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AN: It's quite amusing to see how many of you all would like to see Serena and Darien 'get it on' in bed together… very interesting…
Title: Ski Bunny Blues
Author: Crystal Saturn
Rated: T13
Chapter: 7- Runaway
"Serena? Sereeeeenaaaaa? HEY! DOOFUS!" Raye leaped onto the bed, squashing me under her.
"Get off me fat butt!" I grunted and rolled over, flinging Raye off the bed. She sighed loudly and threw my blanket onto the floor. I curled up into a ball, shuddering at the sudden lack of warmth. She then proceeded to grab both my ankles. Uh oh… I knew where this was going… She tugged at my ankles and dragged me towards the door. I grabbed my pillow, knowing that at any second she would pull me off the bed and I would land on the floor with a loud thud.
THUD"Rayyeeeee! Leave me aloooneeee" I whined and buried my face in my pillow as the dark haired girl dragged me down the hallway and into the living room by my ankles.
"Ahhhh…" Darien moaned as he awoke and sat up. He turned his body and cracked the stiff bones in his spine before massaging his sore shoulder muscles.
"Raye… that's no way to treat your friend!" Lita, knowing I was extremely tired, placed a plate of food on the floor next to me.
I was about to grasp my fork when my plate was taken away from me. I whined in protest and looked up to see Darien walk away with my breakfast.
"If you want breakfast in bed, sleep in the kitchen." He mumbled, taking my plate into the kitchen, sitting down at the dining table and taking a bite of my scrambled eggs.
"Heeeey… That was mine Jerkazoid!"
"Bite me." Darien replied bluntly, taking a sip of coffee. I watched him for a moment before walking over and biting him on the shoulder, earning the laughter and applause of the group. "OWW! WHAT THE HELL MEATBALL HEAD! ARE YOU INSANE?"
"Maybe." I simply shrugged and walked into the bathroom to take a shower.
"Ok guys… here are your boots and your skis." The man over the gear hire counter smiled warmly. "But look- there's a blizzard warning being circulated around the slopes on Mount Alexander, set for 6 in the afternoon. I say go out there and do your thing, but don't be out there any later than 4 to 4:30. It gets snappy pretty quickly up there and believe me, you wanna be home before the heavy stuff starts falling."
"Thanks heaps for that!" Greg smiled and we were off- on our way to ski the slopes of Mount Alexander.
"Slow down klutzoid queen! You're going to knock someone over!" Darien yelled after me. It was my first time skiing and I was struggling to control my speed. So sue me!
"You're not exactly the best skier today you know jerk face." I yelled back.
"That's because I had to sleep on the sofa. My legs aren't exactly cramp free you know." He frowned.
"Would you ski any better if I shoved this skiing pole up your a-"
"Enough! Guys come on! We're supposed to be having fun." Ken interrupted.
"Sorry." We both lowered our heads in shame.
"But it's not my fault the aliens forgot to remove his anal probe." I defended myself. He was the one that started it. Him and his grumpiness.
"You have no idea how excruciatingly depressing it is to realize we're of the same species."
"Oh and you JUST realized that? Are you renting that space between your ears? You know it would be highly profitable."
"Darien! Serena! Look. It's 4 now… we should be getting back home. Does anyone know the way back home from here?" Andrew looked around. We had been skiing on this one secluded slope for quite some time now. It took us a while to get here too. Everywhere else was occupied with skiers, tourists and little kids. We all looked around in silence.
"I have a map of the mountain…" Ami spoke up, taking it out of her jacket pocket and unfolding it.
"That's great! Thanks Ames." Andrew flashed her his winning smile as we all gathered around and tried to find out where we were before discussing possible routes home.
"Well I think we passed that little stream on the way here." Lita shrugged.
"Yeah and that little clearing looks familiar." Darien added.
"What's that thing there?" I asked, pointing to a cluster of small green circles on the map.
"They're trees Rena." Chad informed.
"Ok so I'm pretty sure we're in either this clearing or this one." Darien pointed. "Which means home is down through here, past the same stream and over here."
