Corruption, or befriending?

[Justin Cliffeton]

Justin wandered out to the forbidden forest, after having spent a day in the castle studying for the exams that would come all too soon for Justin. He wasn't ready for his exams, and he probably wouldn't be for a while, but that was why there were still lessons for them to join in on, and he was more than willing to attend them and to do his best inside of them. Justin smiled to himself, settling himself on the ground near a tree, ready for what would be a nice relaxing day for him where he could just be himself. Justin was glad to be done with the revising for today, but he knew he would have to do more.

Justin wondered if there would be anybody game enough to come out here today. Sometimes he came out here to be alone, but when he did that he would go very deeply into the forest, where other kids didn't usually go, and he would hide in a tree or something as to escape the centaurs and whatnot. Justin slowly turned to look around the area he was in, he was barely past the groundkeepers hut, and there would probably be people coming. Justin had his jeans and red hoodie on today, and was only here to relax. He smiled when he heard footsteps in the distance.

 

[Shiloh Denton]

Shiloh held her hands in her pockets as she walked towards
the Forbidden forest. She was satisfied that she had
explored enough of the Castle, that she now wanted to start on
the Grounds... starting with the Forbidden Forest. Being a Gryffindor,
she really was adventurous... sometimes overly at that.
She looked down as she tripped over something.
She stopped and shook her head.
“Oh... I am terribly sorry... please excuse me... I did not see you”
She explained as she smiled down at the older student.
“I’m Shiloh by the way” She told him holding out her hand.

Shiloh wondered what this boy was doing.
Was he planning on adventouring around the Forbidden Forest as she was?
Would he tell on her if he wasn’t?
She hoped that he wouldn’t because that would have been absolutely no fun at all.
Then she would have to explain herself to the teachers and that wouldn’t be pleasant at all.​

 

[Justin Cliffeton]

Justin looked up and clutched his leg as somebody tripped over it. This really wasn't the best start to a day, was it .. how could you even trip over someone when you were as short as this person? He sighed, and smiled. "No problem, just be more careful next time." He said sighing. Justin wasn't sure whether or not he should tell his person his name, having only met her just now and all, he didn't know whether or not she could be trusted. Justin was one that preferred to keep to himself, and he did that quite well. Only a certain few people knew his name. They were Trinity and her friends.

Justin chuckled at the first year. She was probably wondering why he was out here, and she was probably worrying that Justin would tell on her. Though he wouldn't, he might be able to threaten her with the possibility if she got annoying at all. Though he didn't think somebody as young and small as she was would even be able to be annoying. Justin wondered why she was out here, and he would get the answer to that before he answered any questions of hers. "What brings you out here today?" Justin asked, wondering if she would answer the question or not.

Justin had come out here in order to get away from the annoyances of the castle and studying, and he didn't mind if he spent the day with a little first year, she might even turn out to be a good friend. But, of course, Justin couldn't be sure just yet and he would have to get to know her before he could be sure of that. "I'm Justin." He said, not bothering to tell her anything else about him just yet, only Trinity knew everything there was to know about him, and that was how it would stay. Not even his stupid abusive parents would be able to know more about him than Trinity did.

 

[Shiloh Denton]

Shiloh looked at the boy beneath her curiously and squatted
to his level, still smiling. “I really am sorry,
I was not looking where I was going,
I will indeed be more careful”
She told him, her English accent coming through strongly.
She still wondered if she would ever lose it,
seeing as she would be spending so much more time in New Zealand.
She did wonder what he was doing out in the Forbidden Forest.
She was here to explore, nothing more.
She had invited both Tara and Grace to accompany her,
but both had refused. Though this did make her sad she wasn’t
cut up about it. Now she could talk to this older boy and learn stuff.
“I swear I didn’t see you” She told him yet again.
Unfortunately, she had a thing about apologising to people.
She had gotten it from Grace. “Your leg will be ok, won’t it?”
She asked.

