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Chapter 5

After Johnny had spent most of the hour laughing at her instead of teaching, Nicole finally gained a novice skill of skiing. (Level up!) It was when she got the basics down, Johnny decided that she was ready for the big leagues. Basically his version of the sink or swim.

White covered mountains full of fluffy snow stared back at her as they flew closer. Apprehensively, Nicole looked down at the beautiful scenery. It was a beautiful day to break her legs. She was totally not prepared for this. Nicole jumped when Johnny put his arm around her shoulders as he looked out of the helicopter. "Don't sweat it grasshopper, you'll do fine."

Jabbing his side with her fingers, she glared at him. "Just because I'm Asian doesn't mean you get to call me grasshopper. You barely taught me anything besides how best to fall on my face." Seeing him fight off another bout of laughter had her puffing her cheeks at him and turning to the opposite direction.

"Aww, don't be like that. Just stick to the right, the left will give you some trouble. Hey, you mind dropping 10 more feet?" he directed to the pilot who nodded.

Slipping on the googles, Nicole looked down as she felt the elevation drop. With a surge of adrenaline in her veins, she decided to get this over with and get back to the facility. She was in some serious need of hot chocolate. "Bye!" she shouted. Grabbing her skis she jumped off the edge of the helicopter and landed on her feet. Barely.

Disregarding Johnny's advice, Nicole wanted to see how she'll fare against a harder slope than the bunny one she practiced on. With a wide grin on her face, she sped away.

Being careful, she avoided most of the big jumps until she saw Johnny fly past her.

"Last one there is a rotten egg!" he yelled over his shoulder.

Grinning at the challenge, Nicole tried to catch up to him, but he was too fast.

"Hey, check this out!" He did a flip showing off for her. It was then that Nicole noticed that smoke was coming off of him.

"Johnny you're on fire!"

"Thanks! Don't worry you'll be as great as me soon!" Ignoring his smug tone, Nicole saw flames starting to build up and she started to panic.

"No, you idiot! You're on fire! Stop, drop, roll!" she ordered.

Looking down, Johnny saw the reason for her fear. Patting himself quickly only seemed to make it worse before he eventually lost control and flew off a large cliff. The only thing Nicole heard was his yells before a loud "Whoosh!"

Navigating away from the cliff, she tried to look for the quickest way to him. Fear for Johnny was the only thing on her mind as she made her way towards him, not noticing how her shadow begins to thicken and expand. Though she couldn't help but shiver as her speed increased before she tumbled to a stop at her destination.

"Whoa!" Nicole fell face first into the snow, twisting her ankle. Wincing at the pain, she did a quick check to see if it was broken. Luckily, she didn't break anything. Gingerly, she undid the skis and detected the steam rising over her head.

Half climbing and half crawling, she made her way up to where she thought Johnny landed leaving skis behind her. There, in a pool of hot water was Johnny freaking out as steam rose off his body and the water. He held his hands in the air looking to his left, then the right before looking up at her.

"Care to join me, Blushy?" He said breathlessly.

Annoyed at his remark and seeing that he was back to a semi-normal state albeit steaming, Nicole balled up a buncha snow and launched it at him. She was pleased to see it landed on his well-defined chest that she was totally ignoring. As she predicted, the ball of snow quickly melted into water once it made contact.

"Dude, you were just on fire. Why the hell would I want to join you when you can self-combust at any moment? You're supposed to be charred bits right now." Giving him another glance, she didn't detect any more flames coming off of him.

"As appealing as hot bath sounds, we need to see the others; maybe the same thing happened to them." Climbing up the small slope, she made her way to Johnny before shedding her jacket and offering it to him. "Here, nakie time is over."

Heaving a big dramatic sigh, Johnny reaches out to take the jacket from her. Right before he did though, he smirked and pulled her into the water. She cried out before falling in and making a big splash. "I think nakie time just went to overtime." He smirked at her as she spluttered and wiped the heated water from her eyes to look at him.

