Amanda's P.O.V
I woke up, stifling a yawn before staring at the floor, reluctant to leave the warmth and coziness of the bed to step onto the freezing wood. Beside me, Jess mumbled something in her sleep, twisting and turning to find a more comfortable position which required basically pushing me off the bed. I sighed from my spot on the floor, lifting myself up and lazily walking to the bathroom.
The end of winter break was getting close and so we had to hurry home from our splendid trip to Canada. The snow everywhere, the hues of green, reds, and oranges of the forest. The way the mountains in the distance reflected off the deep blue waters. Philby's family lake house was the perfect place to be during winter. I couldn't have thought of a better place to spend the break.
Notice I say place. The actual things that happened weren't as wonderful. It had been a well-deserved, much-needed vacation, but we spent a little too much quality time. And now everyone's cranky.
"Morning, gorgeous." Okay, maybe not everyone.
"Morning, handsome." I mumbled into Finn as he spun me around and pulled me into his arms. He was so warm I wanted to hug him all day. "The trip's finally over, huh?"
"Yeah, as much as I'm glad the fighting is gonna stop soon, I'm gonna miss it here. It's so calm, serene,"
He pecked my cheek. "Beautiful."
"Has anyone ever told you how cheesy you are?"
"Well, there was this one person who said it to me all the time. But I guess she's too much of a grouch to realize it's called affection." I hit his arm.
"You hush up!" I said.
"I will for a kiss." He grinned idly. I laughed and gave his a long kiss on the lips.
"Gross. Get a room, Whitman!" Maybeck grumbled, passing us to the kitchen.
"He's just jealous." I said, 'whispering'.
"I heard that."
"You were supposed to, nimrod." I rolled my eyes. Finn laughed, giving me a look that said 'Don't you start, too.'
I sighed, "Fine. I'm packed for the most part, wanna watch TV? We can drown them out when they start fighting."
"Sounds good. But please don't mention arguing. We'll just jinx it."
I laughed and sat on the couch, snuggling next to him, and turned on the TV.
This actually turned out to be true because not ten minutes later, I heard yelling.
"Jess, you were in the bathroom for hours!" Charlene shrieked, when my sister exited from the bathroom.
"Try ten minutes, father time." Jess countered.
"That's not fair. You used up all the hot water!" She complained, testing the shower.
"Did I? Oops, my bad." Jess remarked sarcastically with a smirk that was sure to get a slap from Charlene
if she continued. "Next time get there before me."
"I woke up after you."
"Not my problem, princess. Some of us don't need beauty sleep to get this." Jess gestured self-absorbedly to her face, quite out of character for her. "We just wake up and whoop, there it is."
Charlene growled, "It's not my fault I overslept. Willa kept me up all night!"
"Oh so now it's my fault." Willa shouted, emerging from her room. "Since when is it a crime to read?"
Finn sighed and I knew what he was thinking. Great, another fight.
"When it's twelve o'clock at night!" Charlene screamed at her. She then directed herself back at Jess.
"Now what? Do you expect me to shower in cold water, when it's SNOWING outside?"
"I lived like that for years in Maine. Get used to it, brat!" She spat. This sent Charlene over the edge, jumping up in front of Jess, making her flinch. But Jess didn't back down. "Step away or I'll rearrange your face in 3…2…"
I could tell she was serious, stern-faced as ever. That actually alarmed me enough that I jumped up, "Guys!" I yelled.
But Finn had already started to act. He leapt off the couch, stepping between them and trying to keep them separated.
"Hey, stop it!" He hollered. "STOP IT!"
They seemed to be somewhat intimidated, as was I, seeing as that was a tone Finn rarely used and it was highly menacing. "Listen, we're getting back tonight. So can you please just not fight until then?"
The two girls nodded. "Jeez." He let go.
Charlene mumbled something under her breath, stepping into the bathroom and I heard the door lock with a click. Jess went back to our room, probably to start packing. Willa just rolled her eyes and went back to her room.
"Wow, guys. I'm surprised nobody's broken anything in the house by now." I would've laughed, but truthfully, it was too true to be funny.
