Chapter 0416

Nina

It started snowing heavily that morning before we had even finished training the recruits for the day. In fact, it snowed so heavily that there were already two feet of snow on the ground by noon. Because of the deep snow and cold weather, the dean wound up canceling classes for the remainder of the day, and I decided to just go home to study for the rest of the afternoon and the evening since finals were only a couple of days away.

For the rest of the day, I spent my time studying with Lori and Jessica, who made hot cocoa and started putting up Christmas decorations. Normally we would have gone home for the holidays, but the dean made an exception that semester and was allowing students to stay in their dorms at no extra cost between the fall and spring semesters. Therefore, Lori, Jessica and I were going to be staying in our dorms for Christmas, and I was excited to spend the holiday with my best friends.

*Those stupid Crescents may have tried to take everything, but they won't take Christmas from us," Jessica said as she hung up a garland in the window. "I won't let them."

Lori and I both smiled. "That's what I love about you," Lori said, handing Jessica a pushpin for her garland." You're always so optimistic."

Jessica bent down and gave Lori a kiss on the lips. I quickly looked away, but it secretly made me happy to see my two best friends still in a happy relationship together. It did feel as though things were going to work out for everyone in the end.

The three of us studied and decorated for a while longer before I decided to head to my room to study alone.

in bed with my books spread out around me, I wasn't studying for very long when I suddenly heard the sound of something soft hitting my window. I jerked my head up and furrowed my brow when I saw what looked like fresh snow splattered on

heard the sound again, and again after that. Finally, I got

his face. He tossed the snowball in his hand a couple of times before chucking it up at the window, hitting the glass right in front

flung open the window and leaned out to

help you?" I asked. Cóntent

packed it into a ball, and threw it right at me. I managed to jump out of the way just in time, but

shouted, stifling a laugh at Enzo's childish behavior. "What was

Enzo said. "You've been studying all day. Come and play

at him for a few moments. He was standing almost knee deep in fresh snow, bundled up in his winter coat and hat. Looking down at him, he looked comically small, and the redness on his cheeks and the tip of his nose made him look like a naughty

living room bundled up in my winter coat and

me down there. I headed down ahead of them and met Enzo outside, who had apparently now amassed almost ten snowballs in a pile

all be for me!" I said, leaning down to scoop up a

But they were.

Enzo and I were both already soaked from snowballs and out of breath. And it wasn't just us, either. Other students saw the snowball fight through their windows and started running out to join in the fun, and soon enough it felt as though the entire campus was joining in one massive snowball fight. The quad became filled with the sounds of screaming and laughter, and the fresh layer of snow was turned into a mess of footprints and places where

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