Trance

[Michael Blackwood-Hardt]

"Why don't you tell him?" Michael asked, watching her sit. He shrugged slightly at her last words, "Sometimes the one you want isn't the best one for you. Sometimes the right one for you is right under your nose, or someone you've just met." He nodded his head, implying the new guy she had met.

[Lucretia 'Storm' Seyrrou]

"I'll scare him off, I have this uncanny ability of repelling the opposite gender." she said she was irritated by her own act of selfishness. She knew that by not telling him, she was robbing him from the right of knowing what he was getting into. She shook her head at Michael.

"Or maybe I wasn't meant for anyone, I can live with that." she grimaced, Storm had never had a close relationship with anyone, having no one to love her would be no change, the harsh fact hit her hard causing her to let out a deep breath she was holding.

[Michael Blackwood-Hardt]

Michael shook his head and squatted down in front of her, taking her hands and looking her in the face. "There's someone for everyone, and if this new guy is the one for you, then it won't matter. If he leaves you because you tell him the truth, then he's not worth your time and you can move on to try and find the right one."

[Lucretia 'Storm' Seyrrou]

She looked up at him and nodded her lips curved into a smile.

"I just hope he wont, but it's this gut feeling I have, it's like everything I do is wrong, I try to repent, but instead I take a step forward and two steps back, sometimes I feel lost, like I don't know what I'm doing or what I should do." she felt lite as the weight was lifted off her shoulders, she was in denial all this time, thinking that what she was doing was right, but subconsciously she was aware of her confusion.

[Michael Blackwood-Hardt]

"I don't think he will," Michael said. "I think everything will be fine. You've gotten used to everything going wrong, but eventually your luck has to change, am I right?" he finished on a question. He had originally thought his life was fine, but found out when he was with Dru that it wasn't, and in the last few days it had been getting much better.

[Lucretia 'Storm' Seyrrou]

Sh sighed, he was right. Things were much better than before, that didn't necessarily mean everything was good. She nodded her head reluctantly.

"He is amazing, I mean I've never felt safer with anyone as much as I have with him, I guess I'm so used to getting the bad end of the stick that I've completely abandoned any thoughts of hope, like it's permanently etched in me." she felt elated as she slowly stood up she walked around the place her hands running over the tree's. She came at a stop as her eyes furrowed.

"The forest seems different today, almost empty." usually she woudl hear a rustling of leaves, or something that would occasionally disturb the silence, but today was different.

[Michael Blackwood-Hardt]

Michael stood, his eyebrows creasing as he looked around, "It does?" he asked. The forest never was a loud place for him, had always been very quiet and relaxing, but of course he had probably overlooked the small, expected sounds.

[Lucretia 'Storm' Seyrrou]

She nodded her head. Storm always noticed small things, like the way some people would crease their brows when they lied, or how their played with their hands when trying to avoid a specific subject. She tapped her head with her index finger.

"Abnormal mind, not sure where I get it from, it's kind of like my own special gift." she turned back to the tree as she pointed up to a branch that was hanging limply.

"For example this branch right here, used to be sticking up, now it's just... dead." she was told that her odd memory was creepy, but she would throw it off like it was nothing.

[Michael Blackwood-Hardt]

"Well how often are you in here when it rains?" He knew very well that places could be very different in different weather.

[Lucretia 'Storm' Seyrrou]

She sighed and shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know, I don't keep count on how many times I've come here in general let alone rainy days." Storm had found the forest to be her own haven.

"You know the school shouldn't ban students from entering, this place serves as a great study area." she toyed with the idea in her mind. Thoughts of magical creatures sprung to mind making her grin wider.

"Never mind, they should keep it forbidden, for the sake of the first years."

[Michael Blackwood-Hardt]

Michael smiled, "For the sake of those like us, that want some peace in this place." It was the only place he could go and know he wasn't going to be interrupted, or at least, it wasn't very likely that he would be.

[Lucretia 'Storm' Seyrrou]

She her grin broke out into a smile as she nodded her head and laughed.

"Cheers to solitude, peace, and the forbidden forest for being well forbidden." her own silliness was her way of escaping reality, she knew that later at night it will all come crashing back down onto her, resulting in another sleepless night.

[Michael Blackwood-Hardt]

Michael laughed, "Yes, yes, cheers." A smile stayed on his face, it was good to see her happy, though he wondered how long it would last and when exactly she would tell this new guy. "You never said his name."

[Lucretia 'Storm' Seyrrou]

"Blake, such a gentleman, so perfect I think I'm dreaming." she blushed at her own statement, she felt like one of those girls who would stalk a guy whenever they saw him.

[Michael Blackwood-Hardt]

Michael smiled at her, "I think my little Storm may be falling in love. Or at least," he laughed, "Very deep like."