[Lake] Bah Blasted Humbugs Mate

[zayne]

With sand in his hair, and water tickling his toes, Zayne Rosenberg lay on the banks of the lake trying to catch some well needed rays. The dirty blonde haired boy had his eyes tightly shut, the soft breeze from the shoreline trickling its way over him, lying on his robe void of shirt. Well how on earth did he expect to get any colour back in his skin if he was all covered up? The sun was beating down hard on this april day, though he, strangely enough, had Pokemon songs in his head. Bryn had been singing them the night before and now they were rolling around his mind.

The waves lapped over the bank, running up his leg to just under his knee. Days like these, Zayne loved conking out on a beach, what he would not love to be in Australia or someplace right now. Pulling out a letter from his parents, who, he was unhappy to report, was currently in Australia. Yeah thats right, go away while your kids are in school. Like they would actually mind. Tsk. Also, advising him to look after Lex and Brad. Pft, those two squirts were fine alone, Zayne didnt want to spend his life around those two. Lex; who's so into being weird it creeps Zayne out. Brad; who's so gaga over a girl its embarrassing for his status. Knock on the head, thats what they need. Of course, Zayne looked after them in his own way, but even he liked his own time.

Crumpling up the letter into a ball, he buried it in the sand. It could go without being replied to. Parents in Australia without Zayne. How very dare they! Of course, he didnt really mind. Sitting up and poking himself in the stomache, thankfully he had not gone red, he brushed his hair back with his hands. Due to the sand within it, it felt very gritty and quite heavy. His back now covered in sand, he went to stand up. Though as usual, he was not alone as he looked upon the face of a troublesome girl he knew as Brooke. "Wow." He smiled, "Wheres the other half of you?" Brushing his hands off on his shorts he pushed himself to his feet, "Kinda look incomplete without Bryn you know."

[Brooke Kennedy]

Saying it was in the middle of April, today was strange weather, and it was actually boiling hot due to the sun coming out, with his hat on it seemed. Wiping her brow free from sweat, Brooke ran into the dorm room and quickly changed into some denim shorts and a pale pink bikini top to soak up some of the sun while she had chance. Her tan had been lacking and was pretty much non existant since the winter months had taken their toll.
“I told you I’d need my flip flops one day Bryn! In your face!” she shouted down to him jokingly. He didn’t answer, but she knew he was probably giving her some sort of rude hand gesture or pulling a face. Pulling out a beach towel that was Bryn’s that she happened to of stolen from him, complete with a Pokemon ball and Pikachu on the front, she knew she would have to act quick and get out before Bryn found her with it. She had told him someone in their house had stolen it, which was in fact true, but she didn’t say that it was her that had done it. Pulling out some bottled sun screen she clutched them in one arm and pushed her feet into her flip flops before hurrying out the room and past Bryn so she could try and hide the stolen beach towel.

“Bye Bryn, have fun with your girlfriend” she winked knowing full well a certain Slytherin would be pestering him as soon as he left the common room. At least he had one place to retreat where she couldn’t get to him. Nasty slytherins.
Making a rather loud slapping noise, the flip flops whacked against the soles of her feet as she fled out of Bryn’s reach down the stairs and out of the Gryffindor common room. Brooke was a picture, all she was missing now was a straw hat and a blow up beach ball, both of which she was sure she could conjure up if needs be. She had her over the top sunglasses placed on the top of her head ready for the sun to attempt to attack her iris’ in an evil way. Pushing herself through the gaggle of people who were hanging around the great hall entrance, some giving her funny looks at the way she was dressed, she retaliated.
“Hey, it’s summer! I’m allowed to look like this!” she shrugged, before carrying on. Indeed she did look a little underdressed for the occasion, her shorts were tiny, but she had seen muggle models dress far worse, heck even a few tarts around Hogwarts had been seen wearing less during the winter months. Besides, how else was she going to get a nice natural tan again? With magic? No thanks!