…
When I walked back into my room after breakfast, I came in to see Jess drawing in her journal. I wasn't so worried since she did that often even when she didn't have a dream. What did make me upset, however, was that most of her things were still flung around the room rather than in her suitcase.
"Jess!"
"What?" She asked, not even looking up from her journal.
"Your things." She didn't respond, which infuriated me. "We're leaving in a less than an hour-"
"Shut up."
"I'm just trying to warn you. Hurry up or-"
"Shut up."
"Everyone else is done packing and –"
"Shut up."
"Quit telling me to shut up! I'm just trying to tell you that you should hurry up!"
"Well, if I needed your opinion, I would've asked for it. But I didn't so I'll tell you again. Shut. Up. Thank you."
My vocal cords noted in frustration, and I wasn't able to form a comeback. However, I was thinking of a lot of things to call her.
She took a look at my face then rolled her eyes and put the journal down. "You know what? Fine, I'll pack. If you'd just stop looking at me like that."
I smirked, just as she had to Charlie. I could tell that it irked her, which made me smile all the more. Grabby my own luggage, I walked out to the car and put my bags in the trunk. Turning around and staring at the view, I noticed how beautiful it really was, to see the reflection of the sun on the water like that. I huffed, knowing I was going to miss it.
"Hey, you okay, Amanda?"
"Yeah, Phil, I'm fine." He gave me a sad, half smile.
"Was this close enough to Maine for your liking?"
"Oh, it's wonderful! Better than Maine, really, in scenery. The only thing I really missed were the people,
I guess. But this is so amazing! Thanks for asking to come, and thank your parents for letting us!"
He shrugged it off. "Eh, my parents haven't used it in a while and I'm sure they were just happy someone was going up to see how the place is doing. I just wish we hadn't fought so much."
I nodded. "Yeah, I know. I mean usually it's just Maybeck or Jess, but now it was all of us. I think we just
need a little time to ourselves for a while."
Just then, Jess burst through the front door, shoving her bag into the trunk beside mine. "Happy?" She regarded me with a sardonic smile.
"Immensly." She rolled her eyes and went back inside with an angry stomp in her step. "It'll be over by tonight, then we can all go home and cool down. You know figuratively, I don't think you can get much cooler than this." I danced around in the snow awhile before going back indoors.
About thirty minutes later, everyone had put their things in the car and Finn announced it was time to
depart. As we drove down the snow-covered road, I think we all turned back to the cabin, with a feeling of regret we had made half our vacation a nightmare.
Finn's POV…
"Charlie!" Willa yelled.
"What!?"
"That's my shirt!" She yelled. "And you spilled your stupid lunch all over it!"
"Calm down!" Charlie yelled back. "No need to flip out!"
Oh boy.
"I wasn't flipping out!"
"Don't be so cranky!"
If I'm stuck in this car with the two of them-
"CARRY OOOOON! IF YOU'RE LOST AND ALONE, AND YOU'RE-" Jess started.
"OH MY GOD, JESS, SHUT UP!" Maybeck screamed.
"Don't be a dork!"
"What the heck-"
"Maybeck! YOUR SPRITE SPILLED ON MY IPAD!" Oh great, there's Philby.
I put my headphones in my ears, glancing at Amanda in the driver's seat.
Amanda was seventeen, and it was… mostlylegal for her to drive all of us.
I glanced around at the snowy Canada mountains scenery.
"TONIIIIGGGHHHT. WEEE ARRREEE YOOOOOUNNNG!"
"JESS!"
"WILLA, IT'S JUST A T-SHIRT!"
"IT'S MY BROTHER'S-"
"MAYBECK, YOU'RE BUYING ME A NEW-"
"I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY!"
"GUYS!" Amanda finally screamed, keeping her eyes fixed on the curvy road ahead of us. "SHUT UP!
WHAT THE HELL'S YOUR PROBLEM?"
"HE BROKE MY-"
"WILLA'S FREAKING OUT-"
"I WANT TO SING!"
