Exploring School Grounds

[Sahara Aurin]

Sahara had been exploring, getting a good look around her new school when she came across the lake. She smiled, looking around. It was the perfect place for... well, for something she was sure. She just didn't know yet. She slipped off her shoes and rolled her black low rise jeans up to the knee before putting her feet in the water. The water was cold, but not too bad. Standing in the water, Sahara looked around. She was hoping someone would show up, she still hadn't met anyone from school yet.

[Evane Devine]

"Isn't that water a bit cold?" A girl with dyed purple hair, Evane, asked as she sat atop a wet rock on shore. Evane shook her head, smiling slightly before removing a notebook from her black handbag and a drawing pen. She opened the book up and instantly began to draw the lake sitting atop a mountainside, which overlooked a cloud city floating near the edge of the mountain. She didn't really expect any sort of reply from the girl...or from anyone really, even though Evane was popular but could care less, which is why she immiedatly began to draw.

[Sahara Aurin]

"Just a little," Sahara replied with a shrug, smiling. She took a few steps out of the lake, and rolled her jeans back. "But it seems one of those lakes where the longer you stay in, the colder it gets..." She looked at the girl sitting on the rock, drawing now. "I'm Sahara," she said, introducing herself. She knew she might be interrupting the other girl, but Sahara had never been one to wait politely for someone else to finish what they were doing.

[Evane Devine]

Evane nodded as she continued to draw, not saying anything until she finished. She then closed the book and placed it inside her handbag and looked up. "Sahara. Nice name. I've Evane." She said, standing up and looking at the lake. "I'm not really one for swimming." Evane said truthfully. "You new here?"

[Sahara Aurin]

Sahara nodded. "Yeah, it's my first day here." She smiled a little, and looked out at the lake. How could someone not like swimming? But then again, Sahara thought that way about most things. There were very few things she didn't like to do. Even doing homework she could get excited about, if it was the right kind.

[Evane Devine]

Evane smiled as she hopped off the rock she was standing on. "It's a big school, I got lost on my first day but...if you have someone showing you around then it'll get alot easier to find your way around this place." She said as she moved closer to Sahara, shivering slightly as a cold breeze blew past her.

[Sahara Aurin]

She laughed. "Yeah, that's kind of how I ended up here... I was trying to find some of those gardens in the pictures the school sent to my parents. You know, to see if they really looked like that." Sahara shivered a little as well, her thin t-shirt not doing much against the breeze. "But the lake was next on my list of places to find.. so it all worked out."

[Evane Devine]

Evane laughed. "The Gardens over rated, not as nice as the pamphlet makes it out to be." She said half serious before taking off the sweatshirt she had on over her T-Shirt and handing it to Sahara to put on. "You could use it more than me, it's pretty cold out." She said nicely.

[Sahara Aurin]

"Thanks," Sahara said, slipping the sweatshirt on. "I left all my stuff, sweatshirts included, in the hotel my parents are staying at. They insisted I look around first, before getting my stuff and making it all final. You know, so it seems like I get a choice in coming here." She rolled her eyes, but was still smiling.

[Evane Devine]

Evane laughed. "I take it, it wasn't you're choice to come here was it?" She said before folding her arms over her chest. "I actually wanted to come here. Much better than being at home with my stupid ass Nanny."

[Sahara Aurin]

"Not exactly my choice. But my parents are all about making it seem like it was. You know, like 'this is better for everyone', and 'you'll be much happier there'." Sahara laughed again. "The thing is, they really think I will be happier. I mean, if they didn't then I wouldn't be here. That's what I hate. It's impossible to be mad at them." She looked at Evane. "But you have a nanny?" she asked.

[Evane Devine]

Evane nodded. "Yep. I have a Nanny. She's been living under our roof since I was a baby. Sad huh?" Evane laughed. "So...it's a mixed blessing. In a way, you don't want to be here because it wasn't your choice but, then again, you wouldn't have met anyone if you didn't come?" She observed, shivering slightly.

[Sahara Aurin]

She nodded. "Yeah. And my parents I probably right... I mean, so far this place seems cool. And I like the people I've met," Sahara said, although she'd only met Evane so far. Seeing her shiver, Sahara asked, "You look really cold, do you want your sweatshirt back? I'm a bit warmer now."

[Evane Devine]

Evane shakes her head. "Nah, I'm okay." She said, half serious.

[Sahara Aurin]

"Are you sure?" Sahara asked. "I don't want you to freeze to death out here."