Ice

By: DreamlessMermaid

AN: Hey guys! It's challenge week! This thing really did happen and I PRETENDED to be laughing at myself when inside I was like 'Oh my God, I can't BELIEVE that just happened!' I was trying to laugh it off but my friends were just like "You are SO red." I tried, but it didn't work. Heh.

Take one of your worst moments.
Stick it in ANY era.
Pick a POV (first person).
Make it one of their best.

There ya go. Enjoy and please don't make fun of me. LoL. Shout outs at the bottom to all who reviewed my last challenge!

Disclaimer: I don't own Newsies. The movie is mentioned in here but I DO NOT own it. Disney does and always will. Lucky bastards. ((pause)) Anyway, yeah. Once again, I don't own Newsies. Thank you ((bows))


I hate the cold. I don't understand why I had to go in the first place. 'It'll benefit you and your classmates need you!' says my mother. Actually, I'm over exaggerating. It's not THAT cold, considering it's March thirty-first, but it's starting to snow and the wind chill is picking up. And what am I doing? Standing here waiting for a fucking bus!

I zipped up my coat as far as it could go and crossed my arms over my chest to stop the shivering. It was my last day here in Winter Park, Colorado and I was supposed to be returning my skiing gear to the main office. My bags were packed and already on the charter bus that would be taking us back to New York. By us I mean myself as well as the rest of my choir. Every other year the two choirs, Honor and Women's Ensemble, would take an out of state trip. I was lucky because I was a senior this year.

Everyone got assigned to condos of their very own and could stay with up to six people. I had stayed with Jack, Mush, Race, Spot and David.

A hand hit my back and someone behind me laughed. "Come on, Blink. It's really not that bad."

I turned to face them, still shivering. "Jack, I'm freezing my ass off!" I said, my teeth chattering. I know it may seem stupid for me to be cold at the end of March when I live in New York, but I'm originally from Auburn, Alabama. They don't get snow in Auburn, Alabama. The closest I've come to snow is maybe an inch. That wasn't even snow! It was slosh and mud and ice. Not even enough to make a decent snowball. I just moved to New York around Christmas time and that was worse! I went to school in layers of clothing, socks too!, and everyone else was apparently used to it. I've never really been anywhere outside of Alabama so cold places were not my area of expertise.

"You're such a wimp, Blink. You think this is bad? Try living near the border of Canada for a while, THEN come talk to me. This is warm to me." Spot said, taking off his heavy coat and was only left with his sweatshirt. I looked over and saw David and Mush trying to catch snowflakes on their tongue.

I suddenly heard singing coming from behind me and I turned to see the ski lift and two girls riding down. They were the only ones coming down the mountain, everyone else was going up. I shifted my skis to try and get a better view of them and I instantly recognized bright red hair. That must be Kathleen, Jack's girlfriend. She was in Honor Choir with Jack and was actually pretty good, even though she insists that she isn't. Even in a crowded room it was hard not to spy Kathleen because of her vibrant hair and bubbly personality.

I also recognized the girl sitting next to her who, even sitting down, was taller than Kathleen. She had blonde hair that was currently pulled into a messy bun on top of her head and, even though I couldn't see from this distance I just knew, she had dark brown eyes. Kind of like the dark chocolate brown that you use for cooking. The chocolate wasn't very good or sweet but the girl sure was.

The girls were known as Red and Hollywood, Red being Kathleen and Hollywood being my blonde crush, Danielle. Hollywood was in Women's Ensemble and Honor Choir, although we don't talk much. We were introduced to each other the first day I moved here by Mush, my best friend who I had met at lunch. After the director listened to my voice and decided where to put me, I ended up sitting right next to Hollywood on the top row. She was a soprano 2 and I a tenor and I had to admit, it was pretty hard singing next to someone with a totally different part and voice than me. She had a nice voice, not pop star perfect, but nice for choir standards. You would think that by sitting next to someone you would end up talking to them eventually right? Wrong. Every time I worked up my courage to try and start a conversation, I would glance over and see her either talking to Red or reading.

Anyway, back to the subject at hand. I heard them singing something from a movie. Probably one of their favorite that they obsess over and talk about at least twice a day.

"Santa Fe! Are you there? Do you swear you won't forget me?" came Red's voice.

"If I found you would you let me come and stay? I ain't getting any younger, and before my dying day-" came Hollywood's voice.

"-I want space-"

"-Not just air-"

"-Let 'em laugh in my face I don't care!"

"Saaaaave a place! I'll be there." They finished together and went into fits of laughter. I grinned and put up another tally on my mental checklist. How many times they would sing something from Newsies. Let's see that would be. . .the fifth time today. Wow, they really were obsessed.

"I hate it when they mention Newsies. Especially when Red mentions that one guy." David said.

"What guy?" Mush asked.

"You know, that famous guy with the cowboy hat and the bandana."

"Oh, THAT guy! Yeah me too. I feel like she loves him more than me." Jack said.

"Well she kinda does," Spot muttered and Jack glared at him. "It's true!" I laughed and rolled my eyes, erm- eye seeing as how I wear an eyepatch over my left, and was about to turn away when I saw something happen out of the corner of my eye.

