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I was hobbling down the stairs with Zach in front of me, glancing back every once in a while to make sure I didn't fall down the stairs. I got some hot chocolate once we made it to the cafeteria. He got some chicken strips with fries (and a cookie, YUM) and came back to sit down at the table we were seated at.
"So, uh, how'd you fall?" Zach asked finally speaking up. We were both chewing on the chicken and fries in front of our faces.
"I saw a ball roll across the track," I replied, "and I thought it would pass. I did NOT expect a little boy to come running out."
"So that little kid was on the track? No one's allowed on the hill," Zach, confused, replied to me.
"Well obviously. I thought it was weird how they closed off the area. They made it so that people could watch from the sidelines, instead of at the bottom." I got no reply out of Zach, but instead we quietly ate the meal. I wasn't terribly hungry, since Courtney brought me food already, but Zach ate like a normal person would. He finally finished and we split the cookie he bought. After that he got up and I had the sense to follow him. We walked over to another area in the lounge, by the wall that was all glass over-looking the mountain. I assumed parents most likely watched from here. It was a nice view. We sat there the longest time, sipping our hot chocolates. Finally coach came around and made sure everyone got to bed. Once I got in the room I was overcome with drowsiness. And fell asleep very quickly.
The thing that disturbed me was that I was woken up at four in the morning.
"Cammie, come on! Our team is going to race. We have to go!" she told me, shaking me to try and get me out of bed. it must've been race make-ups from yesterday. They were behind and from all the injuries (I guess I wasn't the only one. I found out yesterday that three people were taken away on the ambulance) so they had to go the extra day. But Courtney wasn't Macey, and I don't listen to anyone else really so it's always a struggle to get me up otherwise. There was a knock at our door.
"BAUER! LET'S GO! Your teammates are going to race soon!" I heard Coach Thompson yell… at four in the morning.
"Cammie won't wake up!" she yelled back, shaking me more. I thought it felt good.
"Open the door!" he yelled. Mentally, I was a little worried, but my body wasn't processing anything so I just shook it off. I heard Courtney go unlock the door, and I heard a mob of footsteps come in.
Aw shit, blackmail.
"MORGAN!" coach bellowed. I didn't flinch. In fact, I think I was more or less falling back asleep…
"See! She won't respond to ANYTHING," Courtney told him despairingly. Then the covers were pulled off of me. The room was warm enough so I didn't even protest.
"Damn." I almost laughed when I heard Zach mutter that, but I kept it in. My poker face was still up and everything was good. "I'll get her up, just everyone leave," Zach then stated.
Now THAT got me worried.
"Don't do anything stupid, Goode," I heard Eva snap, then I heard some shuffling and the door clicked. Then there was a soft breeze by my neck and I shivered. Then my eyes snapped open and I flipped around. I looked up to see Zach with a little fan blowing on my neck. He got me. Zach rolled his eyes and then threw some of my sweatpants at me. Next thing I knew he was out the door and gone.
And I was awake. Darn.
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I was forced to layer up since I was hurt. They made me put on layers and layers and layers! By the end I was wearing at least three under armor shirts (more than sufficient), a long sleeve shirt, and two t-shirts. With a sweatshirt may I add. Embarrassing enough, the only sweatshirt that I could find was Zach's. I was going to have a little chit chat with him later about that. I was wearing two thin sweats with the team warm up sweatpants. I was going to be a-okay on the slopes today.
I was given crutches so that I could move quickly rather than limping everywhere. I made it to the grounds (about fifteen minutes late which isn't HORRIBLE for it being four in the freaking MORNING. I talked with Eva, Mick, Anna, and Courtney was elsewhere, flirting with boys I heard. So I wasn't going to get caught in that. Then Eva left to go watch the jumps, and Anna and Mick soon followed. So I was standing by myself watching the boys now ski downhill.
Most of them were fast and reckless, but fast all the same. They were using a different course from the girls, which I found a little weird (and maybe insulting). I watched as different teams went down, and congratulated each other at the end of the hill. Then I recognized our racing suit. I stared as I paid attention to the boy who just went down. I looked at the screen.
'NICK PRITCHARD'
I watched as I saw his name go first on the list of the top three, kicking out the last on the list from Blackthrone. I laughed, thinking of Thomas. Then I looked to see what the kid looked like.
I swear my jaw dropped.
IT WAS THAT KETCHUP KID! The boy who squirted the ketchup all over Manny Rodriguez! I had to contain myself, not to yell at the kid.
I loved that boy.
