Visiting the Vargas'

Mark headed towards the lit house that belonged to the Vargas family. He didn't know the family too well as they kept to themselves mainly. They were fairly large though with a few little kids and a handful of adults. Mark's mother had told him once that there were actually two families units living there but they were all the same family. It was something like Mr. Vargas and his family plus his or his wife's sister and her kids.

He trudged up the Vargas' walkway and towards the front door, he figured in this weather everyone would be home. He tried the front door and no surprise it was locked. He was about to just head home as trekking through time-stop snow was harder than walking in regular albeit you didn't get cold. Then he decided to try the back door. Entering the back yard which was nearly identical to his he spotted Mr. Vargas, all bundled up in snow gear. He was standing out on the back porch smoking a cigar, the thick smoke frozen in cloud in front of his face. Mr. Vargas was big man, balding and with thick beard from what Mark could remember from the last time he had seen him. He was interested in looking into him further, especially while in the snow. Mark moved past the smoking man and tried to back door. He smiled as the door opened.

Mark let his eyes adjust to the bright lights of the kitchen as he stepped into the house. At the kitchen sink, Mrs. Vargas a plump woman with dark hair tied back in ponytail stood time-stopped while washing dishes. She dressed in pajama pants and a t-shirt, her feet in fuzzy slippers. Through the kitchen in the dinning room there was another woman also with dark hair but worn lose falling to her shoulders. Mark assumed it was the aunt. She was seated at the table on a laptop. From what he could see she was dressed in a turtle neck and jeans her feet in black socks.

Beyond the dinning room Mark could see the glow of the TV in the living room but from where he was he could not tell if there was anyone there. He was sure all the adults in the house was accounted for though. At the moment with time stopped he was looking at the two women with some interests.