Chapter seven:

Mike wrapped his scarf snuggly around his neck and made sure that his coat was zipped all the way up before he stepped outside. The snow was falling and it was dark outside since the sun had not risen yet. As he walked through the snow, completely misjudging the depth of it, his feet sank in deep, causing the snow to come up over his calves. Having to trudge through the snow didn't bother Mike so much since he made sure to have his pant legs tucked into his boots. But the moment that he made it over to the car, the biggest snowball ever hit him in the back of his head. He shivered as the snow went down the back of his neck. When he turned around to see who could have thrown the snowball at him, he saw not one but three possible culprits. The potential culprits innocently pointed accusing fingers at each other. Mike shook his head and turned back to the car.

A second snowball hit him in the back of the head. He turned around to see the same potential culprits, except this time they were innocently shrugging their shoulders. Mike was about to ask them who had thrown the snowball at him, when he heard a very familiar feminine giggle coming from behind the three guys. He smirked as he placed his hands on his hips.

"Ok so who was that?"

"That was me." Replied Micky

"You?"

"Yep. I laugh like that all the time." He finished by trying to copy Trixie's laugh

Trixie giggled again, causing Mike to arch an eyebrow.

"Don't tell me you did that one, too."

"Uh no that was me, Michael." Said Peter

"Don't listen to him, it was me." Replied Davy

"Well I've heard all three of you laugh plenty of times but none of you have ever laughed like that."

Again Trixie let out a little giggle from behind the three guys. Mike walked over to them and got them to separate. He then scooped Trixie up and slung her over his shoulder, causing her to squeal in delight.

"Michael put me down!"

"Oh I'm gonna put you down alright. Put you down right into a big ol' snow pile."

"No Michael! I won't throw any more snowballs at you!" She said through laughter

"I knew it had to be you! Now you're going in the snow for sure! Face first!"

"Oh no! Don't do it Michael!" She tried to hit him in order to get him to put her down "Guys help me!"

"Sorry, babe. You're on your own there."

"Damn you Micky! Michael put me down!"

"If you insist."

Mike acted as though he was going to throw her into a pile of snow. Trixie let out another squeal but it was filled with very little delight unlike the other one. Right on time Peter had gone over to them in order to catch Trixie before she could fall to the snow. He stood there with Trixie in his arms, looking much like a super hero. Mike held his fists on his hips as he looked at Peter.

"You've foiled my plan!" He said in a dramatic evil villain tone

"You should have known you wouldn't have gotten away with this!" Peter replied, in a way to match his super hero appearance

"Peter! You're my hero!" Trixie also had an over-the-top tone to her voice

Micky and Davy laughed as they applauded the mini performance that had taken place before them. Peter set Trixie down and gave her a small kiss on the cheek before he, Mike and Trixie joined the other two in a laugh. It was then when Mike remembered what he was supposed to be doing and then he turned back to the car. The other four then headed back inside to gather their luggage from the cabin. At the car Mike brushed all the snow off the windows and got it ready to pack their entire luggage into it.

Once the car was packed and ready to pull out, and once Trixie had locked the cabin door, everyone got into the car ready to leave. They all agreed that this ski trip was just what they needed, especially Trixie. As much fun as they had at the cabin they were glad to be heading home. Sadly, though, Trixie didn't know where her home was supposed to be now that she wasn't living with Domino any more. But the guys were going to try to keep her mind off of the whole Domino situation while they made their way back to Malibu.

Naturally, since the radio still wasn't working, conversation quickly started up. They all began talking about things that they knew they would remember about the ski trip. This brought up the whole Crystal subject. Not only did it bring up the subject but the feeling Peter and Davy shared when they found out that they were going after the same girl. The two of them began to bicker with each other. This caused Micky to tease them about it and Trixie to try to play counselor. However, when the bickering didn't stop, Mike wound up getting fed up.

"Alright you guys!" He shouted, getting them to look at him "Do I have to go back there and separate you two?"

"Well no…" Peter and Davy said together

"This whole thing is ridiculous and I'm tired of it. Now you two just shut up about it already."

There was a brief pause before Micky decided to throw in his two cents.

"Yeah! You guys mind your father or else we won't go on any more family trips!"

Another small pause of silence filled the car. Trixie was the first one to break the silence as she let out a little laugh. One by one the guys couldn't help but laugh as well. The rest of the trip home seemed pretty pleasant for all five of them. But at the same time there was still a growing tension between Davy and Peter, but they were the only ones who took notice to it. They just didn't let it be known to their friends that they still felt this tension.

It was during the rest of the car ride home when Trixie decided what she was going to do about where she was going to live. As soon as they all got back to the beach house she dropped her luggage by the door and went over to the phone. She made a couple calls before hanging up with a smile.

"Hey guys guess what?" She asked, getting the four guys over to where she was

"What's that, babe?"

"I talked to the other guys in the band and August agreed to have me move in with him. He has a small house just about ten minutes from here and he said he was looking for someone to live with him any way. So this will help both of us out."

"Hey that's great, Trixie!" Said Micky "So will you have like your own room and everything?"

"Actually August said that he lives down in the basement so that'll give me the entire upstairs to myself."

"Why does he live in the basement of his own house?"

"Well he said his brother was once living in the house with him and that was the living arrangement they worked out when he was there. But after his brother moved out August was too lazy to move upstairs." She explained

"Well looks like things couldn't have worked out better for you." Said Mike while placing an arm loosely around Trixie's shoulders "But you know the invitation to stay here is always extended. That's if you should ever need a place to crash."

"Thank you Michael. I really appreciate everything you guys have done for me." She said while looking at all four of them

"Don't think anything of it." Peter smiled "We wanted to help out."

"Yeah it's wot people do for one another." Added Davy

Micky grinned "That's right, babe. Besides we know you would have jumped at the chance to help any of us out if we needed it."

"You're right, Micky. I would." She drew all four of them into a hug "Thank you guys. I'll always remember what you've done for me."

Trixie spent the rest of the day at the beach house with the guys, as well as the night. The next day she had made arrangements with the other guys in The Nuggets to make sure that Domino stayed away from the house. This was done in order for her and The Monkees to gather her belongings without fear of any confrontations with Domino.

It didn't take long for the five of them to gather up all of her clothes and other personal items. And luckily for all of them, August didn't live very far away from them, so Trixie's move didn't take very much time at all. Trixie was more than glad that it all had been going as smoothly as possible.

August had shown up to show her around her part of the house. But he didn't stay long after that, saying something about how he had to make sure Tulip didn't crash his car. After August's brief appearance, the guys went right into helping Trixie unpack. While they were all unpacking, the guys felt as though things were going to be a lot better for Trixie now that she was going to be living there.

After a little bit the guys decided that it was a good time for them to go home However, Trixie had asked Micky to stay, giving the excuse that she wanted one of them to help her get settled in, at least for a little while. Having a very good idea why she really wanted him to stay, Micky was happy to agree to her request. It seemed like as soon as the guys left and the door was closed, Micky and Trixie fell into each others arms and their lips met. They kissed all the way into Trixie's new bedroom. The moment that they were in the room, Micky picked her up and placed her neatly onto the bed. He grinned, letting out a slight laugh in between kisses.

"What?" She asked with a grin

"So is this like christening your new bedroom?"

She giggled "Yes I suppose so."

He kissed her "Sounds good to me."

The kisses began again as they both lay back with Micky on top of her. Their kisses were slow and sensual at first but soon became much more heated. As the passion grew between them, they began stripping each other of their clothes. While they spent this time together in their heated passion, everything else, especially all of her worries, melted away completely.