Chapter 2 - Hassler Home, 7:30AM
'Beep, beep, beep, beep SLAM!' Trisha turned and hit the snooze button on the alarm. She lay in bed for a few minutes, half debating if she really felt like moving. Shaking the sleepiness from her head, she reached over and turned off her electric blanket and then the alarm clock.
"Hey Trisha! You awake yet?" Rochelle yelled from the guest room down the hall. She had been up for at least 45 minutes. Bounding down the hall and dressed to go out into the snow, Rochelle went flying into her best friend's room. "Hey, lets get a move on, I'm not getting any younger here!" she said as she ducked to avoid a stuffed animal that Trisha hurled at her head. Rochelle had always been a morning person.
On the other hand, Trisha often wanted to kill whoever even looked at her before 10AM. "Ughhhh…. whose idea was this to get up so early?" she moaned.
Rochelle smirked. "Actually it was yours. Now, come on! I already have everything packed - walkie talkies, weather radio, extra batteries, first aid kit, blankets, extra gloves and hats, lunch, you know - the works. I even fed the pets and took the dog out!" she bragged.
Trisha looked at her. "All right, all right. Give me 20 minutes and I'll meet you outside." She wasn't looking forward to shoveling snow. Actually, there was nothing more she hated about winter than the snow shoveling.
Rochelle smiled. She knew her friend too well. "Oh, by the way - the neighbor with the snow blower came over. Everything's clear and we're ready to go when you are," Rochelle yelled over her shoulder as she left Trisha's room.
With the new information, Trisha was ready to go in 10 minutes. She ran out the door and met her friend at the shed. Trisha opened the lock with the memorized combination. There sat two brand new yellow 'Yamaha Snow Cats' calling their names. Trisha opened the back doors of the shed that led to the woods. They each got on a sled, started them up, and headed out for what they thought would be a day of fun.
A/N: dg101,orangeangel, and louise1717: thanks for the reviews! orangeagel: As for the kids - I figured since Gibbs seems to like kids and this is how my dream went, I'd use them in the story :)