Entry for Hopscotch at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Prompts; looking at stars (action), target (word), second (word)

(Bronze) Wilfred the Wistful; Challenge: Write about someone who is hopeful or wistful about/for something.

(311 Words)


Stars And Shadows

Rolanda released a soft sigh as she shifted on the slightly damp grass, not tearing her gaze away from the gorgeous, star-filled sky above her for a single second. The night was still warm from the hot summer day that had just passed by, and not even the smallest cloud blocked the view onto the stars. Rolanda found it peaceful to just lie there and look up at the twinkling little points, asking herself how far away these stars were, and if they had died in the time their light had needed to reach her eyes. How many galaxies were out there, and was there a planet in that chaos on which someone was lying on the ground, staring into the infinity just as she was?

Though she was uncertain about some being from another planet looking at her, she knew fairly well that she was being watched.

Severus might think she hadn't noticed him standing in the shadows of the castle, hiding away from the moonlight, but she knew that he was there. Watching her in the same way she was watching the stars – with awe and wonder and curiousity. It had become a habit, it seemed – whenever she would make herself comfortable under the stars, she didn't have to wait long to feel his presence. And she didn't mind him doing so, as long as he refrained from making her a target of his mockery about this.

Actually, she was rather hopeful about him joining her sometime. Maybe he would be able to summon some courage one day, and lie next to her, gazing into the stars without saying a word.

She smiled smugly to herself, nodding inwardly. Yes, he would definitely come out of the shadows one day. Until then, she would be lying here, watching the stars and letting him watch her.