Winter’s Revenge Chapter 1

Chapter 1 – Things can only get better..

‘It’s snowing! It’s snowing!’ I awoke to my sister screaming in my ear. She hasn’t been this excited since she won a first place trophy in a local singing competition back when we were living in Florida. Being 13 and having an extremely curvy figure, she kind of thinks she's just, how I do I say it, ‘too cool’ for everything. Her mood is basically the same; she always has the same look on her face which basically shows no expression. I very rarely see her pop a smile or even laugh I guess she's just too ‘mature’ for that. She has lost all her interest in sports or anything that involves being active and is now sticking to makeup and designer clothes. Wait, did she just say it was snowing?

'Oh my God, it's snowing?!' I shouted. Living in Australia until I was 8 then migrating to Florida and living there for another 7 years, I have never seen it snow. Since we are now living in New York this was a big deal for my sister and I.
'Yes, it is seriously snowing. I woke up just before and thought it was reasonably cold so I looked out my window and it was magical. I have never seen so much white in my entire life' Kallima explained.
My sister Kallima has such a beautiful name; I guess that's why she is so beautiful herself. Her name means butterfly but as my name is Aideen I have a much worse meaning. My name means face. I will be forever mad at my mother for calling me such a horrible name. If I had a child I would put as much thought as I could into their name so that it will be perfect.

I got out of bed and ran to my closet. If this was a normal school morning I wouldn't be getting up as early as 5am, my mother would be dragging me out of bed at 7:30. I didn't have any clothes fit for the snowy weather; I actually didn't even think it would snow here. After never growing up with snow days I kind of forgot that they even exist. I found a long sleeve butterfly top and matching track suit pants. Unfortunately my body is so small I can't even fit into women’s clothes. I'm still buying kids clothes at fifth-teen. I wish I was like Kallima; she is 13 but has the boobs and body of a twenty year old.
I found 4 pairs of warm fluffy socks and I put them all on. I couldn't feel any blood circulating to my toes but that doesn't matter. I have never been in the snow before but I have watched many teenage dramas that have episodes where it snows and it is so cold you could die if you weren’t all rugged up. I managed to squeeze my gumboots on over all of those socks. I buttoned up two coats that I had just put on and tied my scarf around my neck. Now for my hair, God, I hate my hair. It is a Dirty Blonde colour and is as thin as anything not to mention dead straight. It has no style to it what so ever and it is boob length but seeing as I have no boobs I may as well just say chest length. I just tied it into a pony tail and put my beanie on.


Kallima and I ran outside and it was freezing, the socks obviously didn’t help. Since it was the 1st of December we decided to get into the Christmas spirit and make a snowman. We had no idea what we were doing but we just tried to remember how they did it in all those Christmas movies we've seen over the years. Rolling a ball of snow looks easy but it's so hard.

We stayed out there for a few hours until my mother came out. 'Aideen, Kallima what are you girls doing you have school in less than an hour.' Oh right, school I forgot about that. I hate school ever since I started last summer. I knew I wasn't going to be the most popular girl around but I didn't know I would be bullied. Her name is Bonita Garcia but everybody calls her Bonnie. She is 5ft 5 and weighs around 110 pounds. She is pretty thin being as she is a dancer but still has bigger boobs than me. Her eyes are bright green and her dark brown curls are as equally thick to the length of her hair. Unlike my hair ugly blue eyes and thin as blonde hair. She is kind of the 'IT' girl at school. I'm ok with someone being popular but I’m not ok at how they treat the people who are unpopular. I don't know how but last week she broke into my locker and stole my science assignment which I stayed up for hours completing it the night before. How did I know it was her you ask?. Well Bonnie isn't shy or embarrassed and what she does. If she took something or did something bad the whole school would hear about it. The worst thing she does is when she makes her stupid flyers congratulating her winnings. Like the time it said 'I pushed in front of Aideen in the cafeteria line, GO ME!' I mean seriously get a life. My Science teacher already gave me a fail but he said if I brought it to school tomorrow I might get my grade pushed up to at least a D. It’s better than a fail but still a crappy mark.

We left 20 minutes after we should have because dad had to shovel the snow out from our driveway, I guess I just have to start to get used to these things. The car ride was long and boring not to mention freezing. The car heater decides to die on the coldest day I have ever experienced in my whole entire life! I wish I could just go back to bed and sleep, instead I have to go to school and face Bonnie.

After arriving an hour late to school I had to wait in the office to get my late pass. I wasn't the only one; some people haven’t even showed up yet because their houses had been snowed in. Just as I got my pass and walked out of the office I saw Bonnie and her crew. Her 2 best friends Brianna Murphy and Kate Gentile, all spoiled rotten. I had to make a quick decision before she noticed me. I either run around the corner and hide or walk past her and act like nothing is wrong.
Wait why am I even thinking this, I'm grown up now; I’m just going to walk straight past her and handle this like the adults we are. I walked straight past her and she didn't say anything. Oh my god! I think this is finally over she is nice now.


