Prompt: Write about what you think love is720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnm88u3xIY
Maisy stumbles into the house, cheeks pink from cold and anger, fists curled like little puffed pastries.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ApN1YSuZj
'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.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvIvX8W6Th
'What's wrong, Maisy?'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhohXfLkGCy
'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.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0YAQt3fu8
'Aw, Maisy, come here.' Peter takes his sister by the shoulders. 'Tell me what happened. Start with Miss Natalia.'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPiBpFNl99
'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!'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzOyopIFIK
'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?'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrS8vnnheUc
The girl puffs her cheeks. 'Because I - love - him!' Peter laughs at her declaration. 'Don't laugh, Peter! I'm being quite serious!'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbu0UbLG1vM
'I wasn't laughing at you, Maisy.' He responds, conscious of her feelings.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHWVvPlo6w
'Then what were you laughing at?' She demands.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAJiAxYiSU
'I was laughing at...' A moment's thought. 'I was laughing at love.'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ132TCT3FBp
A crease appears in Maisy's soft and rounded forehead. 'What's so funny about love?'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡug1v4dMh7d
'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?'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlaPjFdTJ1
'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!'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiak958rxCv
'That's a start. So you said you love Danny. Is that because you like him a lot?'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGJ8W8Ff51
Maisy erects her body to inject confidence into her voice. 'I do like him very much!'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6ohy6SDAz
'Okay. Why do you like him?'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSDDk8CNEF
'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.'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCEfoRQEUf
'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.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVb1vEZKrS
'Don't be silly. You're different! You're my brother, and besides, you're not good at soccer!'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYp9pZdcp01
'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?'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3akL65irq
'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.'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4j2Cqn3Fzs
'That's nice.'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0fgJLmCPE
'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.' 720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpipIoAhYi
'I see. Well, you know, love isn't like you see it in movies. A lot of things aren't.'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuRKWtKf7H
'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?'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbf4nLG7K5O
'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.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HSGL3bRxy
'Hey! That's not fair! I told you what I thought love was. Now you have to do the same!'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyrWT0oPq2
A few seconds pass in silence. 'Okay. Put your coat back on, I want to show you something outside.'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljmkqsBTF1
Maisy utters some mild protests but relents to his suggestion, as he takes her by the hand to their garden.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmhIAk4OD6
'Do you see all the snow, Maisy?'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEQuaO1KWf
'Yes. But what has that got to do with -'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbaPn8ZWFoa
'Shhh. Just watch the snowflakes fall.'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2yrWjR1lm
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.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwkl7qNXey
'Love... Love is like looking at these snowflakes.' Peter begins. 'Every snowflake is different, but every snowflake is beautiful. The snowflakes are like people.'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPHrfku56Z
Maisy opens her mouth to interrupt but decides against distracting her brother from his story.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUu0OCNxxi1
'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.'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCwYaftLcl
Maisy wraps her arms around her brother's waist as the late afternoon breeze begins to pick up, sending crystals swirling around their heads.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnt3aczrF5
'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.'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsIzH8hWKd
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.'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlnKWiMLfQ
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?'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoGH0SSHQB
She smiles, immediately brightening. 'That sounds good!'720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YVgsl7Goy
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. 720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzry1clkgY
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