[Lawns] Girls Rule The World

[Aidan and Derryl Parkhurst]

It had been a while since Aidan and Derryl had been able to venture out side. They had been confined to their common room by workloads and a worry that that ruddy ghost would get them again. It had not been a pretty thing, when that ghost had jumped them with all those keys and fruit, in fact it had been pretty painful, giving Derryl a knob on the head and Aidan got a rather nasty cut on his forearm of his wand arm.

It wasn’t that the twins were hiding, oh by no means, they were just flooded with all this work and didn’t get much of a chance to go out, that’s all.

Well, anyway, the twins were out of the castle now and they were enjoying the sunshine … well as much of it as they could get. The sky was littered with clouds so the sun only occasionally stuck through the cover and when it did the twins enjoyed it as much as they could.

Derryl had thought to bring a blanket but it was Aidan who had pointed out that they didn’t have one that wasn’t on their beds and they didn’t want to take any of those out so they had found someone else’s, they weren’t using it and they would give it back. Only sensible to use things to their fullest and Aidan did argue that whosever it was wouldn’t miss it until they got back and would probably have leant it to them in any case. So they had their blanket, which they charmed it till so that it was very big, more then big enough for the two twins to be able to lie on it without touching each other.

'Do you really think she would?' Derryl asked, looking down at his brother.

The twins were lying side by side, though head to foot. When Aidan swiveled his head around to look at his brother all he saw was dirty shoes and white ankles. He laughed to himself before looking down at his brother.

'Yeah, course, Der,' Aidan said confidently, giving his brother a playful grin. Aidan knew how much Derryl … well, he hated thinking about it because girls were still icky to him but Aidan knew that Derryl had always been that little bit wiser then he.

'But she's just …' Derryl didn’t have the words to convey what he thought so just sighed and looked up at the sky again. 'Have you ever…?'

'No!'
'Well, you should think about it?'
'Why?'
'Well …' Derryl didn’t know why so didn’t say anything else.
'Yeah, I thought not,' Aidan blundered and threw himself down again. 'All this stupidity for a girl!'

[ghostie]

Gemma had been floating along her usual route. The day was warm, or so Gemma had concluded based on the large number of people that had come down from the castle to also roam across the lawns. Most of them were still ghostly white, being locked up in the castle with work hadn't given them the time in the sun to tan. It did make Gemma feel slightly better about her white color.

Gemma had just walked through a couple having a romantic afternoon. Gemma giggled as the girl screamed and jumped back from the boy, who also yelled and knocked over their picnic basket.

"Sorry!" Gemma said, but giggled off, leaving he couple arguing, and eventually the girl storming away.

Gemma wondered what it was like to fall in love. As a living person, Gemma hadn't ever had anyone, a boy that is, that she was close to. Now, as spring sprung, and summer come on its way, Gemma went through the same feelings she did every year. Why couldn't some boy, a good looking, nice boy, die!?!?

Gemma wandered down the lawns, sulking about her loneliness, when she spotted two boys. First she thought she was seeing double and then she realized she was. Twins! Gemma smiled and quickly floated over to them. The bright sun shone through Gemma making her hard to see, so she was able to catch part of their conversation.

If they were talking about what Gemma thought they were talking about, her cheeks would be slightly pink from the topic, however she was dead and they remained a ghostly grey-white. However, a giggle did escape her, and she quickly covered her mouth, wanting to hear more.

[Aidan and Derryl Parkhurst]

The boys lay in silence now, Derryl with a thoughtful expression on his face and Aidan with a sour frown on his. The two twins could usually talk about everything but girls! They would never see eye to eye on that topic. Sighing, Derryl sat up and looked down at Aidan who wouldn't look at him. Derryl mimicked his older brother and ran his hand through his hair before he spoke again.

'Aid,' he said questioningly, 'have you never felt anything like that for a girl in your life?'
Aidan rolled his head away from his brother and stared across the lawns at a group of students that were playing a game he knew to be called football. He watched them absently for a moment before he turned his head back towards his brother, his mouth poised to speak but he didn't say anything. There was a ghost hovering a few feet away and if knew anything it was that even ghosts gossiped.

'Oy!' Aidan shouted.
Derryl jumped backwards. 'What?' the slighter twin shouted back, 'it was just a question!'
'Not you, ya ninny! You!' Aidan flung his arm towards the ghost defiantly. 'What ya think you're doing?'
Derryl turned around and the confused frown he was wearing melted away as he saw the shimmering figure of Gemma Landyn.

'Hello, Ms Landyn,' Derryl said with a smile. 'Come to enjoy the sunshine with uz?' Derryl had always enjoyed the company of ghosts and so wasn't as mean as his brother way. Ry turned his body to face the ghost and crossed his legs so he could try and get a better view of the near-see-through woman.

Aidan was sitting up now too but his legs and his arms were crossed, just like the expression on his face. He didn't feel the same way as his brother about ghosts. They were nosy good-for-nothings in his righteous opinion and that was the fact that fire couldn't melt out of him. He hunched his back and pouted in the other direction from the two he was with like a petulant child.

[ghostie]

"Oy!"

Gemma clamped her hand harder over her transparent mouth to keep from burst out laughing. Obviously one of them had seen her and the other hadn't. The reaction was one of those that every ghost hopes for. Sudden surprise matched with slight annoyance. At least, Gemma enjoyed it.

She let go of her mouth and giggled out loud. The sound seemed to echo even though there was hardly anything for the sound to rebound off of.

Gemma glared at the twin which pointed at her. She had seen the boy around, or his brother..she didn't know which one. Actually, until know she hadn't known they were a double. She had even talked to one of them before, and he wasn't quite this rude. She folded her arms and stuck out her tongue.

Ah, that was the one she knew. She smiled at the act of kindness, and floated closer. She sat down in the Indian style, yet still float a few inches about the blanket. "I didn't know you had a twin." She said directly to the nicer twin, ignoring the other one.

"As for the sunshine, I'm not exactly enjoying it." Gemma reclined in the air as if she was sitting on a beach chair, tanning in the sun. "You see..." She said, eyes close hands behind her head, "I can't feel the warmth. It kind of goes right through me. I don't have a shadow or anything." She laughed, finding this silly. She sat up and looked at the nicer twin again, but glancing at Sir Very Rude.

"Besides..." She said giggling through her words, holding up a ghostly white arm, "my skin just doesn't tan no matter how hard a try." She said, trying to hold in her laughter as she found this incredibly morbid and incredibly funny.