Here's My Number

61

Important news at the end of this chapter!!

The bell rings. You stand up abruptly, backpack already on your back, smile on your face, practically bounces on your feet. You're so eager to leave. Today is the first day of winter break.

You hurry out of the classroom to the hallway and look to your left, where the back doors of the school are.

It's snowing! It's snowing it's snowing it's snowing!

You rush to the doors faster than everyone else. You want to be the first one outside to play in the fresh snow. No, you have to be the first. No one else can touch the snow yet.

Your dreams come true when you open the doors to be met with blinding sunlight and a clean sheet of snow on the ground. You gasp and walk into it, then stomp around a little. Then jump on a spot. Then walk in circles.

It's snowing it's snowing it's snowing it's snowing!

You crouch down on the ground and trace a heart in the snow with your fingers, which are bare cold due to the weather. You giggle and open your mouth to catch snowflakes in.

I should go find Jimin!

Since you're already outside, you can walk around the school to get to the bus stops. If you go that way, Jimin won't be able to see you since the bench will be facing away from you, and you can sneak up on him.

You set your plan in action and hurry around the side of the school to the bus stop area. You can already hear the other students buzzing around excitedly, making bee lines everywhere in the snow and showing as much excitement as you are.

Since there are a lot of students in the grass behind the benches, Jimin wouldn't be able to see you if he just happens to turn around. You walk up behind the bench. Jimin isn't there.

You frown. You peek over the back of the bench. Jimin's backpack is there. The falling snow lands on the back and melts into the fabric. Where's Jimin? You look for his footprints, but they are all mixed up with everyone else's.

Suddenly, a pair of arms circles around your waist and lifts you up. You squeal in surprise and whip your head around, grabbing onto the arms for balance.

"Jimin! You scared me!"

Jimin laughs and puts you down. You turn around in his arms to face him. "I was going to scare you."

"I know you too well," Jimin says, grinning. "I beat you to it."

You pout and fold your arms. Jimin grabs the edges of your hat and tugs it down. "You gotta cover your ears," he says. "Or they'll get cold." He cups your face, then pecks your lips. "You're so precious," He says. "Since this is the first day of winter break, we have to do everything."

You nod. "Uh-huh, we need to make hot chocolate, have snowball fights, make snowmen and snowangels, build-"

"Hey guys!"

You turn your head. "Hi Nathan!" Jimin says.

Nathan walks over to you guys with Cassandra, arm in arm. They're really close- they've been friends for years- but there's something in the way Cassandra smiles today that makes you wonder if something happened between them.

"We'll be seeing you during winter break, right?" Nathan asks. You nod. "Duh, snowball fights are more fun with more people."

Nathan grins and you notice how he unhooks his arm from Cassandra's and moves it down to grab her hand. You would ask about it but Cassandra speaks again.