Chapter 7

Dear readers, I apologize for not updating my story. I was in the hospital, sick with pneumonia. I never had the intention of forgetting about this story. I'm feeling a little better and plan on updating regularly. Thanks so much for reading, and enjoy.


Declan's car pulled up to the vacation house, followed by Mark's car. It was a huge three floor house with a lot of windows and a guard gate. A few inches of snow covered the ground which made the house look more beautiful. Hillary pulled a remote out of her purse, that opened the gate automatically. She pressed it and both cars drove through. Everyone except Hillary had a surprised expression on. Nobody expected the house to be this nice. After the cars were parked they got out and gathered their bags from the trunk.

Kyle looked over at Declan's car and saw an unforgettable face. It was Hillary's new boyfriend. He remembered Dylan from the day he and Jessie were touring U.W.
Although it was a while ago, Kyle couldn't forget that jerk. The angry memory flashed through his mind.


The basketball coach yelled out "five minute water break".

"Maybe we should come back when the gyms not being used" Kyle said.

Suddenly a basketball rolled into Jessie's shoe. She picked it up and when she stood she saw a sweaty guy in a jersey standing there. She tossed it to him.

"Thanks sweetheart, what's your name?" he asked with a sleazy grin on his face.

"Jessie" she said looking at him strangely.

"Jessie, that's a nice name, I'm Dylan"

Jessie didn't respond. Dylan started to walk closer to Jessie.

"You know, this is a big school and I've seen a lot of pretty faces, but I have never seen you in my life. I would of remembered you" Dylan said.

"Let me guess, your a freshman and your taking a tour, right?" He asked.

"Yes" Jessie said.

"Well I'm an excellent tour guide, maybe I could show you around the campus" he said.

Dylan went to put his hand on Jessie's arm when he was stopped with a push to his chest. It was Kyle.

"Get away from her" Kyle said.

"What's your problem?" Dylan asked.

"My problem is that's my girlfriend" Kyle said angrily.

"Oh I didn't see your name on her" Dylan said mockingly.

Kyle was angry and moved closer to Dylan but was stopped by Jessie's grip on his wrist.

"Kyle forget it, let's just go" Jessie said.

Kyle hesitated but realized he should leave. They turned around to head for the exit. Dylan threw the basketball at Kyle aiming for his back but Kyle turned around quick enough to catch it. Kyle stared at the shocked moron.

Kyle decided to psych him out a little more. He threw the basketball across the court and into the hoop without looking. Thankfully Kyle knew basketball was simply physics. When the basketball hit the floor Kyle and Jessie were gone.


Kyle swallowed his anger and continued getting the rest of the bags out of the car. He figured Dylan was Hillary's new boyfriend, considering he was all over Hillary.

"Care to explain?" Lori asked Hillary while staring at the mansion in awe.

"What?" Hillary asked obliviously.

"Umm the house" Lori said.

"Oh, right. I had a rich great grandmother that died and left it to my family. We've had it forever" Hillary said.

"Can we go inside now? It's cold out here" Declan asked.

Hillary searched her bag and pulled out a key. Declan grabbed it out of her hand and unlocked the door quickly. Hillary rolled her eyes but didn't comment.

Everyone entered the house and dropped their bags next to the large staircase. Hillary turned around to face everyone.

"Okay everyone, listen up. I only have one rule here. Don't break anything and don't touch anything that looks valuable" Hillary said.

"That's two rules" Jessie said.

"Oh whatever. Come on Dylan" Hillary said as she pulled Dylan's shirt collar
and rushed upstairs. Ten seconds later a loud door slam was heard.

"Well they don't waste any time" Jackie said and shook her head slightly disapprovingly. Then she walked off through the house, exploring the first floor.

"Wait up" Declan said while following her.


A few minutes later the rest of them went to find rooms. Lori and Mark shared a room as well as Kyle and Jessie.

Kyle and Jessie were in their room. Jessie was staring out the window and Kyle was watching television. He looked up from the TV and over to Jessie. He watched her for a few seconds and immediately knew what she was looking at. He smiled and walked over to her and looked out the window too. They were staring at the falling snow.

"I've never seen it in person either" Kyle said.

Jessie turned her head to Kyle for a few seconds and smiled at him. She turned back to the window.

