Prompt: Write about what you think love is739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡofMaEjPBBw
Maisy stumbles into the house, cheeks pink from cold and anger, fists curled like little puffed pastries.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6dqjlH3vW
'I had a very, very, VERY terrible day today!' She proclaims loudly, taking off her thick jacket. Her elder brother, Peter, announces his arrival with heavy footsteps on the staircase.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE81A3PpcyS
'What's wrong, Maisy?'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42V7GppcDv
'Just EVERYTHING!' The girl fumes. 'Miss Natalia was even meaner than usual today, and that's just the tip of the iceberg!' Beneath her outburst the girl applauds herself for using her newly learnt phrase. 'Danny said he didn't love me!' At this, she crosses her arms melodramatically with a little hmmph.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXgaJfcQv8
'Aw, Maisy, come here.' Peter takes his sister by the shoulders. 'Tell me what happened. Start with Miss Natalia.'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjony2CaTus
'Well, I was playing with the soccer ball and Ben kicked it over the fence. So I climbed over and ran to get the ball from across the road. Then when I came back, Miss Natalia was so very angry and said all kinds of silly things to me. And then she didn't let me play for the rest of lunch!'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PBWfDn40b
'I see,' Peter says, with a smile to himself. 'And what about Danny? He said he didn't love you? Now why would something like that upset you, Maisy?'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauLQmQNWQf
The girl puffs her cheeks. 'Because I - love - him!' Peter laughs at her declaration. 'Don't laugh, Peter! I'm being quite serious!'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡts5A4AnPwW
'I wasn't laughing at you, Maisy.' He responds, conscious of her feelings.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOYON3jbyN
'Then what were you laughing at?' She demands.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7oALZjJZc
'I was laughing at...' A moment's thought. 'I was laughing at love.'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdBoYO4O50p
A crease appears in Maisy's soft and rounded forehead. 'What's so funny about love?'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuRKe8d5oH
'I'm not so sure, Maisy. Why don't you help me out?' Peter grins, not only beginning to enjoy himself with the conversation but also satisfied that he had distracted her from the day's events. 'Tell me what you think love is, hey?'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5YD86UiNn
'It's, it's, um.' She looks from side to side as if expecting an answer to be floating out of reach in the room. 'Well. It's when you like someone very much!'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tbHFQnOWZ
'That's a start. So you said you love Danny. Is that because you like him a lot?'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DxvX5ET4e
Maisy erects her body to inject confidence into her voice. 'I do like him very much!'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9ueSUc6SG
'Okay. Why do you like him?'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0W8hE99Ru
'Well, everybody likes him. And he's very clever. He beats me in all of Miss Natalia's tests. And he's good at soccer. And he makes funny jokes.'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7y6iNmOz4
'Hey, I make funny jokes, I'm good at soccer, I'm clever and everybody likes me...' Peter purposefully puts a playfulness in his tone to show his sister that he isn't being serious.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi27Izi9Xod
'Don't be silly. You're different! You're my brother, and besides, you're not good at soccer!'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzj6Fn4V8EM
'I guess you're right, I'm not very good, am I?' Memories of letting his sister win with a comical oh no I lost face just to see her smile. 'But anyway, what exactly did Danny say to you?'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPgNVRj6Zx
'Well I put a letter into his bag. And I wrote it in running writing! With curls and everything! It said, To Danny, I love you like trees love the sun. From Maisy.'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjr6MXOZji
'That's nice.'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARJTz5iRs1
'Which is what he said, too! He said the letter was very nice but then he said that he didn't love me back! I didn't know what to do then because that never happens in movies so I couldn't tell what I was supposed to say. So I ran off.' 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODtvDehPKs
'I see. Well, you know, love isn't like you see it in movies. A lot of things aren't.'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBf2qBGFkcX
'The what is it supposed to be? I liked Danny very much so I thought he would like me very much too! How else does love work?'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvwbsPG0AN
'I'm not sure how to explain it, Maisy, but I'll say that one day you'll understand what Danny did.' Peter looks out the window at the snow topped roofs.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VG5QWSxlC
'Hey! That's not fair! I told you what I thought love was. Now you have to do the same!'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZPfg17jXJ
A few seconds pass in silence. 'Okay. Put your coat back on, I want to show you something outside.'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxQbaDVyFe
Maisy utters some mild protests but relents to his suggestion, as he takes her by the hand to their garden.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdMoTlh6oM
'Do you see all the snow, Maisy?'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByKcmLbeDs
'Yes. But what has that got to do with -'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpQgXpvIqp
'Shhh. Just watch the snowflakes fall.'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qN5EkQlII
They stand on the path by the street, eyes mesmerised by the stars of white that danced from the skies to the ground, like leftover drops of heaven.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHV7SGdNtaD
'Love... Love is like looking at these snowflakes.' Peter begins. 'Every snowflake is different, but every snowflake is beautiful. The snowflakes are like people.'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaAIpgT3QZ
Maisy opens her mouth to interrupt but decides against distracting her brother from his story.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0fj7vCkHY
'And some of the snowflakes, you can catch on your tongue. It kind of burns, but it sparkles, too. That's the love you're talking about. Out of the thousands and thousands of snowflakes that fall you might only be able to catch a few. But even the ones that you just give a passing glance, that make it to the ground, you can see that they're pretty too, in their own way, and if you can understand that - you can love everyone. Sometimes it's hard to see, for some flakes, that they're worth loving. But even those, people like Miss Natalia -' Maisy giggles at the mention of her teacher. ' - when you really think about it, those people love you in their own way too.'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQW8yHH4ZHq
Maisy wraps her arms around her brother's waist as the late afternoon breeze begins to pick up, sending crystals swirling around their heads.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptzI7AKC3a
'You caught Danny's snowflake on your tongue, but he couldn't catch you. But he loved you in a different way, and that's why he said he liked your letter, why he told you so quickly.'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMmWtpPPZY
The girl bites her lip, cocks her head, and contemplates this notion for a few minutes. Eventually, she turns upwards confidingly to look at her brother, and announces: 'I don't get it.'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWSsvJseOh
Peter laughs again, but it's filled with such joy that Maisy can't help but laugh as well this time. 'You know, I don't get it either.' He says, hugging her tight. 'Maybe when we're older we'll both understand. But for now, how does getting back inside for a nice hot chocolate sound?'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJPytIAHfP
She smiles, immediately brightening. 'That sounds good!'739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmugNFQFoKk
They turn around, back into the warmth and comfort of their home, with a love that burns a little but sparkles too, like the fire crackling under the mantel, the night filled with stories and smiles and songs, while outside the window snowflakes fall one by one. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tiKG1AI1b
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