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This week's chapter was a sort-of prompt by idevourbooks.
Summary: After her last experience with snow, Ruby wasn't quite sure if she be going out and frolicking in it any time soon. But after discovering Liam's never played in snow, it too good of an opportunity to pass up.
After her last experience with snow, and ice, and cold in general, Ruby was not quite sure if she was going to go frolicking in it anytime soon.
But after finding out that Liam's never played in it before, she was not about to pass up the opportunity when a whopping 26 inches of wet, heavy snow was dropped onto their yard. (And perhaps she was looking to get back at him for her birthday, just perhaps.)
Grinning darkly as she shoved her feet into snow boots, she watched as Chubs carefully sneaked the necessary snow clothing onto a sleeping Liam, who was a very, very, heavy sleeper. (Once, he slept through Vida going on a period-induced rampage through their house- that's something hard to sleep through.)
After clothing Liam in the needed attire, Ruby, Chubs, and Vida carefully, slowly carried the sleeping southern blonde down the stairs and into the backyard.
"I seriously do not understand how he sleeps through this." Chubs muttered, voice slightly strained at the edges from the extra-added weight. Ruby was asking herself the same question- they had bumped him against railings and wall multiple times on their journey down the stairs.
Reaching the backyard, Ruby opened the door for Vida and Chubs as they stood in the snow that reached up to their knees.
"Ready?" Vida asked grinning wolfishly, looking at the partner.
"Yup." Chubs answered back.
Whispering a "one, two three," the two dumped Liam into the freezing dense snow.
Eyes snapping open almost instantly on contact, Liam struggled in the snow weakly like a puppy first trying to swim.
"Wha-wha? I don't- what's going on?" Liam spluttered, trying to take in the blinding white surroundings.
"Wellllll…." Vida said in a long drawl, "a little birdie told us that you, pretty boy, have never played in the snow before." She ended with a smirk.
Sending the darkest look he could muster while stuck in the snow to Ruby, Liam found himself to his feet.
"I, for one, am heading back inside." Liam proclaimed, turning to head towards the door. As he went to open it, a battle cry sounded from behind him, and Zu emerged out of the snow to dump an arms worth of snow onto his unsuspecting head.
Turning slowly, Liam had a fiery glint in his eyes, and charged toward Zu, who had begun to dart through the snow with ease. Laughing, Ruby began to chase through the snow after them with Chubs and Vida on her heels.
From behind her, she heard someone behind her holler,
"Let the games begin!"
Crouching behind the snow fort she had built, Ruby prepared to throw another ball of snow to where Liam hid behind. Tossing the snowball from hand to hand, she peered over the wall constructed from wet snow. Chucking it over the wall, the wad of snow flew in a high arch before landing with a satisfying sploosh.
"Ruby!" Liam cried out indignantly, as a blonde snow-laced head popped out behind another snow fort.
Ducking as another round of snowballs attempted to hit her, she chortled happily. Well, Ruby thought, perhaps the snow isn't that bad after all.
Suddenly, the whistle of snow from above stopped. Confused, Ruby looked over her fort. There was no Liam in sight. Sure she could see Vida and Zu trying to bury Chubs a little ways off, but no southern blonde. Standing she surveyed the landscape to find her missing partner.
Behind her, Liam stealthily tread through the snow, carrying a large shovel he had filled to the brim.
When he was less than a foot away, Ruby was alerted by his presence, and swiveled around just to see a large amount to of snow bury her from the waist down.
"Liam!" Ruby laughed as she was buried in another shovel-full of snow. Liam, of course, was careful only to trap her legs, laughing along with Ruby.
Together, they made this snow day a memory set into both their minds.
Ruby say contently as she sat near the fireplace, clumps of ice melting from her hair. Next her in the loveseat, Liam's left hand tangled with her right.
After spending an hour or so in the snow, the friends thought it would be a good idea to head inside and warm up. Together, they sat around the fireplace with hot cocoa in hand.
"This feels so good." Vida moaned her hands in front of the fireplace. "I can feel myself defrosting."
Next to her, Zu shook her head the way a dog would do drying off, sending ice and water flying onto Chubs and Vida.
"Zu!" Chubs whined. Liam laughed, while Chubs and Vida attempted to wring out some of the ice that had begun to seep into their clothes. Zu giggled.
"Let's go get some towels." Chubs said. Vida and Zu followed.
As the three went upstairs, Ruby snuggled closer to Liam's jumper.
"So what did you think of your first snow day?" Ruby asked as Liam rested his head on hers.
"That was…awesome." He spoke into her hair. "Thank you."
Together, they fell asleep in each other's arms.
"This is too good." Vida said with a slightly evil grin on her face. Snapping a few photos, Chubs tried to shove some chortles back as to not wake up the pair.
When she, Zu, and Chubs came back downstairs, they had found the two lovebirds asleep on the chair.
It was too good to pass up on the opportunity.
You never know when they might come in handy.
Ya I know...it's kinda short. Sorry. I didn't start writing this until Friday, and when FF went down yesterday I kinda had a mini panic attack. I hope you enjoyed nevertheless. See you breadfishes next Sunday!