Just wanna live my way

[Guy Styles]

As he traveled down the many flights of stairs to the grounds, Guy reflected on the past few months. He tried to think of what he had accomplished… and nothing came to mind. What had he really done? Met with new people and chilled with them. But really, that was about it. He hadn’t even bothered to keep in contact much with his family, something that constantly bothered him even though he was the only one who could do something about it. He was procrastinating in the worst of ways, and most of the time he just didn’t care.

What he did want, was to have some fun.

That was his motive as he made his way down, and finally let himself out of the Entrance Hall and onto the grounds of Hogwarts. He ambled along slowly, admiring the sky as he did so. It was dusk, not quite pitch black out yet, but the sun had set some time ago. The seventeen year old wore his normal out of lessons clothing, ripped up and thoroughly worn jeans, and a plain white shirt. He had slung several towels around his neck and now tugged lightly at both ends with each of his hands as he walked, dragging his bare feet against the grass.

Once he was at the lake, Guy set the towels down on the ground and looked around. He couldn’t see anyone, really, but then again it was getting dark rather fast. He shrugged at himself, knowing that, as he had proven before, he didn’t much care if people saw him when he wasn’t fully clothed. He took a look at the water, knowing he would end up freezing cold... He had his wand, though, so he wasn't too worried about being all that cold. He took his shirt off and threw it to the side, the disheveled shirt was soon joined by pants and Guy was once again left standing in his boxers. But did he care? Not so much. This time though, the boxers were neon orange with small snitches on them. Why orange and why snitches, he didn’t know but that was just how it went. Swim trunks weren’t really necessary, as boxers were pretty much the same in Guys book. He began to walk towards the shore and threw a quick glance around, although stopped midstep as his eyes fell onto someone.


[ Miss WB ]

[Tianne Webster-Barrett]

Ever since the early morning, that now seemed to be so long ago, when she had accidentally met up with Jason, Alexander and Guy, and had been told about Polar swimming, Tianne had been intrigued. She wanted to try it, she longed to have some exhilaration in her life, and really, she had to step out of the square that she was currently living in. Her schedule lacked anything fun, and her daily itinerary was planned. Usually, Tianne would be quite spontaneous, but studying and classwork had gotten the better of her. Sitting around, thinking of this, that was how Tianne made the decision. She was going swimming. She was going swimming, now.

Just the mere thought of swimming took away the girls breath, and she couldn't help but feel that she was accomplishing things by doing so. She couldn't wait to get down to the grounds, prefect badge or no prefect badge, she was going to bend the rules. The darkness was fast approaching, but that only made it more fun. She didn't care, not when her life was like it was now. She wouldn't care if she threw her prefect badge away, Tianne needed fun, and she was going to get it.

Taking off a pair of denim shorts, and a white singlet, Tianne quickly slipped into her bathers and her flipflops, before dressing herself in the clothes that she had been wearing all day. Running down the stairs, her wand tucked safely into the right side of her shorts, Tianne made her way down to the grounds, keeping up the fast speed that she had used to make her way down so quickly. She felt like running, running far away, and staying there, but she was too excited about going swimming, that she just had to stay and carry out this adventure first.

Seeing a familiar figure down at the lake, someone that she was hoping that she wasn't going to see, Tianne groaned. Tianne liked him, yeah, but now he would know that she was copying him, and that his boxers and habits had intrigued her. Leaving her clothes in a pile close to his, Tianne slowly wandered down, her eyes fixed on the boy. Wearing her green and white paisley bikini, Tianne wasn't like the boy, she couldn't wear her undergarments around. It was different for them.

"Fancy seeing you here..." She grinned cheekily at the boy, trying to hide her embarrassment.

[Guy Styles]

He resisted the urge to stumble, as he had literally stopped in mid-step, Guy fixed his footing, but diverted his glance slightly as he saw that the girl was only wearing her bikini. He felt his cheeks heat up just a little bit and was thankful for the slight darkness. As she neared him, though, he glanced back up to her, noticing her cheeky grin.

He wasn't so much embarassed for himself as he was for seeing the girl... not completely clothed. There wasn't anything about swimming that would make Guy feel embarassed, but really, he didn't know the younger student that well. And it might have been the fact that the first time she had actually met him he was wearing only boxers, and he was still now wearing only his boxers. Maybe this girl had a radar and knew when people would be running around clad only in their underwear? He could only venture a guess about that thought, but figured that she might just be a little bit offended by it. He made a note to think it through a little more before he decided whether or not to say something about it.

