I was sitting on a bus on my way to a winter break with my girlfriend. We were heading to north for a week and everything would have been perfect if it just had been only two of us, but no. We were not alone and I didn't really even know who the others were. I knew they all were members of a student theatre group at our university but I really didn't know any of them, except my girlfriend Rose of course.
I wasn't acting and wasn't part of the group but one of them had had to cancel his trip so there was a vacant place and Rose suggested to me that I should come with them. I told her that I didn't know anyone but she was relentless and sure that I would have fun there and would get acquainted with the others. I was doubtful but I had to give up and so here we were on our way to the arctic adventure.
There were 10 of us and naturally I was the only outsider in the company. They all seemed to have fun with each other already in the bus laughing and joking together. I couldn't help feeling lonely and outsider in a group but I guessed that it would change before the week was over. At least I hoped so. And I did have one very close and dear person with me so I wouldn't be alone all the time.
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Time for a short view to our backgrounds. I and Rose had been friends forever, that's at least how I felt. We first met when we both started school at the age of 7 and since that first day we had been best friends no matter what. In high school our friendship deepened into love and companionship. We both were virgins when we first time had sex with each other. Of course we were because we never had dated other people. We both knew that we were meant to be together forever and so did everyone who knew us. We were a couple. Our parents and friends often asked when we were going to get married but we always said that we were not in hurry we had the whole life ahead together. We both studied at the same university. Rose was majoring Arts and I was more into Science. We didn't live together yet but spent regularly nights and weekends together having all kinds of fun. And oh was it fun to be with her. She was not only beautiful and intelligent but also sexy as hell. Everything with her was great, sex including. She rarely said no to me and I rarely said no to her. If we just had a chance she was always willing to get aroused and then discharged with me. I loved her and what we had wasn't just a friendship. It was more, it was a deep companionship.
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Bus trip to north took hours and I think I slept most of it while the others had fun but at last we curved to our resort. People bursted out from the bus and tried to find their backpacks and luggage from the trunk. I found mine and Rose's and lifted them outside putting them on the snowy ground. I swung my own backpack on my shoulder and was going to pick up Rose's when I was harshly pushed down to my face. Dumbfounded I lift my face from snow spitting snow out from my mouth. Most of the group watched me lying on the snow but at least two laughing people, namely Rose and the blonde giant, were already walking away towards our cottage that we had rented. The blonde giant had picked up Rose's backpack and swung it on his shoulder knocking me down at the same with his elbow and her swinging backpack.
I don't think that he even noticed that he hit some lesser man down. I'm sure Rose didn't because she was giving all her attention to him at the moment. Or did she? Was it me who they were laughing at?
Embarrassed I got up and with my hands brushed snow away from my clothes. I picked my backpack up again and headed after the others to the cottage.
On the first day we all headed up to the slopes. I wasn't into skiing that much but yet followed the others. Slopes were deeper than I had thought and I tried to take it slowly while most of them including Rose didn't slow much and I lost them from my sight. I tried to catch them up but as you can guess that was mistake and too much for me. I was down on the ground again spitting snow and having some serious pain in my left leg. I couldn't get up by myself but quite quickly some staff members found me and helped me on a sledge. I was towed behind a snowmobile down for to get the medical care I needed. After a half an hour of compression and cold I was transported back to our cottage. Luckily nothing was broken, I just had strained my knee bad enough and I was ordered to get some rest with it so no more skiing on this holiday. Damn it was painful and damn my luck or more likely lack of it.
I had tried to call Rose many times already just to tell where I was and why but she never answered.
Waiting alone in the cottage with hurting knee wasn't quite what I had expected but what can you do. It was my fault alone that I had got a sore knee. There was no one else to blame about that but it would have been much nicer if she had even noticed that I was missing.
After hours of waiting late in the evening people began to come back to the cottage. I was lying on the sofa my leg up and tied and crutches leaning on the table. I had to explain to everyone what had happened and they all seemed to be sorry about my bad luck. Last two to arrive were Rose and the blonde giant (whose name was Jules, can you believe it). Rose was giggling merrily and Jules was grinning widely his perfect white smile as they came in. It took quite a long time from my friend Rose to notice that something was wrong with me, much longer than it had took from any of the strangers who had arrived before her. I didn't say a word but slowly she noticed me, my tied knee and crutches and her eyes opened wide with scare.
"Oh my god Pete (that was me)! What has happened? Where were you all day, I didn't see you?"
"Fell on the slopes and strained my knee. Have been resting and waiting for you to come back all day."
"Oh why didn't you call me?"
"I did but you never answered. Guess you were having too much fun to recognize your phone ringing or to notice that you hadn't seen me after we got to the slopes."
"Oh I must have had all the sounds off from my phone." She was blushing deeply and the blonde giant was smirking right behind him. I also saw some of the group looking at us like they couldn't believe what they were hearing.
"Anyhow I won't be too much fun for anyone in next few days. Barely can walk with crutches and have to rest my knee, doctor's orders."
"Oh my poor darling." At least she gave her attention to me now and stroked my hair.
Bedrooms were divided so that girls had 2 and guys had 2 and there were no mixed rooms. So I was bunking with John and Bill while Jules and Mark were sharing another bedroom. Rose had a room with Janet and three other girls had another one. I was doomed to have a boring and painful night with only a little bit of sleep while I heard giggling coming out from the girls' rooms.
Next day was scheduled to be spent in spa and then later in the evening to have some dancing and drinks in restaurant. I wanted to go with the others though I knew I wouldn't be able to get in or out the pool. I was prepared to spend my time on a deckchair reading and drinking coffee while the others were having fun in the water. Anything was better than being alone in the cottage and imaging what the others would be doing. At least that's what I thought then.