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Gippal's P.O.V,

"Lets go snowboarding!" Rikku yelled after the lunch service had ended. I cheered and high fived her.

"Great idea, Cid's girl." I commented, ruffling her hair playfully and jumping out of my seat ready to get changed. What everyone had failed to remember is that I, Gippal Lraago, over lord of maintenance at 'The Lodge', was an expert with a snowboard. Nooj cleared his throat loudly.

"Sorry to break your delusion but some of us have jobs to do" Noojster said warningly. I threw the comment aside instantly.

"Chill out Noojster, its only half and hour. No biggy." I insisted. "You all up for it?" I asked, fist bumping Tidus and grabbing my jacket off the chair. With no one arguing otherwise I grinned. "Be back, main entrance, five minutes." I said, winking at Cid's girl and running off to my room.

"This is such an awesome idea, Gip." Tidus laughed as he went to grab his custom made board from under his bed. Luckily most the guys had come equip with their own recreational equipment for such an occasion. Even his 'Lainess was a fan of the snowboarding fun. He rock punched me as I walked past, putting his ski goggles on. I was a god amongst the men for something my own Fiancée had suggested. And I liked it. When we were all ready we met at the entrance where Paine and Nooj were waiting.

"Please for the love of all that is holy tell me Rikku is ready?" I asked, shaking Paine slightly until Baralai pulled her out of my grasp.

"Let's get some ski on!" I heard Rikku yell, running down the corridor with some ski's on her back. Without any other encouragement we all left the hotel and walked a few minutes to the back where a large slope was naturally carved for such an occasion.

"Let's hit it!" I cried, launching myself off the slope with ease. Closely behind me was Tidus who was trying to race me down the slope quickest. We laughed the whole way, watching Rikku and Yuna ski hand in hand gently down the hill, giggling to each other each time they almost fell. Paine had taken it upon herself to race past us and skid to a perfect halt waiting for Baralai who blasted past me with ease. High fiving each other they stuck their tongues out at me and Ti and began racing back up to the top of the slope. There was no way I was letting them win...

Nooj's P.O.V,

So I had never snow boarded before and thought it best to borrow a pair of ski's from Paine. I watched as everyone blasted off quite naturally. Skiing was never something high on my priorities with one leg anyway, but for the sake of boredom, hey. I tied the ski's on slowly when I noticed the rest reach the bottom. It was shaky at first and I fell a couple of times. I felt like a baby animal learning to walk. After a few more shots I managed to stay upright and tried a few baby steps. The hard part was over. Now I could stand I realised I could carefully shuffle down the hill the first time until I got the hang of it. I stood at the top, confident when I was able to fully stand up. Taking a deep breath I tried to move my foot.

"I'm doing it! I'm actually doing it! I'm DOING I-AHHH!" That's when the full weight of a speeding moron crashed into my back. That's also when I noticed the ground was moving, the speeding moron had managed to knock me over and get my leg hooked onto the back of his board which was now dragging me backwards and face first through the snow at a very high speed.

"Nooj! Let go! I can't steer with you on the back." Gippal's familiar voice yelled, driving us sideways past a tree that was edging closer.

"I wish it was that easy." I yelled back, leg stuck on the board still. I looked in front of me and saw the group standing in horror in the background as we sped our way out of the slope and into a wooded area. I think I preferred the snow hitting my face. Gippal expertly steered us past the shrubbery which I had partly taken with me as I yelled at the top of my lungs. This is not how I wanted to remember my first skiing trip.

"Let go!" Gippal yelled, trying desperately to avoid the branches of trees. "Oh no!" He yelled suddenly, screaming along side me as the path suddenly ended and we were launched across the air and sharply onto the snow below. I groaned as my head hit the earth hard. Luckily my fall had been broken, unfortunately for Gippal.

"Gippal? Gippal!" I cried, unable to move from on top of him. His foot was next to my head. I heard him groan in pain as he came out of his unconscious state. There was a long gap of silence before he screamed uncontrollably. "Gippal? What's wrong? Are you hurt?" I asked in pain myself.

"My eye! My beautiful eye!" he screamed, trying to struggle away.

"Is it hurt? Gippal talk to me?" I asked urgently. He started to sob silently.

"Nooj! Kindly get your junk out my face now!" he yelled, turning my face red and I realised why he had been screaming. I rolled off the struggling Al Bhed, now noticing the hight my waist and his head were at.

"Uh, lets never talk about this okay?." I asked tiredly, resting my head on the floor next to his foot.

"Never." He agreed, mustering the strength the kick me in the head.

"Um, are you alright?"

Baralai's P.O.V,

"They're going through the woods!" Yuna gasped, pointing as a speeding Gippal some how hooked Nooj onto the back of his board and dragged him fast down the slope. We could hear a few cries as they raced out of our sight. Then it went silent. Deadly silent. I looked around at Paine, dreading the worst. That's when the screaming began. It was clearly Gippal's voice. I knew that scream. Without thought I launched myself down the slope and through the woods after my friends, skidding to a halt when I saw the little cliff edge. Leaning forwards, I looked down to see both guys lying head to tail on the ground.

"Um, are you alright?" I yelled down nervously. They sure didn't look alright. Gippal gave me the thumbs up and began to get up off the ground. "Ok, well I'll see you guys back at the hotel then." I muttered down. Paine skidded to a close stop beside me and pulled up her goggles.

