CHAPTER FIVE:
A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed and gave me their opinions for the fluff/drama wondering! I really appreciate it! Here goes:
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"It is so cold!" Calleigh shivered as they were greeted with the harsh, winter wind and lightly falling snowflakes as they walked out the door.
"But it's beautiful, especially once you get to the top of the mountain." Eric sighed, remembering the view.
"Uh, top of the mountain?" Calleigh looked terrified, "I don't think I can do top of the mountain."
"Relax," Eric laughed, putting his hands on her shoulders, "We won't do anything you're not ready for."
"Okay." Calleigh breathed a sigh of relief, "Now where do we get some skis?"
"Right this way," Eric grabbed her hand and started off running down the hill, dragging Calleigh close behind.
"Ah! Next time tell me before you run, okay?" She laughed.
"No problem." Eric smiled, turning around to look at her. Just as he did, she lost her footing on a patch of ice and Eric took a step toward her to help her catch her footing, but she ended up slipping and taking them both down. "Are you okay?" Eric exclaimed as soon as he was done cringing in pain.
"You should be the one that's hurt, I landed on you. You're the one that hit the ice." Calleigh pointed out.
"But I'm the one that's worried about you." Eric smiled. He was fine, well he would be fine once his back stopped hurting from where he'd landed on it, but with Calleigh lying directly on top of him, his mind was focused on other things than pain.
"Okay, well here," She got up quickly, making him grunt as she used his stomach for leverage to help herself up before offering her hand, which he took and pulled himself up.
"Thanks."
"It was my fault you were on the ground in the first place," She shrugged, "Now let's get our skis!" She rushed into the ski shop, Eric right behind her.
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A while later, Calleigh and Eric were set with ski boots on their feet and skis in hand. They walked rigidly out side, cringing once again at the cold Canadian winter air, and set their skis to lean against a ski rack. "I don't think I'm ever going to get used to these boots." Calleigh complained.
"If you're complaining already, I don't know if I want to be your teacher." Eric joked, "It only gets more painful."
"Aww!" Calleigh whined again, making Eric chuckle.
"I can handle it, you should be able to, I mean, you wear high heels these can't be much worse." Eric pointed out.
"I can move my ankles in high heels Eric, and I can feel my toes." Calleigh answered, the whining tone not leaving her voice.
"As cute as you are when you whine, let's get skiing!" Eric was a bit shocked at his own honesty, but just mentally shrugged it off and set his skis on the ground, stepping into them. Calleigh chose to ignore the comment Eric made about her being cute, because she didn't want to get herself excited over something he probably didn't even mean, so instead, she busied herself with trying to mimic what Eric was doing with his skis, failing lousily.
"How are you doing what you're doing?" Calleigh asked after a moment.
"It's easy," Eric told her, "You take your boot, and put the toe in the front of the binding."
"I have no idea how to do that." Calleigh admitted after considering what he'd told her.
"It's alright, I'll show you." Eric removed his skis and took a few steps to the spot Calleigh was standing. Bending down he placed his hands around her boot and she moved her leg where he guided it. Toe into the binding and heel down hard. "See it wasn't that hard." Eric told her with a smile, "Think you can do the other one yourself?"
"Yeah." Calleigh nodded, "Thanks!" Eric just smiled and got his skis back on. Calleigh struggled a bit, but eventually got her other ski on too. "Don't we need poles or something?"
"We can get some later if we want, but when you learn, it's easier not to have them." Eric shrugged.
"Okay, you're the teacher." Calleigh smiled, "So teach me, because I just tried moving, and I nearly fell over." Eric laughed and thought about the best method to go about teaching Calleigh how to ski. This was going to be one interesting day.
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A/N: Aw I love skiing so much and I really, really want to go RIGHT NOW, but it is two in the morning, and I can't ski this weekend because I fell and my knee is so swollen I can barley walk. Stupid ice, stupid boots. Haha, okay, well review and tell me how that's going, I'm still in fluff mode here, but I've got some trick up my sleeve, haha I really felt like saying that. K, I'm out.