Catching Some Air (Nina/Joel)

[Micheal 'Mike' Guiliford]

OoC:Forgive me. I was very tired when I did this...

Mike stared at the semi -psychotic creature that was exploring the bedroom. Lithe had made his way to a window, and glued himself to the glass. After erupting in a laughing fit, Mike collected his glider. ”You need to get outside huh?” Lithe seemed to agree when he crawled into Mike’s sweatpants pocket, only showing the top of his head. The dirty blonde grinned as he walked over to his closet in search of a jacket. He strung shirts and jackets on the floor until he came upon his old warm-up jacket from basketball.

After he had gotten dressed, Mike went to the bathroom to brush his teeth and fix hair. It took longer than expected to prepare his looks, so the eighteen year old quickly gathered his phone and keys before leaving. Mike locked the door behind him, and briskly made his way to the Jeep sitting in the parking lot. Being that he was too lazy to walk, he decided to drive into town. Mike sighed as he shifted the Jeep into reverse and pulled out of the academy. After driving around town for a few minutes, Mike parked his vehicle in an open parking lot, not far from the Reserve.

He walked to the Reserve, taking in the sight, since he had yet to see the place since he arrived. It was truly a sight to see. Leaves had turned, still holding on to some color, but also fading away into the color of the bark. Happily, Mike walked over to a tree, and slid down it slowly, making sure not to pin his glider. Lithe climbed out and roamed in a small area surrounding the tree. ”Stick around.” Mike said sternly as he pulled out his phone to play music. Lithe would probably have to be caught, and contained in an arm’s reach, but it didn’t bother the teenager.

[Nina Joel Dobrev]

Nina sighed as she fell on top of her bed with her face buried in her hands. She has been so tired from her busy schedule. Yet luckily, she got use to it, so it partialy, it was fine. She got then got an image of a park. The one with a river flowing by and a memoriable large tree. Of course! The Reserve would be a great time to just relax. Maybe go on a job or something. She needed to stay fit anyways. Not just with swimming classes though. She grinned at herself for the great idea.

As she walked to her closet and started digging through it. It was the only place she has not been very organized on her side, since she is obviously sharing with her roommate. She sighed as she started throwing things around. "I have got to clean this out!" She muttered, frustrated with herself as she got on a blue spots tank top, and a grey jogging suit. She tied her hair in a bit of a sloppy pony tail and walked out and looked at herself in the mirror. Nina knows she will look fine. By the time she finishes up jogging, she might look a bit worse and all tired anyways. She quickly made sure she had all her stuff. She decided to just put all her things in her pockets. Lugging a bag while jogging, just doesn't seem right.

She decided that she should walk (or jog) down town and towards the Reserve today. Just for the excercise. She felt the 30 miles per hour wind as it was a cold wind. Yet the air was slightly warmer. She noticed the clouds have moved on. Now there's more hope that it won't rain on her parade. Whatever the metaphor was. She spotted the big area where the park was with an area for her to relax on the grass parts. She continued to walk, and gaze around at the Reserve at the same time. Not knowing where she was going. She then finally looked at where she was going as she happened to walk over to the large tree, where a boy was sitting at. "Oh, sorry. I should really look where I'm going before I bumped into you and the tree.." She spoke up, taking the comment as a small joke as she added a small laugh. She seen the boy around the Academy, but they never formally met.

OOC: Sorry for the long post, bit carried away xD You can just skim through....

[Micheal 'Mike' Guiliford]

Mike was glaring at his phone that refused to cooperate with him. He was skimming Facebook, seeing the comments that his old teammates had posted. Halfway through replying to one of those comments his phone decided to freeze, then log him out. Had it not been for the fall of a small branch the phone would have been long gone. Mike glanced up, seeing Lithe dangling partially off of a branch. He grinned, shook his head, then turned back to fighting with his phone. He wasn’t particularly a techie but at some point he would force it’s cooperation.

His attention was drawn from fighting with his phone to approaching footsteps. Mike glanced over, hearing a girl’s voice and laugh. ”It’s ok, at least you didn’t step on me. If you did, well, he wouldn’t be too happy.” He grinned as looked up at the glider who was about a foot higher up than the girl. Mike called the Marsupial out of the tree and it obeyed, climbing down the tree and to Mike’s lap. ”I’m Mike by the way, and this is Lithe.” He grinned softly as he introduced the glider who was hiding under the crook of Mike’s arm. The teenager wasn’t very sure on what to say yet so he kept silent and let her speak.

[Nina Joel Dobrev]

Nina gave a small grin as he accepted her apology. 'At least he is nice enough..' She thought to herself as she place her hands in her pockets and glanced over to him. She gave a light laugh towards his comment as she gazed up to suddenly spot a Sugar Glider. It made her jump slightly at the surprise. Yet then suddenly relax. She gave a bit of a sly grin as to show she would kind of expect for that to happen, even though it wasn't meant to hurt her in any sort of way. Why would it? Hmm, another good question to have in mind for the future. She then looked back over as the boy, or Mike, started to introduce himself and his Glider, or Lithe. She gave a small smile to them both. "Well then, it's nice to meet you both. I'm Nina. I'm guessing you attend as a student here, Mike?" She lessened to a grin so it wouldn't be so awkward.

She wondered if she would join them, or if that would go a bit to far since they have just met. So she decided to just stand for a bit. No harm done for just a standing for a few. She seemed to have recognized him from a while back. What was it, and where was it from. It was on the tip of her tongue, but she couldn't remember. "I'm sorry for changing the topic and mood a bit here, but I feel like we've met before.." She finally decided to blurt out her thoughts about remembering. Of course. It was out in the pastures, with someone else. She decided to not blurt out that one. Seemed awkward to just change the topic so quickly. She then kind of regret commenting about seeing him before. Hope he doesn't mind the random outburst.

OOC: Sorry for the bad post, I did this late at night. x.X By the way, they met before in the pastures with Jackson, remember? Hope you don't mind Nina bringing that up from a while ago. I needed something to work with. xD

[Micheal 'Mike' Guiliford]

Mike laughed softly seeing the girl jump lightly at Lithe. It was a typical reaction from most since Lithe enjoyed surprising people. Just one of the many things that make Mike adore his little Glider. He watched as the girl introduced herself as Nina. The name sounded really familiar, but he shrugged it off since it happened often with people. Then when she asked about attending school here he smiled softly. ”You’ve guessed correctly Nina.” He grinned very softly to the point where it was almost unseen. He almost never stayed in his room anymore since Blair wasn’t there anymore so maybe he had seen the girl in some classes or strolling around.

There was a very small silence between them until Nina spoke up, thinking what he had. He grinned again, knowing he wasn’t just a psycho for thinking he knew her. ”You know, I thought the same thing. You look kind of familiar.” He sat for a moment trying to remember where he met her. ”The pastures?” Mike squeezed out while trying to remember the other kid with them. ”With what’s his face… um, Jackson?” He was glad that she brought up where they met, otherwise he would probably not have said anything. Everything really started coming in, remembering that they were watching the Arabians play out in the field. He smiled softly at the ground and suddenly felt bad that he was still sitting on the ground and she was standing. ”Uh, do you wanna sit down?” Mike asked extremely awkwardly, feeling foolish for doing so.

OOC: I was going to mention that they met, but drat my procrastination!