Six foot seven; he stands above everyone around him. Two hundred fifteen pounds of pure muscle he could lift all of them people too. Blonde, short curly hair and blue eyes compliment his masculine figure. Arrogant and ignorant and always looking for trouble, he often finds himself living on the edge of life and death, but miraculously, always seems to walk out of his mischief unscathed.
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Ramsey Armstrong
He is five foot eight, perfect height for his king size bed and one hundred seventy four pounds of muscle and cuteness. Sandy brown and wavy hair that is barely past his ears, he has almond shaped, green eyes to supplement his face. Shy and quiet, he likes to stay in the background rather than up front like his loud friend, Toby, although a witty comeback is well within his reach when the time is right. Well reserved and thoughtful, he is kind and courteous to all females, especially one certain one he likes but is afraid to confront her.
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Johnnie Waggoner aka Waggs
Number 17 for the Junior A Ice Dogs Hockey team, a forward who is also five foot eight and one hundred and eighty five pounds, can slam anyone around on the ice and off. Shoulder length brown hair shrouds his slightly rounded face and broad smile. Very forward and blunt, often offends others but doesn’t care. He also loves to chase the ladies around and get some action, but more often than not is turned down with a flick of the hair and big smirk as they walk away. Not unlike Toby, he is often mixed up in mischief of his own, but unfortunately, doesn’t always come out with his pride in one piece when a lady decides she’s had enough.
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Sydney Crawford
A very short but slim five foot one inches, can easily seduce anyone she fancies. A height also perfect for romantic kisses under the moonlight. Long black wavy hair to the bottom of her back often in a single braid enhances her beauty and bright hazel eyes. Her skin is of a cream colored nature and is soft to the touch. Often shy with new people, but quite the talker around her boyish friends. Very sensitive and easily hurt, she constantly seeks comfort and reassurance from her friends who guard her closely.
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It was the dead middle of winter in Fairbanks, Alaska, and down-right cold. The thermometer outside the window in the light of the porch read a whopping -56 degrees Fahrenheit. Way too damn cold to go out. This meant all four college seniors were stuck in their shared cabin under thick blankets trying to stay warm while watching Avatar on their decent sized television. Sydney had picked it up earlier that day and couldn’t wait to watch it with the others. Toby wanted to go out in his underwear and run around campus just to be an ass and show everyone he was good at being an ass and to say “I did it and you didn’t.” He is quite annoying, but lots of help to the other three when they need something moved. Security probably wouldn’t even bother arresting his ass, knowing he wouldn’t be out there long.
Sydney of course had one of the three rooms all to herself, seeing how she was the only girl to share the cabin with the other three boys. Toby and Waggs shared a room and each had a full size bed that none of them could understand how they fit in the tiny room. Ramsey, being his private and reserved self had the third room all to himself. He did indeed have a king size bed, that only he slept in. He doesn’t have a girl friend. Hell, he is hardly ever seen with another girl except Sydney when they walk to classes together. When he is around other girls, it is usually to hold the door open for them just to get glared at in return.
All three bedrooms were upstairs with a small bathroom that belonged to Sydney. The bathroom downstairs had the bathtub in it, which unfortunately, they all had to share. The guys couldn’t stand to see girl items in their bathroom, so they forfeited the upstairs bathroom to her even though it was the closest to their rooms.
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Dear Sydney,
You are one of the sweetest girls I know. I dream of you at night and wish I could hold you close and let you know that I am here for you. I often hear you crying yourself to sleep in your room next to mine at night and I yearn to run to your aid. I love
My heart pounded with the thought of telling Sydney how much I cared for her. I ended up wadding up that piece of paper also and throwing it unsuccessfully into the trash bin in the corner of my room. I sighed and put my head in my hands and sat there for a minute when I heard the front door downstairs open. Even from up here I could feel the cold draft of air. I knew it must be getting damn cold outside. I got up and went downstairs.
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“Hey, Ramsey. Where’s the other guys?” I asked while I shivered, my long black hair frozen still.
