Getting to Know You [Robbie]

[Ariana Simone]

Ariana wasn’t sure why she did it. It was a spur of the moment decision, honestly. She had never known herself to be entirely impulsive, but this had been entirely random for her. She had never run track before, or really run at all for that matter, but she had thought it might be a good idea. The diva already took kick boxing classes regularly, so running shouldn’t be too hard, right? So she had gone ahead and signed herself up to be on the track team for the coming year. Well, from what she’d done so far, it was a lot more work than she had originally thought.

Standing at the starting line in a sports bra, training shorts, and a nice sheen of sweat, Ariana took a long drag from her water bottle, breathing heavily. It was easy to see she was in shape by the nice toned shape of her body, but endurance had never been one of her strong points. After running two miles straight, she was exhausted. That didn’t sit well with her, but that just meant she’d have to run harder. That’s what she always did when she wanted something. Work harder, work faster, work longer. Her motto extended to every aspect of her life, and that included taking down this track field. But right now, the poor girl needed a break.

After running a cool down lap, Ari flopped down on the grass, her chest rising and falling with each breath of air she sucked in. Damn, she’d need to find a trainer or something, because she did not like being this tired this fast. Her legs burned quite a bit. This was definitely different from what she was used to. Why was she doing this again? Her eyes traced the outlines of clouds as they passed by, her breathing eventually coming under control. Tea. Tea sounded good.

OoC: Sorry, my intros tend to suck.

[Robbie Wilkes]

[OOC: Don't worry about it at all ^^ Mine are never any better either]

Robbie was getting better [FINALLY!!] but his nose was still congested and his throat was still a little scratchy but he didn't feel like an invalid anymore so he went down to the tracks for a well-deserved run, get his heart pumping and his body warmed up despite the cold. Someone was already there. She looked familiar but he couldn't place how. Well, obviously they must have had some classes together.

Either way, Robbie started doing his warm-ups before his laps. He had the urge to run slower just talk to the girl but it would defeat the purpose of him running at all so he decided to just wait until she grew tired. Robbie had stamina, unsurprisingly. The boy was always running on adrenaline so stamina didn't come by that hard. With a few more laps, he finally slowed down enough to approach the girl.

"Hey," he greeted the girl, jogging a little in place. "Haven't seen you around here...you new or something?" He asked with a small grin.

[Ariana Simone]

Of course there were other people using the track, but she had basically tuned most of them out during her run. There was one that had caught her attention, however. He looked vaguely familiar, someone from the recesses of her mind. Perhaps she knew him from before her trip? She'd been at Hammel for well over six years, she knew quite a few faces, if not names. Now that she was resting, she had time to puzzle it out a bit more, which suited her just fine. Mysteries were always deserving of being cracked, in her view. Her fingers idly played with a few blades of grass as she thought, worrying her lower lip between her teeth out of habit.

Just her luck, he approached her. Ariana smiled a bit as he came up to the edge of the track, propping herself up on her elbows so she could look at him better. He had a certain something about him that rubbed her the right way. Maybe it was just his energy that seemed to pour out of him. Energetic people always made her smile, even when they were somewhat annoying. Shaking her head, she replied in a sweet voice, "Nope, been here six years. But I've been away for half a year, maybe we just never saw each other before that." She pushed herself up and wiped off any stray strands of grass, shaking loose blades from her hair as she looked at him.

"You seem sort of familiar, though. The name's Ariana. Just joined the track team, which is why I'm out here." She offered her hand to him for a shake, grinning widely. Ariana liked being around people, and though meeting them could sometimes be awkward, she opened up fairly easily once they started talking. She figured she might as well get reacquianted with her peers, after being gone so long. Talen was the first she'd talked with so far, but this guy intrigued her. Maybe it was just that niggle in her mind that she'd seen him before somewhere that was getting to her.

[Robbie Wilkes]

Robbie scrutinised the pretty brunette, making it obvious that he was checking her out before concentrating on her face. "I would have remembered you if we met before. So that defense might be valid." The weather manipulator nodded slowly before settling down beside her.

When she introduced herself, Robbie let her name roll off his tongue as he stored her face and name in his memory bank. "Robbie. Nice to meet you. I'm going to call you Aria. Might alternate with Ari or pretty lady. Depends on the mood I'm in." He grinned and bumped his shoulder against hers lightly.

