I'm glad you all enjoyed chapter 2. Here's my latest chapter of Ski Bunny Blues. And to make up for my lateness last week… it's early this week! Please check out my newly completed story "Mystery Girl". I'm sad that it's finally finished so you would really make my day if you read and reviewed it. Thanks!

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Title: Ski Bunny Blues
Author: Crystal Saturn
Rated: T13
Chapter: 3- Frosty Fun

"YOU WHAT? Minaaaaa! How could you? There is NO WAY in HELL I'm sleeping in the same room with that jerk!"

I could hear Serena wailing at the top of her lungs and couldn't help but grin. She walked in a few moments later, dragging her bags in after her dismally, with a pout plastered all over her face.

"Hey Roomie!" I gave her my warmest smile and waved.

"Shut up Darien." She shot back a glare and I frowned.

I walked over to her and helped pick up her bags, setting them down in the corner. She looked up at me and raised an eyebrow. Flashing a small smile, I tugged on her sleeve, motioning her to sit on one of the single beds.

"Look Serena… I know you hate me and all, but can't we just set aside our differences for now and enjoy our holiday?" I looked into her eyes sincerely.

"Uhh… I guess…" She raised an eyebrow skeptically, and she was right to do so.

"Great! Cause I have something to give you." I grinned, turned around, grabbed a pillow and swatted her in the face with it.

"DARIEEEEEEEEEN!"

"Honestly… what is with the two of you? When you're together you both revert to child-like states." Greg shook his head as Serena and I sat down at opposite sides of the dining table.

"He started it!" Serena pouted, a feather falling from her hair. She huffed it away and pouted.

"You were asking for it!" I smirked back and watched as she stuck her tongue out at me.

"I did not! You were the one who said-"

"Enough, guys! Now you're both going to learn to work together or you'll both be sleeping out in the snow!" Raye interrupted.

"The way you're both acting, it's as if you're in love." Mina giggled.

"WHAT!" Both Serena and I hollered at the same time.

"Mina you're not exactly innocent! You're the one to blame for all this, Miss 'Serena you'll be riding in Darien's car… Serena you'll be sleeping in the same room as Darien,' You make it sound like you're trying to set us up!"

"I'm sorry Serena, but that's just how the arrangements happened to fall… it's all up to fate." Mina excused herself over to the fireplace.

"Fate schmate" Serena mumbled under her breath.

"Come on, girl! You should be having fun! We're on holidays at the snow! Why don't we all just go outside and have a snowball fight?" Lita suggested.

"I don't know about you guys but I think that's a great idea!" Andrew grabbed his coat, and headed out the door.

Darien's Point of View

We all followed suit and it wasn't long before we had formed 2 teams, guys against girls. We had our ammunition all around and had our own barricades (also made of snow).

"Ready! FIRE!" Ken yelled out to signal the beginning of the war.

An onslaught of white snowballs hurled towards each side. Icy weapons of mass refrigeration were flying everywhere. I must admit, I think the girls were beating us. I peered over the edge of our frosted shield to see if the coast was clear, to make an attack, when I saw Serena. Her golden blonde hair shimmered in contrast to the pale white snow. Her cerulean blue eyes sparkled with joy as she continued to hurl a barrage of snowballs at our fort, ducking and laughing at the same time. Seeing her happy brought a smile to my face and I continued to stare at her for a little while longer.

"Darien, man! Care to help us? We're dieing here!" Chad brought me back down to earth and I smiled, raising my hand up to throw my snowball, but before I could even try to cause some damage, a stray ball of ice hit me smack in between the eyes with some force, knocking me onto my back. Who would've thought snowballs could cause so much pain? I certainly didn't! They looked so painless in the movies… when I find out who threw that snowball I'll-

"OH MY GOSH! DARIEN! ARE YOU OK?" culprit caught.

She ran over to my side to check if I was ok. Her long blonde hair cascading down her shoulders and pooling around her. I looked up at her and saw genuine concern in her eyes.

"Urrrrrrk…" I managed to let out a grunt. Funny how I seemed to be reverting back to my old caveman self already.

"Ohh I'm so sorry… I didn't know you were going to get up at that moment! Here… let me put some ice on that."

"That's quite alright… I think it's got enough ice on it already right now…" I moaned, feeling a headache coming on.

"Hey Meatball Head are you alright? No… not you Serena… Meatball Head number 2!" Ken laughed at his own joke. Sad sack lame-o.

I cringed as I gingerly ran a hand over my forehead, and sure enough, there was a rather large bump forming. I slowly managed to sit up, while looking at Serena. She had that look on her face, she knew I was going to say something and she was about to burst into tears.

"It's alright Sere, how about you help me up."

She looked at me in shock horror before looking around her. I'm pretty sure she was checking for any stray pillows. Convinced there were none around, she placed an arm around my back and helped me up. Sure, I could get up and walk myself in easily… it's not like my legs were damaged in any way… but where was the fun in that?

Serena's Point of View

MAN DOWN! MAN DOWN! I hit Darien in the head with a snowball! And while my initial feeling was that of shock and remorse, a part of me screamed out 'BOO YAHH! 100 Points for Serena if she does it again!' I looked down at him and saw that the red mark on his head was rapidly starting to become a bump and I knew I'd never ever hear the end of this one. It's not like I purposely aimed at him, he simply got up at the wrong time. I watched him groan in pain and I started feeling bad for him. I wasn't even aiming at him… much. In no way during the course of this snowball fight did I ever intend to actually hit Darien, let alone hurt him.

"I'm sooooo sorry." I repeated, helped him up to his feet and walked him back into the cottage. There, I sat him down on one of the recliners, fetched an ice pack, walked outside and filled it up with snow. I walked back in, holding it in my hands and Darien flinched, throwing his arms and legs in the air.

"DON'T THROW! I'M DEFENSELESS!"

"Amazing! You still manage to make fun of me even when you're injured." I pouted and handed him the ice pack before disappearing into the kitchen to find some asprin. His head would be throbbing by now. I walked back holding his pain killers and 2 mugs of warm cocoa.

"Here… let me take a look at that." I handed him the cocoa and asprin which he downed easily. My hand brushed up against his as I slowly removed the ice pack from his forehead. The swelling had stopped- for now. I looked at it and bit my lip. It was the size of a shallow golf ball.

"That bad huh?" He asked, reading my expression like an open book.

It was then I realized just how close I was to him. My gaze fell as I looked into his eyes and that's where it stayed for the next few moments. I couldn't tear them away. I was hypnotized. His eyes were the deepest, darkest sapphire blue, and the way the reflection of the flames from the fireplace leaped in his eyes… they were captivating. All I could do was nod dumbly.

"Well… it could've been worse." He shrugged after a moment, looking directly into my eyes. I could barely breathe in fear that it would shatter the silence that surrounded us.

"Come on guys its getting late!" A smiling Ami came bouncing back into the cottage and as a reflex, I pushed away from Darien, landing onto the floor beside him. He looked away and abruptly stood up.

"Well… I've had a rather… interesting day." Darien stretched and gazed up at his own forehead. "I think I'm gonna get some shut eye." He began to walk towards our room.

"What about dinner?" Lita asked.

"Not hungry!" Darien replied, not bothering to turn around. "Good night all!"

I watched his retreating figure walk down the hallway, holding the ice pack to his head as he padded into our room and wondered if we had just actually had… a moment, or even scarier- if Ami had caught us.

Oooooh! Serena and Darien, sitting in the tree… I hope you liked that chapter. Please read and review! Thanks a lot! Til next week…

Crystal Saturn