Erika Zhang

ahead. You look like you need some too." He was stunned a moment, then took a sip. He wondered how she knew he liked his very strong, with lots of sugar. He thought the added bit of peppermint flavor was nice. She took the candy cane from the table and unwrapped it. "I've been trying to quit, but it's really hard." She held the candy cane to her lips, puffed deeply, then exhaled a cloud of snowflakes. They fell slowly and melted when they touched the floor. Chester smiled and chuckled as he smelled more peppermint. He finally asked the obvious question, "Who are you?" "I'm Delphine, Delphine Greene. There's a serious lack of names containing "Elf", so there's also a Delphine Red, a Delphine Silver, a Delphine Gold ... but you're Chester Davidson, because your