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Betas: ChocolateMango and TwilightLuver429

Summary: When the first snowflakes of the year grace the pavement with their presence, will love grow to keep them warm?

-:- Let it snow -:-

Finally, after a few weeks of having to endure the ice cold wind with no reward, the first snow of the year had decided to blow through Forks.

"Great," Alice mumbled, while looking outside the window during fourth period. The trees if the forest were bending dangerously low by the wind—too low for her liking. With her luck, she'd be crushed under one of them on the way home.

The weather would definitely ruin her hair, which she had perfected this morning after getting up an hour early. Everything had to be perfect according to Rosalie: hair, makeup, clothes. It just had to be.

Rosalie, Alice's best friend, was pretty much the most beautiful girl in the entire school, and she demanded that her entourage, as she called it, looked impeccable every day.

But, of course, there was another reason as well: Jasper.

Alice had been in love with Jasper for as long as she could remember. He was a senior, and pretty much every girl in the school wanted to drown in his gorgeous dark eyes, mess up his honey blond curls and be held by his strong arms.

Jasper Hale was a total catch, and he knew it.

Unfortunately for Alice, she was only a sophomore, and a senior like Jasper wouldn't look twice in her direction. Why would he? There were a lot of senior girls who were prettier than her.

"Alice, are you coming to the park or what?" Rosalie whined softly beside her, effectively ending her train of thought. "Your make up is waterproof as always so the snow won't turn you into a monster." She grinned at her comment, while Alice shoved against her shoulder. "Besides, I just bought new snow boots and these blue gloves are to die for. I have to show them off!"

Alice smiled as Rosalie wiggled her hands in front of her. She loved it when her friend was overreacting like that. She knew Rosalie was the living version of Barbie, but she was grateful that Rose didn't have the personality of a plastic doll when she was around her. Add huge, blue doe eyes to her pleading, and Alice couldn't help but give in.

"Fine, I'm coming," she said, a bit annoyed. "What do you want me to do there anyway? Fall on my face again?"

But, as soon as they reached the edge of the park, all the annoyance she had toward her best friend vanished. Alice suddenly realized this was the perfect spot to spend their lunch break. Everyone, including Jasper, was present.

"Rose, did I ever tell you how brilliant you are?"

"A couple of times." Rose grinned. "But I'm not stoppingyou from saying it again."

"Oh, this is perfect. Jasper has to notice me when I throw a snowball in his face." Alice laughed evilly and turned around to gather some snow.

"You really think that's the best idea?" Rose asked, but the only thing she got from Alice was an incredibly loud curse.

"What the hell?" Alice growled.

"Who did this?" She wiped away the snow that was now stuck to her butt, freezing her jeans and causing goose bumps and shivers to run over her body. She angrily turned around, looking for the traitor. She didn't see who did it, but Jasper's group was laughing too loudly to go unnoticed. The guys pointing in her direction was enough of a clue as to who had done it.

"Oh, Alice," Rose hiccupped, slapping her knee in laughter. "He definitely noticed you."

"Rose, this is only the beginning." Alice smiled knowingly in Jasper's direction.

"Of what?"

"War."

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Alice hadn't slept well. She had been creating one plan after the other, causing her to lay awake most of the night. The plan was easy of course—make a snowball and make sure it hit its target. The target, in this case, was Jasper's face.

The question here was how?

Alice was no throwing talent; her PE teacher would gladly confirm that in an instant. She couldn't aim, and the large distance would form a potential problem as well.

"Rose, what should I do?" Alice whispered during the last minutes before lunch.

"It's easy, isn't it? Just make sure you have enough snowballs to throw. More balls, more chances." She grinned at her dirty insinuation. Alice ignored the underlying tone and accepted the challenge. As soon as the bell rang, both girls ran toward the park and started to make their ammunition.

By the time Jasper and his crew arrived, they had enough to last a while. Jasper caught her eye and waved, a devilish grin on his face.

"Oh, it's on," Alice mumbled. "Attack!"

Rose and Alice both started to throw their snowballs, and a couple of other friends joined as well. Soon enough, the park was soon divided into two teams. Loud screaming and laughter were mixed together.

"Why is it so easy for them to hit us?" Alice asked, while wiping away some snow of her shoulder since she got hit, again. Though, not one of her snowballs had hit her desired target yet.

"Duck!" Rose suddenly yelled, but Alice was so startled at her friend's outburst that she lost her balance and fell backwards. Her head hit the frozen, snow-covered ground pretty hard. Black spots appeared in her sight. That would definitely hurt tomorrow.

She heard people laughing.

Great, she thought. Now I can die of shame too.

"Hey, you okay?" A voice came from beside her. After a minute or so, she finally focused and Jasper came into view. "I didn't mean to hit you. Well, again."

"I-I mean…" she mumbled.

"Here, let me help you." Jasper held out his hand for her to take. "We'll get a hot chocolate or something to warm you up again."

He pulled her up, but Alice was too dazzled to say anything else. Rose was grinning madly behind Jasper's back while doing some crazy, happy dance.

"I'm Jasper by the way," he added.

"Alice."

"Nice to meet you, Alice." His smile was even more gorgeous up close.

Alice started to laugh at the ridiculous situation she was in with Jasper, she almost lost her balance again.

However, this time, she had two strong arms holding her up. Finally.