Then I saw another boy go whipping by. I watched, knowing that my school was skiing right now. This kid was good too, but he didn't make it on the board. I almost laughed, seeing us in first. That hardly happened.
"Hey," I looked over to see Nick.
"Nice run," I smiled.
"Thanks. You're the girl who almost hit the kid yesterday?" he asked.
"Way to make me look like the bad guy!" I chuckled. He laughed then let out a loud whoop. I looked up to see a boy skiing down ungodly fast. I wasn't sure if it was safe. Yet he was graceful at the same time, and it looked cool. I watched as he took a turn near us and sprayed some snow onto Nick and I. Nick laughed as I just stared at the kid who was doing this.
"Who was that?" I demanded as he was almost to the finish line. Nick seemed entranced though and suddenly he was covering my eyes. "NICK , I barely know you," I ground out, trying not to flip the kid over my shoulder.
"But you can't see who that was. Not till you meet him." Meet him? I heard the crunching of snow. "Nice run, man," I heard Nick say. There was an awkward silence as no one spoke. "Oh this? I was making sure she couldn't see the amazingness until you were here. Otherwise she would judge."
"It's Zach. I figured that much out," I muttered sarcastically.
"Damn, isn't she good, Zach?" with that Nick put his hands in his pockets.
"Yeah, but I mean, what would maker her think I was bad at this?" I smiled a little on the inside to see that he was somewhat talking to me again. He had been pretty quiet.
"Because you're Zach," I simply replied.
"Exactly! I'm good at everything!" I gave him a look and he put his hands up, but said nothing more.
"Hey, Logan's racing next so I'm gona wait for him at the end of the hill," Nick told us and made his way down the hill. Which left an awkward silence between Zach and I. We watched the other racers in silence when I felt a tug at my sweatpants. At first I thought I was being pantsed, but then I looked down to see the little boy from yesterday.
I studied him more. He was a little blond boy with blue eyes. He looked to be around eight. He was wearing a very warm looking jacket with jeans and shoes… your typical little all-American boy.
"Hey there," I called down to him. I saw Zach's head whip toward me obviously startled. The little boy looked back up at me wide eyed. Then he shoved his hands out and I saw my bracelet. It wasn't anything fancy - just a string bracelet that I had made when I was younger. I looked at the bracelet then back at the kid. He looked like he was on the verge of crying again.
"Here's your bracelet," he managed to choke out before tears started rolling down his cheeks. I bent down to his level.
"Where was your mommy yesterday?" I asked him softly.
"She was inside," he sobbed. He was down right crying now.
"How did the ball get onto the track?" I asked.
"Some boy grabbed it and threw it onto the track and I went to get it!" he wailed. My eyebrow raised.
"A boy threw it on the track?" I asked.
"Yeah! He was wearing a race suit like - LIKE THAT ONE!" I almost fell back at his sudden outburst. I immediately looked at where his finger was pointed to see the boy at the end of the race track. He got third place. I saw the race suit was red and black with some white mixed in. That was all I could really make out from so high up.
"North St. Paul," Zach ground out. I looked at him as he looked down to me. "Rivals. Bitter rivals."
That explains everything. Note the sarcasm.
Zach sighed and we broke eye contact. "They should at least get a place, but somehow Brooklyn Park or us knocks them out so they don't place. In this sport," he trailed off.
"They play dirty?" I asked. Zach just nodded his head. The sudden wail put my attention back to the little boy.
"I'm sorry!" he repeated over. And over. And over. I put my hand on his mouth to try and get him to shut up, but he kept on crying.
"Hey, it's alright. Just don't go over the orange plastic fence when people are racing," I told him. The little boy just nodded and handed out his hand again with my bracelet in it. "Keep it. It'll remind you not to cross the fence." That probably wasn't the smartest thing I've ever said, it just made the little boy bawl even more.
"Hey, kid. It's okay. Everyone makes er, mistakes," Zach bent down too. The kid looked at Zach.
"Who are you and what do you have to do with anything?" he snapped. I almost laughed. I watched as Zach's eyes widened slightly, then he just stood up to watch the race.
"He's right though," I whispered to the kid so that Zach couldn't hear me. "It's okay. I want you to keep the bracelet, k?" With that I put the bracelet on and sent him off. He was such a… strange kid.
"No, Courtney!" I looked over to see Courtney running up the hill with Nick's hat giggling. Ah, the flirt. Nick was catching up to her easily, but they were still smiling.
