Luther was exhausted. He slowly trudged his weight as best he could back
to the bus, carrying 2 shopping bags, one in each hand. Unfortunately, he
had Seeiah to buy for. Not only did he have no idea of anything about her,
but also they both couldn't stand to be in each other's sight. Luther
grinned demonically as he looked at the absolute perfect gift. Rogaine: For
Women. He didn't know what else to get her! He didn't have a clue of
anything else, and he needed to buy $150 worth of things, so he just bought
about 8 bottles. He figured that way she wouldn't have to have that nasty
shaved head. He finally reached his bus that he shared with JP after about
a 10-minute walk, JP would be so proud; he exercised! Opening the door, he
entered and noticed JP sleeping on the couch. He rolled his eyes and sighed
at the smaller man in a sitting position on the couch, the credits playing
from Charlie's Angels blazing out from the TV screen. He tiptoed into his
own messy room and stuffed the Rogaine under his untidy bed. He grabbed the
mattress and lifted his body up, stretching and cracking his bones and
muscles tiredly. He yawned and entered into the main room, where JP
stirred in his sleep.
"Hey boss, wake up!" Luther shook his friend gently on the shoulder has JP moaned slightly, his eyes slowly creaking open. JP had told him several weeks ago to never let him fall asleep on the couch, supposedly it threw his back out of whack, or so he said.
"Elise?" JP's hands felt the spot next to him was empty, as his vision adjusted to the lighting he noticed her boots were gone; she left. Besides the entire bus, JP saw the second largest thing, Luther. "Oh, hello Luther. Where did you run off too?"
Luther shrugged as he took a seat next to his wealthy French peer. "Off looking for that freakin' gift thing."
"Find what you were looking for?"
Luther grinned excitingly. "Yah baby! It's actually greater than I expected!" JP stood up and stretched his arms out.
"What is the time?"
"Uh," Luther glanced at his wristwatch. "It's 3:56." JP nodded and walked back into his room, closing the door. He was still very tired and it was hard for him to be the very best if he was the slightest bit uncomfortable. Pulling off his shirt and pants, he yanked the covers off of his bed, set his alarm, and lied down, drifting back into his sleep.
Eddie grinned as the warm morning air of Mesablanca gave his orange hair that extra bounce. He strapped his board onto his feat and was about to kick off when Elise called out to him.
"Hey Eddie! Wait up!" Eddie spun around and blushed lightly as he stopped himself from speeding down the track. Elise was snowboarding her way down to him, and sprayed him with a layer of snow when she slid to a stop. Elise laughed. "Sorry about that Eddie!"
Eddie brushed the snow and ice off of his shirt and arms, and straitened himself up. "It's alright Elise! Now, how about we take a run on this track?"
"Why else would I be down here for?"
"To see me?" Eddie gazed at her under his sunglasses. He really, really liked Elise; she was so amazing at times. But he knew not to go to far with flirting, he didn't want her to know the truth just yet.
Elise laughed again and brushed a lock of hair behind her ear. "Well, I was hoping. Now let's go before the snow melts!" With that, Elise pushed off with her BX board and Eddie, dumbfounded, followed. He figured he'd stay behind her, that way she'd be happy, and he'd be happy. She'd win, and he would get to see her behind the whole way down.
Moby sat on a wooden bench outside the lodge, waxing his board up. He was hoping everything would go well on the track today, it had been almost a year since he had last ridden it. He set his board down for a moment as he saw Zoe approach him, 2 cappuccinos in her hand. She was wearing her hair a little different; it was pulled back in a mid-ponytail, with black and red streaks painted on it. He liked it, a lot. He flashed her a smile and moved down the bench, making room for her to sit down.
"Hey there Moby, Whatcha doing?" Zoe handed him the drink and sat down beside him.
"Thank you much, mate. I'm just waxing me board for today's practice." He took the cover off the cappuccino and blew on it, watching the steam floating upwards.
"So where is everyone?"
Moby shrugged and sipped the steaming liquid. Zoe chuckled as the black man quickly pulled the cup away, waving air on his burnt tongue. "Hehe, burnt me tongue!" He scooped up a small handful of snow and dabbed it on his tongue.
"Better?" Zoe asked, still amused by his carelessness.
Moby nodded and set the cappuccino on the ground beside his board. "I'll just wait 'til it cools a bit." Zoe stared at the ground and kicked her feat back and forth. "So, what's been new in your life?"
