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Magical Soul · 08-02-2011, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Syd (:

That question totally caught Dal off-guard. He just stared at Louisa for a moment before taking a deep breath and starting to think. Well, the first question was easy to answer, at least. "Why?" He shrugged. "Because... it's peaceful. And honestly there's no one to sit with." He said it in a matter-of-fact tone; he didn't want pity or anything. He didn't need any. He was perfectly fine with being alone with just himself and the sand and the ocean. "Besides, it's only at night that I just sit on the beach. Usually I'm surfing or swimming."

Louisa's next question, however, was harder to answer. Much harder. "What do I think about?" he repeated, a wrinkle forming over his eyebrows as he thought. "Well, a lot of stuff. It depends on the day. And how I'm feeling." He paused, thinking about stopping there... but he was sure that that answer wouldn't satisfy Louisa, so he sort of forced himself to continue. "Usually I like to think about the ocean itself. And traveling." Another pause... then he plowed on. "Or sometimes school and friends and family. Anything, really. Whatever crosses my mind."

Boy, he was talking about himself a lot, wasn't he? He bit his lip, thinking he should revert the conversation back to her... but she had asked him something else, so it was only polite to reply. Oh, and it turned out that he'd been wrong; she wasn't a Muggleborn. Whoops.

He chuckled a bit, hiding his embarrassment as he talked. "My mom was really glad when we found out that I was a wizard, too. But it was a shock, sort of, 'cause my parents thought they'd already figured out the reason behind my 'abnormality.'" He made air-quotes around the word and rolled his eyes. Then, biting his lip again, he looked at Louisa. "I have ADHD, see, and they thought that was the reason I acted differently. Me being a wizard just added to the fact that I'm 'different.'" He made air-quotes again and pulled a slightly hurt face, looking down at his hands clasped in his lap.

Right, stop talking now, Dallin.

Each word he'd said has been carved into her mind. And she found herself concentrating real hard as he talked; classrooms' concentration! She lifted her head off her knees a bit and smiled understanding that sitting alone at night watching the ocean was a nice thing to do. But, a big fat but, why there was no one to sit around with?

"Didn't you.." She started to say, without thinking, but caught herself and swallowed the comment. To fix it, she repeated, "Don't you have close friends in Florida? A girlfriend maybe?" there! She asked the question lingering for a few weeks in her mind. HMPH!

When started talking about his parents' reaction, she was about to nod and smile.. until he said the 'odd' word. Her eyebrows shot upward, "You're not odd!" she shouted in disbelief, "You just act like yourself and don't do cliched stuff!" Okay, she didn't quite understand what she meant by 'cliched stuff' but, but.. but it was true! "People say different when they can't understand other. I think you're very unique!" She announced, her cheeks going slightly red from the big smile on her face. She was not letting anyone call him odd.. or different, it was a very understatement for Dallin. Unique, cool, and fantastic were fine, though.

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Magical Soul Kappa Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: GMT +3 Posts: 14,520 x6	Dalliesa \| Ab-Bot \| Hogwarts Trojan War \| Quote: Originally Posted by Syd (: That question totally caught Dal off-guard. He just stared at Louisa for a moment before taking a deep breath and starting to think. Well, the first question was easy to answer, at least. "Why?" He shrugged. "Because... it's peaceful. And honestly there's no one to sit with." He said it in a matter-of-fact tone; he didn't want pity or anything. He didn't need any. He was perfectly fine with being alone with just himself and the sand and the ocean. "Besides, it's only at night that I just sit on the beach. Usually I'm surfing or swimming." Louisa's next question, however, was harder to answer. Much harder. "What do I think about?" he repeated, a wrinkle forming over his eyebrows as he thought. "Well, a lot of stuff. It depends on the day. And how I'm feeling." He paused, thinking about stopping there... but he was sure that that answer wouldn't satisfy Louisa, so he sort of forced himself to continue. "Usually I like to think about the ocean itself. And traveling." Another pause... then he plowed on. "Or sometimes school and friends and family. Anything, really. Whatever crosses my mind." Boy, he was talking about himself a lot, wasn't he? He bit his lip, thinking he should revert the conversation back to her... but she had asked him something else, so it was only polite to reply. Oh, and it turned out that he'd been wrong; she wasn't a Muggleborn. Whoops. He chuckled a bit, hiding his embarrassment as he talked. "My mom was really glad when we found out that I was a wizard, too. But it was a shock, sort of, 'cause my parents thought they'd already figured out the reason behind my 'abnormality.'" He made air-quotes around the word and rolled his eyes. Then, biting his lip again, he looked at Louisa. "I have ADHD, see, and they thought that was the reason I acted differently. Me being a wizard just added to the fact that I'm 'different.'" He made air-quotes again and pulled a slightly hurt face, looking down at his hands clasped in his lap. Right, stop talking now, Dallin. Each word he'd said has been carved into her mind. And she found herself concentrating real hard as he talked; classrooms' concentration! She lifted her head off her knees a bit and smiled understanding that sitting alone at night watching the ocean was a nice thing to do. But, a big fat but, why there was no one to sit around with? "Didn't you.." She started to say, without thinking, but caught herself and swallowed the comment. To fix it, she repeated, "Don't you have close friends in Florida? A girlfriend maybe?" there! She asked the question lingering for a few weeks in her mind. HMPH! When started talking about his parents' reaction, she was about to nod and smile.. until he said the 'odd' word. Her eyebrows shot upward, "You're not odd!" she shouted in disbelief, "You just act like yourself and don't do cliched stuff!" Okay, she didn't quite understand what she meant by 'cliched stuff' but, but.. but it was true! "People say different when they can't understand other. I think you're very unique!" She announced, her cheeks going slightly red from the big smile on her face. She was not letting anyone call him odd.. or different, it was a very understatement for Dallin. Unique, cool, and fantastic were fine, though.