"Aw look at them!" Zach said in a girly voice. I had to laugh. It was different to his natural deep one, and he usually never wavered from his normal one.
Once Nick caught Courtney and had her in his arms, struggling to get his hat, he yelled, "Zach! You know that we're just friends!" Zach just chuckled.
"You look like you're going out," I added. I received a I'll-tell-you-later-so-don't-bug-me look. Then I think Mick and Eva table topped the two at the same time and they both went rolling down the hill. "Are they going out?" I asked Zach. He looked at me and shook his head, then left.
"Wonder what's eating him," Anna said as he watched Zach go down the hill.
"Dunno. He hasn't talked much, or said any flirty remarks. Or witty for that matter!" I replied. They stared at me.
"What?" I asked.
"I do not like Nick," Courtney stated. I whirled around to see Courtney. Must've had a nice run up the hill.
"Right. That's why you guys were hugging a minute ago while tumbling down the hill," I sarcastically replied back.
"It's more of a best friend thing," she told me. I looked at Mick.
"Yeah, it's true. They tell each other everything. They're so 'friendly' everyone thinks they're going out," Mick explained.
"That is not true! We act like normal friends!" Courtney protested.
"Yeah, because normal friends run around hugging each other with ogling eyes," Eva teased.
"NO! Eva! You know that-"
"COURNTEY! I'm just teasing!" Eva tried to settle Courtney down, but she was pretty wound up. I sighed, not wanting to be involved in this any more I walked down the slope and to my room.
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"Cammie? Cammie!" I was being shook again.
"UGH," I ground out.
"CAMMIE!" my mind processed it was Courtney's voice.
"Five more minutes," I mumbled.
"THE BUS IS LEAVING IN FIVE MINTUES," Courtney exasperatedly stated. Pfft, well they wouldn't leave without me. I stayed silent as Courtney grumbled.
"I get Zach," she threatened. I stayed put. "DANG!" she shrieked in frustration. I almost laughed, but I was too much in dream zone.
Then I fell over back into dream zone.
Next thing I knew I heard zippers zipping and I felt the covers move the slightest to notify me my used clothes were being taken off the bed.
Then I felt someone's arms come around me. I felt them slip around the backs of my knees, and by my back. I felt safe, yet in danger. Once I was hoisted I knew I wasn't in Zach's arms. The smell wasn't as good.
"Thanks, Nick," I heard Courtney whisper. I grinned internally. So Nick was carrying me, eh? Maybe a little time for jealousy. I positioned myself more and put my head in the crook of Nick's neck, while slowly putting my hands around his neck. I felt him swallow and I almost laughed. I had to bite the inside of my cheek to keep from giggling. I heard footsteps stop and I knew that Courtney was turning around. I pulled myself closer to Nick and I felt a little heat.
"Oh, by the way- what is she doing?" I heard the bitterness at the end of that statement as I was being carried down the stairs.
"I swear I didn't do anything. I'm carrying her with two arms," Nick whispered back in a rush. I heard the footsteps start up again and we walked in silence. After a while I heard running.
"What happened?"
Zach.
Aw, was the kid worried for me? He sounded rushed. Suddenly we were all stopped.
"No, she wouldn't wake up," Courtney sighed. She didn't sound mad anymore. She seemed just as perky and happy as she always was.
"And you're letting Nick carry her?"
"What, got something against me, man?"
"No, but - never mind. I'll take her."
With that I felt myself being pushed away from the heat and another set of hands around my body. Then I was being pulled closely to another source of heat. I felt myself snuggle into Zach, trying to get closer to him. I was half dead okay? I finally felt content as I felt him pull me closer and start walking again. He smelt so good. I wrapped my hands around him as I clung to him. Then I felt the cold rush of being outside. After a few steps I was starting to get sleepy again. Before I got into the bus I was fast asleep.
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It felt like it was too soon to be woken up again. I clutched the piece of fabric that was moving beneath me. I burried my head further into the sweatshirt I was sleeping on.
"Cam, it's been three hours. I can't be your bed mattress the whole time! Plus we're stopping to eat," I heard Zach grind out. Seems like he wasn't too pleased to be my mattress. I let him crawl out from underneath me as he grabbed his sweatshirt that was acting as my pillow on top of his chest. He was smart to bring a blanket and pillow. I snatched his real pillow as he left, drifting off into sleep, yet not. I was in a half awake half asleep.
"Aren't they the cutest thing?"
"I know! I wonder if they're dating?"
"That would be unfair! She can't just come in and steal him like that!"
