Chapter 3

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My parents have already left for work so I'm home alone while I get ready for school. I get dressed in my normal blue jeans and t-shirt and head to jthe bathroom to fix my hair. I lass up my knee high boots and grab my back pack and head the door. I lock the door and start my walk to school.
As I'm walking though I feel eyes on me, but this time I smile. But this time I hear foot steps in the snow quite close to me. I turn and I see the boy in the black jacket, and he smiles at me when I look at him and then I realize I'm still smiling and I close my eyes in embarrassment and I breath out a shy laugh. He gets closer and I turn back a start to walk faster, finding it funny for him to chase me. But I hear his foot steps right on my heals, and I have stop because I'm out of breath. And when I turn our noses are almost touching, and I feel his hot breath, even with it being 30 degrees out here his breath is as warm as a fire, on my cheeks. And he breaths out "Hi. What's your name?"
In a singsong voice that makes me all warm inside. I manage to stutter out a "p-p-Pipper" both because I'm nervous and chilled to the bone.
"What a delightful name you have Pipper." He says. And I want to now his name so badly so I stutter out a "w-what about you? W-what's y-your name?" He sighs and smiles and whispers to me "promise you won't laugh?" I laugh at his comment and nod and he whispers to me "Aston, my name is Aston. Don't laugh remember! I know it's not the best of names" ' that name is beautiful." I think to myself. And I whisper back to at him, trying to match his sing song voice," I love that name, Aston, it's lovely.
He smiles and says "thank you Pipper." And as he says this he turns putting his arm around me and we walk like this all the way to school.

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