School Girls and Teenage Boy Testosterone
An aurora of light stream into my window into my eyes waking me up in not the greatest mood. Most people who come here wake up in the happiest mood. Its supposed to be paradise isn’t it? I live up in a small town just outside of Banff, Alberta in the quaint town of Canmore. Today just was the annual arrival of those beaver bus line buses with a crew of happy teenagers who have come to ski and snowboard till they turn to popsicles. They’re try to get away from schools and grades when all I have ever wanted was to live. To live in a normal city close to my family and make some real friends.
My parents Jane and Frank Avery along with me, Hannah, live in the little complex of several condos which they managed along side a pub. As I am seventeen I’m not allowed to work for my parents along side them but I do clean up in the mornings. They call it “environment maintenance” but we all know that I’m a janitor. I love living in the mountains, that cool air makes it feel like home. School is something I have never fully experienced cause I am home schooled. So any friends I had were either rich people who didn’t have spare second to spend with me or people who I regretfully knew would be leaving soon.
“HANNAH” Mom yelled at the top of her lungs, making my hair stand on end. That beats a rooster I suppose.
Rolling over in my bed I groan. Why should I even bother getting out of bed today? Slumping out of my bed I wrap my body in my plaid sheets and walk to the bathroom just outside my bedroom, leaving my linens at the door. I turn on the shower just to the right temperature. Steam filled the bathroom while a stood in the shower just not in the right mind set to sing. That is right I sing in the shower sue me.
Freshened up as I leave the bathroom I finally feeling like I can be happy to hear the birds chirping. Instead of wanting to throw a rock at them like I did a few minutes ago. Returning to my bedroom I make the bed with the sheets that were left at the door of the washroom. I knew exactly what today would hold I would head down stairs greet the very happy couple (my parenys,the Avery’s) and then head to the pub to clean and prepare. Talk about your modern day Cinderella. Then I would have to quickly go and meet Mr Parker owner the ski lodge who asked me to assist him today he said its going to be a busy day for obvious reasons (bus full of teens). Living in this town you would see that our town is actually “inhabited” with about 150 people, if that. So I guess were all really close, this is why I had to help Mr Parker. Mr Parker’s son Luke is two years older than me at nineteen. He’s the closest I have had to a best friend.
Making my way downstairs the scent of freshly made toast and eggs filled the air as a stomped down the stairs. With a hint of sarcasm to my tone I wish good morning to Mom and Dad. I grabbed a plate and chowed down.
My mom went and kissed Dad lightly on his forehead. I was really glad that my parents had the same passion if not more than the first day they met, but I didn’t really like all the public displays. My mom told me once how they met and it really, was unbelievable. The two met in Canmore when they were a couple years older than I am now. They came with separate friends, never mind the fact they lived on opposite ends of the country. Mom was on the ski lift with her best friend while Dad stood at the top of mountain with his girlfriend at the time. My Mom being a Toronto city girl it was her first time skiing and she was a far cry from good. Her legs turned into jello as she went down the hill and being the hero my dad is, he left his stupid girlfriend to go help mom. They ventured off together to fall madly in love, then the rest was history. I let out a sigh.
“Hannah just try to enjoy your day today, you might actually make some new friends.” Dad mentioned with a very parental voice. That would just be perfect if we were on the family channel.
“Dad, I think I just got up on the wrong side of the bed today I guess” I smiled how can I be happy that I would have a bunch of city people coming in not knowing what the crap that they are doing. “Have a good day you two, I’m going to the pub before I meet Luke.”I slung my book bag onto my shoulder with wave goodbye to my parents, I was gone.
“See you Hannah” rang my moms melodic voice rang as I shutour front door.
I ran across the street to the pub clenching my coat to my chest. Entering the bar I knew that my parents must have had a really exciting night last night cause' it was a mess. I worked really hard to clean the three rooms and the back of the bar, a little too hard. All I was doing was just killing time so that I wouldn’t have to go meet Luke Parker, but I had put it off long enough so I left the pub.
A warm gust of air hit my face as I entered the ski lodge I took of my coat and miscellaneous winter accessories off in the employee lounge. I let my chestnut hair drape across my back as I adjusted my sweater. Closing my eyes, today would be the day that I would get over my stupid fear I would go up that ski lift and go. Its been three years since the accident but I still can’t relieve the vivid memories that haunt my mind. I was fourteen at the time and just beginning to take my snowboarding to new heights. All that you need to know to be a good snowboarder is your center of gravity. I had this, not to mention the fact I had pure determination to be the best. On November 26, 2005 I had my accident I hadn’t been slowing my speed as I went down a hill, that I wasn’t quite ready for and I fell. It wasn’t the initial tumbling that hurt me, four rotations, but it was the landing. My leg caught a tree as my body moved forward till I stopped. Then three hours in a hospital I had a leg broken and a sprained shoulder. I swore that wouldn’t be the last time I snowboarded.
“Hello Miss Avery” Luke said greeting me with a hug. My head rested in his chest his warmth seemed to pass from him to me. Warming from the outside in. Luke is an avid snow boarder who most girls found very attractive. He was medium built, 5 11' with dark brown hair almost black and the most gorgeous green eyes. I once had a intense crush on him when we were younger.