and i'm still waiting for a life that never was
Tal whooped with triumph too soon as he vaulted over the drift that Alys had been behind previously; it alerted the young woman to his whereabouts, and she twirled to face his general direction, a snowball in each hand and a small pile at her feet. Unfortunately, she hadn't been expecting him to vault over her snow drift, instead thinking that he would come around the side, and his snowball flew into her shoulder, startling a playful shriek from the young woman.
With an almost feral grin, she flung both of her snowballs towards her friend (the one from her right hand aimed much better than that from her left) and stooped to gather more ammunition, belatedly realizing that she'd made herself a sitting target. In order to succeed, she'd need to be able to move, but her stock of snowballs kept her from being particularly mobile. So she grabbed two more, stomped on the others to prevent Tal from getting them, and flung one last snowball in the direction he'd last been before scurrying away to another snow drift.
With an almost feral grin, she flung both of her snowballs towards her friend (the one from her right hand aimed much better than that from her left) and stooped to gather more ammunition, belatedly realizing that she'd made herself a sitting target. In order to succeed, she'd need to be able to move, but her stock of snowballs kept her from being particularly mobile. So she grabbed two more, stomped on the others to prevent Tal from getting them, and flung one last snowball in the direction he'd last been before scurrying away to another snow drift.
Alys
