written by Lehanna

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"Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful."

Riley quickly walked the park, dragging her husband by the arm. "Come on, Lucas! Go faster!" She nearly slipped on the icy ground as she ran.

"The snow isn't going anywhere, Riley," Lucas laughed.

She grinned. "Neither are you, now let's go!" Riley finally let him go to gather some snow. She balled it up and threw it at her husband.

"Hey! I wasn't ready." He got down to make a snowball and threw it at Riley. She chased him around the park with a large snowball in her hand, ready to strike. She tripped and fell down lightly. She didn't hurt herself, luckily, but she did get very cold.

Lucas stopped running to pick her up. "Looks like somebody's a bit clumsy."

Riley accepted Lucas's hand and pulled herself up. She brushed the snow off her body. "Well, that was fun," she sarcastically said. She glanced at the white ground around her. "Hey, you know what I haven't done since I was little?"

"What?" His question was answered as she got down on the ground and started flailing her arms and legs. She was making a snow angel. She ushered for him to join her, so Lucas crouched down and began moving his arms. "I think this resembles a snow demon rather than a snow angel."

"You have to put more effort into it. Like this," she began moving her arms and legs vigorously. After she felt satisfied with her work, she jumped up and observed her snow angel. Lucas did the same. "I think yours needs more work," Riley teased.

"All right, all right. You know what I'm way better at? Snowmen!" Lucas proclaimed. He started rolling a ball around the park, making it bigger and bigger. "Can you do the middle part?"

"Uh, sure. I've actually never made a snowman before." Riley searched for the perfect spot to begin making their's snowman's stomach. She crumbled up some and attempted to roll it, only for it to fall apart. "A little help here please?"

Lucas stopped making his ball and assisted Riley with hers. "First you have to make a snowball, then start rolling it around. You need to change the direction that you're rolling it in to prevent making a snow cylinder. And just pat the ball occasionally to stop excess snow from coming off," he instructed.

They continued with their respective snowballs and soon only the head was left. "We can make this one together," Riley said. They did it the same way they did the other two balls, just for less time to make it smaller.

They lifted the balls on top of each other. Riley stood back, pleased with their snowman's body. They found rocks and two sticks to put on the snowman. "Oh, no," Riley groaned.

Lucas turned his head. "What's wrong?"

"We don't have a carrot for his nose!" She crossed her arms and looked at the snowman gloomily. "I guess we'll have to have a noseless snowman."

Lucas smiled and pulled a carrot out of his pocket. "Good thing I came prepared." He stuck the vegetable in the middle of the top snowball. "There it's perfect."

"It is." Riley got out her phone and snapped a picture of the snowman. "What should we name our new snowchild?"

"Depends. If it's a snowboy, Isaiah. If it's a snowgirl, Maya," Lucas told her. "That's what I would name our future kids."

"I love it." Riley smiled fondly at her husband at the mention of their future kids. "It's getting kind of chilly out here. Want to go back home?"

"Sure," he nodded.

Once they were home Riley, of course, wanted hot cocoa. Lucas then claimed she couldn't live a winter day without it. Riley didn't argue because she knew it was one hundred percent true.

"Did you want to watch a movie?" Riley asked her husband of one year.

He stirred the melting chocolate in the pot. "It's going to be A Cinderella Christmas, isn't it?"

"Of course!" she responded. She put the movie on and wrapped the blanket around herself. Lucas sat down and put his arm around her.

Once the movie was done, Riley was in tears "because of how sweet the movie was!"

"It's definitely not abnormal for you to cry at romance movies, but you've seemed a little extra teary-eyed lately. Are you okay?" Lucas questioned. Usually she told him everything, but something was off about her, and she hadn't said a word.

"Well, I've been waiting for the right time to tell you," Riley started. "I found out yesterday that I'm pregnant."

Lucas got up slowly from the couch. "Are you serious?" She nodded in response. He wrapped her in a hug and kissed her. He was hoping for a child but wasn't expecting one so soon. "Well, then I can't wait to meet little Isaiah or little Maya in nine months."

"Aw, I love you." Tears fell from her eyes. It was nice to know that her future kid would have a good father.

"I love you too," he said as he placed his hand on her stomach.