Zoe sighed and brushed her finger against her chin. "Well, Marisol has been keeping me up all night lately. You know, with her bus being beside mine and all." Now that she mentioned it, Moby could really see the bags under her eyes.
"That's a mighty shame. Have you eavesdropped on her?"
"Eh, I've tried. But you just hear these murmurs. She stays up really late talking to someone, but it isn't Seeiah."
"Hmm, I don't know then mate." Moby lifted his board back up and took a look at it. It was waxed and polished enough; it should hold him up until the Semi-Finals. "What do you say Zoe, how about we take a ride now?"
Zoe smirked and stood up. "Sure, just let me grab my board."
"Hey boss, wake up!" Luther shook his friend gently on the shoulder has JP moaned slightly, his eyes slowly creaking open. JP had told him several weeks ago to never let him fall asleep on the couch, supposedly it threw his back out of whack, or so he said.
"Elise?" JP's hands felt the spot next to him was empty, as his vision adjusted to the lighting he noticed her boots were gone; she left. Besides the entire bus, JP saw the second largest thing, Luther. "Oh, hello Luther. Where did you run off too?"
Luther shrugged as he took a seat next to his wealthy French peer. "Off looking for that freakin' gift thing."
"Find what you were looking for?"
Luther grinned excitingly. "Yah baby! It's actually greater than I expected!" JP stood up and stretched his arms out.
"What is the time?"
"Uh," Luther glanced at his wristwatch. "It's 3:56." JP nodded and walked back into his room, closing the door. He was still very tired and it was hard for him to be the very best if he was the slightest bit uncomfortable. Pulling off his shirt and pants, he yanked the covers off of his bed, set his alarm, and lied down, drifting back into his sleep.
Eddie grinned as the warm morning air of Mesablanca gave his orange hair that extra bounce. He strapped his board onto his feat and was about to kick off when Elise called out to him.
"Hey Eddie! Wait up!" Eddie spun around and blushed lightly as he stopped himself from speeding down the track. Elise was snowboarding her way down to him, and sprayed him with a layer of snow when she slid to a stop. Elise laughed. "Sorry about that Eddie!"
Eddie brushed the snow and ice off of his shirt and arms, and straitened himself up. "It's alright Elise! Now, how about we take a run on this track?"
"Why else would I be down here for?"
"To see me?" Eddie gazed at her under his sunglasses. He really, really liked Elise; she was so amazing at times. But he knew not to go to far with flirting, he didn't want her to know the truth just yet.
Elise laughed again and brushed a lock of hair behind her ear. "Well, I was hoping. Now let's go before the snow melts!" With that, Elise pushed off with her BX board and Eddie, dumbfounded, followed. He figured he'd stay behind her, that way she'd be happy, and he'd be happy. She'd win, and he would get to see her behind the whole way down.
Moby sat on a wooden bench outside the lodge, waxing his board up. He was hoping everything would go well on the track today, it had been almost a year since he had last ridden it. He set his board down for a moment as he saw Zoe approach him, 2 cappuccinos in her hand. She was wearing her hair a little different; it was pulled back in a mid-ponytail, with black and red streaks painted on it. He liked it, a lot. He flashed her a smile and moved down the bench, making room for her to sit down.
"Hey there Moby, Whatcha doing?" Zoe handed him the drink and sat down beside him.
"Thank you much, mate. I'm just waxing me board for today's practice." He took the cover off the cappuccino and blew on it, watching the steam floating upwards.
"So where is everyone?"
Moby shrugged and sipped the steaming liquid. Zoe chuckled as the black man quickly pulled the cup away, waving air on his burnt tongue. "Hehe, burnt me tongue!" He scooped up a small handful of snow and dabbed it on his tongue.
"Better?" Zoe asked, still amused by his carelessness.
Moby nodded and set the cappuccino on the ground beside his board. "I'll just wait 'til it cools a bit." Zoe stared at the ground and kicked her feat back and forth. "So, what's been new in your life?"
Zoe sighed and brushed her finger against her chin. "Well, Marisol has been keeping me up all night lately. You know, with her bus being beside mine and all." Now that she mentioned it, Moby could really see the bags under her eyes.
"That's a mighty shame. Have you eavesdropped on her?"
"Eh, I've tried. But you just hear these murmurs. She stays up really late talking to someone, but it isn't Seeiah."
"Hmm, I don't know then mate." Moby lifted his board back up and took a look at it. It was waxed and polished enough; it should hold him up until the Semi-Finals. "What do you say Zoe, how about we take a ride now?"
Zoe smirked and stood up. "Sure, just let me grab my board."