*--I WON'T GIVE UP - OPEN

Zurander Thatcher decided to go for a walk that evening. He had been cooped within the castle all day and decided that he needed a stretch. There was no place better for that than the Black Lake. It was a dark and gloomy place where most people went for some alone time away from the rest of their house mates. Zurander was very familiar with that. That wasn't the reason for his visit this evening. He needed to get away from books. There were too many of them. Sometimes he thought that he was sorted into the wrong house. His love for books was almost unhealthy. At other times, he thought to be odd. He had never liked books before, but there he was, reading books until two in the morning.

He thought it was a peculiar thing, reading. Zurander wasn't very much into the idea of becoming a book worm. He had not yet admitted to himself that he enjoyed reading so much. If he had, he wouldn't have left his chambers. That boy could immerse himself in a thousand books and not get tired of it. That was not his reputation. He had one to uphold. He wasn't too smart, but he wasn't the dumbest man around either. Zurander had common sense and book smarts to back him up and out of any situation.

Tonight, however, Zurander needed to get out of his chambers. He needed to sit outside, take a breath and think. Think about what, you might ask? Zurander just wanted to think about where his life was headed. Was the path he chose a good one? What would happen if he ever decided to settle down? No woman would want to lay with him. He was spoiled and dirty to the girls of Hogwarts, however, he still managed to maintain his good name. The women fawned over him. They wanted him every minute of every day. It was becoming tiresome, boring almost. He didn't find excitement in the way he was treating these poor girls. He needed an escape route. He needed to fall in love. No. He wanted to fall in love.

There were two reasons to his madness. One, he thought that if the women of Hogwarts knew that he was indeed, in love... Perhaps they would leave him alone, perhaps they would become more savage. Two, he decided that if he was in love, he wouldn't find the urge to bed so many women, all of the time. Yes, Zurander wasn't the smartest one of the bunch but there has always been reasoning to his madness.

Sighing heavily, Zurander continued his delightful walk over to the Black Lake. Usually this lake is forbidden to students, but Zurander got a good word in with the Charms professor who let him have access down here as much as he wanted. This has never stopped him before. Even when he didn't have a professor's permission, he would sneak down to the lake often. Most times he would find young lovers behind bushes, see a unicorn... That kind of thing. Now that he had a professor's permission, it didn't seem as adventurous, not as thrilling. This bothered him.

Finally, Zurander found his spot. He sat down on the cool rock, the one he had always sat on and pondered. He was a thinker, always in his own little world. He pursed his lips as images flooded his head. Images of the past. Yuck, he thought, I can't believe I slept with that... He gave his head a shake. There was nothing wrong with the girl, she just wasn't his type. Staying deep in thought, Zurander hadn't even noticed another body lurking about. Unaware of his surroundings, Zurander stayed neatly perched atop his cool, damp rock.

TAGGED . open
WORDS . six hundered and twenty nine
NOTES . i'm sorry it's so short.
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