Let's Play a Game

Let's Play a Game (14)

So I hurried out into the trees, hoping that I would find at least one of them, because then it would have made things so much easier to find the other one. If I was even luckier, I’d be able to find both and we’d all get to go back to Kate’s uncle’s cabin and sleep.

The snow was coming down fast now, which didn’t make anything easier for me. I didn’t see any sign of Kate and her bright pink skiing suit, and I didn’t see Logan’s blue one either. In fact, I couldn’t see anyone anymore. All I saw now were snow and trees.

I didn’t know how long I had been out there for, but I knew that it had to have been at least over and hour. The snow was now coming down hard, it was practically a blizzard, and I could barely even tell left from right. I was I supposed to get myself out of this mess.

When I tripped over the stupid skis, I let out a frustrated shout before pulling them right off. They weren’t helping me at all, so I might have as well just got rid of them. I’d definitely die out here if I continued moving around in them.

I was absolutely freezing now, and I felt my clothes under my skiing outfit completely soaked. This was not good. I had no idea how to get out of this situation, and I was starting to get seriously cold.

I tried to get up and continuing walking, but I felt my legs growing numb. This caused me to fall right back into the snow, and I couldn’t help but cuss loudly. I could barely see with all this snow falling, even with the goggles that I was wearing!

When I felt arms wrap around my waist, I let out a shout and almost drove my elbow right into their stomach. I stopped when I heard a familiar voice shout, “Stop, you idiot, it’s me!”

When I was being picked up bridal style, I saw that this person was Zach. And honestly, I wasn’t very surprised that he was the one holding me, since he had been the one that saved me so many times before. I was starting to think that he was doing things on purpose to save me just so he would seem like a hero.

When I saw a small cabin coming up in the distance, I couldn’t help but let out a relieved sigh. At least we’d be protected from the snow now.

“Why the hell did you go out like that when there was a blizzard coming?” Zach asked as he kicked the door to the small abandoned cabin open. “You could have frozen to death out there!”

“Logan and Kate…” I swallowed, not wanting to lose my ability to speak while the rest of my body continued staying numb. “I had to find Logan and Kate.”

“And they’re worth losing you?” he nearly shouted now.

I stayed silent, because I honestly had no idea what to say back to this. The way Zach had said this made him sound almost… scared. The smartest thing I could do was just stay silent, because nothing I could say would make this better.

“You really are the most troublesome girl I have ever met in my entire life,” Zach heaved as he placed me gently on the floor of the tiny, right in front of the fire place. He then took a log and started the fire as quickly as he could. All I could do was continue to lay there and watch him. He then turned toward me as he said, “Now we have to get your clothes off.”

“What?” I screeched, though my body was too numb to move away from him. So much for him being like a princely hero! “Is right now really a good time for that?”

He rolled his eyes at me, reaching for my jacket. “Idiot, you need to get into warm clothes or you’re going to die.”

What he was saying made sense, but I still didn’t feel comfortable with Zach undressing me. Even though we had been playing the game for a while, it was still too weird having him remove my clothes from my body.