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Rex vs. Winter Break
"I can do that." Rex looked at the snow-capped mountain.
Noah frowned looking in the direction Rex was referring to. "That's the triple black diamond. It's the most difficult slope."
"Yeah, I'm not doing that." Circe said.
"I'm out too." Claire said.
"Well, I'm taking it on. If I can take on EVO's, I can certainly take on a measly mountain." Rex said confidently.
"Famous last words." Noah muttered.
"You coming, Noah?" He asked suddenly.
"What? No way!" Noah balked at him. "Are you crazy? You shouldn't even be trying that! You just learned how to ski yesterday."
"Yeah, and the instructor said I did awesome." Rex noted.
"Yeah, on the bunny slope!" Noah said.
"I got to the intermediate slope… eventually." Rex protested.
"And you fell every time." Noah reminded him.
"Pfwt, I'm sure I'll get the hang of it." Rex said. "You don't have to come… especially if you're too chicken."
That stopped Noah in his tracks. He looked at Rex with his eyes narrowing. "I'm not chicken."
"Well, if the itty bitty mountain is too scary…" Rex smirked.
"Rex, what are you doing?" Circe asked exasperated.
He held up his hand to stop her. Circe raised an eyebrow.
"Well, I'm going to ski that mountain. You can come along unless you're too scared." Rex declared as he skied toward the chair lift.
Gritting his teeth, Noah chased after him.
"You're letting them go?" Circe looked at Claire.
Claire sighed. "They have to learn not to stop goading each other into things. And if it takes a broken leg… so be it."
The two girls watched the boys get onto the lift.
"I hope it's only a broken leg." Circe said under her breath.
The chair lift seemed to go on forever. The people at the bottom grew smaller and smaller until they completely disappeared. Soon all they could see were the evergreens underneath them.
"This is awfully high." Noah said nervously.
"It's not that bad." Rex said looking around. "Hey, if you're scared…"
"I'm not scared." Noah denied it.
They hopped off when they reached the top. They skied to the beginning of the run.
Rex pulled his goggles down and got ready. Noah, however, stared down the trail.
"Wait, Rex…" Noah took a deep breath. "Look this is a bad idea."
Rex looked at Noah and pushed his goggles up. "Are you chickening out?"
"No, yes, I mean… look Rex, I know it's my fault for starting it, but we don't have to keep proving things to each other." Noah said.
"Of course we do! I can't let you be better at everything than me!" Rex argued.
"What? That's crazy! Have you looked at yourself? You make machines out of your body! How am I supposed to compete with that?" Noah asked aghast.
"Basketball, pranking, grades…" Rex listed off.
They both stopped and looked at each other.
"So you're jealous of me?" Noah asked surprised.
"And you're jealous of me?" Rex countered.
They studied each other.
"Yeah, I'm jealous." Noah admitted. "I mean you got a cool bike and can fly whenever you want to."
"Well, maybe I sort of wish I can… beatyouatbasketball." His last part ran together.
"Rex, you might eventually beat me at basketball but I'll never be able to sprout a bike." Noah pointed out.
"True, but you also don't have the responsibility to try to stop psychos because you can." Rex replied.
"So, I guess we both don't have it all." Noah said.
"No, I'd say we're both awesome!" Rex amended.
"So…we'll stop this competition thing?" Noah asked.
"How about we just have friendly competitions?" Rex suggested.
"As long as it's friendly…" Noah noted.
"Of course." Rex agreed.
"Can we get off this crazy suicide slope?" Noah asked.
"I guess, I mean, I probably can take it." Rex said.
"Rex, you fell every time on the intermediate slope." Noah said.
"Yeah, yeah, but I was getting the hang of it. I think I figured out what I was…" As Rex was talking, he didn't notice he was slipping down. Noah did.
"Rex?" Noah tried to warn him.
"Don't interrupt me. I was not bending my knees in the…" Rex continued.
"Rex! You're sliding down…" Rex had already started down the hill. "The run." Noah concluded to nobody.
0o0
Circe placed a bag of ice onto Rex's head.
"How come we can't go on one vacation without you getting hurt?" Circe asked wryly.
Rex adjusted the ice. "What are you talking about? How about…" Circe crossed her arms and waited for Rex. Rex frowned before he continued. "Okay, but I heal fast."
"That was impressive." Claire spoke up. "I never saw someone ski backwards down the triple diamond."
"Or hit the ski ramp sideways." Circe added.
"And take out that Douglas fir." Claire finished. She turned to Noah. "I'm glad you decided not to go down that run."
Noah shrugged. "We realized we didn't always have to do stupid things to show who's better."
"Right, because we already know that's me…" Rex joked.
"Sure, Rex." Noah said good-naturedly.
"As far as I'm concerned, you're both pretty great." Claire said giving Noah a hug. "But I think Noah's the best."
Rex looked at Circe. Circe looked behind her. "What?... Oh, fine… you're pretty cool… most of the time."
"And that's what I love about you… your enthusiasm." Rex smirked.
"Come on guys, the hot cocoa isn't going to drink itself." Noah got up.
"Ooo, I want little marshmallows in mine." Rex said balancing the ice pack on his head.
"I'm surprised your brain isn't a marshmallow after hitting that tree." Circe said.
"I have a hard head." Rex knocked on his head before wincing when he hit another bruise.
They continued the banter all the way back to their hotel.
Not really a Christmas story, more of a winter one.
Rex: 0 Winterbreak: 1