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[Therru Simmons]

While Therru didn't mind the cold, having lived in it for so long, the fact that everything liquid froze did not help her case. It just made everything harder. Once something was frozen she didn't have the ability to control it. No, she was strictly liquid things. She right now, standing in the pool room, she was debating whether to practice or to just go back to her dorm. If she went back to her dorm she would be stuck transferring water between cups, which hadn't worked out so well last time. In fact, it had ended in a huge mess. So with a slight sigh she decided to stay.

The girl looked around nervously, making sure no others were here, especially not Derek. It's not that she didn't like who she was, she just...didn't like who she was physically. She wasn't pretty like others, and since swimming in full clothes made her weird she had put on her black and blue one piece to come down here. Her hair was tied up, all out of her way so that she could work. Actually today she had an idea of what she wanted top do. She wanted to make a bubble to take with her to the bottom of the pool. It would be easier to do if she didn't have to think about other people staring at her or wondering just what she was doing.

Quickly she formed a water bubble around her, large enough for her and maybe one other person if the issue was pushed. Taking in a deep breath she jumped in the water, taking the bubble. It was hard to concentrate, and for a moment some air escaped, making the bubble smaller. But hopefully it would hold. She opened her eyes, seeing how clear the chemical water was around her. No one else was in the pool, which surprised her slightly. She wondered what she looked like from the top, just standing there on the bottom. Really, she wasn't even wet, just her feet a little. And despite everything it was very warm because the water was kept warm.

[Bell Kent]

It was friday again and Bell would be heading home the minute his mom and dad arrived to pick him up. Even though Bell insisted they stay at home. With his super speed, he hardly felt that he needed them all that much. In fact, he was fine on his own, really he was. But they were scared that he'd tire himself out and not have eaten and would faint. So they drove in from Vermont to come and collect him every weekend at around five pm. This allowed him some time to have lunch with friends, finish his homework and check out the Ladies....

Not that they ever checked him out.... EVEN WITH MISTLETOE in his pockets. It was insanity. He was a pretty handsome sexy young man AND funny. How come the mistletoe thing was not working? Bell had the sudden urgh to put fake red blood in the pool with a piece of face hand. He always did get these urges when he had no one to entertain him so a hurried search revealed the very things he needed. It was then simply a zoom down to the pool. He took it slow when he was in the gymnasium slowly slipping through it. It seemed fairly empty.

It would make things so much easier if the pool was empty as well. He opened the door to the pool hall and saw... no one! Bell flashed a grin at the empty room and slid off his pack then pulled out his pranking material. Despite the fact that it was cold outside, Bell was always nice and warm and with how warm his metabolism was, it was easy to see that he was a happy bunny right then. He walked through the snow and sometimes it would just melt around him. It was that quick and easy. Bell moved up to the side of the pool humming 'Hey Soul Sister' to himself.

Just as he was about to drop the red liquid in the pool he spotted her. There at the bottom of the pool... Bell squinted a little then screamed and fell back onto the floor in surprise spilling the fake blood all over him instead. He spluttered and spat at the blood in his mouth and scrambled to the edge again, already kicking off his shoes and pulling off his shirt. She was trying to commit suicide? He thought which was the driving force behind his actions. Bell dove onto the pool torpedoing to the girl. He broke through the bubble easily and without water to keep him up he fell straight on the girl, panting, hot, wired from wanting to save her life.

Bell groaned and shoke his wet hair trying to gather his thoughts.
"No no no! You can't die! I won't let you. I'll be your friend and I won't let anyone make you sa- whoa.... what's going on here?"
Bell glanced around slowly, staying on the girl on the bottom of the pool.

[Therru Simmons]

Above her the water rippled, and the person in the water moved so quickly she didn't have time to move out of the way. The young man came through her bubble, and some of the air left as she lost control for a moment. He fell right onto her, knocking her against the warm, damp floor. Above the water was dyed red in a trail after him, and her eyes were wide in shock. She didn't know what to say.

"No no no! You can't die! I won't let you. I'll be your friend and I won't let anyone make you sa- whoa.... what's going on here?" Was what he said, but she was still too shocked to answer. not only that, but she was slightly dizzy. With the break in her concentration she had used more energy than she should have to keep the bubble from completely collapsing, and the boy was kind of squishing the life out of the rather thin girl. She tried to push him to the side, and failed, just giving up. There was no use to it. And she still couldn't see where he was bleeding from! He was one to talk about killing themself then he rushed into the pool like he did!.

" Are you okay? Are actually bleeding?" She asked quietly and almost calmly, just a slight note of panic in her voice. She wasn't sure how she should be taking this.

"I was um...trying to practice control of my power." She said in return to what he had said. True, it must have looked a little strange. Could it have looked like she was trying to kill herself? That wasn't what she had intended. It was just so much easier to work inside then to try and go outside and fail because of the cold and ice!

[Bell Kent]

Bell was shoved off before he could come to his senses and blinked at the girl then the water around them when finally her words settled in. He eeped and sat up on his knees feeling himself all over. Once he'd made sure he wasn't injured he nodded slowly then shook out his hair to send water droplets every which way like a dog would. Once he was confident that he was as dry as possible he let his eyes glide over the girl.

"Wanna check me out yourself, bubblet? I'm all yours..."
He wiggled his eyebrow a little at her then glance at the weird bubble around a perplexed look on his face before he waved his hands at super speed infront of his face.
"So wait. You're not trying to kill yourself? And I don't get to save you and get a kiss as a reward for my admirable bravery?"
Bell deflated and slumped where he sat.

"Well that's depressing...."
Then the thought hit him... He had it somewhere....He'd been carrying them around since November anyway. Bell started hurriedly searching through his pockets pulling out a piece of string, a balled up whoopy cushion, chewing gum, super glue, some food he'd had in his pocket since last week. Ewwww... He shoot his hand out to get the ick off it before resuming his search.

