Disclaimer:This story is based on characters created and owned by Saban or Disney.

Author’s Note: My first Conner/Kira fic. Hope you enjoy this one :)

Summary:Kira can’t stand the snow, but Conner loves it. Maybe Conner can teach her to appreciate it a little bit more.

Snow

I hate the snow.

It made people miserable, it seemed to take forever to go away, and it caused the winter months to feel so much longer. People didn’t go out anymore than they had to in the winter because the damn snow made it hard to travel.

I could only think of one person who truly seemed to enjoy the snow of the whole winter season. He didn’t tire of it at all. Conner never failed to amaze me.

I observed him was sitting by the Christmas tree and staring out the window as a fresh blanket of snow covered everything outside.

Conner watched with such delight. He looked like a small child. I loved the moments when I saw his brown eyes sparkled, the moments when he seemed to forget about everything that haunted him.

He turned around and smiled at me as I pretended to read my music magazine quietly in the corner of the room by the warm fire. Dr. O had forced Hayley, Trent and Ethan to do a bit of last minute Christmas shopping in the mal with him. I thought he still needed to buy our gifts. Conner and I chose to stay at home.

Conner was walking toward me now. I looked up at him and smiled.

“Let’s go for a walk!” He exclaimed enthusiastically.

I groaned. “It’s so cold though. Wouldn’t you rather stay in here by the fire?” I frowned slightly. I had no desire to go wander around in the wet snow.

“Aww,” he whined, “c’mon Kira. Please.” He made puppy dog eyes at me while his bottom lip protruded past his top lip.

I sat staring at his round brown eyes. I didn’t know how to say no to them. I sighed. “Fine, but just a short walk, I don’t want to get sick.”

I thought Conner was about ready to jump for joy. I laughed at him as he scurried to gather his coat and mittens. His inner boy could be quiet endearing.

After I was bundled up in my scarf, hat, mittens, coat and boots I told Conner that I was ready to go. He came around the corner and bursted into fits of laughter.

“What’s so funny?” I asked, although I was finding it hard to speak with my scarf covering my mouth.

Conner continued to laugh for several moments before he was able to reply. “Kira!” He exclaimed. “We’re just going for a short walk. It’s not like we’re in Canada!” He continued to laugh.

I yanked the scarf away from my face. “Conner, you know very well Canada isn’t just full of snow.”

Conner rolled his eyes at me. “I know, I know. I’m just kidding. Let’s go!” He grabbed my hand and dragged me outside.

The snow had stopped falling now, but it was still cold. I’d give anything to be sitting back by the cozy fire. Fire was good. Cold was bad.

I whimpered as the crisp breeze bit at my nose and cheeks. I desperately tugged at my scarf with my free hand until it was covering most of my face again.

I felt Conner’s eyes peering at me.

“What?” I questioned through my scarf.

“It’s not even that cold out, Kira.” He looked at me with an amused expression. “Look, you can even see the sun today!” He randomly pointed up toward the sky.

“I know where the sun is, McKnight.” I pulled my hand away from his. “It’s still cold though!” I wrapped both my arms around myself to make my point clear.

“Kira, don’t be so bitter! Just have some fun.” He grinned at me.

I was not happy. I felt like I was about to turn into a Kira-shaped ice cube. I stopped walking and he turned to face me before I replied. “No fun. The wind’s bitter. I’m bitter.” I looked at him. “And I’ll make you bitter if you don’t wipe that ridiculous grin off your face!”

He did stop grinning, but now he was pouting at me as he moved closer. “Aww, poor Kira isn’t having any fun.” I folded my arms in front of me and scowled at him. A scowl that would make Elsa, Zeltrax and even Messogog proud. “I guess we’ll just have to change that.” His devilish grin returned to his face.

Before I had a chance to comment, I was being swished off my feet and thrown over Conner’s shoulder.

“Conner!” I screamed, while I pounded my little fists into his back. “Put me down!”

He was laughing. I cursed him for being so strong.

He started spinning around. I cursed myself for not being bigger.

Suddenly he toppled over into a large heap of snow, and I had a feeling it wasn’t an accident. I cursed Mother Nature for creating snow.

Conner was practically rolling around with laugher. I was sputtering as I tried to free the snow that had slid down my scarf and was quickly freezing my face.

I impatiently pulled the scarf away. “Conner McKnight!” I squealed as I tried to untangle myself from him. “That was not funny!”

“Oh, but you should’ve seen your face!” He managed to say through his laughter. “Priceless.”

I stared disbelievingly at him. Did all nineteen year old boys act this way? I shook my head. Probably. I finally released my legs from his and managed to roll over onto my back.

His laughter had stopped piercing through the winter silence. “Kira, I’m sorry.” His voice was soft and sounded sincere. “I just wanted to have some fun.”

I sighed. “It’s okay,” I couldn’t possibly to stay angry with him. “Couldn’t you have just built a snowman or something? Or waited until Dr.O and everybody else got home to play together with them in the snow?” I half-whined.

“Hmm,” I could tell he was thinking, “I don’t think I would have wanted Dr. O lying on top of me.” He sounded completely serious.

I could feel myself blushing slightly. “Oh, stop it!” I laughed while throwing a clump of snow in his direction. I began to sit up and I noticed Conner jumped up out of the corner of my eye. Next thing I knew, he was standing before me.

He extended his hand toward me. “Let me help you up.”

I cautiously took it, expecting to be dropped back in the snow, but he actually allowed me to stand.

“Thanks,” I smiled at him. “Can we please go back now?” I begged him. I couldn’t take anymore winter ‘fun’.

“Oh, fine.” He gave into me. He reached out and grasped my hand and we started back toward the house.

“Well at least I got a little fun in the snow today.” He casually said, while his feet crunched along the ground.

Tiny snow flakes started falling down around us. I tilted my head back and stared into the blue sky. I could feel the little flakes landing on my exposed face. I stopped walking and slowly closed my eyes. Sometimes the snow could be so peaceful. Still cold though.

I heard Conner stopped beside me. He let go of my hand and it fell to my side. Suddenly I felt his mitten-covered hands cupping my face and his chap lips were pressed against mine. After I realized what was happening, I slowly returned the kiss. It was sweet and tender, but it was warming my whole body. I started to smile against his lips. I’d always wondered what it would be like to kiss him, but had never thought I’d find out. Kissing my best friend wasn’t something I ever expected to do. I felt him pulling away and I opened my eyes.

“I guess I had a bit more than a little fun in the snow today.” He whispered “Merry Christmas, Kira” His cheeks were rosy pink, and I couldn’t tell was he was blushing or if it was just the cold.

I opened my mouth to reply, but he gently pressed his fingers against my lips. I closed my mouth, and he took my hand once again.

We continued to walk toward the house. I couldn’t seem to wipe the smile away from my face. Conner seemed to be having a similar problem.

As we took the last few steps up the walkway, a sudden realization dawned on me.

I love the snow.

The End

A.N : Okay that’s the end of this fic. I have to go now. Happy Holidays to you all.