'Hey, Aideen Fisher!' Bonnie screamed out from behind me. Oh no. I took a deep breath and turned around.
'Yes?' I replied very nervously.
'Oh nothing' She answered back with a slight giggle. Jeeze how old is she really? I turned around and kept on walking to my locker when she began talking again but this time it wasn't directly to me.

'I am so mad at Bonnie for taking my science assignment, thanks to her I failed. I wish she would just die or move away, far, far away.' Bonnie read aloud. Oh no, that witch has my diary!
'That's not nice little Aideen Fisher, you want me to die?' She asked me with a put on sad face.
'Yes, I mean no. That's not mine' I said shaking. I was never any good at telling lies.
'Not yours is it?' She replied with a smile. 'Tyler is so hot; I wish he would notice me and ask me out. I know I’m president of the Band club and he is captain of the football team but I feel a connection between us. I guess I'm just too nervous to ask him out. Diary, should I? Should I... ’. I interrupted her before she could say anymore.
'Alright, that is mine' I bowed my head in shame while the entire hall filled with laughter.

After a long day at school I couldn't wait 'till I heard that final bell ring. When it did I sighed with relief, my most horrible day was over. I was about to walk out of the school gate when I saw Tyler packing up his football bag. Tyler was really sweet he wasn't like the other football players. They were all bigger male versions of Bonnie but not Tyler he was something different alright. I decided to go up to him. Oh jeeze, what do I say he doesn't even know me. How about 'hey, do you need any help there?’ That sounds bad I think I’m going to say something else but before I knew it I was standing right in front of him, just staring. He looked up at me strangely. Then he smiled. My heart nearly died.

'Do I know you?' He questioned sounding so sweet. I just stood there gazing into his eyes then quickly snapped out of it thinking how stupid I must look. I started talking really fast like I was having an epileptic fit.
'Hey do you need any help there?' You could tell I was nervous; this was definitely more embarrassing than this morning’s incident. He laughed but not at me, with me.
'Well if you're offering you can squeeze the sweat out of my towel...'He paused I don’t think he knows my name. Well I guess I didn’t even introduce myself.
'Aideen' I almost shouted at him. Damn these nerves.
'Aideen, that's a very nice name. I won't forget it' He said handing it over to me. It smelt really bad and looked like it was dipped in a bucket of water but it was much worse.
'Uhm..' I was about to make up an excuse when he said
'It's OK I don't expect you to; I’m just trying to gross you out. I wouldn't want to trouble a pretty girl like you when I can do all these things by myself. Now, what do you really want?' He was so sweet I didn't know what to say.
'What do you mean? I didn't want anything, you just looked like you needed some help and uhm..' I was tongue tied. I was talking to this guy that I hadn't had the courage to talk to all year, I was so nervous I started sweating, I can't lie. I didn't want to know if he needed help I just wanted an excuse to talk to him. Now why can't I just say that? Oh I know because that'll be stupid. I stopped thinking for a moment and just took the time to stare at him, if I hadn't already done enough of that. He smiled at me again. His perfectly straight teeth were irresistible but if we are talking about how good he looks we have to mention his gorgeous brown eyes which matched his gorgeous brown hair. His hair was long, well long for a guy anyway, it was parted to the side and was straight, straight in a good way that is. Not like my straight hair which has a horrible colour and is practically lifeless. His smile then turned into a different expression, he raised one of his eyebrows. It looked like he was waiting for what else I had to say. I gasped; I must be mumbling mindless chatter. Then I realised I was. I sounded like a car engine that wouldn't shut up.

'Sorry, I’m, I’m..' I paused. Should I tell him what I really feel? I think the best option is to just go for it. 'I'm nervous..'
'Don't be' he interrupted. My heart sunk. I think he likes me, this is my chance.
'I'm president of the Band club and we are having a big recital tomorrow at 8:30pm and I was wondering..' I stopped again. Why do I have to be so nervous for?
'I would love to come. If you're playing that is?'
'I play the trumpet' I said to him giggling. I'm such a dag.
'It's a date then' he said with a smile. I stood their frozen. I can't believe he said a date. I'm going on a date with Tyler! Yes, yes,
'YES!!' He laughed at me then turned around to continue packing his bag. Woops did I say that last yes out loud? You know what? I really don't care we are going on a date together and that’s all that matters even if it is just at a school recital nothing can make this day any worse.

I was walking home when the heavy rain started to pour down on me if snow wasn’t enough. The rain fell into dints on the road causing puddles which of course cars drove through which splashed all water onto me. I was drenched and cold, nothing can ruin this day, nothing can ruin this day. I kept repeating it to myself. Oh crap, Bonnie still has my diary and my assignment. I thought I would call mum to get me because I was a good half an hour away and the rain wasn't getting any lighter. I looked through my bag but there was no sign of my phone, 'of course' I thought to myself. Nothing can ruin this day, nothing can ruin this day. BOOM! 'Oh of course a thunderstorm, you were a little delayed there I wasn't sure if you were going to make it?' I was delusional; I was talking to a thunder storm that is so weird even if I was trying to sound sarcastic it still makes it weird. I should just admit that my day has been ruined and no more good will come from it.

