a normal night out

it was december the 23rd, I had been enrolled in college for almost a full year now. my friends and I had decided that night to go out to drink one last time before christmas. it would be the last time that a lot of us would see each other until the start of the new year. we decided to spend this time at a local sushi bar that would be open late into the night. dispite the majority of my group consisting of heavy drinkers, I myself did not drink. least of all tonight. 

Rachel, my gorgeous classmate who I had managed to become friends with, was sitting across from me. we spent most of the night joking with one another. it may have been the cold, or perhaps the fact that we were getting along so well that night, but for some reason I finally riled up the courage to decide I was going to ask her out that night. 

it was two in the morning when we finally left the bar to head our separate ways, my best friend, Brett, had drunk himself into a stuppor and had begun making a fool of himself inside of the bar. most of us took this as the indicator to put a cap on the night. it was as we were saying our farewells that I asked rachel if I could walk her to her apartment. she agreed enthusiastically. 

the walk itself was silent, as most of our energy had been spent for the day. the whole time I was lazer focused, with one objective in mind. when we finally reached the door and rachel turned to thank me for walking her home, i suddenly interjected, my face flustered red and my breath heavy. something about the way Rachel looked up at me told me that she knew what was I was about to say. 

the wind began picking up suddenly. my heart was racing as I closed my eyes shut to finally just blurt out the words. 

"Rachel. will you go out with me?" I finally said. my eyes remained closed, my courage having been spent. it took a minute of silence for me to realize that she was probably going to reject me. I waited expectantly, the wind picking up speed as and dropping in temperature causing me to shiver more than I already was. 

finally, when too much time had passed to even excuse as an akward rejection, I opened my eyes. but where I was expecting to be met with a look of disguist, I was met with empty space. my heart dropped for a second, fearing that I had scared my crush away, but that feeling was quickly replaced with an icy chill under my legs. I turned to look down, my teeth chattering. where there was once concrete, there was now about three feet of snow. the wind was thick now, a bllizzard was raging around me, the only human in a five mile radius. 

"what the hell is going on?"