Chapter six

It turned out that they had made it back to the cabin right at the perfect time. As soon as they all got inside it had begun to snow pretty heavily. Since regular snowfalls don't take place in most of California, let alone one such as this, this was a moment not to be missed. Micky sat on the bench seat that was in front of the window in order to watch the snow. He sat there, glued to the window, fascinated by every single snow flake. His eyes were wide and full of wonder much like the eyes of a child on Christmas morning. As he sat there he almost didn't notice as Trixie came up beside him.

"It really is pretty, isn't it?" She asked

"Yeah it sure is."

He turned his head to look at her. In her pale green eyes he saw the reflection of the falling snow. This brought a soft grin to his lips. She looked at him to see that his eyes were focused upon her.

"What?" She asked with a small smile

"Nothing. Just watching the reflection in your eyes."

This caused her to blush a little as she turned her head away. Micky's smile grew before he turned his eyes back towards the snow. Trixie sat on the bench with one leg tucked underneath her. She then lightly placed a hand upon Micky's leg as the two of them continued looking out the window. Micky scooped up her hand, holding it loosely in his, resting both on top of his leg. With his thumb he then gently rubbed part of Trixie's hand.

"You know…" He said softly "I can't believe none of the other guys have said anything about us."

"Well what did you want them to do, Micky? Throw a parade?" She met him in the eyes upon the final few words that she spoke

He snickered "Well no. I just expected them to be ragging on us all day."

"Maybe they don't care, or haven't really paid any attention."

"Yeah I suppose." He paused as he looked out the window again "So… where does this leave us now?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean does out night together change anything between us?"

Trixie took a moment to think as she watched the snow.

"Why should things change? We've always been good friends."

"Flirty friends." He grinned

"Well it's hard not to with a guy like you."

This caused Micky to laugh. He adjusted his position and leaned in closer to her to where he could almost touch his lips to her neck.

"But it feels like we've become more than good friends." He said in a whisper

She grinned and pushed him away a little. "Let's not get too carried away now. Last night was really fun. And I really enjoy things the way they are between us."

"So like what you're saying is… you want to keep our friendship how it always has been except now we may have repeats of last night if the mood shall strike us. I can dig that."

She smiled and touched the end of Micky's nose. "You're cute."

He pushed her finger away. "Oh I am not."

Trixie giggled and then playfully gave Micky a shove on his shoulder. He arched an eyebrow as he looked at her.

"I see how it is now, Miss McEuwin."

"How what is?"

Instead of replying, Micky gave her the same kind of shove that she had given him. She shoved him back once more. But before he could return the shove, she hopped off of the bench seat and ran away from him. Micky jumped up and began to chase after her. Trixie ran into the master bedroom and closed the door behind her. When Micky reached the door he discovered that she had locked it.

"Aw come on!" He knocked on the door "Now that isn't fair at all!"

The only reply from within the bedroom was Trixie's sweet, bubbly giggle. Mike walked as quietly as possible, sneaking up behind Micky.

"Real drag, Mick."

Micky jumped with a small shout before turning towards Mike. "Don't do that!"

Mike simply laughed. "Having women trouble, buddy?"

"What? Nah we're just messing around."

"The two of you seemed pretty intimate a minute ago over by the window."

"What do you mean intimate? We were just talking."

"Musta been a nice conversation, judging by the way you were looking at each other and flirting."

Micky shrugged his shoulders "We always talk like that with each other."

"Well if you say so." Mike started to walk away but he paused in mid-step. "By the way I was going to head out with Peter and Davy when they go meet up with the girls they were talking to us about. You want to come along?"

"And leave Trixie alone?"

Mike snickered "Right. I'd rather find myself alone with Trixie than hang out with those guys and their chicks, too."

"And yet you're still going, right?"

"If I stay I'd have to fight you for who gets to warm up next to the pretty red-head."

Micky laughed "Hey maybe tonight I'll trade off and let you share the master bedroom with her."