Walking down the lawns to the lake, she noticed somebody had already beaten her to it and had the same idea as her. Smirking she carried on and stood behind Zayne until he finally noticed her.
“Finally!” she laughed.
“I thought i’d be stood here all day and only the top of my head would be tanning!...Budge up” she smiled laying down the towel and laying next to her tanning pal.

[zayne]

"Well at least you'll have a nice bronzed scalp to show of eh?" Zayne smiled as he budged over so she could grab a spot of sand, and take up half of his spot too. How inconsiderate of her, really! "So have you stopped taunting that brother of yours, yet?" He asked, knowing she had been taunting him about a Slytherin for the past few days, however this Slytherin remained un-named and Bryn refused to talk about it. In all honesty, he seemed discusted by the concept of whatever was going on.

Zayne lay back down, his arms behind his head and his eyes shut tight, not allowing the sun to blind him. He was too young to lose his eyesight, and what would he do? He couldnt see all the beautiful ladies. He would be devastated if he couldnt. Not that he was in the least bit a womaniser, he just liked to look at the women every once in a while, as he was sure the girls liked looking at men in return. It was only natural.

Zayne knew how close Bryn and Brooke were, and even though Bryn and Zayne were good enough mates, he doubted Bryn would like his sister laying half naked next to an equally as half naked boy. Especially one of his friends. This made Zayne laugh as he thought of Bryns face, especially if he saw Brooke with Bryn's Pokemon Towel. Grabbing fistfulls of sand, and letting them run through his fingers, Zayne listened to the sound of the waves and felt the breeze run over his chest and face. It was only a matter of time before someone else interrupted Zayne's peace, of course, Brooke was being quiet so he didnt mind. Yet.
Zayne sat back up and looked over the water, ripples were on the surface and he was sure he saw something duck beneath the surface. Tilting his head to the side, he stood up and waded into the water upto his waist to try to figure out what it was. Deciding he didnt see anything he turned around to walk back to the shore, though felt a splash on his back. Turning back around he furrowed his brow. "Hey, Brooke did you see that?" He asked, but of course she probably didnt.

[Brooke Kennedy]

As Brooke lay down next to Zayne, she faced the lake and the sand shifted beneath her. Sitting up for a moment while she placed everything around her, she squirted the sun tan lotion onto her arms and legs before finally wiping some on her belly. Happy that she wasn’t going to end up walking back in with sunburn, she lay down and used the bag as a pillow, finally placing her dark sunglasses over to shield her eyes closing her eyes t0o, just to relax her more if anything. It had been months since Brooke had been able to just chill out by the lake and get a tan. The dreary months of winter were dull, and of course they were good for snow and stuff, but when you look better and healthier with a tan compared to looking like a mirror image of a ghost, well Brooke felt better with a tan.

Giving a small sigh, a sure sign she was actually relaxing for once and not pestering her brother or in a fight with some slytherins somewhere, she gave a small smile before hearing Zayne sit up. Opening her eyes and lifting her head slightly, she watched as he walked towards the lake. Quickly dropping her head back she went into relaxation again.
“I’m not that bad am I?” she shouted to Zayne, while giving a smirk, all the while having her eyes closed and her head back against the bag. She waited for a moment before looking back up again wondering exactly what Zayne was up to. Of course, a half naked, good looking bloke in the middle of a lake, all wet and well, good looking, was bound to catch your eye, and it was one of them moments where in muggle movies people lift their sunglasses up to get a better view. Brooke however, didn’t want to lurch, although he did look pretty tasty like that.
Putting her head back again, she was soon interrupted again, so she propped herself up on her elbows.

“Hey, Brooke did you see that”

She paused for a moment before looking out to the lake near to where Zayne was just standing. She wrinkled her nose for a moment before sitting up fully, crossing her legs and tilting her head in confusement.
“See what? A half naked Gryffindor being a dork in the lake?” she smirked before breaking out into a small giggle.
“I didn’t see anythi-“ she cut short. Standing up, she walked over to the edge of the waters and let the water lap at her toes. Narrowing her eyes, she looked back to where he stood again and sure enough there were a few bubbles appearing as if something had just come up for air.
“You’re not farting are you?”