AN: Well well well, Looks like I am all alone on writing this chapter. Parry has seemd to go MIA. If she dosent re occur soon, I might just keep going without her. If that does happen, expect to see Snow Gods: Second Heat under my penname(The Drum Kero) instead of this one.
The final few chapters of this will also be a lot shorter compared to others, so don't complain about the length.
Oh, and just a little teaser, only four more chapters(counting this one) left!
Chapter 10: Preparations.
"You are really one cocky son of a bitch, you know that?" Nate coughed, looking across the table at Drum during breakfast. Drum just shrugged the comment off, he didnt need to be distracted today.
"I mean, you are a newbie on the circuit, and you are already challenging a vet for thier title? Who do you think you are, kid?" Nate continued to speak, destined to get an answer out of him.
"Hell if I know, I'm just trying to win respect." Drum snapped, he was obviously not in the mood for a conversation. Drum flipped his pancake to the side, and began cutting it with the side of his fork. Nate chuckled under his breath and leaned back, putting a straw into his mouth and chewing on the tip softly.
"Respect, huh?" Nate laughed again.
"You want respect? Showing off isnt the best way to get it in this place..that is..unless you are Fraser." Nate winked, Drum was obviously REALLY getting annoyed at this. Nate wasnt intentionally trying to throw Drum off his game, but he couldnt help to get a few ribs in on the newbie.Psymon was looking abnormally grim, sitting on his wooden stool in the living room, he was watching Zoe pace back and forth, holding Drum's board in her hand as she psyched herself up for her race. Zoe was singing a song to herself, but she was going way too fast for Psymon to even understand the lyrics. Psymon, who couldn't take the song anymore, just decided to open his mouth and let whatever he was thinking spill out.
"Why are you being such a bitch?" Psymon blurted, even he was surprised at his bluntness.
Zoe stopped in her tracks, craning her head to the side to look at Psymon.
"What...?" Zoe choked out.
"You heard me." Psymon muttered, knowing he had hit a nerve now.
Zoe stopped, trying to drive the question out of her head. She knew the answer already, but she really didnt want to tell it to Psymon.
"Look at you, you got your hair in a new way... shades all the time.. bitchy to everyone you come across. I mean, you even cussed out Kaori, which is something I would usually applaud ya for.. but.. it just didnt seem right. So, what the fuck are you getting at?" Psymon grinned, he always grinned when he was onto something. Zoe finally sat down, letting Drum's board fall to the ground. Psymon noticed the slight wiggle on the binding, but Zoe didn't.
"....Moby hurt me, Psymon." Zoe grumbled.
"I was always that girl that said she would never let a man hurt her... but.. I did. I dont want that to ever happen to me again." Zoe added.
"So what the fuck does acting like this have to do with it?" Psymon grunted, leaning back.
"God, you wont let me fucking drop the subject, will you?" Zoe snapped, trying to possibly scare Psymon off.
Psymon shook his head, "You dont scare me, Payne.".
Defeated, Zoe spoke up.
"I fuckin' sound like Elise when I say this.. but I dont.. I dont -want- to be attractive. I dont want any of these damn snowboarders seeing me as some openly available chick. If I push everyone away, that keeps them from getting close to me... and that keeps them from hurting me." Zoe muttered darkly, really angry that Psymon had got the best of her.
Psymon shook his head and stood up, he hadn't taken his foot off of the binding of the snowboard yet.
"Well, you keep on pushing everyone away, you wont have anyone to help you either." Psymon began to walk off, he didnt even bother telling Zoe about what Moby did...he had other plans for that."So, you are really okay with this?" Yuri spoke softly, leaning back in one of the trolleys.
"Yea, why wouldnt I be?" Moby chuckled, he was looking very happy despite everything that was going on.
"Well, for starters, Zoe is about to race Drum for her status in a couple of hours. I figured you would be a little pissed." Yuri frowned a bit, she saw Griff and the others on the first heat of a race down Ruthless. Moby chuckled to himself. He looked over at his board leaning against the window of the trolley and reminded himself that Zoe had the race in the bag. "Well, I have my full faith that Zoe will win da race, love." Moby smirked. Yuri raised her eyebrows, not all too sure of what Moby was saying.
"What do you mean she has your full faith?" Yuri blinked.
"Well, lets just say I have a little...hunch that Drum aint gonna finish da race."
Moby chuckled to himself, he felt on top of the world.