"Standard question I ask everyone I meet. Powers?" He turned to her slightly with an inviting smile.

[Ariana Simone]

Ariana couldn't help but smirk as he so blatantly checked her out, just a hint of arrogance seeping into her eyes. Of course, she knew she looked good and wasn't all that modest in flaunting it. She stretched, flexing her lean torso that was so freely on display for his viewing. "I tend to be pretty memorable." There was a hint of teasing in her lilting voice, a joking smile on her face. 

She looked over at him as he sat beside her, doing her own checking out of his very easy-on-the-eyes body. She didn't care to hide where her eyes strayed, just made it blatantly clear she was interested, just as he had. "Robbie, hm? Can I call you Rob? Or maybe I'll just call you handsome." Ariana teased back, nudging his shoulder in return as she smiled over at him. Robbie seemed to be a flirt, which she didn't mind at all. What was a little flirting? It wad all in fun, and she certainly didn't mind, especially since she was a pretty big flirt herself. 

The question he posed was pretty basic, but she smiled, giving him an answer. "I have retrocognition. Meaning, I can see the past of an object by touching it. It gives me quite a few headaches." The frequent migraines she got from using her gift really sucked. She always had advil on her in case she accidentally slipped or something. Deep hazel gaze was then turned to him, deeply curious. "What about you, handsome? What's your bit of hocus pocus, hm?" Curiosity shone deep as she leaned back on her palms, a wide smile on her face.

[Robbie Wilkes]

"That you are, that you are indeed." Robbie didn't let his eyes linger on her much longer lest she found it creepy. He would have definitely remembered her if they had been previously...acquainted, if there was a word to describe what he did loosely. So yes, the girl was insanely attractive, that was plain to see. From her long dark hair to those eyes and those cheeks and lips...she was a complete package. Robbie was going to have fun with this one.

And she flirted back too. And not even the shy coy type either. She was full on Robbie-ing him. Down to the word choices and the sudden low octave her voice adopted. She did this often, he could tell. "Well, if the shoe fits." He grinned, running a hand through his messy hair.

He felt her eyes on him and he turned, his piercing blue ones on her, equally curious. A grin lit up his face when, true to her word, she called him 'handsome' as she asked about his power. His grin widened as he made what little snow was left fall down on them. "Weather manipulator."

"This is seriously bugging me, I've seen you around before but not in class and certainly not around school. I must have met you outside somewhere..." Robbie said, determined to find out the source of how he knew her.

[Ariana Simone]

Ariana merely grinned as his gaze darted away from her body, chuckling as he tried not to make her feel awkward. There was no need for that. The diva loved being the center of attention. It was a trait she seemed to share with her long time friend, Zachary LaRousse. Her mind wandered to him for a moment, just because she hadn't talked to him for the longest time and he was one of the people closest to her. It had been way too long since she had tried saying hello to anyone at Hammel, and part of her regretted that. These people really were like her family in a way and she couldn't help but feel a little guilty for not at least keeping tabs when she was away. She shrugged it off, looking over into his piercing blue eyes that seemed to twinkle mischievously. 

Ariana was more into brunettes than blondes, but she could admit that this blonde was undeniably attractive and the fact he could play along with her game was something that really drew her in. She was attracted to confidence, people who weren't afraid to speak their minds. Robbie seemed to have quite a bit of confidence packed up in that toned body of his. She was going to have fun with this one, especially if he played the game of love, or 'free love', as she did. 

She smiled as it began to snow on them, her palm cupping beside her so she could catch the cold flakes in her hand, watching as they melted in the heat of her skin. To manipulate the weather, that probably was a lot of work. She had to wonder if it was as tough for him to keep control of the weather as it was for her to keep track of her visions. It was interesting to think about. 

Her head turned towards him as he asked the question that had been nagging at her mind too, her brow furrowing as she tried to think of any answer for him. "You seem hella familiar too." She remarked, nibbling her bottom lip thoughtfully. "I have been gone for six months, so that might have something to do with it. I recently rejoined the Drama Club and got into the Track Team. That's all I can think of." She shrugged her slender shoulders, watching him through bright hazel eyes.

