Sorry for the delay... I realised this morning that it had been an entire month since my last update. I got rather worried and spent the day putting this together. I hope you like it.


It was raining, hard. Ramona had balanced herself perfectly on the windowsill so that she was able to rest her head against the cool surface of the glass. Eyes shut.
She was hugging her knees, obviously cold from the harsh rain that fell only a glass sheet away from her. Unaware of anything that was going on; she slipped into a broken sleep.
Mitchell, his mother and Ramona's father had gone fishing. Although the weather forecast was to be bitter, they decided to go ahead with it. Ramona however was far too smart to find herself out there on such a cold and wet day.

A thud awoke her. She gasped and slipped from the windowsill and onto the wooden planked floor of her bedroom. She pressed her back firmly against the wall as her breath hitched. She turned slowly. Meeting a pale face on the other side of the window.
Ramona stood. Fear seeping from her face and tiredness consuming her pupils.
She opened the window.
"What the hell?"She muttered.
"Hi."Colt said.
"Ugh, what do you want, Colt?"She asked going to sit on her bed, putting her head in her hands and waiting for a reply.
"I thought I'd visit you, its been a while."He smiled, although the rain still fell over his head.
Ramona glanced up.
"Come round the front."She told him, standing and leaving her room. Colt didn't hesitate in speeding to the front of the house. Making it there before Ramona even closed her bedroom door.
Ramona stepped out into the cold; hugging her jacket around herself she put a hand on Colt's forearm.
"You're freezing. Come on."She told him, stepping up to the cabin.
"What?"Colt said, confused.
"Come inside, you need to get out of the rain."She explained. Colt realised that his natural cold touch seemed frozen to humans. Especially when the human in question seemed very warm-blooded herself.
"Colt!"Ramona shouted in a very feminine tone, standing in the door frame. Colt glanced up to her, remembering the girls' instructions. He walked carefully up to the cabin and stepped through the door frame. Passing Ramona. Hearing a clip behind him and the rain sound further away he knew that she had closed the door.
He glanced around the cabin, examining it again as he had before. His eyes then switched to Ramona as she past him. He could feel the warmth radiating from her as she walked. He didn't even need to be near her to feel it.
"Here."Ramona said, pulling Colt back to reality and handing him a cup.
"What is this?"Colt asked staring down at the cup as he took it into his hand.
"Its hot chocolate... You've never had hot chocolate before?"Ramona raised an eyebrow and picked up a cup of her own, leaning her back against the wall.
"Oh... Not really."He smiled, bringing the cup to his mouth.

Colt gulped and put the cup down on the wood-patterned coffee table beside the wall. He watched Ramona finish her drink intently, a half smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.
After a while Colt became restless and inhaled through his nose ready to speak.
"Hey, ur... Mona?"He spoke quietly.
Ramona yawned before replying.
"Yeah?"She answered, taking Colt's cup and her own to the kitchen and placing them on the marble island surface. Turning back to face the pale-faced boy.
"We should do something."He said bluntly.
"Be more specific."Ramona smiled.
"Like... something fun."Colt bit his lower lip nervously.
"Continue."She tilted her head, a lot like a puppy would when it didn't understand what its owner had said. Colt found this amusingly cute.
"We should build a fort."Colt said in a heroic tone. Ramona laughed.
"A fort? Out of what?"She smiled.
"Stuff, come on."Colt said feeling a bolt of confidence pass through him as he gripped Ramona's wrist and tugged her towards the door.
Stepping outside into the cold and rain caused Ramona to stop and pull her jacket tightly around her. Colt paused and turned back.
"You're cold?"He asked. Ramona nodded. Colt pulled his coat off, leaving him in a faded black hooded jacket with stitched detail on the sleeves. Ramona remembered seeing him wearing a jacket like that before. Not that she noticed many things about the boy...
"Here."Colt said putting the coat over her shoulders. Ramona smiled gratefully at him and pushed her arms into the jacket. It was slightly too big for her, but that provided more warmth.
"Okay, come on, let's get sticks."Colt said, trying to break the awkward silence that was forming.
"Sticks?"Ramona questioned.
"Yes, big sticks. For the fort."He finished, walking into the trees to find suitable sticks.
Ramona sighed and shook her head, wandering in the opposite direction to find sticks.