"I fiddled with his board last night, his binding is gonna snap when it lands too hard. And wham, his ankle gets snapped like a fat twig." Moby simulated by snapping his toothpick in half.
Yuri's eyes were wide, she was actually afraid.
"...Moby...how could you!?" Yuri yelled, redness comming to her face.
"What do you mean? Are ya worried about that fatass?" Moby said, blinking.
Yuri couldnt belive what she was hearing. "No!..Its...Moby...!" Moby sat up, "Spit it out!" "After you left last night, Zoe added another stipulation to thier race!" Yuri blurted.
"Yeah, so?" "The stipulation was that Zoe would race using HIS BOARD!" Yuri yelled, making sure Moby heard her loud and clear.
Moby's smiled plummeted off of his face.
"..What...no...but that means...!" Moby didnt know what to do, he had just screwed up. Big time.
"I have ta tell her!" Moby yelled, looking at the trolley, it was nowhere near Yellow Station.
"Well, you can't tell her now. Our M-comms dont even work from this range..." Yuri mumbled, she had never been more disappointed in her life.
"But...but" Moby tried to search for words to say, but he couldnt find any.
"Moby...if Zoe gets hurt in that race...its all going to be your fault...do you understand that?" Yuri whispered, not trying to sound angry.
Moby couldnt speak, his mouth was dry. He had just put the one girl he ever loved in danger, and he had no way of reversing his actions. Moby didnt know what to do.
"You...You seem a little...distant, Ally" JP whispered, laying next to her in the bed. It had already been a couple of hours since everyone went off for thier daily events, but JP and Allegra surprisingly didnt have any.
"..Don't call me Ally, Jean.." Allegra groaned, the last thing she wanted as JP adopting Viggo's pet names.
JP rolled over, putting his arm on Allegra's stomach. Allegra bolted upright, looking around for her shirt. JP jumped up as well, something was bothering Allegra, and he didnt even know what. Allegra scurried around the room, pulling on random clothes, not bothering to let any of them match. Wherever she was going, she was going in a hurry.
"Talk to me!" JP yelled, Allegra finally stopped and turned around, putting on her Snow God badge.
"..Yes?" Allegra said, not making eye contact.
"...What did I do wrong?"JP said, his eyebrows turning upwards in an almost sad smile.
"...You...you did nothing..in fact..you did everything right..." Allegra stammerd, searching for the words.
"Its just..um...I need to take a ride...I can't stand being cooped up in here all day...it's..it's...it's nothing, really." Allegra leaned foward, pecking JP's cheek.
JP didn't do anything, he didn't know WHAT to do...he just watched Allegra grab her board and bolt out the door, was this all part of his plan as well?
Allegra sat in the lobby of the lodge, pulling on her snowboots as Viggo walked by, a clean shaven, non-drunk Viggo.
"Hey! Vigs! Wanna go for a ri-- Viggo acted as if he didnt even hear her, he casually walked right past her, high fived Eddie, and kept on walking-- ide?" Allegra didn't know if she had just been dissed or not...she shrugged it off and left, on the way out she saw Elise, Nate, and Atomika returning from thier half pipe.
Elise seemed to be on top of the world, it was common knowledge that she wasn't exactly the best person at tricks, but by some miracle of god, she pulled off getting a gold medal in Shuttle Run.
"Go me! Go me! Uh-huh! Who da girl!? I'M DA GIRL!" Elise cheered, using every moment she could to grind against Atomika and Nate. Nate didnt look at all like the dancing type, but Atomika seemed to get into it right away, dancing on Elise right there in the snow.
"Elise..." Eddie mumbled, right infront of her, Nate had already went inside.
Elise and Atomika just danced.
"...Elise?" Eddie coughed, making his voice a little louder.
Elise danced even more, it was if Eddie wasn't even there.
"ELISE!!!!!" Eddie yelled, causing Atomika and Elise to stop in thier tracks.
"..Whats up, Edster?" Elise blinked.
"I didn't even see you there.." Eddie clinched his gloved tight, and swung, knocking Atomika's head off and sending it sprialling through the snow, blood spewing everywhere.
...Or...at least thats what Eddie -wanted- to do.
Eddie gulped hard, he couldn't even speak from his immense jealousy.
"..N...Nevermind..." Eddie turned to walk away, Elise, not even noticing that something seemed to be wrong with Eddie. Atomika on the other hand, did notice..and was determined to find out.
"Eddie!...Eddie! Wait up!" Atomika jogged, catching up to Eddie.