He cleared his throat slightly, his hands twitching slightly at his sides for lack of anything to do as he spoke. " Same to you, Miss Prefect. Out after curfew? " He raised a brow in a questioning manner, although his smile was still there. He was kidding, and it hoped it was an obvious thing to her. Guy didn't want her think that just because he was older that he thought he could bother her, a Prefect, about being out at night. Curfew wasn't even in effect yet, but he wasn't sure if Tianne knew that.

[Tianne Webster-Barrett]

Laughing at the awkward step that the boy was forced to take upon seeing the girl, suddenly it made her feel quite self conscious. Again, the boy was wearing his boxers, and seemed quite happy to do so, and Tianne was forced to bite down on her tongue and try her hardest not to laugh. The near to darkness was helping the girl overcome this however, as it was dark, and hopefully he wasn't judging her. She could feel the breeze on her back as she took a step, letting her toes touch the water. It was chilly, but that was what she was expecting. Heck, if it was warm, she'd already be in the drink.

Her face was still a shade of pink, but Tianne hoped that the boy could not see it, or hadn't noticed, anyways. She never was good around boys, especially when her clothing was, well, scarce. The only thing that Tianne could do about the situation was laugh, it was too late to bail. She had planned on being alone, as in this case for the girl, two is quite a crowd, but at least it wasn't a total stranger that she had met up with.

Shaking her head with a grin, Tianne looked back at the boy. "It was an accident? She joked, speaking about the fact that she was out after curfew. Was curfew in place yet? It wasn't totally dark, but Tianne couldn't be sure. "Besides, I've a clean record. It'll be a warning." She spoke, offering Guy a wink. "Hold on..." She said in a confused tone, looking down at the boy's boxers. "Snitches?"

[Guy Styles]

Acck. What was it about cute fifth year girls that always seemed to find Guy in a compromising position? First it had been Abby, finding him faceplanted on the floor, then Tianne finding him in his boxers the first time and then... well, now. Tianne also finding him in his boxers. If this had happened to a person other than Guy, they probably would have decided to wear pants more often. Or just not wonder around the grounds wearing only boxers. But where was the fun in that?

Guy crossed his arms over his chest and slowly made his way towards the water. He stepped in slightly, the water just barely reaching up to above his ankles, it felt kind of cold at first, but he was slowly getting used to it as the seconds creeped by.

A joking smirk fell onto his face as the young girl mentioned it being an accident about her being out after curfew. " There's no such thing as an accident. Only coincidences. " He mentioned with a small laugh and a quick nod of his head. He thought it was true... for the most part anyway. Accidents usually ended up being carelessness and coincidence. At least for him anyway. " Ah, yes, a warning. Better than having to scrub the picture frames. " He commented to her, finding the idea of a warning somewhat funny. He could just imagine one of the Professors yelling at the Prefect for being out late... And the Ravenclaw cowering behind someone to hide. The image made him grin.

' Hold on... ' He turned his head slightly in a curious manner, glancing from the water back to the fifth year. " What? " He asked, although he didn't have long to wait before he got his response. He chuckled as he answered her, " Yeh, good question... Don't ask why, 'cause I dunno. I don't even play quidditch. " A gift from his mom and step dad... well, at least they had sent something. Why boxers? Why neon orange? and why snitches? All very, very good questions.

[Tianne Webster-Barrett]

As odd as it may have sounded, Tianne wasn't feeling as embarrassed and awkward as she had been on the morning of the pair's first meeting, the time when Tianne had first noticed the boy's love for pants, or well, love for his lack of pants. Again, it was dark when they met, and the color of her face could not be seen, but Tianne could still remember the heat that had lingered on her face for so long after that, and the giggles that seemed to overpower her own mind. Tianne was surprised to see that the boy was still taken by his boxers, as after one incredibly embarrassing meeting, why would he bother risking it again?

"Well then, it's just a coincidence that you're out here, and darkness is coming? I won't have to report you, now will I?" She said sweetly, tilting her head on the side as if to seem cute and innocent. She enjoy toying with people minds, although if Guy was in the wrong, then so was the younger girl. She couldn't help but think that a boy like Guy, someone who just looked like a party-boy, would have had numerous detentions, and a warning would be out of the question. She could have been wrong, she didn't even know Guy, he could have been an honor student.