"It's amazing, isn't it?" Jessie said.

He stood next to her and nodded yes as he stared out the window.


Meanwhile in Lori and Mark's room...

"I don't know Lori. I'd rather go skiing than go to a club" Mark said.

"Clubs are fun" Lori said while applying her makeup.

"Yeah, but you can go to a club anytime. We're in Vancouver, let's go skiing" Mark said.

"I told you I cant ski. If I break my ankle how am I going to explain that to my mom? " Lori said frustrated.

"I'm sure you'll think of something" Mark said then kissed Lori on the cheek.

"Very funny" Lori said sarcastically, her frustration disappeared.

"I'll teach you, come on it'll be fun" Mark said.

Lori sat on the bed and hesitated. She let out a sigh.

"Fine, I'll go, but if I fall..."

"You'll be fine" Mark said as he sat down next to her.

Lori's tone started to get agitated again but was calmed by Mark as he kissed her on the lips. They had been kissing nonstop for about two minutes and were now laying down together. Suddenly Lori broke the kiss and had a confused look on her face. Mark also looked confused because he didn't know why Lori stopped. Lori heard a loud noise and was trying to identify it. Mark heard it now too.

"Oh my god is that what I think it is?" Lori asked.

And it was. Hillary and Dylan's room was right above them and they could hear everything. They heard their loud moaning.

"Yep" Mark said with a bit of disgust in his expression.

"Well we're changing rooms" Lori stated as she headed towards the door.

"I'm with you on that" Mark said as he followed.


Lori opened the door across the hall but found that it was already taken by Kyle and Jessie.

"Oh sorry Jessie" Lori said.

Jessie was sitting on the edge of the bed watching television. She looked up at the disturbance.

"It's okay" Jessie said.

"Where's Kyle?" Mark asked out of curiosity.

"He went to get something to drink" Jessie replied.

"Have you heard Hillary and her boyfriend?" Lori asked.

"You mean Dylan" Jessie said.

"Yeah I guess" Lori said.

"Yes, that's why the tv is so loud, it's repulsive" Jessie said.

"Do you know him?" Lori asked.

"Sort of, Well I've met him before,...it's a long story..." Jessie said.

Lori gave Jessie a skeptical look, thinking that there is definitely a lot more to that story. Which she would find out about later.

"Well then instead of sitting around here listening to...them, let's get out of here. Lori and I are going skiing, we should all go" Mark said.

"Go where?" Declan asked with a little attitude in his voice as he and Jackie stood at the open doorway.

Mark never particularly liked Declan. Mostly because Declan didn't like him. Which he considered understandable because he was dating his ex girlfriend. Still he thought he should let it go since he was dating Jackie now. But Mark knew that arguing with him would just upset Lori, and Jackie (Who is his good friend). Mark had more self control than Declan, so he decided to be the bigger man and wasn't rude to him at all.

"Skiing, you guys should come" Mark replied nicely.

Declan paused, he was surprised Mark was being nice to him. Especially since he's never been nice to Mark.

"That sounds like fun. But we're going to have to rent ski gear" Jackie said.

"I don't know how to ski, and neither does Kyle" Jessie said.

"Join the club" Lori said sarcastically.

"Yeah uh...I can't ski either" Declan admitted.

"We're skiing?" Kyle asked as he suddenly stood behind Jackie and Declan.

"Apparently" Lori said.

"Skiing is easy, there's nothing to it" Mark said.

There was a moment of silence. Everyone knew Mark really wanted to go, so they agreed.

"Okay I'll go" Lori said as she stepped forward.

"Me too" Declan said as he and Jackie stepped forward.

Kyle and Jessie exchanged a quick glance and stepped forward as well.


An hour later they got to the mountain and rented ski gear. Now they were ready to get on the ski lift that would take them to the top.

"You want me to get on that?" Lori asked.

"It's not so bad" Mark said trying to convince her.

"No way, this is where I draw the line. I don't do heights" Lori said.

Lori turned around and skied back to the ski lodge.

"Lori wait!" Mark yelled as he started to follow her.

"Mark, wait up" Declan said as he went after Mark to stop him.

Declan caught up with Mark.

"I'll stay with her, you go ahead" Declan said.

