You Look Kind of... Naked (Open.)

[Guy Roeby]

Okay, the student lounge was a pretty safe place to be. Guy made his way inside, a football jacket over his broad shoulders as he tried to avoid eye contact with everyone. He was smiling though, just in case he did look anyone in the eye and... oh, yup, someone just did. He levelled his head. The girl was pretty cute, but it was just a smile and she was just trying to get by him. No big deal. Okay.

Heading for the couches, Guy looked up at what was on the TV. It was so weird that they had TV’s in here and no remotes lying around. What, did someone just take one back with them to their dorm or something? Animal Planet was pretty good though, that would hold his attention for, well, forever. He just loved animals, and he didn’t want to be cooped up in his dorm room so the lounge it was.

After staring at the screen for about half an hour, Guy shifted so that he was just lying down on the couch, on his side and wishing he had pretzels or something. There were a few other people in the lounge, and Guy snuck a peek. He closed his eyes, feeling himself redden. Of course! Of course he would look at someone right when his power decided to do it’s weird, skin view. It was like everyone at Hammel were nudists now.

With his eyes shut, Guy made to stand, extending his hands out and starting to walk, his sort of grace kicking in. Okay, he was doing fine. Just a dozen steps or so and he would be out of the lounge. Until he walked into someone. “Uh, excuse me,” Guy stated, peeking through his fingers, “oh wow... you’re still naked.”

[Elisia Lark]

Elisia really did enjoy spending time in the student lounge. It was much like the common area at the dorms, but with some more fun games and whatnot. Over all she had gotten pretty used to spending time in the student lounge rather than anywhere else at Hammel. Well, besides the auditorium and choir room but that was just because she mostly spent her time dancing or practicing for competition. Not to mention she absolutely adored singing in her free time.

But today was a day that she fully intended on lounging about and resting. After a hard day's work of listening to music in order to control her power, she was exhausted. Usually she'd have gone back to her dorm room, but ever since she had realized she was capable of making friends, she didn't fear the public areas on campus. Before she met Jack, Callie, Fer and even Chris, she never would have ventured out of her little living space. Now she was willing to wave at people when passing by them and offer smiles. This little wallflower was blooming and it was about time she did, too.

She wasn't at Robbie's level yet though.

Just as she walked into the student lounge she looked around to make sure no one was in bumping radius and looked back down at the book in her hand. Even after looking her luck just didn't cooperate. Moments later, someone bumped into her. When she looked up she was just about to say sorry, before he said something that shocked her. Looking down at herself she narrowed her eyes, "Are you feeling okay? Because I'm pretty sure I'm not naked..."

OOC:
Couldn't resist xD

[Guy Roeby]

Friends, Guy always seemed to have a lot of them. He had been here for a year, so, it only made sense. But at the same time, he was one to stick to the background, watch what everyone else was saying and keep to himself. But being on the football team gave him automatic friends, and he was appreciative of that. He liked people, for real, he just didn’t know what to do with himself around them.

“Sorry! No, I mean yes, you are.” The dark colour of his skin only increased, his eyes obviously shut. Great, this was the kind of conversation he was going to have with a girl. “You’re wearing clothes,” he said, reaching out his hand and thankfully touching her shoulder. Yes, she was definitely wearing clothes. “But, you might as well be in your birthday suit,” he said, in the most apologetic tone of voice he could muster. Everyone was naked, it wasn’t their fault. And it wasn’t his fault either, because he definitely didn’t want to see anyone naked.

Standing there, fully aware that he looked like an idiot, Guy was too embarrassed to chance a look and see if his vision had changed. “Dorm’s over there...” He said to himself, wondering how he was going to get there. He hadn’t memorized everything that much, though thinking of it now maybe he should. Maybe he should just claim he was blind.

"It's not like you're ugly."

[Elisia Lark]

Elisia was thoroughly confused by what he was saying and she didn't understand why he had his eyes closed. The whole situation was just over all confusing. He was contradicting himself time and time again, and all she could do was stand there dumbfounded. She kept looking down at herself waiting for her clothes to up and disappear, but they were still there and she knew she wasn't dreaming because she had felt him bump into her. He continued talking and yet refused to open his eyes.

