happens to be in a tree at the park. Just lurking, waiting. Mwahahaha.

does not suspect a thing, and makes herself comfortable under a tree before opening up one of the books.

puts himself into position... just over her and... OHSHIT. Falls out of the tree with a WHUMP.

looks up upon hearing the branches rustling a bit, and only barely manages to jump out of the way in fright as the Italian comes

crashing to the ground. "Wh- what?! Vittorio?"

lays there on the ground for a few long moments. Then looks up and smiles brightly. "Ciao~"

hesitates for a second, a little baffled on how Vittorio didn't seem to be hurt by that fall. "H-... hey."

"What book are you-a reading?" He's not comfortable with moving just yet. He's pretty sure he may have snapped his back.

holds up the book enough for him to see the cover - some sort of fantasy novel. "Are you okay...?" she asks warily.

"Oh that looks... um... interesting..." Is that a dragon on the cover...? O_o Blinks! "Oh, I'm-a fine! I just like lying down."

aw yea dagrons. "... If you're sure." She doesn't sound too positive herself, but settles down back into the place where she was

previously sitting.

which is just out of his line of sight! ;A; "Hey, Zoe, come here. You're-a too far away." Is still afraid to move at the moment...

pauses from re-opening her book to give him a baffled look. "... Why don't you come over here instead?"

wriggles a little. Nope, hurts like hell. "I just-a really like it here!"

sighs a little to herself before moving a little closer to Vittorio. "Fine, if you're going to be that way."

smiles brightly. "Si! I'm-a always that way." Whatever that means. Can he move his fingers still? Yes? Okay, good...

makes herself comfortable in her new spot and opens up her book once more. She starts reading, but takes a moment to talk with Vittorio.

"So... what have you been up to?"

"Just lying here." Yes, that's what he's been up to, shut up. "What about you?"

"Lots of things," she replies, a little baffled by the fact that all Vittorio's been doing, apparently, is lying there.

"Like what?" Tries to stretch a little. Nope. Ow. Okay. Just lies still some more, smiling.

"The usual," she replies, eying him a little bit. "Are you sure you're all right?"

blinks. "Huh? Oh, si! It doesn't hurt more than a little bit!" ... at least he's admitting it hurts now.

"So you did hurt yourself." Frown. She scoots a little closer. "That's what you get for trying to scare me like that, though."

"I wasn't trying to scare you!" Pretends to be upset, but he's not very good at it since he's grinning. "And I told you, it-a only hurts a

little!"

"Then what were you trying to do, hiding in that tree?" She looks pretty skeptical about all of his claims. All of them.

her an itty-bitty pout. "I was-a trying to surprise you! ... surprise, your best friend is here!"

"There's a difference between scaring and surprising, and I'm pretty sure what you were trying to do was scare me." Huff.