Two hearts, one love
Chapter 29: Skiing partners
I rolled over in my bed onto my side and propped myself up with my elbows.
What time was it? I wondered and grabbed my phone on the bedside table to check.
7am. The teachers expected us to be at the dining hall for breakfast at 8 I thought absently.
A rustle on the other side of the room caught my attention.
Crystal was currently sleeping on the edge of her bed and seemed as though she was about to tip over. Her blanket lay twisted around her body and an arm was lazily wrapped around Fuzzi-Wuzzi. Then she rolled over some more and THUD. She fell onto the floor, blankets and all.
It seemed to take several minutes for her to recover but when she finally did, she sat up with a slightly confused look on her face.
"Kai-kun?" she said as she spotted me sitting up in my bed watching her. "Why am I on the floor?"
"You fell off your bed" I replied rolling my eyes at her.
"Oh" she responded and remained sitting there gazing at the wall.
"Err, do you plan on getting off the floor anytime soon?" I queried after a few moments.
"Huh? Oh yeah I probably should" she said picking herself and her covers off the floor. "Do you know what time we're supposed to be up?"
"Yeah 8" I answered.
"Mmm, maybe Ill go back to sleep for a little while" she said as she arranged her covers back on the bed and lay down.
"Well it's not my fault if you oversleep" I muttered deciding to get up.
Crystal's response was a pillow sailing through the air and hitting me squarely on the chest.
"Breakfast wasn't too shabby huh?" Crystal said with a sigh after we had eaten.
"I can't believe you ate 3 servings of pancakes, 2 slices of toast with nutella, a glass of hot chocolate and Coco-pops" Rei said in disbelief as we trudged through the snow towards the bunny slopes.
"Don't forget the strawberries" Crystal said. "I wonder if I have to go skiing on the bunny slope"
"The teachers said those who already knew how to ski can go on the more difficult courses" I said vaguely recalling the information we were given.
"Oh good" Crystal commented when the bunny slope came into view and students were gathered at the base of it.
"Okay students, listen up" Ms. Carmel called out and everybody fell silent. "The students who don't know how to ski will be doing a beginners course on the bunny slope. Those are more experienced will be given the opportunity to ski on the other mountains. Today will be confined to skiing only and tomorrow there will be ice-skating and snowboarding as well as skiing. Now could the beginners please assemble to my left, next to Mr. Short and the advanced skiers come to me"
"I suppose we'll be seeing you guys later at lunch" Tala said.
"Yeah, hope you guys have fun" Rei added.
"See ya" Mariah called out before they headed towards Mr. Short.
"Now, since you are all fairly advanced skiers, I would assume you know all about the equipment and safety measures. So you may ski at whichever mountain you want too. There is only one condition. You must all have ski partners and have to ski with them at all times. You are never to ski alone, is that understood?" she explained to us before continuing when we all nodded in understanding. "Alright then. Here are your passes for renting equipment and the lift. Lunch will begin at 1.00 so I expect to see you all in the dining hall then since attendance will be taken"
I grabbed one of the passes which were coming around and then turned around when I felt a tug on my sleeve.
"What?" I asked already knowing it was Crystal.
"Wanna be my ski partner?" she said turning her eyes on me.
"No" I stated before glancing around at the other skiers in the advance group.
"Aww Kai-kun, pretty please?" she asked me again.
"I said no, okay" I snapped at her.
"Oh okay then" she said finally before turning the other way to look for a partner.
There's no need for you to feel guilty for not being her partner I told myself as I scanned the crowd. It seemed that most people had already paired up I realized.
I felt a tug on my sleeve again, although this time it was rougher.
"I told I didn't want to be your partner" I said irritably as I turned to face who I thought was Crystal. Instead, it turned out to be Mia. I groaned inwardly. Great, just great.
"Hey sexy. How about pairing up with me and going skiing?" she offered gripping my hand.
Oh crap.
"I'm sorry Mia, but as much as I'd like to I've already got a partner" I responded prying my hand out of her grip.
"Oh really?" she asked suspiciously. "Where is your partner then?"
"Err" I mumbled casting my eye around frantically before it landed on Crystal who was talking to Jade and Zack. "My partner's Crystal" I quickly strode towards them with Mia still following me much to my annoyance.
"Ready to go partner?" I said when I stood next to Crystal.
"Excuse me?" she asked raising an eyebrow. "I'm sorry if I misunderstood but didn't you only tell me moments ago that you didn't want to be my partner?"
