"Well, that's very far away," she chuckled. "I could escort you there if you would like. It would be much easier than you having to remember all the directions."
He nodded, "I'm terrible with directions, that might be the best option. Just don't mug me or anything." Folding up his map, he stuck it in his pocket and sighed, shaking off his umbrella, "Well, lead the way and I'll tag along."
"I don't need to mug you, bud." she laughed. "C'mon, you gotta keep up" she started to walk in the opposite direction of where she was going earlier.
Sam opened his umbrella and quickly followed, walking alongside her. His eyes darted around at every passing car or occasional human, though he tried to stay as calm and confident as he could- which wasn't very of either.
"So, where are you from?" She looked over at him, slightly twirling with her umbrella
"Michigan," He said, glancing over at her, "I'm guessing you are from around this area?" There was a wrist strap on the handle of his umbrella and he kept playing with it absentmindedly.
She nodded. "Born and raised."
"What made you come here?"
"I've always wanted to travel the east coast." Sam looked up and shrugged, "Plus I needed a change of scenery, though I think I've figured out I'm not the right person for big city life."
Astra glanced at him and smiled. "Really? Why's that?"
He glanced over at her before fiddling with his umbrella strap, "There's just too many people, too much interaction, and it's too busy. I'll stick to small towns and less chance of being hit by a car."
She laughed. "I suppose that's fair."
A small smile crossed his face and he nodded, "Does it always rain this much here?"
(i dont know if this is true or not i was only there for a week)
"I suppose," she shrugged. "I usually spend most of my time inside, so I don't pay attention to the weather a whole bunch."
(It's ok, that's more time than I've spent there XD you could probably tell me that the whole place is magic and I wouldn't know wether it was true or not)
"That's what I would do, so I don't blame you." He went silent again and just looked around at the places to eat with amazing smelling food and shops selling overpriced items.
She yawned, not even bothering to look around her. Astra just stared straight ahead and wore an unusually pretty smile on her face.
Sam couldn't help but slow down and gawk at a camera in one of the shop windows before shaking his head and catching up to her, glancing over at the girl, "I don't think I ever introduced myself, I'm Sam."
"Nice to meet you, Sam," she peeked at him. "I'm Astra." She wasn't really one for handshakes, especially when they were walking. If the circumstances were different, she would have.
"Pretty name," He commented softly, cheeks flushing a tad as he looked back to where they were walking. The rain showed no sign of stopping still and he glanced up at the gray clouds covering the sky. At least it wasn't a thunder storm.
"Thank you," she gave him a sweet smile. "It means 'stars' in Latin."
He nodded, looking over to her again with a somewhat curious look, "Do you know Latin? Or just that word?"
"Just that word," she chuckled. "Though I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to learn it."
They came to a crosswalk. There weren't many cars, but either way, Astra didn't look left or right. She just walked straight into the road. It was a miracle how she was still alive.
"Do you know any languages?"
Sam followed with a somewhat terrified look on his face as they walked across the street, terrified that he would be hit by a car. "Just a touch of French, though I'd like to learn Latin even though I'm terrible with learning languages."
She had an odd look in her eyes as she stared straight ahead. "It's only natural that you would struggle with learning a whole different language. But I guess that's what makes it fun."
"Yeah, I guess," He agreed, "Though I'm unusually bad with languages." With a glance back at the road, he turned to Astra, " Did we seriously just cross the road without stopping at all?"
She nodded. "Is that odd?"
Sam nodded, looking back at the street, "Yeah, really odd..do you do that on a regular basis?"
"Most of the time," she shrugged, indifferent to the situation. "If I hear nearby cars, I might stop."
"Wow.." Sam said softly, having a newfound admiration for New Yorkers and their fearlessness, "That's crazy."
"Is it?" She shrugged. Astra was a bit odd. "So, Sam. Tell me a bit about yourself."
He cleared his throat and flushed slightly, looking around, "Well, um, what do you want to know about me? I'm not that interesting." Sam mussed up his red hair and shrugged.