Shiloh frowned slightly as the older boy chuckled at her.
She didn’t even know what house he was in,
and he was laughing at her.
What did she do that would make him laugh?
Was he going to tell her his name?
After all she had told him hers and she figured it to be only fair.
Just because she was small didn’t mean he could laugh.
“Why are you laughing at me?” She asked slightly pouting.
She wasn’t sure she liked this boy now.
“It’s not very nice to laugh at people for no reason...
Atleast tell me why you are laughing?”
She asked as she adjusted her position.
Her legs were beginning to hurt,
so she simply sat with her legs crossed and her arms on her knees.
“I’m out here because I was bored, I like exploring everything...
so I came out here... you wont tell on me will you Justin?”
She asked suddenly remembering her earlier fears.​

 

[Justin Cliffeton]

Justin sighed, people that apologised more than they should annoyed him, and annoyed him a lot. He didn't know what made these people go on and on and on about things either, and the fact that they always seemed to be able to find something they had done wrong. Or, if they had done something wrong in the first place, they would never take 'it's okay' for an answer, they just had to keep saying they were sorry a million and two hundred thousand times! Justin wondered what she would apologise for next, and whether or not she would ever stop, or whether he would have to hex her or not.

Justin didn't want to have to hurt a first year, because it would make him look bad, but if it came right down to it he would because he hated being apologised too, even it was for something they had done wrong. Justin rolled his eyes at the little girl in front of him, that was known as Shiloh. "I will not turn you in, if you stop apologising to me. You're giving me a headache, know that?" Justin said, attempting to chuckle at what he had just said. He snapped his head back towards her. "And that includes apologising for apologising!" Justin said, attempting to give her no chance to apologise at all.

Justin looked down at his leg, wondering why there would even be anything wrong with it. For one, the person who had tripped over it was a first year. For two, they were only a little person and henceforth couldn't do much damage to his leg. Justin wondered if she would apologising for supposedly hurting his leg next. "Yes, my leg will be fine. DO NOT apologise for it, because you DID NOT hurt it." Justin said, wondering if he would scare the kid off or not. Justin hoped not, because then he would be around nobody but himself and his own thoughts for the day, and that was always boring, though her apologising could be just as bad.

Justin sighed one last time, and wondered how she thought he was laughing at her. Was somebody not allowed to randomly laugh without it having to be directed at somebody? Justin didn't know what was worse, her assumptions or her apologising. Justin didn't know whether or not he would be able to stand this girl, but he would try. Justin smiled, "I wasn't laughing at you, I was just laughing in general. I wouldn't laugh at somebody without good reason." Justin sighed, knowing that he couldn't turn her in anyway because it would mean revealing he was out her, but she didn't need to know that, it kept the threat alive.

 

[Shiloh Denton]

Shiloh tilted her head as Justin sighed. She wondered
what it was he was sighing about... Was it perhaps her? Was he
annoyed with her? She really hoped he
didn’t decide that he would have to hex her
because that would not be fun at all.
"I will not turn you in, if you stop apologising to me.
You're giving me a headache, know that?"
She grinned slightly and shrugged apologetically.
Because he had told her to stop apologising she was lost
She wasn’t sure what she was supposed to do if
she hurt him again. Just walk off without apologising?
She was then about to apologise for apologising, but he beat her to that.
"And that includes apologising for apologising!"
He added quickly. Shiloh sighed and shrugged.
Well what was she to do now?

Shiloh cleared her throat and was about to apologise again.
But thought better of it. She resorted to just nodding and agreeing.
“Ok, you’re right, I’m so...” She sighed. “Never mind”
She added as she looked around.
They weren’t very far into the Forbidden Forest at this time,
and Shiloh really did want to go deeper. She decided that she would ask this boy, Justin,
to accompany her into the Forbidden Forest. She was going
to go whether he said yes or no and right now she wasn’t worried
about him telling on her or not, because she just wanted to adventure
around and she was sure that it was going to be quite
the experience. She smiled.

“Hey Justin, would you like to come with me deeper
into the Forbidden Forest?” She asked as she stood up. She didn’t
know about Justin, but she was going to go, whether he did or not.
“I’m going to go whether you want to or not, so either way” She
said as she fixed her hair. She had forgotten to fix it after
she had fallen over him. Then again, he didn’t want her apologising either
so she couldn’t do that. He had actually yelled at her
to stop apologising... Seriously what was with this boy?
Though she didn’t mind his company.
Better then not being with anyone and having to be on her own.
“So how about it?” she asked as she stepped back slightly.
Giving him room to stand if he decided to go with her.
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