The Ski Trip: The Ending

After lunch they skied some more until 4:00, they then piled into the van and went back to the house. They hung out together and watched a couple of chick-flicks (much to the guys' disappointment). After dinner they all held hands and prayed aloud. Gwen ended up holding hands with Ron and Ally. She was so nervous. Partly because she was holding hands with Ron and partly because she had to pray aloud, which she dreaded. When it came to be time for her to pray, she did quickly, and sighed with relief. After they were done praying, they played a game of Apples to Apples before heading off to bed.

That night Gwen dreamed that Ron came to her and put something in her hand, when she woke up there was a piece of paper in her hand. It was shaped like a heart and had the words: Ron's Heart. The other side had the words: Gwen, I Love You. Gwen stared at the paper, unable to believe it. She must be dreaming. Ally woke up just then and Gwen showed her the paper. Ally broke into a grin.
"He loves you," she whispered.
"No he doesn't this is a sick joke. He knows I like him and is doing this, or someone else is."
"Gwen, he isn't like that and neither are any of the guys. No one here would do that. The seniors might have, but they're not here anymore. Besides, why wouldn't he like you."
"I still think it's a joke," Gwen said as she got up and went to get dressed. Minutes later she and Ally sat at the table eating. They were soon joined by Ron and Jeremy.
"Good Morning," Jeremy said cheerfully.
"Morning" Ally said, not so cheerfully. She wasn't very much a morning person. Gwen just gave him a smile, and one to Ron.
"You have a good sleep?" Ron asked. Gwen turned to him, and wondered if he was asking about the paper.
"Yes, you?" Gwen replied.
"Yep, slept like a baby," Ron said giving Gwen a shy smile. Gwen smiled back, but said nothing. The four ate in silence after that. Soon after, all the skiers were getting ready to leave for the mountain. Ally and Gwen were walking to the van when Ally slipped on the ice. She was about to hit the hard, cold ground when strong arms gripped her firmly, and kept her from falling. The arms secured her on her feet, and Ally turned to see Jeremy.
"Thanks," Ally said shyly, smiling.
"No problem," he flashed her a grin. "Be careful," Ally carefully walked to the car, and got in. During the car ride, Gwen noticed Ron giving her sidelong glances. She wondered what that was about.

They arrived at the mountain, and Ally, Gwen, Ron,and Jeremy decided to stick with the bunny slope for a bit. When the four started walking, Gwen debated talking to Ron about the heart. She fingered it in her pocket. Finally she decided to say something.
"Ron," she said.
"Yeah," he replied turning to her.
"Here," she handed him the heart.
"I don't want it," he said. "It's yours Gwen. My heart is yours."
"Really?"
"Yes, from the moment I first saw you, my heart beat faster, you were so pretty. Since then I have grown to love you. You have bewitched me body and soul. I love you, always have, and always will." Gwen smiled, and pocketed the heart before they kissed. When their lips met Gwen tingled all over. She got chills, and not because of the cold. Ally turned back to see them kissing and smiled. Jeremy turned too, and smiled too. They did a couple of wolf whistles.
"Oh go ski already," Ron said before kissing Gwen again. Jeremy and Ally laughed, and continued walking.

Ally tried to ski down the mountain, falling again. Everyone had left to go to ski down the real mountain. Gwen had wanted to stay behind, saying she shouldn't leave Ally alone, but Ally had told her to go, be with her boyfriend (the two girls had giggled over that). Ally said she'd be fine, who could get hurt on the bunny slopes? Now she was glad they'd all left. She didn't want to be embarrassed in front of everyone. Especially Jeremy, who Ally had realized she liked a lot, maybe loved. She sighed as she got up again. She continued to ski, when another skier came up right next to her. She was about to yell at the skier for skiing so close to her when she looked up. It was Jeremy. The two stopped skiing to talk.
"Hey, I thought you went to the real slope."
"No, I decided to come back here. You shouldn't be alone."
"Oh you don't have to," Ally said.
"I know. I want to," Ally looked up at this. She stared into his eyes, and before she knew what was happening, they were about to kiss. She didn't know who leaned forward the extra bit, but they were kissing, and fireworks went off in her head. Suddenly Jeremy pulled away. "I_I'm sorry," he said stammering. "I shouldn't have done that."
"Why not?"
"I mean you're so cool, and I'm_I'm_"
"A great guy," Ally said smiling. Jeremy broke into a huge grin.
"You really think so?"
"Yeah,"
"I'm glad you think so because...I love you." The words were uttered in a rush, and Ally wasn't sure she heard them right.
"What?"
"I love you," this time Ally heard them. "I love you, from the first moment we met, but I thought you liked Logan, so I never said anything. I was going to tell you the first day we went skiing. That's why I took the lesson. Then Logan came along. I was so jealous of all the attention he gave you. I wanted to give that attention to you. Have you in my arms, but I kept silent. Until I believed you actually might like me. Do you?"
"Yes, Jeremy. I love you," Ally said smiling. Jeremy smiled and the two kissed again. Suddenly the two heard wolf whistles. They broke apart to see Gwen and Ron standing at the base of the bunny hill, not far from them.
"So this is where you went off to," Ron said smiling.
"You said you were only going to be a minute," Gwen said smiling also.
"We came looking for you, and lookie where you were."
"Oh shut up," Jeremy said sighing, but was smiling. Jeremy and Ally skied down to meet their two friends. Together the foursome headed to the lodge.

The End (corniness and all)