by Fizzie Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:50 pm
Chloe remains unusually quiet during most of the journey as she seems to be lost in her thoughts. But Julian's enability to just relax as he continues to dart around from one section of the class line to another, checking on the presence and welfare of all his students, brings her out of it when he stops at the back end of the group, and talks to her.
"Daydreaming again?" He asks, waving a hand infront of her face to catch her attention.
Chloe snaps back to reality, and though it takes a moment for his words to actually register, she eventually replies with a shaking of her head.
"Where are we going, Julian?" She asks, curiously.
"You'll see." He smiles.
"Aww, c'mon. Tell me? Pleeeaaase?" She asks, her hands clasped together, almost as if she's praying or begging.
"Oh, alright." He laughs, having already expected that reaction from her. "It's just a clearing in the woods. Not too far really, but I've only been there once or twice myself. We're meeting Tristian and his class there, because we'll be swapping classes later so his class can learn the more theoretical side of things with me, and you can all learn the more practical side of things with him. But there's a couple of things we need to go over with both classes first, so it'll be abit of a joint-lesson with them for a while." He explains, before leaning down to her level. "Actually, I'll let you in on a little secret." He says, almost whispering. "I can't actually remember my way there."
That explains why it was a student, obviously from Tristian's class, leading the way.
"I'd better start making my way back up the line." He says, straightening his posture and giving a wave as he hurried along to check on the other students.
Chloe giggles as he leaves. It was funny how he, probably unwillingly, switched so quickly from calm to panic. Just watching him scutter about all over the place made her feel tired. Or maybe that was just because they'd been walking for quite a while now and she's feeling tired... or is that lazy? Or maybe just because she still isn't feeling 100% well just yet. Maybe a mix of everything?
"Whatever." She thinks to herself, not really bothered about the cause, as she lets out a little yawn and stretches her arms up high.
As she brings her arms back down again, she gives her eyes a rub. Yawning always made her eyes water a little bit. And she glances up at her brother, who'd been silent this whole time. She hadn't even really thought about it until now. Now that she's back from... where ever it was she'd been for the most part of the journey.
"What's the matter?" She asks him.
"Nothing." He answers, with no particular tone, giving her no real clues to go on.
She doesn't really know if it's a good idea to ask again. Whatever it is, she knows he won't tell her until he's ready anyway. So maybe sometime later, maybe on the way home, would be a good time to ask again?
In any case, Chloe's thoughts are interrupted when she, for some reason, or maybe even for no reason at all, takes a look behind her... and the only student behind herself and her brother, is Chandler. Chloe quickly turns around again, hoping he didn't see her looking. Why did she look anyways!?
Suddenly, everything she'd felt earlier, all her weirdness and uncomfortableness came rushing back to her and she becomes silent once again.