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�Find her? Nick.. what happened?� Nick leans his head back and thinks. �We went on a
picnic and then for horseback riding. Everything was going great and we went down this trail that was a
little dark and shadowy and something must have sacred the horses.� He gulped and went on. �The horses.. they
.. they reared back and we tried to calm them down. Then my damn horse took off and I heard Brie scream
but the horse kept going and it finally knocked me off and went to go eat grass. I didn�t know where I was and I tried to gather my surroundings but it didn�t
work. I finally got back on that damn horse and went looking for Brie. I couldn�t find her and it was dark,
so I headed back and I didn�t have a flashlight. I gotta go back out there and find her.�
�Oh no you don�t. You are staying put right here. We�ll get a search party together and go and look for
her.� Kevin said with full determination. The recept in the lobby heard the whole story and had
already called for a search party. A little bit later, a little swad showed up and they were brie4fed and
Nick walks over to the captain. �I wanna go with you.� �No, its better that you stay here, we�ll bring her
back, I promise.� While they are searching for me, he slowly sat back
down and cursed himself for letting this happen. �It�s all my fault. I should have not even attempted
it. I should have brought my phone. Damnit! If I had looked longer, I would have found her. God� she�s out
there all alone, lost and scared� Geez. I don�t even know if she�s ok. For all I know she�s unconscious,
lying in the ground somewhere freezing to death.� �Stop blaming yourself, it�s not your fault. It was an
accident.� Kevin said to try and calm him down. He runs his hand through his hair and starts to cry. �What if something terrible happened? What am I going
to do? God, I couldn�t live with myself if something happened. God.. I love her so much.�
Meanwhile, it is late and very cold out but the moon is still shining. I had walked a long time and my body
couldn�t possibly take anymore. I tried to keep on walking but I took a step and fell, falling into what
might have been a ditch. I lay there, unable to move. I started to cry. I was all alone out here in the cold
and nobody knows where I am. I realized within a few minutes that I could possibly die out here and I got
even more scared. I tried to get my mind off of it. My mind floated to memories of Nick. I smiled and in a
little bit a big, thick darkness overcame me. The search party looked for what seemed like eternity.
It started to snow and they regrouped and decided to go a little further and then turn back. A part of the
group came to a bridge and didn�t want to go and explore, fearing the worst. They ventured over and
pointed the flashlight into the ditch and saw nothing on the one side. Then they went to the other side and
saw that sigh they had dreaded; a girl lying in the ditch covered in snow, not moving and a fourth of the
way submerged in water. One of them took a walkie-talkie out and told someone to tell the people
in the cabin that they found a girl and were coming back. They carefully pulled me out and someone carried me on
horseback back to the cabin. �They found a girl sir, they don�t know if it is the
girl you are looking for but they are bringing her back as we speak.� The recept said.
�oh my god, are you serious? Oh geez..� Nick passed the room.
�Nick, please sit down, you are burning a hole in the floor.� Brian said trying to stay cool.
�I can�t help it, I gotta see her, I gotta see if she�s okay�
Ten minutes later, they busted through the door, one of the guys carrying me and the other telling them to
call a doctor quick. They told another person to get lots of blankets and hot towels.
Nick saw them bring me in they laid me on the couch. I was unconscious and there was a cut on my forehead
with dried blood. I was covered in snow and frozen with frostbite, my lips were blue, not to mention all
the injuries that you couldn�t see on the outside. Nick saw me and said �Oh God.. Brie.. Oh God.� They
brought the blankets in and covered me up. They put more wood on the fire. Nick came over to me, hands
shaking badly and he moved a strand of hair out of my face.
�Brie , can you hear me? Please wake up.. oh God.. please wake up baby�� he gulped. �Don�t die on me..
you can�t. God.. I don�t know what I�d do without you� I love you so much�� He rubs his thumb over my cold
cheek. �Please wake up.. I�m sorry.. I�m so sorry..� and he lays his head on me and cries.
Everybody is watching. The guys are behind him trying to calm him down.
Finally the doctor arrived and checked me out. He said that I had severe frostbite and a concussion and a few
bruises. �You have to watch her constantly, since she has already been unconscious for some time.. she could go
into a coma. You need to keep her warm and maybe put her in a warm to hot tub and try to increase her body
temperature. Here is some medication to give her when the frostbite starts to wear away and for the pain.
She will more than likely have a high fever and maybe the symptoms of a severe cold. That is all that I can
tell you for now.. call me if you need me or things change."
Kevin looks up and says, � ok, thanks so much doctor.� �No problem, it�s my job. �
A few minutes later, the doctor leaves and they are all sitting there, so silent that you could hear a pin
drop. Hours passed like years, and everyone fell asleep ad they last were. AJ snoring in the chair, Howie in the
rocking chair, Brian and Kevin sprawled out on the floor and Nick leaning up against the couch. Nick
awoke to the incessant loud snoring and because of the pain in his neck from his position that he was
sleeping in. He started to get up when someone started to moan. He looked around and saw that all the guys
were still in a deep sleep. He looked down and saw a fraile, female figure bundled up with so many things
that she could have been mistaken for a pile of clothes.
A quiet moan came from underneath the pile of endless fabric. He kneeled down and looked at her face and saw
that she was starting to wake up and color was returning to her face.
He quietly thanked god for the return of his precious angel.
�It�s cold� a soft voice murmured in the darkness. He saw all the blankets and things that covered her
and was a bit confused. He put his hand up to her forehead and found that it was as hot as fire.
�Shit, she�s burning up! God I gotta get in her in a cold bath. He throws off the blankets and lifts me up
in his strong arms and carries me up the stairs and into my room and starts up a cold bath. He comes back
and takes off my wet clothes, leaving me in nothing but my undergarments. He lowers me into the cold
waters and takes a sponge and tries to cool off my overheated body and bring my temperature down. After a
while, he takes me out wraps me up in a dry, warm towel and puts fresh dry cloths on me and puts me in
the bed. He runs down and gets the medicine that the doctor had left and a glass of water.
�Sweetheart, I have something that will help make you feel better..� and he helps me take them since I have
no sense of reality at this time. The frostbite has gone, but leaving me in a delirious,
feverish state, looking pale and fragile. Nick climbed up on the bed, and pulled me up close to
him and put the covers over me. Spoon after I fel;l asleep against him. �I love you, my little princess�
and kisses me on the forehead. An hour later, he too fell into a dreamland.