The evil look she gave him though made him drop his smug grin. In fact, it was so evil, it looked like her eyes glowed. He yelped when he realized that yes, her eyes are glowing an eerily luminescent blue. "Johnny." Her voice was low as she said his name. He backed up to the edge of the spring he created when he saw dark shadows rise up behind her.

"You jackass!" Large black tendrils erupted from her as they lifted him and threw him out of the water. Johnny landed on his back before he saw a large pile of snow above him.

"Oh, shi-!" The snow pile landed on him coving him from the neck, all the way down to his feet. Only his head was visible now. Turning his head as far back as he could, Johnny saw the misty tendrils retreat back to the spring.

There was silence on the mountain as both of them processed what just happened. Johnny, tired of being buried, wiggled himself free from his prison; unconsciously raising his temperature and turning the snow into mush. Glancing at himself in awe, he stood up and cautiously walked up to the water, not even concerned with his own nakedness.

The roles reversed as he saw a scared Nicole hugging herself while shivering. "Johnny? I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you." She whispered, looking away from him.

Jumping back into the pool, Johnny waded his way to her. Ignoring her flinch, he held her close. With his arms wrapped around her, Johnny rested his chin on her head (Ha! He was right!) as he patted her back.

"Hey, it's fine. Nothing hurts. By the way, that was awesome! Not as awesome as me, of course." He felt Nicole laugh into his chest before hugging him in thanks. After a few seconds, Johnny pulled back from the hug to look her in the eyes. "It was an accident. We'll just leave it behind us." Smiling, she agreed.

There was a moment of silence between them as they pondered what happened. It was then that Johnny realized his opportunity. Before she can react, Johnny quickly leaned down and stole another kiss from her. Nicole let out a muffled gasp which he used to deepen his kiss. Dominating her, Johnny walked her backward until her back was against the snow.

Moaning into the kiss, Nicole dazedly closed her eyes as the heat emanating from him seeped into her body. The cold feeling she felt from using whatever it was to throw Johnny went away, as her body greedily absorb his heat. Hearing the little moan from her throat had Johnny's blood pumping for more. Using his hands, he cupped her ass and settled himself neatly in between her legs.

Nicole trembled when she felt a warm caress across her breast. Jerking from her daze, Nicole broke from the kiss when she realized that Johnny had unlatched her bra and was touching her skin. Panting, she tried to catch her breath but moaned as Johnny's lips trailed down her neck while using his right hand to knead her breast. It was only when she felt the unmistakable bulge between her legs that she realized the position they were in. Freaking out, Nicole started slapping his shoulders yelling, "Stop, stop! You're naked, you doofus!"

"Why yes, yes I am. And you're about to see stars." Johnny went to pull her in for another kiss, but he let out a grunt as he was pushed away by Nicole's shadows. Getting his bearing back, Johnny saw Nicole scrambling out of the hole. "I-I am not doing anything with you, y-you pervert!"

Grinning, he yelled back, "You can't deny what you want!" All he got for his troubles was Susan's wet blue jacket to the face.

The ride back in the helicopter was uncomfortable. Besides the silence, all that happened was a red-face Nicole shoving the emergency blanket at a smirking Johnny to give him more cover. (Johnny: 'You just want me for yourself!' The answer he got was the blanket to the face.) The pilot had to restrain himself from asking them questions. And boy did he had questions. But this story isn't about him.

In no time at all, Johnny and Nicole arrived back and began their search for the others. They quickly found Reed and Susan in the dining area and walked past the questioning hospital staff. More than a few females and the occasional male gave an appreciative glance at Johnny and his reflective blanket wrapped around his hips. The jacket was also wrapped around his waist as well to secure it in place.

"Hey, you guys – Hey." Johnny smiles and looked at the waitress before turning back at Reed and Susan. Irritated at his one track mind, Nicole strolled past him and walked closer to the others.

"You are never gonna believe what just happened to us. What?" Johnny exclaimed.

"They're probably wondering why you're naked, dumb ass," Nicole told him with a sigh.

"Oh. Well, I can explain this." Johnny said as he looked down at himself.

"Maybe we should have grabbed you some clothes." She glanced back at her boss's and Susan's stunned face.