"The forest is wonderful! There are all sorts of interesting creatures that live in it. Or," her eyes widened a bit, "on the outskirts."

He had expected her to be worried about patrolling this area, but her excitement actually had him smirking a bit as they strolled along the path in the dim of the evening. “Honestly I haven’t seen anything too spectacular in awhile, but there is always the slim chance we will stumble upon something.” Sure he knew he’d probably have a short panic attack if something did crop up, but he wanted to at least try to look like a brave young wizard.

As the moon moved overhead and slipped amongst the trees, Ben tried to think of various topics to at least keep the awkwardness at bay. He was pretty sure he had been keeping her interested with his comment about buying an owl after he graduated. “So which type of owl do you think would be best to take in? My parents are muggles so I doubt they’d want some bird screeching at all hours…are any of them quiet?” Again he lifted the camera to his eye and shot some movement along the lit horizon.