"Crystal, I was only joking" I said gritting my teeth knowing that Crystal knew fully well that Mia was toddling along behind me and would surely want to me my partner.
"Oh really? Is that so? You know I was actually going to team up with Jade and Zack. I'm sure that Ms. Carmel wouldn't mind a group of three. After all, the more the merrier" she commented lightly, her features lighting up with amusement.
"Crystal" I said looking at her straight in the eye.
"Ha, got you did I?" she said. "Now who's joking?"
I sighed with relief.
"Sorry Mia, but I'm sure that you'll be able to find a partner" Crystal said to her sweetly.
"Hmph" Mia huffed before storming off as fast as possible through the snow.
"Hey, wait up!" I called out after Crystal when I saw her heading towards one of the mountains.
"What?" she said coming to a halt in front of the lifts.
"We're ski partners right?" I asked her hating the fact that I sounded so needy.
"I suppose so" she stated shortly as she hired out a pair of skis.
"You're not mad at me, are you?" I asked her.
"Well I have every right to be don't I? At first you don't want to be my partner but when you can't find one and Mia chases after you to be her partner, you come back to me and expect me to save your ass?" she said, annoyance clearly showing in her eyes now.
I shrugged in response.
"I suppose I can't expect anything more from you Kai-kun" she said with a sigh. "I certainly don't expect an apology from you anyway"
After hiring out skis for myself, Crystal and I got onto a lift and arrived at the top. I glanced at her before she shrugged and took off down the hill at break neck speed. I soon followed and surprisingly found it difficult to catch up to her. She was extremely good contrary to whatever she said. She wove in and out of the trees and rocks smoothly and maneuvered her way to the base with ease.
When I reached the bottom, she was waiting there with her skis propped up next to her.
"Took you long enough" she teased.
"I didn't expect you to be so good" I said in reply.
"Yeah well, I used to go every winter with my father" she answered before walking back towards the lift.
Crystal/Akina's POV
I blinked in the morning sunlight and rubbed my eyes. Need more sleep I thought absently.
"Okay students, today, you are allowed to ice-skate and snowboard as well as ski. Now, please sign yourself up on these sheets so that we are able to monitor your whereabouts." Ms. Carmel said the nest morning.
"Let's go ice-skating Kai-kun" I said moving towards the sign up sheets. I looked behind my shoulder to see Kai following me reluctantly.
"What are the others doing?" he asked.
"They're going to ski again since they haven't been before" I replied writing my name and Kai's on the ice skating sheet. "Come on, it starts in 10minutes"
"So have you been ice skating before?" I asked Kai when we were pulling on the skates.
"No" he said, clicking his in place.
"I suppose I'll teach you then?" I told him.
"Isn't there an instructor?" he said glancing around.
"Not till after lunch" I explained to him. "And we're going skiing then, remember?"
"Right" he muttered.
"Okay, so come on. Have you roller bladed before? If you have you'll pick this up fast. There's not much difference" I asked him.
"I've only rollerbladed a few times before" he said before hesitantly stepping onto the ice.
"Stay clear of the water for now" I advised him. "You might want to keep your knees slightly bent and lean forward a bit. Do not lean backwards or you'll end up with a wet ass"
"Okay" he said and did what I had advised.
It wasn't too long till he was doing wobbly loops of the lake with me skating around him in circles.
"Ahh" he called out as he lost his balance. I flew towards him and managed to grab a hold of his arm before he hit the ice.
"Come on. Let's pick up the pace" I said to him and took his hand into mine.
"Umm, Crystal? I really don't want to-" he began but I took off across the ice with his in tow.
Thump.
I turned around in surprise to see Kai sitting on the ice looking very sorry for himself. Giggling, I gave his arm a light tug and he promptly stood up.
"Not a word" he grumbled dusting himself off.
Kai's POV
The next few days passed quickly and on the second last day of the excursion, I was suddenly awakened with a soft shake in the morning.
"Want sleep" I mumbled rolling over and taking the shaker over with me.
"Oi, Kai-kun wake up" the shaker said.
"Huh?" I responded still half asleep.
"Don't make me throw water on you" it warned.
"Okay, I'm up, I'm up" I muttered sitting up and rubbing my eyes.
Once I was nearly awake, it took my eyes a few moments before they adjusted to the darkness. Sitting in front of my at the end of my bed was Crystal, clad in her pale purple pajama pants and matching top.
