So on to the stuff….

Disclaimer: I still don't own it….

This one is dedicated to criticalray the newest reviewer. Welcome to the club of the mentally challenged…

It skips to December 20 you will just have to imagine what happened but don't imagine anything like…that…We're saving that for later. ;D

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I should have worn gloves, I thought, blowing on my hands and rubbing them together. It was getting very cold outside these days but it hadn't snowed yet. I wish it would snow, I thought shoving my hands into my pockets. The Christmas formal thing was this Friday. Does she want me to ask her? I wonder. Normally I find it easy to guess what people are thinking but she's different. She's spontaneous and wild but that's why she's cool.

I walked faster so that Kiwi had to trot swiftly to keep up. He barked in protest. "Yeah. Well, you have fur," I told him. He didn't reply because just then we both heard, "Mocha come back!"

I saw Mocha burst out of the bushes running towards us. Kiwi ran towards her and they clashed in midair, banging off each other and flying backwards.

"Idiots." I said, shaking my head sadly.

"Are they ok?" Serenity asked, carefully pushing her way through some bushes.

"Does that answer your question?" I asked as the both dogs ran over to her and wagged their tails like no tomorrow.

"Pathetic," I commented when they followed her as she walked over to me.

Kneeling down she said, "hey Kiwi," and upon hearing his name he came over and licked her face.

"Traitor," I said, kicking him lightly.

"Odd, don't be so mean," she said, checking to make sure both dogs were ok. Ok just ask her, I thought to myself.

"So…um…the Christmas formal thing is this Friday." That wasn't what you were supposed to say! I mentally smacked myself.

"Yep" she said, standing up and brushing off her pants.

Gulp, I thought. She leaned on one hip, her arms folded, looking at me with slight amusement. "So…. um… doyouwannagowithme?" I blurted out quickly.

"Sure." She said, not even fazed.

"Cool." I said, relaxing. Well now that that's done…I thought. She was staring at Mocha absentmindedly. I wondered what she was thinking about.

I really couldn't feel my hands now. I rubbed them together and blew on them some more. I looked at them and saw that they were a pale, ghostly white. I stuck them back into my pockets.

"Odd, let me see your hands," Serenity ordered. I reluctantly pulled them from my pockets and showed them to her. She quickly slipped off her gloves and put them on my hands. She smiled and said, "We wouldn't want you to get frostbite."

I smiled back at her and said, "Thanks." She didn't answer though because Mocha was biting the bottom hem of her pant leg.

"Bad girl Mocha, no!" she said. She picked her up and turned her around. She set her back on the ground and said, "Look! There Kiwi, go get him!" I looked at my hands. Even though the white gloves were the kind with the fingertips cut off they were quite warm and my hands were slowly turning back to their original color. "It's getting really cold out, you should wear more clothes." Serenity said, turning back to me.

"I know, I know…. but maybe it'll snow soon," I replied. I noticed that over her usual clothes she was wearing a red hooded ski jacket and a white scarf. I also saw that she had traded her usual strappy sandals for knee high, red leather boots that buckled over her pants. I glanced up and saw she was looking at me with a rather worried expression. I realized I was shivering.

She took her scarf off and wound it around my neck. "I'll wear a jacket next time," I assured her.

"And gloves," she chided, smiling but her eyes were still worried.

"No, really, I'm ok now." I said, trying to stop shivering and failing.

"No you're not. Look at you! We're going inside right now before you turn into an Oddsicle." She said. She grabbed my arm and pulled me back into the dorm building, the dogs following her. She dragged me back to my dorm. I picked up Kiwi and put him in the room.

Serenity picked up Mocha and bid me goodbye. I watched her as she walked down the hall and turned left. I went back inside my room where Ulrich was reading a soccer magazine.

"Dude, why are you wearing girl clothes?" he asked, regarding me as if I had 6 heads.

"I was cold," I answered.

"Is that why you're in so early?" he asked, losing interest in my apparel and prying for once.

"Maybe," I said, being difficult. He just shrugged and went back to reading his magazine. I took off Serenity's gloves and scarf and hung them on my bedpost. I'd give them back later. I changed into my pajamas and put my headphones on. I dove into bed and listened to Nirvana until I fell asleep.

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Ok 1st announcement…. I'm officially into the notebook part of my story notebook. (It's a long painful story)

2nd: I admit this is mostly a filler chapter but the dance part is fairly important. And I'm really sorry I meant to update last week but turns out I'm grounded for unknown reasons. I'm also sorry that this chapter is so short I'm still grounded and my parents are out for an half hour with my little sister so I'm frantically typing for all I'm worth. Please don't kill me! I'll try not to get grounded again.

3rd: (last one I promise) I've definitely decided to do the Naruto fanfic and I'm super excited! So until next time I'm off to create character profiles.

Katie

Updated 12/19/2010- Katie