"IT WAS MY BROTHER'S FAVORITE SHIRT!"
"Calm down! Philby, Disney will get you a new one; Charlie, ask first next time; Jess, shut up; and Willa, I'll help you fix it!"
And they all started screaming at once. One of the girls shrieked, like they were hurt, and Amanda turned for one second.
One second.
"AMANDA!" I screamed.
A moose, in the middle of the icy road.
She slammed on the brakes, spinning us right off the road. I felt the van turn. I heard screams.
And everything faded away.
…
I woke up to nothing. Bright white light. And pain. My vision came back slowly, and I realized I was staring up at falling snow. I blinked it out of my eyes, and slowly brushed it off my frozen face. I took a breath.
I slowly sat up, looking around. My leg had been bleeding, but now it was all dried and frozen blood. Okay, that's gross.
I looked around.
Where am I?
Surrounding me were trees- just trees covered in white snow. It truly created a beautiful sight: a white snowy forest, something out of a fairytale. All you could see for maybe fifty yards in front of me was beautiful forest. It was peaceful.
I looked up now, trying to slowly take in my surroundings. The sky was gray, and snow fell quickly in big chunks.
To my left, I saw, was more forest, but to my right was a scene that made me feel like I was going to throw up: The Keeper's van. Crumpled, on its side, windows shattered.
"Guys?" I whispered, surprised at the weakness of my voice.
No answer. I limped faster to the van, climbing on top. I pried the door up, and open. It broke off, and I threw it to the side. I slowly dropped in.
"Guys." I whispered, my eyes adjusting to the darkness.
Amanda was in the driver's seat, hanging limply because the seatbelt hadn't released her. She had cuts all over her face. Her gold hair was streaked red with blood- it was terrifying.
"Amanda!" I whispered, quickly. I unbuckled her, laying her down, propped up against the sideways seat.
The windshield had shattered, but not broken. I pushed myself through it, so the pieces fell, and dragged Amanda out of the van. I put her down, and kneeled next to her.
"Amanda!" I whispered. "Amanda.." I pulled her into a hug, trying to get her body to warm up.
After a short while, I heard a cough.
"Guys…" I heard, from inside the van. Deciding Amanda would wake on her own, I propped her against a rock, and ran back to the van.
"Hello?" I whispered.
"…Finn…?" came the weak voice.
"Philby? That you?"
"Yeah… I can't… I'm so dizzy…"
"Philby, you need to stay awake, okay? Stay awake. Lean on me, I'm going to get you out of here."
He nodded slightly, and I helped him to where Amanda was.
"…'s… Manda… Ok…" he muttered weakly. He sat up to scoot next to her.
"Whoa, Whoa… Philbs, take it easy." I muttered, pushing him towards Amanda, so they could share body heat. He put an arm around her, pulling her towards him.
"Where… are… the others…" He breathed. His eyes dipped closed for a second, but he pried them open again.
"Take it easy." I said, again. "You're hurt, and weak."
He nodded a little.
I went to the van again, but something caught my eye. A figure, roaming towards me from the forest.
"Finn." It was Maybeck. "Is everyone okay?"
I shook my head.
"They're in the van?"
"I got Phil and Manda out."
"Alright, let's get the girls out." He said, climbing in. I followed.
Charlie, who had been sitting in the middle, didn't look too beat up- I guess the other girls provided nice shielding from the shattering glass and flying debris. However, it seemed like her first reaction was clamping onto Willa and Jess. She had obviously had an arm around both of them, but now she only had an arm around Willa, who she had fallen on top of.
Jess was trapped by her seatbelt, sprawled out. She was hanging from her seat, since she was on the side that was now in the air. It was creepy, her just hanging there.
"Come on. Jess first." Maybeck said.
I held Jess under the arms, and Maybeck cut the seatbelt loose with a knife he found in the wrecked fishing gear. Jess dropped, and I caught her.
"Ahh… Finn… Ow…" I heard a small whisper.
"Come on. Maybeck's gonna get you out, okay?"
She nodded, her face in pain.
