The sun gently warmed the grass, and the water glittered as it rode up the shore in little waves, lapping and splashing quietly in the background. It stretched and shrunk in ebb and flow. Pushed and pulled by the wind. Moving as one body. Talvi danced on the warm sand, laughing jauntily. She tossed her head and ginger hair fluttered gently over her shoulder. She spun herself in circles until she collapsed in the grass. She panted until she began to laugh at her own larky behavior. The gentle breeze made the grass sway, and brush her face. It tickled. She smiled, however there was a quiet buzzing in the background. Slightly annoying. Quiet at first, yet it grew steadily louder as she closed her eyes. Persistant. Louder, and shriller as time passed. She rolled over trying to escape it, and then slowly reopened her eyes. Her eyesight slowly came into focus, and stared at the red numbers. 6:15. Time to get up. She yawned and thought very hard about how little she wanted to get up. But she had to. She sat up, creaking. Her head was swimming. She rubbed her eyes, and slowly shuffled downstairs. She washed and showered and ate, not feeling any better. She grabbed a cup of coffee and hurried out the door, hoping she wouldn't miss her buss. She stood at the buss stop, yawning, eyes slouched. Recognizing her slightly less than urbane manner, she straightened up a little and tried to look little less dead, just as her buss pulled up. She sighed and boarded.

She walked through the school doors and was hit with a wall of noise. She rubbed her forehead, trying to ignore the inarticulate din, and took another sip of her espresso.

"Oh, hi!" Alexa bounced up to Talvi, smiling.

"Hi." Talvi wrestled with herself, trying to force a small smile, "You're vibrating"

Alexa, noticing the slight surplus of energy in her demeanor, and lack thereof in Talvi's, modified her bouncing. "Sorry."

"Not a problem." She put her arm over Alexa's shoulder and began to chat, "So, what's so happy bout today?"

"Nothing, really, just feeling content"

Talvi glanced up at her, and a small smile flickered across her face. Talvi was so energetic, and optimistic. She managed to keep the days interesting. Talvi wished she had that uniqueness about her, she was just sort of benign. Not that interesting.

"So, by the way, what's the verdict on tonight, are we going to your house or not?" Talvi raised an eyebrow.

"I believe that would be good, provided that we stop at the library on the way", she stated, rather judiciously.

"Alright."