You might as well be walking on the sun.

[Max Reed]

Max Reed

Max walked into The Three Broomsticks, ignoring that he couldn’t walk 4 inches without running into someone. He was lucky though, he found a table with minimal people, and sat down, even if the person didn’t want him sitting there. Max just didn’t care what people thought right now.

He ordered a butterbeer, knowing full well he should NOT have one, but hey, it was life. While he waited for his drink to arrive, he people watched, knowing some faces, and then not knowing others probably he didn’t have any classes with them. He could probably place a name if he got a closer look at them, he was awesome at names.

[paige]

Peyton Kieth

Peyton walked into The Three Broomsticks with her head fixed on the floor. Immediatly people started bumping into her, making her uncomfortable. Why did she choose to come here? With her books held tight to her chest, she began to look around for a place to sit. There weren't any empty tables. Great, just great.

Sighing she headed the table with as few people as possible. She was biting the inside of her lip so hard that she was drawing blood. Someone asked her if she wanted a drink, but she just shook her head no, not saying a word. This place was too crowded for her.

[Max Reed]

Max Reed

Max noticed a blond girl walk into the place, and she looked like she didn’t want to be here. He frowned as she kept her head to the floor. He had seen her before, but he never asked for her name, so there goes that name theory. She even sat down at the same table as him. Well, it was time for her to loosen up a bit.

“Hi.” He shouted over the noise and even waved his arms to get her attention. “You look like you’re a little alone.” He pointed out, not being rude at all. He just didn’t like to see people so lost and alone. “What’s your name?” He asked.

[paige]

Peyton Kieth

It took a minute for Peyton to realize that a guy was talking to her. Her tooth was still hooked to the inside of her lip, the taste of blood disgusting her but she ignored it. When he started waving his arms, she knew that he wanted her attention.
"Peyton," she said in a near whisper. Then she realized that there was no way he had heard her. So taking a deep breath, she sat up straighter and yelled. "Peyton." Just loud enough for him to hear. She looked back down, playing with the paper edges of her book that lay on the table.

[Max Reed]

Max Reed

"Peyton."

The first time she had nearly whispered and he got the vibe that she was shy. Really shy. But then she shouted her name and he nodded. Peyton, he hadn't heard a name like that before. "Oh, I'm Max." He shouted back. He was probably one of the loudest people in here, but hey that was okay. He had seen her before, she was in one of his classes, but she was always so quiet. Maybe that why he couldn't place a name? No matter.

[paige]

Peyton Kieth

When Max yelled his name back to her, she simply nodded before looking down at her book again. It was closed, so there really wasn't a point in her having it. This place was too loud to study. People were shoving against her back, giving her a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach.

But it was when she felt a cold liquid make contact with her lap and the bare skin beneath the heam of her skirt that the sick feeling moved up to her chest. Someone muttered a quick apology before hurring away from her. Peyton simply nodded again before grabbing napkins and trying to clean up the mess in her lap.

[Max Reed]

Max Reed

Max was just about to take of the butterbeer that was now sitting in front of him when he saw someone's collide with Peyton's. "Oh lordy." He rolled his eyes. "Here, I'll help." he went to grab her more napkins, although he would let her to the getting it off, it would look kinda awkward if he started wiping her down.

"Why don't we go hang outside? It's quite cramped in here." He asked after she had gotten all that she could off. He wondered if she would trust him to lead her outside, but if she didn't then hey, that was okay. He would probably just leave this place anyways because it was just too crowded.

[paige]

Peyton Kieth

Taking the napkins from him, Peyton gave Max a small smile of thanks. She silently thanked him for not reaching down into her lap and trying to help that way. That would've only added to her nervousness.

When he suggested they go outside, Peyton immediatly stood. It was quick, and she probably looked too excited. But she just wanted out of this over packed place. The body heat was suffocating her. She still didn't say a word as she waited for him to lead her outside. Peyton was a follower. Not a leader. She didn't have enough guts to be a leader.

[Max Reed]

Max Reed

Max took her standing up as a yes. He motioned for her to follow him, not really sure if he should grab onto her arm just so she didn't get lost or not. But he didn't, he was sure she could make it toward the door. He squeezed past the people, but he was always touching someone. Eugh, people's body sweat on him made him shudder.

Once they reached outside it was much cooler and more quiet. He turned back to her and smiled. "So Peyton, what do you want to do?" He asked, not really sure if she would just not want to do anything with him or not. If not then that was cool, she probably wanted to study alone, and he was okay with that. He liked studying alone better then with people to distract him.