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about here. Not some hottie hunk.
    â€œI ended up there because we went on theski lift together. I’d never been on a ski lift before so he offered to show me how it works. My heart was pounding so hard when I realized that the lift kept moving and that we were supposed to get off it by skiing. I don’t think I could have done it if he hadn’t held my arm. After he skied down the slope, he took the lift back up and we rode it down together.”
    â€œSounds like a regular Prince Charming.”
    â€œHe was,” she said, her cheeks turning red. “And I liked watching him ski. He’s really good. I was impressed. I’ll never be able to ski down a trail like that.”
    â€œSure you will,” I said.
    â€œToday I didn’t actually ski on anything other than the bunny slope, but at least I graduated from ski class.” She jerked her thumb at Leah. “Klutz over here has to take the class again tomorrow.”
    Leah wiggled her eyebrows, not at all offended. “You bet. Ian is such a hottie. He’s Australian and has the most delicious accent. I adore it. He promised to give me private lessons if I don’t do any better tomorrow.” Sheleaned forward and whispered, “I won’t do any better tomorrow.”
    â€œHe’s that hot, huh?”
    â€œHis presence melts snow.”
    I laughed. “I’ve got to see this guy.”
    â€œJust remember that I had first dibs on him.”
    I watched the marshmallows bobbing in my hot chocolate. “I guess Brad hung around with Cynthia all day.”
    â€œLike a sliver of metal against a magnet.”
    I grimaced. “She’s too old for him. She’s gotta be like, I don’t know, twenty-four.”
    â€œAt least,” Leah said.
    I wondered what Brad really saw in her, other than her tight pants and too-small sweaters.
    â€œWhenever she talks, she sounds like she’s on the verge of hyperventilating,” Allie said.
    I laughed. “She does take heavy breathing to the extreme.”
    â€œYou wouldn’t have liked seeing the way she sat on Brad’s lap in your brother’s SUV, ‘practicing’ for tomorrow when you’d be with us and there wouldn’t be enough seats.”
    â€œGreat,” I mumbled.
    My parents had given Sam the SUV whenhe’d graduated from high school. It gave him freedom that I didn’t yet have. He and his buds had been able to drive up while my friends and I had flown.
    Of course, we’d left from different destinations as well. Allie, Leah, and me from home, the guys from college. The university was about six hours from where we lived, so I completely understood Sam not wanting to come and get me, even if he had known I’d be there. Besides, I wouldn’t have wanted to be in a vehicle with him for fifteen hours, anyway. Fifteen minutes with him was a stretch of my patience.
    â€œI think I’m just going to have to give up on Brad,” I muttered.
    â€œMaybe not,” Leah said. “What’s Cynthia got that you don’t?”
    â€œLots of curves.” I wasn’t totally flat, but my chest resembled hills, while Cynthia’s looked more like the Grand Tetons. And my hips didn’t exactly flare out, not that I wanted them to.
    â€œLook, we’re going to that party tonight,” Leah said. “We’ll all look our best, and before the night is over, maybe Brad will come around to noticing that you have a lot more to offerpersonality-wise than Cynthia. And you don’t have any trouble talking and breathing at the same time.”
    â€œI doubt he’ll notice me.”
    â€œDon’t be such a negative Nancy,” Leah said.
    I rolled my eyes. “Have you been talking to Aunt Sue?” Aunt Sue had all kinds of quaint descriptions: Sad Sally, Happy Hannah.
    Leah grinned. “Come on. So Brad spent the day with Cynthia—”
    â€œLet’s not forget that he also