Life as we know it.

[Aiden]

Aiden paused and watched Megan walk to the water.  He began to absentmindedly rub his chin and one of his snakebites.  "I know.  And I do love her.  I know she loves me too, but...she loves someone else.."  Aiden said quietly.

Aiden paused once more and looked at the sand.  He leaned back and layed down, folding one of his arms behind his head and layed on it.  He sighed and looked at the sky.

[Megan.]

She came out and dried off her legs.  She walked back over to him and stood above him.  She felt sorry for him.  "Well, left me tell you something.  This happend to my brother.  He was going though what you are going though now.  But she found someone else.  One day he just met this girl, and they were perfect for eachother.  They are still together today."she said to him and  then moved his had away from his snakebite.

"Stop that.  You dont know what you have touched and you don't want it getting infected."she said to him and smiled.

"Come on."she said as she held out her hand to help him up.

[Aiden]

Aiden stopped and thought for a moment about what she said.  He looked at Megan and then took her hand to stand up. 

He put his hand down from his face.  "Its a bad habit, when I'm really think about something"  Aiden said.  He smiled but it didn't fully reach his eyes.  He flipped his hair out of his eyes again.

[Megan.]

She smiled at him and laughed a bit.  "Everybody has a bad habit."she said to him.

She then put her shorts back on and put her hair in a long side ponytail, her bangs in her eyes. 

"But you know what I mean?  Things can change."she said to him.

[Aiden]

Aiden nodded.  "Yeah...things could change"  he considered.  He paused and thought about what she was saying.


Aiden rubbed his hand over the studs on his wristband.  "What do you think could change?"  He asked Megan suddenly.  He began to think to himself, trying to understand what she said.

[Megan.]

She looked at him, and then turned around to face him and she looked at him, "I belive that you could find someone....else....to love."she said to him.

"There are people out there."she said to him and smiled.

"You just have to look, they could be closer than you think."she added.

[Aiden]

Aiden nodded and shrugged.  "Yeah...maybe."  He decided.  "You could be right, maybe there is.  Who knows...."  He added quietly, looking at Megan. 

Another cool breeze swept around them, making his dark hair falling over his eyes.  Aiden sighed and flipped it out of the way.  He leaned back against a rock that was beside him.

[Megan.]

She smiled sweetly at him, and laughed a bit, more of a giggle though.

She looked at him,  "I know there is."she said to him then turned back around and then started to walk a little was.

"You want to go to Hogsmead with me?...I could really go for a giant lollipop right now."she said to him and smiled.

[Aiden]

Aiden smiled shortly and nodded.  "Sure"  He agreed.  He jumped up from the rock he leaned against and ran towards where Megan was.

Aiden walked in silence more a few moments.  "Does your brother go to Hogwarts?"  He asked, suddenly curious.  Aiden kicked a rock that was in front of him with his shoe.

[Megan.]

She looked at him and smiled,  "He use to his name is Ryan."she said to him.

"He is somewhere...every once in awhile I get a letter from him."she said to him and smiled again with a laugh.

"Awww..be happy!"she said to him as she smiled at him , and pushed his cheecks together, to make his face all scrunched up.  She laughed at him and smiled again.

[Aiden]

Aiden coudn't help but smile with his face scrunched up like that.  He laughed loudly. 

"I am happy"  Aiden replied, still having a forced smile on his face.  He continued to laugh.

[Megan.]

She smiled at him, "Good!".  She started to walk by him.  She looked at him again and smiled then looked back out in frount of him. 

They were getting closer to Hogsmead, and the wind picked up again.  Then before she new it, it started to rain.

"I knew it was going to rain."she said to him.

[Aiden]

Aiden looked up as it started to pour.  "Sh*t..."  He mumbled.  He looked forward and saw a tree they could go under so that they wouldn't get soaked.

"C'mon"  Aiden said, grabbing her arm and leading her towards the tree.  When they finally arrived to it he shook himself off.  "Bad timing" He said with a laugh.

[Megan.]

She smiled at him.  "Yea...perfect."she said to him.

She looked at him and smiled,  "Well...this blows."she said.  "Its not going to stop for hours."she added and looked at him.

[Aiden]

Aiden sighed.  "Ah..oh well."  he shrugged.  He leaned against the tree.

Aiden looked at Megan.  "Well, we either stay under here, or get soaked.  What do you want to do?"  He asked her.  He smiled shortly.