"What have the morons done now then?" She said, observing the scene below us. Nooj was still on the ground as Gippal tried to pull him up without looking at him. "I'm not sure I want to know what's going on." She sternly said, walking away from the edge and back up towards to hotel. It was almost too good to believe that someone was paying us to do this. Sure the work was a bit boring and hardly challenging in the way I was after, but it was kind of nice to have a free vacation with my best friends. Not to mention the setting, it was stunningly beautiful. The perfect place to create an everlasting memory...

"You just gonna stay there all day or what?" Paine yelled down from the top of the slope. I climbed up quickly to her side, leaving my room mate struggling with Nooj. "I've got to go back to see Marcus but i'll be out at four. Wanna stop round after?" My girlfriend asked as we climbed up the steep hill.

"Sure, since Rikku is on dinner service tonight. Please don't let her spill anything on me." I chuckled, taking her gloved hand and pulling her along with me.

"It's probably that giant rock on her hand weighing her down." She joked, steaming ahead of me and leaving me pondering aloud.

"Was that...a hint?"

Paine's P.O.V

"Well, no doubt he's gonna take that as a not so subtle hint" I exclaimed to Rikku and Yuna who were in the middle of doing Yoga in the gym. I didn't finish for another hour so they came to visit me.

"Well, did you mean it as a hint?" Yuna asked from her cat stretch, with a calm expression.

"More importantly, does he really think i'm that clumsy!" Rikku asked, falling flat on her face in a pile at my feet. I pulled her up and handed her the bottle of water.

"Yes, Rikku. And with good reason. And I dunno if I did. It just came out as a sarcastic joke but honestly I think it sounded a bit jealous."

"Who wouldn't be jealous of this baby." The blonde yelled, resorting to high kicks. I rolled my eyes and propped myself up onto a bench.

"Uh, Paine. There are other guests that need help." Marcus alerted me as he walked over to help them. 'Whatever' I muttered under my breath, unscrewing the cap to my juice and downing it.

"Well talk to him then." Yuna advised from her meditative stance. I spat half my drink out in shock.

"Yuna, its like you don't even know me. Yevon, I don't even know if I wanna get married, let alone let Baralai think that's what I want." I cried, a few guests looked up at me from their apparatus. The brunette stopped her yoga lesson and stood up quickly, slinking down onto the bench next to me.

"Is it what you want, Paine?" She asked, looking me in the eyes directly. I shied away and looked at my feet.

"Well, I just don't see myself as the big white wedding, cute little kids and a fluffy dog called Jeff, kind of girl." I thought aloud. Sure it doesn't mean I didn't want it. But they didn't need to know that. Rikku came and sat down beside me with a towel around her neck.

"I think you need to take an hour out. Sit down and think about exactly why you are with Baralai, what you want from a future with him and where you're headed. Have a serious think and then talk to him about it." She advised, patting my knee with her stupid shiny ring hand.

"Is that what you did when Gippal asked you?" I sarcastically asked. She laughed.

"Heck no. I wasn't going to say no to a ring that shiny." She played, skipping out the gym with Yuna on her arm. Great, alone with my thoughts.

"Paine, Guests!" Marcus yelled over. Ok, not so alone then.

Rikku's P.O.V

"Vola!" Dinner for ten." I exclaimed, bringing out the large platter to my friends. Baralai looked confused as he counted around the table.

"You know there are only six of us, right?" He asked, looking in horror at the giant food pile.

"Hey Mr. I just deliver, this was the order ok?" I huffed, hands on hips. The woman on the table next to them looked horrified at my service. "Its ok, he's my friend." I assured her with my best Rikku smile before skating back to the kitchen. Gippal had laughed at my idea of a skate waiter but Lenne's mum loved the idea. Since me and Lenne had gone to uni together we had developed a hobby of skating along the beach in the evening, therefore I was better on wheels than on a flat surface. So far so good. No accidental soups on people, no lettuce in anyone's hair and no hair in anyone's food.

"Lenne, we are such a good team!" I exclaimed, wheeling back and forth since I couldn't jump.

"I know, Rikku!" She cried, finally happy not to fall over. " Say, did you take your ring off before service today?" She asked in a soft voice.

"No, why? It's right he-" I looked down at my delicately polished nails and onto the finger where the ring should have been. All I could do is scream. "Oh my Yevon, oh my Yevon. Gippal's going to be so mad." I cried, tears streaming down my face. That ring was far to valuable and i'd gone and lost it like a piece of paper.

"No Rikku. Don't cry it will be ok." Lenne shushed, hugging my crying pile on the kitchen floor as the chef stared at my running makeup.

"Table 4 please!" The head waiter called and Lenne got up to take the order as another chef handed me a glass of water for the nerves. I thanked him through my long sobs as I stared down at my finger, thinking of all the places i'd last had it. I swore I had it seconds ago.

"Um Rikku. Baralai wants a word with you." She said, skating towards me and leading in 'Lai who looked concerned.

"Aw Rikku. Why are you crying?" He said, giving me a hug and scooting onto the floor with me.

"Can't say. You'll tell him." I sobbed, clinging onto my ringless hand. Baralai looked down at me and sighed.

"You wouldn't happen to be looking for this would you?" He grinned, pulling out my ring, covered in a marinade of some kind. "You do not know how hard I tried to stop Tidus from eating this. So, No harm no fowl. I won't tell Gippal ok." He winked, handing me the ring and sneaking back to dinner. Although the tears were still running I was so happy and so great full to Baralai. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad if Paine married him...