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Julius was out for a simple walk, nothing out of the ordinary. However he couldn’t say the same for a pink haired girl in his year. From a distance there was no way he could mistake her for anyone else. A Gryffindor who was usually sitting with the artsy kid that reminded him of his younger brother. While he didn’t have a problem with either of them, he also hadn’t talked to them. It wasn’t like he was following his classmate. No, he just happened upon her by complete happenstance. And as much as he liked his alone time (which was hard when your friend was in the same house) he didn’t want to ignore the fact that she was approaching a dangerous looking tree. Said dangerous tree being, a Whomping Willow.

Heading over before anything bad essentially happened, Julius said the first thing that came to mind. “You probably shouldn’t get to close to that.” He spoke up from behind her. “Whomping Willows are known to be violent when you get close.” He added that random piece of information. Whether she knew anything about Whomping Willows was another story.

Julius hadn’t meant to startle her as he spoke. He was just giving out warning. Apparently it was unwarranted… If her body language wasn’t enough then the glare was and her words were definite. He crossed his arms then out of annoyance. “I never said you were.” He replied back. When did he call her stupid? He had better vocabulary then that. Either way it wasn’t like he had come over there to be told off.

It secretly took a lot not to scoff at her being careful. Gryffindor… careful… those two words were not meant to be in the same sentence. “I don’t know too many females who climb trees. I do suppose however that one wouldn’t sneak up to a tree, normally.” He said before adding. “As for whether you are a careful Gryffindor remains to be seen. Can’t say I know too many careful Gryffindors either or Gryffindors in general.” It was true. He however hoped he hadn’t offended her. He didn’t need that either.

Glancing between Chrys and the Whomping Willow, Julius noted that sound certainly didn’t change anything. Like all trees it probably couldn’t hear sounds. Perhaps vibration but he was not an expert. He wasn’t about to go saying he was, that’s for sure. He’d already made up his mind the moment Chrys asked whether he was coming or not. In fact he’d decided it the moment it was mentioned she hadn’t see a real one before. “If you think I’m leaving you’d be mistaken. Not that it concerns me however, I think ‘checking it out’ as you put it, requires reassurance. I’d hate to find out you didn’t make it back to the castle.” He commented the last bit was in part sarcastic and part not. Julius doubted that his parents would find out about him slipping even slightly on his mannerisms. Besides, his brother got away with much worse than a tiny sarcastic remark.

Following after her the Slytherin knew he’d regret it. However, he couldn’t just leave. What if something really did happen? He might as well be partially responsible now that he knew what she was doing. “So, I have a theory if you’re interested.” Julius said casual to her from his spot on the ground. Oh man, the grass stains… Joy.

Julius rolled his eyes as she mimicked his words. So she was going to be like that was she? Chrys was certainly different from his usual acquaintances. The more she talked the more he realized she clearly liked to assume things. Though, perhaps he was equally as guilty in that department. “You’re right. You don’t have to say a word to say something. But, based on that I could easily say you’re reading between the lines. You shouldn’t assume that’s what I was implying. It’s a bad habit to get into.” He replied earnestly.

When Chrys started going on about how it wasn’t ladylike and being ladylike sucked, he smirked. He didn’t know why he did but something about it was amusing. Julius was used to girls being proper or as Chrys called it ladylike. Everyone in his family was that way. That didn’t mean he cared one way or another if a girl acted that way. “Again you’re assuming I’m stereotyping. Like I said I don’t know too many Gryffindors. Therefore I can’t say whether or not all Gryffindors are reckless. I hardly can say one is careful if I don’t know them well enough either.” Julius commented.

“As for whether or not I’m an ambitious cunning snot-head Slytherin, I can assure you I’m only one of those things.” Though, he was sure that Chrys would go with him being a snot-head rather than ambitious. He didn’t care what she thought of him. The moment she mentioned private tutoring, it was Julius’ turn to give an unimpressed look. “You aren’t the only one who was privately tutored.” He said before taking a breath. “I believe you’ve done the math. However, like you said I’m not in your head. For all I know you’ve miscalculated, not saying you did.” He told her adding the last part just to add emphases on the fact that he wasn’t calling her on anything without actually saying it.

“I know you aren’t a damsel in distress. I’m not a knight in shining armor either. Nor do I want to be.” Julius commented. “For the record I was out for a walk, so if you wish to consider that better things to do be my guest.” He added somewhat flatly. Chrys was certainly a handful. Who thought getting someone’s attention by mentioning the dangerous plant she was encroaching on would cause a problem…? He certainly didn’t.

As Julius paid close attention to the Whomping Willow he looked over at Chrys. She might not want him there but he didn’t plan on leaving. So she was interested in the tree. That was fair he supposed. Couldn’t he be interested in why she was interested in a tree? She’d said she’d never seen one before. So… why couldn’t he assume that maybe she didn’t know everything about them? Julius saw no reason why not. “My theory is this tree might sense the vibration around it. So when someone or something gets to close it can sense it and react to it. Thus why it moves around wildly why it get violent.” He told her. “And how am I ruining your investigation? I’m just accompanying you.”