Waiting, Waiting, Waiting

[Stefan Archer]

Stefan had just left the local town, it was getting late, and Stefan was alone. He gotten a message from his father that he was going to come pick him up. So Stefan relunctantly left where he had been and began to walk back. Stefan did not wish to be late for his father. He knew if he was that the man would make a second black eye and break a few of Stefan's ribs. He would enjoy it too through the anger. Stefan saw his fathers enjoyment when he was punching Stefan to the ground or kicking in his stomach. It was painful and it made Stefan almost cry, from pain, fear and hurt, not just in the physical sense. Stefan walked slowly to where he had been dropped off, and sat down on a nearby bench. He sat down and just waited. Since it was almost dark Stefan's bruises were a not as noticable, but his paleness and the dark black eye was visible. Although he couldn't see it, his blue eyes stood out against the bruise around his eye. Stefan sat, on the bench. Now alone hoping for company someone to talk to before he would have to say goodbye to the world and hello to his bedroom once more. Until he assumed school started. There was no way, Stefan knew, that his father would let him out again. Not until school. This thought made Stefan's heart sink. Not that long he just told himself.

Out of Character:

Sorry it sucks.

 

[Kate Archer]

Kate had just finished her last minute shopping and was talking a walk outside the village it was getting dark so she decided to take a small walk when she saw someone sitting alone on a bench when Kate got closer she noticed it was someone from her year "Hi do you mind if I sit beside you"Kate asked

 

[Stefan Archer]

Stefan looked up as a girl walked towards the bench and asked to sit down. Stefan just nodded and
looked around. He did not care for small talk anymore. Just the company of another was fine for Stefan.
In his mind he was just thinking of school, and what it would bring. The safety, and the normality. But,
the unfortunate thing was that Stefan had to wait for school to come. He would have to wait a number
of days. Just over a week. But each day gone past was another day towards Hogwarts. He just had to
live through the days. He had to make it through at all costs. Just to see the school again. Stefan turned
back to the girl. "I'm Stefan." He introduced to the girl. He could barely make her out, due to the
darkness. He wondered if she could make him out as well as he could make her out.​

 

[Kate Archer]

Kate saw the boy nod so she sat down beside him she couldn't really see him probably so she couldn't see if she knew him but then he said his name "Hi my names Kate"she said knowing the name Stefan sounded familer "Nice night"Kate said looking up at the sky the stars here were different from Ireland she noticed the boy called Stefan looked very sad "Not to be nosy or anything but you look very sad"Kate said wondering how anyone could be sad at Christmas

 

[Stefan Archer]

Stefan gave a small smile to the girl as she gave her name, Kate. He was sure she was in some of his classes.
She seemed a little familiar but Stefan could never be certain. He tended to remember those that he met. But
He didn't really care, if they had met before, the girl, kate, too had forgotten. He looked up at the sky, and
shrugged, he didn't know what a nice night was. It was dark, and he could barely make out anything. The stars
were not something Stefan could easily see, not with a nearby street lamp. But, Stefan wasn't bothered. It was
more like that it was the colours the sun made while setting that made it a nice night. That and the heat. Stefan
only saw the sky getting darker, and it getting more difficult for him to see what was right in front of him. Stefan
however knew that in a few minutes he would not even need to bother about if he could or couldn't see anything.
Soon he would get into his fathers car, and until school, he wouldn't even see the daylight. Stefan had grown
used to the dark, it was one of the few things that he did not fear as much. yeah, he could barely see, but that
was not a problem. It was quiet, and he knew he was alone in the dark. Alone with his thoughts. Which drifted to
hogwarts and the friends he had made. Lolli, James, Willow. Even though he'd met them all at the most twice,
thinking of them kept him strong. That and then thoughts of his mother. The mother he didn't really know. And
had never met helped him through the nights that even friends could not.

