"You ready Ai?"
"Um...Well..." Nolan looked at me.
"What is it?"
I was fidgeting with my dress. "Well, it's just that Christmas is coming up...' Nolan raised his eyebrows at me. "A-And I wouldn't want to ruin Caleb's Christmas by giving him his memories and putting all this stress on him...and-"
"And you miss Christmas." Nolan was smiling, he could see right through me.
"Yeah..." In Heaven we don't really celebrate holidays. There is no Christmas. So, I haven't celebrated Christmas for a long time. The thought of it kind of made me excited.
"Okay, we can stay for Christmas, but we have to bring back Caleb's memories by New Years," Nolan said. YES!!!
"Yes, of course," I attempted to say seriously, but I couldn't hold back the smile creeping at the sides of my mouth. Nolan just laughed.
"OH MY GOSH!!!!! Nolan, wake up wake up!!!!!!!!!" Ai was shaking my shoulders frantically.
"Hmm? What the...? Ai, it's five in the morning, why the hell are you up so early?"
"It doesn't matter, come on!!!!" She grabbed my wrist and yanked me out of bed and out the door.
"Wait, Ai! I don't have a shirt-! Whoa..." A huge blast of cold air hit me when we got outside, but I didn't care. Everything, the ground, the trees, the surrounding buildings, were covered in pure white snow. Ai was spinning around happily as more snow fell.
"I know right!? It's so pretty!! I'd forgotten..." She said.
I laughed. "Yeah..."
"Hey, how about you get dressed and we go for a walk," she said.
"Okay, good idea."
"Kris, can we go up to Earth today?"
"Why?"
"Because it's Christmas!" I said with a smile.
He raised his eyebrows. "Daisy, we haven't celebrated Christmas in fifteen years."
"I know... But we're going to be going to war with Heaven soon... And I thought we should have some fun first!" Kris sighed and rolled his eyes.
"Fine, but only for a few hours."
"Yay!!"
"I miss this..." I looked at Ai. "This feeling. Living..." she held up her hand and a flake of snow landed on it and melted. "Feeling the snow on my hand, breathing in the cold air... It's...really..." Ai's eyes closed and she suddenly collapsed.
"AI!!!" I quickly caught her before she hit the ground. She was unconscious. I sighed in relief. She seemed okay.
"Hmm...?" What happened? I was walking with Nolan...and then... I opened my eyes. Snow was still falling. I was sitting on the ground under a tree, except my back wasn't leaning against a tree... "What...?"
"Shh... You must have feinted from the cold. Just rest for a minute, then we'll walk back," Nolan said. He was sitting behind me against the tree. He had his arms tightly around me, holding me close. He's so warm... I sunk into his arms.
"Okay..."
We sat there in silence for a little while, watching the snow fall, then Nolan straightened up. "No way..." he whispered.
"What?" I asked.
"Daisy?" He asked out loud. I looked out in front of us. There was a girl there. She was about our age and had glaringly pink hair, with eyes such a light shade of blue they were practically clear. She looked at Nolan in surprise.
There was a guy standing next to her. He was tall and muscular and he had deep dark blue eyes and short black hair. "Uh oh," he said. Wait... I've seen that guy before...
"Oh my god! It really is you! I'm so glad to see you-!" Nolan said, but he stopped when I stood up. "Ai?"
"You..." the guy looked at me and smiled that evil smile I'd seen before. "YOU KILLED ADRIANA!!!!!!!!!!"
