Bridget carefully lifted the tea cup to her mouth. As the warm liquid touched her lips, she closed her eyes.<br/><br/>This hot tea was exactly what she needed on this winter night. This week has been a long one. It seemed those were pretty common, especially during the winter. She was more of a spring person if she did say so herself, not that she had anything against winter. Quality time with tea and one of her friends was just what she needed.<br/><br/>“Bridget, don’t just ignore me! I asked if you thought he was cute,” her girlfriend chimed in, snapping her out of her thoughts.<br/><br/>Bridget put her cup down and grinned, “Ariane, dear, what kind of question is that?”<br/><br/>“One that’ll hopefully get you to stop teasing me.”<br/><br/>“Teasing you? Come now, why would I do such a thing?”<br/><br/>Ariane grinned, “I have known you for four years now. I think I have most of the mystery surrounding Bridget Adler figured out by now.” The confidence in her tone was something to be admired. This was exactly why Bridget liked Ariane. She might lack patience in some areas, but she knew how to go along with witty banter. Something that a lot of people seemed to lack these days, especially with the threat of war lingering in the air.<br/><br/>Besides, when it came to men especially, Ariane was a huge flirt. Whenever there was word of a handsome guy she was all over that. It was a wonder how she stayed single most days. Knowing what she did of Ariane, she was sure she could have found someone by now. Maybe the girl had more sense in her than she projected, she thought.<br/><br/>Bridget chuckled and took another sip of her tea. “Fine, you win,” she said. “He was… alright, I guess.”<br/><br/>Ariane leaned forward, lowering her voice, “Can you get me his name? Where to find him?”<br/><br/>“Honey, you forget who you’re talking to.”<br/><br/>With that, Ariane looked out the window. Soon after, a few people began muttering.<br/><br/>Ariane seemed worried about something. Hey… did it just get colder all of a sudden? I know it was supposed to be brutal today, but this is… it’s freezing?”<br/><br/>Her friend had a good point. It had been brutally cold today, and it was snowing as well. The first snowfall of the season, and it was pretty early as well. Paris saw a good bit of snow, but it seemed so out of place to snow now. Bridget couldn’t help but wonder what had brought it on so quickly. There certainly had not been any news of it.<br/><br/>“It doesn’t seem that cold to me, “Bridget replied, trying to seem like nothing was out of the ordinary. But she knew something was there, outside. Some of the other people in the café seemed to feel it as well.<br/><br/>Without another word, Bridget left the table she and her friend were at and went outside.