My Diggy Diggy One Shots

Snowstorms

Prompt: Popular Kid and Nerd!AU for Sjips (Sorry I stole another prompt when I wrote this because I didn't know what I wanted to do..)

TW: None - Sjips

The wind howls outside the log cabin. Even if we were able to see outside, we'd only see snow. It wasn't anything to be concerned about until a couple hours ago. It started falling thick and fast, making it hard for Mr. Ridge to see. The radio said there would be some snow, but nothing we couldn't handle.

Now, sitting in the living room with ten fellow classmates and two teachers, hoping the snowstorm passes soon, I start to realize that weathermen don't know what they're talking about.

Mr. Xephos, his graying hair sticking up in several different directions because of how many times he's run his hand through it, continues to pace. Fireplace to the window, then back again. "It's fine!" His voice is shrill, his hands once again coming to run through his hair. "We'll just be a little bit late, who cares?" He laughs. I start to wonder if he'll finally snap and murder us all.

Mr. Ridge, steps in front of Mr. Xephos and places his hands on the other's shoulders. Mr. Xephos looks up from where he was staring at the floor. "Calm down. The storm will pass and we'll be on our way."

I watch from my seat on the couch as Mr. Xephos takes a deep breath. "Yeah. I think I just need to have a lie down. This is too much excitement."

"Oh yeah, we have to find spots for these kids to sleep."

"Are we just not going to address the fact that we basically broke into this cabin?" Rythian asks in a low voice.

I chuckle. "I don't think so." While Rythian and I never talked at school, when we went on this 'team building exercise' we paired up since we weren't really friends with anyone else. "I just hope we don't freeze to death."

There's a fire going but that's our only source of heat for now. The teachers haven't been able to figure out how to turn on the heating yet.

"It's a possibility," He agrees.

"Okay guys," Mr. Ridge addresses the group. "I know we had some setbacks, but that doesn't change anything. Mr. Xephos and I are going to pair you up, and that's who you'll be bunking with for tonight."

My eyes go wide. Rythian and I share a nervous glance. Besides Lalna, who was my lab partner once, I don't think I've ever said a word to anyone else on this trip. The 'popular kids' - Strippen, Benji, Sips, Ross, Trott, and Smith - don't talk to the 'geeks' - Lalna and Kim - or 'freaks' - Rythian, Lomadia, and me. We all tend to stay with those in our group.

"What the-" The rest of what Smith says gets muffled by a hand covering his mouth.

"Wh- Smith!" Trott pulls his hand back and wipes it on his trousers. "He licked me!"

Mr. Ridge laughs. "That's why you guys don't get to pick where you sleep." He steps more towards the center of the room, where everyone is curled up with blankets. "Nano and Lomadia are together, Lalna and Smith-" Both boys mutter something I don't catch. "Rythian and Strippen-" I hear Rythian sigh beside me. "Sips and Sjin-" The breath I didn't realize I was holding suddenly gets let out in a big woosh. Sips, the guy who doesn't care what people think of him and seems to be friends with everyone. Sips, the most attractive guy in our grade. "And Benji, Ross, and Trott." None of them seem to mind.

"Please be good," Mr. Xephos says, sounding tired.

They lead us to our rooms, the house getting colder as we move away from the main room.

The room Sips and I are in have two full sized beds on opposite sides of the room. Oak chests sit at the base of both beds. There are no personal items in this room, most likely a spare. It feels like it's -12 degrees in here (10 degrees Fahrenheit).