Post by Chelsea Demin on Jul 17, 2008 13:54:12 GMT -5
(OOC: I respectfully request that this thread be between Xavier Maxwell and myself. I would really appreciate it, thank you.)
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Outside it was a blistering hot day. The humid air could easily steal away the breath of anyone who ventured outside. Birds stayed in the shade of the trees, ground animals scurried to dug in holes of small caves to escape the sizzling heat of the mid-afternoon sun. However, inside the bowls of the library, the air was much cooler and by far nicer than the temperature outside. The school year was over, but many students either didn't return home or had no home to return too.
Such as the case of Chelsea Demin. With no place to go during the summer, the Slytherin girl was stuck in the school year round. However, during the summer the number of students in the school was dramatically reduced...which was fine with her. The fewer the number of little giggly school brats, the better it was for her. Ironically, in the library was the best place for her. She was totally alone in that room, seated in a far back corner. In her lap she held a dark romance novel with a couple others sitting on a table next to her. On a day this hot, it was best to stick inside to do reading. Despite her hardcore nature around people, Chel was really a very different girl on her own time. But should someone come in, she already had another book waiting to be opened and make it look like she was reading horror stories.
Turning the page she continued to read, getting lost in the world her mind was creating from reading this simple book. That's why she loved reading so much...it was a way to detach herself from reality. Sadly there was the side effect of loosing focus. Anyone could have entered the library and walked fairly close to her without her knowing. Chel had thought with it being the summer, who would want to spend time in the stupid library?