"What the hell do you want?" Eddie turned around obviously frusterated, no use in hiding it now.
"You have been...sort of...I dont know...distant since you returned." Atomika started, not quite sure what words to say.
"Did I do something to offend you or something?" Eddie wanted to scream, of course they have offended him!
"No...just a little bout of..je..nevermind" Eddie shook his head, it was no use in telling Atomika.
"Je-what?" Atomika stammered.
"Je....deJEcted, you know..just feeling a bit dejected." Eddie sighed, sensing that he had just saved himself.
Atomika shook his head, he didn't understand anything Eddie just said.
"Hey, can I ask you something?" Eddie started, looking at Elise over Atomika's shoulder.
"Yeah, sure." Atomika raised his eyebrows, waiting for the question.
"Do you like Elise?" Eddie spat out in one quick sentence, the slight blush to Atomika's face indicated that he understood what he said.
"...Well, I didnt at first...but she kinda grew on me..why?" Atomika nudged Eddie.
"Oh...no reason...just sort of curious..." Eddie lied.
Atomika took a look back at Elise, then a look at Eddie.
"...OOOOH, I get it!" Atomika held a finger up in 'EUREKA' fashion.
Eddie's eyes could of fell out of his face, his whole face burned...hell, even his HAIR burned.
"You get what!? What do you get!?" Eddie choked.
"You are looking out for her!" Atomika chuckled, "You two are like brother and sister, You are just making sure no one breaks her heart, right?" Eddie's brain felt like goo.
"Yeah...sure." Eddie just nodded, not even sure of if he was drooling from the mouth or not.
"Don't worry man, I know you and her are sorta close. I wont hurt her." Atomika stated obviously, and nudged Eddie again.
"Wait..I thought you two weren't.." Eddie started, Atomika already walking away.
"Oh, we aren't.. but I am thinking about it... I mean, she IS open.. and no one else around here likes her in that way.. do they?" Atomika shrugged, trotting back to Elise.
Eddie rubbed some snow out of his hair, "Yeah... no one likes her in that way..." Eddie put his goggles back down over his eyes, and headed back inside.
Just in time to see Drum and Zoe give eachother a little stare down in the middle of the Lobby, Griff was watching beacuse the moment was too fun to pass up.
"Alright, you two. The trolley is waiting. Zoe, Drum. Go take your challenge." Drum nodded, grabbing his back up board and heading out the door.
Zoe grinned, to her, this was in the bag. She grabbed Drum's board and flung it over her shoulder, a small tink sound was heard as she left.
"Well, it looks like Drum is about to go get his ass kicked.." Griff started, walking through the lobby barefoot.
"Zoe is going to wipe the floor with that newb-OW!" Griff jumped, hopping on one foot.
"OW, OW, OW!" "Whats wrong?" Viggo asked, looking him from his magazine.
"Something stuck my in the foot!....Ow...what the..?" Griff winced, pulling the object out.
"A screw? What the hell is a screw doing on the floor?" Viggo shrugged. "Probally a spare from somone's kit. You know, to fix a loose binding or something." Psymon didn't open his mouth, he just sat by his M-comm, waiting for coverage of the challenge.
The entire ride to the peak was a quiet one, Drum nor Zoe bothered to talk...they didn't even look in the same direction. As the trolley flew over the snow, Drum noticed the different flags placed in parts of the course, one green, and one red. He knew his challenge would have something to do with those flags. Zoe was smiling to herself, she was so cocky. She knew that there was no way in the world she could lose, she was going to go into this event with her head held high, and she was going to defeat this newbie at his own game, on his own board!
Rahzel made contact with both of thier M-comms.
"Zoe will explain the challenge to you when you get to the mountain, Drum." Rahzel spoke softly, it seemed that he and the SSX council take these things very seriously.
"Zoe, its up to you if you want the other riders to be able to see the race." Zoe thought about it, for her, it would be a lot better to show the whole lodge that she was right all along... but on the other hand, if she lost(by some miricale) to Drum, she didnt want the whole lodge to take part in viewing that.
"Nah, Ill tell them about it later." Zoe shrugged, making it seem like she didn't care.
They were almost to the top of the mountain, Drum's throat tightend as the trolley stopped.
Zoe stepped out, taking a big breath of the mountain air she was used to. Drum, on the other hand felt a little lightheaded. He wasn't used to being this high in the air, hell, this was probably the highest he had ever been. Drum's knees buckled, he was seriously having second thoughts about this...but...he couldn't let Zoe win, he had to win her respect.
