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Eeron Torbor

Eeron sincerely hoped that he had not been too awkward when he had sent his return greeting to the girl. It was not like he was trying to get her to like him or anything of that sort, but he was not trying to gain a bad reputation when it came to being around girls, especially with one he did not know. He really did have nothing to lose talking to her anyways, they were strangers, so why not try to get to know each other. Chances are it would be better than him just sitting alone in his house, trying to be alone.

He was surprised to see that the girl had still not asked him to come in, he was sure she would want him to buy something. That was, of course, if he was right to assume that this place was a store, much like all the other places around it. Yes, this girl probably lived there too, but it appeared to be a store, even in the gloomy —and rather wet— weather.

"So what brings you here?" Eeron was too socially inexperienced to find this question odd or rude in anyway. He thought that the girl was just wondering why he was out by himself. It was no secret that most people Eeron's age normally walked around in groups, size in numbers he though, but he had never felt the need to have companions at his side. Eeron was happy enough with who he was and he did not anyone else to make him feel better, whether people accepted him or not, he was who he was.

"Oh, me? I just felt like getting out of my house. I left before it was raining, so as you can see I'm not exactly prepared."

Part of that was a lie. At the time that Eeron had left his house it was raining outside, but he was too lazy to go back inside and et the proper attire. That being said, there was barely any chance that this girl could tell Eeron lied, as Eeron was a very good liar. At least he thought he was. His words sounded stronger than his greeting was though, and that was a good sign for Eeron. He still felt rather uncomfortable in social situations, but at least his voice had come back to its real sound.

"Er...Do you want to stand somewhere a bit more dry?" Well, yes, he did. The rain had basically soaked his clothes through, and he was looking for anywhere that he could dry off. Even though he was already happy with the idea of going inside, the flash of lightening that was ever so obvious to Eeron only made him want to get out of the rain quicker.

"Yeah," he said with a chuckle, "I would. Do you think we could find a place out of the rain?" Hopefully he did not sound like he was inviting this girl somewhere, he just wanted to get dry. Even if what he said came off as him wanting to know this girl better, he honestly was only thinking about drying off at that moment.

Eeron Torbor

Standing out in the rain was really not a good idea for the two adolescents, as the rain was really starting to come down now. Eeron's shirt was really starting to come down on them, causing his shirt to start to weigh down on Eeron. In fact, his shirt was starting to stretch out, he hoped that the girl he was talking to would not notice. Eeron , at that moment, would obviously rather be under shelter, but he felt that it was not his place to say where to go since he assumed that he was so close to this girls house.

He still doubted that he would be invited to go into the building that they were standing next to, the man inside it did not look like he was the nicest to Eeron. If this place was not the girls house though, he hoped that it was near, it would mean less of a walk for them to get dry. It was not like they could just walk into a random store though, the owner would end up flipping out on the, that was what Eeron thought at least. Someone would not want a random soaking wet person to walk into their store just to get dry. Not only would it be a waste of the owners time, but the other person might just ruin their wares.

"Um...Well my house is over there if you want to be near a fire. But if not then we can speak under the porch of one of these stores..." The girls house seemed like a much better option to Eeron, as he was never one that liked to go into something not welcomed. The only thing that made him feel better about going onto a porch was that this girl, who clearly spent a lot of her time around this area, thought that it would be okay. But there was her house, and if the two teenagers went there then they would get to be inside and dry at the same time. Maybe Eeron's clothes would dry at the same time, it would be nice.

"Umm... I think that your house would be a better idea, wouldn't it? Don't store owners get upset if we just sit on their porches."

He was not trying to make a move on the girl, even though it probably came out that way. Eeron was thinking about himself at that moment, not about anyone else's emotions. What he was thinking was not even that difficult of a thought, he was simply trying to get dry the quickest way possible, and this girl had given him a few options of which to choose. There was no doubt in Eeron's mind that he would have gone home if he was even remotely close to it, but he sadly was not. it was almost pathetic that he had to rely on someone who he barely knew for the possibility of going somewhere besides his house; it was actually rather pathetic that he did not have any close friends.

"My name is Lillian River by the way..." Eeron was sure that he had never heard this girls name before, nor did he think that he had met her yet. Chances are he had walked by her in a hallway at school before, but Eeron had a fairly good memory and he did not remember ever speaking to her. As he came to think about it, he found it odd that he had never seen the girl, especially because District Seven was not exactly gigantic. He also found it odd that this girl had not finished her sentence, did she want him to finish it for her or something like that. Eeron was not good at the art of conversation, so he wondered if Lillian wanted to have him tell her his name.

"Oh, um.... I'm Eeron, um.... Eeron Torbor." He sounded like a complete idiot when he spoke, it almost seemed like he had forgotten his name. Lillian would probably try and get rid of him quickly, nobody wanted to be around idiots, did they? Eeron was quite sure that he had just ruined any chance of conversation with this girl, but it was simply because he never was one to meet new people. He really did hope that he had not screwed up too badly, but it just seemed like any normal human being would be able to say their name without faltering.