It's been a couple days since i've updated so sorry I just had total writers block and you know that annoying thing that happens from 7:AM to 3:30 and there comes the crap they give you to take home to try and make your lives miserable there too! But ha! I'm not giving in! I'm still writing MUAH HA HA! No school system can keep me away from the keyboard to stop me from writing to WONDERFUL reviewers (hint hint) well I know you've been waiting so here's chapter 4 yaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!
(Max) We were in keystone national park in a little ski rental shop near the slopes. There were lots of skis and snowboards to choose from. We had to get fitted with boots and that went surprisingly well. Fang and I got fitted for snowboarding boots and the rest of the flock got ski boots. You're probably wondering about Iggy, it's kind of hard for him the ski, so we gave him some money to go around lake keystone and look (figuratively) in the shops along with Total who's dressed in his little guide dog vest.
The ski rental person was helping us pick out skis and boards. Fang picked out a black snowboard and i picked out a blue and whit one.
Angel came up to me with a pair of pink skis and said, "Max, look, aren't these perfect?"
"Yeah they're're great sweaty," I said placing them up on the checkout counter. Nudge had a neon sporty pair and Gazzy managed to find a camo pair.
Everything was set out on the counter when I asked, "Where do we sign up for ski and snowboard lessons?" I decided it was best to try and learn how to do this sport before we all ended up in a hospital bed.
The guy smiled at me, "Right here actually." He said patting the counter with one hand and digging for some papers in a drawer with the other. There were two files, he pointed at the one on my Left and said, "There are for the skiers." Then he pointed to the one on my right, "And these are for the snowboarders."
"Cool," I said picking up the papers and filling them out. I handed them back to him along with my credit card and said, "When and where do we go?" The guy smiled at me again, "They both start at AM and that's in about thirty minutes." He looked at his watch and then went on, "I'm the ski instructor Jason and we meet along with the snowboarding group right near the bottom of the lift. The snowboard instructor is Hannah, she'll show you what to do from there." All the while, he was ringing up our gear. Wow, that's a lot of money. Glad I'm not the one getting the bill.
"Thank you," i said as i usurer the flock out the door. We walked to the spot where Jason told us the lessons would be and saw a girl who looked about 20 years old waving us over.
"Hey guys, I'm Hannah skiers in that group and snowboarders with me," she pointed at a group of kids looking very unstable on the little skis.
It just so happened that Hannah was a rather attractive girl and had Fang going all googly eyed over her and practically drooling.
It took all of my strength not to slap that boy silly because man i really wanted to. He could've at least kept his jaw from dropping to the ground like loose change.
"Alright, snowboarders," Hannah said addressing me, Fang, and a young couple. "Strap your right foot into the right strap and then stand up," We did as she said and looked at her for more instruction. "Ok, good job, now we're going to get on the lift by sliding our boards in front of the on coming chair. Then when the chair comes right behind you, sit down with your partner."
"And then you push air out of your lungs to breath out and suck in air to breath in," I whispered to Fang and he gave me one of his rare smiles. We got on the lift together and sat there in an awkward silence until i couldn't stand it any more, "So, it seems you like the instructor." I glanced at Fang waiting for his reaction.
"She seems like she know what she's doing," Fang said avoiding my gaze.
Yeah, and in Fang word, that really meant 'She's hotter than the Arabian sun.'
I raised my eyebrows, "Wow, she seems like she knows what she's doing? Seriously, I saw you jaw drop like a sack of potatos when you saw her."
"Oh really," He raised his eyebrows back at me.
"Yup saw it clear as a bell." Bite me.
"I suppose I should keep those actions on the inside so as not to get clocked by say, another jealous girl?"
Oooo he did not just say that, you know what, I think I will clock that boy. "What, I didn't see Lisa anywhere around here?" That's right, i can dish um out just as hard.
(Fang) Ouch, that one hurt, but i wasn't going to let Max know that, so i shrugged.
The lift ride was coming to an end and we had to get off. Dang these snowboard things are really hard to control. Of course I took a major spill as Max seeming like a pro just glided on past me chuckling. If you've ever been snowboarding, you know how freaking hard it is to untangle yourself once your in a mess like i was just then. I managed to get out before say, the entire world got a look but let's just say i really needed these lessons.
