Family

The first snow fall

Ali's pov

"Moms it's snowing" Lily and Grace squeak, waking Em and I up

"It's snowing" they continue to cheer

"Wow it's not half snowing. Come look Alison" Emily smiles looking out of our bedroom window

I shuffle over to the window and see that Rosewood is buried in about 2 feet of snow

"Go get your winter clothes on and we'll go outside and play. Babe turn the radio on"

I do as Emily asked and turn the radio on

"...are closed. I'll say that once more for all the excited Rosewooders, all Rosewood schools are closed due to the snow. To celebrate the snow... let it go... all the way back to twenty-thirteen" the radio presenter enthusiastically introduces the song with a terrible pun

I quickly turn the radio off not wanting to go through the torture of that song which I've heard almost everyday since Frozen came out

Emily, Lily and Grace go outside to play in the snow while, I watch from the warm comfort of the house

"Ali, come and see the snowman that Lily and Grace are building" Emily shouts on me

I stand in the frame of our door and watch as Lily and Grace struggle to roll the snowman's body. Emily jumps onto the porch and stands next to me, her soggy jacket sticks to my hair as she wraps her arm around my neck

"I love your pyjamas, oh and I'm sorry"

"Sorry? For what?" I enquire

Emily tightens her arm around my neck until she has me in a headlock that I cannot escape from and pulls me outside onto the snowy porch

"Emily DiLaurentis-Fields, let go of me" I shout, trying to wrestle my way out of her grip

Emily and I both laugh as we fight in and out of the house. I finally break free and push my hands out towards Emily, the palms of my hands bounce off Emily's chest and she loses balance at the top of our porch steps, to try retain her balance Emily grabs onto my waist. The snow below my fluffy Santa socks slips away from me and Emily drags me down with her

Emily's pov

As if it was in slow motion, Alison also loses her balance and comes crashing down onto me. The thick snow cushions my fall, just seconds before Ali falls onto me. Her elegant body collides with mine and I am pushed deeper into the snow. A moan of pain escapes from my lips but is soon overpowered by laughter

Alison stands up off of me and then helps me to my feet

"This is your fault" Ali complains as snow and water falls off her pyjamas

She bends down and rolls a small snowball with her hands before throwing it in my face, I cough as snow barricades my throat. I look up at Alison and see a smug smile over her face, her ocean blue eyes sparkle with joy and triumph. I refuse to lose this battle with Alison, so scoop up snow and make an even bigger snowball. Ali runs around the side of the house trying to dodge my snowballs, I finally have her cornered at the Hastings gate. I rotate my arm and separate my feet to try perfect my aim, I throw the snowball too far and it flys over the fence into the Hastings yard

"Ouch" I hear Mr Hastings scream

"Run" Ali giggles with widened eyes