"What's the time?" I asked groggily.
"6am" she answered.
"Well then why are you up? More importantly why did you feel compelled to wake me up?" I inquired gathering my thoughts together.
"I want to go skiing" she replied simply.
"What? At this time? It's freaking 6am if you haven't noticed" I said in disbelief.
"Yeah, I know that. I was the one who told you the time" she responded. "Anyway, I want to get out early today"
"Well I don't. I'm going back to sleep" I said and laid back down.
"Kai-kun" she said. "Please? I really want to go skiing now"
"No. It's too early, the sun has only started to rise" I grumbled.
"Please, please, please Kai-kun? Just this one favor for me?" she continued.
"No means no Crystal" I snapped.
"Kai-kun, please?" she said quietly.
"What part of no don't you understand?" I said scowling now becoming seriously pissed. "If you want to go skiing that badly, go by yourself"
I buried my head in my pillow to drown out any more of Crystal's pleading. It must've worked since I soon fell asleep within minutes.
Several hours later I woke up and when I checked my phone it read 7.30.
Better get up I thought and began to get ready.
"Isn't Crystal ready yet?" Tala inquired when we were all standing in the living room ready to go off the breakfast.
"Don't think so. Hang on, I'll go check" Rei volunteered and went to knock on the bedroom and bathroom door. "Nope" he said with a shake of his head.
"Guys" Mariah said rolling her eyes. "I'll go in and check for myself"
After disappearing into the bedrooms and bathrooms she reappeared, this time with a worried expression on her face.
"She's not here" she said.
"She probably went down to breakfast early" I suggested checking my watch. Breakfast was going to start soon.
"Was she in the room when you woke up?" Mariah questioned.
"No" I answered.
"Where could she be?" Mariah said frowning.
"Knowing Crystal she's probably down at breakfast eating pancakes right now" Rei reassured her.
"Probably" Mariah agreed after some hesitation.
After breakfast was over, there was still no sign of Crystal.
"Where could she have gone to?" Mariah began to worry again.
"Let's ask some of the other people" Tala suggested.
"What's going on over there?" I asked when I saw a large crowd gathering around at the base of a mountain.
"Let's go check it out" Rei said obviously hoping that it would stop Mariah worrying too much.
When we arrived there we were too far from the front to see what was going on.
"I can't see" I said knowing that if I couldn't see nobody else could since I was the tallest out of all of them.
"Hey, Connor, do you know what's going on?" Rei asked a guy standing near us.
"I head that there was an avalanche and that there's the possibility that a person got caught in it" he answered.
"Do they know who it is?" Tala asked.
"Nope, not yet" Connor said before retuning to his conversation with a friend.
"Shit" I swore.
"What? Kai what's wrong?" Mariah asked, fear creeping into her voice.
"There's the chance that" I began before sighing. "There's a chance that it might be Crystal up there"
"What? Why the hell would Crystal be up there?" Tala asked me confused.
I explained what had happened early this morning to them and Mariah's hand flew to her mouth.
"Oh my god" she whispered.
"Guys, it might not even be her. I mean like out of all the mountains here, what are the odds of her coming to ski here?" Rei stated logically.
"Actually, very good" I said remembering.
Flashback
"It's so pretty up here" Crystal commented on the fourth day of the trip when we reached the top of a mountain. "Out of all the mountains here, this is definitely my favorite"
End of Flashback
"What?" Mariah shrieked becoming seriously distressed. "Kai, how could you allow her to go skiing by herself, especially so early in the morning? Even though you guys are experienced skiers, I'm sure Ms. Carmel would've made you have ski partners too"
I stared at the snow covered ground.
"Mariah, calm down" Rei advised her taking her up in his arms.
"How can I calm down when Crystal is stuck in an avalanche?" Mariah cried out.
"It might not be her" Tala reminded Mariah.
How could I have let this happen? I thought in my head. I should've gone with her no matter what. Mariah was right. This was all my fault. If only I had agreed to go skiing with her. And to think I was the one who told her that if she wanted to go skiing that badly to go by herself.
"Hey guys. Mariah, what's wrong?" a very familiar voice asked.
Tala, Rei, Mariah and I all turned around simultaneously to face the speaker.
Crystal.
There you go. A very nice long chapter. I've decided to try and make the chapters as long as possible so that I won't have to have so many. So please remember to review and tell me what you think.
