Alison woke up the next morning. She looked rolled over but Rafe wasn't there. "Rafe? Rafe, Where are you?" Alison said in a panic.
"I'm right here angel." Rafe said walking into the room.
"Oh thank god, I thought..." Alison said trailing off. She climbed out of bed and rushed over to Rafe and gave him a hug.
"Are you ok, Alison?" Rafe asked.
"Yeah, I just thought that something happened to you when you weren't there." Alison said holding him tight.
"Well I'm right here. I won't leave you. You don't have to worry about that." Rafe said holding her in his arms.
"I know but I just can't bare to lose you again not this soon anyways." Alison said.
"Well come on out into the living room. I've go a surprise for you." Rafe said smiling at her.
"Really? What is it?" Alison asked with excitement in her voice.
"Well if I told you it wouldn't be a surprise now would it?" Rafe said.
"No I guess your right." Alison said as she and Rafe walked out into the living room. "Oh my god Rafe, you
did all this for me." Alison said when she saw the kitchen table set. She walked over and there were two places set.
"I'd do anything to make you happy angel." Rafe said pulling out her chair for her.
"Oh Rafe I know you would. But you didn't have to do this." Alison said.
"I know but I wanted to." Rafe said. "I hope you like blueberry pancakes." Rafe said walking over to the stove.
"Yeah they're my favorite." Alison said smiling.
"Well I'm glad cause I wasn't sure." Rafe said as he brought over two blueberry pancakes and placed them on Alison's plate.
"What else did you make?" Alison asked, as she took a bit.
"Well I made some bacon but its not quite done yet. Do you want milk or juice?" Rafe asked.
"Uh...juice." Alison replied.
"Ok." Rafe said going over to the refrigerator. "Orange juice ok?" Rafe asked.
"Yeah that's fine." Alison said taking another bit of her pancake. Rafe took out the pitcher of juice and poured a glass and brought it over to Alison. "Thank you Rafe." Alison said.
"You're welcome. How is it?" Rafe asked.
"Its delicious." Alison replied smiling.
"I'm glad you like it." Rafe said. Rafe walked back over to the stove and turned off the burner and put some bacon on his plate then brought the rest over to Alison. Rafe sat down and started to eat.
Alison took a drink of her juice then asked, "So what do you wanna do today?"
"Oh I don't know. What would you like to do?" Rafe asked taking a bit of his pancake.
Alison thought for a moment then said, "Well what haven't we done already. We could make a snowman. Have you ever made one before?"
"No being a slayer doesn't leave much time for things like that." Rafe said taking a bite of his bacon.
"Ok then we can make a snowman. It'll be fun. Although, I haven't made one since I was a kid." Alison said.
"Ok but I think you should probably get dressed first." Rafe said finishing his breakfast.
Alison looked herself over. "Yeah you're right. I'll go get dressed. I'll be right out." Alison said laughing.
Alison walked into the bedroom and took out big fuzzy pink sweater and a pair of blue jeans. After she got dressed and combed her hair, she walked into the bathroom and brushed her teeth, and then she walked back out into the living room. Rafe was standing by the sink doing dishes; Alison snuck up behind him and wrapped her arms around him. "You ready?" Alison asked.
Rafe turned around and smiled. "Yeah I'm ready." Rafe said.
"Ok then lets go make ourselves a snowman." Alison said giggling. "Don't we need a carrot or something?" Rafe asked.
"Yeah. I almost forget. I've got an extra scarf in the closet. I'll get the carrot and coal, if you'll grab the scarf." Alison said.
"Ok." Rafe said getting the scarf out of the closet. Alison got a carrot out of the fridge and got some coal from beneath the sink.
"Ok now we're ready." Alison said. Alison walked over to the door and grabbed her brown coat out of the closet and put it on. She handed Rafe his jacket. Alison opened the door and they walked out of the house. Alison put on her gloves and Rafe closed the door behind him. They walked to Alison's car and climbed in. Alison drove to the park. Once there they got out and walked over to where they could make they're snowman. "Ok so since you've never made one of these before I guess you'd need me to show you how, right?" Alison asked. Rafe nodded. "Ok watch me." Alison said smiling. She began to roll up a ball of snow. "See like this." Alison said. "Now you try." Alison added.
