It was a wintery Tuesday afternoon, nearly close to evening.
Jenny was running down the pavement along the road before the one her house was on, her brown shoulder length hair flying in her eyes, because otherwise she'd be late for the curfew, be home before dark.
Because the roads Jenny's house was on was a side road, and hardly anything came down it, when it came time to cross the road she forgot all the rules to the Green Cross Code and just bolted straight across.
Unfortunately for her, this was one of the rare occasions that something did come.
Realizing this too late, when she was half way across the road she froze in place, eyes growing wide in fear arms coming up to her face for protection from the car's lights.
All the sudden it felt like she was being yanked back to the pavement she had set off from, landing into the snow she was sure wasn't there when she was rushing by just a few seconds earlier.
She still had her arms up, meaning all she did, was hear the terrible language the driver was spitting out their window about teenagers today and their stupid games.
After she was sure that they had driven off, Jenny lowered her arms and looked around for the person who saved her, wanting to thank them, but didn't find anyone.
"You know," a teenager's voice said from a tree a few meters away "I'm pretty sure there are meant to be rules about crossing roads safely," he said.
"Er... Yes, there are," Jenny admitted rubbing her arm with embarrassment coming over to the tree looking up into it seeing blue, brown and a staff the person was holding.
"So why..." the teenager began before stopping "Wait can... Can you hear me?"
'That's a strange question' Jenny thought as she looked up to see two light, almost ice blue eyes filled with wonder coming out of the hood of his jumper. Slowly she nodded.
"Can... Can you see me?"
Again another strange question, but she nodded as slowly reaching for her pepper spray she always kept with her, especially after the night she had dubbed Death's Night a couple of years ago.
"Why wouldn't I?" Jenny asked cocking her head as the teenager in the tree let out his enjoyment by hanging upside down so they were face to face, only then did she realize he didn't have any shoes. "Err... Aren't you cold?" she asked nodding to his bare feet.
"I'm one of those people who never get's cold," the boy says grinning showing perfectly white teeth. "So my dear little Snowflake, may I know your name and why you were in so much of a hurry to get somewhere you broke the rules of road safety? And when kids are out playing too..." he whispered the last part tilting his head towards her next door neighbors house where their two daughters Louise and Lizzy were making snowmen.
"Well my name's Jenny Brooks," she said smiling a bit afterwards "And I was rushing, because..." she begin stopping as she realize how much time she was wasting here talking to this guy.
"Because unless I'm inside my house with in the next two minutes my mum's gonna kill me! Whoever you are, Thanks for saving me, hope to see you again. Blah blah blah, But I really need to go. Bye." she says and with that turned tail and, after crossing the road safely this time, rushed down the pavement being careful of the ice and snow, ran up the drive and into the front door, just as the sun was going down.
That night, as Jenny was walking around in her purple pj's brushing her teeth, her mind trailed to the boy she had met in the tree a few hours before and wandering who was he?
"Well if he likes me," Jenny said as she slid under the bed sheets, "I'm sure he'll find someway of getting to talk to me again... Preferably during the day... outside... where there are lots of people watching our every move..." she said as tears came to her eyes at the mere thought of Death's Night and she beat her pillow cursing herself how stupid she was, only pleased that she was off season when it happened.
Feeling cold, Jenny turned to the window and saw she forgot to close the curtains.
Slowly Jenny got out of bed and made to close them unknowingly scanning outside for any danger there might be, only seeing a man in black by a lamp post down below, she looked to the heavens and towards the moon and stars, the only ones she knew would not judge her for what happened on that night, because they saw it all happen, and saw how He came on to her and she demanded He'd back off only for him not to listen.
Then smiling gently Jenny recited an old lullaby her Grandma use to sing when she was having trouble sleeping when she was little because of something bothering her.
'Stars and moons
And air balloons
Fluffy clouds to the horizon
I'll wrap you in rainbows
And rock you to sleep again
'Teddy bears of pink
Ducks and lambs of white
Don't you cry dear
I'm here now
I'll be your nightlight'
'Stars and moons
And air balloons
Fluffy clouds to the horizon
I'll wrap you in rainbows
And rock you to sleep again'
'Smiles to cure the frowns
Twirling and tumbling in laughter
Someday life will always be
Happily ever after'
'Never more will the storms come
To destroy your little world
Nevermore will the waters rise
Till the mountains no longer
Touch the skies'
'Stars and moons
And air balloons
Fluffy clouds to the horizon
I'll wrap you in rainbows
And rock you to sleep again'
'I'll wrap you in rainbows
And rock you to sleep again...'
With that and a final smile she closed the curtain and went to sleep.