"Wow, I wish I were Zach right now."
"He's lucky to have a hot girlfriend."
"Hey, isn't that Cammie Morgan? Damn, she's fine! I haven't seen her before!"
"She's on our team, man."
Those were only part of the things I heard as I laid in the two cushioned seats. Then I heard the sound around me hush and someone tapped the back of my leg.
"Cammie, get up." I clutched the pillow harder, not wanting to sit up. "I bought you food." I was up in a heart beat. I had a huge head rush and slumped back down, but I was super hungry. I heard Zach laugh softly under his breathe.
"What chu get?" I slurred out. My mouth wasn't cooperating. In fact my whole body felt as if it were shut down.
"We're stopped at a gas station with subway in it, so if you want something you could still go-"
"Did you get a cookie?" I interrupted.
"Yeah, but what does that-"
"That's all I wanted to know," I cut him off again. He stared at me, as if to let me speak, but then grabbed the two bags on the floor.
"Here's your sandwich. I don't know what you like so I just got a regular BLT," he told me. That was just fine with me. I quickly took out the sandwich and unwrapped it. Zach watched me amused. "You act as if you were being starved," he smirked, which I smiled at. I opened a bag of chips and ate my dinner… or lunch… or whatever time it was.
We stayed for another ten to fifteen minutes letting people use the bathroom or buy snacks. Courtney bought me some puffercorn (yeah! Again!) along with a huge bag of starburst. I wasn't finishing anything for a while. I sat upright so Zach could get back into his seat. I slumped in my seat and bought my legs up to crisscross them on the seat.
"HEY PEOPLE!" I looked up to see the senior Erin Wilson stand up in the front. "We want to watch a movie, so we're going to have a vote." She went through about seven options when we all decided on Monty Python and the Holy Grail. As the movie started I saw Zach stand up and stretch - reaching his hands to the ceiling. Since we were in the very last row it didn't matter much. I slid out of the seat to whirl around to go to the bathroom. By the time I got out, the lights were dimmed, signifying that you could either sleep or watch the movie.
I was about to sit when I noticed the leg sticking out of the seat. I looked up to see Zach leaning against his pillow, that was against the window. His eyes were half lidded and he looked tired as he stared at the screen.
I sure wasn't.
So I got the brilliant idea of somersaulting down the little aisle. I started down and I got a few snickers. I stopped when I heard Eva hiss my name. She told me I was being noisy. So I tried to cartwheel back. After I kicked Nick in the face, I stopped. It didn't have to do with the fact I was laughing for a solid minute and got yelled at by everyone, it had to do with the fact that my toe really hurt for kicking Nick's ear.
I finally made it back to my row, and I saw Zach was totally passed out. I laughed but everyone around me immediately shushed me. I sat in between Zach's legs as I ate my puffercorn and watched the movie. I was probably the only one laughing at the funny parts, because by then everyone in the bus was sleeping. After the bridge scene I was pretty tired myself, and I decided to sleep. Then I realized that Zach was taking everything up. So I shoved him off the seat.
Hey, word of advice, you don't mess with me when I'm tired.
"Wha- what?" Zach softly stammered out as he looked up.
"Sorry, you were hogging the room," I whispered back as I laid down where he was. It was warm since he was lying there for the past hour. He stared at me and I gave him a small smile before laying my head completely on the pillow.
I heard him softly pull himself off the ground and back up. "If you think you're getting the blanket to yourself you are mistaken," he whispered. It sent shivers down my spin the way he spoke. Then I felt the blanket being pulled off of me and I was about to protest when I felt a body there instead. Suddenly I was flipped and I was lying flat on him.
"Relax," Zach whispered in my ear. I realized I was tense.
But how can you tell a girl not to tense when she's rolled around and laid on top of a boy that she might like more than a friend?
Slowly I relaxed into him, as he laid the blanket on top of me. Then he wrapped his arms around me as he breathed into my hair. I felt his hands incoherently make traces up and down my back as my hands found themselves wrapping underneath him to his back. I could feel his smirk as I cuddled against him. Everything below our shins were sticking out the seat, and I prayed that anyone who came to use the bathroom would not bump into our seat.
I realized that we probably only had an hour or two left of the ride, but I shrugged it off and fell asleep anyways.
Zach was a warm person to sleep with.
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Forgive me PLEASE! I know the last part sucks (everything towards the last part too… alright maybe the whole chapter), but it was after midnight!
I'll mention you in the next chapter if you can figure out what state all the cities mentioned were located in.
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