Claudia found the clearing. Folded her shawl, took off clothes. Dropped money. Lay on the ground, stretching her perfect body. Waited. Always. Counted...ten for Mama to return. Waited for Christmas, a happy day and good food. Waited for answered prayers. Had waited for him all her life: phone calls, promises to be fulfilled. She would wait as long as he told her to wait. That's what he had said. Wait until the wind stops. One leaf clung despite growing in deep shadow, the edges of it a tremor in. "You are a prize!" Miss Ingersoll said, smiling as she moved to the sink nearest me, not hiding her interest at all. "I couldn't help but notice your, uh, excitement earlier." I'm sorry, Ma'am." I dipped my head slightly."Oh no! That's nothing to apologize for," she insisted. "I'm most impressed, girl. Now tell me, was this your Master's doing? Or is he merely a very fortunate man?" Uh, you mean, was I like this before?" I asked, and she nodded. "Yes Ma'am. I've always been a girl ... mostly.". Him and Ryan — it sounded odd and he shouldn’t assume that he felt anything towards him. ‘I’ll pick you up at seven tonight, then,’ Ryan suggested. ‘B-but going on a pub-crawl,’ Riley suddenly stated, ‘would mean that we’d be…drinking, wouldn’t it?’ He nodded, smirking slightly. ‘Don’t worry,’ he reassured him amusedly, ‘I’ve got this all planned out.’ **** Riley had no idea what to wear later on that night. What he had was mainly dark, and he knew full well that Ryan was the sort not to stray. (Federal Bureau of Covert Vigilance and No-Maj Obliviation) that made sure that the magical community was kept secret and separate from the non-magical communities and kept track of the law breakers of the wizarding world of course this had meant he was away on business most days (not that Jacob had minded). His mom (Olivia Miller) however was a Writer of books, right now she was working on the third book in a series that asked the question of what would happen if magic didn't exist at all,.