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Jell-o and I was shaking uncontrollably.  But my boys had me, they tucked an arm around their shoulders and supported me on the trip back to Greg’s room.
     
    The snow was peaceful, so quiet and gentle.  “Sorry,” I eeked out.
     
    “She speaks!” Greg said in shocked amusement, but I could tell he seemed relieved.  If I was talking - I was coherent.  “What exactly are you sorry about?  That you ended our sledding night early, saving us from the terrible fate you suffered? Or sorry that you scared tonight’s dinner out of me?”  The smile spread across my face.   Greg was so easy to like, I’m glad he was in my close circle.  “Whatever, Per - I’m just glad you’re ok.  Let’s go chill and watch some crappy TV shows for a while so I know you didn’t do any permanent damage upstairs in that noggin of yours.”
     
    “Ok, and thanks.  Really.”
     
    We headed to their room and stripped our snowy outer clothes in a corner and popped open some beverages and vegged.  I could tell they were still worried because they gave me the best ratty chair in the room and I would catch them occasionally looking over at me to check on me.
     
    Half way into the second show Jared came into the room.  He was covered in snowy clothes and added his to our mound of snow gear.   I wondered if he was on the hill too and we just missed him.
     
    “What’s up?!”  He said to us with a nod.
     
    “Not much, we hit the hill...Perry hit it a bit harder than the rest of us, but it was pretty fun.” Greg said.  “Where were you?”
     
    “A bunch of the guys from the physics building had a huge snowball war against the EE students.  We got our butts handed to us.  We had the better fort but they had better arms than us.  Love the snow - it’s frickin’ awesome.”  He ran his hand through his damp locks.  “Perry, you a champion tobogganer or something like that?”
     
    Greg and David chuckled, “Hardly.”
     
    “I hit a bump wrong and caught some air.  Freaked me out a bit.”
     
    “Freaked US out a bit, she was all weird afterward.  But she’s getting back to her old self now.” David said.
     
    I looked from David to Jared and smiled but saw Jared had a really concerned look on his face and he was studying me to see if he thought I was truly ok.
     
    “I’m better, really Jared.  It probably sounds worse than it was.” I reassured him. I could see Greg shaking his head slowly because he did not agree with that last statement, “You didn’t see what you looked like Per.  It was messed up...and scary.”  Greg got up to pitch his can in the garbage.  Jared looked at me a moment longer and then let out a big breath. “Glad you’re better now.  Maybe a helmet next time and wrapping your body in Charmin?!”  He half-teased as he got up and gently fist bumped my shoulder.
     
    “So, what awful show are you watching now?”  Jared said as he grabbed a drink and settled on the floor at the foot of my chair.  This was the loving and supportive family that I adored.  My boys meant so much to me and I was amazed to even feel an ounce of the care they held for me.  My family would have seen my fall as an inconvenience to them.  They would have been angered at me for ruining their sledding.  But these guys never made me feel bad for it.  They loved me and cared for me.
     
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    “Hey Sleepyhead, time to wake up.” I blinked my eyes and tried to get my bearings.  I was still in Greg and Jared’s room.  It was dark outside but still snowing.  The TV was playing some late night talk show.  David was hovering over me shaking my shoulder to stir me.  “There she is.  Perry, it’s almost curfew.  I hate waking you, but you’d probably sleep better in a bed...in your room.”
     
    I stretched, “You’re right, can you escort me out?”
     
    David seemed glad to be the chosen one.  I gave Jared and Greg a hug goodnight and grabbed my damp winter outerwear and exited