Saffron PoV.
Looking down at the ground I watched as my boots stepped down into the hard snow making it make this really cool crunching sound. Taking a deep breath in I tugged my coat closer to my body.
"Damn snow, why do you have to be so pretty yet so cold at the same time…kind of like Patricia Waters…" I mumbled to myself; chucking when I finished the joke. I guess this is as good of a time as any to explain why I can obviously talk but I make people think that I'm a mute. You see when I was younger I had what every little girl could ever want (besides the fact that I never got the unicorn I wanted) I had a mom, a dad, and an older sister. But that all went away when I was seven…. It all started with me being so sick that I couldn't even speak, and to be honest I loved it, I used my temporary muteness to my advantage. One day I was feeling a huge craving for Chinese food (I know random but the stomach wants what the stomach wants) so I was begging my mom to go get me some for lunch, using the fact that I was sick against her. So my mom, my dad, and my sister all went out to get me the food I so desperately wanted….and they never came back….they were hit front first by a speeding truck….It killed them instantly..Which I guess makes me less upset about it; the fact that they didn't suffer in their last minutes. But that's why I don't talk; it's kind of a punishment I gave myself. I also don't eat Chinese food anymore either for the same reason; Punishment. Sob story aside, that's why I go to the orphanage with the mean headmaster..., I've been around to four different orphanages, and let me tell you, every single one just got worse and worse. Mid-thought I felt my shoe catch on something sticking out of the ground. Squealing I had started to fall when I felt a pair of arms curl around me like a blanket and save me from face planting. The good smelling stranger slowly placed me back on my feet; it was odd though...His face made him look like he was in a trance. When the stranger let me go I could feel the heat slipping right out of my body; seeming as my source of heat has let go of his hold on my waist. Whilst I curled my hands in fists to fight of the cold that's beating me up from head to toe, He reached his hands out in welcoming.
"Hi there, I'm Seth." He softly told me with a goofy smile sneaking onto his face. Reaching out I took his outstretched hand in mine. When my hand touched his I could feel the warmth travel from my finger-tips, to my arm, to my torso, and then everywhere all at once. Shivering from the sensation I let his hand fall out of mine and back to his side; only then realizing that without us touching the bittering cold would return. As I thought only moments after I dropped his hand I could feel the cold slip its way through my jacket and into my skin. Closing my eyes I took a deep breath in to compensate for the shiver that's working its way through me. "Not to be rude or anything…but this is when your suppose to tell me your name..." I slowly opened my eyes once again to see Seth standing there shifting back and forth on his feet. Oh how I want to talk to him, how I want to hear my name roll off his tongue….. But I can't….not yet…. Especially not to a complete stranger…Shaking my head I reached up and touched my hand to my throat. I could see Seth's eyes follow my hand up to my throat; I could see how he was trying to think through what he was going to say in response, I could almost see the words traveling around his brain, bouncing to his tongue and back. Raising one eyebrow I gently pushed him in the arm to get him to say something, anything. "Uumm..." He stuttered "Sorry I just don't know what to say…Wait… If you can't talk does that mean you're a mute?" He asked slowly and carefully whilst looking into my eyes. Dang….His eyes…..They're such a beautiful color….a wonderful brown…kind of like what a chocolate fountain would look like. Giggling I just smiled at him. "Why are you laughing? That's not a healthy thing." He said with a very serious face. Cracking another smile I nudged his shoulder and then shrugged my own. Smirking he laughed at the weird face I was probably making. "Sssoo…. Where were you heading anyways?" He asked with an inclined eyebrow. Squeaking I pulled out my phone to check the time. 7:09. I'm going to be late! Waving my hand at Seth I took off running past him to the school. When I paused to look back at Seth I could see his huge amazing smile from all the way over here. Smiling back I turned and started running again. That boy…. He's really something special…