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CHAPTER 10 – Snow
Neal
That morning I woke up without any real intention to rise and shine…more or less than any other day of my life!
Since I regained consciousness the words that I last said to Peter and his reply started bouncing in my mind like tennis balls without rest.
'Why is so difficult for him to trust me?' I asked myself while I was restlessly waiting for the alarm clock to sound.
I was still wearing my blue pyjamas when the smell of freshly brewed coffee brought me to the kitchen where I saw El sitting at the table.
She was using one hand to raise her sleepy head and the other to drink the coffee and all with closed eyes!
The woman made a face when I turned on the lights "Neal turn off the light!" she grumbled half asleep.
It seems that I wasn't the only one that slept badly last night.
I sat in the half light and started to pour myself a cup of coffee when El cried "No coffee, Neal!" I looked at her without understand until she motioned to the glass of milk.
"You're too young for coffee" she explained.
"But mom let me drink it every morning…and anyway I'm almost 15!" I mumbled as a little child.
El sighed and put some coffee in my bowl full of milk.
"Happy now?" she smiled.
I put some cookies in the bowl and I smiled too like an idiot…cookies always made me smile!
"I'm sorry for what happened yesterday," I said after some time with my mouth full of cookies "I didn't want to say those things."
I spent a large part of the night re-thinking our discussion. I knew I let my dark side take the control and now understood how hurtful my words were.
"It wasn't in my intention to say that you wouldn't be great parents," I murmured lowering my eyes.
She took my hand "Not all the dreams happened, Neal. Sometime dreams remains dreams," I nodded knowing how true those words were.
"The only difference between me and Peter is that I left that dream long time ago but he close it in a box that he always reopen. He can't leave that dream alone. It's like a defeat for him. It's personal," she explained.
She smiled at me and her blue eyes and pale skin made me think how similar she was to my mum.
"Why do you think he likes you so much?" she asked.
I looked at her incredulous because I never expected Peter to think about me like that.
"Peter looks at you like a son and that's why he did whatever it took to take you out of Juvie," she explained and at that moment Peter's behaviour in the past year became clear.
"I just hope that you'll find a balance…maybe before one strangles the other," she laughed.
"Do you think he'll forgive me?" I asked.
"He cares too much about you to close this relationship so fast and plus you aren't the only one responsible for what happened yesterday. He really did a bad thing throwing Mozz out of our home even when he knew he was wrong," she explained and I love her point of view.
"You know…Peter trusts but always verifies…he just forgot the trust part," I smiled and El laughed.
I heard footsteps from the stairs and Peter came down already dressed and surely more awake than Elizabeth or me.
He remained still for a moment looking at us there in the dark and then he turned on the kitchen lights and we protested together by covering our eyes.
He ignored our lament and went to his wife kissing her on the cheek.
I stand embarrassed before walking towards my room but something at the window caught my attention.
I turned toward El and I grinned.
"El, do I have to go to school today?" I asked and I heard Peter ready to answer to me.
"As always Neal," she answered speedily.
"Well I think we'll have a problem," I laughed as I pointed out the window.
The two came without understand at the window.
"Only crap!" I heard Peter said and then he put on his coat and went out.
The street, the houses and the cars (Peter's too with my amusement) were all covered with soft and white snow.
'This will be an interesting day,' I thought.
I spent the morning trying to go to school with El but when she gave up the car strategy she sent me on walk just to find out that the school, with my deepest joy, had been closed for the day.
But my joy last a very few moments because when I came back home El had already found something for me to do.
I had to shovel snow from the street and in that moment I knew that my criminal rehabilitation "devised by Elizabeth Burke" had to be for all the possible housework in the world.
I will become a wonderful desperate housewife…
In the afternoon I saw Peter walking through the street jumping absurdly from one clear patch to the other in his attempt to keep his shoes dry. I looked at El and found her looking at me in the same mischievous way.
Peter came closer trying to ignore the fact that his wife and I were now partners in crime and we covered his entire body with snow.
After the assault the agent found himself completely wet and he looked at me exasperate spitting out snow from his mouth.
He shook himself like a dog and after that he took his avenge out on El and me and we soon found ourselves covered in snow.
After all that hard work I laid down in the snow tired due to the snowball fight; I breathed the fresh smell of the snow and heard the noise of the snow cracking under me.
I extended my arms and legs as I did when I was little and created the image of an angel in the snow.
"It will be better if you made a devil insisted of an angel," mumbled Peter with a shovel in his hands.
"It's an idea for a snowman!" I laughed and then he rolled his eyes.
I knew that our digging wouldn't be enough to pass over what happened the evening before but maybe that was a start.
"Come inside you two!" El ordered from the door in which was standing with a big scarf around her neck and a freezing expression on her face.
I got up and I walked toward the door just waiting to comment on the red, big and horrible scarf she was wearing but I heard someone calling me.
"Neal!" pepped the voice.
I turned and I saw the little Kate looking at me near the tree at the opposite side of Peter's house.
I grinned…that girl couldn't stay away from me even for one day!
Kate came closer and she understood my thoughts.
"I didn't come for you!" she said quickly.
'Yes. You are baby,' I thought happily.
"Mozzie wanted to know if he'll be able to come and visit today after what happened yesterday. He's here," she explained pointing her finger in his direction.
I looked away from here and I saw Mozz with his back against the tree while he was playing with then snow with his boots.
It was really him because only his foster mom would have let him wear that embarrassing red boots.
Mozzie looked at me and raised his head waiting for an answer and I took some steps toward him.
"Neal!" I heard someone shouting from the door and I stopped.
