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today. Now, help me get the fuck up.”
    “I’m sorry, it’s just…” he trailed off to laugh some more and then catch his breath. “It was just so funny watching you rolling down the hill. And you were trying to yell, but it kept getting muffled each time you rolled onto your face.”
    I grabbed his hand and he helped me stand. “You’re a dickbag and I hate you, Carson Janson.”
    “I think we both know that isn’t true.” He brushed some grass out of my hair. “Now, come get in the sled and try not to fall from being stubborn again.”
    I rolled my eyes, but trekked up the hill and sat in the sled. He walked behind me and kissed the top of my head. “I’m sorry I laughed. If it makes you feel any better, you still looked beautiful even while rolling down the hill.”
    Before I could answer, he pushed me and I was flying down the hill, the wind whipping in my face, feeling free for the first time in a long time.

Chapter Six
    Carson
    My phone began ringing from my pocket, but I ignored it. I was beginning to have fun and didn’t need or want that to change. Sam had called and woken me up, putting me in a bad mood. It wasn’t as if my feelings for her were resurfacing; it was the fact that she couldn’t leave well enough alone. She liked to tell me I was the love of her life, but she needed to live first. That was why she always came back to me and then would break things off. What was really upsetting was I had been stupid enough to let her back in each time.
    Sam hadn’t put me off women or anything—obviously—but she had taught me how to protect myself. Never let anyone in other than friends. That’s why I was able to still care about Miranda and Kristin. They were just friends—nothing more.
    Kristin’s laughter broke me from my thoughts as she sailed down the hill. My mind flashed back to her rolling down the hill and I couldn’t help but chuckle. I was worried she was hurt at first, but as soon as she let me know she was okay, I couldn’t hold back the laughter. It was fucking hilarious.
    I watched Kristin come to a stop then take the string on the sled to drag behind her as she began stomping back up the snow covered hill.
She’s beautiful,
I thought for the millionth time. Even bundled up from head to toe, looking like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, she could still knock the breath out of me.
    “Hurry up,” I hollered from the top of the hill.
    She stopped walking and placed a hand on her hip. “How about you just come get the damn thing yourself?”
    I laughed. “Where’s the fun in that?”
    I couldn’t see her clear enough from the distance, but I was sure she was rolling her eyes as she shook her head.
    A short time later, Kristin made it to the top and I crawled into the sled. She placed her hands on my back to help get me going as I dropped my arms in the snow on either side of me and pushed off. I breezed down the hill, the bright sun in my face and all my earlier worries over Sam vanished. The one thing I was good at was letting go and living in the moment.
    Kristin and I slid down the hill in the sled for over an hour. We were both cold, but I wasn’t done with her yet. She walked in front of me as I scooped down and grabbed a handful of snow. I quietly packed it into a ball, wound back, and aimed right for her incredible ass.
    “What the hell?” she screamed as she turned around. “You are so dead!”
    “I didn’t do anything,” I lied, cracking a grin, before breaking out into full-blown laughter as I scooped up more snow and began tossing it in her direction.
    A very well packed snowball sailed into my face, just as my eyes lifted to see it coming—giving me no time to react. The cold stung my cheeks as I wiped off the excess. “You’re getting it now, flower girl!”
    I raced after her as she ran into a small grove of trees, giggling the entire time. The sound made me laugh harder as my feet crunched the snow, closing the space between us. As soon as I reached