Casey shook her head, crossing her arms. "Nope, no way!" she adamantly protested.

Derek rolled his eyes. "Case, it's not that big of a deal. It's a hill."

Her eyes grew wide. "A hill?!" she yelled incredulously, a huge white puff of her breath being thrown in his direction. "The mound thingy on a baseball field is a hill. That thing," she said, pointing to the snow-covered, inclining landscape, "That thing is a mountain!"

"It's perfectly safe. Would the resort really have a ski hill that was too dangerous?" Derek reasoned.

"It's called DEATH MOUNTAIN!" she exclaimed outrageously, throwing her hands up.

"It's just a marketing name," Derek told her, prodding her in the direction of the lift. "I'm very sure no one has actually died going down this mountain. Now get on the lift! We're holding up the line!"

Casey grinded her teeth, her eyes aflame as she reluctantly took her seat. "Derek, I swear, if I die, I am coming back to haunt your ass!"

"Love you too, Case," he dryly let out as he sat down next to her, the lift immediately taking them up the mountain. Derek was having a lot of second thoughts about taking her skiing on their get-away weekend.

"At least the view before I die is pretty," she morosely spoke, looking down at the snow-covered trees and the pretty mountain landscape.

The former hockey player sighed, before taking Casey's hand in his. "Case, you're not going to die. Would you really think I'd make you do something so dangerous?"

Casey peaked her one brow at him. "What about the time-"

"Besides anything I may have had you do in high school," he interrupted. "Or those couple times in college…" he added as an afterthought. He shook his head. "I haven't asked you to do anything dangerous since we've been together," he added extra sweetly.

It was Casey's turn to roll her eyes with a snort. "Yeah, you're such a knight in shining armor," she muttered dryly. "No wonder it took me nearly 6 years to figure that out."

Smirking, Derek rubbed the back of her hand soothingly with his thumb. "Dangerous or not, I wouldn't let anything happen to you. I've got you, McDonald."

Casey shakily exhaled. "I know," she admitted, sending him a wavering smile. "I'm just scared. I'm not good at this stuff."

"You may be Klutzilla but you're not going to die."

She weakly laughed. "Comforting."

They had reached the top and had to hop off the lift, where they followed an influx of other skiers to the edge of the slope to go down. Casey eyed the hill and could feel her fears refreshing; it wasn't so much the length of the hill that was terrifying but the steepness of it.

"You ready?" Derek asked.

She mutely nodded, holding onto her skiing poles with a vice grip. "You go first."

He nodded. "You'll be fine," Derek assured her once again before he propelled himself forward. "See you at the bottom!"

Casey bit her lip, looking at all the other people skiing down the hill carelessly. You can do this, she thought internally, trying to bolster enough confidence to take the plunge. You can do this.

Closely her eyes momentarily and letting out a huge breath, she pushed off her ski poles and felt herself accelerating down the hill.

Her adrenaline kicked in as she descended, the wind slapping against her face as she passed other skiers and vegetation. And before she knew it, she reached the bottom, where Derek stood waiting for her with a self-satisfied grin on his face.

"You know," he began, his tone already teasing, "for a ghost, you look quite alive."

She unwillingly smiled, not able to stop herself. "Shut up," she said, playfully knocking into him as she stepped out of her ski blades.

He laughed, throwing his arm around her shoulders as they walked off the slope. "So how was it?"

"Actually," she began, biting her lip unsurely, "it was AWESOME!"

Derek's eyes broadened in surprise, not expecting that response. "Oh, really? After all that shit of you dying and whatnot?"

"I know, I know," Casey admitted sheepishly. "But do you think we can go on it again though?" she asked, pointing to the line for the lift.

"Again? Really?" Derek asked, very amused by the turn of events.

"Yeah," she said simply, sending him a weird smile. "Is that a problem?" she asked, laughing lightly as her bright blue eyes radiated up at him – weakening him.

Derek shook his head. "No, no problem."

"You're the best!" she cheered, leaning up to kiss him briefly before giddily joining the line.

A/N: Thanks for all the love already! Let me know how you liked this and/or any of your ideas/suggestions for future oneshots in a review. :)

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