Colt looked back to see if the shorter girl had followed him. He smiled seeing her in the near distance picking up sticks and then throwing the ones with any dirt on them back to the ground and wiping her hands on her jeans with a disgusted expression on her face. It was obvious that she didn't like the outdoors.
Colt glanced up seeing a perfect branch sticking right out of a tree. He quickly glanced to where Ramona was before tugging it easily from the tree. He held it under his left arm whilst locating more branches to break off and use.
Ramona sighed in disappointment when she realised that it had been about 10 minutes and she still only held one good-looking stick, she felt that she'd been too picky with stick collecting. Throwing down any stick with an insect on it and any stick that caused dirt to mark her hands. She jumped back feeling a brisk wind hit her. Then realised that Colt had snuck up on her.
"Colt, don't do that."She glared.
"Sorry."Colt smiled, gesturing to the branches he held in his arms.
"Colt, how the hell did you..? Err... Never mind. Is that enough?"She asked.
"I think so."He nodded before walking up to the edge of the tree's again and setting the sticks down on a large patch of grass.
Ramona threw her stick down onto the pile and smiled up to Colt who was beginning to build the fort.
"Can I help?"She asked after Colt had spent a few minutes working alone.
Colt looked up to her.
"Nono, I will build it FOR you. You go sit inside and I'll come get you when its done, okay?" He said kindly.
"But..."
Ramona's words were stopped when Colt stood and faced her.
"Really, I want to surprise you. Get inside... You're freezing."He smiled, putting his hand on her shoulder and feeling how cold she had become.
Ramona's eyes flicked to the cabin and then back to Colt.
"Fine."She mumbled, defeated. Pushing her hands into the pockets of Colt's coat and running up to the cabin as the chill began to make her shiver.

Ramona clipped the door shut and rubbed her hands together as she shivered continuously. Until a knock came from the door. She opened it and raised an eyebrow seeing Colt standing in front of her.
"Done."He grinned.
"Already? Really?"She asked, her voice rose in pitch slightly.
"Yep, come on."He said again, taking her hand in his without thinking and pulling her from the cabin once again.
It felt so natural. Like their hands fit together perfectly. And it created such a warm feeling in Colt's stomach.
They stopped and Ramona's eyes widened at the small fort that Colt had built. It was faulty, but the thought was cute. He had sprawled his hooded jacket over it to provide some sort of shelter from the rain and left a small gap in the front as an entrance.
"It'll feel bigger inside, I promise."Colt explained, smiling contently. Ramona gave him a half smile and went to climb inside. She knelt down in order to crawl through the gap, closely followed by Colt. At first Ramona examined the fort with eager eyes. Her thoughts wandering vigorously.
'This is beautiful', Colt heard her thoughts and smiled at the girls gratitude.
"Hey."Colt spoke, nudging her arm gently. Ramona turned to him.
"Surprise."He grinned.
Ramona smiled, looking down as her cheeks went slightly pink. Droplets of rain were seeping through the gaps in the branches and were scattering around them. But Ramona didn't mind. The fort was cute. Considering she hated the outdoors, this was the best fort she'd been in. It was so natural. The wet grass smell was filling her senses. Making everything feel so much more relaxed. Yes, she was cold. But that didn't matter to her. She was happy, for once, she was outside and happy. She realised that Colt was staring at her.
"Umm..."She broke the silence. Colt blinked and smiled, turning away quickly. He liked the way that the low light in the fort made Ramona's eyes look even brighter, and the way she was able to sit up in the fort easily due to her small statue. He however had to keep his head down slightly.
Ramona fidgeted to pull the jacket around her more, hitting Colt slightly due to the small space in the fort.
"Sorry."She mumbled looking up and realising that he had hold of her arm.
"Its okay."He said quietly, still not letting go of her arm. Ramona couldn't breathe. Her eyes were locked into his; the warmth of her breath was radiating and warming Colt's neck. He was also unable to move. For a moment he bit his lip, whilst watching her mouth, eyes flickering back up to her eyes soon enough to see her pupils glimmer. He couldn't help himself, he leant closer, needing to let the warmth and natural scent of her consume him.
He felt his heart jolt as her arm brushed across his knee. He realised that it wasn't just him that craved the warmth of the person opposite. His eyes began to close, Ramona's breath hitched.
"Ramona!"A voice came from the distance.
Ramona leant back, almost falling into the branch-wall. Colt gripped her arm tighter and stopped her, realising what was going to happen.
"Its my dad."She told him. Colt's eyes flickered to a gap in the fort which enabled him to see her father standing on the low balcony of the cabin.
Ramona crawled through the gap in the cabin and ambled towards her father.
"Hi dad."She half smiled.
"What are you doing out here? Its freezing."He asked.
"I was...ur, building a fort."She said honestly.
"You? Building a fort? I have to see this."He said shaking his head in disapproval.
"Okay, come on."She told him, beginning to walk towards the fort that Colt had built. She realised that the hooded jacket had disappeared from the top and that Colt had also disappeared.
"You built this?"Her father wondered.
"Umm... Yeah..."She said, still looking around for Colt.
"Well, it's a nice fort. Now get inside, you'll catch a cold or something."He said in a concerned tone. Ramona nodded, mind still occupied on searching for Colt. But she sighed and ran up towards the cabin.