Presley place both hands on separate bars of the gate, and looked out. There was a whole world out there that she wasn't allowed to explore. She just wanted to go somewhere that wasn't swarming with students, and run ten miles. Running was the most comforting thereputic thing in the whole world. Running with other people nearby didn't give her quite the same feeling of security. She felt trapped. Not that she didn't love Hogwarts with all of her heart, but she'd been here three months, trapped inside the same walls and the same gates, surounded at all times by people. Presley needed so badly for the holidays to come faster. She wasn't sure how much longer she could deal with this. Maybe she should go do some homework now. It would take her mind off of this problem. But she'd finished all of her homework already, and written her dad, and gone exploring, and went flying. There was nothing else to do. So Presley sat down by the gate, and pulled her knees close to her, and thought about warm beaches, and hot sand. She hadn't heard back from her father, but hopefully holiddays this year would be spent somewhere warm. They had talked briefly about the Bahamas...Presley only hoped that maybe on vacation, he would ask about school and her friends, talk to her about what he had been doing, and most of all spend time with her. It had been years since her dad had asked how she was doing and really meant it. So Presley sat, and looked out the gate into the whole world that was outside.