Together Forever by Kate Bennie Page A

all I said. He didn’t even protest and ran out of there as fast as he could.

I sighed, and closed my eyes. Headache.

I heard the door open, and I opened my eyes, seeing Stephanie come in. She smiled weakly at me and walked over to me. The moment she wrapped her arms around me, I started weeping.

“What happened, Lyn?”

“H-He.. U-us. I.. th-think. We’re o..o..over,” I stuttered between sobs.

“Why would you say that?!” she said shocked, holding me at arms length.

I proceeded to tell her about what has happened lately. She commented on the parts where it was appropriate to comment on. By the end? Well, she was Pissed Off .

“He didn’t tell you he was coming here?!” she shrieked. I sighed and shook my head. “Fucking ass, I’m gonna go deal with this,” she said standing up. I shook my head and pulled on her wrist. “Let go of me Kate Mae. You broke a rib, and he just stormed out,” she said. “I thought Tristan was exaggerating, but I guess not. I’m gonna go deal with that fucker,” she growled.

“Relax,” I sighed. “You’re becoming more and more like my brother, it’s scary,” I joked lamely.

“Don’t even try to calm me down Lyn, because I’m beyond pissed off at the moment,” she growled.

I sighed again. “Stephie, just relax. I’ll take care of it. If he really cares, then he’ll come back, if not,” I thought about something to say after that, but I couldn’t think of anything. At all. I was too used to Ryan being around that I’ve never actually thought of him leaving. “Then I guess, I’ll figure that out,” I said after a few moments.

“Oh Kate ,” she said and hugged me tighter.
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    It’s been three days since the incident happened. I was discharged later that afternoon, since I demanded that I was fine. I was told that I was out for 2 days, worrying the doctors.

“You were out for two days, Kate . They need to make sure you’re okay,” Scotty tried to reason.

“Two days?! I missed two days of snowboarding?! Fuck,” I mumbled.

The guys laughed. “Wow, you might as well have been in a coma for two days, and you complain about missing snowboarding? Seriously?” Stephanie scoffed.

“It’s the love,” the guys and I said at the same time. We all looked at each other and busted out laughing. Stephanie rolled her eyes and threw her hands up in defeat, walking out the door.

“Are you sure you can ride, DeLuca?” Lago asked me.

“Of course, I can, Mr. My mouth is wired shut,” I smirked.

“Shut it,” he glared. I stuck my tongue out at him.

“Let’s do this!” Jack shouted from behind me, and tackled me, throwing me over his shoulder. “Bring the boards,” he shouted out. “I’m bringing the girl,” he said and walked me to the gondola.

“Put me down, Jack,” I chuckled.

“No, I don’t want to,” I heard his pout through his voice.

“You just love having my butt on your face, huh?”

“Yep,” he laughed.

He put me down, finally. Everyone else joined us near the lift line, and rode the lift up the mountain.

We decided to do freestyle today. Everyone had their Go-Pro cameras with them, hoping to catch epic shots for their website.

“Your turn, girlfriend,” John winked at me. I rolled my eyes and got up from the snow, fixing my earphones and choosing a good song. I then checked if my camera man was ready. John gave me the thumbs up, and I showed off my skills.

I got to the bottom, stopping abruptly when I heard familiar voices.

“Whoa shit, almost ran into you,” John said. He must’ve seen the look on my face. “What’s up?”

“Ryan and his demons,” I frowned.

Yes, they were so loud that through the wind, the sound of waxed boards gliding against the snow, I could still hear their voices.

“ Kate !” I heard Mikkel shout from the crowd. I slowly turned around, closing my eyes tightly, then opening them, giving him a fake smile. “I wanna introduce you to some