Chapter 4:
A/N: So I was thinking… this story has been awfully fluffy and happy so far… but I wouldn't want to put anyone out of the Christmas mood with too much angst stuff, but a little can't hurt. Haha, just bear through it;)!
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Around two minutes later, just as she promised, Calleigh opened the bathroom door with a new shirt on, and her makeup redone. Eric turned off the TV as soon as he heard the door open, and jumped off the bed, eager to get to lunch. "Alright, let's eat." Calleigh giggled at seeing how quickly Eric had the door open, he must have been hungry.
"Sorry, I'm absolutely starving!" Eric sighed, "You look great though." He smiled, deciding to be honest in the politest way he could.
"Always the gentleman." Calleigh laughed, starting down the hall with Eric hot on her heels.
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After finally finding the dining hall, they sat down to a delicious lunch. "That was amazing." Eric sighed contently, patting his full stomach.
"It was, now let's go skiing!" Calleigh suggested, her eyes shimmering with excitement, which made her look even more beautiful than she already was, although he hadn't thought it possible.
"Alright, let's go skiing." Eric agreed, "But if we go out in these clothes, we'll be cold. Let's go put something warmer on."
"Sure, I don't care; I just can't wait to try skiing!" Calleigh nearly squealed with excitement.
"If we don't get skiing soon, I think you're going to explode, and we can't have that, so let's get going!" Eric laughed getting up and letting Calleigh naturally slip her arm through his as they headed down the hall.
"Do you think I'll be able to go down the really big hills tomorrow if I ski all day today?" Calleigh was practically skipping down the hallways with excitement; Eric swore the only thing holding her back from doing so was their interlaced arms.
"I don't know Cal; it depends on how fast you learn." Eric tried not to laugh at her giddish excitement, but couldn't resist a large smile.
"Okay, okay, let's just get changed and get right to it!" She speed walked the last few steps to the door and slipped the key card in and out, throwing the door open and entering the room. She grabbed her suitcase and headed into the bathroom leaving Eric to change in the rest of the room. They both quickly pulled on comfortable, loose fitting clothing in a hurry, Calleigh due to excitement, and Eric knowing that Calleigh would be changing fast because of her excitement and not wanting to end up in an awkward situation. "Are you decent? I need to come out and get my snow clothes on." Calleigh called from the bathroom.
"Yeah, I'm good." Eric answered. He was decent, just not fully dressed. He had on his sweatpants, just not a shirt yet, he hadn't been in quite as much of a hurry as he though, and was glad when he saw the look on Calleigh's face when she opened the door to see Eric standing there, half naked.
"Uh, snow clothes." She reminded herself after a moment of blushed ogling. Just then, they heard the familiar click of a card key and Calleigh spun around to see Mindy, the brunette from the receptionist desk entering their room.
"Oh, I'm sorry." She smiled, her eyes not wavering off Eric's well toned, muscular chest. "I didn't think anyone was in here… I was asked to bring some towels up, the last shift left a note saying that there wasn't a fresh load done… never mind, I'm just going to go." She threw a satisfied smirk at Calleigh before taking one much longer than necessary glance at Eric and leaving the room calmly. Calleigh couldn't believe this girl, she felt like she was in high school again, competing with another girl for the school jock. And she knew it was a stupid thought, because really, if Eric wanted to, he could spend the rest of the trip with the girl, even though that wouldn't be the most polite thing to do considering he had invited her here, but he could really, they weren't in a relationship, and they were only just friends… but she couldn't help thinking the jealousy growling in her stomach was telling her otherwise.
"Well, that was awkward." Eric shrugged, after a moment of awkward silence. He had tried to ignore and obliviate himself to the flirting that Mindy was trying to start in the lobby, but this was too much. How was he ever going to get Calleigh to fall in love with him on this vacation if this girl wouldn't leave them alone? "Ready to go?" Eric quickly pulled on his t-shirt and sweater before grabbing his snow pants and pulling them on as well.
"Almost…" Calleigh was struggling to get her snow pants on, something she obviously hadn't done before, and if so, not for many, many years.
"Need some help with that?" Eric laughed as Calleigh nearly fell over whilst hopping around trying to pull the snow pants over her regular pants.
"Uh… yeah." Calleigh nodded, blushing at the fact she couldn't put a pair of snow pants on. Eric walked over and she put her arms on his shoulders while she got her legs into the snow pants. There could not have been a more tension filled, awkward moment that either of the pair remembered. 'If only Mindy could have walked in on us now.' Calleigh thought smugly to herself, although she didn't know why she had. Eric was simply helping her with her snow pants because she couldn't get them on. 'You should be embarrassed, not enjoying it.' She scolded herself, but she couldn't help it. Just then, getting lost in her thoughts, Eric doing the same, Calleigh lost her balance and fell, taking Eric down onto the bed with her. They lay there for a moment, staring into each others eyes, before both registering the situation they were in, and thinking to themselves that no matter how much they wanted it, the other didn't, so they'd have to get up.
"Sorry." They both smiled at the same time, getting up and starting to pull on their coats.
"Ready to ski?" Eric asked with a smile.
"Definitely." Calleigh nodded, although not with the same enthusiasm as she would have been experiencing ten minutes beforehand.
"Let's get these lessons started." Eric laughed, heading out the door with Calleigh close behind him.
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A/N: haha, so much for the nonfluff, well it was a little less fluffy… I think… but I do have this idea, haha, so I'm going to ask: Would you guys prefer if I kept this fluffy like it presently is? Or would more action, well not really action, drama is a more appropriate word, be better in future chapters? Let me know, and I will do as I am asked haha! Or, if no one says anything… I'll just choose haha. Okay, ttyl!