Maybeck took her from me, handing me the pocket knife, and whispering "Hang in there, Jess." As he walked out.
I kneeled next to Charlie and Willa. Their seatbelts had snapped. Charlie had fallen on top of Willa. One of them was bleeding, they were both nearly covered in red.
"…F…Finn…" I heard.
"Charlie?"
"No… Willa. Finn!" she muttered. She was not weak, but she was crying.
"Willa, what's wrong?"
"My head! And… my stomach! I think I got hit… hit, or something… I can't breathe!"
I lifted Charlie off of her. I passed her through the door above us, to Maybeck.
"I got her. Is Willa up?"
"Yeah. I'll be right out."
I turned back to Willa, lying in a pool of… of blood.
"Hey… That yours?" I whispered.
"I- I… I dunno! I… I can't feel anything…! Finn!"
"Shh, calm down. You're cold, okay, it's like three degrees out." I said quickly.
She grabbed my arm, digging her nails into it.
"OW!" she screeched.
"What! What's wrong?!" I yelled.
"My head had a random sharp… pain… and…"
She fell back down, limp.
"Willa." I shook her shoulder. "Willa, that's not funny!"
Nothing.
"Willa!"
Come on…
"Answer me!" I screeched, surprised at how desperate I sounded.
I sighed, picking her up and dragging her out.
"I thought she was up!" Maybeck said.
"Yeah, me too. She just screeched, said her head hurt, and completely blacked-"
She jolted in my arms, making me drop her.
"Ow, Finn." She muttered, standing up.
"You fainted…"
"Now I'm awake." She muttered.
"Willa… there's blood…. Coming fr-from you ear…" Jess whispered. Her head rested on Amanda's rising and falling chest.
"Oh my god." I muttered. That could be bad. It could be her brain. She could be dying.
Maybeck quickly turned her head, so we could see. He sighed.
"It's just a cut. You're fine. But there's one on your temple too, we should-"
"Maybeck, I'm fine. You, on the other hand, are limping. And you look terrible… Come on, Maybeck, get some rest. I'm fine. Believe it or not… I feel great." She laughed. "I can't feel… any pain… and I'm warm…"
Philby shifted. He gave me a weird warning look.
"Wills…" Maybeck mumbled. He held onto her shoulders to steady her.
"I'm fine." She had a weird smile. "I think I hit my head… Hard…" she whispered.
And then she started sobbing.
Jess stood up slowly and hugged her, trying to calm her down, and Maybeck walked to my side.
"She hit it REALLY hard." He mumbled, and I chuckled sadly.
I walked over to Amanda, still unconscious.
"Manda… You have to get up now… Amanda." I whispered, shaking her a little.
She jolted up.
"Whoa! Whoa, take it easy!" I said, pushing her lightly to be laying again.
"Finn…" She mumbled. "Oh my god.."
"Amanda-"
"Finn I crashed the van! I could've… Is anyone hurt!?"
"No." I mumbled. "For the most part, we're fine. Are you?"
She shifted.
"Yes, I'm fine. Cut up, but fine. Charlie…" she whispered.
Maybeck had lay Charlie so that her head rested on Amanda, and, seeing her in the light, she looked pretty bad. Her face was pale.
Amanda pulled the girl towards her in an attempt to warm her up. Eventually, Charlie was blinking and mumbling groggy answers to Amanda's questions.
"Can you hear me?"
"Yeah…"
"What's my name?"
"..m..Mand..manda…" Charlie whimpered.
"Okay. We're gonna get you somewhere safe, aren't we Finn?"
I nodded.
"We need people to look for a place to sleep." Maybeck said. "Me and Finn will go. The rest of you, be careful, try to stay warm, and take it easy, alright?"
"I can go, too." Willa stood.
"No, you can't."
"I'm fine!"
"You said that once, before you fainted." I pointed out.
"And another time, before you started sobbing." Maybeck said.
"I'm. Fine. And I'm going with you, hear me?"
I sighed. "Willa-"
"Finn, you can't stop me."
"Fine."
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