Everything is Never as it Seems (Open)

[Julia Strobel]

Julia took a black bag out from under her bed before she made her way to the owlery. She didn't make any eye contact with anyone, not wanting to be stopped or distracted while on her mission.

She made it to the Owlery, where she ran into a first year or something sending a letter. She waited patiently, smiling at the kid as he left. Good, now she was alone.

julia did a quick 'scourgify' spell to clean up the dung on the ground before sitting down and slipping off her sneakers and reaching into her bag for her pink pointe shoes. She usually gave off a tough exterior, more tomboyish and spunky, not many people thought ballet when they saw Julia.

But she had been dancing all her life, and the only place, she found while at Hogwarts, that she could dance in peace, was the Owlery, which hardly ever was visited in the middle of the day. Most kids sent letters on weekends, early in the morning, or really late at night. So julia used the highest level of the Owlery to practice.

She was humming too herself and stretching when a sudden sound of the door opening startled Julia. She froze on pointe, hoping whoever entered would leave.

[Micah White]

Micah finally got around to writing that letter to his parents he had been meaning to, just to let them know everything was alright and he missed them. After he sent his letter off, he didn't want to return to the common room when the weather was so nice out, so he went to the highest level of the owlery.

He tried to open and close the door quietly, just in case there were younger kids around. He didn't want to scare them off, since he scared a first year one time and felt horrible for it. He figured in the owlery he could have some time to himself and not be bothered, since most wouldn't think to look for him there, if anyone decided they wanted to find him.

He saw someone standing there and silently cursed himself, hoping he didn't scare this one too.
"Hey, you okay? Sorry, didn't mean to startle you," He said, and as he walked closer to them, he recognized the person. He didn't know her by name, only that she was a Gryffindor, and he thought her a sixth year. He had seen her around the school and knew her, as everyone else did, as a tomboy, so he was confused when he saw the ballet shoes on her feet.
"Sorry, am I interrupting something?"

[Julia Strobel]

Julia was not one to be shy. But she was startled when someone walked in and for a moment, she just looked at the boy who walked in. He was a Hufflepuff in her year, she knew that much. They had had classes toghether throughout the years. his name was...Michael, Marco...something with an 'M', honestly Julia didn't really pay much attention to things like that.

Realizing that she was on pointe too long though, she switched feet gracefully and moved to be on pointe again, simutaniously answering his question. "Yes," she said hoinestly, though it didn't come out as sharply as she intended it to.

[Micah White]

Micah was a bit taken back that she would snap on him, and it only made him more curious as to what she was doing. Usually other guys would back off and leave the girl be, but it only fueled Micah.

"Are you...dancing? Should I leave? I feel like I should leave..." he said, not moving. He wanted to leave so she wouldn't get mad, but his curiosity wouldn't let him.
"Either way, I won't tell anyone. You're Julia, right? Or was it Julie?" He asked.

[Julia Strobel]

She wondered why he didn't leave already. To be honest, she wasn't normally rude. If this boy had interrupted her while she was doing a potions essay in the library, or getting extra-credit in the greenhouses, she would have been more than polite. But dancing, that was private to Julia, and obviously, privacy was rare at Hogwarts.

"No, no need to leave," She got off pointe and stood normally, though her toes still curled slightly. She walked to him and held out a hand. "It's Julia, but my friends call me Ju." she said. "and yes, I was dancing. And I'd really appreciated it if you didn't tell anyone you saw me...." she still couldn't bring a memory of his name. She didn't want her friends to find out about her secret passion in dance, she had a feeling Nolan would tease her.

[Micah White]

Micah took the girl's hand and shook it, smiling. She was pretty, Micah had thought so every time he saw her in the halls, but he never said anything to her. Usually she had friends with her, and those friends included guys, and Micah wasn't sure if she was dating anyone or not, so he decided to play it safe and not go up to her and randomly say hi.

"I'm Micah. It's nice to meet you, Julia. I think I've seen you in some of my classes over the years." Micah said. They were in the same year, so they had some classes together here and there. "And don't worry, your secret is safe with me. It won't leave this room, I promise." He said, putting his hand over his heart. It was something silly he always did to show he meant it; a good way to know if he was lying was to see if his hand was over his heart or not.

[Julia Strobel]

Julia grinned gratefully at the gesture. "Thank you, Micah," she said. "That really means a lot to me." She stood there for a minute, chewing the inside of her cheek, and then turned to her normal sneakers. "I should go..." she said.