Snowflakes

Severin Freund

Severin was packing his clothes into his travelling bag. He was preparring for the next World Cup competition in Russia. He was really excited to travel again. Lillehammer was not good but not bad either. At least they could jump twice not like in Kuusamo where both competitions had been cancelled. He had a big smile on his face as he was the World  Cup leader.

"Are you ready Severin?" Andreas Wank asked.

"I will put my phone charger in my bag then I will be ready." Severin replied.

"Okay but please hurry."Andreas requested.

Severin did hurry. He didn't want to be late. He knew that Werner was not a fan of being late. He greeted his teammates and staff members with a handshake. Severin did not miss anyone. Then got in the bus which took them to the airport.

On the plane, Severin grabbed a book to read. His choice was A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. He read it in English for the first time. It was hard for him but he loved it. The book made him to feel the Christmas feeling. While he was reading, he looked out the plane's window. It was snowing heavily. He hoped that it wouldn't ruin the upcoming competition.

Then he continued reading. He was reading for a while when a piece of paper was thrown at  him. He grabbed it and checked what was inside...

"All I want for Christmas is you, Sevi." he read at loud.

Then he heard the laughter of the Slovenians. He totally knew it. They were always making fun of him and Peter. However, that time Pero was the one who had thrown the paper at him. He was the one laughed the most on Severin.

Severin planned a small revenge. He grabbed the small paper and a pen. He wrote on it: "Okay Pero. I will be in Kranj for you. Is it okay if I sleep in your bed when I am there?" Then he threw it back to Pero. The Slovene opened it a laughed at loud at the paper.

"So, you knew it." Pero said.

"I knew it. It wouldn't be you and your friends if you didn't do it." Sevi laughed.

The plane arrived in Moscow. They got off and laughed. Pero also gave the German a book. On its front page there was a quote written with Pero's hands. It said:

"When it hurts to look back, and you're afraid to look ahead, you can look beside you and your best friend will be there."