AN:Drum: Oooooh, the tension is nice.
You know the drill, read and review.
The final few chapters of this will also be a lot shorter compared to others, so don't complain about the length.
Oh, and just a little teaser, only four more chapters(counting this one) left!
Chapter 10: Preparations.
"You are really one cocky son of a bitch, you know that?" Nate coughed, looking across the table at Drum during breakfast. Drum just shrugged the comment off, he didnt need to be distracted today.
"I mean, you are a newbie on the circuit, and you are already challenging a vet for thier title? Who do you think you are, kid?" Nate continued to speak, destined to get an answer out of him.
"Hell if I know, I'm just trying to win respect." Drum snapped, he was obviously not in the mood for a conversation. Drum flipped his pancake to the side, and began cutting it with the side of his fork. Nate chuckled under his breath and leaned back, putting a straw into his mouth and chewing on the tip softly.
"Respect, huh?" Nate laughed again.
"You want respect? Showing off isnt the best way to get it in this place..that is..unless you are Fraser." Nate winked, Drum was obviously REALLY getting annoyed at this. Nate wasnt intentionally trying to throw Drum off his game, but he couldnt help to get a few ribs in on the newbie.Psymon was looking abnormally grim, sitting on his wooden stool in the living room, he was watching Zoe pace back and forth, holding Drum's board in her hand as she psyched herself up for her race. Zoe was singing a song to herself, but she was going way too fast for Psymon to even understand the lyrics. Psymon, who couldn't take the song anymore, just decided to open his mouth and let whatever he was thinking spill out.
"Why are you being such a bitch?" Psymon blurted, even he was surprised at his bluntness.
Zoe stopped in her tracks, craning her head to the side to look at Psymon.
"What...?" Zoe choked out.
"You heard me." Psymon muttered, knowing he had hit a nerve now.
Zoe stopped, trying to drive the question out of her head. She knew the answer already, but she really didnt want to tell it to Psymon.
"Look at you, you got your hair in a new way... shades all the time.. bitchy to everyone you come across. I mean, you even cussed out Kaori, which is something I would usually applaud ya for.. but.. it just didnt seem right. So, what the fuck are you getting at?" Psymon grinned, he always grinned when he was onto something. Zoe finally sat down, letting Drum's board fall to the ground. Psymon noticed the slight wiggle on the binding, but Zoe didn't.
"....Moby hurt me, Psymon." Zoe grumbled.
"I was always that girl that said she would never let a man hurt her... but.. I did. I dont want that to ever happen to me again." Zoe added.
"So what the fuck does acting like this have to do with it?" Psymon grunted, leaning back.
"God, you wont let me fucking drop the subject, will you?" Zoe snapped, trying to possibly scare Psymon off.
Psymon shook his head, "You dont scare me, Payne.".
Defeated, Zoe spoke up.
"I fuckin' sound like Elise when I say this.. but I dont.. I dont -want- to be attractive. I dont want any of these damn snowboarders seeing me as some openly available chick. If I push everyone away, that keeps them from getting close to me... and that keeps them from hurting me." Zoe muttered darkly, really angry that Psymon had got the best of her.
Psymon shook his head and stood up, he hadn't taken his foot off of the binding of the snowboard yet.
"Well, you keep on pushing everyone away, you wont have anyone to help you either." Psymon began to walk off, he didnt even bother telling Zoe about what Moby did...he had other plans for that."So, you are really okay with this?" Yuri spoke softly, leaning back in one of the trolleys.
"Yea, why wouldnt I be?" Moby chuckled, he was looking very happy despite everything that was going on.
"Well, for starters, Zoe is about to race Drum for her status in a couple of hours. I figured you would be a little pissed." Yuri frowned a bit, she saw Griff and the others on the first heat of a race down Ruthless. Moby chuckled to himself. He looked over at his board leaning against the window of the trolley and reminded himself that Zoe had the race in the bag. "Well, I have my full faith that Zoe will win da race, love." Moby smirked. Yuri raised her eyebrows, not all too sure of what Moby was saying.
"What do you mean she has your full faith?" Yuri blinked.
"Well, lets just say I have a little...hunch that Drum aint gonna finish da race."
Moby chuckled to himself, he felt on top of the world.
"I fiddled with his board last night, his binding is gonna snap when it lands too hard. And wham, his ankle gets snapped like a fat twig." Moby simulated by snapping his toothpick in half.
