Kisses In the Snow by Cat Kelly (the little red hen read aloud .TXT) 📖

the attic above the attic rooms. I slip up the very back stairs in the victorian days it would have been the servants staircase. Cool right.
The attic is dusty and weirdly quite bright. I go to the box named padlocks as you would . And I look and see..................
Padlocks. What I was expecting.
But Something else catches my eye.
Tucked away in a corner of the attic is a slighly dusty chest. Like a treasure chest.
I try to open it but it won't give. I hook my finger round like little claws and pull . It groans and opens . Wrapped up in soft tissue paper is.................................
A dress .It was peach with bits of white and silver and jewels all over it. Also the was a half mask that was white with silver jelews. And delicate grey ankle boats.
Score.


4 and a half hours later i'm just ready and I have to admit I don't look half bad.
There is music going downstairs and the sound of laughing. I really don't want to go down but my friends zoey and Ella said they'd be there. Unfortunately they don't go to my school. But they might switch I hope.
There is a knock on my door and they are their smiling and laughing. We make our way down to the hall and for a minute I almost forgot about Alfie but then I seen him.
His hair is floppy and he's wearing jeans a white tee and a black blazer. He's smiling but the smile is forced. Then he sees me. His smile fades and he looks confused.
And sad.
I have to get away from those eyes. Me and Zoey and Ella head out the back garden where there is more music and more dancers. Within minute Zoey and Ella get asked to dance.
I'm hiding near the door .Ready to run to my room at the next possible moment.
Half the shadows are covering half of me. Alfie comes out of the door and looks around. He spots me and grins .
"Umm hey.Umm I don't know how to say this but I ah have kinda have had a crush on since the first time I saw you so Wanna dance sweetie" He says mumbling.
I confused since he told me himself he liked my sister.
I grab his hand and we dance long and hard. At the end of the night there a kiss. Which is good until someone shouts "he did it. He kissed the loner." .
I pull away gasping. Everyone is pointing and laughing and repeating he kissed the loner.
Alfie himself is laughing.
Tears are running down my face and I am humiliated .
"Why" I whisper.
"Shes actually hurt" Alfie yells.
"Leave her alone "someone shouts
"Noone cares about the loner" Alfie yells.
Some thing deep inside up me snaps and I a sick and tired up being called a loner a loser sick of being called anything remotely negative.
I punch him in the gut then the face. He falls to the ground and I continue kicking him in the gut . Some one grabs me and pulls me off him. I can see the persons face he has dark blond hair and green eyes . There is silence and and I realize that all the time I was beaten up Alfie I was shouting.
Tears are falling fast and flowing so I run. From my own house.
I keep running my feet pounding my heart racing i dont know where im running to or who im running from but im running and it has to end somewhere i trip over a branch and tumble i get up but i dont start running i curl up into a ball and hope that wolves might finnish me off.
2 hours later
I hear feet pounding and and a chorus of ''skyes''
Someone is looking for me.
Silent tears run down my face ,it starting snowing a long time ago and my body is starting to shut down a foot passes the tree i crawled under and slowly my hand creeps out and grabs it .
Its the boys who shouted at alfie and saved him from me killing him.
''Skye are you all right your freezing take my coat'' he says


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Publication Date: 03-29-2012

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