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[Robbie Wilkes]

She was right, manipulating the weather took a lot of effort. For the first ten months of training, Robbie flopped around like a silly goose and the weather became completely unpredictable at Hammel in that period of time. That had been hard on the blonde teen and because of it, his emotions were all over the place. Most of that died down because of Estelle and in parts because of his dorm mates and mentor, Anthony.

It was easier now. His headaches lessened, his focus heightened and his emotions were kept in check. A lot. Robbie rarely got too upset or angry and most of his excitement was for show. In fact, a lot of everything he was now was for show. It was why it was so easy for him to not only manipulate the weather but to manipulate people around him as well. Not for his friends though. Never for his friends.

He hadn't realised he went into too deep a thought until he heard the ends of her part of the conversation. Blinking, Robbie grinned at her, a little weirded out by the fact that these bouts of thoughts were occuring rather frequently these days. What was up with that?

"Nah, maybe it's just one of those faces you know? Or deja vu." He chuckled, stretching his arms up before flopping to his back with his hands cupped under his head. "Doesn't matter, never a bad thing getting to know someone. At least now if we did bump into each other again, I won't forget." He pointed out. "You're in the Drama Club huh. Lemme guess, you wanna be an actress when you're done with school." He grinned, looking up at her.

[Ariana Simone]

"Ah, deja vu. What an old friend of mine. I may not see the future, but history tends to repeat itself a lot, you know?" The diva mused, looking over at the blonde as she plopped back down onto the field. It really was amazing how often she would see similar situations she had witnessed with her power repeat themselves over again. Most of the time, of course, it was with different individuals enacting the situations, but they all had similar themes with each other. She'd seen plenty of boring school days from pens, plenty post-breakups from pillows, everything tended to be on repeat in the eternal clock of the universe. She rolled onto her stomach, ankles twining in the air as the grass tickled her bare stomach. Peering over at Robbie, she grinned widely. 

"Meeting new people is never bad. Sometimes acquaintances you meet at the most random places can turn out to change your life. Amazing how that works." There were, of course, two people off the top of her head she could think of that her statement applied to. Her math class had turned amazing after she had started tutoring Tal, but of course she would never admit that willingly to anyone. And in New York...there was a girl she'd met that she just couldn't get out of her head. It was aggravating, but she was able to push the thoughts of them back often enough that it was becoming habit. Her fingers twisted into the green stalks, pulling a few out and sprinkling them back down as she looked over at him with a raised brow. 

"Of course. I don't want five years of training in theatre to go unused, you know." Ariana was very, very dedicated to her art. If anyone was going to become an actress, she was determined that it would be her. Her heart and soul was in the theatre, and while some might think she was trying too hard, Ari was only trying to get ahead in her life. For a girl who saw into the past, the diva was very forward thinking. She always kept her dreams first and foremost. The diva was dedicated, and nothing would stop her from getting her goal in the end. "What about you? What do you think you'll be doing once you graduate and leave Hammel?"

[Robbie Wilkes]

At first, Robbie didn't get what Ari was saying about deja vu until he connected it with her power and he grinned. "Right. Because of your..." he threw his hands around in a circular motion, gesturing to her own brand of hocus pocus. "Man, that must suck though... having to see something over and over again." Robbie shrugged and leaned back on the grass on his elbows, his head tilted towards her.

There was a wistful tone in her voice that Robbie's ears picked up but he didn't comment on. He didn't know why he was picking things up just now but he didn't dare do anything about it. It might just end up biting him back in the arse. He just knew it. "Yeah I guess...haven't met anyone randomly though. It's usually in Hammel. That's not random at all." His body was starting to cool down from his run and he was getting a little sleepy.

His mind wandered off to space as he tilted his head back to enjoy the sun on his face. He did hear Ariana's last words so he opened his one eye a crack to look at her. "Hmm...I don't know yet. Maybe weather reporter, just to fuck with people's minds." Robbie grinned teasingly. "Don't really have set plans."

Robbie sat up and turned to face Ariana. "Okay, before I fall asleep, wanna run laps? I need to get rid of all this excess energy, man." He jumped up and jogged on the spot.