He shook Emma side to side to wake her up.

“Wake up, it’s Christmas! Wake up. It’s another day for growing old!”

She was colder than ever.

He melted a tablet of cocoa and wore pleated pants.

Holding a cup of chocolate, he realized he needed to grow old alone.

Alex Alvarez wants to be a writer and not just someone who writes. She’s now slaving away in the field of science. More of her works at http://alexandralvarez.wordpress.com/