[Lake] When I say shotgun you say wedding

[Tyler Rockwood]

Tyler gently ran his finger through the dark water of the black lake. He had a lot on his mind lately. School, family, Vanessa, and of course that awful prearranged marriage. This week was turning out to be pretty cruddy. Professor Vance assigned a huge essay due by class tomorrow, things were kind of starting to unfold with Vanessa, and of course tomorrow he’d have to meet his future wife. This was all just so stupid, if only his parents trusted his judgment. An arranged marriage obviously didn’t work out for them. Tyler debated the idea of not showing up, but that was no good. Not showing up would deface the family name and Tyler wasn’t in any position to do that. If only things weren’t so complicated. ‘Engaged at 17? Ugh!’

Tyler continued to run his hand through the water. The water began to ripple slightly from the motion, back and forth back and forth. He began thinking of life after Hogwarts, life with his new fiancée. There he was, Tyler Rockwood standing at the alter of a huge cathedral. He was wearing an all black dress robe with a matching top hat. The music began to play and out from the large doors came a small little girl tossing flowers around the red carpet. Next came the made of honor and the best man followed by the others. Everyone looked so happy, dressed up in their dress robes and dresses. Surprisingly even Tyler had a slight smile on his face, most likely a fake one though, this after all was the day Tyler dreaded most. Finally a woman in a large white dress slowly began walking down the aisle; her face was covered by a long white veil so you couldn’t see who it was. The mystery woman slowly continued down the red carpet and up the stairs and finally the ceremony began. The two exchanged their vows and their I do’s. It was finally time for the reveling.
“You may now kiss the bride,” said the pastor standing between the two newlyweds.

[Erys Grace]

Apparently for once, complication wasn't contagious. Sure, she had a few issues to deal with, such as the recent brawl in the common room thanks to Ryan Richmond and having to fend off a couple of brats who were whining about wanting their spot back - her title was so sought after, tsk tsk - but she was crafty, if not adaptable. Actually, she was both, but no need to get too full of herself. You needed to keep a level head about all this, and Erys had kept her cool thoughout most of it. You had to be tough to survive in Slytherin, it was the reason she made it this far.

Feeling the need to take a break from all the tension building up in the common room, Erys Grace stepped outside, raising a hand to cover her eyes, unsure if it was sunny or not. Stretching, she jumped off the steps on to the lawns, concentrating, and was a cat before she hit the ground. Landing lightly on her paws, satisfied with the smooth transformation, the feline slunk in the direction of the lake, curious as to why she felt compelled to go there. Only pausing in her stride to chase a bird flying too close to the ground, scaring it nearly to death one might add, she was closer to the water now. Lifting her nose to the air, Erys could taste the scent of a fellow Slytherin, one whom she'd seen only a rare few times before, and hadn't had the pleasure of meeting. Might've been just her, but something in the way he was postured, made it seem like he had troubles on his mind.

Slinking over to dab a paw in the water beside him, the feline looked up at him behind human eyes. The change back was swift, and yet again Erys silently congradulated herself, "Something on your mind?"[/color]

[Tyler Rockwood]

Tyler hadn’t noticed the cat coming closer and closer to him; he was still deep into his daydream. Tyler slowly began to lift the veil of this mysterious woman when suddenly he heard a voice, "Something on your mind?" Tyler’s eyes quickly opened only to see a Slytherin girl about his age right next to him. He had no idea how long she had been there, hopefully he hadn’t said anything outloud. “Nope, nothing at all,” he lied. Tyler wasn’t one to just come out and talk about his feels he was a guy after all. “Tyler Rockwood,” He said with a smile extending his hand out to great the newcomer.

“So,” he said trying to think of something to start conversation. Sitting there in silence was always kind of awkward and he hated it. “What brings you to lake alone on this fine day?” ‘Was that the best you could come up with?’ Tyler said to himself. Oh well, usually he’d come up with something way better but he just wasn’t in the mood right now.