Astrid's POV

We walked down the crowded street holding hands. Trying are best not get separated we held tight and when people finally got rude enough and the street was too crowded to bear we dashed into a quaint but cute little cafe.

"You wanna get something here? We could always visit that crowded one down the street?" Odd asked sarcastically and I laughed. The cafe we had entered was fairly full but everyone was quiet and to themselves. The ones that were talking were whispering.

"What do you want to get? They have banana croissants." I said and we considered what we would get for a moment. Earlier this morning even though Odd wasn't happy about the dance being down he said he didn't blame me. We decided to skip the breakfast at school and get something like this. Then we would walk around, maybe find something to do, then get lunch somewhere and go back to the school.

"Hmm, I know one thing for sure that your going to want the Chocolate Pyramid right?" Odd asked and I laughed at how right he was.

"Absolutely, that thing sounds heavenly. However the Strawberry Shortcake Pyramid looks good too." I say for once debating between chocolate or something else. My favorite thing for breakfast is chocolate, no matter what.

"How about I get a Banana Croissant, you get the Chocolate Pyramid, we split the Strawberry Shortcake, and a coffee for each?" Odd said sealing up the deal. We ordered and sat down to wait for it to be made.

We sat there pleasantly talking for the wait. Eventually I was smiling so much it hurt. Thats what seems to happen every time I'm around Odd. He can make a day I was earlier dreading become something I would've looked forward to for weeks. When the food came to us we politely thanked them and dug in. The Chocolate Pyramid was chocolate sponge cake in the shape of spheres stacked in a pyramid form. The spheres were half chocolate and half vanilla, kept together by the perfect type of icing in the middle. The plate had little tooth picks on the side that you stick in the cake to eat with.

"That looks more like a dessert than a breakfast." Odd said teasingly and I smiled. Grabbing a stick I stuck it in one and popped it in his mouth. His eyes widened as he tasted it.

"Good isn't it? I think I'll take some back for the others." I Said and Odd nodded. After we finished both our breakfast we decided to take the Strawberry Shortcake and a fresh Chocolate one back to share with the others.

"well at least the streets are less crowded. Where do you want to go now? Odd asked and I thought about it for a minute as we walked around. I wrapped my arm around Odd's and looked around at all the intriguing shops. A small shop for flowers and perfume stood on the right and a sports shop stood on the left. As we walked closer to the sports shop I could see a sparkling pair of electric blue dollar skates in the window? Curiously I crossed the street and walked over to look at it.

"roller skates huh? Well maybe you'd be good at it, your amazing at ice skating." Odd said encourangingly. even though they have the same premise they are different sports with each their own similarities and differences.

"You guessed it, I used to love roller skating too." Some hard fell in my stomached as I said that. Looking back on everything I used to love to do. Everything I unwillingly gave up. Pushing the thoughts aside we entered the sports shop. The warm air flowed through to us as we walked in, chasing off the frigid outside winds. I turned headed to look at the petite roller skate section. The other people in the store were browsing the largersports that were featured in the shop.

"Yikes thats a bit pricey, oh well. Maybe if I save up a bit." I mumbled to myself and even though odd heard he didn't say anything. I turned to him and added. "Is there anything you want to look at?"

"Not really. But if you want we could go watch that new movie. Im to full to eat popcorn or anything but if you want some I can pay." Odd offer and I quickly declined.

"No no, I mean a movie sounds great but I'm full too. Besides I wouldn't take money from you." I say quickly and Odd leans in next to my ear.

"Dont ever worry about something like money. Not all of the money in the world could be worth putting a frown on your face." He whispered into my ear and I felt the blush creep up on my face. I quickly extinguished it and smile up at him. Before had had a lengthy discussion about money. I'd rather not go back into it though. We dropped the subject and headed over to the movie theater.

After we watched the movie about particularly angry mice and a princess, I could barely keep up with it myself, we headed to a local park and sat down at a bench.

"That was an interesting movie." I said as we sat down. Odd laughed and shook his head.

" Interesting? How about freaking confusing? How did the mice king or something die again?" He asked smiling, this was about the fifth time Ive had to explain it to him.

"The king, the human one, kicked him off a bridge into the water." I said while retying my shoe laces.

" But the mouse could swim..." Odd said confused and I sighed.

"Yes but the water was very poisoness."

"Wait but how was it poisoned I thought it was supposed to be the cleanses river in the mice world?"

"Odd for the last time, the humans poisoned it. That's the whole point of the movie."

"What do you mean thats the whole point of the movie?"

"The mice were angry at the humans because they were poisoning all the rivers and the atmosphere."

"But-"

"Odd if you really want to know watch the movie again!"

"Fine! Come on I'm dragging you back!" He said dragging mw on my feet. Laughing histerically we ended up falling on the ground and rolling down a big hill.

"Odd Delarobia! Do you have my idea how long it took me to do my hair!" I said laughing I chased him around a swing set at the bottom of the hill. Both of us were completely coated in grass stains, dirt, and mud.

"It's in a pony tail! How hard is that?" He said laughing jokingly.

"That's not the point. Aside from that these jeans are ruined! I'm not even going to mention my jacket!"

"You just mentioned it!"

I rolled my eyes and instinctively felt around my neck for both necklaces I kept there. I started to panic as I realized only one was there. "Odd! I don't have the necklace you gave me!" I said panicking. I started searching around on the grass around my feet and then raced back to the hill. Odd was on my tail hurrying to help look.

After looking for about a half hour he finally came up to me and said "I don't think it's here. But it's okay, you still have the other one right?" trying to comfort me. He has no idea how important it is to me.

"Odd it's not that. That necklace... It's very important to me... I'm sorry I lost it." I apologized to myself as much as I apologize to him.

"It's okay, you dont have to apologize for something like that." He whispered with his mouth close to my ear. I turned around hugged him, it probably was a strange sight, and a bit uncomfortable as we were both kinda slanted. Just as we straightened up into a hug soft snow started to fall from the ground again.

I thought about the life I have now. Compairing it to the life I had before. I thought about the boy I was hugging right now, the love I so soon felt for him when I arrive here, and the deep love I felt for him now. Nothing major had really happened between us, we just clicked. I mean yes we had Xana to deal with but, in the life I lived before, I know something big happened. Even if I can't grasp it in my memories I can still feel it, I know it's there. However when I think back to before or just as I came to kadic, I would have don anything to not have gone through that coma... to have a second chance at my life. when I think about it now though... I don't think I could give up my life right now.

I know what Odd and I will see when we get back to kadic. Friends that will support us and be supported by us. Friends that will laugh and joke, but even if they take a joke too far, they never really mean to hurt you. A so what, I have to go back to the orphanage tonight? The sooner I go the sooner I'll be back at kadic. Those are the thoughts that spun throughout my head as our lips touched. The snow swirling around us in a gentle spin, not any snow storm. We stay like that, embrace in one another, for a few minutes. Until silently, slowly in agreement, we headed back up the large hill covered in dust.

Hey guys! Im really sorry this is a short chapter but I wanted to get one out to you. Long story short I've been on vacation during my winter break so during the LONG car ride down to florida I didn't have wifi so I couldnt write. Then I refused to use electronic devices while in Disney land. So that leads to not being able to write for a while. This chapter, I'll admit, had no planning WHAT SO EVER. I kinda just went with it this time so it might not be my best work. Anyway I'm working on some new stories too but I promise I won't stop doing this one. I hope you guys had a great break or whatever you did for the holidays... Or are doing.. Either have a good day and I'll try to post again soon!