It happened in about a split second. I saw the girls getting off the ski lift, walking on the green carpeted platform, Hollywood looking down and jumping off. It was only a little jump, more like a hop actually, and I guess what she thought was snow was actually ice. I saw her hop on the snow/ice, her feet slide out from under her and fall. She fell right on her butt and the rest of her body fell back, her head hitting the platform a little. I guess the other guys saw it too because they went, "Ohhhh" and "Ouch" and "That look like it hurt". Hollywood seemed to be taking it well because she was laughing loudly from her position on the ground. Red was standing there in shock but was soon laughing too. I sighed, put my ski stuff down and started to walk over to them.

"Oh my God, Hollywood are you okay?" I heard Red ask through her gasps of laughter. I saw everyone that was in the line to get on the ski lift look in their direction. Once Hollywood stopped laughing, they looked away and resumed what they were doing and as Red stepped off to offer Hollywood a hand up, I was quicker and got there first. I bent down and stuck out my hand. The laughter that I witnessed in her eyes vanished as she realized that it was my hand and, blushing a bit, she accepted my offer and I pulled her up.

"Thanks." She said nervously. Ha! Now's my chance to try and talk to her!

"That was a pretty nasty fall. You gonna be all right?" I asked and she nodded.

"Yeah, I'll be fine. My ass will probably be sore for a while but other than that I'm good." She said and laughed a little. I smiled. This was actually very easy. Wish I'd thought of this sooner.

"Don't worry I did the same thing on my first day of school. I was late to a class that required me to cross the courtyard and there was a patch of ice that I didn't see and before I knew it, BOOM! I slipped and almost twisted my ankle. Luckily no one was around to see it." I said and she laughed. This made me smile more.

The three of us walked back to the bus area where we met up with two other girls that were in Women's Ensemble. Kassy had her hand in David's and Scarlett's arm was looped through Spot's. Red walked up to Jack, they hugged, Jack kissed Red on the cheek and slid his arm around her waist. Hollywood and I talked for a while, actually talking, until the bus came, FINALLY. We seemed to be really connecting with each other and I wasn't the only one thinking the same thing.

It's amazing how ice can bring two people together.


AN: Okay, so I know the ending probably sucked but I wanted to get this up ASAP. So, yeah. LoL. Well, how was it? I hope it was okay, so please review! But no flames, I got a flame last time and it sucked. LoL. Okay, now time for the shout outs. Remember, these are shout outs to those who reviewed A Thousand Sweet Kisses, so if you were one of them then expect a shout out.

cookiegoilforever- LoL, sorry if I confused you. I confuse myself at times, but I wrote that in the wee hours of the morning was like "Eh, whatever." LoL. Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the review. As for the challenge thing goes, I was invited so I have no idea. If I knew where to go I would tell you. LoL. Thanks again!

hotspotslingshot- Yoda! Oh my God, I haven't talked to you in forever! How've you been? Good I hope. YOU NEEEEED TO UUUUUUUPDATE! ((whines)) I'm almost done writing chapter 9 so if I will you will right? Aw, come on that's a fair deal! LoL. As I said about the challenge, I honestly don't know. I'm sorry! Please don't kill me! ((cowers in corner)) LoL. No but seriously, I would tell you if I did. Anyway, thanks bunchies! ((hugs you))

xyz- Aw, I didn't mean to make you cry! But I guess that's how you know if it was good if you can make people cry. That's just my opinion, you can choose to ignore it if you wish. LoL. Anyway, thanks for the review!

Red- Yeah, I could picture you starting a snowball fight. That's what made me write it. LoL. DUH, the bad relationship was Sarah. Who wouldn't wanna get out of that? LOL. Again, I didn't mean to make you cry. I just write what comes out. Ha, omg that would have been funny if he called you Red on his deathbed. I would have laughed while crying but that's just me. Hehe. YOU'RE STORY WAS BETTER THAN MINE! ((dodges shoes being thrown)) Ha! Missed! ((gets pelted with peanuts)) Psh, peanuts don't hurt me! ((gets pelted with coconuts)) ACK! COCONUTS! ((ducks for cover)) LoL. Anyway, thanks for the review! Luv ya lots, girly!

Anon- I don't know if you deserve a shout out. I mean for one you weren't even brave enough to leave your real penname. Rule number one, if you're going to leave a flame then don't chicken out and put "Anon" or "Anonymous". That just makes you look stupid. And two, yeah I didn't do any of that stuff. That's why it's called Fan FICTION. Hence the word fiction. Meaning not real. If you would like to leave constructive criticism and tell me what I'm doing wrong and maybe give me some useful tips instead of flaming me then that's cool. Remember, I'm not trying to get anything published so not everything has to be perfect.

My Dog Ate My Penname- I'm a RENT fan too! Well, duh, hence the title. LoL. I've been reading some stories with mentions of RENT and I was just like "Hmm, I wanna check this out." So I did and now I'm hooked. I wish I lived in New York so I could go see it. That would be awesome. See the original cast and everything. Yeah that would SO make my day. LoL. Thanks for the review!

Dimonah Tralon- Thankies! At first I couldn't IMAGINE killing of a character, especially Jack! But once I started to write it, I realized that it was okay. I wasn't going to faint because I killed off someone that gorgeous. Hehe. Thanks for the review and the reviews on my other story! I should be putting up chapter 9 for Newsies 2004? Soon so watch out for it. Thanks again!

Well there ya have it. Once again, please review. But no flames, I've decided that I don't like them. LoL. Thanks!

Dreamless-Mermaid