I stood in front of the house, envelopes in one hand, leash in the other.

Landon took Nala from me. "Thanks again." 

"You're welcome." 

Pause.

"Alright, well, I guess I gotta go now," he said.

Before he could turn around, I stopped him. "Wait."

"Yeah?"

"Um, if you can... Will you let Julien know we're here? I know Natalie's been wanting to see him."

There was a slight hesitation in his voice. "Uh, yeah. Sure."

I smiled. "Thanks."

"Alright, well. It was nice seeing you." 

"Same," I replied, proceeding to add, "Even though you're a bit annoying."

"Oh, shut up." He rolled his eyes, "I could say the same for you."

"Yeah, whatever," I said, returning the eye roll.

He let out a chuckle. "Well, bye, I guess."

He walked away, trudging through the snow into the distance with Nala and Tucker, and I smiled to myself.