But the pattern on the boxers were the funniest thing that she had seen in a while. This boy, who Tianne was sure wasn't on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, after playing them, why was he wearing snitches? It was a cute design, and Tianne would probably fancy that pattern on a pair of pajamas.

"You've got NEWTs coming up, don't you? Shouldn't you be off tutoring some girl in the Library, or getting tutored, mind you." She smiled, knowing that the boy was in his seventh year, something that Tianne was dreading. She was stressing enough about her upcoming OWLs, to think that after this accomplishment, she'd have another set of exams to study for. Taking another step as the wave's curled around her calves, Tianne winced. Her feet were going numb, and she wasn't ready to just dive in. It was cold, but Tianne had been in colder. "Good thing the water's so warm, or I might catch my death." She said, using the metaphor that had been played so much in the book that she was currently reading.

[Guy Styles]

Alright... this wasn't so bad now. It was only slightly awkward, but even that small amount of awkwardness was starting to fade away. Afterall, boxers were like swim trunks. He shrugged his shoulders in thought, twisting his feet down slightly in the sand at the bottom of the lake. He looked back to Tianne, a laugh escaping from the seventeen year old as she mentioned reporting him. " I'd like to think of it as... a coincidence as well as carelessness on my part. But then again... if I go down, I am soo taking you down with me. " He said, grinning all the while. He couldn't see any reason for either of them to be yelled at too much, but if it came down to it Guy would probably come up with some reason for them being on the grounds at a lateish hour.

Guy took several steps back into the cold water, it was now barely up to his knees. He shivered slightly for half a second, letting his skin get accustomed to the cool water.

The seventh year gave a good natured groan at the mention of NEWTs. The tutoring, he probably should have been considering a long time ago when his grades first started to slip, but he shook his head slightly. " Getting tutored would be more like it... and please, don't remind me... " He mumbled to her with a short laugh... He was likely to just barely pass his classes, let alone his NEWTs exams. But when his future lay elsewhere outside of his studies, did it matter too much? " What about you, don't you have OWLs coming up this year, anyway? " He was pretty sure she was fifth year, maybe sixth. Then again, Guy was sure he would have remembered if the girl had been in any of his classes the past year.

Guy took another couple of small steps back into the water, closing his eyes as he did so. " Catching death? Doesn't sound very fun to me... " He said, trailing off as he turned around, facing the middle of the lake now. He took a deep breath and jumped forward, diving into the water and pushing himself forward into its depths.

[Tianne Webster-Barrett]

Tianne had basically forgotten that awkwardness had ever even existed. It was weird, but Tianne wasn't uncomfortable; she seemed to have forgotten that she was wearing her swimming costume, as there was no trace of insecurity about the girl; and she was happy that she wasn't by herself. Had she had been alone, she wouldn't have gone in, she would have just sat down or a few minutes, before making her way back up to the common room. She wasn't the kind of person that liked being alone, the more the merrier, but the girl tended to like being away from people like Guy, older probably better looking than the girl, like him.

"But I'm just the innocent fifth year." She winked to the boy, a cheeky smile quite evident both through her voice and across her features. She liked playing that card, not that she got that much of a chance, but it always seemed to come in handy. She never used that against professors, they intimdated Tianne enough, but with other students, she could do it. "I'll try not to." She winked, taking a couple of more steps into the water. All up to her ankle had now gone numb, if the water was lapping up against her shins, she would have thought that the water was quite warm. "Yeah, ugh. Again, don't remind me. I'm so over it all, and my parents." She groaned, remembering the deal that she had made with her mother, although she really had no say in it, fail two subjects and she's going back home.

"What, like it sounds fun to me? I don't think that it would be enjoyable, better than other things." Tianne joked, before watching the boy dive into the water. It made her shiver just slightly, thinking how cold the water must have felt when the boy touched it. She didn't want to dive in yet, even with the added pressure that Guy already had. He'd probably be going in soon, after he'd gotten wet. Tianne knew that no one would actually want to stay out in the water for a while, she knew that her time with company was limited. Curfew was fast approaching anyways.

But the question still remained. Dive in and follow the boy, or just let it go?

[Guy Styles]

Innocent fifth year. Riiight. There was no such thing as a completely innocent person, but Tianne did play the part well, Guy could give her that much if nothing else. Whether or not she was as innocent as she acted and seemed to be, he could really only guess. He didn't know Tianne that well, as he had really only met her a week or so ago. He nodded along in a sympathetic sort of way as she mentioned her parents. Just at the word ' parent ' Guy thought of his dad, and felt a little bit guilty for slacking off as much as he was. He was still passing, sure but just enough to get by.