“Uh, Hell I don’t know! Why you ask me? Ya think I’m their mother? News flash, I ain’t.” And he started taking the groceries out of the few bags I brought in and began putting them up with a grin on his face. In the last bag left, he got in it and pulled out Avatar. “Sweeeet! A movie! A good one at that! When can we watch it?” He asked giddily.
“We can watch it, Mother, when you find Toby and Waggs and get their fat asses in here to watch it with us,” I retorted. Inside I was all torn up because it just makes my heart explode when I make Ramsey laugh. Then his face contorted into a weird shape when I called him mother. He hated it when I teased him, but I could tell he didn’t mind it at this moment.
“Fine! You win, Queen B. I’ll go find their asses and kick them so hard they won’t be able to walk for a week then I won’t have to be their damn mother, at least for a little while…” he grumbled as he ran upstairs. I secretly smiled to myself. I guess I was the Queen B. Ha.
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“Owww! Fucker! Why in the Hell you do that ass hole?” Toby screamed as he held his jaw where Waggs punched him.
“Damn, you’re a wimp. I didn’t hit you that hard idiot. I thought you were the tough one,” I chuckled as Toby glared at me with those daggers of his. Right about then Ramsey burst in the door asking what the hell was going on.
“Waggs just punched the shit out of me! I didn’t do anything either!”
“You shoulda kept your big ass mouth shut Toby. Only God knows what you said to deserve an ass woopin from Waggs. Good job Bro,” Ramsey said as he gave me a high five. I grinned as big as I could as I asked what the fuck he wanted.
“Oh, Sydney bought a movie. She won’t let me watch it until I bring you guys down to watch it too,” he said softly looking at both Toby and me. Toby was finally done favoring his jaw and answered Ramsey.
“What movie, smart ass?”
“Avatar.”
“Holy Shit dude! Let’s go! I been waitin to see that shit for four months now! Get your fat asses out of my way before I kick them!” and I literally flew down the stairs into the kitchen to find Sydney in a worn T-shirt and cut off jeans. Her hair was down and she was making macaroni and cheese. That’s our favorite here in this cabin.
“Hey Waggs! Hungry?” she asked in a musical voice that only she can pull off.
Damn she’s hot, I thought to myself. Instead of saying that out loud I said, “Yeah I’m hungry for that movie you got. Let’s go!” I turned towards the living room as the other two guys finally made their way into the kitchen.
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We all sat in the living room in the dark watching Avatar as it continued to get colder outside. We were all on spring break so we had nothing to do really.
The movie wasn’t over until about midnight, and when I turned the lamp on, everybody seemed to be wide awake and not ready for sleep yet.
“Okay peeps, that was an awesome movie. Who is up for seconds?” I yelled with a big ass grin on my face.
“Toby! You big ass hole. It’s too damn late to watch it again!” and they all threw their pillows at me. I put my hands up in the air to guard myself and I picked one of the pillows up and threw it hard to Waggs and all he did was catch it and start to assault me. We all started laughing hard and Sydney ended up on the floor beside the couch trying not to laugh as us three guys fought with pillows. Although, the next instant feathers from Sydney’s pillow started to fly everywhere and I realized I was holding her deflated pillow in my hands. I started to whistle and put the pillow behind my back and dropped it and looked as innocent as I could. They all glared at me like, “dude, you are so dead,” look in their eyes. Next thing I know I was up the stairs and all three of them chasing after me laughing still.
I ran into Sydney’s room which was the closest and locked the door. They all three ran into the door and I heard a series of “owws” and curses. I smiled to myself. I looked around and realized I’d never gone into Sydney’s room before. It was spotless and I saw her big bed and thought about how wonderful it’d be to cuddle next to her in it.
“Hey guys! I have a theory!” I yelled to them through the door.
“Yeah! I got a theory too cock sucker! I have a theory that says you’re going to get your ass kicked as soon as I bang through this damn door!”
“Ha! You are right on brother! My theory agrees with yours, except I am going to tweak it a little bit! It is called the Big Bang Theory! Wanna test it out guys?” I heard a pause at the door, and then the struggling began on the other side of the door.