Target Practice

Hykeem walked alone through the woods of Beacon Hill's taking in the more free aspect of the town.  For Hykeem the woods were a place he could go to connect with his inner beast. A place where he had full control over himself. A place where he rarely had interruptions. A place of peace. Although he and Laura played in the woods a lot as children after the death of his father Hykeem had been taking trips into the woods more and more to keep calm and to remember the old times.

Hykeem was mindlessly walking although he made very little noise through a part of the woods he rarely entered. His steps were light and silents and his breathing slowed. The boy was in a place of peace and serenity. Something he rarely got in the small town of Beacon Hills. As Hykeem moved his walked became a sort of sprint for a quick minute as he weaved in and out of trees before slowing himself down to a walk.

As soon as the lad began to walk again his phone went of a loud noise interrupting his peace right before an Arrow did the same landing nothing more or less than an inch above his head. Why me Hykeem thought looking in the direction the arrow came from and noticing a young girl with snow white hair. The girl moved in Hykeem's direction apologizing for what had happened and Hykeem just felt like shrugging it off. "It was my fault I startled you. I'm sorry." With that Hykeem turned around about and with ease pulled the arrow out of the tree handing it to the girl right before she asked where he came from. Hykeem looked at the girl a reply forming in his head before he spoke it. "My house isn't far from here a mile or two." With that the boy shrugged before the girl asked another question this time she didn't finish.

Hykeem could tell the girl was confused. He had come out of nowhere on her and he was now a hypocrite. He had pestered Carina only a few nights before about how she should have kept up her control and yet he had done the same thing. Hykeem had also startled someone but this time the consequences could have been worse. Luckily the girl wasn't aiming for where he stood. He watched the girl as her confusion turned to worry and she told him she could have hurt him. "Your right." He spoke trying to seem shaken by the event. "I'm very thankful that you didn't."

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Hykeem knew the girl wasn't buying his horrible attempt at pretending to be shaken. To be honest Hykeem was't even a tad bit startled. He watched as the girl carefully looked over him her expression staying the same the entire time before she spoke to him.

The girl had seemed to think Hykeem was being dishonest with her and in fact he was. Then the girl said she seemed to be the more shaken of the two which was also true since Hykeem's nerves hadn't even kicked in. The teen just wasn't scared of what would have happened. The boy just had too much faith in his own reflexes.

Hykeem looked down at the white haired girl now looking her in the eyes. "You caught me. To be honest I really wasn't startled not even a little and again I'm really sorry if I scared you but I not easily scared." Hykeem smiled a little at the girl trying to comfort her or to at least get the expression of confusion from her face.

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Hykeem smiled a bit amused at the girls attempt to get to know him. He stood silent almost blushing when the girl asked him if he was in the woods often. He stood across from the girl his eyes looking a golden brown as he stared in the eyes of his attacker. "Yeah! I love the woods. They allow me to relax without any interruptions. Well except this one time. The weirdest thing happened. " Hykeem paused mid reply for a moment pretending to rember and old story before he continued in his speech. "A young girl with long beautiful white hair almost shot me in the head with an Arrow. Then she thought it weird that I wasn't scared. What do you think."

Hykeem looked at the girl laughing at her reaction to what he had said before. The boy stood close to the girl trying not to make it obvious that he was staring at her hair. He couldn't shake the beautiful whiteness of it all from his mind. The fact that it looked real he expression of confusion from her face.

Hykeem looked down at the girl their eyes once again meeting before he spoke. "So I've got two questions for you." The boy pause for a moment to scratch his head as he became a bit nervous. "Is your hair natural? I mean no offense I just wanted to know. Also are you from the hills? I haven't really seen you around and if you are that means I've been missing out on something rather amusing." Hykeem shot the girl a quick smile as he finished his last sentence. Before once again rubbing his head pretending to straighten his hair.

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Hykeem's expression changed along with the girl as she spoke. " I could be dishonest with you. It makes for a much simpler explanation, one that ends conversations quickly." Although he stood expressionless the words the girl spoke made a laugh come from Hykeem's lips. "Your right lies can ruin a conversation quickly.  Why do you think I told you the truth?" Hykeem continued listening to what the girl said watching her as her fingers played in her hair."But lucky for you I like talking to you so far. Besides, I have already commented on your dishonesty and you humbly told the truth, who would I be if I was dishonest to you?"  Hykeem listened to the girl as she spoke wanting much to reply. It had seemed the girl had begun absorbing his confidence and taking it all as her own. Instead of saying anything in reply to the girl Hykeem allowed her to continue the topic moving on to his two questions.

Hykeem gazed at the girl as the topic switched. He was trying not to seem to hard or overwhelming. There was something about being in this girls present that was particularly different from the presence of other girl he knew but for now he wouldn't address that either. "It is my natural hair color."  Hykeem looked at the girl a smile now back on his face a the girl watched for his reaction. "However, I usually tell people it is not. They tend to think less of it if it were dyed." Hykeem looked at the girl when she spoke those words. Why would she hide such beautiful hair he asked himself. An look of confusion covering his face. "You should tell the truth about it more often. It's really beautiful hair. There's nothing shameful about it."

Hykeem looked away from the girl as he turned coughing softly into his elbow before straightening his shirt out from where he bent over and listening to her speak about the hills. "I do reside in beacon hills but, I am new, so you have missed nothing. In fact, I believe you are the first person I've met." Hykeem smiled for a moment before replying to the girls last sentence. "The first person huh?" Hykeem spoke with a gentle and relaxing accent. "The first person you meet  always leaves the biggest impression on a you. Hopefully I'm leaving a good one because I'm the begging of your interpretation of Beacon Hills."  With that Hykeem shot the girl who was much shorter than him a soft smile as he welcome her into Beacon Hills extending his arm for a handshake.

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Hykeem watchedas the words slipped from the girls mouth confidently and without hesitation. "We'll see what impression you leave."  The girls words stuck to Hykeem's brain like a newly taped poster to a wall. "We surely will won't we?" Hykeem spoke gently and with confidence.  Hykeem stared down at the girl his eyes meeting hers only a few times forcing him to blush. The girls beauty being to much for the lad to bare.

So far Hykeem saw the girl as quite the figure. She was confident, Honest, and wise. Three things Hykeem liked in a person even if he didn't always show those traits. He stood still across from the girl but now he was leaned arms crossed against the tree his head resting against the trunk along with his back.

The soft light of the sun shown on the lads brown skin. His hair a bit longer than only few months before he could now feel standing up on his head. As he eyes countinued shifting through the light shades of brown.

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