"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas,

Just like the ones I used to know,

Where the tree tops glisten

And children listen

To hear sleigh bells in the snow."

 ~ Irving Berlin

We were walking down the pine woods. The atmosphere was beautiful. We were walking between the pines. The feeling was as good as always, but there was something special. The air felt different. The night sky was clear with millions of stars shining and lighting the way for us through the fog filled woods. We were walking silently.

"The cookies were tasty, you are good at cooking", Kookie said to me.

"Thank you. I love cooking especially when it is for the people I love"

"Hmm...so, who are the people that you love?"

"I love Nieva, Sophiah, my family.... and who else?" I asked myself.

"Don't you love me?" Jungkook asked me causing me to look at him and then in a hurry said... "I mean BTS. Don't you love BTS?" However, that made me blush. How cute he is.

"Yes, I do. I love BTS and you too" I said playfully.

"Thank you", I thought does he also blushes when I compliment him? But that was a stupid question. Why would he blush? I am no one special to him.

"What are your interests?"

"Umm...I like reading books, listening to music, cooking, having fun with my friends and having these kind of walks" I said thinking what more do I like... "What do you like to do?" I asked him.

"I like listening to music, dancing, playing games, exercising and spending time with my hyungs. And also, these long walks"

I smiled at him and he returned the smile back.

We walked in silence another few steps.

"Are we friends?" I asked him, because I really wanted to know.

"Of course, we are friends, in fact you can say best friends". He said matter-of-fact'ly.

"So, can I call you 'Kookie'?"

"You can". He said smiling down at me. Was he thinking I am stupid? That's not fully wrong though.

"Kookie, there's a beautiful lake here. Would you like to go with me?" I asked hesitatingly.

"Why not?" Kookie smiled at me.

We went to my secret place. No one comes here. It's a place for me and my friends only. No one else is allowed here. But I wanted to bring Kookie here. I am sure he will love the place. It really is magnificent specially, at night.

"This is the place", I said showing him my secret escape.

"It's beautiful" he said putting too much meaning in the word 'Beautiful'. He was amazed at the scenery in front of him.

The beautiful lake lay in front of us covered with pines around it in a distance. A few flowers were there to welcome us at this unusual time. The stars we twinkling far away in the sky. They looked more beautiful and more glowing than ever. A light winter breeze was blowing bringing the mesmerizing fragrance of the pine trees with them. The land beneath us was covered with grass with pearl like dew drops on top of it as a decor.

Both of us were mesmerized and captivated by the beauty lying ahead in front of our eyes. We took in the beauty within ourselves in silence.

"I've never seen a place as beautiful as this. Thank you, Cherry..."

I was taken aback...why was he calling me Cherry? No one else calls me Cherry except Nishi and Simmi. How did he know about it? Then I remembered... "Cherry, who is it?" Nishi! It was Nishi who did this...she called me Cherry when BTS just arrived at our home....

"By the way, why do your friends call you Cherry?" Now how do I tell him, I can't lie to him; not that I even want to. It's so embarrassing.

"Actually, I have been a big fan of yours since the beginning. So, whenever someone mentioned your name, my cheeks got colored like a cherry due to the blushing..." I said hesitating a bit...

"That's so cute... I too want to call you Cherry. Nieva is indeed a genius" he said so cutely that I couldn't refuse. Instead, I started blushing again.

When I turned to look at his face, he was already looking at me with those two deep eyes. His face was glistening in the light of the stars. This moment I can never forget. He looked like an angel. I doubt that seeing this beauty of nature he couldn't control his human self and transformed into his original angel-self. He was so beautiful at that precise moment. My words are not enough to define this beauty.

"Your friends must be so lucky to have you, no one would like to refuse your friendship, you must be the best thing that ever happened to them" Jungkook said dreamily.

His words reminded me of something that I least wanted to bring in my mind right now, on this beautiful day and in this precious moment. I stayed silent. All those bad memories were rushing to my mind from the corner where I kept them locked for years. I guess it was obvious that something wrong happened to me, since, Jungkook asked me...

"Did I say anything wrong Noor? Are you okay?".

And then, I couldn't stop myself anymore, I started crying like a little child, I didn't want to cry, not in this moment. I didn't want to ruin my special moment with Kookie. But my tears wouldn't stop falling.

"I am sorry, if I said anything wrong, please forgive me Noor. Please don't cry. You don't look good while crying. Please stop crying"

Kookie pleaded to me. I wanted to say it's not his fault. I am not crying because of him but someone else... someone who broke my heart... who didn't give a shit about my friendship and left me.

I just shook my head saying him to stop telling sorry to me as it was not his fault. I held his arm and started crying hugging his arm tightly. He didn't stop me from doing that; instead, he enveloped me in his embrace and held me tightly against his chest. Since, he didn't mind me crying I cried my heart out on his chest and he just held me.

"Hush...stop crying...it's okay...and tell me why actually are you crying"

I brought my head up and told him everything...

"The three of us were together and very good friends, but then a girl came in our life. She gradually became our best friend and we heartily accepted her as our best friend. The four of us always used to be together in school. We always treated her nicely and as a family. That went on for a whole two years. She came closer to our heart with time. We were happy to have her. But slowly she started getting away from us, specially from me. I thought she was pressurized because of studies, but a time came when she just started ignoring me. One day I just asked her straight-forward..."

"What was her reason?" Jungkook asked me softly still holding me close to himself. It was hard for me to carry on...