Declan knew how much Mark wanted to go skiing, and he knew he wouldn't want Lori to be alone, so he volunteered to stay with Lori. Mark hesitated. He looked around for Lori, but she was out of sight.

"Are you sure?" Mark asked.

"Yeah it's fine" Declan replied.

Mark hesitated again.

"Okay...Thanks. We'll see you guys later" Mark said.

"Hurry up, they're getting on the ski lift" Declan said.

Mark skied off to catch the ski lift with Jackie, Kyle, and Jessie. Declan followed Lori back to the ski lodge about 50 feet behind her in the freezing cold. When Lori finally got to the lodge she sat on the couch. A few minutes later Declan got there and sat next to Lori. He was so cold that he was shaking. He had his giant jacket hood on, making it hard to identify his face.

Lori looked at him for a few seconds.

"Declan?...is that you?" Lori asked.

He didn't answer.

Lori was sure it was him so she pulled off his hood quickly.

"What're you doing here?" Lori asked.

"I'm...sitting...down" Declan said while shaking.

"What?" Lori asked. She couldn't understand much of what Declan said.

Lori took off her jacket and threw it at freezing Declan.

"Here" she said.

"Thanks" Declan said.

A minute later Declan stopped shaking.

"Okay so why are you here?" Lori asked with a confused look.

"Because I didn't feel like skiing" Declan said as he lied to Lori.

Lori saw right through Declan and could tell he was lying. She gave him a look that said I know your lying.

"Well I'm a little tired, you know, it was a long drive. Wake me up when they get back" Declan said before he closed his eyes and took a nap.

Lori decided to ignore Declan's strange behavior because she was tired herself. So she also took a nap while they waited for the rest of the group.


Meanwhile on the mountain...

Kyle and Mark stood at the top of the mountain watching Jessie skiing perfectly. Jackie was skiing a few feet beside her and they were both going pretty fast.

"I thought she said she couldn't ski" Mark said.

Kyle smiled. "She's a fast learner" Kyle said.

"We better catch up with them" Mark said.

Kyle nodded and started down the snowy mountain. After looking at Jessie, he knew how to ski. Kyle just copied what he saw and he was skiing like a pro. Mark and Kyle raced down the mountain extremely fast to catch up with Jessie and Jackie. They slowed down when they reached them.

"Hey, there you guys are, we thought you fell off the mountain" Jackie joked.

"Laugh now but you won't be laughing when I beat you to the bottom" Mark said and smiled.

Mark started to accelerate down the mountain ahead of everyone.

"See you at the bottom!" Mark yelled as he sped away.

"Excuse me but I have a race to win" Jackie said to Kyle and Jessie before she raced down the mountain.

Kyle and Jessie were skiing side by side.

"Jackie's going to win" Jessie said as she watched the race.

All the calculations ran through her head. Jackie's speed and control of her ski's made her the obvious winner.

"We'll see about that" Kyle said smiling.

Jessie looked at Kyle and smiled. She knew what he had in mind. Kyle and Jessie picked up speed immediately and skied down the mountain at an advanced level. They shredded through the snow faster and faster. Mark and Jackie were about 20 seconds from the end and were shocked when they saw Kyle and Jessie in front of them. Kyle and Jessie got to the bottom of the mountain and stopped instantaneously.

Jessie smiled at Kyle and Kyle smiled at Jessie. They gave each other a victory hug which turned into one of their usual loving hugs. Jessie kissed Kyle quickly and Kyle kissed her back longer.

Jackie slid down to the finish line and stopped near Kyle and Jessie. She won, as predicted. And Mark was a few seconds behind her. He was having trouble stopping his ski's and kept sliding uncontrollably until he fell down. Kyle skied to his rescue and helped him up.

"Are you okay?" Kyle asked.

"Yeah I'm okay, thanks" Mark replied.

Jackie and Jessie skied over to them. Jackie was relieved when she saw Mark stand up.

"That was amazing, who wants to go down again?" Mark asked enthusiastically.

Everyone agreed and they went down again two more times. They would of kept going but they were all getting pretty cold, plus the sun was setting. So they headed back to the ski lodge.


When they got there they were looking for Declan and Lori. And to their surprise they were on the couch sleeping. Declan was sitting up with his head leaned back on the couch and Lori was leaning on him with her head on his shoulder while gripping his arm.

