"Okay, the sleds can fit two people on them, so split into groups." the teacher in front of everyone said.
"The usual!" Roxy said. "Me and Calliope, Gamzee and Tavros and Karkat and Sollux!"
"Whatever." Karkat said. He sat down in the front of the sled next to him and Sollux sat behind him. Since he was rather tall his feet were right next to Karkat's. Calliope sat in front of Roxy and Tavros in front of Gamzee. When all the students were ready the first wave of them got to go down. Karkat and the others were in the third wave. Karkat watched the kids in front of him go down. Then they did.
Karkat soon found out he couldn't steer. So Sollux reached around him and grabbed the sleigh's handle and steered for them. His head was right next to Karkat's and Karkat found it rather distracting. That, and the fact that Sollux was almost hugging him.
He also found out that whoever sits in the front of a sled gets a bunch of snow in their face when they get to the bottom. Karkat wound up falling backwards on Sollux, who was laughing.
"That wath great!" he said.
"Speak for yourself." Karkat grumbled, brushing snow off him. Calliope and Roxy landed next and Gamzee and Tavros had already landed.
"Let's go again! Let's go again!" Roxy said excitedly.
"Come on KK." Sollux grabbed Karkat's arm and the sled and dragged him to the lifts to get back up the hill.
"I'm sitting in the back this time!" Karkat said.
"You're too thmall. You'll fall off." Sollux said.
"Fuck you." Karkat snapped. Sollux laughed and brushed snow out of his hair.
They went back down the hill another ten times before they all decided to take a break. They all sat in the lounge and Roxy talked about the town she'd lived in and told a few crazy stories, most of which were about times when she got drunk. Sollux told some stories too and at some point Calliope fell asleep. They skipped lunch because none of them were hungry and kept telling stories.
"What did you do during summer vacation Gamzee?" Roxy asked. "You know, when you met Calliope and her brother."
"Uh…not much." Gamzee said. "Nothing much really happened."
"Come on! There must be some good stories!" Roxy whined. Gamzee laughed and shook his head.
"Nope. Really, nothing happened at all."
"Please stop…" Karkat looked at Calliope and realized she was talking in her sleep. She moaned and shook her head and wrapped her arms around her. Roxy reached for her but Gamzee picked her up and held her.
"Hey, why can't I do something?!" Roxy exclaimed. "I'm her girlfriend!"
"I know what the nightmares are about!" Gamzee snapped. He put Calliope back on the couch next to Roxy but kept hold of her. Calliope kept moaning and shaking. "Wake up Calli. It's just a nightmare."
Calliope shook harder and started screaming. Gamzee covered her mouth immediately. Calliope kept shaking her head and screaming and Gamzee had to put both his hands over her mouth. Eventually she gasped and opened her eyes. She looked up at Gamzee and screamed and shoved him off her. She curled up in a ball and started crying.
"Calli-"
"NO!" Calliope screamed. She was clutching her right shoulder and she shook her head. "N-no. I dreamt about…d-don't come near me. I'm scared." Gamzee nodded and sat up. He looked at Roxy then glanced at Calliope. Roxy got the hint and picked Calliope up into a hug.
"It's okay." she whispered. "You're fine. It was just a bad dream. Let's go to the washroom." She carried Calliope out of the room.
"Gamzee?" Tavros said. "What was that about?" Gamzee shook his head and sat back down.
"Nothing. It's fine."
"That didn't exactly look fine." Karkat said. Gamzee just shook his head again.
"Really, it's fine."