Catching death... It was just an odd term and made the Gryffindor smile. He didn't have a clue why. Some of these thoughts, along with other ones clouded his thoughts as he swam forward a bit more then resurfaced about ten yards away from the Ravenclaw girl. Guy looked towards Tianne and noticed that she looked completely rooted to the spot. He hesitated for a moment before deciding that she wouldn't stay that way for long. One way or another, the girl was getting into the lake.

" If you don't get in here in five seconds, I'm going to have to forcibly pull you in. " It was a slightly off comment to be coming from the seventh year, but what was the fun of swimming alone? He grinned slightly, trying to hide the fact that he was shivering in the cold water. She wasn't too far deep in yet, so she had yet to really discover just how cold the lake was. He had swam colder before, but he didn't know if she had... He did admit though, it had been quite a shock at first.

[Tianne Webster-Barrett]

Tianne liked to think that she was the one and only innocent person in the world, but she knew that it was impossible. It was cool to lead people onto this persona that Tianne had created, but people figured it out sooner or later that she actually was quite mischievous at times. She was a model student, and really lived up to her prefect badge, but that was only because she was so intimidated by her superiors, that she was too afraid to stick a toe out of line. This was probably one of the least-abiding things that she had ever done, but it was fun, and Tianne was sick of keeping to herself.

Deciding that she wasn't keen on diving into the near freezing lake, as it was the coldest water she had ever swam in[/i] touched, she gave the boy a smile as he resurfaced. "Water warm?" She asked, obviously rhetorically, but expecting a sarcastic comeback from the boy. Laughing as the boy threatened to pull her in to the water, Tianne knew that he would never do it. She wanted to think that she'd go into the water by her own means, but she had never been good at that. Water was too... wet.

Taking a step further out, and wincing at the chills that now reached to Tianne's knee, the young girl was tempted to go back in. She wasn't out deep, but it was still quite cold, and Tianne didn't know if she could actually swim in this water. Would her muscles freeze up, or would they just get too tired? Tianne always got these thoughts of denial when it came to lake-swimming, the whole prospect of the giant squid kind of scared the girl. Taking another few steps in, until the water lapped up against her waist and hips, Tianne grinned with the ice that she was sure was covering her legs.

[Guy Styles]

Guy shuddered as he stood in the lake, the water coming up to his shoulders. He sunk down lower into it despite the cold, letting it cover his neck until his chin lightly touched the cold liquid. ' Water warm? ' The older student nodded his head, his wet hair plastered to his neck and forehead slightly as he ran a hand through it, trying to flatten it out as best as he could. " Actually, it's almost too warm. Although you shouldn't take my word on it, you have to test it out for yourself. " He gave a hopeful sort of grin, knowing that eventually she would end up further in the lake.

Guy watched with an amused look as she ventured just a bit further into the lake, as she took several more tentative steps Guy sunk down once again, letting the freezing cold water cover him entirely as he swam under the water. He wasn't sure if Tianne could see him because it was dark out, and he hoped not, for it would certainly ruin some of the element of surprise. He waited a few seconds under water, holding his breath and letting himself sink down to the floor of the lake. He paused before jumping up out of the water right in front of the girl.

He shook his hair out in a somewhat dog-like manner in hopes of sprinkling the cold water on the girl. His ever present grin made yet another appearance. " C'mon, Tee. Live a little. " Alright, so he guessed she would have a valid point if she brought up that swimming in the lake to the point of your lips turning blue was not everyone's definition of living a little, but it was all in good fun.

[Tianne Webster-Barrett]

Smiling contently as the boy answered her question, Tianne's expression changed almost immediately to a cheeky smirk. "I'll try it when I'm ready to." She retorted quickly, folding her arms, as her legs numbened and the pain from the cold no longer stung. Tianne felt comfortable around this boy, she had no idea why, but she was glad that she was out here with him, as apposed to with someone else, or alone. To be honest, if the boy wasn't here, Tianne would have dived under and left by now, but she was glad that something was dragging her afternoon out.

Tianne giggled as she stepped into the lake again, wincing as she did so. It wasn't too cold now; Tianne really wanted to just dive down and under; but she was teasing the boy and by going under, she would lose all the jokes to make with the boy. It was quite dark, and when the boy dived under, he completely disappeared, something that scared Tianne. "Guy. Where are you? This isn't funny." She said, although the boy could not hear her. Even though she was kind of worried, a smile was still plastered across her face, for some reason, this situation just made the girl want to smile.

