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Post by ♥Nuka♥ on Jan 9, 2010 15:18:53 GMT -5
Hunter walked through the forest. His hair was messy and windblown. He caught glimpses of the sun trying to break through the barrier of leves held up by the trees. He was just enjpying being out here and didn't expect to run into anyone because it was a school day and most of the people that came back here were still in High School and he had wandered so far back, that Hunter knew it would take him a while to find his way out, but he wasn't bothred by this in the least. |
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Post by Jenko on Jan 12, 2010 21:37:49 GMT -5
Margo had been spending alot of time out in the woods lately - and she couldn't quite put her finger on why. She knew why alot of her classmates were usually out in the woods - but she was definately not the kind of girl who would get into those kinds of shenanigans. Nope - she was going back to nature, actually - reinstating an old skill of hers; climbing trees.
Maybe, she mused as she flattened herself out on the branches of the oak tree - her favorite perch, as it was so solidly thick that there was very little chance of it breaking and sending her down on her head - it was something to do with the death of her mother. But, wait - no, that wasn't it. Her mom had been gone for three years, and she'd only taken up her old game of squirrel-climbing a few months ago.
Well, whatever it was - she was going to fight it anytime soon. Being outside in the sun beat going to school anyday. Sure, her grades were slowly slipping from solid B's to disappointing C's and D's - what did she care about school. It was a prison - this, this was freedom.
She could almost literally see for forever up here in the leafy bows - but she preferred to look down instead of up - she felt a little guilty - like she was spying on people - but people watching was always fun. Already that morning, she'd spotted some hikers out on the trail - and at least three of her classmate couples doing...ahem....well...best to not mention what they were doing...
And now, this guy all on his own was walking up underneath the tree. He was older than her - nicely built from the standpoint of a teenage girl. She'd have loved to watch him a little longer in seclusion - but at that moment, her damned cell decided to go off with a message - so quite out of place, Flight of the Bumblebees began blaring tinnily out of the phone's tiny speakers. |
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Post by ♥Nuka♥ on Jan 15, 2010 16:20:20 GMT -5
Hunter heard the noise and looked up to see her. There was a girl, one he knew from before, sitting in the tree. Hunter laughed as he asked, "What might you be doing up there? Spying on me?" |
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Post by Jenko on Jan 16, 2010 9:18:52 GMT -5
Margo's cheeks, in miliseconds, turned from tan to beet red - a not so flattering color when you have freckles and copper-hinted hair. But she was hardly going to think about her looks now - when she didn't in every-day life to begin with.
"No...No...swear I wasn't." She hastily appologized, even as she began to swing her body from the branch. The rough bark snagged at her shirt - but not enough to trap her - so in a small shower of leaves and tree-stuff, Margo flopped on the ground as gracefully as the teen could - which, wasn't saying much.
"It's a relaxation thing. I mean, the forest and everything is really calm and all...but I like it deep in the leaves - and, er...trees are the easiest. Sometimes, walking into those bushes can be negative for your mental health."
She laughed at her own lame little joke with a lame little giggle, before realizing she sounded like one of the moronic girls she hated at school - the blonde, blue-eyed barbies who probably though Canada was another state. So she firmly clamped her lips shut, and gave the guy a good look-over.
"Hey...you're from around here, right?" She asked, moment later. "I've seen you somewhere else..." |
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Post by ♥Nuka♥ on Jan 16, 2010 10:44:40 GMT -5
Hunter bit his lip and brely managed to keep himself from laughing at her. He wasn't laughing to make fun, just thought it was cute how she was acting. "Yeah I'm from around here. Are you still in High School bcause I graduated last year," he expalined to Margo. |
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Post by Jenko on Jan 16, 2010 10:59:53 GMT -5
Margo could have smacked herself. "Yes!" Of course, that's where she'd seen the guy before! School. Of course, if he'd graduated last year, they may not have run in the same circles...but still...she'd probably run past him in the halls hundreds of times...and he'd be in her yearbook...
...in fact, she was sure she could place his name with his face - now that she knew him from a specific place.
"Um....Hunter, right?" |
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Post by ♥Nuka♥ on Jan 16, 2010 11:02:59 GMT -5
"Yes, Hunter Blare, that's me," he smiled. "But I'm not so good at matching names to faces or even remembering, what is your name?" |
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Post by Jenko on Jan 16, 2010 11:17:19 GMT -5
A thin, humorless smile over her own meager accomplishment, Margo didn't really mind that Hunter would remember. After all - she was a wholly forgettable person when she wasn't under the arm of Cedric the golden-boy.
"Margo. Margo Testler. Two years behind you at Buchannon- Unfortunately, I'm still stuck in that trap for two more years."
Well...it wasn't really a trap. Margo actually liked school most of the time, when she showed up. But she was the kind of person who didn't admit to actually enjoying teachers, books, and the occasional dirty look. |
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Post by ♥Nuka♥ on Jan 16, 2010 11:20:32 GMT -5
Hunter laughed at her comment on school, just as he recognized who she was. He delt the need to confirm him thoughts though, so he asked, "Aren't you the one that hangs out with the king of drama, Cedric? No offense." |
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Post by Jenko on Jan 16, 2010 12:32:29 GMT -5
"None Taken." And really, she felt no offence whatsoever. Alot of people - probably the whole student body, didn't even know her actual name - but put her next to the effiminate drama king of Buchannon - and she was isntantly recognizable.
"And yeah...I am the one who makes sure Cedric doesn't kill himself...or anyone else. Big job, ya know - s'why I deserve my day's off here. I didn't know he was, ahem...so well known in the higher grades...he usually sticks to torturing the minor-niners and our grade." |
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Post by ♥Nuka♥ on Jan 16, 2010 12:43:14 GMT -5
"Well he cna be annoying, but I'm guessing he's not as well known to the older grades as he is to the younger ones. I just like to pay attention to evrything," Hunter shrugged. It was true, Hunter was always going around school. He had a huge social life while in school. He talkd to people from every grade. It was funt know stuff.
Now, he was still at Ramsa and most of his friends had moved away, but he was ok with that. Hunter still kept iin contact with a few friends and he also found it nice not having someone want to do something every second. Free time was something he was still getting used to. |
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Post by Jenko on Jan 17, 2010 10:49:09 GMT -5
"He isn't that annoying...just a little...different." Margo was always quick to defend her excentric friend - even if she called him annoying to his face at least several times a day. But she said it such an offhanded mannor that she hoped to come off as nonchalant.
"So, why are you out here...don't you have a job or something." As soon as that comment left her mouth, she knew she was being hypocritically - here she was, skipping school - and she was calling a graduate out for being out in the woods like she was. It wasn't like he didn't have a right to be there - but curiosity got the better of her. |
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Post by ♥Nuka♥ on Jan 17, 2010 10:56:35 GMT -5
Hunter laughed. "Yeah I have job. Doesn't pay too much, but I can still buy food and pay for my apartment. I don't work very day though, so I figured coming out here would be better than not doing anything." |
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Post by Jenko on Jan 17, 2010 11:23:57 GMT -5
"Oh...oh yeah, of course." Again, Margo though, open mouth, insert foot. "Doing nothing is always better than doing something...and at least you picked a good place to, um...do something. It's a great place, actually. Can't believe I've only started comming here recently." |
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Post by ♥Nuka♥ on Jan 17, 2010 11:54:56 GMT -5
A smile played at the corner of Hunter's mouth. "I've been comming here forever I love it in the woods." |
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