"Silence" Book 1

Chapter 13 - Hot Chocolate

I walk on the cold concrete sidewalk leading to St. park.
I see Sasha wave me over to where they were sitting.
“Damian! You look freezing!” Sasha stands up and takes her big coat off.
“Put it on.” She hands it to me.
“Sasha. I'm fine, besides you're probably cold.”
“I insist.” She’s practically pouting now.
“Sasha I think he’s fine.” I haven't paid attention to if anyone else was with me.
“Hey Iru.” I turned to my friend. Sasha puts her coat back on.
“Hey.” he says.
“Um, hey Damian” I look over to see Alastors white splotchy face. A tint of crimson red going from his ears to his nose. Most likely from the cold.
“You look like Rudoplh the red nosed reindeer with how red your nose is.” I say chuckling at him.
“I do, don’t I.” He said, giving me a small smile.
He stands up and starts walking over to me, taking off one of his coats.
“Here.” He lays a black coat on my shoulders. I gladly slip into it.
“Thanks. Are you sure you don’t need it?” I question.
“No, it's fine. I have like, two more layers?” He says unsure.
We talked for at least an hour before we felt like we had frostbite and decided we would head to a cozy cafe for shelter.
A bell dings as we walk into the cafe, I hold the door open for Sasha. We sit down at a booth by the big bay windows that are duplicated on both sides of the door.
“Jeez, I’m f-freezing.”
“We all are Sasha.” I state back.
We talk while trying to warm up until a waitress with red hair walks over.
“Hello! What would you guys like?” She says grabbing a notepad and pen from the pocket of her apron.
“Hot chocolate.” We say basically in unison.
The waitress, her name tag says her name is Katy, snickers. “Well then, do you guys want anything in your hot chocolate?”
We receive our hot chocolate. Alastor got a bunch of marshmallows in his, Iru got just plain coco, Sasha got a candy cane in hers, and I got marshmallows with crushed peppermint.
“This coco is so good!” Alaster exclaimed with melted marshmallows on his cupid's bow. We all laugh at the marshmallow mushstash Alastor has grown. We all talked while drinking our hot coco. I didn’t want this day to end.
Sasha took a sip of her coco, and spoke. “Hey maybe we should all head over to my house and watch some christmas movies and drink more hot coco!”
“I can’t say no to more hot coco!” Iru bellowed.
Alastor had finished his hot coco, “Same I want more of this amazing drink.”
“You're talking about it as if it’s a lover.” I snicker.
“Shhh, you know nothing, you didn’t even finish yours!” He points to my cold, half empty, cup of hot cocoa. To be honest I just didn’t feel like drinking it. Maybe I just wasn’t thirsty. We pay for the hot coco’s and head to Sasha’s house.
Sasha speaks as she looks for her house key.“My parents are at work so we have the house to ourselves.”  She puts the key into the door.
“You can just leave your boats there and hang your coats here.” She points to a mat to the side and then an old coat rack to the left.
“What movie should we watch?” Sasha states, her upper body leaning on the counter in the kitchen. A beep, beep sounds as the bag of popcorn finishes.
“We have the Grinch, Christmas Chronicles one and two, Home Alone, ect.”
“I vote for Christmas Chronicles.” Iru says.
“That sounds good.” I say quickly. Alastor agrees with just a small nod.
We all sit in front of the TV. Sasha and Iru a couple of feet away from it and Alastor sitting in front of the couch. Sasha starts up the movie.
“Damian, sit next to me.” I hear Alastor whisper towards me. And so I do. Our shoulders are an inch or two apart. About forty minutes into the movie it’s hard to keep my eyes open. My body was craving sleep from being deprived from it for so long. The next thing I know my head falls to the side, and I'm out.
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