And so, the aurthor desended into the jungle of the Unknown Double Digits...
Chapter 10 everyone!
CHAPTER 10
Twenty minutes later the group was on the closed off bunny slope with an instructor. Sara and Cath were on one side, while Nick, Greg, and Warrick were on the other.
The man looked to be about thirty. He had dark hair and deep brown eyes and attractive to anyone who was interested. Neither of the girls were complaining. Warrick kept looking annoyed at Catherine who was practically drooling. Sara, on the other hand, was just sitting there, listening to what he was saying so she would know what to do. She thought he was handsome, yes, but nothing like Grissom.
Soon, it was time that they tride it out. Nick and Warrick had apparently not lost their touch, and Catherine was doing fine. Greg and Sara were a different story.
Sara could stand, but had trouble staying up and stopping. Greg had trouble period. He could stand up, but couldn't navigate or stop, so he ended up in either a faceplant or a buttplant after five seconds of standing up. Warrick and Nick had taken off with Greg and Catherine towards the bigger hills, leaving Sara with the instructor, whose name was Gavin.
"Okay, Sara, you can stand so far, so I want to help you learn how to turn and stop. I want you to put the tips of the skis together to stop."
Sara nodded thoughtfully.
"Well that's what you have to do. So we're going to go up the slope a little, and then we'll try that."
They worked their way up the hill. Once a little bit up, Gavin had Sara go down and try to stop. It didn't work. Sara fell flat on her face. Once Gavin had helped her up, he started to instruct her again.
They had taken their skiis off and were practicing the motions.
"Okay, I want you to turn your legs so that your toes are facing each other."
Sara tried pointing her toes into each other, and ended up with duckfeet.
"Not quite, hold on." Gaving tried to turn her feet so that they were right. "That's better, but before we try again, I want to teach you how to work the poles."
Sara, as a resident of Las Vegas, immediately thought the wrong thing.
"What?!" she asked incredulously.
"What?" he asked back, a few seconds later, he figured out what she was thinking and said, "No,No, uhh, the, uhh, ski poles," he said as he walked over to the sides and picked up the poles that were lying there.
Sara, feeling incredibly stupid, could feel her face blushing, and started to giggle. Gavin smiled at her, giving her the poles.
Sara took them and pushed off in a walking motion.
"No, Sara, I want you to move them in a fluid motion at the same time."
Sara put the sticks in front and tried to pull herself.
"Uhh, No. Let me help you." Gavin said, coming up behind her. He pressed his chest against her back and wrapped his hands around hers and the poles. He said in her ear, "See, just like that, I'm going to back away, but I want you to keep doing this, Okay?"
Sara, all too aware of their compromised position and clear view from the window, nodded her head. Gavin then backed away.
"Perfect," he complimented, looking at her, "You want to try with the skiis on now?"
"Sure," she said. Sara put on her skiis and made her way up the hill,with the help of Gavin.
"Now remember everything I showed you, okay?" he said as let go of Sara. She, not being an expert, tried to stop immediately, and tumbled over. In the process she caught the edge of the ski in the snow, twisting her ankle in a very unnatural position. She was laying on her back with the heel of her feet towards the sky.
Gavin rushed over after seeing her very ungraceful fall. "Sara, this doesn't look good. Does it hurt"
Sara gave him a withering stare. "I'll take that as a yes."
He bent down and unpopped the ski, gently twisting her ankle back around. "Okay can you stand so we can get back to the lodge?"
Sara attenpted to stand, but didn't get very far. Gavin, seeing this, gently swooped her up into his arms and started walking towards the lodge. Sara did not like the thought of Grissom seeing her in this mans arms, but she couldn't walk, and was not about to stay out there.
The doors to the lounge opened and Sara saw Grissom right away. Who could miss an adorable scientist with his head in a book? Grissom, unaware Sara had come in, continued to drink his coffee and read. Gavin went to the closest chair and got out his medical supplies. Taking off her boot and socks gently, he said that it was probably sprained.
He took out a roll of bandage and slowly began wrapping up her foot. That was until about two seconds later Grissom cleared his throught behind him making Sara look up and Gavin turn around. That was, a severly unhappy Grissom.
"I think I'll take it from here," Grissom said. Gavin looked over at Sara quizically, "You know him?"
"Yeah, he can do this okay, thanks for the lesson." Sara dismissed him.
"Okay than, I'll see you later, Sar," Gavin gave her a small smile before turning and leaving.
"Friend of yours?" Grissom asked before getting down to finish wrapping her foot. Still very unhappy.
"Gil, come on, he's a ski instructor," Sara defended.
"Sara, I saw you two out there, 'teaching' you how to ski. since when is touching you teaching how to ski?" Grissom looked up at her accusingly.
"Gil! I just met him! I did not choose the ski instructor!"
"I'm just following the evidence," he said coldly.
Sara stared at him incredulously, "How could you say that? Want to add something else to your evidence log?"
"Like what?" Grissom said still coldly and accusingly.
With that Sara brought Grissom's lips up to her mouth, sparking a passionate kiss that lasted for a while as their tongues dueled. Grissom and Sara broke away panting.
"You think you can kiss me and make everything go away?" Grissom said lighter, with his lips slightly turned up and one eyebrow raised.
"Just giving you some evidence, Gil. I have more evidence if you want some?"
"Like what?" Grissom pursed his lips pursed and eyes light.
Sara leaned down to whisper into his ear seductivly, "Things meant for private places."
Grissom looked at her before rising and picking her up. She rested her head on his shoulder and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Love you," she whispered into his ear, making him smile and look over at her lovingly as they walked through the park and to the car.