Post by jaxon a. wagtail on Apr 20, 2011 21:48:46 GMT -5
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I'LL BE ALRIGHT
as long as you're here by my side
detention was dreadful. it was troll. it was.. whatever those other lousy marks in classes were that he never bothered to pay attention to. it was dull, unfantastic, the opposite of every fun word in the dictionary. a groan of frustration escaped the young man's lips as he looked skyward of the greenhouse he found himself in. picking weeds.. by hand?! why kind of child abuse labor was this? he certainly did not know, but there had to be a law for it somewhere. there was no use for magic, apparently to "teach him a lesson". like he wasn't going to ever have magic in his life? so JUST in happen chance, he knew how to properly prun his gardens? no thanks, jaxon wagtail knew how to prune gardens. okay, that wasn't what the professor had in mind when he assigned this, but it wasn't the point. his crime hadn't even had to do with herbology! this is absurd. just because the kid happened to find the one teacher who had the worst subject (in his opinion) in the school once he got out of the quick sandpit-that-was-actually-tapioca pudding that jaxon had created, this was suddenly all his fault. couldn't the kid take a joke?
if he was an only child and was stuck at home with his parents with virtually nothing to do, wouldn't you want to kick back into a joke too? come on, kid, have a laugh. the small easter break had been refreshing, don't get jax wrong. it was nice to get away from the castle where there was a cluster of students from two different school. hogwarts always felt cramped enough to him before, but add those two into the equation. it was like all hell broke lose. there was more prone chances of jaxon finding an even better prank to pull, a better stunt than before, run into some girl he didn't want to see (-cough- veronica duke). there was just so much that was suddenly here at hogwats, it was a nice breath of air to get away. that was.. until he actually got away. all that time spent with his parents and away from the most part from his dear "siblings" just wasn't okay with him. and have you ever tried to bottle up an inner child before? ask jaxon. it isn't easy. okay, so he got away with the prank against his mother with the exploding flour when she was making cookies, but the easter ham dinner walking right out of the oven and across her kitchen floor was a step too far and then he really couldn't see anyone until hogwarts time came back around. so then, the first day back, he goes to unleash his inner child on someone who would find it funny and it happens to be on a second year who can't take a joke.
another groan escaped his lips as he leaned back from the potted plant of something horrendous smelling and peeled the gloves from his hands. this was ridiculous, and he knew it. this punishment was far beyond the crime, especially here in the greenhouses. it was hot and humid in here especially since spring was coming around. the snow had now almost all but melted off of the grounds. that meant that the temperature outside was warming up, meaning the temperature inside the greenhouses was like being in a very humid desert. his eyes looked out through the glass, frowning. it looked so nice out there. the sun was still up for a little while, classes were over. a look of yearning came across jaxon's eyes as he stared out the panes of glass at the snow-covered grounds. a blink or two later, he realized that the professor was missing. the greenhouse was unusually quiet, especially since he had stopped his working and humming under his breath. jaxon was quick to look around and over his shoulder, like there was about to be a prank pulled on himself. it was too quiet... and he knew that. then came the look of utter mischievousness and he pulled up a chair closest to him to plop himself into. a couple hours of standing doing nothing but pull weeds from plants via handwork could take a lot out of a person.
a wand was swiped out from in the back pocket of his jeans, eyes glancing around the greenhouse once more for the professor. he was a nice guy and all, but not the brightest. it was never the best idea to leave jaxon alone in a room by himself. the last time that that happened.. well, a tapioca pudding quicksand pit was made. but that wasn't even an idea in the mind of jaxon. this place was just far too quiet and he knew that. a world was nothing without music, even in places as dreadful as a greenhouse. and seeing he came from a family where music ran in their veins, jaxon wagtail could only follow suit. picking his feet up and placing them on a bench in front of him and leaning back in the chair, he began waving his wand to charm empty, half-empty, and full pots of plants. it didn't take long for the 'symphony' to form some kind of melody of his own creation, sounding rather odd but interesting at the same time. the grin on his face wasn't one to be missed by a mile, waving his wand more to make tweaks of the tone by using the dirt. there was massive dirt piles coming and going from the floor in no short time, which jaxon didn't pay two attentions to. it wasn't his mess... technically.. in his eyes. the melody was giving him a better atmosphere though, enough to make him recline more in the chair and close his eyes to let the sound fill his ears. of course this didn't last long as the door to the greenhouse busted open, clattering against the wall and causing him to be startled. the sound of symphony potted plants ended quickly and jaxon found himself toppled over backwards in his chair and on the ground. and ensued the massive amounts of apologizes to the professor that he was sure was the one who came through the door without even having time to compile himself together to actually see that that wasn't the case at all.
TAGGED: carter crumb.
WORD COUNT: one thousand and ninety-three.
SETTING: the greenhouses, around four in the afternoon.
GRAPHIC CREDIT: SAY WHAA STEPH ! of CAUTION 2.0
LYRICS CREDIT: friends are friends forever - close your eyes.
TEMPLATE CREDIT: SAY WHAA STEPH ! of CAUTION 2.0
LISTENING TO: nothing. becos my fucking housemate is a bitch. >_<
NOTES: GAH. excited for this!