Jumping back and almost tripping into the water as Guy reappeared right in front of her, Tianne stopped herself from falling back into the water, knowing that she wanted to make her way in the other way. Smirking at the boy as she flicked water at him, Tianne frowned, scrunching her nose up. "Hey, I'm alive." Tianne again flicked the water up, this time at herself. "You have to know, this is the weirdest, stupidest thing I've ever done. I'm not usually good at living."

[Guy Styles]

It was only now that Guy really started to feel the effects of the cold water and began to question himself, ' What were you thinking? ' It wasn't often that Guy asked himself that, because he generally didn't think things through at all, let alone after he had already done whatever it was he had done. The muscles in his legs started to tense up slightly and he took a few steps backwards, giving the Ravenclaw girl more room so she wouldn't almost fall backwards yet again.

He grinned at her as she flicked water at him, finding it a little bit useless on her part as he was already soaked by the water from diving under two times. ' Hey, I'm alive' Guy laughed, nodding his head as he replied, " I should hope so... " He paused as she told him that this was the strangest thing she had ever done.

" I'm not so sure that getting hypothermia is everyone's definition of living. But I do have to tell you that this is not the weirdest, stupidest thing I've ever done. " He really couldn't think of one specific thing he had done that would top the list, but this would most certainly be in the top five. He splashed some water at the girl as he said, " The sooner you dive in, the sooner we can go to the kitchens and get some food. " He was being a little over confident in assuming that Tianne would go with him down to the kitchens, but he thought it would be a good place to... well, not freeze.

[Tianne Webster-Barrett]

Although Tianne had no idea whether or not her friend was feeling the chill of the near freezing water, she was kind of hoping that he did. She didn't want to stay in too long; hypothermia wasn't exactly a perk of swimming, but she didn't want to leave if the boy still wanted to swim. She was kind of hoping that she wasn't going to be left alone to walk back into the castle, she figured that she'd have to sneak in and she wasn't a good sneaker. Tianne wished that it wasn't late, as she enjoyed having a whole day ahead of her, but if it was earlier, she wouldn't have been polar swimming, now would she?

"Hypothermia's good enough for me." Tianne laughed, as she positioned herself to dive in. As she was about to, the boy began to speak again, and all plans that she had of going under had, well, gone under.
"You know what? That sounds like an excellent plan." She smiled, even though she made no attempt to hurry her entrance into the water. Tianne didn't really know why she was so reluctant to go under, with the help of a wand, she'd get warm and dry as quick as you could mutter a spell.

"Okay. I'm going in." She grinned, although not moving. It was as if her feet were glued onto the spot on the bottom of the lake; she wanted to move, but her brain wasn't gonna let her. Taking another step in, Tianne grinned, as the water lapped up against her stomach. Just as she was about to dive in, Tianne paused. "There isn't anything that's going to eat me, is there?" She asked, a worried look upon her face. It was the first time that it had really crossed her mind, she hadn't thought of carnivorous lake dwellers as something that posed a threat before.

[Guy Styles]

" Errghh.. " Guy groaned to himself as he moved about in the water, attempting to not freeze or die, because both options would suck a lot. If anything, he just wanted the girl to get a move on. But then again, he didn't exactly mind their teasing one another either. He ducked under the water for a second or so, not the smartest thing to do when you were already cold, but as he stood up he shook his head out once again. He gave a small shiver as he moved his arms through the water and created small ripples in the lake water.

He glanced up to her as she looked about ready to dive and then stopped as he had mentioned going to the kitchens for a bite to eat. " That is, if you're willing to sneak around a bit. I know Miss Innocent wouldn't want to get in trouble at all... " He challenged with a light smile. Either way she would have to kind of sneak back into the castle, might as well enjoy some food before heading up to their respective towers.

" Okay. I'm waiting. " He said with a small nod of his head, lowering himself into the water so the surface lightly grazed his chin. He looked up, noticing that the girl wasn't moving at all. She moved, though, which was progress if nothing else. He stifled his laughter at her question and nodded. " Yes. " He hesitated before going on, " Me if you don't hurry up. I'm hungry. " Well, he wouldn't really eat her, because that would be just wrong on so many levels, but he was rather hungry.