Letters

43

Katana's POV

"Ooh it's cold." Sam says as we arrive at our seats here in Levi, Finland.

Today is Mikaela and Skye's first race of the season and they're first race is in the Slalom discipline.

Myself, Sahara, Christen, Tobin, Sam, Aurora, Tierna, Appa, and Socks are here to watch them race.

"It's only 30 degrees." I say.

"That's below freezing you Yeti." Aurora says as she snuggles with Sam.

"Where's Lava?" Sahara asks.

"She stays up top with Skye and Skye's coaches then after Skye's last run, Lava will run down along the fence and meet Skye at the bottom of the course." Tierna says.

"Do you know how long this is?" Christen asks as she is sandwiched between Sahara and Tobin.

"First run starts in five minutes at 11." I say. "Then after that the top 30 move on to the second run and they'll go down in reverse order from worst time to best."

"Smart Yeti." Aurora says.

My sisters sometimes call me Yeti because I love snow.

"Looks like Socks is loving this weather." Tobin says.

"That's part of the reason I choose him as my service dog." I say as I look at Socks happily laying in the snow. "I knew I'd be snowboarding for years to come."

"Appa looks happy too." Sam says.

"I guess he's gotten use to it since we use to follow Oksana around Europe with her skiing and my snowboarding." I say as I look at Appa who's wearing a coat and doggy snow boots while laying his head on his younger brother.

Solo Snowboards makes doggy apparel so that dogs can be protected in the snow if they go out with their owners.

Socks doesn't need snow gear because he was bred to be in snow.

"Katana your brand makes comfy snow gear." Christen says.

"And warm." Tierna says.

Once everyone said they wanted to try and watch as many of Mikaela's races as they could, I had them custom fitted for snow gear then, once they were fitted, they got to pick out five different sets of snow clothes to wear.

"I'm glad you like them." I say as the first skier begins her run.

"What bibs are Mikaela and Skye?" Aurora asks.

"Mikaela is bib 3." I say.

"And Skye is number 6." Tierna says.

"Cool." Aurora says.

"After they go we can get Hot chocolate or coffee." I say.

"Whew." Everyone cheers then we watch the first lady finish her run and the second lady do their run.

"Next on the course." The PA person says after speaking in Finnish. "From the United States, Mikaela Shiffrin."

"GO MIKAELA." Aurora shouts causing everyone with me to look at her. "What?"

"Dork." Everyone says.

"Meanies." Aurora says as the video board shows Mikaela prepping for her run at the top of the course.

"You got this Baby." I whisper as the timer tics down towards 0. "You got this."

With 2 seconds left in her countdown clock, my girlfriend pushes off from the start line and begins her run.