Lewis stared at his creation, and then over at his date.

While Gretchen was, by far, the more attractive of the two, he could not keep his eyes off of the Snowman he had just built.

Okay, it was technically “their” Snowman, but Gretchen’s only real contribution had been to pack a couple of snowballs that Lewis eventually turned into the head and body.

Yes, he had decided to defy convention and go with a two piece Snowman, rather than with the traditional three piece one.  He had just wanted to show Gretchen that he was different from all the other guys who asked her out, but now he was beginning to have his doubts.

Everyone was used to the Snowman with a head, an upper body, and then a wide base.  Lewis had originally pegged Gretchen as a woman who liked to go against the grain, who preferred a…