"I promise, John, this will be worth it." Sherlock said for the third time that hour, but John was starting to doubt.
"Can you just tell me what we're doing out here?" John asked. Sherlock had hiked him out into a large clearing in the forbidden forest and they now lay side-by-side on a blanket, staring up at the clear night sky. "I mean, the sky is beautiful, but I doubt we had to walk out to this spot just to see that."
Suddenly, a flash of green shot across the sky. Before John could ask what it was, more streaks and flashes gathered in the sky until the emerald lights waved like an ocean above the tree tops. John just stared in amazement at the shimmering phenomenon, the greens and blues weaving blankets of luminosity across the heavens. "What is it?"
"Aurora Borealis. Or, in common terms, The Northern Lights. It's caused by the excitement of oxygen and nitrogen electrons in the atmosphere. I heard the astronomy teacher talking about it earlier today, and I thought it would be fun to see."
"I thought you didn't care about space? Deleted the solar system, remember?" John smirked and turned his head to look at his friend.
The jade hues kissed the pale cheeks, as Sherlock said, "Just because I don't find the information important, doesn't mean I can't appreciate the view, John."
John lay back against the blanket and watched the lights paint against the dark canvass. "It is quite a view."
"Yes."
They continued to watch Aurora Borealis for an hour, enjoying the silence and the wonders of nature. They would be graduating in a month, and there would be little time for moments like these in the future, so John took in every second and stored it away in a box for a rainy day.
Author's Note: We learned about the northern lights today in science class, and I felt like this needed to happen. So, sorry for the short nonsense. :)