Chapter 29: Skiing partners
I rolled over in my bed onto my side and propped myself up with my elbows.
What time was it? I wondered and grabbed my phone on the bedside table to check.
7am. The teachers expected us to be at the dining hall for breakfast at 8 I thought absently.
A rustle on the other side of the room caught my attention.
Crystal was currently sleeping on the edge of her bed and seemed as though she was about to tip over. Her blanket lay twisted around her body and an arm was lazily wrapped around Fuzzi-Wuzzi. Then she rolled over some more and THUD. She fell onto the floor, blankets and all.
It seemed to take several minutes for her to recover but when she finally did, she sat up with a slightly confused look on her face.
"Kai-kun?" she said as she spotted me sitting up in my bed watching her. "Why am I on the floor?"
"You fell off your bed" I replied rolling my eyes at her.
"Oh" she responded and remained sitting there gazing at the wall.
"Err, do you plan on getting off the floor anytime soon?" I queried after a few moments.
"Huh? Oh yeah I probably should" she said picking herself and her covers off the floor. "Do you know what time we're supposed to be up?"
"Yeah 8" I answered.
"Mmm, maybe Ill go back to sleep for a little while" she said as she arranged her covers back on the bed and lay down.
"Well it's not my fault if you oversleep" I muttered deciding to get up.
Crystal's response was a pillow sailing through the air and hitting me squarely on the chest.
"Breakfast wasn't too shabby huh?" Crystal said with a sigh after we had eaten.
"I can't believe you ate 3 servings of pancakes, 2 slices of toast with nutella, a glass of hot chocolate and Coco-pops" Rei said in disbelief as we trudged through the snow towards the bunny slopes.
"Don't forget the strawberries" Crystal said. "I wonder if I have to go skiing on the bunny slope"
"The teachers said those who already knew how to ski can go on the more difficult courses" I said vaguely recalling the information we were given.
"Oh good" Crystal commented when the bunny slope came into view and students were gathered at the base of it.
"Okay students, listen up" Ms. Carmel called out and everybody fell silent. "The students who don't know how to ski will be doing a beginners course on the bunny slope. Those are more experienced will be given the opportunity to ski on the other mountains. Today will be confined to skiing only and tomorrow there will be ice-skating and snowboarding as well as skiing. Now could the beginners please assemble to my left, next to Mr. Short and the advanced skiers come to me"
"I suppose we'll be seeing you guys later at lunch" Tala said.
"Yeah, hope you guys have fun" Rei added.
"See ya" Mariah called out before they headed towards Mr. Short.
"Now, since you are all fairly advanced skiers, I would assume you know all about the equipment and safety measures. So you may ski at whichever mountain you want too. There is only one condition. You must all have ski partners and have to ski with them at all times. You are never to ski alone, is that understood?" she explained to us before continuing when we all nodded in understanding. "Alright then. Here are your passes for renting equipment and the lift. Lunch will begin at 1.00 so I expect to see you all in the dining hall then since attendance will be taken"
I grabbed one of the passes which were coming around and then turned around when I felt a tug on my sleeve.
"What?" I asked already knowing it was Crystal.
"Wanna be my ski partner?" she said turning her eyes on me.
"No" I stated before glancing around at the other skiers in the advance group.
"Aww Kai-kun, pretty please?" she asked me again.
"I said no, okay" I snapped at her.
"Oh okay then" she said finally before turning the other way to look for a partner.
There's no need for you to feel guilty for not being her partner I told myself as I scanned the crowd. It seemed that most people had already paired up I realized.
I felt a tug on my sleeve again, although this time it was rougher.
"I told I didn't want to be your partner" I said irritably as I turned to face who I thought was Crystal. Instead, it turned out to be Mia. I groaned inwardly. Great, just great.
"Hey sexy. How about pairing up with me and going skiing?" she offered gripping my hand.
Oh crap.
"I'm sorry Mia, but as much as I'd like to I've already got a partner" I responded prying my hand out of her grip.
"Oh really?" she asked suspiciously. "Where is your partner then?"
"Err" I mumbled casting my eye around frantically before it landed on Crystal who was talking to Jade and Zack. "My partner's Crystal" I quickly strode towards them with Mia still following me much to my annoyance.
"Ready to go partner?" I said when I stood next to Crystal.
"Excuse me?" she asked raising an eyebrow. "I'm sorry if I misunderstood but didn't you only tell me moments ago that you didn't want to be my partner?"