Mark stood there with a jealous/hurt expression on his face. Kyle saw this and went over to wake up Declan quickly with a semi painful punch to the arm.

"Oww" Declan said as he woke up quickly.

As Declan woke up he looked around at the staring faces staring at him. He was confused until he saw Lori leaning on his shoulder. This can't be good, he thought. Declan got up from the couch which made Lori wake up. Mark's expression was a little angry now and Declan casually walked behind Kyle for protection.

Lori wasn't aware that she was resting her head on Declan's shoulder, and neither was Declan. At least while they were sleeping. They were aware now.
Lori looked at around. How was she going to get out of this one?

"Hey! You guys are back, how was it?" Lori asked as she made her way over to Mark and gave him a quick one sided kiss on the lips.

"It was fine" Mark said distantly.

Everyone felt the awkwardness between them.

Meanwhile Jackie stood next to Kyle and Jessie and rather than getting angry she really didn't know what to think. So she stayed calm.

Jessie sensed the tension and didn't want to get in the middle of it.

"Kyle I think I dropped my scarf outside, could you come help me find it?" Jessie asked.

She wasn't wearing a scarf, Kyle thought. Kyle looked a Jessie with a confused look. Jessie told him telepathically, "Just go with it". Kyle nodded and they went outside.

Lori knew what Mark was thinking, you could read it in his face.

"You have to believe me Mark, nothing happened, I promise" Lori said as she looked him straight in the eye.

Mark looked away for a few seconds and when he looked at Lori his expression softened.

"...I believe you" Mark said. He paused and then hugged Lori.

Lori smiled and held on to Mark.

Jackie looked at Declan. Declan shrugged his shoulders at Jackie, confused as to why she wasn't saying anything.

"I wouldn't do that to you" Declan said sincerely.

"I know" Jackie said and smiled. Declan smiled back.


Two hours later...

They got back to the house and ordered pizza. Everyone sat around the huge dining room table and ate.

"So you all went skiing?, without us?" Hillary asked.

"Well it sounded like you two were busy" Lori said under her breath.

"What was that?" Hillary asked.

"Nothing" Lori said.

"How was it?" Hillary asked.

"It was so much fun, and the view it was unbelievable" Jackie said.

Hillary smiled wishing she could of been there.

"Babe where do you keep the beer in this place?" Dylan yelled from the kitchen.

"I didn't bring beer" Hillary replied.

Dylan came into the room.

"How do you have pizza without beer?" Dylan asked with an annoyed tone.

"Why don't you just go buy some?" Declan asked.

"Dude I'm not 21" Dylan said as he chewed a mouth full of pizza.

"You don't need to be 21 here, this is Canada. You have to be like nineteen I think. Right Kyle?" Declan asked.

Kyle nodded.

"Are you serious?" Dylan asked with wide eyes.

Declan nodded.

"Awesome, I'm going to get some beers" Dylan said.

Jackie rolled her eyes as her immature cousin left.


After dinner everyone went into the living room and watched Titanic on the giant flat screen. Two hours into the movie Jessie, Hillary, Mark, Lori, and Jackie already fell asleep. Dylan was still out.

"So how were the slopes?" Declan asked.

"Good, but if I knew we were going skiing, I would of researched it" Kyle said.

"Jeez man, Aren't you ever spontaneous?" Declan asked laughing a little.

Kyle laughed quietly careful not to wake Jessie, who was leaning on him.

"Sometimes" he said.

Suddenly the front door opened and closed loudly.

"What's up kids?" Dylan yelled as he came into the living room.

"Would you keep it down? People are sleeping" Declan said.

"Dude calm down!" Dylan said as he sat next to Hillary.

"I think you need to calm down" Kyle said.

"I don't need this" Dylan said as he got up and headed into the hallway.
"We're in Vancouver bitch! Wooooohhhhhh" Dylan screamed.

Everyone woke up from the noise.

"Oh my god, what was that?" Hillary asked tiredly.

"Oh, that was your wonderful boyfriend, and by the way he's DRUNK" Declan said ironically.

"What?" Hillary asked.

"Big surprise" Lori said as she started to get up.

There was a loud shattering glass sound coming from upstairs.

"Would you control him?" Declan asked.

"Let's go Lori" Hillary said as she stood up.

