A quiet jog (Open)

by **Frank Dawson** Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:18 am

Frank had read about the Silent Wood in the Daily Prophet. Supposedly, the place was both quiet and relatively safe.

The perfect location for an afternoon jog. Seeing as they had vacation this week, the decision to come here had been easily made.

Starting up a jog, Frank wondered if he'd run into anybody or if this place was truly as abandoned as the Prophet had claimed...

by **MelodyLovegood** Thu Jul 19, 2012 3:56 pm

Melody hadn't expected anyone to be here so she was surprised to see and nearly run into someone.
"Oh excuse me."

by **Frank Dawson** Thu Jul 19, 2012 6:53 pm

Frank was surprised when he almost ran into a younger girl. Stopping his jog and turning around, he smiled at her.

"Sorry 'bout that. I should 'ave been paying closer attention. You okay?"

by **MelodyLovegood** Thu Jul 19, 2012 7:03 pm

"I'm fine.I also should have been paying attention."

by **Frank Dawson** Thu Jul 19, 2012 7:25 pm

The girl, who Frank now recognized was Melody, said she was fine, so Frank didn't have to worry about that.

"Alright, so what you doing here? I'm out for a jog myself, calms me down 'n stuff."

Frank got the impression that Melody was someone of little words.

by **MelodyLovegood** Thu Jul 19, 2012 7:53 pm

"Just for some fresh air and exercise.I guess it is kind of relaxing."

by **Frank Dawson** Thu Jul 19, 2012 8:10 pm

Smiling, Frank nodded. Melody was right after all.

"Can you jog at a somewhat decent pace? I could use somebody to talk to!"

by **MelodyLovegood** Thu Jul 19, 2012 8:28 pm

"Sure but I'm more of a bookworm than an athlete so don't be surprised if you manage to out run me."

by **Frank Dawson** Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:15 pm

Smiling, Frank started running slowly.

"How 'bout you set the pace then? That way we won't be going to fast. Alrighty?"

Keeping up the slow jog, Frank asked, "So you're into books then? Any preferences? I'm not much of a reader myself you see."

by **MelodyLovegood** Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:41 pm

"Mostly fantasy and science fiction but I like to read everything really.What do you like to do?"

by **Frank Dawson** Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:44 pm

Frank looked down at the girl, a gentle smile playing on his face.

"I prefer sporting to reading actually. Or if I wanna calm down then I'll head up the Astronomy tower and enjoy the stars. It calms me down."

by **MelodyLovegood** Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:59 pm

"The stars are beautiful,"Melody agreed."I find it weird that Quidditch and wizard chess seem to be the only magic world sports,when muggles have so many sports."

by **Frank Dawson** Thu Jul 19, 2012 11:34 pm

Smiling when Melody mentioned the stars being beautiful, Frank smiled. He felt exactly the same way.

"Well, in America broomstick racing is pretty popular. And there's Gobstones which is sort of a sport. And ... Yeah wizards don't sport much. Lazy bunch we are. Muggles don't have magic, so they find other things to entertain and train them, which is why they have so many sports, I guess."

by **MelodyLovegood** Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:00 am

"I don't think that I'd ever use it but what you said makes me wonder if there's thinning spell.It would explain how most people in Hogwarts aren't really fat from all that food or maybe wizards and witches naturally have fast metabolisms."

by **Frank Dawson** Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:58 am

"Magic probably has something to do with most people being thin. Maybe it filters your food or something. Or maybe they are all secretly members of WeightWatchers and they watch those excercise videos at night."

Deciding that his workout wasn't effective enough, Frank asked, "Would you mind speeding up?"

by **MelodyLovegood** Fri Jul 20, 2012 2:05 am

"Sure,"Melody said and she did speed up.

by **Frank Dawson** Fri Jul 20, 2012 2:11 am

Frank smiled happily and sped up as well. This was more like it. Grinning, Frank said,

"I thought you preferred books? You're keeping pace pretty nicely."

by **MelodyLovegood** Fri Jul 20, 2012 2:20 am

"I do prefer books but I have to run all the time after my cat Jinxy as soon s I get my wand out she's gone and there's no point in accio when you don't know which direction what your summoning went besides I'm always interested to see where she's running off to.And I read outside a lot, fresh air and good light."

by **Frank Dawson** Fri Jul 20, 2012 3:02 am

"Ah yeah I remember seeing that cat, you chased it into our common room a few days ago, didn't you? Must have been my animal magnetism which attracted Jinxy." Frank gave an exaggerated wink.

"Reading really ain't my thing, but I can imagine being outside a lot is good for you. It's the reason I came here in the first place."

Frank noticed they were nearing the edge of the forest.

Speeding up, Frank yelled, "Race you to the edge!"

by **MelodyLovegood** Fri Jul 20, 2012 3:26 pm

Melody had never tried to out run anyone before and she was pretty sure that she couldn't but there was a first time for most things.

by **Frank Dawson** Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:45 pm

Frank was suprised by how fast Melody could run, but he was two years older and he trained a lot. There was no way he was going to lose this. He sped up even more and he saw the edge of the forest coming closer very fast.

by **MelodyLovegood** Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:36 pm

Melody sped up trying to catch up to Frank she was getting tired already but wasn't ready to give up yet.

by **Frank Dawson** Sat Jul 21, 2012 3:18 am

Looking behind him, Frank noticed Melody still keeping up. She was panting though. Frank had no such problem. This was what he loved doing after all. Excercising and competing.

Speeding up to max speed, Frank noticed they'd be crossing the edge of forest in ten seconds or so. Sure of his victory, Frank started to grin.

by **MelodyLovegood** Thu Jul 26, 2012 4:38 pm

Melody knew that she should probavly speed up but she doubted that she could go much faster and she only had ten seconds left anyway.

by **Frank Dawson** Thu Jul 26, 2012 8:30 pm

Going all out now, Frank reached the edge of the forest. Slowing down until he stopped, he turned to Melody. Taking a deep breath, Frank spoke between his pants, "Well *pant* that was fun! I'll see *pant* you later, Melody!"

Before pulling out his Portkey and activating it to leave. With a final grin at Melody, Frank felt that all too familiar pull behind the navel.