Stuck in a Blizzard with you

Day 2

The next morning I was first to wake up. Or at least I thought I was. I went into the kitchen and found Helga sitting on a bar stool sipping hot chocolate. "Morning, Sailor."

"Morning…what are you doing up so early?"

"I just wanted to see the snow. It's so pretty when the sun rises. But sunrise isn't for another 10 minutes so I decided to wait it out."

I smiled; some alone time with Helga was definitely a good thing. I sat across from her, "So did you have any dreams last night?"

"Hmm yeah but I can't tell you."

"Why?"

"Haven't you ever seen Cinderella? If you tell a wish it won't come true. Hey Sailor, the sun's rising are you coming or what?"

I got up and followed Helga to a window. The sun was slowing rising over the horizon. The snow began to glow a beautiful orange color. "It's wonderful…how the sun rises and sets everyday. Don't you think? It's a constant process. Never ending. Ya know?"

"Do you sit and actually think about this?"

"All the time…it's my creative spirit shining through. That's why I want to be a writer so I can make a living telling people about my perspective on life and the things surrounding it. What about you? What do you want to be?"

"I guess I've never given it much thought…"

"Arnold! The future is closer than you think…you shouldn't take it so lightly."

I looked at her. She had a look of shock. It surprised me that she was so concerned about my future. "Well I have been looking into photography or cooking."

"Decisions, decisions. Right Sailor?"

Voices of the other students began to emerge from the bedrooms. My alone time was completely shot. Oh well. Gerald walked up to us and smiled, "Uh huh I wonder what you two were doing up so early." He said puckering his lips and making kissing noises.

My face turned beet red as Helga began to laugh, "Yeah Geraldo. We were making out right Arnold?" she said falling in my arms and winking at me.

Catching her drift, I nodded, "Yep and darn it you caught us…"

Gerald stared at us confused. It was obvious he was only teasing but we had to make it look good. He walked over to the kitchen where Mr. Simmons was working on breakfast. Afterwards the class decided to head outside for a snowball fight. Of course it was boys against girls and we kept score. After a round that lasted about 20 minutes we would calculate our score. Regular players were worth 10 points but the captains were worth 20. By the end of the game the girls had won by about 125 points. We all ran back inside. After getting a cup of hot chocolate the others began to disperse. I searched for Helga only to find her in the living room by herself as usual.

"Hey!" she said smiling but I noticed she wasn't looking at me. Sid pushed by me and sat down beside her. This was way too much for me. How could she just reject me like that? I sighed in frustration. This wasn't fare. But I did know one thing: I wasn't going to give her up without a fight.