Jogging for no reason

Stephen looked away quickly and said. 'Umm, It's a bit cold outside for me. I think I'll stay here.' He scratched his arm nervously, and looked out the window. Then he tore his eyes away from it and said, 'But maybe I could...'

She smiled. "See? Just because there's some snow doesn't mean that you can't go outside. Come on, it'll be fun. you guys'll see!" Gosh, how much persuasion did these guys need? It wasn't like there was a blizzard outside. Nicole was tempted to just bind them in vines and drag them outside herself.

He opened his mouth to speak, but then closed it again. It will be fine. I'll be carefull. Nothing will happen. I won't let it.
He smiled at her, and said. 'Alright, when should we go?'

Nicole's face lit up with joy. "We can go as soon as Aikanaro is ready." she replied. "But personally I say we pelt him as soon as we get outside." She whispered to Stephen. A good dousing in the snow was just what Aike needed.

Chewing the back of his lip to keep from grinning, he tries faking seriousness and mutters, "I'm... well... anti-exercise unless I need to. And I don't think you'd want me to pelt you with fireballs. The usually make things smell funny. Don't get me wrong, I love the smell of charred clothing, but most other people don't."

Nicole's eyes narrowed. "No one's anti-excercise. And why are you so afraid of snow? Youre power probably will evaporate it before it even gets close to you... or, your spirits will anyway. Besides, you did offer!" Nicole was getting impatient, they were wasting so much time just arguing about it and they could be having fun.

Sighing, seeing no way out of this, he nodded distastfully. "I offered to help, but not run," he mutters. "Oh well. Let's go."

Nicole smiled. Victory! She thought to herself. "Ok! Come on Stephen, you're coming too!" She added, stooping to pick up her bag and securing it over her shoulder once more.

Dragging his feet, his baggy jeans brushing the floor, he mutters to himself till one of the fire spirits reapears out of thin air.

Everything's taken care of... It pauses momentarily. Why the long face?

Aike mummbles, "They're making me run."

Eh... Sorry kid. You win some, you lose some. Wait... There's snow outside.

Sighing, he adds, "Yeah... That's our job to take care of. Atleast the little one can burn off some energy."

Yeah, um... about that.... He's... busy.

Aike raises an eyebrow as they continue the conversation out of hearing range from the two, since he started trudging ahead of them. Aike lets off multiple sighs and makes numerous frowns.

He followed them with a worried look. It'll be fine. I've gone outside. He sighed. But lately it's been worse...But, I can handle it. He feigned a smile and turned to Nicole saying, 'So where are we gonna run?'