"Crystal, I was only joking" I said gritting my teeth knowing that Crystal knew fully well that Mia was toddling along behind me and would surely want to me my partner.
"Oh really? Is that so? You know I was actually going to team up with Jade and Zack. I'm sure that Ms. Carmel wouldn't mind a group of three. After all, the more the merrier" she commented lightly, her features lighting up with amusement.
"Crystal" I said looking at her straight in the eye.
"Ha, got you did I?" she said. "Now who's joking?"
I sighed with relief.
"Sorry Mia, but I'm sure that you'll be able to find a partner" Crystal said to her sweetly.
"Hmph" Mia huffed before storming off as fast as possible through the snow.
"Hey, wait up!" I called out after Crystal when I saw her heading towards one of the mountains.
"What?" she said coming to a halt in front of the lifts.
"We're ski partners right?" I asked her hating the fact that I sounded so needy.
"I suppose so" she stated shortly as she hired out a pair of skis.
"You're not mad at me, are you?" I asked her.
"Well I have every right to be don't I? At first you don't want to be my partner but when you can't find one and Mia chases after you to be her partner, you come back to me and expect me to save your ass?" she said, annoyance clearly showing in her eyes now.
I shrugged in response.
"I suppose I can't expect anything more from you Kai-kun" she said with a sigh. "I certainly don't expect an apology from you anyway"
After hiring out skis for myself, Crystal and I got onto a lift and arrived at the top. I glanced at her before she shrugged and took off down the hill at break neck speed. I soon followed and surprisingly found it difficult to catch up to her. She was extremely good contrary to whatever she said. She wove in and out of the trees and rocks smoothly and maneuvered her way to the base with ease.
When I reached the bottom, she was waiting there with her skis propped up next to her.
"Took you long enough" she teased.
"I didn't expect you to be so good" I said in reply.
"Yeah well, I used to go every winter with my father" she answered before walking back towards the lift.
Crystal/Akina's POV
I blinked in the morning sunlight and rubbed my eyes. Need more sleep I thought absently.
"Okay students, today, you are allowed to ice-skate and snowboard as well as ski. Now, please sign yourself up on these sheets so that we are able to monitor your whereabouts." Ms. Carmel said the nest morning.
"Let's go ice-skating Kai-kun" I said moving towards the sign up sheets. I looked behind my shoulder to see Kai following me reluctantly.
"What are the others doing?" he asked.
"They're going to ski again since they haven't been before" I replied writing my name and Kai's on the ice skating sheet. "Come on, it starts in 10minutes"
"So have you been ice skating before?" I asked Kai when we were pulling on the skates.
"No" he said, clicking his in place.
"I suppose I'll teach you then?" I told him.
"Isn't there an instructor?" he said glancing around.
"Not till after lunch" I explained to him. "And we're going skiing then, remember?"
"Right" he muttered.
"Okay, so come on. Have you roller bladed before? If you have you'll pick this up fast. There's not much difference" I asked him.
"I've only rollerbladed a few times before" he said before hesitantly stepping onto the ice.
"Stay clear of the water for now" I advised him. "You might want to keep your knees slightly bent and lean forward a bit. Do not lean backwards or you'll end up with a wet ass"
"Okay" he said and did what I had advised.
It wasn't too long till he was doing wobbly loops of the lake with me skating around him in circles.
"Ahh" he called out as he lost his balance. I flew towards him and managed to grab a hold of his arm before he hit the ice.
"Come on. Let's pick up the pace" I said to him and took his hand into mine.
"Umm, Crystal? I really don't want to-" he began but I took off across the ice with his in tow.
Thump.
I turned around in surprise to see Kai sitting on the ice looking very sorry for himself. Giggling, I gave his arm a light tug and he promptly stood up.
"Not a word" he grumbled dusting himself off.
Kai's POV
The next few days passed quickly and on the second last day of the excursion, I was suddenly awakened with a soft shake in the morning.
"Want sleep" I mumbled rolling over and taking the shaker over with me.
"Oi, Kai-kun wake up" the shaker said.
"Huh?" I responded still half asleep.
"Don't make me throw water on you" it warned.
"Okay, I'm up, I'm up" I muttered sitting up and rubbing my eyes.
Once I was nearly awake, it took my eyes a few moments before they adjusted to the darkness. Sitting in front of my at the end of my bed was Crystal, clad in her pale purple pajama pants and matching top.
