Give a smile. They are cheap and awesome at the same time.

It is incredibly funny how such a simple, small, smile can make someone's frostbitten, murky, decayed heart start pulsing with such an amazing intensity. Imagine the dark haired girl in the black hoodie sitting at her desk, her face rapt with attention, as she listens to the boy prattle on about watching the Detroit Lions lose every year on Thanksgiving Day. It isn't so much WHAT he is saying, just that he is talking at all. Talking to HER, his eyes on HER, waiting for HER reaction, a smile tugging up the corners of his lips, and at the same time, pulling her chilly core from it's icy winter, into the spring of his smile. (Does all this sound cheesy? Why, yes it does. Does it illustrate my point? Of course.) The thawing has started and only time will tell if it starts to freeze again. It has been a very long time since her heart was actually palpitating instead of just shivering with the cold. Just an uncomplex moving of facial muscles can thaw a frozen heart. Incredible.