"Why me?" Lori asked.

"Because your my best friend, and this is what best friends do" Hillary said.

"Since when do best friends help control their drunk boyfriends?" Lori asked.

More glass shattered and a loud bang was heard.

"I'll do it" Kyle said firmly. Kyle started into the hallway.

"Kyle wait" Jessie said following behind him.

Kyle turned around.

"Don't go, he could be violent" Jessie said.

"I know, but I have to stop him" Kyle said.

"Then let me help" Jessie said.

"No, Jessie please...he's intoxicated, there's no telling what he could do" Kyle said.

Is that supposed to make me feel better?, Jessie thought.

"I don't want you to be in danger, I'll be fine" Kyle said.


Jessie gave up and Kyle went upstairs. Kyle went all the way up the staircase to third floor, where he heard Dylan. He looked around cautiously. There was silence. He headed towards the only open door and saw Dylan passed out on the floor. Kyle examined the scene and saw that Dylan's head was bleeding. He figured he hit his head on something. Kyle scanned the room using his ultra violet vision and found blood on the dresser. It was a serious cut so Kyle decided to heal it. When he was done Dylan regained consciousness and went to sleep in his bed. Kyle saw shattered glass in the hallway and swept it up with a broom he found in a closet. After that he returned to the living room.

"What's the damage?" Hillary asked.

"Two vases were shattered" Kyle said.

"And Dylan?" Hillary asked.

"He's asleep" Kyle said.

Hillary sighed in relief, she thought it would be much worse.

"Thanks Kyle" Hillary said.

Jessie held on to Kyle tightly and he put his arms around her.

"I'm so sorry Hillary, Dylan has never acted this way, at least not around me" Jackie said.

She felt obligated to apologize on her cousins behalf.

"It's okay Jackie, it's not your fault" Hillary said.

Lori shook Mark a little to wake him up.

"Mark wake up, you can't sleep on the couch" Lori said.

Mark woke up and they went upstairs.

"Goodnight" Lori said as they left the room.

Hillary went to bed too. But she was too afraid to sleep near drunk Dylan. So Jessie helped her find an empty room while acting like a security guard, In case Dylan woke up.

Then Jessie went to her and Kyle's room and went to sleep.


"I'm going up, you coming?" Jackie asked Declan.

"Yeah, I'll be up in a minute" Declan said.

Jackie smiled and left the room.

"Jessie's waiting for me, goodnight" Kyle said.

"Kyle wait" Declan said.

Kyle turned to Declan.

"Now I'm not saying you'll need it, but it's possible, and if you do I don't need you knocking on my door for it later" Declan said.

Kyle was very confused.

"What are you talking about?" Kyle asked.

"Take it, just in case, well you know..." Declan said awkwardly as he threw Kyle a condom.

"Goodnight" Declan said as he exited the room quickly and went upstairs.

Kyle stared at it for a minute, then finally put it in his pocket. He became very nervous.

Kyle's thoughts:
Why did Declan give me this? Does he think Jessie wants to have sex?...tonight? No, she would of told me...right?

After a few deep breaths, Kyle pulled himself together and went to the room. When he got there Jessie was asleep. Kyle laid down next to her and closed his eyes. His heart was beating faster than usual, and that woke Jessie up.

"What's wrong'?" Jessie asked tiredly.

Kyle opened his eyes quickly.

"Nothing" Kyle said.

"Your heart rate is irregular" Jessie said as she place her hand on his heart.

"It is?" Kyle asked pretending not to notice.

"Well it woke me up, so yeah" Jessie said with a smile.

Kyle could hear the smile in her voice.

"Sorry" Kyle said.

"Did you have a nightmare?" Jessie asked as she made herself more comfortable by putting her arm across Kyle and laying her head on his chest.

This wasn't unusual behavior because Kyle and Jessie sleep in the same bed every night. But it was making Kyle very nervous tonight. Which didn't help the fast heart rate.

"Yes. Just a nightmare...but its over now" Kyle replied.

Jessie yawned.

"Okay, goodnight" Jessie said. She picked her head up and kissed Kyle on the lips for three seconds then rested her head down again.

"Love you" Jessie said as she faded back into her sleep.

"I love you too" Kyle said.

Kyle's heart rate started to slow down and he fell asleep.


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