A walk.

Aimee walked through the grounds, looking over them. The fingered the bracelet she wore, a gift from her father before he died. She smiled. She wondered if anyone else was out here, and if they'd even notice her. She sighed. She'd never had a large amount of friends. This would be the year. She thought to herself. I'll let someone get close.
She stopped, wondering if she heard someone coming along the path, or if it was her imagination.

Keeping his head down, Afonka walked quickly, hands deep in his pockets. He loved the outdoors, so he'd decided to come out here instead of spending the rest of his life cooped up in his dorm. He needed to move on, but he couldn't, not when everytime he closed his eyes Ophelia's dead body was all he saw.

Sighing, he glanced up at the sound - well, the sudden lack thereof - of footsteps. Noticing the girl, he mustered up a smile and a wave, "Hey."

She saw the boy a few seconds after she stopped. So I didn't imagined it. She thought to herself, sighing inwardly in releif. She smiled heasitantly, forcing herself to rememmber she actually wanted to be nice to people this year and maybe make some friends. 'Hi there' She said. 'I didn't really expect anyone to be out here.' She said weakly, knowing what a lame thing it was to say almost as soon as it was out of her lips.

Shrugging, he let his arm fall to his side, "I didn't think there'd be people out either." That was the point of coming here.

The common room was full of people, and from his dorm it was like they'd never stop talking. But he wasn't going to be rude and ignore this girl. Faking another smile, he said, "I'm Afonka."

Aimee smiled nervously. 'I'm Aimee. I think I recognize you from around the common room.' She said, connecting his face to there but she could well be mistaken. 'It's normall pretty quiet out here. I've spent a lot of my time here out here.' What she was saying was true... It's probably half the reason why she had no friends. She sighed and looks around, then back at Afonka. She smiled a bit more naturally. Maybe that's another part of why she didn't have any friends, the fact she hardly ever smiled.

"Yeah," he nodded, "You're in my house but I don't think we're in the same year."

Glancing around them, he said, "Yeah, that's what I love about being outside. It can be so quiet when you want to relax, but you can also make tons of friends." But he wasn't out here to make friends. He was here to escape from everyone else.

She shrugs and smiles awkardly. 'Yer.. Friends.' She looked around. 'I just love the peacefullness of it out here. It's so diffirent to inside.' She smiled more naturally. She did actually love the outdoors. Here, she could be herself without anyone thinking she weird, or whatever the others thought of her. She didnt really know. But then... She didn't really care ethier.

"It is," Afonka nodded, "It's calmer, quieter, and just - better." Nodding again, he glanced down at the snow by his feet, prodding it with his foot.

Glancing back up at Aimee, he tilted his head, "What's your favourite thing about the outdoors?"

She look at him for a moment. 'You really want to know?' She paused for a moment, trying to think of how to put it. 'I.. I like how free it is, how you can escape reality for a few moments and not look like you're weird. There are no labels and no one to judge out here.' She laughs awkwardly for a few seconds and stops. 'At least not normally anyway. And now you think I'm weird. How about you?' Turns to look out over the sea.

"I - I don't think that's weird. Not at all." Shaking his head, Afonka looked at her, his eyes rather wide.

"That's what I love about the outdoors. You can just get away from everything in your head and just be free." Nodding, he smiled at Aimee.

She looked at him, her eyes wide with surprise. Thn she laughed softly. 'You have to be one of the 1st people I've met who thinks that.' She smiled at him. Maybe coming out here han't been such a bad idea after all. She thought to herself.

Smiling at her, Afonka laughed along with her, "Well, I'm happy to be the first, then."

Humming softly to himself, he glanced over at the water, shivering slightly from the cold.

She glanced at him, and smiled slightly. 'Want to head to the common room? It's getting chilly out here.' She looked to the sky which was slowly turning darker and bringing with it even more cold. She sighed softly. What a diffirence to home.

The - the common room? He was out here because he didn't want to be in there. He could stand the cold as long as he needed. The smile beginning to fade off of Afonka's face, he shook his head, glancing around. "I think I'll stay out here a little longer."

Glancing back at her, he shrugged slightly, "As long as that's ok with you, that is."