"Didn't we come from that way though? I asked, pointing in the opposite direction. I watched as Darien sighed and ran his hand through his thick black hair frustratedly. "I'm pretty sure we came from there. And we passed the creepy cave."
"Great! And your crybaby whiney-assed opinion would be..?" Darien looked up at me and my heart sank in my chest. He didn't have that mocking tone in his voice. It was pure animosity.
"I… I was just trying to help." I struggled to hold back tears as I looked down.
"Well we don't need your help. No one needs your help. In fact, I'm pretty sure you're depriving some village of its idiot."
"Darien…" Andrew protested.
I didn't want to look up at him. If I did he would see me cry, and I didn't want him to see me crying. I knew he would think I was even weaker and more pathetic than before. So I slowly turned around and skied as fast as I could manage, down the slope.
"Serena! Don't go. Darien why do you always have to be so harsh? Serena come back!" Andrew yelled after me. I was lighter and faster than any of them and although I had just started skiing, it didn't mean I couldn't ski fast.
Darien's Point of View
"Look… she's probably gone to find her own way home." I defended.
"Darien… what you said was really mean." Raye looked up at me with a worried expression. She turned over at the direction Serena headed in. She already couldn't be seen. "Even for my standards…"
My heart sank in my chest. She was right. I had hurt her this time. I had gone too far.
"Look, I'll apologize to her when we get back home." I looked up at the tumbling clouds above us. "She's not as stupid as I make her out to be. She'll find her way home." I reassured. My tone softened. "In the mean time, we have to find our way home… I think it's this way."
"You know… I think I've seen that tree before"
"Yeah Daz… now that I think about it.. I think Serena was right… I think we did come from the other way."
I sighed and was determined to find our way home, without embarrassing myself and admitting that Serena may have, in fact, been right.
"Look… what's that?" I pointed towards a log house near the horizon.
"Hey I think I can see my car!" Greg exclaimed.
"Ahhh… guess you were right after all." Mina randomly hugged me. "Good work Darien!" she smiled warmly and I nodded, realising we had in fact taken the long way home. Well, at least Serena would be home by now.
"Rena? Are you here sweetie?" Lita hollered loud enough to be heard throughout the cottage
The house was eerily silent
"She's not in her room." Ami walked out of Serena's room.
After a thorough inspection of the house and the area around, we came to the conclusion that Serena had not yet returned home.
It was almost 5 and everyone was starting to become nervous and eager to know where Serena was. She had not called or tried to contact any of us and it was starting to get incredibly late. The snowstorm would soon arrive and none of us wanted her to be trapped in it.
"I'm going out to find her." I stood up, not being able to sit around waiting for Serena to call.
"What? You can't. Look… it's snowing. It'll only get heavier in the blizzard." Raye objected
"Yeah. And you could get lost or hurt or both." Chad added.
"It was my fault she went off on her own- if anyone should be out looking for her. It should be me."
"Then let us come with you." Greg offered.
"No… you said it yourself, it'll get pretty dangerous and I don't want to be responsible for anyone else getting lost in that. I'm more than a capable skier and I know what to do if an accident happens. I'm going and I'm going alone." I walked into my room, grabbing a backpack and stocking it up with a blanket, a thermos, a torch, a pack of water proof matches and a first aid kit, just to prepare for the worst. I wrapped myself in layers and layers of clothing. I knew it was going to get cold, and fast. When I was certain that I was as prepared as I could have been in such a short time, I made my way out side.
"Darien wait." Mina and Andrew followed me out.
"Please bring her back ok…" Mina pleaded. Tears in her blue eyes, ready to fall. I gave her a reassuring smile and nodded.
"Hey… be careful out there ok?" Andrew added, handing me my phone. "If anything happens… call us. Whether you find her or not, we need to know you're ok too."
"I'll be fine. I'll find Serena… no matter what it takes." I promised before starting off on my journey to look for Serena.
Dun dun duuunnn… Super Darien to the rescue! Will he be able to find her in time? Will this experience bring them closer together or tear them apart? You'll just have to wait til the next chapter to find out! Please review!
Crystal Saturn