Just up for the View(Ethan Arquette)

[Ethan Arquette]

Ethan smirked. "Well I haven't tried to hex you yet now have I?" He raised an eye brow in her direction and watched her sketchbook fall to the ground. Okay so he was a little cruel some of the time, but cursing everyone wasn't really his way of letting anger out. Why used your wand when you have fists. You've got to use them sometimes. Magic can't solve everything.

He fell back a little as she poked his forehead and he thought, doing his dramatic thinking pose. "I can't even entertain myself, that's why I'm in a bloody tree in the first place." He laughed a little.

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[Ashley Llewoh]

Ashley shook her head, "Not yet, but I fear that you will one day. I can totally see it. We're just standing somewhere together talking and one of your so called 'friends' comes over and asks you what you're doing talking to a Gryffindor. You'll pretend that you were making fun of me and hex me right on the spot and have to walk away with the friend and leave me out there alone...." Her voice trailed off sadly. A single tear fell from her left eye and she quickly wipped it away. Ashley had thought about this many times and she feared for her life everytime she talked to Ethan.

She took a steady breath and climed up a branch, wanting to see the sky better, "Coming?" She tried asking cheerfully looking down at him.

[Ethan Arquette]

Ethan for once remained silent. He wasn't really one that comforted people and nice words to cheer people up didn't come to him easily. He didn't doubt that he wouldn't do that if the time came, but he wouldn't just hex her and move on. He wasn't that bad, but the first part may be true. He chose to ignore the comment and moved on to her next statement.

He watched her begin to climb higher and reached up to grab the branch above him, swinging himself up to it. "Of course." He stood up on the branch while his hands grasped the trunk.

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[Ashley Llewoh]

She smiled climbing higher. When she was two branches higher than him she laughed and looked down, "Race ya!" She laughed happily and began climbing higher and higher.

At this point she didn't care if she slipped off a branch and fell, nothing mattered to her right then. She just wanted to be happy, and not have any bad thoughts swoop into her mind and destroy her day.

Ashley reached the top, a bit out of breath, her arms aching, an ache that felt good that she hadn't felt in a long time. She used to play a lot of sports, but once, she had fell and broken her wrist. Ever since then she had stayed away from sports and drew more than being physically active.

Her heart pumped the blood through out her body, her arms burning sweetly. She closed her eyes and relaxed.

[Ethan Arquette]

Ethan laughed his deep chuckle of a laugh as his arms began moving faster and faster up the tree. "Hey no fair." He called after her. He finally stopped moving when he came up along side her. He panted and flicked his hair out of his eyes. He needed a good workout, and what better way to do it than climbing up a tree.

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[Ashley Llewoh]

Ashley laughed, resisting the urge to mess up his hair again. She knew he'd be angry, "It's totally fair, since all guys do think that girls are weaker than them!" She smiled and laughed a little out of breath still.

Ashley looked up at the sky and sighed, looking over at Ethan out of the corner of her eye.

[Ethan Arquette]

Ethan leaned himself against the tree as he balanced on the branch, his fear of heights ready to kick in the second he looked down at the ground below. "Hey I never doubted you were stronger than me. Besides, I let you win." He smirked. He finally controlled his breathing rate and grabbed onto the limb above him.

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[Ashley Llewoh]

"Oh, yes, I'm sure you did." She smirked laughing.

Ashley raised an eye brow, "You okay Ethan? You look a bit........erm.....Well, are you just okay?" She held onto the branch she was sitting on with one hand and brushed her hair out of her eye with the other.

[Ethan Arquette]

Ethan resisted the urge to look down, knowing it would make him sick, but like he was going to admit that to her. "Of course I'm fine." He put on a manly stance and his face showed pure toughness. He sat down on the branch and grasped it with both of his hands for dear life.

[Ashley Llewoh]

Ashley raised an eye brow. "You sure? You look a little.....frightened I guess is the word I was looking for." She started swinging her legs a bit, still holding onto the branch.

[Ethan Arquette]

Ethan smirked to prove that he was being truthful, but deep down he was afraid of the height. He wasn't going to let her know that. "Frightened? Hah. I'm fine. You should be worrying about yourself love." He said while he clung to the branch.

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[Ashley Llewoh]

She raised her eyebrows and pointed to herself, "Me?" Ashley shook her head, "I'm perfectly fine, but do you just want to go down lower anyways?" She was a bit scared, but enough to make her freak out. She glanced over at his hand, the skin turning pale from his tight grip on the branch. She brushed her hair out of her eyes and waited for him to reply.