[ WP ] You age up every sentence . Write a love story .

The winter that she was born, the snow swirled around her carrier in greeting when her parents brought her home; he took his first hesitant steps into the safety of his mother ’ s arms. She grew quickly-almost too quickly –as she started primary school with a grin on her face and a chirpy voice that greeted him with, “ What you name? ” and he answered with, “ What ’ s yours? ” 
 
 The two had grown out of action figures and Barbies a few winters ago, but still, every first-day-of-winter, they played together until the sun went down; this year, they went skating. The next year ’ s first-day-of-winter was the first time that she had spent it alone in her room. 
 
 To her, middle school was a blur of boys and bad decisions, of late nights with girlfriends and tentative kisses; to him, it was spent in an eternal summer that turned his snowy childhood into a tantalizing dreamland filled with laughter and light. High school was different- they both drifted, confused and unsure, wondering when they ’ d meet someone with whom to share each blustery day. 
 
 She graduated college in the spring; he took an extra semester of philosophy to figure out what he wanted to do. The next snowfall, they both took a leap of faith and moved away to start their new careers. 
 
 Skating had always been her favourite when she was younger, so it was only fitting that, as she stepped onto a rink for the first time in years, she heard a familiar voice jokingly say, “ Hey, what ’ s your name again? ” 
 
 Her wrinkled hand reached out to touch his cheek for the third time that hour- he remembered their youth when she would caress his cheek before they kissed –but this was as she stuttered, “ Hello... what... what you name? ” 
 
 As he stared at the snow flying past his window, he knew he ’ d always remember her.
