She Said What?

Chapter 24: I Frolick in the Snow

A/N: This chapter is silly, but in a good way, I think. And I think the development at the end will please you lot muchly. I know it'll definitely excite me! Next chapter shall be quite enjoyable as well, I hope, so have fun! I know I will be.

It doesn't fit exactly lyric-wise, but the lovely acoustic song I listened to while I wrote this was 1, 2, 3, 4 by Plain White T's. If you can, check it out. It's a very sweet way to spend three and a half minutes.

Cheers, guys. Thanks for all your feedback!
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December 18

4:15 PM
Status: Flustered

Okay...so I said I would write again when something big happened...and I think today counts as something big. Hence being flustered and not really knowing how to start this off. I'm not yet sure if I've made a mistake or if I've done right thing, because my friends have mixed views and so do I, but I'm sure that if I write about it, I can figure something out.

So here's how it happened.

This week has been extremely hectic. Today is Saturday and our last day of classes is on Monday, the twentieth, and we get to leave for home on the twenty-first, which is Tuesday. Because of this, the last of the work that is supposed to prepare us for our mock N.E.W.T. exams on Monday has been piled upon us over the past few days. Even Livvy has had a lot of trouble getting everything done when it should be. That says something about the rest of us.

Now, on the weekend, there has been a massive seventh year coup. Sick to death of this term of working our brains out, we have decided to take advantage of the winter weather outside and play in the snow, visit the village, or curl up by the fire with something mindless for a few hours. I daresay we deserve it.

After sleeping until one in the afternoon today, Livvy, Alice, and I decided to go out in the snow. We put on all our winter gear, happily planning to make snowmen and snow angels, when Livvy asked if she could bring Russell. Alice and I went into a corner and had an intense whispered discussion over this, but we eventually relented and let Russell come along.

When we finally got into the snow with Russell in tow (hey, that rhymed!) and looked around at the white wonderland around us, we were too antsy to make snowmen. Or, at least, Russell and I were. Alice and Livvy were having too much fun lolling their heads in the snow.

"C'mon, guys, stop being prats," said Alice. "Come make a snow angel."

"I don't want to!" I said. "I want to make a snowman. Come help me."

"No," insisted Alice. "Make a snow angel!"

"My snow angels always come out rubbish," I said. "I can't get up and I step on them."

"Me too," chimed in Russell. "Here, I'll help you with your snowman, Lily."

I beamed. "Thanks, Russell!"

"Isn't he wonderful?" swooned Livvy. "But I'm going to have to interrupt you for a quick second – Russell, can you pull me up so I don't ruin my snow angel?"

"Sure, babe." Russell had a lazy smile on his face as he came forward and offered Livvy his hand. She took it and hoisted herself up, but she didn't need to do much work; Russell all but picked her up and swung her out of safety, so that her snow angel wouldn't be touched. Livvy giggled in a most un-Livvy-like way and gave him a hug before releasing him and lending a hand to Alice, so her snow angel wouldn't get ruined either. Russell watched her do so with a dreamy look on his face for a second before turning his attention back to me and our snowman.

The exchange was small and simple, but it touched me inexplicably, stayed with me enough that I'm writing about it now, hours later. It just...it hit me, right then, that Livvy and Russell have something special, something she didn't have with James or George. She practically glows when he touches her, like there's that light behind her face that never gives out, and he's the same way, when she touches him.