[center][h1][color=39b54a]Erik Fieldson[/color][/h1][/center]
Interacting with: [@Squirrel98]

Erik was broken away from his reverie, at the the sound of a hurried footsteps behind him. He paused and turned, as the brightly smiling face of Alex Pearson caught up to him. He was again caught slightly off-guard by the boy's actions, but it seemed as though giving him some space earlier had paid off far faster than he thought it would. Erik's mind shifted into overdrive, neatly connecting the data he had gathered about this celebrity and his initial impressions here today. Alex Pearson had grown up wealthy with a well known fashion designer and a high end chef as his family. He could assume that as his own stardom continued to grow, the amount of expectations and demands placed upon him would have only grown with time. There were surely people out there that would only try to use Alex for their own ends and grow their own fame. Therefore, the best way to make a connection with this man was to have Alex be the driving force behind any opportunity that could be gathered and not to try and get favors out of him. Even with Alex's connections, he would have to be intelligent to enter Pine Hills, so Erik did not doubt that such a flimsy attempt to gain his favor would be spotted immediately. Based on that chain of logic, Erik decided that the best way to handle Alex and his stardom, was to ignore that stardom entirely unless Alex was the one who brought it up.

Eric delivered a smile of his own back to Alex and replied, not seeming to respond to the small pause as Alex gave him his full name. [color=39b54a]"Erik, nice to meet you. And yeah I am, but honestly I am just excited to learn here!"[/color] He then noticed Alex seemed to be rather tired from his performance.

Erik reached into his bag and pulled out a full reusable water-bottle, the insulation having ensured that the ice was still rattling inside and handed it over to Alex. [color=39b54a]"It looks like you might need this more than I do right now. Don't worry, I haven't had any yet."[/color]