Snowflakes

1

It all happened so quickly, I never even really got the chance to take it all in. It just happened. But let me start from the beginning.

My name is Ruby frost. I was a normal teenager. I hung out with friends and we messed around at school all the time. I was in band and I played sports. Life was perfect.

I never understood what I was capable of until the day the letter came that a family member had died at war. I walked in my room and locked the door. I just wanted to be alone. I sat down on the floor up against the door and I cried for a really long time. I didn't come out of my room for at least two days. I didn't want to eat, I just wanted to sit there in scilence. And I sure as hell did not want to talk about it.

That's when I noticed the change in the air. It was cold. It started snowing in my room. It was strange but I didn't try to make it stop. I just there on the floor as it began to get covered in the small white flakes. I just watched them fall. The coldness didn't bother me this time. It was one of those moments where your so upset that you just don't feel anything. They just fell and began piling up on everything in the room.The walls were covered in ice and the windows were frosted. It was so cold inside. But I didn't even flinch.

Then I heard a knock on the door. There wasn't a voice that followed, just a knock. I moved away from the door and stood up. All of the snow and ice was gone. I didn't think much of it though. I unlocked the door and walked back over to my bed. I didn't say anything but they walked inside anyways.

I didn't bother to look up to see who it was. I brought my knees up to my chest and put my head dowm, It was probably Stephanie checking on me to see if I was okay but the room was silent. But it was a different kind of silent that caught my attention. I still didn't move but I recognized the foot steps. It was Cody. He was a really close friend.

I didn't say anything, and I kept my head in my knees. " steph told me and I'm sorry about what happened." Cody said in a calm but firm voice. That was all it took to make me cry again. I still didn't put my head up even though it was obvious that I was crying. There was a moment of silence then he reached over and he hugged me.

I took my head out of my lap and closed my eyes letting the tears fall on his jacket. I don't think anyone has ever seen my cry except for him. We hugged for a long time. I didn't want to let go. I just wanted to stay there, in that moment, where I truly felt like I wasn't alone.

We stopped hugging and he asked if I was okay. "I'm fine" I said sternly, but really I wasn't fine. I was far from fine. I was slowly dieing from the inside out. He could tell I had lied to him. I could see his whole world fall to pieces in his eyes. I had never lied to him. I always told him the truth. He was my best friend. And I just lied to him. It killed me to see him like this. I couldn't bare the thought of lieing to him.

I hugged him and he hugged me back. I said I was sorry for lieing to him. "Why?" He asked in a sad way. "I-i don't know" I say as my voice breaks a little but because of how sad I was. I didn't want to talk about it with anyone, not yet.

After awhile he left. Then I was alone, again. Which I guess was a good thing. It was getting dark outside quickly, but I couldn't sleep. I didn't want to. I had too much on my mind to sleep.

Tomarrow was the day that we drove to the funeral. Exciting right?. I didn't even want to move from one end of my room to the other side where the bathroom was. Let alone drive through multiple States for a funeral.

I didn't want to go to a funeral for my adoptive father. That ment saying goodbye, and I didn't want to say goodbye yet. This was the only family I had, I didn't want to say goodbye to him yet. But I didn't really have a choice anymore, I had to do this. But not just for me, for his wife and soon-to-be child, Who'll never get the chance to meet the great person I once knew.