[Cody Hamren]

Cody was minding his own business, which was usually the case right before something horrible happened.

In this instance, it was an angry bee. Cody sat in the grass near the rocky shores, working on an assignment. He reached over to grab a text book, upon which the little devil creature had decided to sit and rest. It flew up instantly and stung him right above his left eyebrow.

"AGHH!" Cody started to panic at once, though he also tried very hard to not make a scene.

[Susan Foster]

"Ahh!" Susan screamed, assuming at first glance it was her he was screaming at, seeing as she was sitting only a bit further down from him.

[Cody Hamren]

Alarmed, Cody jumped and gave Suzie quite the frantic look at her scream.

"Did you get stung too! Great Merlin, they're everywhere!" he exclaimed, poking at his forehead and frowning.

[Susan Foster]

"Stung? What? I'm just not used to being shouted at." Susan replied as she stood up. "I think we should get you to the nurse. That doesn't look so good."

[Cody Hamren]

"It doesn't feel too good either," Cody remarked, giving a bit of a dorky laugh. He immediately hated himself for doing so, and turned a pale color of pink as a result.

"Er...nurse. Yes. Sorry I was shouting...I'm sort of a big baby when it comes to bees," he said, as he started to get to his feet.

One of his long lanky legs got stuck behind the other, however, and so he stumbled a bit getting up, making his cheeks go hot with slight embarrassment. If he could make it to the castle without spraining an ankle or smacking his head on a pole, it would be a miracle.

[Susan Foster]

"It's okay! They are pretty terrifying." Susan frowned emphatically. "I'll get your stuff and come with you. You're not allergic are you?"

[Cody Hamren]

"No," Cody said, shaking his head, feeling at once a little ridiculous for not being allergic.

"It's probably no big deal," he added, not wishing to come off as so fragile. So..whiny. And, he had been in to see Nurse Sagebrook numerous times for bee stings. Cody could tell she was growing weary of his many visits.

"I'm fine," he concluded, giving a brave, reassuring nod.

[Susan Foster]

"Are you sure? Well, I have some ointment in my bag, if you want....I get stung a lot. Actually I have a lot of accident....a lot." She bit her lip and smiled at him.

"I'm Susan, by the way." She nodded as she held out her hand.

[Cody Hamren]

"Oh, I'm Cody," he replied, giving a lopsided grin as he gave her hand a firm shake.

"And, er...ointment sounds good, yeah, thanks. You're accident prone too? Ever broken a bone?" he asked, raising his brow a little in a kind smile.

[Susan Foster]

"My ankle, my third year." She nodded. "My accidents typically cause mess more so than self-injury. You're Professor Hamren's son, am I right?"

[Cody Hamren]

"M-hm, that's right," Cody said, perking up a bit with pride at the mention of his dad.

"Er...I hope that's a good thing?" he added, although he knew there weren't many that didn't like Professor Garrin Hamren.

[Susan Foster]

"I met him last week." She smiled as she produced the tube from her pack and sat down on a boulder. "Jason introduced me." She replied, a pleasant smile playing on her lips.

"Sit down, I'll do it for you." She nodded as she twirled the tube in her hands.

[Cody Hamren]

Cody's face wrinkled a bit as she applied the ointment, but he tried as much as he could to not make too much of a face. Must be a brave soldier.

"Oh, you know Jason? He's my cousin. You probably figured that much out." He gave a broad grin that lasted only a moment as her finger poked his forehead again.

"So you carry that stuff around with you, do you? Do you have like, band-aids and a whole first aid kit? That's what I should do."

[Susan Foster]

"I do, I have the whole shebang in my backpack. But if we're being honest I only bought it because it was pink." She grinned.

"There. Good as new. And yeah, he warned me that anyone I meet would be related to him for a while." She laughed. "He's an odd one, your cousin."

[Cody Hamren]

"Odd, yeah...he's a good guy though," Cody replied.

"Are you two dating?" he asked.

"Er, I mean, if it's none of my business...it's only, Jason is hardly ever just friends with a girl," he explained, feeling a bit guilty at once, as though he had said something mean behind his cousin's back.