Calling Out (Open)

[Gabriella Santino]

Gabriella Santino left her father's huge house behind as she walked down the driveway. She could have been drove to where she wanted to go, but she just wanted time to herself rather than just being in a quite house. Enjoying outside was not that quiet and Gabriella loved it. Sometimes it would give her new ideas to just sketch out in her notebook.

No. Gabriella was not an artist. She only drew sketchs of clothes that she wished one day would be actually made and sold for people. However, she was actually scared to attempt to find someone to show them her work. The would she be accepted entered question entered her mind. She would probably be turned down because there would be designers much better than she.

If she couldn't have her designing, then who was she? What was she supposed to do? Gabriella knew that she was not meant to just stay in her father's house for the rest of her life and live off of his money. She had to do something but she didn't know what that something was.

Before she knew it, she had apparated to Hogsmeade and made her way to the Observatory. There was usually no one there during this time of day and it was perfect for her to just walk in there and just relax. Her favorite designs had even came to her while she had been sitting in the Observatory.

Minding her own business, Gabriella took a seat on an empty bench as she became comfortable and looked up at the enchanted ceiling. Since it was daytime outside, the Observatory was able to show stars and to her, it was probably one of the more peaceful times she would have.

[Logan Oliver]

Logan was wandering the observatory to pass the time. His next assignment was not until the next day, and he felt restless sitting in his apartment with nothing to do. It was always so quiet in the Observatory. Logan thought that would be a nice change of pace to get away from all the noise.

It was daytime. He didn't expect any people to have found their way to this place, but low and behold, there was another person there. She looked around his age, and he might have even gone to school with her. His curiosity got the better of him as he decided to find out who this was.

"It's a little strange to be in an observatory in the middle of the day, isn't it?" he teased.

[Gabriella Santino]

She knew that she would be alone, considering it was not only daytime but a weekday as well. Hogwarts students would be in school and she wouldn't have to worry about seeing any of them go by her making out. She made a mistake of coming to the Observatory whenever the school had their Hogsmeade weekend once. That mistake was something she wasn't going to be repeating.

Gabriella nearly jumped as someone spoke to her. She quickly glanced him over just to see who it was that brought her out of her thoughts. "I could ask you the same question," she responded. "Besides, its not strange since its quite here."

[Logan Oliver]

The girl had turned toward him and she looked even more familiar. He had to have gone to school with her. "Tousche. I wanted some peace and quiet as well. It's sort of serene in here, isn't it?"

The Observatory was the place Logan used to bring all his Hogwarts girlfriends to talk. Public displays of affection weren't his thing, and places where it was somewhat quiet were always his best bet to just relax. The other couples never bothered him, he was used to seeing all the kissing in the halls.

[Gabriella Santino]

Before he responded, Gabriella thought that her first response seemed a little on the dumb side, but the guy didn't seem to think so because he answered.

Gabriella's legs were crossed as she sat on the bench. Her open notebook was resting on her legs and a pencil in hand. At the last part of his response, she couldn't hide her smile. "Yes, it is and it is probably the most quite place around here this time of day anyway." Her eyes finally met his but she looked away and back down to her notebook. Gabriella was never one that felt comfortable looking someone in the eye. It wasn't that she lied, it just felt weird to her, like they were trying to figure everything about her out.

[Logan Oliver]

"Not a lot of people can see the stars during the day. Although I always wished I could." Logan sat on the other side of the bench, leaning back. He didn't want to sit too close, and completely invade her space. He didn't know her that well, and he wasn't sure of all her comfort levels. By the way she averted her eyes, it wasn't too good of a sign. But he was close enough to see a small sketch pad on her lap.

"What's that?" he asked, quirking his head. Logan understood if she didn't want to tell him, but it looked pretty good.

[Gabriella Santino]

It wasn't that Gabriella didn't want him around or she just tried to avoid him, it was just that she was a little shy. She had always had that shy feeling around the opposite sex. When Sedona was around, she tried to act as if she wasn't shy, but she knew her friend knew better than that.

When he sat down, Gabriella tried to hide a shy look that wanted to surface. She returned to her sketch pad and finished the final touches on a dress that she had started.

At his words, she flushed. The only other person that really saw her designs in her sketch pad was Sedona. "Erm, sketches," she said quietly. "I just draw different outfits, that's all."