A Walk in the Park (Anyone...)

Derek:

I cursed myself for being so stupid. Why'd I have to go and act like that? Come on. Toughen up, man. All I do is mess things up. Can't I do something right for once? I take a left on the nearest street. What I need to do is find some place quiet. I need to be alone. I have to think this through and come up with the best option.

What was I playing at? I begin to think I hear sounds, and I feel rather uncomfortable. SQUISH. What was that? I look around,but nothing is there. Calm down, keep walking. It's not even night time yet, you sissy. The sun is only setting. Breath deeply. CRACK. It takes all the strength I have not to look at the place that sound just came from.

I make a sharp right, and head away from the sound,no paying any notice to where I'm going. Another right. Left. Right again. I stop. Where am I? The fact that I may be lost, and it's almost dark scares me. I slow down, and try to make my footsteps light. I turn the corner and the nest thing I know, I'm screaming.

There's a shadow there, and it has a spear. It is smaller than me, but scary nonetheless. I seemed to have frightened it too, because it jumped. I start to back away slowly as it comes towards me. I stopped screaming, but now I'm too scared to scream. I find light and step under it, suddenly the shadow reaches it's hand out and I close my eyes.

"Are you okay?" she asks. I open my eyes quite suprised. As I look down, I realize it's a girl standing before my with a spear. Why do embarassing things like this always happen to me?

((ooc: sorry,his colour is purple too, but I don't want use the same(:Also, don't feel bad that you don't know what is on his mind in the beginning, I don't either ))

"You have no reason to fear me." She spoke softly, and was more cautious when approaching me. Oh man, that was embarassing. I tried to think of a quick excuse as to why I screamed. But nothing was coming. Think. Think!

I opened my mouth slighty and scrathed my head,"Umm.. well that was embarassing." My whispered sentence came out in a rush, and I looked down at my feet. Toughen up! I stood a bit straighten and looked the girl in the eyes. She seemed slightly amused.

She girl was small, but looked to be about my age, she was pale, and had odd coloured hair. It was..purple? A very light purple, if that. There's no way that's her real hair. I opened my mouth to ask, but decided otherwise and shut it. She seemed to be watching me, but I wasn't sure why.

She had laid her spear against the wall, when she came to approach me. What was she doing with that? We weren't in the training arena. I turned my attention back to the girl,"Um.. so, I'm Derek. I held out my hand waiting for her to take it.

"I'm Florina." she tells me. As she says it, she looks coldly at my hand I've extended for her to grab. I lower it slowly, feeling a bit uncomfortable. As if she reads my mind, she tells me that it is her real hair colour. Really? Wow, strange. She goes on to tell me why she carries that spear around. To get used to it, she says, because you never know what's going to happen.

Her last comment unsettles me a bit. Never know what's going to happen? What could possibly happen in District One? We're all safe here. "Well, where exactly are you headed with that.. thing?" I point at her spear agains the wall. I think of all the things I've failed at during my hours in the training arena. I was never good at one thing. Never. This upsets me a bit, because I'd like to think I'd at least be good at something. I look back, waiting to hear what her plans were.

"Well, why not? The training is boring, and I hate boring, thats why I came here." That's why she came here? Did she expect to find action here? Here, of all places. In some dark random alley no one would walk down. Well, no one but me. I take another glaze at her. Surely she isn't going to attack me. Wouldn't she have by now? What is she talking about?

I find myself freaking out a little, but try to keep my face looking calm. I didn't know what to say."I umm.. I like to write when I'm bored. Stories, poems, songs. Anything really, anything that comes to mind." Oh, man. Did you just say that? What happened to all those lies? Normally, I lie about everything. I never tell the truth. Did I just tell this...stranger something honest about me? And it wasn't even one of my good points. Here she is with a spear, and I.. I just said I write poetry. Oh, man.

"You write poetry?" she said. Oh, she thinks I'm a loser. "I love poetry, but honestly, you are one of the only people that I have met that wasnt a fighter. And no, I dont really get out much." she smiles big and I'm not quite sure why. I reurn her smile to be friendly. Is it really that obvious I'm not a fighter? I try to pull myself back on a high horse.

"Oh, well no, I mean I fight. Yeah, of course I fight. All the time actual, I'm constantly at the training center in the district." That's a lie. I run my hand through my hair quickly, and look away. When I look back, Florina seems to be looking me up and down and giving me a doubtful look. She knows you're lying. I try to recover quickly,"Um.. well I mean, I don't reallywin all the fights.." She seems slightly amused and lets me slide.

I turn to my right and start walking down the alley; I motion for Florina to follow. She comes, but not after grabbing her spear. "Where do you live?" I ask. "It's getting kind of dark, shouldn't you be heading home?"

"Ummmm, I live right by the training center." she says nevously. "But you know what it's like. If you fight, you live by where it happens." I wonder if I make her nervous because she doesn't know me that well. It's nothing that can be helped, she should know she's the one making me nervous. Who here is holding a spear?

I ignore my thoughts and say,"Well, we better get you there then, huh?" I smile reassuringly and take a right, heading to the training center. We walk in silence for a little awhile until she says something.

((Haha, alright! I get to play around with this post. Now I have to decide if he can actually write, or really has no talent at all and just lies to himself too! ))

"So, I've been thinking. Since you said that you're a poet, is there any chance that I could hear one of your poems?" I stop walking. Oh my God. I'm doomed. No one has every read my poetry. What if I suck? No way I'm reading do this girl. You know, I bet she doesn't even appreciate poetry. No, I'm sure of it. She goes around all day hitting things with spears. Why would she appreciate my writing?

I to my right and she's looking at me, just waiting. Oh, man. This is not going to go well. Make something up! "Well, I would, but I don't happen to have on me.." I smile and casually run my hand through my hair. Actually, I have the whole book on me, in my backpack.

Florina looks unimpressed, and a little annoyed to be honest. She folds her arms across her chest. I sigh, defeated. I place my backpack on the ground,unzip it, and pull out my notebook. "What would you like my to read about?" I ask,"Romance? Animals? Tree? Lanscapes? Something else?"

She seems to ponder this for a moment and then gives me her answer. All the while, I'm worrying.

((Okay, now I'm bummed lol. I set it up you have to choose! Haha, I'll have fun writing a poem next post.))