Annoying...that's what today was. A huge pile of annoying stuff. Steve loved staying inside and talk to Rai, it was where he could gather his thoughts and ideas. At home, even when he was sent outside, he would climb up to his treehouse to get peace from the world outside. He couldn't argue with his parents this school was alright, nice place for him to just relax and discuss stuff with Rai. But now he was being forced to goutside and meet his new 'partner' for Scouting? That was just a pain...nothing more. For a start, most people found Steve to be weird and strange, since he always seemed out of it and whispered stuff under his breath, when in realityn he was talking to Rai or listening to her advice. But secondly, Stephen hated making social encounters, so he usually chose to try to get out of them by making up an excuse like he had been chased by a polar bear or 'sorry, i gotta go. My dad's rain dance is away to start'. 

 [b]"Ugh, why do we even have to have a partner, Stevey? We're already a fully functioning team!"[/b] Rai complained swinging her little legs on his shoulder as he opened the door to the 'great' outdoors. A cold gust hit him as the door opened and Rai frowned once more as one of her purple flames flickered. [b]"Sure we can't just drop out? This girl's like 2 years older than you! They shoulda got someone your age. And an archer? Oh PLEASE! They're just boring people who shoot arrows. As if that's special!"[/b] Steve laughed at his familliar as he quickly made his way towards the tree he was to meet his partner at. His red hair was getting all caught by the wind and that made him even more annoyed so he had to stop t try and get it back into shape. As he did so he sighed, "I don't like this as much as you do Rai, but we kinda have to or we go back to my crazy parents...or do you want that?"

 Rai stopped swinging her legs for a second and then burst into laughter, [b]"Oh Steve, you crack me up!"[/b] Steve laughed as well as he got up and dusted off his shirt just in case it was dirty. He didn't want to meet his new partner, but he wanted to look good for it, that was another one of Rai's lessons. Always look good when you go meet girls. But again this was the great mind that came up with 'worms are actually cursed humans'. Again...Stephen had tried to get out of having a partner, by claiming Rai was his partner, but she was a demon and he was a tamer so he was froced to pair up with an 'archer'. He was pretty sure the girl was gonna be an obnoxious sharp shooter who had no care for her partner because he was a 15 year old, red haired boy who hung around with a demon. Finally he found the tree he had agreed to meet her.....no way was he going to manage getting up the tree.

 Rai giggled and punched Steve's shoulder playfully. [b]"She's probably gonna shoot an arrow in your head Steve, just wait for the sound of string being released!"[/b] SAhe giggled again and siappeared into Steve's tatoo on his shoulder causing him to blush. Looked like he was on his own...to meet a girl who could kill him in two seconds. "Um...hey!" He called out to the tree where he saw his partner. The wind was cutting into his face so he moved closer to get cover. "I-I'm your new partner...I think...." He shook his head. "I mean---I'm the tamer, Stephen Jelly. Nice to meet you." Right now all he could hear was Rai's mischevious laughs at his wakwardness.