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It is December

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It is December. It is a cold night with temperatures below freezing and everything is covered with a blanket of snow.

Most people would sit at home in their warm living rooms with stoves or radiators on, while I sit on a bench here in a park as I have no living room to sit in. I actually don't have any home, no job, no friends or family to be with...I did had a job before.. but due to stress, I could no longer do the job.

It ended up with me losing my apartment because I could no longer pay for it and now I'm sitting here on a bench in the park. I sit with my knees up to my chest and I hug them as close to myself as I can. At the same time I try to keep my jacket closed but my buttons are broken.. and unfortunately it is not the best winter jacket but it is the only one I have.

I hide my face on my knees to get some warmth in my face but even my legs are cold. My body is shaking with cold. My lips are blue, dry and flaky. The toes feel frozen and the same with my hands and fingers as I have no mittens and I'm wearing some half-worn shoes.

I suddenly hear someone talking so out of curiosity I raise my face from my knees to see who is talking.

Someone else's angle.

I'm on my way home with my girlfriend Lisa. She has her arm in mine while she carries some shopping bags in the other hand, i'm carring some bags too in my other.

She talks about her work, which is fashion modeling. She is talking about how good she is and about someone she don't like on the job.. as usual. I do try to listen, but it's not everything she says that I catch, I of course answer if she asks something.

At the same time I look around me. I love how the snow can make everything sparkle and shine. It is a very cold night and I can feel how the cold bites my cheeks and nose.

We now pass a park which is completely empty. The snow has just settled over it, the lake is frozen solid and icicles hangs on the trees.

I suddenly spot someone sitting all alone on a bench. I squint my eyes a little and then see that it is a girl sitting and holding around herself. I can see she is struggling to keep warm and trying to keep her jacket closed but her buttons seem to be broken. Her clothing is not at all enough in this cold. I don't even notice that I've stopped and am now standing here looking at her until Lisa calls my name.

Lisa: Jimin? what are you looking at?

Jimin: Sorry, I just noticed the girl over there. *I points with my head at the girl

Lisa follows my gaze and now also sees the girl i'm talking about.

Lisa: What about her?..

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