11

~Aria

A snow drenched wind began at the same moment a rush of fear fell over me.

Someone is on the other side of that door, who might just dictate whether or not I'm going home or not. Malik seems to be suffering from the same alarmed affliction I am, but he smothers it in less than a second.

"Quick, can you hide?" he questions, pointing back down the balcony, to where the wall reached a sharp corner.

Without thinking twice, I quickly shuffle through the snow building on the edge of the balcony, dodging other benches and decorations hung off the wall. Frost bit at my arms like teeth, forcing me to cross my arms over my chest in an attempt to keep myself from going completely numb. I can't even see properly, with the lack of light that was slowly being swallowed up by the thick darkness.

Grabbing the corner of the brick wall with frigid fingers, as I swing around it, I quickly con