The truth unveiled

[Ginny Weasly]

((Use quotes please. ;)))

Ginny looked away from the pinpricks of light and smiled at both girls, "I used to come up here all the time." She said quietly.

"After Xaver left all those years ago..." Her voice drifted off as she looked past Jackie and Leah and across the tower. At Cody. Who was so methodically looking through the telescope.

[dobby888]

((Sorry Ginny!  ;D))

Leah giggled when Jackie jumped, and then she said, "You know, it's a lot more relaxing up here when you can't get caught by a teacher."

[Ginny Weasly]

Ginny nodded at them, "You technically did get caught by a teacher."
She pointed out the obvious because she was a teacher. Technically.

But she wouldn't punish anyone. Not for sitting and looking at the stars.

[dobby888]

"Technically" Leah agreed.  Leah looked out at the stars, not needing a microscope to see the stars.  She had great vision, and the sky was so clear already.

[Ginny Weasly]

But Cody wasn't just looking at the stars. He was inspecting them, looking past them and towards the planets. He pulled paper from his pocket, then looked up at the three women.

"Anyone got a pen or something?"

Ginny shook her head. "Nope. Sorry, angel."

[dobby888]

Leah pulled one out of her bookbag that was still slung over her shoulder and tossed it to him.  "You can keep it, I've got plenty."

[Lola_La_Fringe7]

Jackie was about to volunteer a pen from her own pocket when Leah tossed one to Cody. "What do you need it for?" SHe asked.

[dobby888]

Leah listened, interested.  Though Cody was still young, his mind was andvance way beyond his years.  Therefore he must do interesting things with his free time.

[Ginny Weasly]

"Calculating the positions of the planets." Cody muttered, scratching his head thoughtfully as he wrote down the calculations. He looked again into the telescope, then wrote a few more numbers down.

He didn't even look up as he continued, "Sometimes it explains astronomical happenings."

Ginny wrapped her arms around herself, "My son the prodigy."

[Lola_La_Fringe7]

Jackie laughed softly. "I don't like to do math or calculations unless I have to. I like to be outdoors, to run." She said as images of running flashed through her head.

She could almost feel the wind on her face and branches whipping at her, but they felt like caressing fingers. And the grounf felt like velvet beneath her bare feet. It couldn't be described easily in words.

[dobby888]

Leah laughed, "Wow, I can't believe you could figure that out... I mean, I wouldn't be able to do it that well and I've been around for over a century!"  She thought of how many times she had gone through school.  It gets really boring by the 10th time around.

[Ginny Weasly]

"Oh, I love to run." He looked up, his ice eyes zeroing in on Jackie's face. "I am an animal at heart, Miss Jackie. I need to be outside. I need the fresh air. I especially need the skies." He looked back at his paper, his brow furrowing as he scratched out something.

"Learning such things isn't hard. Especially when everyone is willing to teach you..."

Ginny went to the wall, pulling herself up and sitting on the edge to watch her son. She knew he loved to figure things out. The pleasure of solving a puzzle was something he enjoyed.

[Lola_La_Fringe7]

"I prefer the ground." Jackie comented smiling.  Her warm crystal eyes were a contrast to his icy ones. 

"I've just never taken to learning. I only like learning about languages, discovering their meaning. Also shakespere and drama. 'To be or not to be' and all that." SHe said, various stages of Romeo and Juliet playing through her head.

[dobby888]

"I like dancing." Leah said, feel like she was cutting in.  "It feels like you're flying, but you're still on the ground.  Especially masquerades.  That brings in mystery as well."  She remembered one night, years ago at a masquerade.  Her disguised lover, who fled before the final unmasking.  Talk about heartbreak.

[Ginny Weasly]

Cody scowled, "Not too fond of dancing." He looked over at his mother with a dark glare. Ginny rolled her eyes.

"Cody dislikes the fact that his training involves learning to dance." She explained shaking her head slowly.