Bonfire: Thierry and Ellie
Ellie turned very shy when they came up to the other students, all but shrinking under Thierry's arm. It had taken a while for those friends she had to draw her out of her shell. Not everyone who had tried had managed it, either. Old habits died hard, and her knee jerk reaction was to not trust people she didn't know. She just kept quiet with her lip caught between her teeth...even if mention of Jack Sparrow did pique her interest a little. She liked those movies!
She waited until they were alone again before looking up at Thierry. "Why Jack Sparrow?" she asked then took a sniff of her cup. The scent didn't quite make her cringe back, but her nose wrinkled before she could stop herself.
Still, she grew brave, brought the cup up then held her breath as she took a tentative sip. Then her hazel eyes went wide as the now really warm cider burned a little all the way down. "Oh!" The taste was sharp. Biting, but not entirely unpleasant. "Oh, that's good!" she said then smiled up at Thierry as if he'd just shown her a new litter of kittens.