Spring is on its Way ((Ellie))

[Jack Rendel S5]

Jack buried his head in his hands. He hated this. Head-aches and he was getting all sniffly. Yuck. Jack grabbed another tissue glaring meaningfully at anyone in the dorm. Allergies sucked, no duh. Trying to ignore his pounding temples, Jack flopped down on his bed, taking the Kleenex box with him. He would need it later. Stupid spring. He hated this season almost as bad as winter. In fact, it seemed like he hated everything now. Everything that made him suffer, even the minor things like head-colds and runny noses. Spring was one of those insufferable things. The sun was out and shining, tantalizing Jack as he lay in bed blowing his nose. Hardly any sun showed in the Slytherin common room, so this was even worse then just seeing the room lighten up a bit. Why did everything wish to torture him so? True to be told, Jack wasn't a big outdoor fan. Being sweaty, muddy, hot, sticky... forget it. But it was better then moping around inside, you got to admit.

Rolling over on his side, Jack ignored the sunlight. Or tried anyway. He could feel it on his back, warming his neck... argh! His throbbing head didn't help much either, and his stomach was growling from hunger. Jack ignored that too. He didn't want to eat, in fear it would just come right back up. But putting that aside, he really had nothing better to do then go outside. Perhaps the finally ice chunk was gone off the lake. That would be something. A whistling noise made him close his eyes to recover himself. Ouch. It was windy out. Oh well. He was going outside. With a couple tissues. Hey, you never knew what might happen out there.

The halls were pretty much empty today. Usually it would have brightened Jack's mood plenty - bustling hallways full of filth were no fun at all - but today it only made him grumble. Everyone was outside. Where he was going. There would be lots of sounds out there, sounds that would probably drive him insane. High pitch squealing of annoying girls from Hufflepuff, the rattling on of Ravens, the... everything, okay? Everything. Even the birds would probably get a rock thrown at them today, if Jack found one near him at the time. Well, he couldn't help it. It wasn't his fault he had come down with this thing, this disease or whatever you want to call it. Scowling, Jack exited Hogwarts only to be greeted by the buffeting wind.

It was chilly. So the sun had enticed him to come out here and it had tricked him. Imagine that. And Jack had no coat. The only damn thing he had brought out were tissues. Tissues! Yeah, that bad. The lake was crowded on one side, the side without trees. Amazing how stupid people were. Jack hurried for the trees, making a direct line that was impenetrable. He wasn't about to let anyone stop him from getting there, or take his spot. Alas, when he reached the trees, very out of breath and very frustrated, no one was there. He had seceded. Splaying across the grass, Jack let his head fall in the softer patches of grass. Ah. It was cool and refreshing, and smelled increasingly like.... grass. Maybe it would make his headache go away. After a few minutes, Jack sat up. Forget that. Who cares if it made his head better, the smell... he couldn't stand it! He managed to lean up against the large trunk of a tree comfortably and close his eyes. Just to block out any other annoying sights.

[laughingoutloud]

Ellie rolled over in bed trying to fight her way back to sleep. She had gone to sleep around three in the morning finishing the homework that was very soon due. She had no idea why she was put in Ravenclaw. All her friends got there homework done the day it was given but she waited till the last minute to do everything. Her parents were also wondering how she got in Ravenclaw because when she wrote her back her letter telling them what house she was in they asked if she was sure. She was sure all right but she didn't now why she would be placed in a house was every one does everything how it is supposed to be done and when it was supposed to be done. This was totally not her, she was the type of person who likes to bend the rules and do things when she had too not when everyone said to.

Moving a piece of her long brown out of the way of her eyes she picked up her little kitten that was playfully attacking her head as her hair moved slightly. Setting her little golden striped kitten on her pillow she sat up a little reluctantly. She really didn't feel like getting up but new she couldn't get back to sleep. She seldom could get back to bed after she had woken up but that wasn't always a good thing. Especially when she woke up at like two in the morning then what is she supposed to do? Stepping out of her warm sheets and into the cold crisp mid morning air Ellie stumbled over to her already laid out close on her trunk. She had picked out her clothes a night before so she wouldn't have to today and she was very bored. Silently slipping out of her pajamas and into a pair of light blue faded jeans and a blue t-shirt she headed to the bathroom and brushed all the notes out of her hair.

Once she had put on a little eye-liner and lip gloss Ellie walked out of the bathroom intending on going to hang out in the common room. Stepping into the common room she saw that it was actually quite packed. She thought this was strange and decided to head outside instead because she really didn't want to be around a lot of people. Heading out of the common room and into one of the many halls of Hogworts Ellie stopped at a window and watched as a couple of first years playfully wrestled on the ground. She remembered what it was like to be a first year everything was a little easier back then. Shaking her head slightly she continued down the hall letting her thoughts stray from one subject to the next. Unsurprisingly her thoughts kept on her mom and if they had found out if it was a boy or a girl. Her mom was pregnant and they hadn't been able to find out if it was a boy or a girl. She was very excited and couldn't wait till the he or she was born.

She had to admit though when she had first heard she wasn't all that excited in act she was upset. She secretly thought that once the baby was born they would forget about her and only care about the baby. She new this was a crazy thought but she couldn't help feel a little worried. Shacking her head slightly she continued down the hall. Walking out the big doors that lead outside she saw that there were quite a few people running around having a good time. Walking over by the lake she saw that everyone was crowded in one area. Not wanting to really talk to anyone she headed over to the area were she didn't think anyone was. Walking over to one of the many trees and sat down. She heard a slight noise and tuned her head slightly and it took everything she had not to bust out laughing. She saw a Slytherin boy sitting against a tree with his eyes closed and a pained expression on his face. Well this is a first she thought to herself. Looking back at the lake she sat there wondering how long it would take him notice someone was sitting near him.

(sorry it took so long)