, she decided lying was really horrible and since she hated it- she wouldn't do it herself. Ginevra was no hypocrite. "Not so good, actually. A lot has changed." she told him, her voice going flat and her eyes averting away from his after they had met. She didn't like talking about it too much, but that may have just been because she only had once before.

Topher never thought of happy Gin to not be in a good period of time. She was always the one to bring a smile to his face, and although he was happy to see her, it hurt him to see her down. "Ah...do you want to talk about it?" Topher asked tightening his grip on her a bit. For some reason, she seemed to feel just perfect in his arms, as no other girl had.

Ginevra did try to be the happiest as she could when around people, or at least most of the time. She didn't like being the bummer, or one to put out any good mood. It sucked, and that was no secret. Now that she could see that she had made a negative effect on him, she wasn't too proud but at least it showed he cared. Was it horrible to say that it made her happy to see him not? Only because it showed he cared, only that! Promise. Biting her lip, she new that she couldn't keep one thing from him, so maybe she would just talk about that- maybe. "There's something I need to tell you.." she told him, sighing as she looked back towards him. Comforted in the hug they were embraced in, she felt safe, almost like she did with the one other important person in her life.

"What is it?" Topher said. He could tell that she was distressed. It pained him to see her like that. He was always one to try and make people happy, but someone that meant so much to him, it just hurt. But he would be there for her. Be strong for her, help her through whatever it was she needed help through. "You can tell me anything, and I will not judge, and I will not tell anyone else."

What she had to tell him would definitely get out there sooner or later, it was something that just spread, or couldn't be hid because of the pattern that would unfold. Why Topher cared so much, she wasn't actually so sure. Never in her life had she had many to care for her, and if she did, nothing good ever happened. Look at her family; they were all dead! Yes, that was making it point-blank simple to understand. She blamed all three deaths on herself, even her fathers, which was definitely the one that was least her fault. She couldn't have helped that his parents, as well as him in general, were muggles. Next to that, there had been Freddy. Where was he? No where to be found. Why? She wasnt sure! He hadn't even tried to contact her, and she hadn't been able to contact him with everything that had been going on- not that anyone other than Darren knew about it. But even Darren was someone she hadn't seen in a month. No one ever stayed around in her life. She hated it, but at the same time convinced herself it was for the better of their lives, and therefore never hovered around on it for too long on the outside, but let it only show in her thoughts.

Obviously nervous to tell him what she was, Ginevra wasn't proud of her one moment of vulnerability that left her to be where she was, a changed girl: literally. No one would undersatnd what she was going thorugh, even if they thought they had some sort of one in a billion shot. This was because of two reasons, though. A, because she wasn't easy to understand at any point in her life and B, because she had never learned how to let people in on her inner circle, deep enough to actually get something important understood without a lot of explainations. Only on lucky days did Ginevra have so much patience that she could explain every single little detail- or want too, for that matter. She was a very closed person, making this news come hard for her to just admit. She didn't want Topher to get scared of what was inside, like she had been at first. You heard it right. Ginevra had been scared. Usually she didn't fear much but fearing herself had come to naturally that she hadn't even noticed it at first. "I'm a werewolf." she murmured, her voice clear and her eyes looking up into his, waiting for a reaction. "An animal." it was clear that she wasn't too thrilled. But really, who in her place would be?