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Snow

Snow

Suffocation. That’s the first word that came to mind when I entered this prison called ‘school’.  As my sister and I walked out of the office together, I decided to take a little “detour” and slunk back around a corner leading to a different hallway before Dragon registered I wasn’t with her.

I can’t stand being with her any longer than necessary. She was always too nice to people. And people always take advantage of that sort of thing. No matter how many times I tried to toughen her up, it was to no avail. So, better her than me.

I was walking down the hall and stopped when I almost passed by a certain door leading outside. I peeked out to find a sort of courtyard. From what I could see there was no one so I pushed the door open and stepped out, shoving the form into my backpack. I caught sight of a bench on the other side of the grassy field, under a tree giving it the perfect shady cover. I walked towards it, looking around me from time to time to see if anyone was out.

As I neared the bench, I realized with disappointment that I wasn’t the only one out here. My jaw clenched; a sure sign to keep my anger under control. My steps halted at one end of the bench, looking down at the figure sprawled out with his arm over his eyes. Is he asleep? I let my backpack drop to the ground with a thud, watching the redhead stir and remove his arm from his face. He blinked his black eyes sleepily as he looked up to find me staring.

“It’s my turn.” I pointed to the bench as he took his time sitting up. I caught the hint of a smile playing around his lips as he looked me over.

“I was here first.”

“Clearly, since it seems your hair grew out this whole time you were here.” My voice dripped with sarcasm. I earned an actual smile as he crossed his arms over his chest. I moved around to sit on the bench, putting my legs over his lap casually as I stretched.

He ignored my comment, pushing my legs off which I put right back up. A flash of annoyance crossed his face, “You new? Haven’t seen you before.”

I played with a strand of my white hair, also annoyed. I wanted this spot; don’t care if he was at this school first or not. “Somewhat. You gonna leave? “

“Can’t. Someone’s legs are preventing me from standing.” I smirked, enjoying this for some reason. The level of my bad mood lowered,” I’m Snow.”

“Castiel. Now mind leaving and finding your own spot? Don’t you have a schedule to pick up?” As he spoke, I just made myself more comfortable enjoying the shade the tree provided.

“How ‘bout a deal Flames? Since clearly you have more ownership here than I do,” My grey eyes met his black ones, noticing that I piqued his interest,” You share the bench with me and I’ll mmm…buy us food for a week! Can’t say no to that. Everyone loves free food.”

Castiel ran a hand along his jaw thoughtfully, actually considering my proposal, “It better be food I like.”

I stuck my hand out for him to shake so the deal could be official. He grasped it and shook it once. I noticed another hint of a smile as he let go and began to play with the shoelaces on my black combat boots. I didn’t mind now that we came to a compromise. Speaking of compromises and food…I twisted around slightly to reach for my backpack and hoisted it up, resting it on my lap. Castiel raised his brow in curiosity as I zipped it open and out popped up chips and other assortment of foods.

He tipped his head back and outright laughed. I got the feeling he didn’t do that often, probably a small chuckle here and there or something of the sort.