Big Black Boots [Jessamine&Julia]

Jessamine sighed sighed as her toes made contact with the ice-cold water. It was a familiar feeling, water sliding between her toes and splashing against her ankles. Kind of like being back home, where she used to go out for a swim almost every day in a lake near-by her house.

It wasn't that she didn't utterly love it at her school, she had never been able to imagine a place as... free as this place. Even with all the nature and endless hills and grass back at home, she'd always feel locked up, like she'd never travel anywhere. But Pamberton was definitely a new place, so it was an experience like no other, but sometimes she missed home.

She slid her legs further into the water, sitting on the bank and holding onto the grass with her fingers. She jumped slightly when there was a noise behind her, her fingers losing their grip causing the red head to almost fall flat on her face into the lake, but she managed to get a grip on the grass again just in time and steady herself. Her head whipped around, looking at the stranger behind her. "Oh, you startled me!" she confessed, smiling a little at the girl behind her. "Hi."

Julia finally left the safe confines of her room and worked her way to the lake. She wanted to dip her toes in and feel the cool water that was once her home. She longed for the cool breezes that water promised. She missed her old home but found life on land fascinating.

As she walked down to the beautiful lake she let her mind wonder. Far away years ago. When she was always in the sea. She never came above water.

As she reached the lake she saw that someone else was there. Not that she minded she needed to make some friend. She was about to say hello when she cracked a twig. She nearly scared the woman out of her wits.

"Sorry I startled you." She said to her. "Hey. I'm Julia." She said sitting down next to her.

"It's alright!" Jessamine said quickly, her smile growing. "I'm amazingly easily startled, sometimes people can startle me in my sleep!" she giggled. "No, okay, that might actually be a lie. I've never been startled in my sleep, but I'm fairly certain it would be possible!"

Jessamine shuffled a little on the bank, as if she needed to make more room for the girl. There was enough room for them both, clearly, and Jessamine was most thrilled to have someone to sit with. "I'm glad actually for the company," she admitted, wiggling her toes under the water. "I've been bored out of my own skin. What's your name?"

Julia smiled liking this girl so far. She seemed like she was likeable enough. As she took off her shoes and dipped her toes in the water. She looked around she wasn't good at telling what people were at sight. She had to wonder. Was she drawn to the water or just here.

"As have I." She said smiling at the younger girl. "Julia and you are?" She asked her looking at her wondering how to phrase her question. "So how long have you been going to Pemberton?" She asked not knowing her year only that she was younger than her.

Jessamine was starting to have a real problem with her curiosity. That was always a hard thing for her, how insanely curious she was. Was this girl a human? An actual human? Jessamine had been around magical beings all her life and not seen much of humans. But then again, this girl could be magical as well? Oh, how she hated not knowing. She couldn't ask. Not if the girl turned out to be a human.

"I'm Jessamine." she replied, pushing a stray of red hair behind her ear. "Jessamine Laugher." she added. "And this is my first year here! What about you?" she splashed her legs in the water, stifling giggles when the water splashed around her legs. "This lake is so beautiful. It reminds me of home, so bad."

Julia was still trying to figure out if this girl was a human. A real one. She could ask about her wealth that might cover it. Only wealthy humans could come here. She had seen a fair few humans, but a lot of magical beings looked like humans some of the time. Look at her, she was walking around, without her tail.

"I like your name. It's beautiful." She said smiling warmly. She had tried being a stuck up it didn't get her many friends. So she was going to try and be nice to the younger girl. "Oh I'm in my last year here." She said a bit sadly. She would miss it. Then again she could always just go to another school some other time.

"So you make any friends yet?" She asked the freshman hoping she could make one friend before she left the school.