Hey! Early morning for me, not for others though! This was prompted by 'BeautyAllAroundYou' who has some pretty epic stories by the way, check those out, anyway, she prompted:

Snow Day

Beginning

"No school," Jerome grinned, stretching out on the sofa. He had moved to sleep in the main room when Alfie had started talking about Amber in his sleep. Jerome could only take so much of the blonde haired Barbie doll. Jerome had awoken to a white light, which was odd, so he sat up, peering out of the window, to see a thick layer of snow. He lifted his arms up, snuggling back down into the now warm leather.

"You are so adorable," Mara whispered, crouching in front of him, she was dressed in her casual clothing. Eyes sparkling at him.

Jerome's eyes opened, and a smile spread naturally over his face after he saw her. "What are you doing down here so early?"

"Fresh snow," Mara shrugged, as if it were obvious "I like to takes walks, like the crunch under my shoes," she leaned forward and kissed him on the forehead "See you when I get back-"

"No wait, I'll come with you," he stood up, and wobbled slightly, before searching for his shoes. But he turned to her suddenly "Is it…okay, if I come with you?" he asked hesitantly. Mara smiled, blushing.

"I would love you too,"

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"Apart from the biting cold, the chilling wind, the soggy ground and the snow messing up my hair, this isn't actually that bad," Jerome commented. Mara skipped ahead of him, jumping, and then examining her footprints, liking the crunch.

"Don't be a sour puss!" she called, crouching down and picking up some floury dust like snow , she threw it up into the air, and watched it float back down. Jerome watched her, his gaze warm and intent

"You're just a big kid aren't you?"

"Hey! That's my line," she glared teasingly, rushing up to him "Oh come on Jerome! Isn't this wonderful?" she jumped up, and sure enough, the crunch of snow was music to her ears. "You can't tell me you don't love this,"

"Jaffray," Jerome groaned "I love anything you love,"

Mara stopped and smiled sideways at him "Well I love Mick, does that mean you love him too?"

Jerome clenched his teeth together. Mara always said that. She said that she loved everyone in Anubis House, including Mick, much to his displeasure. But she would always say, that it was a different kind of love. And that the love she had for Jerome, was so much more. Jerome liked that bit. "Sure, I love the meat head," he said through gritted teeth.

Mara's tinkling laughter reached her ears "You don't have to love everything I love." She called, examining her footprints after she made them "And you don't have to do everything I say, you don't have to drop everyone else for me, you don't have to ditch your friends if I'm lonely. You don't have to drop me off at book club every Tuesday. You don't have to walk me to school if you haven't had your breakfast. You don't have to be my partner in every assignment and leave Alfie! You don't have to wake up on cold days to follow me out into the snow, Jerome." She stopped and turned, facing him "You keep doing all these things, and it's making me feel incredibly selfish."

Jerome's eyebrows raised "Selfish? Don't feel selfish, you're not doing anything wron-"

"See, there you go again," Mara sighed "You don't have to take the blame." She shook her head "See Jerome, you keep doing all these kind and heart warming things for me. Why?"

Jerome answered easily "So you'll love me."

Mara's shoulders slumped sadly "I thought you might say that." Jerome arched a curious eyebrow "You don't have to keep earning my love! I didn't fall in love with you because you did all those things, I fell in love with you, because I saw how kind and sweet and sensitive you were. I fell in love with you, because you finally let me see the real you."

Jerome smiled "You could basically describe Mick like that," he shook his head "But Mick never did all those things, and you dumped him. So if I do them, you won't dump me-"

"I will never dump you." Mara said before she thought about it. And it took them both a moment to register her words, and their eyes met up alarmed. Jerome stepped forward in utter shock. And Mara stepped back in absolute horror.

"What?" Jerome whispered, his voice cracking slightly

"Nothing." Mara shook her head violently "Nothing, nothing, nothing!" Oh she always did this. She always went too far, boys didn't like commitment, she should know that by now! She should have been grateful with the 'I love you' but she'd taken the whole thing too far, and now Jerome would dump her and she would die alo-

"Mara," he whispered, suddenly right in front of her, so close that she could feel the heat radiating off of him "I want to spend the rest of my life with you,"

Mara's eyes glittered hopefully, and she leaned in to kiss him.

And suddenly, Jerome didn't mind snow days so much anymore.

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