Stefan Archer looked to Kate as she spoke again. Stefan couldn't help but look as he did. It was odd. He thought
that it was perhaps the new black eye, his paleness, his skinniness and cut on his cheek that made him look different.
But this girl thought he looked sad. Very sad. Stefan couldn't help it. He didn't want to go with his dad. He wanted
to turn and run. But he couldn't. He wanted to fill his pockets with snacks but he couldn't. If the girl even had a small
peek into his life she would understand that sad didn't even begin to cover what he felt inside. "Do I?" Stefan
just asked, although his voice showed that he knew he was, but that he was trying to cover it. He shock his head and
attempted to smile at the girl. Although the smile was forced, and his blue eyes gave away the fact that Stefan Archer
was a lot more than just sad. He couldn't help it, although Stefan had no idea about his eyes, they were the little light
into Stefan's soul. His eyes spoke more than he did. Stefan didn't know this. But then how could he, with his eye
sight. "I don't mean to look sad. Really, The darkness, makes it really difficult for me to see. So, I look sad, because
right now, I can barely see." Stefan said, telling some lies and some partial truths. he did not want for this girl to know
much, but he knew she would believe his saddness more if he talked about the colourblindness. And this was something
that Stefan could take about pretty casual. Although it was a constant drain on his life. "I'm colourblind you see. So,
I see only in black, white and shades of grey. Makes it difficult to see at times like this. Did you have a good day in the
village?" Stefan asked quickly trying to move the topic away from him and on to something else. Something that
would mean the girl couldn't continue to look into Stefan and how he acted. And how sad he was. He'd just met her,
and Stefan didn't know if she was trustworthy. It took time for Stefan to trust someone. And he would never speak
about his home, not even to someone he trusted. Not yet. And not for a long time. Stefan knew this to be true.
Trust would come with time, and being open would come with trust, time, and confidence​

 

[Kate Archer]

Kate knew it was something deeper then his colourblindness if the bruises and cuts on his body and face not enough his eyes looked empty and he seemed like he was dreading something but as Kate knew from expereince she didn't press the point if he had wanted to talk about it he wouldn't have changed the subject so Kate played along "Wow that must be harsh not being able to see colour"Kate said feeling sorry for Stefan "Yes I did have a nice time"Kate said looking down at her bags Sara had left earlier she would probably be wondering where Kate was now "Oh I remember you "Kate said loudly and quite suddenly she hadn't meant to say it out loud "Oh sorry"She said her cheeks flushing red at the sight of his face "Its just I think you know my twin sister Sara"Kate said "she pointed you out to me one day I knew I saw you from somewhere I just couldn't place it"Kate said more to herself than Stefan "Anyway back to the present did you have a nice time here"Kate said changing the subject

 

[Stefan Archer]

Stefan just nodded, not minding how she reacted to the colourblindness. It was usual to have completely different reactions
depending on the person who he told. Stefan would not have really minded if she'd gotten up and walked away, but she didn't
and Stefan just nodded. He looked to the bags the girl had, and assumed that the girl probably had a bit of money. Staring at
the bags made him feel somewhat embarrassed. He had not bought anything of importance, apart from food. Something which
was important to him, but completely odd for an 11 year old to buy and be very very happy with. He was also, because of this
somewhat ashamed. Though Stefan was aware he had nothing to be ashamed off. It was not his fault, and he couldn't have
done anything about it. It was just that he wanted to be as normal as possible, and yet so many things were limiting him.
Stefan looked down at his feet and gave a small sigh. It was as the girl spoke again that Stefan snapped out of his trance, and
looked up at her startled. Sara, Sara, Sara. The name rang a bell, but he was unsure of it had just been a passing meeting or
something else. Something a little bigger. Stefan cursed himself for not really being at to remember. "You have a twin? That's
cool. You guys must be close?" Stefan asked. He had always wondered what it would be like to have a twin. Or any sibling,
but, he was happy that he didn't. Stefan hated his life at home, and he wanted to be away from it, but he would never want a
sibling of his to have to suffer the same fate. Stefan knew, for a fact, that if he had had a sibling, he'd be a lot braver, because
he would stop his father from hurting his brother, or sister. He would protect them. Rather me than them. Stefan looked back to
the girl, Kate. He was beginning to like her. She was nice, happy, talkative. It was nice just sitting there with her. His mind faded
away from his home. And that was what he really needed and wanted. "My day?" Stefan repeated. He wasn't sure how to
describe it. but as he thought of it, a smile crept on to his face. "It was good, I have had a good day, thank you." Stefan
nodded to himself. "Are you in the same house as your sister?" Remembering that the twin, Sara, had been a Ravenclaw.
He remembered seeing the eagle on the uniform. It had been hard to make it, but he had been able to see it. Stefan was unsure
how the hat actually worked, if siblings were sorted into the same house or if not. Stefan was curious. It was an odd object the
hat. Stefan was very much curious about it. Magic in general made Stefan very curious. It was so weird that muggles had not
seen or heard about it actually existing. "She's in Ravenclaw, right?" Stefan wondered then if Kate, would still want to be
friends after she found out he was a Slytherin. Stefan would mind a little, but some people were just like that.​

 

[Kate Archer]

