Its the Coldest Time of the Year

[Johanna Murray]

Johanna was off work today.It was now winter and the days were shorter and the nights longer.It had been raining earlier on in the day but it had no stopped and the day was pretty miserable.It was so different from France.She had been visiting her mother yesterday and she had been in shorts,t-shirt and she had had the sunglasses but New Zealand was the complete opposite.They were forcasting snow later on in the week.She was often returning home for the warm weather.She preferred the sun to the rain and sun.She was wrapped up warm with her new coat and scarf.She was toasty and she was feeling pretty okay as she walked into Takarokaro park.She had her recently bought lunch in her hand which consisted of a roll and a take away cup of coffee.She had no food in her house as she often forgot to buy it because she was so busy so she often had to buy lunch and eat out.

Life in New Zealand had been good.She had really come out of herself a lot more and she was acting more herself and enjoying life a lot more.She had actually made some friends and she enjoyed the night life here.She liked her work too though she was considering changing jobs as she was taking a fancy to another job.She was almost bored of her job,she was almost like the police who stayed and did all the paperwork in the office,it was boring work.She just sent letters to youths who did magic under the legal age or leaked information about magic.She was thinking if becoming a healer or pursuing her dream job as a professional violinist.She had been playing the violin since she was three and she loved it and she wanted to play it every day.She had been neglecting it because of work and she wanted to get back into things again

As she walked through the park she tried to find a bench that wasn't soaked from the rain.There were some families out enjoying the few hours of dryness.In all fairness the cold wasn't too bad,she was nice and snug in her coat and scarf and her hands were warm from her coffee.She saw one or two other people eating lunch like her.It was nice to know she wasn't alone that way.Life these days for everyone was usually busy.It was a shame really because a lot of people didn't get enough time to spend with their family or stress or too much from the amount of work.Finally Johanna found a suitable bench and sat down.She opened up her roll and began to eat

 

[William Bellerose]

William was new to New Zealand yet he seemed to already be fitting in with the locals, considering he had just packed up a lunch sandwich at the place he was staying and headed to the park. Of course he had forgotten when he moved from London, but granted they had very similar climates so he did have a few sweaters with him they were warm enough. It hadn't snowed yet and the young man was glad, he was wating for his warmer winter clothes to be shipped down from his home in London. But today seemed nice enough to get out into the village and explore so William packed his lunch and went out.

Entering the local park there seemed to be plenty of empty benches around for him to sit and enjoy his meal. However on closer inspection they all seemed to be quite wet from when it rained earlier in day. This rainfall had been the reason why he hadn't been out and about earlier in the day. Looking around he spotted a woman, right around his own age sitting alone on one of the dryer benches in the park. Now he wasn't the type of guy that went around looking to hook up with any good looking woman around. And he wasn't going to be doing that with this lady, however he didn't know anyone yet and sharing a bench with a person for lunch could be a good way to make a friend or a tour guide.

Walking over towards the bench, he tried his best not to seem creepy in anyway. "Um, Excuse me Miss. Would you mind it at all if I joined you on this bench to eat my lunch?" William questioned to the woman sitting there. She seemed like a plesant type of person, with shorter brown hair and food in hand.