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Winter Wunderland

Sissi was lying on her bed, staring at the snow falling past her window.
She sighed and rolled over, draping an arm over her face, lost in thought.
Next to her bed were two suitcases. She and her mom and dad were going to go visit her grandparents for Christmas.
"Three whole weeks stuck in the middle of nowhere, with nothing to do. and no Ulrich".
"Oh who am I kidding?" she thought, sitting up. "He's never going to interested in me as long as Yumi's around. Or is it something else..."
Knock knock
"It's open"
The door opened and her father walked in. "Oh, already packed I see" Mr Delmas said, "Remember, we're leaving tonight, so make sure that you have everything, all right?"
"Yes dad" Sissi said, a faraway look on her face.
Mr Delmas looked at his daughter. "Anything wrong?" he asked.
"Huh? Oh no, nothing"
"Hmmm. Maybe you should go visit your friends before we leave"

"Friends... Hah!" Sissi scoffed as she walked down the street.
She thought about the little gang she had formed with Nick and Herve.
"Those two dummies my friends? That's just silly"
"But they do care about you" a little voice said in her head.
"They just care about being with me since that makes them popular" she replied, but the little seed of doubt had already been planted.
"Boy, aren't we full of ourselves" the little voice said.
Sissi didn't answer.
She walked into the park. Just ahead her was the city's annual winter festival ice sculptures and to the left of that the lake-turned-skating rink.
Here and there a few people could be seen, but not many. Still lost in the turmoil of her mind she didn't even notice the ice creations as she walked through them until she walked into one.
"Ow!" she gasped as she landed on the cold hard ground.
"Hey are you OK?" some said, running up to her.
"Yeah" Sissi said, sitting up. "What did I hit?" she asked, rubbing the bruise on her head. "That" the guy said, pointing up. Sissi looked up. Before her stood a statue of a woman rising out of the sea, frozen waves swirling beneath her. But her face...
"That's me" Sissi said, staring in disbelief.
"Hope you don't mind us using it" William said, pulling down his thick scarf from around his face.
"Uh, well at least you could've told me" Sissi said, trying to get up.
"Here, let me help you there" William said, pulling her up.
"Thanks. So, did you do this?"
"No, it was my brother and some of his friends. I just gave them the idea for the face"
"Well, at least you got good taste" Sissi said, "Although I would've thought you'd have used Yumi's"
William blushed. An awkward silence started to form between them.
"Uh, how about some hot chocolate?" William said, pointing towards the small cafe set up by the lake. They walked to the shop and William bought a cup for both of them. "Thanks" Sissi said, taking a sip. "No problem" William said.
Sissi took another sip and stared into the dark depths of her drink.
"Something wrong?" William asked
"Hm? Oh, nothing. It's just... William, when you first met me, what did you think of me?"
"Oh, uh..." William said, caught off guard "uh, well, you did seem a bit bossy. and a bit mean. Sorry"
"No, don't worry" Sissi said "That's how most people know me. I just can't help it sometimes. I, I guess it's just easier to be spiteful."
She sighed. "You see, for a long time I've wanted to be apart of Jeremie and his gang. But I don't know how to ask them, or how to be around them. So I get jealous and lash out."
"And then there's Ulrich. I've tried who knows how many times to get him to go out with me, but nothing seems to work. I wonder if I should give up"
"I know what you mean" William said. "I've been trying like mad to get Yumi to go for me, but Ulrich's always there. I guess we're just setting our hope's too high"
"Yeah" Sissi said. They sat down at a bench and stared out across the lake at the people skating there.
"Hey, just because we're alone doesn't mean we have to be alone" William said.
"Huh?" Sissi looked at him.
"Come on" William said, offering her his hand.
Sissi looked at his hand, smiled and grabbed it.
They spent the rest of the day together, skating, eating, walking, talking, and before Sissi knew it was already evening.
"Oh no!" she gasped, looking at her watch. "I'm supposed to be home in 10 minutes"
"You'd better get going then" William said, letting go of her hand.
"Uhm, can we hang out again when I get back?"
"Sure, anytime you want"
"Thanks William. For everything" Sissi leaned forward and kissed him before running off. William watched her run away, a slight tingle running through him.

"Well Sissi, are you sure your ready to go?" her father asked.
"Yep, all set" she replied, putting her bags into the back of their car.
"Right, I'm going to check all the locks and then we're off"
As Mr Delmas walked back into the house, Sissi heard someone calling her name.
She turned around and saw William running up to her.
"William? What are you doing here?" she asked.
"Uh, Sissi, when.. when you get back, would you like to go on a date with me?" he asked.
Sissi's eyes went wide and her face went red.

"Uh, sure" she said, smiling nervously.
"Great! Oh, and one more thing" He kissed her hard on the lips. "Get back soon"

"Sissi? Who were you speaking to?" Mr Delmas asked, starting up the car.
"Oh, just a friend" Sissi said, smiling "A really good friend"