He Came with the First Snow

Chapter One

Patiently Waiting

Evelyn sat in front of the crackling fire staring intently into its dancing flames, listening to each crackle and pop that the logs made occasionally letting out a small sigh of contentment at a certain noise as if she was listening to a well told story from a parent. The fire itself seemed to even have a life of its own with an audience willing to listen and not just soak up the warmth it provided but of course it wasn't just the fire that held Evelyn's attention, as much as she did like to draw comfort from the familiar soothing sounds of her old friend. No today her focus was on her window which had just started to grow frosty around the edges, creating a small masterpiece if everyone ever thought to look close enough, because today was the day she had been waiting a whole year for. The first snow day.

Her winter break had already begun giving her the freedom to lounge around her small house all day a blanket thrown over her shoulders, warm mug of hot chocolate resting on the fireplaces brick hearth, one of her favorite books resting on a makeshift table that was her knees pulled close to her chest and her mind filled with the child like wonder that winter always brought to her. She knew that she should have outgrown her childish excitement with both Christmas and winter all together a long time ago but she had always been a very imaginative girl, her head always in the clouds and her nose in a book. As hard as she tried to act the way people expected a nineteen year old college student to act there was just something about winter and the holiday spirit that brought out her most inner of child, the one that was always just patiently waiting beneath the surface until this magical time of year to come around once more.

Evelyn was never quite sure what it was about this season that brought out, what she considered, to be the best in her but it always did. She would usually just write it off as that warm happy feeling everyone got when they knew Christmas was drawing near but, deep down, she knew it was something more. It was the crisp chill in a winters breeze, the feeling of snowflakes playing on her eyelashes, the sound of fresh snow under foot, the smell of pine that the wind carried from the nearby forest and the twinkling of Christmas lights whose light seemed to just warm her to her very core. To her winter was a gift from unknown force and she intended to make the most of it every year.

So the hours passed by in a slow trickle, Evelyn long ago having given up on trying to advance her place in her book and her mind simply finds its own ways to entertain itself, often by creating elaborate dream worlds where she was swept away from her boring everyday life by some magnificent man who showed her new wonders in the world in which she never would have dreamed to be possible. At some point during her day dreams though she must have fallen asleep because some time later Evelyn felt a cold gust of air brush against her cheek in an almost playful manner and her eyes fluttered open, a small pleasant chill sweeping over her body. Almost from instinct as soon as she was awake her soft gray eyes darted over to her window and a smile broke out on her face. The first snow had finally fallen and there was now just enough to start a snow ball fight or form a small snowman or simply just run outside and enjoy the freshness of the season.

Wasting no time Evelyn tossed her blanket and book to the side, dashing to the door to pull on her jacket, fidgeting to push her fingers into gloves and placing hat over her warm chocolate curls preparing for an afternoon out in this amazing weather. Before running out the door though she meant to go close the window, thinking that it must have blown open from a pretty strong breeze, but when she turned to look at it found it perfectly secured as it had been that morning. Evelyn paused for a moment, slightly bewildered about where the cold air that had awoken her had come from, but simply wrote it off as her sleep induced mind playing tricks on her. Though secretly, in the back of her mind, she thanked whatever sort of winter spirit had let her know that her snow day had come, not knowing that if she had said her thanks out loud that spirit might just have answered her from right outside that very window.

AN: Well hello there my pretty little readers! As you can see I have fallen victim to the virus that is known as fangirlism for our very beloved Jack Frost and being the fan girls we are what do we do when we love a fiction character? We write about them of course! So as you can see, and are probably a bit disappointed about, Jack was not actually in this very first chapter but I promise that if continue to stay with me on this story you will be screaming in fan girl joy and dismay in no time. The beginning is probably going to be a bit slow because well it takes time to believe in Jack Frost after all but I will try my best not to disappoint in further chapters. Besides I am sure all of you lovelies will be able to spot him even when my dear Evelyn can not. So be sure to follow and review, I love hearing feedback, and I will see you all next time!