Leta and Kimmi
Leta glanced at Kimmi as she started to shiver, and fresh flakes of snow began to drift down the crowd of cold teens congregated in the courtyard, so she shifted closer and put her arm around her sister to share her warmth. This whole ordeal was borderline torturous. Above them, Dr. Barns' unflinching stare was, if possible, even colder than the snow they were stood in, and Leta could feel it send a shiver down Kimmi's spine.
"I think he's staring at me," Kimmi's voice was soft but strained as she tried to talk without moving her lips.
"Staring at you? Don't stare back then, idiot. You know what he's like," Leta chided her sister as she looked around. They were on the edge of the crowd, where there weren't so many others to distract from them. "Come over here" Leta was just about to drag her sister further into the crowd when she heard someone call Kimmi's name.
"Kimmi Parks!"
The voice of the matron was cold and monotone as she called the first name, and Kimmi visibly flinched before calling out shyly, "Present..."
"Leta Parks!"
Leta grimaced at the use of their surname, which they both hated to hear each day. Their parents hadn't wanted them, so why should they use their name. Irritably, Leta called out, "Here!", and as soon as the attention had moved on from them, she grabbed her twins' hand and pulled her through the crowd, pushing people aside when they wouldn't willingly move. A few of them scowled and pushed back, but all were too nervous of the Doctor on the stage to create a scene. It wasn't until Leta accidentally walked straight into the straight back of one of the twins, and lost Kimmi, who wandered on looking for her sister.
"Crap...sorry," Leta swore softly as she walked into Tsu, grabbing on to his arm for a moment to catch her balance.
As Kimmi wandered through the crowd, she did her best not to draw the attention of anyone on the stage...though only the matron stood up there now. With a nervous shiver, she wondered where the doctor had gone, but by this point, she'd managed to walk straight through to the other side of the crowd, where for the first time since she could remember, Kimmi met someone that she didn't know.
The twins that were stood in front of her looked cold and confused, and a little silly in their odd mix of pajamas. Kimmi smiled at them brightly, and not noticing that Dr. Barns and Rufus were stood in the shadow of the building behind them, quietly approached the new kids.
"Hi! You're new, right?" Kimmi asked brightly, her smile warm and genuine, though she was careful to keep her voice low.
"I think he's staring at me," Kimmi's voice was soft but strained as she tried to talk without moving her lips.
"Staring at you? Don't stare back then, idiot. You know what he's like," Leta chided her sister as she looked around. They were on the edge of the crowd, where there weren't so many others to distract from them. "Come over here" Leta was just about to drag her sister further into the crowd when she heard someone call Kimmi's name.
"Kimmi Parks!"
The voice of the matron was cold and monotone as she called the first name, and Kimmi visibly flinched before calling out shyly, "Present..."
"Leta Parks!"
Leta grimaced at the use of their surname, which they both hated to hear each day. Their parents hadn't wanted them, so why should they use their name. Irritably, Leta called out, "Here!", and as soon as the attention had moved on from them, she grabbed her twins' hand and pulled her through the crowd, pushing people aside when they wouldn't willingly move. A few of them scowled and pushed back, but all were too nervous of the Doctor on the stage to create a scene. It wasn't until Leta accidentally walked straight into the straight back of one of the twins, and lost Kimmi, who wandered on looking for her sister.
"Crap...sorry," Leta swore softly as she walked into Tsu, grabbing on to his arm for a moment to catch her balance.
As Kimmi wandered through the crowd, she did her best not to draw the attention of anyone on the stage...though only the matron stood up there now. With a nervous shiver, she wondered where the doctor had gone, but by this point, she'd managed to walk straight through to the other side of the crowd, where for the first time since she could remember, Kimmi met someone that she didn't know.
The twins that were stood in front of her looked cold and confused, and a little silly in their odd mix of pajamas. Kimmi smiled at them brightly, and not noticing that Dr. Barns and Rufus were stood in the shadow of the building behind them, quietly approached the new kids.
"Hi! You're new, right?" Kimmi asked brightly, her smile warm and genuine, though she was careful to keep her voice low.