"Okay, now I'm just confused. I'm wearing clothes, as you can clearly tell if you'd just open your eyes! As far as the whole birthday suit thing? Well I mean my brother does always say that guys only have one thing on their mind..." But that just didn't make sense because he was apologizing and outright telling her these things! Guys weren't that weird, Chris hadn't even done that and he was the most likely to say something so crude. By the looks of it this guy was on the football team with Chris though...maybe he was as bad?

Giving a slight shake of her head, her eyebrows pulled together as he mumbled to himself. Ellie bit her lip and looked around, what did he plan on doing? Walk there with his eyes closed? "Is this like some sort of bet or something because you know it might be easier to get to the dorms if you, ya know, look around? Just an idea," He really was strange. And his next comment had her blushing, but she couldn't figure out why because there was just no way he'd seen her naked!

"Not sure how I should answer that...uhm thanks I guess. You're not ugly either?" Awkward. Just awkward.

[Guy Roeby]

“I’m not doing it! You can’t make me!” He was not going to open his eyes. Gritting his teeth together, Guy so wished his power was disappearing. Just disappear into nothing, that would be perfect right now. “What? No, that’s... not it.” Okay, she was attractive, but jeeze, he wasn’t thinking about that. He just wanted to get out of there. Everyone was naked!

“What?” Guy asked. Wow, why doesn’t he just go ahead and slam his head into the wall while he’s at it. “I said that didn’t I.” Just stop thinking, just stop thinking and stop thinking about how pretty she is. And now because you saw her naked, oh no, that was pretty much lost in the abyss of the male mind. But he didn’t need it engrained into his memory either.

But he wasn’t looking at her, he was a good person! “I’ve gotta go,” he said suddenly, moving his feet at a rapid pace. The door was to the left. No! To the right! Damn it, where was the door?! Guy didn’t have any luck finding the door, but he did find the wall with his face. At least his hand broke the contact somewhat.

Chuckling could be heard all around him as he took a step back. What was wrong with him? Guy opened his eyes to look down at his hand, relieved there wasn’t any blood. “Stupid power,” he complained to himself. And all in front of a pretty girl, who he had probably embarrassed too. Like what the hell.

[Elisia Lark]

Elisia had to keep herself from laughing. He was definitely quirky. Maybe his ability was just seeing through things and today it happened to be clothing? That made more sense than what was happening because seriously who refused to open their eyes? But then again, why would a guy who has that sort of ability not want to look at a girl? That went against everything that Robbie was constantly telling her about boys! She was confused. "Then what is it? Because really this is just odd."

After a few moments of still trying to figure out what was happening, she watched as he made a hasty attempt at an exit. Unfortunately, he wasn't having a whole lot of luck. Left, right, up, down, he just couldn't figure it out. Elisia felt sort of bad for the poor guy. And then he ran right into the wall and she winced, "Ow." Looking around, she saw everyone staring and laughing. Football jock being laughed at? That was just unheard of.

Biting her lip, she folded her arms across her chest and walked towards him, "Keep your eyes closed if you're afraid of the whole naked thing. But are you okay?" She asked quietly reaching out to put a hand on his shoulder. "You missed the door by a few feet, but you were right the first time, it was to the left."

[Guy Roeby]

Was it really so bad to respect other people nowadays? The only time he had earned any was at his old school when he got sick and tired of being called a momma’s boy. That’s when he lost it and knocked a guy out, and he didn’t regret it. Apparently he had guns, he didn’t mind that being pointed out either, despite the detention he received.

“I’m going to kill myself,” he said none too lightly. He wasn’t serious, but he was pretty humiliated. Guy wasn’t just someone who sat there and took everything in while people were vulnerable, that was just wrong. His momma didn’t raise no fool. He had a lot of friends, but he couldn’t really blame everyone laughing, he would probably make snide comments too.

“I’m really not crazy,” he said, looking up at the brunette. Really? She was still talking to him? Guy smiled a little out of nervousness, before looking all over the ground. He had forgotten about his power, but at least she wasn’t naked. Guy’s head shot up. She wasn’t naked! He let out a relieved sigh, just happy to look at her face. Wow, she really was pretty.

Glancing over her shoulder, Guy had a stunned expression on his face. “My power, it’s uh, makes people naked sometimes. Or well yeah, it’s...” he stopped himself, pulling his jacket up onto his frame a little snugger, “it doesn’t make sense.” And neither do you you damn idiot.

