"Okay, girls! Let's head over to the lodge!" Mrs. Davenport said.

Lilly and Miley grabbed their new winter coats and followed their group out of their cabin. The cool wind blew in their faces.

"It's soo cold!" Lilly said as the girls ran to the big stone lodge.

"I like it, it's so different from Malibu." Miley said.

Mrs. Davenport pulled the front door of the lodge open and the girls filed inside.

Lilly gasped. "This place is amazing."

The lodge had high cathedral ceilings, huge windows overlooking more of the slopes, a hot chocolate bar, an arcade, and...

"Oh my God!" Miley squealed, grabbing Lilly's arm. "Look!"

Miley pulled her friend towards four high school age guys, each looking hot in ski gear.

Lilly's jaw dropped. "It's like heaven!"

Miley giggled, and then the door behind them opened.

"Miley!"

Miley turned to be greeted by her boyfriend.

"Jake! I missed you so much!"

Miley fell into Jake's arms. She seemed to fit perfectly.

"Hey babe," he said, squeezing her tightly. "Remind me to never leave you for so long ever again. Seriously."

"I think I can do that."

Jake stood in between Miley and Lilly and put an arm around each of them. "So, how have my girls been?"

"I'm your girl?" Lilly asked, scratching her head.

"Any friend of Miley's is a friend of mine. So, yep. You are."

Lilly shrugged, grinning. "I can deal with that!"

Mr. Corelli and the guys came in next. Miley noticed that when Oliver saw Jake's arm around Lily, he looked a little jealous.

"Okay, students! Take a seat! We're going to explain how we are going to manage our time here." Mr. Corelli said.

Jake sat down on one of the couches, with Miley on his lap. Lilly and Oliver sat next to them. Amber and Ashley were shooting posion darts with eyes at Miley. Miley just smiled, pretending not to notice.

"As you know, we're here till Wednesday, which only gives us about three and a half days. So, to make sure everyone gets to do everything they want, we are going to split up into three groups: snowboarding, skiing, and free time. So, pick your group wisely. Which ever you choose is the one you will have to stay in for the duration of the trip. Mrs. Davenport and I will be looking after the free time group, and those four gentlemen over there," Mr. Corelli pointed to the high school guys Lilly and Miley were drooling over earlier, "will split up the two other groups."

The four guys made their way over to the group of eager looking eighth grade girls and jealous eighth grade guys. The tallest one gave a little wave.

"How are you guys feeling today? Ready to have some fun?" He said, grinning.

"Yeah!" Everyone shouted back. Miley noticed all of the girls were giggling and whispering, probably deciding which guy they like the best.

"Good to hear. Well, my name's Jeff, and my friend Greg and I will be leading the skiing group." Greg stepped out of the group, waving. "And this is Simon and Brandon, they'll be taking the snowboarding group."

Lilly nudged Miley. "That settles it, I am soo going for the skiing group."

"I thought you wanted to try snowboarding?" Miley whispered.

"Well I did, but look at Greg! He's a hottie." Lilly sighed.

Miley rolled her eyes. "You're horrible Lilly, you really are."

After everyone decided what groups they wanted to be in, the kids went back to their cabins to gather up their gear. Free time group was to meet up again in a few minutes in the lodge, and Greg, Brandon, Jeff, and Simon were waiting by the lift for their groups.

"Are you sure you don't want to do skiing with me?" Lilly asked as she put on her gloves and hat.

Miley nodded. "Yep, I'm more of a free time-hanging out by the fire type of girl."

"Okay. Well I'll fill you in on the hotties when we get back." Lilly waved and followed Renae and Sarah out to the lift.

Miley pulled her coat back on and stepped out in to the light snow to go back to the lodge. There were only a few kids in the free time group, including Oliver.

"Hiya." Miley said flopping on to the couch next to him.

"Hey, Miles." Oliver said. "Where's Jake?"

"He went snowboarding. Apparently he's a natural." Miley rolled her eyes. He does brag a lot.

"Oh. I suck at everything, that's why I'm here."

"Lilly went skiing, so I guess it's just you and me."

"I thought Lilly wanted to go snowboarding?" Oliver said.

"That was until she saw who the instructors were." Miley said, playing with her glove.

"Oh." Oliver sounded a little disappointed.

"Hey, I'm gonna go get some hot chocolate, you wanna come?" Miley asked, hopping up.

"Sure." Oliver followed Miley up to the hot chocolate counter and ordered two mugs of it.

"So," Miley said, after Oliver took a sip, "is it as good as you thought it would be?"

Oliver stared at her confused.

"Your rant on the bus." Miley explained.

"Ooh, that." Oliver laughed.

The two headed back to the couch, where Chloe, Amber, Ashley, and Jennifer were giggling about something.

"What's so funny?" Oliver asked.

Amber looked at Miley. "Oh nothing, we just heard from one of our...sources, that Jake Ryan might break up with Miley. Here. And we know why." The four girls giggled again, and Oliver looked at Miley.

"What are they talking about?"

How could they know? About what Jake asked me, and that I said no. I didn't tell anybody except Lilly, and she wouldn't tell.

"Nothing." Miley said quietly.