Nash's [POV]
"You decided not to leave, huh?"
Elle turns to me and smiles. "Yeah, I'm not sure why I would leave the North Pole right before Christmas, especially when I have a date with Santa Claus coming up."
"I'd almost forgotten about that. You definitely can't stand up Santa."
"Thank you for finally admitting who he is," she says, laughing.
"Well, we don't like to reveal his true identity to strangers until we know they're true believers."
"I completely understand."
"Do you want company?" I say, walking over to her.
"If you even want to be seen with me after all that."
"It wasn't that bad and you gave Izzy something to talk about for months."
I sit down next to her and put my arm around her. She jumps a little bit and leans away from me. I push my arm quickly onto the back of the bench not touching her. Something has changed. I'm guessing Kit gave her the same warning she gave me.
