Rating: G
Pairing: Michael/Daphne
Characters: Michael Corner and Daphne Greengrass
Summary: Daphne and Michael are out of school and legally grown-ups. Now what?
It wasn't as cold as last time. And something told Michael that this was the first time she'd walked barefoot at the beach. It was rocky, and it had to have been uncomfortable, especially to feet that hadn't really worked before. Feet that were always comfortable inside warm shoes... Feet that didn't ever walk around barefoot outside in the summer. He knew that wasn't the case with Daphne. She was a bit of a tomboy, after all... But it was nice to think of her like that as she picked her way across the rocky sand to the water. Michael stayed back a little ways, though. Watching for now. He'd join her in a bit, but for a little while, he just wanted to reminisce on the fact that they were done with Hogwarts now, and that both of them were free now, and they didn't have any of those child-like stereotypes holding them back. They were, for all intent and purpose, completely adult. Soon, they'd have to go to their respective places of employment, and they would take their place in the real world. He closed his eyes, enjoying the feeling of the sun on his face... It was just Daphne and he on the beach. They had it all to themselves, and it couldn't have been more perfect.
Then suddenly, the warm feeling was gone. It took him a moment to realize that he was absolutely soaked with cold ocean water.
Gasping in shock and opening his eyes, he looked toward Daphne, who had her wand out, pointed vaguely in the air.
"You levitated water and dropped it on me!" Michael accused.
A moment later, she was running away across the rocky shore, still carefully threading her way across the stones as Michael, who was wearing shoes, easily caught up with her.
"So much for growing up," he thought, as he easily picked her up and dumped her into the waves.
