lounging around

[December]

Sitting in a soft cotton chair December flipped through a nicely printed newspaper. After a few moments of opening it she muttered something untangeble and turned the page. Her changing eyes scanned down the page moving back and forth, wide with interest at times and other times dully. December made tsking sound and turned the page again. It wasn't possible to know what the newspaper was talking about unless you could read and/or speak Russian. Who knows where she got the Russian paper from to begin with but it was here now and had caught her interest.

She was now looking at some illustrations in the newspaper will she sipped a glass of ice water that was sitting on the table beside her. They didn't want you to have newspapers here she had heard already yesterday. Apparently the news of the world only distracted you from your studies. The very thought was ridiculous, they should want you to know what's going on unless they don't care whether you grow up to be a cluless bimbo or not. She had an inkling they didn't.

[Flame]

Slowly moving into the lounge, the red-headed male watched December with a smile on his lips. Moving behind her and reading over her shoulder, he realized he couldn't understand it. He could only use Spanish, French, Italian, and he had dabbled a bit in Portuguese. Holding his hands up and folding them over her eyes, he snickered a bit.
"Guess who?" he whispered by her ear, expecting a blast of ice or water.

[December]

December blinked as she was suddenly invoked in darkness. Someone's hands were on her eyes and when she heard the voice she knew immediately who it was. She was good with voices she could always match them with their faces. "Um...a fire elemental who is about to get to take a bath?" December guessed innocently and a smile creeped up her face. She pulled her face from his hands and turned around to look at Flame. He really wasn't so bad.

[Flame]

Flame sucked in air threw his teeth, making a slight hissing noise. However, his smug grin stayed in place the whole time.
"I dunno if I'm that fond of involuntary bathes December." he said, grinning as he said her name. A lot of digging and a few very displeased, and slightly scorched, teachers had left him with her name and little else.

[December]

"Why, baths can be fun...Sooo, you've actually figured out my name then. Too bad really, I was growing quite fond of the idea of pretty girl" Then December smirked at that. "What is it that fascinated you so much that you bothered to learn my name?" December smiled wickedly. "And your name is....?"

December could never manage to get rid of her accent even if she tried, it was just something that stayed with her, and in a way made her unique. She picked up her paper from her lap and folded it and put it down on the coffee table. Her hair was down as it usually was with locks around her face, and she had a hat fitting snugly over her head.

[Flame]

Flame grinned and strolled over to sit beside December on the couch. His bright red hair was spiked with black tips today, a snug white t-shirt and loose jeans his usual attire.
“Well, pretty girl usually gets me a slap, I didn’t know if you found it ok.” He said, for once being nice.

“As to what I find fascinating about you, lots of things. You didn’t just scurry away when I blocked your way and I think knowing names without being given them is a form of flattery.” Here Flame paused and grinned wider, leaning in.
“Or maybe I’m a stalker. Ms. December meet your new stalker, Flame.”

[December]

December put her right hand on her heart pretending to look astonished. "Why, you care? How kind of you to care...that or you're just afraid to be slapped." December giggled. "No I'm not the type at all to back down in a situation. If I want to be getting somewhere, I'll get there one way or another. I think we started off on the foot earlier, maybe it is better to just start over. Stalker, I'm December, nice to meet you" She teased holding out her hand for him to shake. "By the way, is Flame actually your name? Or just a nickname? It couldn't possibly be your real name....though the irony of my name actually being December is surprising." December had received many nicknames over the years, though two only really stuck. One she absolutely hated, the other she had grown fond of and her friends called her by it.

[Flame]

Flame gripped her hand lightly and pulled it close to give it a light kiss. His golden-red eyes flared briefly as he was asked if this was his real name. He didn't let his smile slip though.
"Flame is the name I've chosen for myself. I have no other I will go by." his voice was a bit strained as he said this, letting go of December's hand.

[December]

"Enough said, I now know that you hate your birth name and calling you by it will only cause trouble. You can just call me December, and maybe in time I'll allow you to call me Icy. That name is reserved for friends. I have a nickname I hate and if you ever figure it out and call me it I will rip out your tounge, ok?" December smiled sweetly her statement seeming nothing unusual to her. Just a mutual understanding. She brushed her hair out of her face and off her shoulders with a flick of her hand. "So Flame, what brought you to this......place" She couldn't think of any other name of which to call it. "Place" suited it just find to her.

[Flame]

Flame nodded at her comments and though about her last question.
"Lets see, I ran away early on, got in a lot of fights, arson, arrested for several other things. Mostly arson though." he said grinning, his lips ring shinning and the diamond stud bobbing. He knew a lot of girls really didn't like them together, but that was there problem.

[December]

"Why doesn't that seem to surprise me?" December asked with a more gentle smile this time. "A fire elemental arrested for arson. Who would have thought. So what, are you telling me you a bad boy?" December asked him her new question, not saying the question completely correct. She shifted in her chair so she was sitting more up, before she had been relaxed and was laying back. Ran away from what she wondered, maybe home, maybe something else, it was too early on for her to tell.

[Flame]

Flame chuckled and stretched out his legs in front of him, arms reaching and folding behind his head. Closing his eyes with a smile, he chuckled again.
"Love the accent December, it suits you very well. And ya, I'm a bad, bad boy baby." he said, opening his eyes and staring at December.

[December]

"Ahh....um, thanks." December fidgeted she absolutely hated the idea of her accent. She felt like she couldn't blend in here, not that she would want to but the idea of being able to if she had to would be comforting. His openess about being "bad" didn't cut it and she wanted to add more. "I don't know Flame, you don't seem all that bad to me." She said as a bit of a challenge, you could always tell when December had an idea up her sleeve.

[Flame]

Flame laughed and leaned closer, grinning evilly. His eyes danced.
"Say what you want me to do to prove it baby." he whispered in her ear, expecting a slap, but fine with it anyways.

[December]

December didn't flinch and kept a very blank expression on her face. "Arieta and I have decided that we would show this school some justice. I'm freezing some of the rooms..and have recently decided that flooding would do a nice amount of damage. She suggested that you, could possibly help as well. I'm not so sure I have quite as much faith in you but.....are you up for the challenge Flame?" December asked this innocently but she had an evil look to her face.