"What's the time?" I asked groggily.
"6am" she answered.
"Well then why are you up? More importantly why did you feel compelled to wake me up?" I inquired gathering my thoughts together.
"I want to go skiing" she replied simply.
"What? At this time? It's freaking 6am if you haven't noticed" I said in disbelief.
"Yeah, I know that. I was the one who told you the time" she responded. "Anyway, I want to get out early today"
"Well I don't. I'm going back to sleep" I said and laid back down.
"Kai-kun" she said. "Please? I really want to go skiing now"
"No. It's too early, the sun has only started to rise" I grumbled.
"Please, please, please Kai-kun? Just this one favor for me?" she continued.
"No means no Crystal" I snapped.
"Kai-kun, please?" she said quietly.
"What part of no don't you understand?" I said scowling now becoming seriously pissed. "If you want to go skiing that badly, go by yourself"
I buried my head in my pillow to drown out any more of Crystal's pleading. It must've worked since I soon fell asleep within minutes.
Several hours later I woke up and when I checked my phone it read 7.30.
Better get up I thought and began to get ready.
"Isn't Crystal ready yet?" Tala inquired when we were all standing in the living room ready to go off the breakfast.
"Don't think so. Hang on, I'll go check" Rei volunteered and went to knock on the bedroom and bathroom door. "Nope" he said with a shake of his head.
"Guys" Mariah said rolling her eyes. "I'll go in and check for myself"
After disappearing into the bedrooms and bathrooms she reappeared, this time with a worried expression on her face.
"She's not here" she said.
"She probably went down to breakfast early" I suggested checking my watch. Breakfast was going to start soon.
"Was she in the room when you woke up?" Mariah questioned.
"No" I answered.
"Where could she be?" Mariah said frowning.
"Knowing Crystal she's probably down at breakfast eating pancakes right now" Rei reassured her.
"Probably" Mariah agreed after some hesitation.
After breakfast was over, there was still no sign of Crystal.
"Where could she have gone to?" Mariah began to worry again.
"Let's ask some of the other people" Tala suggested.
"What's going on over there?" I asked when I saw a large crowd gathering around at the base of a mountain.
"Let's go check it out" Rei said obviously hoping that it would stop Mariah worrying too much.
When we arrived there we were too far from the front to see what was going on.
"I can't see" I said knowing that if I couldn't see nobody else could since I was the tallest out of all of them.
"Hey, Connor, do you know what's going on?" Rei asked a guy standing near us.
"I head that there was an avalanche and that there's the possibility that a person got caught in it" he answered.
"Do they know who it is?" Tala asked.
"Nope, not yet" Connor said before retuning to his conversation with a friend.
"Shit" I swore.
"What? Kai what's wrong?" Mariah asked, fear creeping into her voice.
"There's the chance that" I began before sighing. "There's a chance that it might be Crystal up there"
"What? Why the hell would Crystal be up there?" Tala asked me confused.
I explained what had happened early this morning to them and Mariah's hand flew to her mouth.
"Oh my god" she whispered.
"Guys, it might not even be her. I mean like out of all the mountains here, what are the odds of her coming to ski here?" Rei stated logically.
"Actually, very good" I said remembering.
Flashback
"It's so pretty up here" Crystal commented on the fourth day of the trip when we reached the top of a mountain. "Out of all the mountains here, this is definitely my favorite"
End of Flashback
"What?" Mariah shrieked becoming seriously distressed. "Kai, how could you allow her to go skiing by herself, especially so early in the morning? Even though you guys are experienced skiers, I'm sure Ms. Carmel would've made you have ski partners too"
I stared at the snow covered ground.
"Mariah, calm down" Rei advised her taking her up in his arms.
"How can I calm down when Crystal is stuck in an avalanche?" Mariah cried out.
"It might not be her" Tala reminded Mariah.
How could I have let this happen? I thought in my head. I should've gone with her no matter what. Mariah was right. This was all my fault. If only I had agreed to go skiing with her. And to think I was the one who told her that if she wanted to go skiing that badly to go by herself.
"Hey guys. Mariah, what's wrong?" a very familiar voice asked.
Tala, Rei, Mariah and I all turned around simultaneously to face the speaker.
Crystal.
There you go. A very nice long chapter. I've decided to try and make the chapters as long as possible so that I won't have to have so many. So please remember to review and tell me what you think.