Claire zipped up her hoodie and stuck her hands in the front pocket. "So what do we do now? We can't just wait for it to start again, it could take forever!" she said.
"Well first off, you should put on your coat," said Chris, "and then we can just jump-start the car with the Jeep."
Leon nodded and walked around to the trunk. He opened it and started looking through the stuff to find the jumper cables. Jill turned to Chris and sighed. "I guess I'll go turn the Jeep around," she said.
Chris nodded. "Be careful, it's the only car we have left," he said, grinning slightly.
"We still have two cars...you're so negative," she said. She turned and headed back towards the Jeep, which was entirely lost in the snow.
Chris sighed and looked back to Leon's car. "Claire, seriously, put on your coat," he said.
"I would, but when the car starts again I'll be super warm, and it took really long to get used to the temperature in there," she said.
"But you're not in there, you're out here," said Chris.
"I'll be in there in no time."
"Stop being stubborn."
"No."
Chris sighed. He knew any argument against his sister would end up with him losing. "Fine, but when you start freezing, don't come crying to me," he said.
Claire shook her head and went to the back to help Leon. Chris turned at the sound of the Jeep's engine starting up, and smiled. "Good old reliable Jill," he said.
The Jeep started backing up and turning, roaring as the engine fought the cold weather. The tires gripped the snow without a problem, and in no time the front was almost pointing right at Chris. He smiled and turned to Claire and Leon. "See Leon, that's what you need...a Jeep," he said.
"Oh shit!" yelled Claire, watching past Chris' shoulder. He turned quickly and saw the front of the Jeep start to point upwards. It kept angling and backing away and finally stopped with a loud 'thud'. In a matter of seconds, the whole vehicle was nearly standing completely upright.
Without hesitating, Chris ran for it, calling out for Jill. The driver-side window rolled down and she stuck her head out. "Shit...I think I'm stuck," she said.
Chris stopped running when he reached her. "Must be a ditch," he said. "Can you get out?"
Jill opened her door and looked down. She slid down and landed in a deep pile of snow. "Shit...That's a lot of snow," she said. She looked up and took Chris' offered hand, pulling herself out of the ditch. "Sorry," she said.
"As long as you're okay," said Chris. He turned and looked at Leon and Claire, who'd followed him to the Jeep.
"Now what?" Claire asked.
Chris looked at Leon. "Can the jumper cables still reach all the way back to your car?" he asked.
"I doubt they'll reach this far...from home," said Leon.
"Huh?"
"I forgot them."
"...I knew there was a reason I hated you, Leon."
The boy bowed his head. "Sorry," he said, "I guess I left them by the garage door."
Chris looked back to Jill. "Do you have cables?" he asked, hopeful.
She sighed. "I don't even have a jack."
"So we're screwed?" Claire said.
"No, we just need to come up with a good idea," Chris said.
Leon snapped his fingers. "We could call a tow-truck!" he said. He pulled his cell phone out and checked the screen. "...Battery's dead."
"Mine lost signal about half an hour ago," Claire said.
"I don't have mine," Chris said. He heard laughing and turned to Jill. "What's so funny?" he asked.
"I'm the only one with a cell phone that has a fully-charged battery, which lasts about a week, and receives signal from pretty much anywhere..." she said.
"And that's funny because...?"
"It's in the Jeep's trunk."
"..."
"Yep."
Chris took in a deep breath and shut his eyes.
"Go ahead, Chris, nobody can hear you," Claire said, knowing her brother's actions all too well.
Chris looked up and yelled as loud as he could. (I won't type what he yelled, since even I have a vulgarity-limit, but just assume is something really, REALLY bad.)
Jill rolled her eyes and looked back to the Jeep. "I can still get it out, but it'll take some digging. I heard the back window break against something, so I'm sure the trunk is loaded with snow now," she said.
"Digging through snow and broken glass...sounds like something worth avoiding," said Claire.
"We may not have a choice," said Jill.
"I'll do it, it's my fault for forgetting the cables," said Leon.
Chris grinned. "I was actually planning on volunteering you for having the crappy car to begin with, but that works," he said.
Claire smacked his arm and shoved her hands back in her pocket. "Ass," she said.
"I'm kidding, I'll help too," said Chris.
"Yeah you will."
"If you put on your coat," he added.
Claire wanted to argue, but she was freezing. She had planned on getting her coat anyways, so this way she'd have Chris doing something for it. "Okay, fine..." she said. She turned and headed back to Leon's car.
"Hah, I win for once!" said Chris. He looked back to Jill and smiled. "We'll get that phone out in no time," he said.
"Don't cut yourself, it'll add on to our problems," she said, smiling back.
"Hah hah..." Chris walked to the Jeep and pulled himself up with the edge of the frame. He got his gloves from the passenger seat and carefully climbed to the back seat, where he could easily reach over to access the trunk. He heard Leon climb in after him and moved over to make room on the back seat.