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Part 10

EVAN: It was decided, I was going to take Ziska on a trip and I was going to do everything I could think of. I had already gotten permission from her parents and I got permission from my family in exchange that I begin to seriously work afterwards on his stocks. I agreed. We were ready. I drove up on Ziska's driveway as she came out with a suitcase. She wore jeans and a white shirt with her hair tied up. She smiled as I opened the trunk and she put her stuff in. She got on and we said our goodbyes to her family. We would be back in a week.

ZISKA: The trip on the road was so fun. We turned up some music that we both liked, we argued over which music was better, we sang...or we tried to at least sing to the lyrics, and we talked a lot. We drove up the mountain where the snow began to fall. It got cold as I wore my jacket and he turned the heater on. By the time we arrived at our destination, it was after lunch. We rushed into the warm cabin. It was huge. It had stairs that led upstairs, and downstairs. There was also an underground steam bath where the hot water was filled with scented roses. We went to our room which we were to share and put our stuff down. 

Evan smiled at Ziska and grabbed her wrist. He took her upstairs, through the hallways, out the balcony, around the small stairs to the roof, and sat down under the canopy where the snow was lifted. They talked until sunset and watched it at the top of the snowy mountain. They looked down the view where the snow covered the trees, the cold air let them have an excuse to be so close, and the red sun behind the many clouds gave them a bit of warmth. 

EVAN: After watching the sunset, I was afraid she would get too cold so I took her back inside where the heaters were all on. We washed up after each other and changed into comfortable clothes. We came out into the kitchen and looked into the fridge to find some food and decided to make pasta. We cooked together and made some jokes about the shape of vegetables like we were still in Junior high and smeared tomato sauce on each other.

ZISKA: "OOKOKOK!" I scream with a laugh. "I give up! You win Evan you win!" I laugh hard as he laughs in satisfaction. We wash our faces off and get ready to eat as the food begins to heat up.  We sat at the table and ate our food as I examined the huge cabin and he examined the magazine next to him. We ate silently but not awkwardly and put our plates in the washer when we were done. We of course, brushed our teeth, and lazily strolled over to the big couch and sat infront of the tv where spongebob was coming out. 

 EVAN: "Come here." I motion her to come sit close to me as she looked at me and a grin formed on her face. She shook her head with a smile. "Come on." She shakes her head again and I laughed, grabbing her arm. She grabbed a pillow and smacked me with it. I fell back on the couch and grabbed a pillow, throwing it back at her.

ZISKA: I laughed as I fell on the couch from the impact of the pillow. I grabbed the pillow and threw at him in revenge as he grabbed the pillow and put it down. We fought for almost 30 minutes until we were exhausted and just started watching the tv with the fire next to the couch. 

That is how day 1 of their one week experience went. That night, Ziska and Evan quickly fell asleep together to wake up to the fresh morning, the chirping birds, the bright sun, and warm toast. 

 EVAN: I watched Ziska sleeping on the pillow as she tightened her jaw, swallowed saliva, and relaxed. It was so cute. I chuckled at myself quietly as she rolled over to me. I put my arms around her as she cuddled into my arms. She was my partner, my lover, my woman, my everything. I felt warmth in my heart as she groaned when I hugged her tightly. 

ZISKA: I woke up in Evan's arms. His face was close to mine and he was smiling so...sweetly and gently. I without noticing became shy and smiled, curling myself under the blankets and into his chest so he couldn't stare at me more. I heard him laugh as I sat myself up and took the blankets off me. 

EVAN: "Good morning." I say to her.

ZISKA: "Morning." I say back to him. He smiles and gets off the bed. He opened the curtains as beautiful rays of light came into the room, the smell of wood and snow filled the air, the white snow outside made things brighter, the birds sang their songs, and the inside of the cabin was so warm. 

   "Get ready, we'll eat breakfast, and we're going to go snowboarding." Evan says, turning around to Ziska. Her eyes light up as she quickly gets out of bed and nods her head. Ziska stretches as Evan laughs to himself and goes down to make breakfast. Ziska waits a few seconds and begins to change her clothes into a sweater, a jacket on top, leggings, and sweats on top because she didn't have anything else. She went into the bathroom and brushed her teeth, washed her face, looked into the mirror, put some light makeup on, and smiled. She jogged downstairs where the smell of warm toast and honey leaked out.

 ZISKA: "Mmm smells good." I say and pop next to him. I move him a little. "You should go get ready, I'll get the food done."

EVAN: I stare at her, she was so beautiful uncontrollably. I felt it everyday I saw her. "Alright, I'll be back." I say as I leave the food to her and go up to get ready.

ZISKA: We ate breakfast with nice jazz like music in the background from the morning radio. The coffee was dark, smelt strong, and was sweetly bitter. When we were finished eating, we went into the van and drove down to the snow boarding area where many people were. We took our snowboards out and Evan grinned.

 EVAN: "You've done this before right?" I asked as Ziska nodded her head slowly. "A little bit?" She nods her head faster, staring at the downhill filled with snow.  "Here, watch. Come after me."

ZISKA: The last time I snowboarded was when I was 13 and that was...not a great experience oh my. I remember falling so many times and soaking my pants. I watched as Evan freely snowboarded down the hill so easily. When he came to a stop, he turned to me and yelled for me to go. I nodded my head and let gravity do it's job. I didn't know what I was doing and I just kept going down and down. Evan's body kept getting closer and closer in front of me as I yelled and our bodies went bam. 

Ziska and Evan fell on the snow together laughing. Ziska looked like she was yelling and laughing at the same time as Evan laughed at her. They got up and continued to snowboard. Ziska improved so much that she began to board without realizing the time going by. They had such a good time together. Evan didn't seem aware of the time passing. They got a quick lunch and continued to snowboard together, showing off tricks that they came up, singing while riding down the hill, seeing who gets down first, and much more. THey went on and on till the sun began to set again.

   They both packed up and headed back to the cabin where Ziska went into the steaming tub underground. She sat there and relaxed in the hot water. She stayed there for a long time and when she came out, her face was all flustered like. She snuck into the room while Evan was showering and put on some clothes. She put a white sweater, black shorts, and fluffy socks. She laid down on the bed, tired from the entire day, and closed her eyes, unknowingly falling asleep.