"One second. I'm sure I brought some with me. Aha!"
Out of his left pocket he pulled a slightly withered piece of mistletoe holding it in the air above their heads. He raised an eyebrow at her.
"How bout now? I get a kiss right? It's mistletoe!"
Bell nodded quickly as if trying to convince her with a simple nod. Damn... the lengths he had to go to to get his first kiss.

[Therru Simmons]

Bubblet? What a strange thing to call someone, although she thought it sort of made sense in the current situation. She was in the middle of a bubble at the bottom of the pool. The dark haired girl. A puzzled frown crossed her lips at his statement. Admirable bravery? He had jumped into a pool not knowing what he was getting himself into. She didn't quite see how that could be considered bravery. It seemed quite brash to her really.

" I'm sorry that this is upsetting to you. I was unaware that I was going to cause problems racticing here in the pool. It was the only place I could think of." She made a mental note to fine a new place to practice her powers, even if she couldn't practice with quite the amount of space she wanted. Maybe some finer motor control exercises would be better suited for the winter. Of maybe trying to mess with snow and ice, to see if she could do anything. But that was a thought for later.

When he pulled out the mistletoe she frowned again. What in the world? The rather shy girl moved to the edge of her bubble, unsure of what was proper in this situation. She felt a little bit uncomfortable now, stuck in a bubble here with no way to get out that wasn't rude. He seemed capable of swimming quite quickly, so she could just collapse the bubble and swim away, but that would be incredibly rude of her.

" I'm sure that's not how that works. It's supposed to be on a doorway correct? And more of an accidental meeting than holding it over two people." Her face was sad for him, and confused at what he was upto. Some people were so strange.

[Bell Kent]

Bell watched the plain normal girl have no reaction to him at all. Not his flirting, not his teasing. Nothing and his mouth slowly fell open in surprise, eyebrows lifted. She apologized for upsetting him and he looked like she'd just become some kind of icky goo infront of him, the way he stared at her.
"Are you part android or something? You're really weird. Anyone tell you that and what does racticing mean anyway?"

The moment he pulled out the mistletoe she scrambled backward in fear and he raised both eyebrows in surprise looking from the mistletoe to her a few times before waving his free hand, flailing a little.
"Relax, relax. It's just a joke. Besides, this is mistletoe. Not a condom or a dildo or..."
Bell's voice trailed off as he slowly stuffed the mistletoe back in his pocket searching the pool floor to break the awkwardness.

Finally his soft murmuring ended and he lifted his eyes to give her one of his charming grins.
"Well... this bubble thing... How do I get uptop without like messing your concentration up and what not?"
Bell enquired tilting his head at the obviously socially awkward girl.
"Do you have any friends? Like that you hang out with or whatever? You're kinda... quiet ain't ya?"

[Therru Simmons]

The look of surprise washed over her face yet again, stronger than before. No, people didn't normally call her weird. And she most assuredly wasn't part android. She was a human being, all flesh and blood. And did she say racticing? She must have been really really nervous to be dropping letters off her words. Her face was tinged red with a blush of embarrassment fo a few moments.

" I meant to say practicing." She said quietly, more so than usual. When she freaked he told her to relax, although she wasn't really all that hyper in the first place. Really, she was normally this quiet, she was always calm. She didn't really react to people because that wasn't right. No one needed to display all thier emotions out there like a flag. So everything rolled away like water for her.

" For you to get uptop I think you'd smply have to poke yourself outside the bubble. I wasn't expecting you before, but I think if I knew you were leaving that I could keep the bubble going. There is also the option that I could compressthe bubble until there was a small amount around each of our faces so that we could breath and swim to the top." She explained. At least, the was her theory, as she had never really fully tested it before with another person she wasn't sure it would work.

She looked down when he asked if she had any friends she hung out with. No one she hung out with on a regular basis like most people. Fiends to her were people were kind and she got along with, and was close to. There were very few of them here at Hammel.

" I....I have a few friends, but few that I spend large amounts of time with. Most have better things to do. And yes, I am a rather quiet person. The quiet reminds me....it reminds me of home." she looked down, wiping away a single tear before he could see it. It wasn't right to be like this.

[Bell Kent]

Bell watched her for a long time when she confessed she had meant practicing. Bell slipped his finger in his ear and wiggled it around. Maybe it was him. He wasn't hearing right or something alone those lines. Bell made sure his ears were perfectly clear before smiling at the girl before him and nodding when she mentioned that she had meant practicing. His hand came up to slap his forehead.

"Oh my God. I'm so stupid. I'm sorry."
Bell pulled his hand down again and shook his head trying to make her see that he'd heard wrong and was stupid enough to repeat it so she wouldn't be embarressed but he could feel her embarresment in the tiny bubble she still had standing around them. Bell looked around again. This bubble thing was awesomely awesome and he couldn't believe he'd found her and it.

He'd been hoping to find something interesting today anyway. Bell listened to her explain about the whole bubble and escaping thing. His eyes lit up when she mentioned compressing the bubble around their heads.
"Like Deep Sea divers? Yeah! That one sounds good. I can torpedo us to the top so it will only be like a split second. Come her so I can hold you around your waist. It's easier to swim that way."

Bell stood shifting his feet and holding out his hands beckoning her closer. Bell smiled quickly when she mentioned home and how the quiet reminded her of home.
"Where's home? I could take us there one day. I'm really fast and you could wear a jacket. I can hold something for up to two and a half hours before my arms need to rest so I could hold you. You seem tiny enough. "
He didn't see her tears but she did seem suddenly sadder.

"Plus you have another friend now.... Me..."
Bell smiled warmly at her.