“Oh fuck. My phone.” Shit. Shit. Shit.
“I’m sure it happens all the time,” Fiona assured. “We’ll tell the attendant when we get off. I’ll share all my photos with you.”
“Okay.” What else could I do?My phone.
Dusty and Saoirse were almost at the end of the lift. Dusty scooted closer to her. Saoirsepushedhim off into the snow.
“That looks fun,” Hale said, having caught it on his phone.
Dusty started making snow angels as Saoirse got off the lift.
“He shouldn’t test her or he’ll pay the price.” Fiona laughed.
“I’m going to do it. Film me?” Hale handed me his phone. I barely had time to start a video before he jumped off, falling into the snow near Dusty and making angels.
The attendant yelled some angry things in German. Yeah, you probably weren’t supposed to do that.
I stopped the video. We got off and joined Saoirse. Hale and Dusty trudged over to us, covered in snow, laughing.
“That was wild. Thanks.” Hale took his phone from me. “Dusty, I caught you, I’ll send it over.”
“Oh, Carlos dropped his phone, we should tell someone,” Fiona said to Saoirse.
“Sure.” Saoirse went over to an attendant and spoke to them in German. She wrote something down and returned to us. “They have our info. They’ll let us know when they find it.”
“Oh, good. Still, should I order another?” I frowned.
Dusty thought for a moment, as he brushed snow off his pants. “Maybe we should wait and see if they find it? We can share photos, and you can use my phone to call your mom on Christmas if you want.”
“Thanks. They probably won’t have reception though. But yeah, that’s probably a good idea.” My friends would be okay, and I’d be just fine without a phone for a few days. Hopefully someone would find it.
We got on another ski lift, as darkness fell. When we got off, Dusty led us to a different ski lodge.
“We don’t have to stay that long,” Dusty told us. “I have a meeting after this. Saoirse, you’re going to do some night skiing, right?”
“Yes.” She nodded.
“Check out some trails for me? We should race tomorrow and film it,” Hale suggested.
“I can livestream it for you if the trail is not insane,” I offered. I was decent on a snowboard, but not amazing.
“If it is insane, I could do it–or you can borrow Bailey. She’d probably love it,” Dusty suggested. “Maybe I’ll even join in.”
Saoirse frowned. “Should you really be doing things like that before a show?”
“Why not? A little exercise gets the blood flowing.” He shrugged.
“He’ll be okay,” I said softly to Saoirse. “It’s a Dusty thing.”
We went to the party, which was on an outdoor patio full of lights and heat lamps.
Saoirse was frowning hard. She got out her phone and texted someone.
“Have fun, I need to go let them know I’m here.” Dusty took off.
“Oooh, is everything here free?” Hale went to find the food, Fiona with him.
Saoirse put her hand on my shoulder. “Keep her safe?”
