Snowflake Magic

"It's snowing!" I hear Hanna's voice shout from in the lounge room before I heard the sound of the door opening and slamming shut. Smiling to myself before making me away out of the kitchen and towards our front door, I notice while putting my coat on that Hanna hadn't put hers on before leaving. Taking the coat off the hook and making my way outside, I found Hanna standing in the middle of the path looking up at the sky as it snowflakes fell down and I knew she had a massive smile on her face. Walking down the pathway towards Hanna and when I get to her I wrap the coat around her and she takes the hint to slide her arms in.

"Turn around please," I say and Hanna automatically does it but keeps looking up at the snow. Straightening Hanna's coat before zipping and buttoning it up for her and the whole time she stays looking up at the sky.

"You become the biggest kid around snow, like ever."
Hanna looked down at me for the first time since being outside and said "Can you really blame me? Snow is just so magical, beautiful and I love it," Hanna starts bouncing up and down on her feet.

"You are so adorable," I say while moving my hands to rest on Hanna's shoulder.

"Oh yeah how adorable exactly?" Hanna asked as she places her hands on top of my very big belly, which was currently carrying our second child.

"Very, especially around snow and me," Hanna smiled back up at me before leaning forward to connect our lips together.

We were enjoying our kiss very much until we heard a voice behind us say "Ew mum's not again," pulling away from each other we looked to see Meghan our eldest daughter who was 13 and her best friend Jamie.

Jamie then said "I thought parents lost the spark after kids?" she looked at us and Meghan very confused.

"That's definitely not us," Hanna said while bumping my hip carefully. Meghan had come out of previous relationship Hanna had, in which her jerk of boyfriend got her pregnant and took off on Hanna. Being Hanna's best friend I of course stepped up as the job of Dad and moral support for Hanna, then somehow magically when Meghan turned four we were married and living together.

When Hanna had given birth to Meghan I was there for the birth, I held Hanna's hand even when she almost broke it but in the aftermath of Meghan being born Hanna had asked me to be Meghan's legal guardian; which I of course accepted. Hanna and I have both been able to settle into our chosen career's, there were a few bumps here and there but nothing we couldn't handle together. I am a English and Maths teacher at the high school and Hanna owns a toy store, which she created all by herself and business is booming; always.

With us being comfortable and settle into a nice routine we of course wanted a new challenge, which is where me being pregnant came in. I wanted to have a turn at giving birth, so when we were both free and ready we went to my doctor to sort everything out and after a few failed tries; on the third one we got lucky. Very lucky indeed actually because I just got told at last month appointment that I am pregnant with twins, it definitely swang us a bit but we'll be able to handle it; together.

I say "Sorry Sweets, we didn't see you walking and you know how your Mum gets around snow."

Meghan replied with "Crazy is how she gets but somehow you find it adorable and cute," I smiled at Meghan as Hanna rolls her eyes. They could literally be sister the pair of them, same hair colour, same eye colour, same personalities, same traits, same likes and dislikes but the one thing they don't agree on is the weather. Meghan likes summer, a lot and Hanna just loves the snow; I get shunned for my love of Autumn.

Meghan said "It's okay Mummy. Jamie and I are just going to go upstairs to do some homework."

I nodded my head and say "See if that had come out of your Mums mouth at your age I would've thought she was very, very sick."

"Hey," Hanna said while slapping my shoulder but Jamie and Meghan seemed to find it very funny.

I asked "Do you guys need any help?"

Meghan replied with "No, it's okay; we can handle it."

"Alright just shout if you need any help. I had a chance to cook soup this afternoon, it should be ready if you want to grab some on the way up," I say while trying to the maths equation in my head but was not succeeding.

"Thanks Mummy," Meghan said while walking over to give both Hanna and I a hug.

Meghan asked "Is it alright if Jamie stays over tonight?"

Hanna replied with "Of course it is but make sure it's okay with your Mum Jamie," they both smile happily before saying like they would before bolting inside.

"My girls are growing up," I say having memories of Hanna and I running inside or upstairs after being told we could have a sleepover.

Hanna asked "What's that supposed to me?"

"Absolutely nothing and absolutely everything," I replied back with before wrapping my arms around Hanna once again.

Hanna asked "Do you want a foot rub?"

I asked back "What you don't want to stay outside and watch it snow some more?"

"No I do, I just remember how many foot rubs you gave me while I was pregnant with Meghan and I want to repay the favour."

"That's very sweet of you but I think I'd rather sit on the front porch with my wife and watch the snow fall." Hanna clapped her hands excitedly before dragging me over to the porch, where she helped me sit down on the step and then soon sat down next to me.

"I love you Hanna."

"I love you too Emily," Hanna looked back at me with a smile before quickly turning back to look out as the snow fell. Watching Hanna watch the snow was one of my favourite things to do, she just had this spark in her eye and excitement in her body. Hanna has never told me what it is about snow that makes her become child-like or just overly excited and she'd never have to explain it to me, as long as she's happy that all I'll ever need to know and be.

The End.