All I Want For Christmas – Jack Frost
Part 2 – A Marshmallow World
The three of us looked at our handy work with pride. The lights on the trees twinkled and the village was alight with people skating and buying presents.
"Not too shabby if I do say so myself." Harmony had plopped herself back on the couch.
"Hey! I have an idea! Let's go make snow Daleks." Liza was practically dragging me out to the vestibule to put my boots on.
"Okay, okay! Release me!" I yanked my arm from her grasp. I looked down at what I was wearing. Dark wash skinny jeans and a black Soft Joie cowl neck sweater. I shrugged and decided it would do and sat down to put on my grey sheepskin boots that rested mid-calf. I pulled on my black winter coat and stuck my fingers in a pair of pink gloves. Harmony had shuffled in from the couch and put on her own coat and boots. Liza was waiting patiently out on the patio. Harmony and I walked out to join her and we started our trudge to the park.
The streets had not yet been plowed and the snow was well over my ankle.
"I hate walking in snow." Harmony grumbled beside me as her foot got stuck after crunching through a tough spot in the snow.
"Come on it's not that bad!" I promptly picked up a bit of snow and threw it at her face. "It's powdery and fluffy and everything looks like marshmallows."
"It's a marshmallow world in the winter. When the snow comes to cover the ground. It's the time for play, it's a whipped cream day, I wait for it all year round." Harmony suddenly lit up in song and a skip entered her step.
"Those marshmallow clouds being friendly, in the arms of the evergreen trees, and the sun is red, like a pumpkin's head. It's shining so your nose won't freeze." I let myself turn into my inner child and felt happiness bubble up in my stomach at the snow outside.
"The world is your snowball see how it grows, that's how it goes, whenever it snows." Harmony picked up some snow and threw it at Liza.
"The world is your snowball just for a song, get out and roll it along." I couldn't help the slight laugh that left my mouth at Liza's face.
"It's a yum-yummy world made for sweethearts, take a walk with your favorite girl. It's a sugar date, what if spring is late, in winter it's a marshmallow world." Liza's eyes were alight with danger as she sang, she quickly gathered snow and threw it back at Harmony.
I tried to run and hide before they attacked me next but there was nowhere to run. "The world is your snowball see how it grows, that's how it goes, whenever it snows." Harmony ran after me, snow clutched in her hands.
"The world is your snowball just for a song, get out and roll it along." I let out a squeak as Harmony tackled me into a snow bank.
"It's a marshmallow world in the winter, when the snow comes to cover the ground, it's the time for play, it's a whipped cream day, we wait for it all year round." Harmony shoved a handful of snow into my face.
"Those marshmallow clouds being friendly, in the arms of the evergreen trees, and the sun is red like a pumpkin's head, it's shining so your nose won't freeze." I pushed Harmony off my back and grabbed Liza's leg and pulled her into the snow bank.
"The world is your snowball see how it grows, that's how it goes, whenever it snows." The three of us sang and I chuckled as Harmony tossed a snowball at Liza, landing it right in her face.
"The world is your snowball just for a song, get out and roll it along." I stood up and pulled Liza to her feet, feeling slightly guilty at bringing her into our war.
"It's a yum-yummy world made for sweethearts, take a walk with your favorite girl." She sang as she dusted her pants off.
"It's a sugar date, what if spring is late?" Harmony joined in after Liza pulled her to her feet.
"In winter it's a marsh, in winter it's a marsh, in winter it's a marshmallow world." We did a slight crescendo before coming to a stop and walking into the untouched snow of the park.
"Daleks might be harder to make than we thought." Liza sat down in the snow and began to make a mound for the base of the Dalek. I started to roll small balls for the decorations along the base, Harmony set off to sculpt the head.
I had a nice pile of –for lack of better words- Dalek balls, when I was hit in the back of the head with a snowball. A group of kids had gathered and I looked at them to find out who was the culprit. Kids were easy to read. None of them were even looking this way. I shrugged it off as a misfire that they didn't notice, and went back to my uh, Dalek balls.
Our Dalek was almost complete. All we needed was to pack snow around a stick suitable for an eyestalk. "What about this one?" Liza walked over to us holding a hefty looking stick.
"That will do perfectly!" Harmony took it from her and stuck it into the center of the Dalek head. I gathered some snow and started to gingerly pack it around the stick.
"Watch out!" The voice of a little girl broke the subtle silence of Dalek making. Our collective heads whipped around and eyes opened in shock as a small girl on a sled lost control and was headed straight for our Dalek. The three of us rushed out of the way, Liza tried to grab the end of the sled but missed. The girl hit straight into the base of the Dalek. It teetered for a few moments before heading towards the ground and the girl. The three of us lunged towards her to try and pull her out of the way. Before we could reach her however, she was pulled sharply back out of the way of the Exterminating Dalek.
I looked from Liza to Harmony to the little girl. "Why isn't she a pancake?" Harmony asked, pulling slightly on my coat sleeve.
"I have no idea." I stared at the little girl in disbelief.
"It's a good thing you were here!" The small voice of the girl talked to the empty space behind the sled.
"Who are you talking to?" Liza's soft voice beckoned the child to turn around and face us.
"Jack Frost! He saved me! Didn't you see him pull me away?" Her eyebrows crinkled as she looked at the three of us.
"Jack Frost?" Harmony's own eyebrows knitted together. "He's not real." A snowball hit her square in the face after the sentence had left her mouth.
"You offended him. He doesn't like it when people say he's not real." The girl looked over her shoulder. "They don't know any better."
Jack Frost? Thoughts came rushing back into my head. "Guys…wait." I held up my finger at my friends who were walking back to salvage our poor Dalek.
"You're not seriously considering listening to this little girl are you?" Liza walked back over to me, her hands met her hips as she looked at me.
"Well…think about it! My cold nose, the coffee, my window being open last night, both of us getting hit with snowballs!" My own eyes widened at what I was saying.
"Your window was open last night?" Harmony looked deep in thought. Like she was seriously debating the idea. Before Liza could say anything the little girl let out a slight laugh and then Liza was pelted in the face with a snowball. I whipped my head around to see who threw it and my eyes nearly popped out of my head.
A teenage boy with hair as white as snow and eyes the most fabulous blue I have ever seen stood right behind the small girl. He was smirking, tossing a snowball up and down in his hand. "Hi."