Winter Wonderland

Chapter 7

I'll Tell You How I Feel

By: Rachel*

Genre: Romance/Drama

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          The dripping of the hot chocolate became defining between the two of them. Spike closed his eyes as the reality of the situation began to choke him. He was numb as she clung to him, holding him, and praying not to be rejected.

          "Guess it's a bad time to be telling you this, right?" She sighed. "At least you can't run away from me." She felt him tense. His back was stiff, and he didn't look down at her.

          He didn't respond. Couldn't run away, she was right, if she'd told him this on the Bebop he would have run away drowned away his thoughts in alcohol and tried to ignore the fact that she'd confessed her feels to him. He was in love with Julia, not Faye. "No Faye, I don't…" He pierced his lips together as she dug her nails into his shirt.

          "Why'd you kiss me?" He sighed. She was stabbing him with question after question. This one, he himself wanted to know.

          "Took the act a little too far…" He could feel his stomach tying up in knots. His brown eyes scanned over the cabin again, he wanted an escape really badly now.

          Faye closed her eyes. "Too far…" She gritted her teeth together and shuttered, the cold was really getting to her. Spike frowned.

          "Take it, I'm okay for now." He hopped up on the couch. Faye scrunched back and leaned her back against the couch herself while lying on her side.

          "How much time do we have left, we won't have oxygen forever…" Spike closed his eyes. Another question he didn't want to face.

          "I don't know, enough…" He was being hopeful; they'd make it through the night if the cold didn't kill them first.

          Faye nodded, and shivered. Spike noticed and frowned. "Move over…you need warmth."

          "I can take care of myself Spike." She was bitter Spike had expected it.

          He gritted his teeth together. "I know you can Faye, but your body can't protect you from the cold no matter how hard you try, you won't be able to gather warmth from a measly blanket."

          He could hear her nails digging into the wooden floor. "I don't want to die…" Her voice was hushed as she felt Spike lie down next to her.

          He sighed, and she shuttered, his breath brushed against her neck. He wrapped an arm around her, and pulled her against his chest. "I know," he whispered, nodding his head against hers.

          Faye closed her eyes and clutched his hand to her chest. "Spike," she sighed.

          Spike let out a little whined moan letting her know that he heard. She lifted the blanket and let him under with her. "Thanks," he frowned as he saw the ring on her finger again. It looked good on her, he gave her that much.

          Spike tensed as the ceiling shuttered. Faye coiled against him, and whimpered. Spike swallowed and held her a little tighter and looked up. "We're not going to make it out, are we?"

          Spike closed his eyes and shook his head. "No, of course we will, that's probably them right now, getting ready to save us." He looked up and bit down on his lower lip. Hopeful words were all they were… He grabbed the bag of marshmallows and placed them in front of Faye. "Go ahead, it doesn't matter…"

          Faye stared at the bag, and let her hand pluck a few from the bag and popped them in her mouth. She pulled out a few more. "Want some…?" Spike laughed. Her mouth was full and she could barely talk through the mound of marshmallow fluff stuffed into her mouth. Faye let out a gargled growl and elbowed him in the stomach.

The cabin shuttered again and the fireplace cracked. It stopped for a moment. Spike gritted his teeth, sprang to his feet as he grabbed hold of Faye and jumped towards the snow covered kitchen and the main door. Faye screamed as it came crashing down taking the marshmallows, couch, chairs, table and their blanket with them. Spike clutched onto Faye shielding her with his body as the main beam holding the cabin together came down next to them. Spike's eyes widened and he screamed out in pain as he felt his left ankle and foot snap back, and break.

"Spike!" he shut his eyes tightly and pressed his head into her shoulder holding back another cry as his nails dug into her arms. Faye flinched and drew him into her arms as the snow settled around them.

Calming completely, there was only a five feet space left surrounding them. There was no light; she couldn't even see Spike's face as he struggled to move in her arms.

"I'm okay…" Spike lied. He was far from it. He could already tell that from the force of the beam his ankle was shattered.

