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Title: Ski Bunny Blues
Author: Crystal Saturn
Rated: T13
Chapter: 11- I Love PizzaBANG BANG BANG
"WAKEY WAKEY SLEEPY HEADS!" Andrew and Lita came into our room, banging on pots and pans with wooden spoons.
"We're leaving now guys!" I rolled over and looked at Darien. He buried his head under his pillow, groaning softly.
"I'm with him." I mumbled and lifted my blanket over my head.
"Ohh come on guys… we're going snow boarding today! I know you don't wanna miss that Dar." Andrew tugged on his leg. He groaned once more. Andrew sighed. "Alright… well if that's how it's going to be." Silence filled the room and I smiled. They had left me to go back to sleep. Or… that's what I thought.
BANG BANG CLANG CLANG CLANG BANG CLANG!Lita lifted up my blanket and started clanging on her pot once again as Andrew did the same to Darien. I groaned, covering my ears up with the palms of my hands.
"ALRIGHT! ALRIGHT I'M UP!" Darien threw his pillow at Andrew and stalked out of the room, taking his toothbrush.
"Rena… your bacon and eggs are getting cold!" Lita nudged me with her wooden spoon.
"Breakfast?" I sat up in bed, wearily. It was 9 in the morning. What person gets up at such an ungodly hour, especially when they had gone to bed at 2 the previous night.
"Yes… no time to change, slip on some clothes, brush your teeth and have breakfast. We're leaving in 5 minutes."
"Five minutes?" I groaned and tumbled out of bed.
After breakfast, I decided to make a last minute change of apparel. Instead of wearing my turtleneck, I decided to change into my long sleeved shirt and vest. It would probably be more comfortable. Yet I swear my turtleneck shrunk majorly since I put it on 10 minutes ago. I struggled to lift the shirt over my head and found myself stuck, semi naked, with my arms in the air. I simply could not get my head out of the sweater.
"Hey Sere are you ready yet we-" I heard Darien's voice coming from down the hallway and before I knew it, something had walked into me, pushing me back onto my bed and landing on me. I squealed and shut my eyes, not that it made much of a difference, I couldn't see with my sweater in the way.
"Yo Dar, do you think- WOAH" I could hear Ken from the doorway and I realized what it must've looked like.
"Hey hey hey! This is not what it looks like!" Darien rolled off me and pulled my turtleneck sweater back down over the rest of my body.
"Guys, honestly. If you want to stay here and… you know… go ahead but at least shut the door!" Ken stifled a laugh and closed the door behind him.
Darien turned to me. I was completely dumbfounded. My cheeks were red with embarrassment. That did not just happen.
"I'm sooo sorry… I didn't see you and I… you… you had your bra on at least…" I noticed Darien's cheeks begin to turn a deep crimson colour as he looked away in embarrassment. His hands were still rested on my waist. I felt so small within his hands. I looked down at his fingers and slowly peeled them off me.
"It's… it's… it's fine… let's just… let's go." I decided to leave my turtleneck on for now and wear a jacket over it.
"Alright now everybody has to make their own snow person in 10 minutes. Whoever's snow person looks the most like them wins," Andrew umpired. "Ready… set… go!"
We all dove into the snow, pushing and rolling it around as fast as we could. I was doing just fine when out of the corner of my eyes, I saw 2 snowballs come flying towards me. I looked over at the direction in which they came from.
"They're you're meatballs… meatball head." Darien grinned, working on his own ice sculpture. I pouted and stuck my tongue out playfully. I rolled up a huge snowball, so big I couldn't even lift it, and heaved it towards Darien.
"It's your biiiiig egotistical head." I ran back to my snow portrait. He grinned back at me.
"Ohh come on love birds… that's not fair! You can't help each other out!" Andrew yelled from his snowman before he was struck with 2 snowballs in the chest.
"Alright! Time's up!" Andrew hollered and everyone stepped back from their creations. "Lets start with mine!" We all walked over to his snowman, giggling at his stick apron.
"Ohh ohh! Do mine next!" Ken eagerly skipped over to his snowman. "Ta Da!" He presented his and stood by it proudly.
"Ken… why does your snowman have hips and… are those breasts!" Ami giggled, staring at Ken's creation in awe.
"You know… I think your snowman err… woman… is cold… I see nipple…" Andrew laughed, earning a playful smack from Mina.
"I figured this is what I'd look like if I were a woman!" Ken smiled and winked.
We continued around the circle and observed everyone's masterpieces.
"You have stick abs?" I asked as we got around to Darien's snowman.
"Stick abs of steel!" he beamed. Andrew and Chad walked up to Darien's snowman and knocked his head off. Darien looked at them, dumbfounded, as they lifted up the giant snowball I had created for him and placed it on his head.
"Sere was right… that fits better as your head" Chad poked Darien's rock eyes into his abnormally large icy head.
Darien's Point of View
"Ok now move side to side. Put your hands out to balance." I instructed.
"Darien I don't get it…" Serena pouted. I watched her struggle to get back up on her snowboard after falling over for the third time and I smiled.
"Ok… lean back and turn the nose this way." I held Serena's hands as she slowly moved downhill. "Now lean forward and turn the nose the other way." She did as she was told and I let go of her hand. I watched as she increased her speed at an alarming rate.
"HOW DO I STOP!" She squealed loudly.
"Turn the board to the side and lean back." I instructed. I watched her struggle for a moment then fall forward, sliding a little more before eventually coming to a stop. "SERE!" I ran after her, my boots sinking in the fresh powder. I as I reached her, she was still lying on the ground with her face in the snow. I dropped to my knees and quickly turned her over onto her back. Soft giggles radiated from her. She looked up at me with her sapphire blue eyes.
"Sere, how many fingers am I holding up?" I asked her, holding up 3 gloved fingers.
"Tuesday!" She giggled some more. I breathed a sigh of relief and sat myself down onto the snow beside her.
"You'll be fine." I shook my head and couldn't help but smile at her. Her giggles soon turned into chuckles and laughs as she flicked snow at me. I grinned, joining in the laughter. I couldn't help it. Her laugh was contagious. It was like music to my ears.
"Alright… we should probably be heading back home now… some of us have got to get ready for dinner." Andrew smiled warmly.
"Ohh what's for dinner?" Serena asked, her eyes lighting up instantly.
"Home made pizza." Lita informed.
"Yummy!" Serena squealed, picking up her board as we all began to walk back to the cabin.
"Ohh but not for you Serena…" Mina grinned, a look of mischief sparkling in her eyes. She was most definitely up to something.
"What? Why not? Why don't I get pizza?" Serena pouted and refused to walk any further.
"You're going to a nice little restaurant in town for dinner." Mina added. "It's formal dress too! I brought a dress from home for you to wear."
"Formal dress? You planned this? Why am I the only one going?" She frowned, looking rather unhappy at the arrangements that had been made without her decision.
"You're not going alone." Greg dragged his board behind him.
"Mhmm!" Mina smiled. "You'll be going with Darien!"
"What?" I looked at her in shock. Why had no one told me? I turned to face Serena who had dropped her snowboard in shock. It then became excruciatingly clear to us both what was going on. They had all set us up on a date.
Okie! Well I hope you liked that… about 5 more chapters to go. Please review! You've all been so wonderful when it comes to reviews and I love reading each and every one of them. It's really awesome to see you're all enjoying this story. I get so excited when the little box pops up and says I've gotten a review. It really makes my day much brighter. Thanks heaps!Crystal Saturn