"And miss out on seeing you – not likely." He takes her hand. "Now up that ladder to put this on top." Celine climbs the step ladder and Rene hands her the star while making sure she stays safe. He helps her down and her hand in his feels like coming home. He gives her a gentle squeeze and she smiles while blushing."Someone is going to see." She gently pulls back. "We have to be careful." "We always are." He reminds. "We could use some help outside!" One of Celine's brothers says. A whole group heads outside, but then there are snowballs flying. Rene doesn't know what started the battle, but he covers Celine and sees her scooping up snow faster than she can even force it into a ball. She laughs when a snowball hits her stomach and slides down. Then Celine's eyes turn tohim and she smacks him with more than one good snowball. He throws some back, but she's quick, dodging them easily. Finally, she gets close and just tosses snow on him. Rene beams and drags her behind a snow drift, coming down on top of her. She shoves him off and Rene holds uphis hands. "I surrender." They adjust in the snow until they have the snowbank as cover against the others still playing. Celine giggles, her laugh shown by the puff of white mist and he leans in close. "Thank you for inviting me." "I didn't. Mom did." She rolls her eyes. "I'm hoping it's because you wanted me here."
