Chapter 6: December Arrives In Rhode Island
"I've had a life with you for nineteen years, but then I met the Doctor."
"Why does she have to leave him in the first place?"
"And the things I've seen him do for me, for you, for all of us."
"Shush will you? I'm trying to listen!"
"For the whole stupid planet and every planet out there, he does it alone, Mum. But not any more, 'cause now he's got me."
"Will you please stop watching re-runs of Doctor Who?"
Lily could barely hear which voice was which. She was curled up under her covers, listening to what she presumed was rain hit the windows. Yawning, she threw the covers off and immediately smiled when she caught glimpse of the 'rain'. It wasn't rain at all. It was snow.
"Oh my god, it's snowing!" she yelled, causing Kaycie to spill her drink and Sara to cuss.
"Wow. Snow. Who'd of thought it in December?" Kayce mumbled as Lily got up and looked out of the window.
"We don't get much in England. Well, not where I lived at least. It's very rare. I love it" Lily smiled and started throwing on her clothes so she could go for a wander before her classes started.
"Where are you going?" Mackenzie asked as she walked into the room holding a cup of what smelled like coffee.
"For a wander in the snow" Lily grinned and threw on her converse.
"It's freezing out there. Why would you want to go out in that?" Mackenzie continued.
"No time to explain" Lily shouted as she ran through the room and out of the door. Running down corridors, and running past people she'd rather not talk to, Lily finally found her way outside and into the bitter coldness of the fresh air.
She new where she wanted to go, of course, but that didn't stop her going in the opposite direction to get a hot chocolate before making her way to her chosen destination. After finally being served in a massive que, and getting back outside again, she began to shuffle though the snow, watching the trees and bushes sparkle under the sunlight.
He wasn't there, when Lily got to the bridge, but she was rather hoping he would be. "Ahh well" she said to herself, and started watching some ducks that were trying to cross the frozen surface of the river.
That was when something else caught her eye. The reason why Seth wasn't on the bridge was because he was sat on a step on the side of the river. Lily walked as fast as she could in the snow before reaching his side of the river. Slipping slightly on the ice under the snow, she sped up until she reached where he was sitting.
"Aren't you cold?" Lily muttered as she sat down behind him
"We seem to be bumping into each other a lot" he smiled back before getting up and sitting next to her. "I'm a little cold. I thought sitting out here would wake me up a little. I've got a meeting with some people in a few min. That's going to bore me to death."
"Good luck with that" Lily laughed, watching the ducks she'd been watching earlier reach their side of the river.
"Why are you out here?" he asked, suddenly puzzled.
"I love snow. We don't get much of it in England so it's a real treat when I get to be in some." Lily answered, watching him rub his hands together.
"If you lived her constantly, you'd be bored of it" Seth replied, watching her pick some up and stare at it for a short while.
"I'd best be off. I have a class in five minutes" Lily sighed, getting up and brushing the snow off her before giving Seth a hand up.
"Yeah, I'd best be going as well. They'll kill me if I'm late for anything else. I'll catch you later" he said before walking off into he building closest and leaving Lily to get to her class.
Lily made her way back over the bridge and was just about to head into the building when she spotted Mackenzie heading in the other direction.
"Hey! Mackenzie!" she yelled before running after her.
"Hey Lily, what's up?" Mackenzie said stiffly when she heard Lily approach her.
"Where are you going? I thought we had class now?" Lily mumbled when she reached her.
"We do, I'm just skipping it" Mackenzie shrugged and she carried on waking in the opposite direction.
"I'm not even going to ask" Lily laughed before heading to her class.
Lily burst through the door of the room she was meant to be having a lecture in. Turning away from the glares as the rest of the glass, she headed towards Sara and Kaycie.
"Why are you late Lily?" he tutor asked. Lily turned and saw the beetle black eyes of the tutor she disliked the most staring at her.
"I got distracted by a few people. Sorry" Lily sighed before taking a seat next to Kaycie.
"Where's Mackenzie?" Kaycie asked her once she'd settled down.
"I bumped into her. She said she was skipping this class and headed into town" Lily whispered, watching the diagrams on the board.
"The strange" Sara injected, before writing down a few notes and chatting to the person sat next to her.
"Very strange" Lily told Kaycie and started paying attention to what was being taught.