Yuri's eyes were wide, she was actually afraid.
"...Moby...how could you!?" Yuri yelled, redness comming to her face.
"What do you mean? Are ya worried about that fatass?" Moby said, blinking.
Yuri couldnt belive what she was hearing. "No!..Its...Moby...!" Moby sat up, "Spit it out!" "After you left last night, Zoe added another stipulation to thier race!" Yuri blurted.
"Yeah, so?" "The stipulation was that Zoe would race using HIS BOARD!" Yuri yelled, making sure Moby heard her loud and clear.
Moby's smiled plummeted off of his face.
"..What...no...but that means...!" Moby didnt know what to do, he had just screwed up. Big time.
"I have ta tell her!" Moby yelled, looking at the trolley, it was nowhere near Yellow Station.
"Well, you can't tell her now. Our M-comms dont even work from this range..." Yuri mumbled, she had never been more disappointed in her life.
"But...but" Moby tried to search for words to say, but he couldnt find any.
"Moby...if Zoe gets hurt in that race...its all going to be your fault...do you understand that?" Yuri whispered, not trying to sound angry.
Moby couldnt speak, his mouth was dry. He had just put the one girl he ever loved in danger, and he had no way of reversing his actions. Moby didnt know what to do.
"You...You seem a little...distant, Ally" JP whispered, laying next to her in the bed. It had already been a couple of hours since everyone went off for thier daily events, but JP and Allegra surprisingly didnt have any.
"..Don't call me Ally, Jean.." Allegra groaned, the last thing she wanted as JP adopting Viggo's pet names.
JP rolled over, putting his arm on Allegra's stomach. Allegra bolted upright, looking around for her shirt. JP jumped up as well, something was bothering Allegra, and he didnt even know what. Allegra scurried around the room, pulling on random clothes, not bothering to let any of them match. Wherever she was going, she was going in a hurry.
"Talk to me!" JP yelled, Allegra finally stopped and turned around, putting on her Snow God badge.
"..Yes?" Allegra said, not making eye contact.
"...What did I do wrong?"JP said, his eyebrows turning upwards in an almost sad smile.
"...You...you did nothing..in fact..you did everything right..." Allegra stammerd, searching for the words.
"Its just..um...I need to take a ride...I can't stand being cooped up in here all day...it's..it's...it's nothing, really." Allegra leaned foward, pecking JP's cheek.
JP didn't do anything, he didn't know WHAT to do...he just watched Allegra grab her board and bolt out the door, was this all part of his plan as well?
Allegra sat in the lobby of the lodge, pulling on her snowboots as Viggo walked by, a clean shaven, non-drunk Viggo.
"Hey! Vigs! Wanna go for a ri-- Viggo acted as if he didnt even hear her, he casually walked right past her, high fived Eddie, and kept on walking-- ide?" Allegra didn't know if she had just been dissed or not...she shrugged it off and left, on the way out she saw Elise, Nate, and Atomika returning from thier half pipe.
Elise seemed to be on top of the world, it was common knowledge that she wasn't exactly the best person at tricks, but by some miracle of god, she pulled off getting a gold medal in Shuttle Run.
"Go me! Go me! Uh-huh! Who da girl!? I'M DA GIRL!" Elise cheered, using every moment she could to grind against Atomika and Nate. Nate didnt look at all like the dancing type, but Atomika seemed to get into it right away, dancing on Elise right there in the snow.
"Elise..." Eddie mumbled, right infront of her, Nate had already went inside.
Elise and Atomika just danced.
"...Elise?" Eddie coughed, making his voice a little louder.
Elise danced even more, it was if Eddie wasn't even there.
"ELISE!!!!!" Eddie yelled, causing Atomika and Elise to stop in thier tracks.
"..Whats up, Edster?" Elise blinked.
"I didn't even see you there.." Eddie clinched his gloved tight, and swung, knocking Atomika's head off and sending it sprialling through the snow, blood spewing everywhere.
...Or...at least thats what Eddie -wanted- to do.
Eddie gulped hard, he couldn't even speak from his immense jealousy.
"..N...Nevermind..." Eddie turned to walk away, Elise, not even noticing that something seemed to be wrong with Eddie. Atomika on the other hand, did notice..and was determined to find out.
"Eddie!...Eddie! Wait up!" Atomika jogged, catching up to Eddie.
"What the hell do you want?" Eddie turned around obviously frusterated, no use in hiding it now.
"You have been...sort of...I dont know...distant since you returned." Atomika started, not quite sure what words to say.