[Elisia Lark]

Elisia wished people weren’t so mean sometimes. She didn’t get picked on a whole lot since she stayed at a distance, but there were those few people that got to her and found out one of her secrets. The most apparent one was about her fathers and that seemed to be the easiest one to taunt her with. She didn’t have it in her to really fight back. Her skills didn’t include figuring out other people’s secrets and snapping right back at them. Sometimes she wished she did have that ability.

Giving a slight frown, she tilted her head to the side, “Well don’t do that. Just because you’re seeing random people naked isn’t a reason to do anything drastic.” After all, if everyone threatened that after being embarrassed, well that just would be a morbid society. Ellie didn’t put much thought into that though because it was far too graphic for her mind.

Ellie laughed, “Well I know that. Everyone in Hammel at some point feels like they’re going insane, trust me, been there done that.” She offered him a smile and realized that the vision must have gone away because he was actually able to look at her now without freaking out. That was good right? Getting a good look at him now, she noticed that he was pretty attractive. Not that it really meant anything to her because she was spoken for, but hey, it wasn’t cheating if she was merely complimenting him in her mind.

“I figured as much. Isn’t it that uhm, biological vision field or something like that? Don’t ask why I know the name of it, I’m a geeky girl that studies a lot,” She laughed. Elisia shrugged, “Sure it does, to me at least. I don’t know how well you’d be able to explain it to someone else though.”

[Guy Roeby]

“Drastic? Who said anything about drastic I’m just trying to leave.” More to the left, he should’ve gone with that when he had the chance. Next time he was going to try Plan C, which involved a lot of ducking and rolling. “I’ll just pretend to be asleep next time...” he mumbled, knowing that if he had a re-do, he would do it right. But she, well, distracted him!

He smiled, glad not to be alone. But she didn’t seem like the type of girl to be crazy. Those girls were always in your face and asking for your number and wanting to dance with you. Guy wasn’t really into those kinds of girls, they weren’t his ‘type’. Not that he was into her or anything, no, that, no. Guy just chuckled nervously and put his hands in his pockets. The awkward moment had passed, but he didn’t know what to do with himself.

How could anyone speak like that? Not stumbling all over the place? Guy just stared at her, not in a creepy way or anything, or at least he hoped so. He smiled, “Okay good, I don’t have to explain it.” He visibility relaxed and everyone in the lounge no longer seemed interested in him or his blunder. “How do you know about that?” Not that it wasn’t hard to look up.

[Elisia Lark]

As she watched him, she ran her fingers through her hair, a habit whenever she was nervous or really when she was put in a situation that she wasn't used to. This was one of those situations that she'd never been in. Then again, could anyone say that they'd been in this type of situation? If someone could say that seriously, well that was just weird.

Ellie didn't exactly act crazy, but there were times that she felt like it. It happened whenever she listened to a song that had been written when the composer was going through a hectic or chaotic time in their life. Other than that, she couldn't really say that she was crazy. It had to count though because feeling crazy and thinking that she was going crazy. Ellie was usually the one that felt awkward and unsure of herself, but for once she was the calm one and his discomfort was just oozing out of him. She wondered if it was that obvious whenever she was uncomfortable.

She wished she was capable of offering some form of comfort, but she wasn't really a comforting type. When he spoke, she was glad for the passing tension. She giggled shyly, and wrapped her arms around her torso. "Well, I spend a lot of time in the library and sometimes I'll look up different abilities," Ellie shrugged.

[Guy Roeby]

As random as Guy could be, he could concentrate really well. Whether it be singing, dancing, or playing on the field, he was anyone’s go to guy. Ha ha, Guy. He just didn’t do well one on one, he was more of a team player. He could laugh along and make quips, but he didn’t like being the center of attention. Unless he was kicking ass online, then that was alright.

Glancing from her to the books in her hands, it should’ve been obvious. They weren’t any textbooks he’d seen before, so she must be reading them voluntarily. Duh, it’d probably be a good idea to pay more attention to the clues around him. “Mhm,” Guy said, smiling absently. He couldn’t remember, had he had lunch that day already?

Side stepping her, he took out his wallet and went to the vending machine. Money money money, he had some money. Five dollars could get him... Guy turned around like he forgot something. “Want anything?” He offered. “I have five dollars.”

