~ You should love me ~

SEVEN ~ Going on a hike

Jen and I were in Monaco three more weeks, then we both return back to faculty.
Months passes quickly an now it is 27th of December and we had our last exam in this year.
"What do you think about the exam? I am not sure it will be positive," Jen says when we both walk outside the lecture room.
"I don't know, it was not that hard... We'll see. I wont think about that now, we're having holidays!!"
"Are you sure you want to go to the snow? In the ice cold Norway?"
I laugh: "You know that I prefer the sun, but Gerard wants to go skiing. I'll be in the hotel room, looking outside the window."
"You are absolutely insane. You can still change your mind and join me and Lando in the Mexico."
"Thanks, Jen, but you two need some alone time."
"What about Carlos?"
"What is with him?"
"You haven't seen each other since Monaco..."
"Yeah...we texted for a month, but then... Look, I don't want to talk about that."
"Okay, okay. Bestie, I wish you a great snowy time. Don't miss me too much," she says as we hug.

Me and Gerard land to the Lillehamer airport.
"Welcome to the beautiful Norway, my love," Ger says. "Gosh, it is so cold," I laugh.
"Of course it is cold, babe. You'll used on that. Come on, we need to catch our bus."
"How long we'll drive to the Hafjell?"
"I don't know, maybe about 15 to 20 minutes."
We catch the bus and drive to the Hafjell. Hafjell Alpine Resort is one of the most popular ski resorts in Norway.

And now, few words about Gerard... He is my boyfriend, we are together now for two months. He is caring and protective and we met at the faculty as he moved to Madrid from London. He needed more action he says.

We drive at the resort. It is really beautyful.
We walked to the reception, where we checked-in and took keyes of our cabin.
"Oh, I though we'd be at the hotel," I say as we walk outside.
"Honey, it is Norway. You must sleep in the cabin, it will be a sin if you'd stay at the hotel room. This is a special opportunity."
I smile: "Hm, you're probably right."
"Fifty-three, I guess this is our cabin," he says looking at the sign board with the number of cabin.
"Perfect. Lets go inside, I am going to freeze."
We walk in. It is so beautiful. What I saw first was a fireplace.
"Can we fire this up?" I ask.
"We can try." I saw how he blushed.
"Oh god, Ger, you don't know how to fire this?"
"Not really...my dad always do that."
"It can't be that hard. We have wood here. Do you have a lighter?"
"Ehm, no. You know I don't smoke. What if we warm ourselves in a different way, huh?"
"Gerard..."
He walks over to me and unzipps my winter jacket and kisses me. I kiss him back. He is right. We can warm ourselves in a way different ways.
We ended under the hot shower, having a rough sex.
"F*ck, Ava. You're surprising me day by day," he says when we get dry. I laugh and bite my bottom lip: "Thank you, my lord. You're not bad eather."
"Can we go to the market now? I am starving and we need to buy a lighter," he says.
We wear our warm winter clothes and walk outside. It's starting to snow.

I am at the market right now. Gerard met some friends and I decide to leave him outside and do a quick purchase by myself.
I am standing by the cashier.
"Ava? Is that you?"
I turn. I feel how I blush when I saw him. The heat gets all over my body, just like an hour ago at the shower.
It is him. Carlos. Carlos Sainz. What is he doing here?
"Hi."
This is all what can I say to him. Just a simple HI. Ava, wake up!!!!
"It is nice to see you after a long time. A student work again?"
"N-no. Only vacation."
"Perfect, then we can hang without hiding." He laughs.
I only nod. I freezed. Just like the ice on a stupid lake outside.
"So, you're alone on this vacation? Or with friends? How is Jen?"
"I'm here with my boyfriend. And you?"
"Well, I am not here with boyfriend. And even not with a girlfriend."
Good to know.
"So you want to tell me you're still single." This was not a question.
He just smiles.
"I have to go. Gerard is waiting on me."
"Oh, Gerard...nice name. Is he a football player?"
"He's not an athlete. Bye."
I walk outside.
"Where have you been so long. I almost freezed," Ger asks, hugging me.
"Sorry, love. I met an old friend. Lets go now. We can make a hot chocolate."
"Oh, love. I adore hot chocolate."
We both laugh and hugged walk to the our cabin.
There, instead of hot chocolate, first we (again) had some nice sex.
"Ava, I love you so much," he says, kissing my bare shoulder.
I am laying next to him and my minds are full. Full of Carlos.
He walked back into my life unannounced and I was always too stunned to know what I really feel. A lump formed in my stomach, I was numb. Yesterday I thought that I didn't miss him and that the worst was over. Far from the eyes, far from the heart. Now he was again in my sight and very close to my heart.

"Are you sure you'll go on that hike?" I ask Gerard in the next morning, after I saw the weather forecast. He is preparing a backpack and laughs: "Of course. Are you sure you wont come with me?"
"No, love. Not in that condition. The wind is already very strong. They are saying that a snow storm is about two hours away."
He sighs: "We'll be back in two hours. You have to see this nature, Ava. Come on." He walks to me and gives me a quick kiss.
"You promise me that we'll be back before the storm?"
"I promise."
"Fine. Give me five minutes."
I walk to the room and wore five layers of clothes: an undershirt, a T-shirt, a long sleeved shirt, a pullover and winter jacket and leggings and winter pants.
"Okay, I am ready," I say as I walk to him. He laughs: "You're wearing too much clothes, you wont be able to walk!!"
"I can stay at home," I shrug.
"Okay, babe, okay. I packed some sandwiches, snacks and tea. Lets go, they are waiting on us."
"How many of them are there?"
"Remember my friends we met yesterday?"
"Ahm, I do."
"We're going with them. Two of them were a hundred of times in that hike. One of them is the doctor and another one is a mechanic. Quinn and Alessandro. Don't ask me where they met."
"Okay, and where did you met them?"
"Quinn was my neighbor in London. We went on parties together, we work out together in fitness... You know, guys things." He winks.
"And Alexander?"
"Alessandro, babe. I met him once at Quinn's place."
"Okay. And others?"
"Felix, you met him two weeks ago, ginger guy, remember? And Tom, Felix's brother."
"Great. Shall we go? The time is running," I say as I look at the clock.
"Babe, everything will be fine. The weather here is changing fast."
"Yeah, this is what I am afraid of."
We walk to the meeting point by the restaurant. We greet everyone. The boys are chatting and laughing, no one is in a hurry.
"Ehm, sorry guys... Can we go now? I heard a snow storm is approaching. I'd like to be back here before it starts," I say.
"Sweetie, we are already waiting on someone," Quinn says.
"Who are we waiting?" Ger asks.
"My friends," Alessandro says now.
I sigh and took a phone out of my pocket.
"Helloooo!!! Sorry for being late," I heard.
I look up and saw one guy. Oh, I remember him. He was in Monaco...with Carlos and Lando.
"Hey, I know you," he says to me.
"Hi. Nice to see you again."
"We never really introduce us, right? Roberto Merhi."
"Ava Whiddon," we shook hands.
"Sorry, guys. Carlos will be here in a minute," he says to others.
Carlos? Is he going with us?