"Ya were quite close"Kate said "Were're not in the same house though I'm in Hufflepuff.What house are you in"Kate asked she was beginning to like Stefan he was completly opposite to her and she liked it there was also something mysterious about him she wondered how he got all those scars but decided it was best not to ask "thats good"Kate said "Ya shes in Ravenclaw I knew she'd be in that house she has been a know-it-all all her life"Kate laughed in a way it had been annoying always being compared to her sister

 

[Stefan Archer]

Stefan just nodded. They weren't in the same house. Maybe the were the type of twins with lots of differences. Stefan
did not know much about twins and siblings. He only knew about only childness. And it was lonely. Well his was. He had
no one, so, loneliness was not new to him. But it did not help that he was an only child. Stefan couldn't ever know what
it would be really like to have a sibling. He had heard sayings about friends being like Siblings, but Stefan knew this would
never be true for him. His sibling, would have to be as beaten up as he was, and Stefan knew that was pretty impossible.
Stefan ignored the returned question, continuing to just listen to Kate. He gave a small laugh with Kate. Oddly enough,
Stefan had a carefree laugh. He barely laughed, and this was clear, but it was in terms of laughs a nice little laugh. "I'm
sure you're as smart as her. I don't really know your sister, but, I'm sure you're smarter. And I wouldn't compare the two of
you. But, you seem smarter." Stefan complimented. He knew what being compared to someone, or something was like.
Stefan couldn't say the comparisons they had were exactly the same. Stefan wasn't compared to a sibling. Rather he was
compared to everything that wasn't human. And how they were more human than him. Stefan shook this thought away.
He didn't want to think about it, and he most definitely need Kate asking questions he couldn't properly answer. Stefan
then remembered the early question. "I'm a Slytherin." He admitted, not knowing it, but going slightly red as he did
so. "It's a perfectly good house, but everyone is pretty mean, all the time." Stefan shrugged to himself, he both liked
and hated Slytherin. It was just right for him, quiet little asked, and yet there was no one. "I'm not mean or anything.
Please don't hate me for my house." Stefan pleaded. He couldn't tell the girl how to think, she would either now hate him
or continue as if he was a hufflepuff like her. Stefan knew it would be hard, since people generalised about the whole of
Slytherin. But Stefan wasn't really like them. He was just as closed off. Quiet. But apart from that, he was nothing like them.
For one, he wasn't a pureblood, whatever that was. Stefan knew that he had grown up muggle whereas the rest were part
of pureblood lines. "I'm nothing like them." Stefan said, with a small sigh. He didn't want to dampen the mood, but he
really didn't want to be reject because of his house. He liked Kate. He actually liked her. She was a good friend. And She
was just normal. To him. And in Stefan mind, normality, was Awesome.​

 

[Kate Archer]

Kate blushed slightly at his comments "Thanks"she said "Oh cool your in Slytherin"Kate said "It must be annoying being called mean all the time"Kate said Stefan wasn't mean but Kate did remember that mean Slytherin girl Bella but she wasn't going to judge Stefan just because of the house he was in "Don't worry I won't"Kate said Kate started to silently sing to herself she had always did it at home it was habit she had got into "What do you like to do in your spare time"Kate asked still singing to herself

 

[Stefan Archer]

A wave of relief swept over the Slytherin. He smiled at Kate. A small smile. Stefan was glad. He preferred people
who gave him a chance. It was strange since before he would not have even said one word to a girl. Now he was
able to talk somewhat casually with one. Stefan just nodded to her. "Spare time? I don't really do anything."
Stefan admitted, shrugging. It was true that Stefan didn't do anything. At school, he spent more time doing the
homework And it was annoying since, Stefan had had plans to do lots of fun things. But it didn't matter. It was as
he was about to say something else, that Stefan watched his father's car. Drive up and stop. Stefan felt fear over
take him. It was an old car, and that was how Stefan even knew it was his fathers. He looked to Kate. "That's
my dad. I have to go" Stefan said, though it was clear that he didn't want to. Not at all. But, he gave a small
smile. "It was nice meeting you" Stefan said, before turning and walking quickly over to the car. He wanted
to stay with the girl but his father called. Stefan got into the car, and didn't bother looking to his father. He just
put on his seat belt, and waited for his father to drive off. Which he did, driving way too fast for Stefan's liking.
​

Out of Character:

Sorry for the abrupt end, I thought it would be best to end it there.

 

[Kate Archer]

Kate smiled back at Stefan she was about to say something when she saw a car drive up beside the bench Stefan got up towards the car "Oh okay I'll see ya after the holidays"Kate said noticing the fear in Stefan's eyes "Hope you have a nice holiday"Kate said waving her hand she got off the bench and walked back towards the village she looked back at the car and noticed it was going very fast..

Out of Character:

Its grand