          Faye moved away from Spike and felt her way over to the wooden beam. Faye could hear Spike claw at the wooden floor as her hand ran down his calf to his ankle. "I'll try and move it—"

          "No!" Spike hissed. His voice was low and pained. "You'll risk sending the rest down on top of us." Faye hesitated at first, but then settled back down and rested against the wall.

          "Does it hurt?" Faye rolled her eyes at her own comment.

          Spike scuffed. "It tickles…really, you should try this." Spike's voice poured out the sarcasm.

          Faye lied down and rested her head into his shoulder. "I'm sorry."

          Spike's two-toned eyes closed and he sighed shaking his head. "Don't apologize; neither of us expected this to happen."

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          He laughed as the snow poured down the hill. Two sticks of dynamite and all the snow on the mountain went rolling down like waves in the ocean. "Hope you two have fun…hope you had your coats with you…" He snickered and with his snow mobile headed towards the lodge.

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          Jet sipped his coffee as he sat on the couch watching the evening news. Next to him, Ed typed away on her computer while Ein rested at Jet's feet. "Moment's ago a major avalanche rocked the Jupiter mountain area. Unknown as to what caused it, hundreds of cabins have been left buried in the ending waves of snow, covering some entirely." Jet's head jerked forward and his coffee mug fell to the ground.

          Ed's head turned to the side and Ein whimpered. "Ed, can you scan the area and try and find Spike and Faye?"

          Ed blinked thinking for a moment. "Ed can hack into the satellite!" She hurriedly used her computing skills and quickly started to work on saving Spike and Faye.

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          Spike's eyes shut tightly. This wasn't looking god at all. His leg was already going numb. "Faye…" Spike nudged her. She nodded and sat up.

         "What is it?" Spike felt the ground and took her hand tugging her closer. He frowned, there was no easier was to say it. He could feel his cheeks flush. "Can I lie on top of you?" His eyes shut tightly. He needed her body warmth, just as much as she needed his.

          Faye was silent. She pulled her hand away. He wasn't going to force her. "I'll just hurt you if I move you—"

          "Only for a few moments, you need to stay warm too Faye…" Spike's eyes were wide as he was saying this. Faye pushed Spike up onto his knees. He bit down on his tongue holding back the pain as Faye settled down and drew him into her arms.

          "Is this okay?" Faye's fingers ran through his green locks. He nodded into her shoulder. Spike smiled and sighed completely relaxing. He could no longer move, nor feel his injured leg. He figured it was best not to tell Faye.

          "Better than I thought it'd be…" He smirked when she tensed. He closed his eyes. She was comforting, this feeling was good. He liked her taking care of him, holding him. "Try and keep me awake, I don't think I'd wake up if I fell asleep…"

          Faye's eyes widened and she jerked him forward so his face was above hers. She grimaced, forgetting that she couldn't see him. "Don't say that…" She ran her hand over his face. Spike blinked as her fingers brushed against his eyes.

          "Just saying the truth…" He shrugged his shoulders and did the same as she did. Faye's cheeks flushed as he paused at her lips. Spike sighed as the thought of kissing her again ran into his mind.

          "I would have been better off with you lying…" Faye pulled him down again into her arms. He snuggled close. Faye coiled her shoulders in and shut her eyes tightly.

          "Why lie?" He yawned. "If I hated you, then I'd lie to you…I don't hate you, so I don't see a reason not to tell you the truth." Faye's eyes slid open.

          Faye's arms tightly wrapped around him and she shuttered. Spike forwarded his eyebrows. "Spike," She choked.

          Spike's eyes widened, she was crying again. He frowned and shook his head moving his hands to her cheeks he whipped her tears away. "Stop crying, it's not going to help us any." He drew his face down to hers. "I…" His lips touched hers.

          "You're taking it to far again Spike…" Faye's voice was bitter as she pushed his face away.

          Spike closed his eyes, his cheeks burned. He was thankful that she couldn't see him. "I stopped acting a long time ago Faye…" His voice was calm and soothing as he brought his lips back to hers.

@_@ What's next? Will Spike be okay? How's Faye going to react? Sorry that it took a little while, I wanted to finish The Way to A Player's Heart. Which, by the way is now finished. ^_^ Tell me what you think of this chapter! R+R!