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"Okay!" said Esteban, rubbing his hands together and smiling as everyone arrived at the lobby. London and Maddie came out of the elevator together, Arwin came out of his office, Patrick and Moseby came out from the lounge, and Carrie, the boys and Kurt, who had just arrived this morning, were already there.
Zack was standing next to him, arms folded in business like fashion.
Everyone was quite bundled up, and looking at Esteban expectantly. Some of the guests who were sitting in the lobby were staring at them questionably.
"We will be starting with a brutal and grueling snowball fight.' Esteban began. Everyone smiled at each other, but it was a little obvious that some of them weren't quite sure what to think. That's why Esteban had recruited Zack. Zack was a kid, and completely comfortable with getting a snowball fight going.
"We are going to have two teams. The team captains will be me and Zack."
Zack nodded and raised his hand in introduction.
"Okay, so do you want to pick first?" Esteban asked Zack.
Zack turned to him looking scandalized. "You can't just say who's going to pick first. We've got to do this professionally. Cody! Get over here and referee."
Cody scrambled over to them.
"Okay on three…' said Zack.
Esteban had no idea what to do. He balled his hands into fists, preparing himself for…whatever this was.
Cody began to count slowly, "One… Two… Three-"
Esteban jumped as Zack quickly shouted, "ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS!"
Zack's hand was held out flat.
Cody looked down Zack's extended hand, and Esteban's clenched fists.
"Paper beats Rock, Zack picks first!"
Esteban felt a little dazed. He had no idea what just happened. He shook his head slightly and turned to Zack, who was surveying the room with a very serious face. "Hmm…' He said thoughtfully. 'I guess, I pick Maddie."
"Okay,' said Esteban, turning to the room. 'Then I pick Cody."
"Your funeral." Zack coughed under his breath. Cody glared at him.
Zack started to survey again. "I pick Dad."
"Well, then I pick Mr. Moseby."
"I pick Arwin."
"I pick Patrick."
"Fine, I pick Mom.' Zack gave him an evil grin. 'That means you get London."
London grinned and waved at everyone.
"Alright,' said Esteban looking around at them all. "Let's head on out."
Snow Fights + Snow Fights
Maddie smiled as she hopped in place to keep warm. They were all standing with their team, waiting for Esteban's instructions.
Maddie had borrowed what had to be the only pair of warm boots that London owned. They were in a pile of stuff that London, 'didn't know why she bought'.
Maddie had also put some of London's fifty-dollar leggings under a pair of London's two hundred dollar jeans for warmth. She was lucky and found a cute, warm, red sweater, and Snow-vest. All in the same pile.
London had found an outfit, that Maddie was sure wouldn't keep her warm. She had even refused to wear a coat, until Maddie found one that London had never worn before and matched perfectly with her outfit.
Maddie had quick grabbed the hat and mittens that her grandma knit her, before running out side.
Zack now waltz over to join his team. London happily trotted over with him, until Mr. Moseby grabbed her buy the collar and steered her back to her side.
Esteban addressed them once again. "Okay, we each get five minutes to prepare snowball's and a defensive fortress. Then the game starts. Once you're hit, you're out. The first team who loses all its team members, is, obviously, the loser. No headshots. Got it?"
Maddie laughed. Esteban was adapting this 'this is serious, people' attitude that completely matched Zack's.
Esteban smiled at her. Then turned to Carrie. "You got the timer?"
"Yep!' said Carrie, dramatically setting it to five minutes. 'GO!"
Snow fights + Snow fights
One minute to go. Esteban surveyed his team. Patrick worked incredibly slowly on the fort, which, as of right now, was more of a bump than even a wall. London was talking to some one on her cell phone, and Cody kept taking the snowballs that Mr. Moseby had already made and redoing them to get, 'the best fly speed and target accuracy.
So far they had made ten.
A few yards across from them, Zack's team had already built their fort and no one was to be seen accept for Zack who was standing up and issuing orders.
Esteban quickly began making more snowballs.
DING!
All of a sudden snowballs were everywhere. London immediately got hit, yelled "Hey!" and continued to talk on her cell phone. Mr. Moseby and Cody dove behind the bump that was their 'fort'. Esteban quickly pulled Patrick down, handed him some snowballs and told him to go in the opposite direction he was headed.
As Esteban stood up, he began to dodge a multitude of well-aimed snowballs. Zack's team had people who were throwing, and making snowballs from behind the fort, and also people running to attack Esteban and his team.
Esteban kept running as the white missiles whistled past his ears. Someone emerged from behind the wall, and ignoring Patrick's strangled yell, Esteban lobbed a snowball at the person. It went down. Someone else went down from a snowball thrown by either Cody, or Mr. Moseby.
Esteban scanned franticly for the other opponents, thinking that maybe, just maybe, his team had a chance. He saw someone on his left, and lobbed another snowball in its direction. He was looking after it to see if it made contact when- WHAM!
