Once we were in the house, there was hot cocoa waiting there for me. I smiled happily and took a sip. The butler walked over to Vincent and started talking with him about something; it was hard to hear. I knew it wasn't my business, so I turned away and continued drinking my cup of cocoa. Vincent walked over and kissed the side of my head "I'll be back darling" he whispered as he walked off. Inside my head, I was screaming for joy. I love the way he called me darling but I looked over at the maids who seem to give me a strong death glare. I looked down at my cocoa awkwardly and just thought about what happened with Vincent in town. Then, the idea popped into my head once more. I would give Vincent an amazing gift. While Vincent was busy, it was a perfect time.
I went to the basement and grabbed boxes of lights and I searched for anything I could bend easily to make the letters. It took me a while, but I stayed in the basement and worked on each letter until I got "Merry Christmas". It took me almost an hour or two so I went back up to check on Vincent. I didn't see him anywhere that he would normally be if he was relaxing or just being Vincent. He was busy. That's perfect for me, I could get this put up in no time. I snuck out each letter one by one since it was so big. I went back inside to find the biggest Ladder we had but there wasn't any in the basement, Luckily I found one in the library.
It was hard carrying it out of the house and I didn't run into any of the servants. They are probably busy doing something. I plugged in a long cord from the bottom of the mansion and then plugged it into the first letter. I put up the tall ladder and climbed up, taking the letter with me. It was scarier than I thought. I felt like I was as high as the clouds. If I looked over the roof a bit, I could see the town from where I was. I did my best not to look down at all. I ignored my fear and placed it in a good position and climbed back down to grab the second letter. I went back up to plug the second letter to the first one. I repeated this until I got to the last letter of the second word, Christmas. This one was the hardest because it was snowing for hours, the roof was slippery and hard to keep the letter stable. It's scary trying to get this last letter there.
I was afraid of heights and I knew if I made one mistake, I'm dead. The snow blew harder, but I had to finish this gift for Vincent. I pushed the last letter down and it slipped, causing me to lose my balance. I grabbed onto the top point of the roof and held it tightly until my feet could find the ladder. The ladder was nowhere, causing me to panic. I was hanging by nothing and my gloves were losing their grip. Terrified I called out "Help me!! Please! Someone help me!!". The wind was too much and snow got in my eyes, forcing me to get them shut. I tried climbing the room, but I just kept slipping, I had no grip. Soon, I lose it and my heart sank. I gasped and grabbed onto the closest thing which was the last letter.
I connected it to the other letters which pulled out once I grabbed the last one when I used it to stop me from falling. "Help me!!" I screamed. I was going lower and lower as the lights were going down, I knew the cord would break any moment. My eyes were watering from not only the wind but fear. I didn't want to die yet, there were so many things I wanted to do with Vincent. Everything was going by so fast and now here I am at death. "Sky?!?" I heard a voice from down below. I couldn't look at it was hard to tell who it was "Please help me!" I cried out. Before I knew it, I was falling. It couldn't hold me anymore. I fell right into Vincent's arms, he barely caught me. I squeezed my eyes shut the entire time.
Vincent gently put me down and hugged me tightly, making me want to open my eyes. Once I realized I wasn't dead, I started sniffling that then turned into crying. I couldn't hold it in, I couldn't stop crying or shaking. I thought I would die. Vincent cupped my face with his hands as I continued weeping "shh..." he said in his soft and sweet tone but I couldn't obey him. It was too hard to stop. He rubbed his thumbs against my cheek softly "It's okay... breathe... you're all right now..." he continued in his soft and sweet voice. I tried taking deep breaths, but it wasn't working, I only cried more. Then he pushed his lips up against mine. I didn't make a sound. Slowly I kissed him back and wrapped my arms around his body.
The kissed lasted for a while before Vincent pulled away. He whipped away my tears as I sniffed and tried to catch my breath. "never do that again, understand me" he asked. I nodded slowly and then sneezed. He frowns as he picked me up and took me inside "Your freezing" he mumbled. He took me up to his room and laid me down on his bed. I couldn't speak, I couldn't say a word to him. I was replaying everything over and over in my head. All I could think about was 'what if Vincent wasn't there to catch me'. He kissed my forehead gently "Your safe now, I will always protect you and be there to save you. Understand?" he asked. I nodded in response and slowly teared up. Vincent shook his head "No more crying" he kissed my salted cheeks.
I then sneezed again and I could tell it worried Vincent "I hope you're not sick... I'll get you some soup, I'll be right back" he said as he left the room. All I remember was seeing Vincent's room and then complete blackness. Suddenly I woke up by lots of movements, I slowly opened my eyes and ended up squinting from something dazzling and hot. My eyes then widen as Vincent's hand covered my face. Our room was on fire, they golfed everything in flames. Slowly, everything in the room was burning. Am I dreaming?! Why was this Christmas going down in flames..?