"Everyone celebrates Christmas to early." I moaned. " It's too early to sing Jingle Bells."

" I'm sorry it's just-"

"TOO EARLY!"

Q just shrugged. I guess being a 'Christmas begins in December' kind of person is a little more common than I'd thought. "I don't disagree." she said, soothingly," It's just, most people start singing Christmas songs and buying decorations in November." I breathe and count. Apparently counting to ten calms people but ten is not in the Fibonacci sequence so it's not exactly calming for me. "As long as you stay til Christmas I'll be alright." I said, looking up at Q. Her hair was red and green. "You didn't have to dye your hair in Christmas colours though."

There was an awkward silence then she looked at me. "It was a dare." she smiled. "I don't like the dare." I challenged. Q was lost for words. This was the seventh time since I'd met her.
'I don't like dares in general' I prompted.
"Well we have very different tastes don't we"she smiled. I stepped forward and grabbed her hand, squeezing gently then letting go, to let her know that I was okay. I didn't need to count, I didn't need to panic. I just needed to look at my watch.

"After a re think, 36 days and-" I glanced at my left wrist "14 hours left does not count as too early for Christmas celebrations to begin"
And I reached for the Santa hat is seen her stuff in her bag and I put it on. I will never change as rules are not always meant to be broken as Q believes. But walls fall down and barriers are broken. I can be the person everyone wishes I was when I am with Q.

I started writing this in November and it is told slightly differently to the other chapters. What do you think? The book is still in hold but I'm thinking of re writing it in a completely different style with each chapter a few sentences long. It may be more boring to update but I think it would add the essence of mystery I would love to have in this story. If I chose to do that, should I write a separate story for Q? If I did I would probably call it 'Reverse'. Until next time,
B.