Rafe started to ball up some snow. "Like this?" Rafe asked.
Alison watched him. "Yeah." Alison said nodding. Rafe smiled and rolled up another snowball and when Alison wasn't looking he throw it at her. Alison looked at Rafe when the snow hit her back. "Oh so that's how your gonna be huh?" Alison said laughing. She rolled up her own snowball and threw it at Rafe. Alison laughed ducked behind the bench. Rafe smiled and threw another snowball at her. Alison rolled up another snowball and threw it him. Rafe snuck up behind her and threw the snow in her hair. "Hey!"Alison said laughing. Rafe ran behind a bush. Alison grabbed some snow and threw it at him. Rafe snuck up behind Alison again and pulled her to the ground and kissed her. Alison laughed and kissed him back. They lay there in the snow for a while then sat up. "So are we gonna that snowman or you gonna throw more snow at me?" Alison asked smiling.
"No, no more snowball fights. I'll be good." Rafe said laughing.
"Ok then." Alison said, starting to roll up a ball of snow. Rafe did the same. Once Rafe's snowball was big enough they put it on top of the other snowball making the body. Then they both made the head of the snowman and put it on top. Alison stood back and examined the snowman. "Umm...it's missing something." Alison thought out loud.
Rafe looked at the snowman then said, "I know!" Alison laughed. "It's missing a face." Rafe continued smiling at Alison.
Alison looked at the snowman again then said, "Your right it does need a face." Alison grabbed the coal and made eyes, a mouth, and buttons. "There." Alison said.
Rafe looked at her and said, "Huh he needs a nose dear." Alison laughed as she nodded. She handed him the carrot. Rafe put the carrot in making a nose. He then took the scarf and wrapped it around the snowman's neck.
They stood back and examined the snowman again. "It's still missing some." Alison said thinking out loud again. "I know, a hat, he's missing a hat." Alison said laughing.
"Did we bring one?" Rafe asked.
Alison looked around then said, "No I must have forgot about it. I'll run home and get one."
"You don't have to I can go." Rafe said.
"Well why don't we both go then." Alison said.
"Ok." Rafe said following her back to the car. They got home and Alison grabbed a hat from the closet and walked back out the door.
"Ok I got it." Alison said as she got back into the car. They drove back to the park and walked over to they're snowman. Alison handed Rafe the hat. "Here you put it on." Alison said.
"Ok." Rafe said taking the hat and placing it the snowman's head.
"There now it's done." Alison said wrapping her arms around Rafe's waist. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed the top of her head. "Ok so now what would you like to do?" Alison asked looking up at him.
"Oh I don't just being here with you is fine with me." Rafe said.
"Oh really. Well it' fine with me too but lets get inside cause it's cold out here." Alison said. Rafe picked her up and carried her to the car. Alison laughed and Rafe set her back down on the ground. They kissed then got into the car. Alison drove back to Lucy's house and parked the car out front. Rafe picked her up again.
"I never did carry you across the threshold like I said I would." Rafe said carrying Alison inside. Alison looked up at Rafe and smiled.
"So now that we're home, what do you want to do?" Alison asked not really caring what they did as long as she was with Rafe.
"Doesn't matter." Rafe replied smiling at Alison.
Alison looked at her watch then said, "Well I can make us something to eat. It's about 1 o'clock."
"Ok sounds good to me." Rafe said.
"Ok what would you like?" Alison said walking over to the fridge.
"Well what do we have?" Rafe asked.
Alison opened the refrigerator door and said, "We've got.cheese, ham, hot dogs, eggs, or I can call for a pizza, if you'd like that instead."
"Lets get a pizza. I can call it in." Rafe said.
"Ok." Alison said closing the refrigerator door and walking back into the living room. She sat down on the couch next to Rafe.
"Ok so what do we want on it?" Rafe asked wrapping his arm around Alison.
"Well we gotta get extra cheese and either sausage or pepperoni." Alison said.
"Ok well we can get both sausage and pepperoni." Rafe said.
"Ok sounds good to me." Alison said getting up to get the phone. Rafe took the phone from Alison and called in the pizza.
"Ok so what should we do while we wait?" Rafe asked.
"Oh I don't know just being here with you in my arms is fine with me." Alison said wrapping her arms around him and resting her head on his chest.