Hannah explained to us how to turn sideways to stop and how to steer. She also told us that this was a "Green" hill so apparently that meant this was the easiest level. We strapped our other foot in and started down the hill after the instructor who was turning back every so often to see if we were doing it correctly.
Max, being perfect in every way, had all of this stuff down pat before we reached the bottom of the hill and actually beat the instructor. Jeez girl.
I had my ups and downs but I wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed with the whole stopping concept and took more than a couple face plants. Lucky for me Max only saw one of them but only snickered for a second before she almost ran into Angel on her skis. But being slick as oil on a freaking snowboard already she dodged easily. I partially wasn't doing good because my mind wasn't really on boarding but mostly thinking about how amazing Max was how she could just pick up a new thing just like that and be a total pro at it in about five minutes. Also, she was stunningly beautiful and that made me just want to hold her tight and Ow! Crap, I just hit guy on skis and he looks pretty mad. Whoops sorry skier guy. I really need to pay attention, dang it Max, quit being so perfect!
(Max) We had gone up and down the green hill a couple times and it was amazing! I'm actually really glad that Nudge picked to go here because this was the most fun I've had in a really, really long time. I've decided that I love the snow and it's a beautiful and amazing thing just like Fang. Crap, did that slip out?
Our lessons ended at about 4:PM and we were all beat so we checked into the keystone lodge. Iggy and Total joined us and actually brought back practically truck fulls of goods from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. MG! They were amazing!!!!!!
We decided to stay for a week since that's how long we paid to have our lessons and equipment for. I was actually really glad but well, in my life there's never more than one normal day where you're not on the run or being hunted down by evil white coats who want to take you apart literally.
(Fang) We were staying for the whole week so we are going skiing and boarding again for our second day of lessons.
Max and I were going up the lift when it stopped. Normally when a ski lift stops, it's because some little kid fell trying to get on but with our luck that wasn't the case. We turned around to see if we could tell what happened. Unfortunately, we could see exactly why it stopped. A couple of erasers had smashed the controls and were making there way up the mountain toward us on snowmobiles and they had guns. Shit.
(Max) There can't just be one freaking normal vacation without stupid erasers?! So i guess the white coats decided that they needed erasers after all. I cursed under my breath and looked to see how far of a drop it was to the ground. I saw the kids skiing down the mountain and it didn't look like the erasers had spotted anyone else but us.
"Ok, get ready, on three," Fang looked at me as though he hoped i was joking. I gave him an of course i'm not kidding you idiot look and yelled, "One!" We jumped hitting the snow hard. "Follow me!" I shouted at Fang angling my board down the run. We shot down the hill like bullets, the erasers following close behind us firing actual bullets at us.
(Fang) Damn, Max is really fast! I was having trouble keeping up with her and dodging the bullets at the same time. We were almost to the bottom of the hill and Max was headed to wards a group of skiers.
"You're guna hit them!" I shouted at her and she looked at me with one of her signature reckless smiles.
"That's the point!" She shot right through them which actually turned out be a good idea until the erasers started mowing people down like weeds. I winced as I saw the skiers being flung out of the way. We had reached the bottom of the run and our boards came to a stop. We unstrapped our feet from our boards and began to run to wards the trees. We were beelining it when a voice said, "Stop! One more step and you're both going to end up looking like swiss cheese."
Great, the erasers had guns and puns, no rhyme intended. We turned around to face the dog boys when Max launched a round house kick right into an eraser's chest and sent him flying back. I was about to jump up to help when an eraser grabbed both of my arms and twisted them behind my back. I gasped at how much pain that brought and my legs gave out underneath me and I dropped to my knees.
"Easy Max," one eraser hissed holding a gun to my head his finger on the trigger.
"No!" Max yelled lunging for the eraser holding me when his finger tightened on the trigger. She stopped in her tracks and held her hands up. An eraser came up behind her and clocked her in the head with his gun. She fell to the ground
"Max," I croaked, the eraser tightening his grip on my arms made me gasp again. One eraser put a ball of cloth in Max's mouth and tied another strip around her head covering her mouth. Then they bound her wrists and ankles and stuffed her in a sack. I would've protested but the eraser kept tightening his grip and I was losing any feeling left. Once I had seen Max tossed over an eraser's shoulder they hit me with a gun. There was a flash of light and then darkness.