Smell of snow

[Avery Sainsbury]

The smell of winter air was cold to her nose as she looked around at the nearly empty courtyard. The day was chilly and had promises of snowing, which could explain to Avery why there was barely anyone outside. Times like this she was glad she knew how to dress warm and could use her ability to keep her warm, even if only for a moment. Her outfit was picked especially for the type of weather that she was going to experience outside in the courtyard too. The chilly air blowing her blonde hair about as she smiled and giggled into the wind, wondering about the now mostly dead flowers.

Slowly she walked to the bench running her hand over the seemingly lifeless flowers, watching as some of them crumbled under her touch. Such a pity for such beautiful things to go to waste. Most likely next year they will bloom even more beautiful and brilliant looking. Looking up she smiled again as she approached the bench and sat down crossing her legs and closing her eyes, once again feeling the chilly breeze blow threw her hair.

[Sage Ersilia]

Sage was in a fantastic mood today. There was another fresh coat of snow on the ground, and the sun was shining brightly. The week had started like any other, but he then he met someone, an incredible person, and he had such a difficult time getting him out of his mind. He felt like he was walking on air, and his he was all smiles as he moved through the courtyard. His body was glowing brightly, complementing the sun as he made the snow glitter beneath him.

He walked through the cold, winter winds but did not feel them chill his body. His light was more than enough to keep him comfortable, and his cheeks were tinted pink from the warmth. As he moved, Sage did not seem to notice that he was not the only one in the courtyard, and he was unaware of the girl’s presence until he bumped into her, quickly grabbing her arm to keep her from falling.

“Ah! I’m so sorry! I wasn’t paying attention! Are you all right?”

His emerald eyes were shining with concern, and he made sure she was steady and well on her feet before he released her.

[Avery Sainsbury]

Avery was enjoying her solitude until it was interrupted nearly knocking her over. With a face of scorn she slowly looked at the intruder. Her eyes softening as she looked into his eyes, and looked at his glowing skin. The look of scorn quickly turned to the look of acceptance as she smiled at him and nodded. Noting that his hair and eyes complemented each other and his skin was soft as he touched hers, at least it felt soft to her. Glancing him up and down she smiled even wider, “No I am totally fine! There seriously is no need to worry about me, at all I swear! It was only a little bump, really” Unfortunately no matter how cool, calm and collected Avery wanted to appear when ever she met a gorgeous man she turned into a blabbering moron, or so she thought of herself that way.

Taking a deep breath she sighed hoping he would read to much into her nonsense “I am so sorry am I in your way? I can move and let you around me it will be fine,” Nodding mainly to herself she was more than willing to get out of his way, after all he did seem to have this glow about him, whether it was his ability or her was very happy before he ran into her, and Avery hoped that if he was sad now it wasn’t her fault.

[Sage Ersilia]

Sage had felt terrible for so rudely bumping into her, and he could see that it had irritated her before she quickly changed her attitude and assured him that she was fine. He wondered what had caused her to change so quickly, but maybe it was just the fact that she realized it was not on purpose but simply an accident.

“I’m glad. I was spacing out a bit. I should really stop doing that”

He laughed lightheartedly, but she then seemed to believe that she was in his way. The courtyard had plenty of space to move around, so it was unnecessary to think that she blocked any sort of path he could have gone. Sage shook his head in denial and smiled at her kindly.

“Not at all. I just wasn’t paying attention to what was in front of me. I’m just glad no one got hurt due to my clumsiness”

He often had moments like these, but they usually did not result in injuries.

“I hope I didn’t cause you any trouble for where you were heading”

[Avery Sainsbury]

Avery smiled brightly as she shook her head, “oh no! I wasn’t going anywhere…I was just coming out side anticipating the snow and just wanted to sit down and wait for it. I was in no hurry or rush I was actually just about to sit down. I love the weather really…especially when bad weather isn’t my fault.” With a nervous laugh she shivered slightly. Part of her thought she was really bad at socializing but the other part just realized she was bad at socializing with boys in awkward situations, like bumping into one another. Avery looked down slightly embarrassed and then raised her head slowly sporting a rosy tint to her cheeks. “I’m sorry I just talk way to much..I’m Avery by the way…” Slowly she extended her arm to shake his hand. Her body was slightly shaking do to her nervousness. Really she hated to be so nervous in these situations, which is bad because these type of situations happen all the time in Hammel. That is how she had met most of her friends now.