Winter Afternoon

By Jaky

As it was a frosty cold afternoon in Pennsylvania Tobey begged his mid-teenaged sister Jenny to go out and play as she was in a group chat, she finally agreed to go out since her friends either had to go somewhere or make clean their rooms. They went out when Jenny remembered she had to get a scarf for Tobey since he’s only six and her parents were out grocery shopping. As she came out all was quiet and no one saw nothing but the white glimmering snow as it sparkled in the sunlight that passed through the big clouds. She heard a very faint sound and came to her senses that it was Tobey gigging through the white covered bush. He threw a miniature snowball that didn’t make it far enough to reach her because it broke apart mid-air. He giggled while Jenny bent down collecting a handful of snow and forming it into the shape of a sphere and tossed it over at Tobey. As it landed on his blue and green plaid hat it dissolved slowly.

They both were growing tired of throwing snow at each other, they sat on the steps of the front porch. Their parents drove up the parking lot and asked their eldest daughter for help with all the bags. Once Jenny returns from the kitchen to the front door she sees her parents now running in the snow with Tobey. Jenny finally received a message from her friends saying that they’re free now. Jenny smiles and returns inside… She then returned and started sprinting in the snow. She had put her phone away to spend time with her family.