[Elisia Lark]

When he side stepped her, she turned halfway to watch him. There was something that kept her intrigued with him. It could have been just his power in general, or maybe his odd personality that reminded her of herself in a way. He wasn't really reserved like her, but they both seemed to keep to the background, avoiding the center of attention. The difference (as far as she knew) was that there were times that she did enjoy being the center of attention. Mostly when she was performing.

He offered to get her something and she shook her head, "No thank you." The girl ate like a cow due to her high metabolism and since she was constantly burning calories by dancing, but she didn't show it often. The only time she ever pigged out in front of someone was with Robbie because he thought it was hysterical and didn't mind it. It was funny how she could match him in meal size. Guys tended to not like that though.

Ellie chewed on her lower lip and glanced up at him, "I'm Elisia by the way, I don't think I mentioned that before. Or you can call me Ellie, it doesn't really matter." That was a start right? She was still getting used to the whole talking to people thing.

[Guy Roeby]

At no point, no, never ever, would he like being in the spotlight. It was just second nature to bypass things and conversations he wasn’t comfortable with by bringing something else up, or just letting his mind wander. It was why he liked crowds, he could get away with such socially awkward things. Elisia didn’t remind him of himself at all, not even a little. She looked like she had everything together.

Turning back to the machine, Guy stuck his tongue out in concentration. What to get. There were pretzels, he loved those. Okay, that was one dollar. And then there was chocolate, bars of it even. Snickers, Snickers were delicious. If he got pretzels and the Snickers... Bingo. His face lit up like a Christmas tree as he put in his money, pressing the code for the pretzels which dropped, and then repeated the action for the chocolate bar.

Both food items in hand, all he needed now was a microwave. Luckily there was one in the lounge, and Guy went towards it. He had all but forgotten Elisia until she said her name. “Oh,” he said, his eyes on the pretzels as he opened up the package. It took him a while, but he managed to open the entire bag up so it lay flat, and with that, he crumbled up the Snickers bar as best as he could over the pretzels. It went into the microwave. Thirty seconds should do it.

“Guy,” he said, spinning around and resting on the table the microwave was on, his arms crossed in front of him. First impressions, not his thing.

[Elisia Lark]

One word. Well it was more than she usually gave in an uncomfortable situation. At least, she thought. There was just something off about him. Not bad off, but his attention span seemed incredibly short, which she wasn't used to when talking to someone her age. It was one thing when she was talking to someone younger who talked a mile a minute and randomly got off topic, but that rarely happened with a teenager.

Well unless it was her and she was comfortable with someone and yet nervous at the same time. For instance, with Jack. He had a way of making her ramble until she wasn't even close to being understandable. Robbie could get her doing that as well, but for different reasons.

She leaned against the wall, watching him. What was the result of putting two people who couldn't hold conversations together? Ellie was losing her confidence in the whole socializing thing and this guy... (funny) couldn't focus on anything. This was either going to get extremely awkward and quiet, or maybe one of them would keep things rolling. From the looks of it, Ellie was sure it would fall flat. "So what do you do for fun?" Still an attempt at least.

[Guy Roeby]

His attention span was fine! Honestly! She was just very pretty, and he didn’t want to say anything stupid. The key to not saying anything stupid, would be to distract himself, and since there wasn’t anyone else to fall back on, he probably looked strange. It wasn’t easy for him to deal with, but he tried to be around people in order to avoid all this.

I’ve put a spell on you. Bup, bup, bup, bupbupbupbp... Guy shook his head. Why was that song there? He hadn’t listened to that one recently. His iPod lay dormant in his pocket and he knew, oohh next time he knew, he’d just stuck in those earbuds and pretend he couldn’t hear the world. La la la! He had a stupid smile on his face as he looked at Elisia.

The microwave dinged. Saved by the bell! He turned to open it up and low and behold, he had chocolate covered pretzels. “Cooking with microwaves, who would’ve thunk it.” He jested, pulling out the plastic and gliding it over the table. It smelled pretty good for what it was. And he hadn’t even spent the whole five dollars.

“I’m uh, I play football,” he said, knowing that that was something she would never guess. “That new animal shelter in town seems good, needs volunteers.” Guy reached for a pretzel, gooey and delicious. “And you? You read books for fun right?”