The second week of winter was always the worst. The snow was unforgivingly cold and was covering all the roads around town. There's no way that someone could be able to drive for the next three days. Alice didn't have any problem with the snow--well except for the fact that her mom kept asking her to shove the snow away for their front porch every morning--, quite contrary, she loved winter and all the tales told during winter.
"We should probably do something other than lounge around and watch netflix", Lara said, crossing her legs in Indian style; something Lara always did whenever she was sitting, be it in a fancy restaurant or class, she always did the Indian style sitting. Always.
"What do you want to do, Lar?" Alice paused, "Oh, I know! Let's bake something! I found this cool recipe for chirstmas cookies and I wanted to try it!"
"Really, Alice? You want to bake? Next thing I'd know you'd put the kitchen on fire!" And Lara was right. Alice watched too many cooking tutorials online and she always thought that it was easy but when she did it in the kitchen... well let's just say it never ended up good. There was a time when Alice called Lara and freaking out about how she almost burned her mother's kitchen down. It was one of many unfortunate events that Alice didn't want to remember.
"Let's just roast marshmallows and make some hot chocolate and then we'll go watch some rom-com." Lara suggested, already walking to the kitchen to get some marshmallows to roast on the fireplace.
Alice rolled her eyes, "you're the one who said we should do something other than lounge around and watch netflix!"
Lara laughed, the kind of laugh that only Lara could do; a mixture of ugly laugh and cute laugh. "Whatever, Alice! And besides, I've got lots and lots of marshmallows that will be expired next month so you better eat up!"
Having been spending a lot of time with Lara, Alice knew how much Lara love roasted foods. She could eat half of the roast turkey by herself during Thanksgiving. She liked going fishing with her dad on the weekend just so that she could roast the fish they had caught by the beach. She also liked camping and sitting around the bonfire to roast corns or sausages or marshmallows. Lara was both an outdoor and indoor person. She could spend a week cooped up inside her house and she could also spend 4 days camping without complaining about anything. That was the thing about Lara; she was either all or nothing kind of person.
"Oh jeez, you weren't kidding when you said you have lots and lots of marshmallows" Alice mumbled, eyeing all the marshmallows packs Lara had on both of her hands.
"Course not. You know I love our roasting marshmallows sessions", Lara grinned, throwing a pack of marshmallows at Alice.
Alice couldn't help but laughed. She, too, loved their roasting marshmallows sessions. Ro-Marsh, they often called it. Rosting marshmellows. They did it so often that they decided to give it a name no one would understand. During the Ro-Marsh session, Lara would talk almost non-stop. She'd talk about everything and sometimes, she forgot that she was roasting a marshmallow and her marshmallow would be so burned and bitter. She'd make stupid jokes, too. Jokes that no one but Alice would laugh at.
Alice would sit with her knees up and listen to Lara, commenting every here and then. Unlike Lara, Alice didn't talk much. She'd just roast and chew her marsmallow while Lara would go on and on about her life.
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"Alice, you burned your marshmallows again!" Her sister yells, waking her up from her little daydream.
Alice throws away her burned marshmallows. Unlike Lara, she doesn't like burned marshmallows.
Lara. What a memory.
It's been 3 years since Lara left the city. She packed up all her things and went somewhere. Even Alice doesn't know where Lara is right now.
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"I'm going to an adventure, Al" Lara whispered, a day before she left for good. Alice never saw her this happy before, even she wasn't like this when they were having their Ro-Marsh sessions. There were sparkles on her green eyes and she looked like she was ready to conquer the world. Alice just nodded and said her goodbye. She knew a girl like Alice couldn't hold back a girl like Lara. Someone who was meant to have great adventures all around the world.
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Sometimes, Alice wonder whether Lara still likes roasting foods or not. Or whether Lara remembers about Alice and their Ro-Marsh sessions. Because Alice does. Marshmallows and corns and sausages and fish always remind her of Lara. And even the burn on her sister's leg reminds her of Lara.
"We should probably do something other than lounge around and watch netflix", Lara said, crossing her legs in Indian style; something Lara always did whenever she was sitting, be it in a fancy restaurant or class, she always did the Indian style sitting. Always.
"What do you want to do, Lar?" Alice paused, "Oh, I know! Let's bake something! I found this cool recipe for chirstmas cookies and I wanted to try it!"
"Really, Alice? You want to bake? Next thing I'd know you'd put the kitchen on fire!" And Lara was right. Alice watched too many cooking tutorials online and she always thought that it was easy but when she did it in the kitchen... well let's just say it never ended up good. There was a time when Alice called Lara and freaking out about how she almost burned her mother's kitchen down. It was one of many unfortunate events that Alice didn't want to remember.
"Let's just roast marshmallows and make some hot chocolate and then we'll go watch some rom-com." Lara suggested, already walking to the kitchen to get some marshmallows to roast on the fireplace.
Alice rolled her eyes, "you're the one who said we should do something other than lounge around and watch netflix!"
Lara laughed, the kind of laugh that only Lara could do; a mixture of ugly laugh and cute laugh. "Whatever, Alice! And besides, I've got lots and lots of marshmallows that will be expired next month so you better eat up!"
Having been spending a lot of time with Lara, Alice knew how much Lara love roasted foods. She could eat half of the roast turkey by herself during Thanksgiving. She liked going fishing with her dad on the weekend just so that she could roast the fish they had caught by the beach. She also liked camping and sitting around the bonfire to roast corns or sausages or marshmallows. Lara was both an outdoor and indoor person. She could spend a week cooped up inside her house and she could also spend 4 days camping without complaining about anything. That was the thing about Lara; she was either all or nothing kind of person.
"Oh jeez, you weren't kidding when you said you have lots and lots of marshmallows" Alice mumbled, eyeing all the marshmallows packs Lara had on both of her hands.
"Course not. You know I love our roasting marshmallows sessions", Lara grinned, throwing a pack of marshmallows at Alice.
Alice couldn't help but laughed. She, too, loved their roasting marshmallows sessions. Ro-Marsh, they often called it. Rosting marshmellows. They did it so often that they decided to give it a name no one would understand. During the Ro-Marsh session, Lara would talk almost non-stop. She'd talk about everything and sometimes, she forgot that she was roasting a marshmallow and her marshmallow would be so burned and bitter. She'd make stupid jokes, too. Jokes that no one but Alice would laugh at.
Alice would sit with her knees up and listen to Lara, commenting every here and then. Unlike Lara, Alice didn't talk much. She'd just roast and chew her marsmallow while Lara would go on and on about her life.
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"Alice, you burned your marshmallows again!" Her sister yells, waking her up from her little daydream.
Alice throws away her burned marshmallows. Unlike Lara, she doesn't like burned marshmallows.
Lara. What a memory.
It's been 3 years since Lara left the city. She packed up all her things and went somewhere. Even Alice doesn't know where Lara is right now.
----
"I'm going to an adventure, Al" Lara whispered, a day before she left for good. Alice never saw her this happy before, even she wasn't like this when they were having their Ro-Marsh sessions. There were sparkles on her green eyes and she looked like she was ready to conquer the world. Alice just nodded and said her goodbye. She knew a girl like Alice couldn't hold back a girl like Lara. Someone who was meant to have great adventures all around the world.
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Sometimes, Alice wonder whether Lara still likes roasting foods or not. Or whether Lara remembers about Alice and their Ro-Marsh sessions. Because Alice does. Marshmallows and corns and sausages and fish always remind her of Lara. And even the burn on her sister's leg reminds her of Lara.
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