"Did I do something to offend you or something?" Eddie wanted to scream, of course they have offended him!
"No...just a little bout of..je..nevermind" Eddie shook his head, it was no use in telling Atomika.
"Je-what?" Atomika stammered.
"Je....deJEcted, you know..just feeling a bit dejected." Eddie sighed, sensing that he had just saved himself.
Atomika shook his head, he didn't understand anything Eddie just said.
"Hey, can I ask you something?" Eddie started, looking at Elise over Atomika's shoulder.
"Yeah, sure." Atomika raised his eyebrows, waiting for the question.
"Do you like Elise?" Eddie spat out in one quick sentence, the slight blush to Atomika's face indicated that he understood what he said.
"...Well, I didnt at first...but she kinda grew on me..why?" Atomika nudged Eddie.
"Oh...no reason...just sort of curious..." Eddie lied.
Atomika took a look back at Elise, then a look at Eddie.
"...OOOOH, I get it!" Atomika held a finger up in 'EUREKA' fashion.
Eddie's eyes could of fell out of his face, his whole face burned...hell, even his HAIR burned.
"You get what!? What do you get!?" Eddie choked.
"You are looking out for her!" Atomika chuckled, "You two are like brother and sister, You are just making sure no one breaks her heart, right?" Eddie's brain felt like goo.
"Yeah...sure." Eddie just nodded, not even sure of if he was drooling from the mouth or not.
"Don't worry man, I know you and her are sorta close. I wont hurt her." Atomika stated obviously, and nudged Eddie again.
"Wait..I thought you two weren't.." Eddie started, Atomika already walking away.
"Oh, we aren't.. but I am thinking about it... I mean, she IS open.. and no one else around here likes her in that way.. do they?" Atomika shrugged, trotting back to Elise.
Eddie rubbed some snow out of his hair, "Yeah... no one likes her in that way..." Eddie put his goggles back down over his eyes, and headed back inside.
Just in time to see Drum and Zoe give eachother a little stare down in the middle of the Lobby, Griff was watching beacuse the moment was too fun to pass up.
"Alright, you two. The trolley is waiting. Zoe, Drum. Go take your challenge." Drum nodded, grabbing his back up board and heading out the door.
Zoe grinned, to her, this was in the bag. She grabbed Drum's board and flung it over her shoulder, a small tink sound was heard as she left.
"Well, it looks like Drum is about to go get his ass kicked.." Griff started, walking through the lobby barefoot.
"Zoe is going to wipe the floor with that newb-OW!" Griff jumped, hopping on one foot.
"OW, OW, OW!" "Whats wrong?" Viggo asked, looking him from his magazine.
"Something stuck my in the foot!....Ow...what the..?" Griff winced, pulling the object out.
"A screw? What the hell is a screw doing on the floor?" Viggo shrugged. "Probally a spare from somone's kit. You know, to fix a loose binding or something." Psymon didn't open his mouth, he just sat by his M-comm, waiting for coverage of the challenge.
The entire ride to the peak was a quiet one, Drum nor Zoe bothered to talk...they didn't even look in the same direction. As the trolley flew over the snow, Drum noticed the different flags placed in parts of the course, one green, and one red. He knew his challenge would have something to do with those flags. Zoe was smiling to herself, she was so cocky. She knew that there was no way in the world she could lose, she was going to go into this event with her head held high, and she was going to defeat this newbie at his own game, on his own board!
Rahzel made contact with both of thier M-comms.
"Zoe will explain the challenge to you when you get to the mountain, Drum." Rahzel spoke softly, it seemed that he and the SSX council take these things very seriously.
"Zoe, its up to you if you want the other riders to be able to see the race." Zoe thought about it, for her, it would be a lot better to show the whole lodge that she was right all along... but on the other hand, if she lost(by some miricale) to Drum, she didnt want the whole lodge to take part in viewing that.
"Nah, Ill tell them about it later." Zoe shrugged, making it seem like she didn't care.
They were almost to the top of the mountain, Drum's throat tightend as the trolley stopped.
Zoe stepped out, taking a big breath of the mountain air she was used to. Drum, on the other hand felt a little lightheaded. He wasn't used to being this high in the air, hell, this was probably the highest he had ever been. Drum's knees buckled, he was seriously having second thoughts about this...but...he couldn't let Zoe win, he had to win her respect.
AN:Drum: Oooooh, the tension is nice.
You know the drill, read and review.