Mike pointed a finger at Micky and smiled. "I knew you were in there this morning!"

"Well it wasn't exactly that hard to figure out in this small cabin."

"Well that's true." He patted Micky on the back "Have fun with Trixie."

"I always do." Micky grinned

Mike matched Micky's grin before walking away. After a little bit Trixie had unlocked the bedroom door, allowing Micky to come inside. Meanwhile the other three guys bundled up and braved the weather outside the cabin. Luckily for the three of them the cabin that they were going to wasn't very far. Peter was the first one to the cabin door and stood there all smiled as he knocked on it. For some reason Davy had lagged a little behind Mike and Peter so he didn't see who had come to the door, and she couldn't see him. Peter quickly entered the cabin, saying that he was feeling as though he was about to burst, and Crystal showed him where the bathroom was. When Peter was in the bathroom Crystal went back over to the door to greet Mike and Davy. Mike smirked to himself as she observed the interaction between Crystal and Davy.

Crystal took their coats and scarves from Mike and Davy then went into one of the bedrooms to store them. As she was inside the bedroom, Peter joined Mike and Davy in the living room area. Mike, still snickering a little, gathered his friends together to where they had a good view of the bedroom. Peter and Davy both smiled in anticipation as they watched the bedroom door. The moment Crystal came out of the bedroom their smiles faded into frowns. Davy and Peter looked at Crystal and then at each other. Mike had to turn around and stifle his laughter upon seeing the looks on their faces.

"What's going on?" Asked a genuinely confused Crystal

So many things were going through Davy and Peter's minds at that one time that they didn't know what to react to first. Davy looked at Peter as though he wanted to lunge at him. Peter just stood still, looking partly puzzled and partly upset at Crystal. He felt as though he wanted to be the first to say something but his thoughts at the time were so jumbled together that he couldn't get any words out. Mike could no longer contain his laughter right then, and he drew the attention of all three of them over onto him. They watched for a couple seconds as he laughed.

"I 'ardly think this is funny, Mike." Said Davy, frowning with his hands on his hips

Mike managed to pull himself together and stop laughing "I'm sorry. It's just that when the two of you were so excited, telling us about the girls you had met, we never would have thought that you two had fallen for the same chick!" He let out another laugh as he finished talking

Peter looked at Davy and let out a small sigh. Davy only stood there looking at Mike. He took his attention off of Mike and put it onto the floor for a few seconds. When he looked back up his eyes were turned onto Peter.

"So you were going aftah my girl, Petah?"

"Your girl? I met her first!"

"How do you know you met 'er first? Maybe I met her first!"

Mike stood in between his two friends, placing a hand on each of them.

"Now look this is ridiculous. Remember what happened to all four of us with April last year? We all fought over her and it nearly destroyed our friendship. And then in the end it wasn't even worth any of it."

They looked at Mike in silence. Neither of them even had to say out loud that Mike was right. The entire time this had taken place between the three guys, Crystal had hung back to observe it. Once it had been settled she held a small smile at the side of her mouth.

"Well boys I'm flattered." She said, stepping forward "But I must confess that I'm actually not attracted to either of you. I just thought I would make friends with someone while I'm vacationing up here, you know to keep from being lonely. And I just happened to meet you guys. I hope there aren't any hard feelings."

Peter flashed his dimples in a grin "Oh not at all! In fact this comes as a relief. Now we have no reason to compete with each other."

"And Davy's a pretty competitive person" Mike added, giving Davy a little nudge with his elbow "Especially when it comes to chicks."

Davy rolled his eyes "Whatevah."

"Oh don't pretend like it's not true." Mike replied, causing Davy to shrug in agreement

It was then when Crystal steered the conversation onto a different topic. The four of them sat down together and continued talking for a while about just about anything they could think of. After a little while the three guys decided it was time for them to leave. But before they did, they invited Crystal to go along with them back to Trixie's cabin. It was there where all six of them spent time together for the rest of the snowy night.