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for a second. “I have to tell you something. Until today, I had a big crush on Mitch. And last year, something almost happened between us—,” you start, but Travis cuts you off.
    â€œActually, I know all that. Boys talk, too, you know!” Travis explains. “What I’m trying to tell you is that Mitch has moved on, and I think you’re ready to move on, too. Aren’t you?” he asks, searching your face.
    You look up and meet his gaze; the answer is clear. “I am ready,” you admit. “I just hope he won’t be mad at me.”
    â€œYou let me deal with that,” Travis says, putting his arm around your shoulders. “Right now, let’s just ski and have fun, okay?” he asks as the chairlift starts to descend.
    â€œOkay,” you agree.
    When you get off the chairlift, he holds your hand as you ski over to the slope. “Oh, and one more thing,” he says, sticking his poles into the snow hard. “If I beat you to the bottom, you have to be my date to the movie at the lodge tonight.” He grins at you and—
whoosh!
—he’s gone.
    You have to laugh as you start, slowly, down the mountain behind him. Even though you can’t wait to see him at the bottom, this is one race you don’t want to win!
    END

Chapter 29
    â€œYou think you’re ready to do this?” Mitch asks from the top of the black diamond trail.
    The trail is super steep, but you nod your head, and he gives you his classic grin. You can’t help but smile back. Even if Mitch does have a girlfriend, there’s still a chemistry between you two—you hope that you’ll always be friends.
    The two of you head down the trail next to each other, and you’re doing great…at first! But as you build up speed, you feel unsure of yourself, and near the end of the trail, you wipe out, skidding on your butt as your skis pop off! Mitch slides to a stop, too.
    â€œWhat happened there?” he says to you, still out of breath. He reaches down with one hand to help you up. But when you grab it, you pull down too hard, and he falls down—almost on top of you! He rolls over in the snow. “Very sneaky!” he says through a smirk.
    â€œIt was an accident,” you say, tossing a handful of snow at him.
    â€œOh yeah?” He picks up some snow to throw at you, and before you know it, you’re wrestling in the snow. Mitch finally pins you to the ground and leans over you, laughing so hard he can barely talk. “No more throwing snow!” he says. “Promise?”
    â€œYes!” you laugh, but as soon as he lets go of you, you grab a big handful of snow and shove it down the back of his jacket. “
AHHHHHH!
” he yells, hopping around, trying to get the snow out of his coat. That’s when you notice a girl with long blond hair watching you two. She has her arms crossed over her chest and she doesn’t look very happy.
    â€œHello, Mitch,” she says in a voice that could freeze icicles.
    â€œOh, uh…,” he says, the smile gone from his face. “I thought you weren’t coming on the trip.”
    â€œObviously,” she says, staring at you. “This is my girlfriend, Hannah,” Mitch says to you quickly.
    â€œMake that ex-girlfriend,” Hannah snips as she turns on her snow boot and storms off. Mitchgrabs his ski stuff to chase after her—forgetting that you’re even there.
    â€œHannah, wait!” he yells, racing behind her. Oh well, so much for “just being friends.”
    END
    If you want to rethink skiing with Mitch, go back to Chapter 21.

Chapter 30
    When you get down to the lounge that night for karaoke, you realize you’re late. “I thought maybe you weren’t coming,” Zac says with a scowl when you show up.
    â€œSorry, I…” You hesitate, trying to think up an excuse.
    â€œDon’t worry about it,” Zac says, looking up at the stage,