Try A Little Harder {OPEN}

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The view from the Astronomy Tower was, to say the least, impressive. So much so that Sarah had hoped it would be enough inspiration to start drawing again, even just a little bit. It was true that talents rarely used are talents lost, as was true with her mother and Sarah didn't want that to happen with her. Her time had been spent on homework, going out with friends and a whole lot of lark she couldn't really keep track of. Time flew to her, it seemed. 

A soft frown found itself onto her features, darkly made up eyes narrowing as she inspected her drawing, leaning against the railing with the lake spanning out in front of her.The drawing was okay, she'd say, although it was hardly up to scratch with her work a month back. She teared the sketch out of her book, crumpled it up and stuck it in the pocket of her soft leather jacket. "Bloody hell," she mumbled softly to herself. All motivation to draw lost in her failure, she stuck her sketch book in her bag and puffed as she turned her attention back to the view. The completely undrawable bloody view, it seemed. She rolled her eyes at herself, telling herself to lighten up; some people couldn't draw, at least she could draw a wee bit. And then she felt bad for comparing other people to herself. This whole Astronomy Tower thing did not seem to be working for her. She puffed, sending a blonde strand of hair flying. 

Sarah stood in silence, just savoring the surroundings and trying not to think too much, when a sound from behind her almost sent her over the railing as she jumped in surprise, letting out a tiny gasp. "Woah, heart attack," she said, huffing out a laugh before turning to see who it was.

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Candy was feeling a little overwhelmed by the sudden influx of students at the school. After a quiet Christmas, the suddenly bustling halls came as a bit of a shock. Sometimes it helped to get away for a little while, somewhere quiet and calm, and just take a moment to breathe. 

Today's location of choice was the Astronomy tower, purely because it was somewhere that Candy hadn't visited in quite a while. She'd dropped the subject as soon as she was able to in favor of others, so with no reason to travel the tower, she didn't. On occasion, the mood would strike and send her climbing to take in the view beyond. 

As Candy reached the top of the tower her legs started to feel like jelly and she slipped on a step, catching onto the banner to stop her falling. That was a wake-up call for her legs, for sure. Still, she was at the top now, and that was what mattered - relief. Heck, she needed to improve her fitness... There was another thing to add to her list of resolutions.

"Woah, heart attack,"

Candy glanced up to see a girl was already on the tower,  but she wasn't someone that immediately jumped to mind as being one of the resident troublemakers, so she continued out onto the tower. "Sorry, my legs just decided to give out on me back there."

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When she turned, she saw another blonde girl joining her on the tower. She had slipped, it seems, and caught a banner before falling. Sarah was glad the girl hadn't taken a tumble down the stairs, there, and shook her head as she apologized. "It's fine, sorry, I was just in a world of my own. You alright?" she asked, concerning her little tumble, and frowned softly in concern. If Sarah remembered correctly, the girl was in her year - Candy something - and also Slytherin. Sarah had learned to be more careful around Slytherins than other students, since they were mostly horrid when it came to Sarah's blood status. Sarah had to wonder if Candy would be the same. She looked nice, though, despite her house, and Sarah always thought the best of people before thinking the worst.

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"It's fine, sorry, I was just in a world of my own. You alright?"

Candy sent the girl a reassuring smile. "I'm fine. That was just a wake up call telling me I should probably work on my fitness sometime soon." Candy tried running once, but she never really enjoyed it. She'd tried a couple of times, actually, trying to commit to it but always finding excuses not to very quickly, so she didn't have to do it. It was, it seemed, taking it's toll.

"Dwelling on Christmas?" Candy kept thinking back to the holidays, and how peaceful they'd been. It always took a while to get back into the school spirit.