Esteban was almost jerked off of his feet as a huge, wet, snowball slammed into the side of his face. He shook his head to clear it, and turned to see who had hit him.
Maddie was standing four yards behind him with both mitten hands over her mouth, eyes wide.
She looked shocked and yet she tired to hold back a laugh as she said, 'Oh my- I am SO sorr-"
Just then a big fat snowball hit her in the stomach.
She looked down at it then turned back to Esteban.
He gave her an evil grin.
"Oh, no,' Maddie began eyeing him warily. 'Don't even-"
WHAM!
Esteban plowed into Maddie, sending them both sprawling in the snow.
She shrieked, sat up, started to form snowballs and whip them at him, laughing her head off.
Esteban threw his hands up to shield himself from the snowballs, and made his way over to her again, this time picking her up and slinging her over his shoulder.
Maddie stopped for a second, obviously surprised at this new tactic that he had adopted.
Then, before Esteban realized what she was doing, Maddie had pulled the collar of his coat back and slipped her last snowball down the back of his shirt.
Esteban yelped, dumped Maddie on top of a snow bank, and franticly tried to get the snow out of his shirt.
Maddie just sat there laughing at him.
When he had finally scraped the cold wetness off his back, he turned to Maddie who was still sitting on the snow bank with a would-be 'innocent' look on her face.
Esteban gave her a fake glare. "What happened to no headshots?"
Maddie gave him an angelic look and said, ever so sweetly, "Well if your head wasn't so big we wouldn't be having this problem, would we Senor Ramirez?"
"HEY GUYS!" A voice yelled from behind them. They both turned.
Zack was standing there with a very smug look on his face. He ran over at Maddie. "We won! We got all of theirs out! They got you, mom, and Arwin. Almost nailed Dad, but he dodged. Me and him stuck it out. "
Maddie high-fived him.
"Um.' Zack cleared his throat and leaned towards her. 'I think your captain should get a kiss."
Maddie rolled her eyes at him. "My captain is about to get thrown into a snow bank."
"Okay." Said Zack, shutting up. The others had all joined them.
"Where to now Esteban?" Carrie asked, nose pink and hair full of snow.
Esteban turned to Arwin. "You ready?"
"Yes sir!" Arwin replied with a salute and hurried off.
"Zack, what is the biggest sledding hill that you know of?"
Zack thought about it for a second, then turned back to Esteban with a sure look on his face. "I got it."
Sledding + Sledding
"Um, so who wants to go first?"
Esteban stood on top of the 'hill' with one of Arwin's 'Terrifically, Terrifying, Toboggans' in hand.
"This was your idea Esteban.' Mr. Moseby said standing as far away from the ledge as he could. 'I believe the privilege falls to you."
A murmur of agreement followed his words. Esteban gulped and looked down the extremely steep slope.
He turned to Zack. Zack stepped back, hands 'whoa, whoa-ing' him. "You just asked what the biggest hill was, man. Not which one I'd ever slide down."
"This isn't a hill.' Esteban muttered. 'It's a Mountain."
"Come on, Esteban!' Said Cody. 'You can do it!"
Everyone started chanting, "You can do it! You can do it!"
Esteban peered over the edge once more. He turned back to the crowd. "I am so not doing this by myself."
Everyone stopped chanting, and took a step back. "That's okay.' Patrick whined. 'All I want for Christmas is all my limbs"
Maddie stepped forward with a slightly terrified, yet gung-ho look on her face. "I'll do it."
Esteban raised his eyebrows at her. "Are you sure?"
Maddie nodded, and moved forward.
"Well, in that case-" Said Zack stepping forward.
Maddie gave him a 'nice try' look, and waited for Esteban to get on the sled, before she sat down behind him. She nervously put her hands on his shoulders.
"Okay!' said Arwin enthusiastically. 'I'll give you a push on four." Maddie and Esteban nodded shakily.
"Okay,' said Arwin. "One… Two- FOUR!"
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Maddie threw her arms around Esteban and held on for dear life. Both of them were screaming as the Toboggan fairly flew down the slope. Esteban was doing his best to steer and stay in the sled at the same time. Just as he avoided a major bump, Maddie screamed in his ear. "ESTEBAN! LOOK OUT!!"
Esteban saw the drift of snow too late. The sled went straight for it, and took it like a jump.
For a brief second, that seemed to go in slow motion, they were up in the air.
Then all of a sudden they crashed down, and both of them spilled out of the sled.
Once Esteban realized that he was still alive, he burst out laughing. He rolled over to Maddie who was lying a few feet away from him, doing the same thing.
Everyone up on the slope was clapping. Esteban distinctly hear Zack and Cody yell "COOL! We get to go next."
Esteban stood up and held out a hand to Maddie. She took it, and after they got the Toboggan they sprinted back up the hill filled with exhilaration from the terrifying, yet amazingly fun ride.
Nope, I know you're going to ask, and no it's not over yet:) Tell me what you think! Open to ideas!