"She said her parents wanted her to just concentrate on studies and nothing else...that was her reason for breaking my heart. For that silly reason she broke my trust and my friendship." I felt his hands forming into a fist beside my shoulder, where he was holding me. I continued...

"I was hurt. I could never get upon it. I loved her like my own family. I trusted her with all my heart. I was ready to do anything for my friends but she just insulted my friendship and went away without answering a single question among the thousands of questions that I had in my mind..."

It hurts... I couldn't take this. This is too much for me. My tears started falling again. They were unstoppable today. I think I've never cried so much except the time when I had to move to Seoul leaving Simmi and Nishi behind. Why don't you stop? I was talking to my tears. I can also be funny while crying. So talented I am.

Why did that girl even come to my life? I was still crying hard...

"Noor......" Kookie whispered taking my face in both of his hands... "Please don't cry"

I don't know why, but I couldn't move my eyes from his. I felt paralyzed staring deep into his eyes. The moment, I felt like I am into another world. The world of angels, must be Jungkook, he must've brought me here. It felt like we were reading each other's souls. We kept on staring at each other and in the blink of an eye I felt his soft and warm lips, tender than a petal of rose, touching mine. He was kissing me, I didn't realize this until his lips started moving against mine. I kissed him back. I don't know why, but it felt so comfortable, that all this while I just needed this. This was the thing missing in my life. Right now, I felt complete, I felt nothing can be as magical as this. One of his hands traveled to the nape of my neck and the other to my waist, automatically my hands moved to his chest. I could actually feel his perfectly structured chest against my palm. Our lips moved in sync and before parting he bit my lower lip softly. 

Our kiss, the first kiss of my life, didn't felt real. It was magic, just like magic I can't define our first-ever kiss and maybe the last too. I just felt the moment, its beyond description. It was perfect, just like my Kookie.

The next moment a snowflake came to rest upon the tip of my finger. I looked at it not quite believing what I saw. It was so artfully structured, with beautiful repetitive patterns. Kookie was also observing it. Soon it melted due to the warmth of my hands. Both of us looked above to the heavens at the same time. Hundreds of snowflakes were falling from the sky like autumn leaves. The moment was so magical just like our kiss. We kept on admiring the beauty of the snowflakes. And lived the moment to its fullest.

One of the snowflakes came to rest on Kookie's tip of nose. I looked at him, removed the snowflake and smiled at him. We started chuckling together. We were as excited as kindergarten kids on realizing it is going to snow soon.

"You know Kookie, this year I wanted a white Christmas. I wanted the pines to be covered with snow... I wanted a snow-fall this Christmas. And it seems my wish is coming true. This is the best Christmas of my life" I said happily.

"People with a pure soul always get their wishes come true". He lovingly smiled at me. I was so pleased that we got to spend our Christmas together.

"Thank you Kookie for spending your Christmas with me. I'll never forget this walk. I'll remember it forever". I said staring into his eyes meaning each word.

"It was a great honor for me to spend my Christmas with you. I shall also never forget this walk. It's a 'Walk to Remember'". He said.

I was again staring towards the falling snowflakes. I was overwhelmed by today.

"Noor..." he whispered my name. I looked at him... "I am sorry for that..." I knew what he meant.

"It's okay Kookie. I know you were just trying to stop me from crying, because you don't like seeing me cry. You said I look bad while crying" I said lightening the mood, I didn't want him to feel guilty for kissing me.

"Yes, that's true. You look good smiling like this. Don't cry ever" Kookie said and I gave him a fond smile.

Jungkook's phone started ringing... he picked up the call...

"Yeah hyung, we are coming...okay okay...we are not cold...because you are old that's why you feel so cold...fine" I think that was Jin hyung. Kookie keeps on calling him old...this boy...

"Let's go.... they are waiting for us. They worry too much" Jungkook said.

I just nodded in response. He asked me if I wanted to listen to some song while walking back to our house.

"I want to listen to 'A thousand years' if you don't mind" I said.

"I've never heard of that song" Jungkook said looking confused.

"You should listen to it then, it is an amazing song" he nodded and searched for the song. He gave one ear-bud to me and played the song.

We were walking to our destination. Due to the earphone, we had to walk closer to each other. Our hands brushed against each other with every single step. In a swift movement he held my hands in his. His hands were soft, but cold. Not that I mind.

"Every breath, every hour has come to this....

One step closer...

I've died everyday, waiting for you...." The lyrics of the song echoed in our ears.

We smiled at each other and continued to walk through the pine woods......

Author's Note:

So, here is the most awaited chapter of the whole book. Tell me how you liked it, the second part of Christmas trilogy. They shared their first-ever kiss in such a beautiful setting. They shared their pain and joy.

The prologue is actually a poem from Jungkook that he was thinking at one of the moments from this chapter. It is a poem from Kookie dedicated to Cherry.

I hope this chapter could warm your heart a bit and make your Christmas a little bit more special than it is going to be.

Readers, this chapter is very close to my heart since, I've written this chapter with my true feelings. This is a chapter of my life... which I included in my book. My emotions are entangled with this one chapter. I put in all my effort in this one chapter.

Please love and support this heart-warming love story. Thank for always supporting me. Here a beautiful quote for my beautiful readers...not by me but by Augusta E. Rundel .

"Christmas – that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia. Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance – a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved" 

Happy reading : )