Snowflakes & Feathers WATTYS 2019

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This side story has eight and a half chapters in it. It is getting closer to Alex and Viktor's growing relationship.

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The last week of staying in bed was starting to drive me crazy, so I drove Bruce crazy alongside with me. He wanted me to stay until I was completely healed but I get an insane itch when I do not get to stretch my wings.

“Bruce! Bruce! Bruce!” I was repeating as he was sweeping the floors. “Bruce! Bruce! Bruce!”

    I could see his brow twitching with every word. After I said his name for the tenth time, he finally snapped.

“Viktor! What do you want?” He yelled while throwing the broom to the ground.

“I’m bored.” I whined at him. “My wings feel stiff from not being used for so long.”

“Tomorrow is Sun’s day; maybe you can have his brother watch him at the beachside.” Nightsong said as she walked over. “You can go along with him just to be safe.”

“Please!” I begged him with big eyes and a pouty face. “You said that I should be allowed to leave on Moon’s day. This is the perfect test to see if I am ready!”

“Fine! If it gets you to shut up!”

    He picked up the broom and started sweeping again. He started to head towards the wall farthest from my bed.

“For the three years I have known him, I have never seen him mad.” She told me as she started to check my wings.

“I have that talent with people.” We started hearing a long string of cussing from the direction that he was last walking. “But that’s new because I never heard him cuss before. I didn’t know that he knew any words .”

    She was smiling as she had me stretch out my wings to see how they looked. I had shivers going up my back every time her hands would go near the spot where my wings connect my back.

“Just how long is your wing span?”

“About seven feet.”

“Wow that must be hard to keep clean.”

“You know how hard it is to scratch to your own back.” She nodded her head. “I have to use a pole to get right between my wings because I can’t reach.”

“Well, I do not feel anymore breaks in them so you should be fine tomorrow. Just remember to stretch them out before you attempt to fly. You have a high chance of pulling the muscle because they haven’t been used in a while.”

“Yes ma’am.”

“Ma’am is for old ladies. I am not old.”

“Hate to be the bearer of bad news but you are almost 90 years old.” Bruce told her.

“Oh hush, I do not look like it nor act like it so I am not old.”

“You knit so that counts as acting old.”

“You are so mean to a young lady!”

    It was interesting to see Bruce playfully bicker with someone outside our village. I could tell that he respects Nurse Nightsong from the jokes.

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    I was so excited the next day because I could finally go outside. Bruce had me wait until Nova came over before we could go.

“I get to see the sun!” I was almost bouncing in my steps. “I can’t wait to feel its rays burning me!”

“Bruce, I think you pushed his mind over the edge.” Nova said as we continued walking.