I sighed and saw Peter in the middle of the door with a bad look with his arms crossed.
"Wait a minute," I said to Kate before walking toward Peter.
He closed the door behind me and looked at me.
"Haven't I told you…." He started.
"I didn't call them!" I said fast trying to not end in more troubles.
"Can…can I… ?" I asked pointing a finger toward the window but I stopped when Peter raised an eyebrow irritated "Just …for some minutes," I tried again but Peter stopped me again raising his hand.
He looked at me for a moment and then disappeared for a minute in the kitchen where I heard him say something to El and then he came back with my horror.
I looked questioning at him because he carried the big, red and horrible scarf that El was wearing some minutes before.
He drew me closer and wrapped the long scarf around my neck covering even my nose.
For a long moment I had the impression he was trying to suffocate me and frowned at him just to find out by his expression that he was enjoying dressing me like a plump snow man.
He even tried to put a woollen bubble hat on me but I refuse.
After my dress moment he looked at me with a grin.
"Now you're the perfect match for Mozzie," he guffawed.
We were walking in the street near Peter's house it would be just like him to think that I was running away with my two accomplices.
"So how's the life with the cop?" asked Kate.
I looked at the sky now coloured by the sunset's tone "Not so bad," I answered.
And then Mozzie looked at me badly.
"Mozz he was upset yesterday!" I sighed "He thought we were doing something suspicious," I said.
And I couldn't believe that I was justifying Peter but I've said some bad things too.
"And you were really doing nothing bad?" Kate jumped in.
We looked at her amused; Kate had always been jealous of our little society but and neither Mozzie or I would involve her in our criminal activities.
It was too dangerous for her and many of the people who give us jobs weren't nice.
I had pictured in my mind many things that they could have done to her after seeing her.
They used Mozz and me even if we were 15 years old and they would have done the same with her….
I thought it was the best thing I've done and plus all the criminal information I have wouldn't be enough to save her and Mozz.
But this had to remain a secret.
None of my other friends needed to know that I tried to let Mozz out with anything I had.
I knew he wouldn't be able to survive in Juvie or to see the light again.
Even if I did that I've never felt like a hero…I was far away from a hero.
"No Kate. We weren't working, just playing. But I'll let you know if you're interest in the business," I grinned and she hit me in the shoulder with a punch.
I knew that she wanted to be involved in our business just to keep an eye us.
"I hope it is," she murmured so low that only I could hear those words.
"I won't have problems with Peter if I'll behave myself... I explained "and do every kind of housework for El!" I added murmuring sadly.
"Housework? asked Kate "So the Fed is so upset with you that he turned you into a Cinderella!" she joked me and I show her my fist.
"He's a good person after all," I said lamely.
Mozz looked at me but he continued to walk in silence.
"Don't worry Mozz. He'll get used to your presence soon," I said comfortingly as I surrounded his neck with my arm and improvising a wrestling move but I left him go when I saw that he did responded at my love expression.
I slowed my walk and took Kate's arm while Mozz was still walking at the same speed.
I pointed my finger toward a heap of snow and Kate smiled.
"Mozz!" she screamed and he turned.
Wow…perfect hit of a bull's eye/perfect 10!
Kate and I clapped our hands.
The smashed snowball was on Mozz's face and glasses.
"Face: 100 points!" I exclaimed raising my hand.
Mozz sighed, he took off the glass and he glanced at Kate that answered with an evil smile.
"Oh no," I murmured.
I always forgot that these two together were more dangerous that all the White Collar Division….at least in a snowball fight!
I started running into the garden covered with snow trying to dodge snowball after snowball as they were hurled at me at with crazy speed and precision.
I sighed as I choose the worst enemy for this kind of game considering knowing that Kate was the best pitcher of the softball team.
After some time I found myself completely wet (again considering Peter's vengeance) and threw myself into the ground trying to breath.
I opened my eyes and I saw my torturers looking at me with a pile of snowball munitions.
"I surrender," I declared raising my hands.
"Well, well so you're sure that you're Neal Caffrey. The same Caffrey that would never surrender?" asked Kate with a grin.
I sighed and the two smiled evilly before finishing me off with snow bullets.
As Peter did before I spitted snow and I shocked my hair wetting of my friends.
After the battle the two followed me home and I saw that Peter was already at the window with a questioning look.
Mozz decided to leave before his foster mom decided to came here and take him back with force.
And I remembered how similar our situation was now. His mother was just like Peter anxious and bossy!
Kate and I sat for a moment near the house; the sun was already down and there was a mix of lights; red, violet, blue and I've even saw an early start above us.
We tried to find some kind of constellation but it was too early and our knowledge in that subject was very limited.
I looked at her and she was still looking up but when she noticed how I was looking at her she blushed and hit me in my arm.
"Hey!" she said embarrassed and I laughed at her embarrassment.
I decided to go in the house before forcing Peter came to take me by the scruff.
I give her my hand and she took it trying to make me fall but I knew her too well to fall for that joke again and pulled her up.
I was close to her and I surrounded her with my arms when I looked at her trying to memorise every detail of her face.
Her white skin was contrasted with the red of her lips and cheek and the cold nose.
Her eyes were of a shimmering grey and they were looking at me at the same way I was looking at her.
After so long every moment I spent with her was a joy for me.
Her hand touched my face again and even if she was cold it felt warm.
"You're hot," he said "are you okay?" she asked worriedly as she tilted her head but I didn't answered.
She moved away slightly from me without letting go of my hands but came back to kiss me.
I close my eyes and I felt her lips on my skin and I smiled happily "Mhh…now I'm better".
And she laughed with me…