'Aideen!' I heard my name being shouted in the distance but it was too far away so I kept on walking with my arms clutched in front of my face to stop the snow from getting into my eyes.
'Aideen!' Whoever is calling my name was getting closer. I turned around but the snow storm was so bad all I could see was white and mixtures of grey. I was pretty scared, it was like when you’re driving in really thick fog and you don't know where you're going, well that’s how bad this snow is.
'Aideen!' The voice was a few steps behind me now but it was so windy the person's voice shouting my name still sounded muffled. I kept on walking until someone put their hand on my shoulder from behind. My first instinct was to scream, so I did.

'Shh! don’t scream' I turned around and it was Tyler.
'Oh Tyler, you scared me! You don't know how scared I am right now it is so hard to see'
'It's ok I’m here. I noticed when you left that you weren’t wearing any snow gear or had an umbrella but that’ll be pretty useless in this weather anyway' he laughed.
'This is my first day of snow in my life I’m still getting used to it all.'
'Here my coat is big enough for us both, I don't mind if we share' He smiled. His shoulders were pretty broad and he was really tall but I guess that's what you get for being a football player. I nodded instead of saying yes because I was too nervous again. He unzipped his really big coat and took out his left arm from his sleeve. Then he wrapped it around me and I put my left arm through the sleeve. Our bodies were touching in the middle of his coat, we began walking.

He did the unthinkable well it was to me anyway. He put his left arm around my waist, I didn't think anyone would ever do that too me, I liked it though. He could feel me shaking against his body.
'I'm sorry if this makes you uncomfortable I can stop if you would like?' he asked very nicely.
'NO!' I said just a tad too loud like when someone dies in a movie and the other person yells out 'NOOOOOO!!!!!’ I was so embarrassed. He just laughed, like he always did.
'That's good then because I didn't want to stop hugging you' he said as he looked down to meet the gaze of my eyes. I have never felt this way before.
'Your eyes are so beautiful they are as blue as the ocean' My heart pounded against my chest I want to say something back but I just couldn't.

I didn't want our walk to ever end but what'll you know 20 minutes flies by quick when you're distracted. The storm wasn't as intense now, I could at least see where I was and I wasn't too happy that my house was right in front of me. I pondered the question of should we keep walking and then in an hour or so he asks ' Where do you actually live?' then I go 'woops I wasn't looking where we were going, we past my house like 3 hours ago. I guess we have to turn around and walk back. Then I thought it wasn't such a good idea. I was already a freak; I didn't want him knowing that though.

'Well this is my house' I pointed over to the left. He stared into my eyes again and said
'That's a shame I really enjoyed this walk'
'I wish it would never end' I added. Then he quickly said back
'It doesn't have too'. He leaned down close to my face. I think he was going to kiss me. Oh my god I am so not ready for this. I started to hyperventilate, metaphorically of course. His lips were about to touch mine when I quickly spun out of the left half of the coat that I was inside of. I tried to act cool like I didn't realise he was about to kiss me, that I was just getting ready to go inside so I just was letting him have his coat back. Of course I made things worse by staring at him again but this time it was kind of awkward because he wasn't staring back. He looked down to the ground and was kind of upset. No, I hope this isn't because I didn't want to kiss him. I feel so bad right now. I thought of the first thing that came to my head.
'Well this particular walk actually has to end because it is supper time but that doesn't mean that we can't have another walk like this again' Oh my god I sounded so ridiculous, so stupid, I sounded like an idiot. I trying to sound smart, I never talk like that in my life so why am I now? He must think I’m so weird; I didn't want this to happen.
'Yeah, I guess' He said looking down still. He then tilted his head up and saw my face then as much as he wanted to be sad he smiled. 'I'll walk you tomorrow to your recital'. Yay! he isn't mad anymore, at least I hope he isn't mad. Guys are so hard to understand. Now's my chance just kiss him at least he won’t reject it because he tried to kiss me first.
'Well goodbye' I said with a fake smile. Oh my god I can't believe I just said that! I could have kissed him. I sounded like a complete douche, 'well goodbye?!' oh my God I want to just dig a hole and crawl into it and die but I wont because I really like Tyler.
'See you then' He replied. As he walked away the snow picked up again. Damn snow I thought to myself again. He is like my good luck charm I can't believe I didn't at least give him a hug goodbye I can't believe how…
'Aideen!' My mother yelled from the door. 'Why are you standing out in the cold and icy snow, Get inside supper is on the table' I ran inside and shut the door behind me.

As I sat at the kitchen table with my hot soup sitting in front of me I only had one thing on my mind. Tyler was so cute and I blew it today. Why is it now when I'm eating soup I feel like kissing him? I know because the taste of this soup is crap and the only thing I really want to taste is the inside of Tyler’s mouth. I will, I will kiss him tomorrow at the end of the recital. After I've finished my solo we'll go out the back and lie in the snow hugging then we'll sit up and I’ll kiss him under the stars. It's absolutely perfect.
I have forgotten entirely about my hunger and went straight to bed. I thought the quicker I go to sleep then the quicker tomorrow comes. When I hopped into bed my stomach began to rumble. Being this skinny I think I really need to eat more not less but then thoughts of Tyler came rushing through my head and I forgot all about my stomach once more.