Finding Me (Love's Not Easy Series Book 1) by Nicole Rickman

all the girls went down stairs, laughing hysterically.
    The next morning everyone, went to the main lodge for breakfast. Then, the girls hit the shopping stores for ski and snowboarding gear. While the guys went to the men’s sport shop to get their gear. Lexi text Ava to see if she wanted them to get her anything. Ava text her back, stating she was fine; if she decided to go on the slopes, she would purchase her stuff at that time.
    At eleven o’clock, they hit the ski slopes. Aimee loved the freedom she felt on the slopes; she was handling herself like a pro. She and LJ hit some of the more difficult slopes and at one o’clock, they joined the others for lunch.
    Aiden and Ava had made it to the resort by then. Aiden met them for lunch, while Ava chose to stay at the penthouse. Aiden was itching to do some snowboarding. So, the group headed to the area on the resort that had half pipes and snowboard runs. When they reached the half pipe, they saw a group of boarders doing tricks.
    One of the guys stopped and came over to them. “Hey, LJ. What’s up?”
    “Hey, Drew. Man, your tricks are getting tight.”
    “Thanks, man. I practice when I can.”
    “How long are you on the mountain?” LJ started putting on his gloves.
    “Two weeks, then back to East Newport University.” He took off his hat, exposing his wavy, blonde hair.
    “No kidding, I am studying at Ancaster.  We are only like an hour away, we need to meet up…”
    Aimee stopped listening at that point, she turned to her right and noticed Lexi looking at Drew. Aimee took her arm and motioned at Piper.
    The two girls walked over to Piper. “Found him.” Aimee grinned.
    “Found who?”
    “Lexi a man.” Aimee motioned toward LJ and Drew.
    Piper took a good look at him. “Wow.” James cleared his throat.
    “Don’t worry, I still think you are hotter. Well, Lexi, don’t let him get away.  Get over there and teach Aimee the art of flirting.”
    Lexi grinned as she walked toward LJ, Aiden, and Drew. Just as she reached them, she turned her attention to Drew, flipping her hair off her shoulder. When Aimee made it over, she took a tip Lexi gave her last night and touched LJ’s elbow.
    He looked over at her and grinned. “Hey.”
    “Hey.” She took a loose piece of hair and tucked it behind her ear, another tip from Lexi.
    “Drew, this is Aimee.” Aimee simply smiled, but made sure she brought her attention back to LJ. That tip was from Piper. He pointed to Lexi, who had managed to position herself close, but not too close, to Drew. “And this is Lexi.”
    Lexi took control at that point, looking him in the eye, but not for too long. Then she smiled and reached out her hand. “Nice to meet you.”
    Drew took her hand. “The pleasure is all mine.”
    Lexi looked at his snow board. “Nice board.”
    “Thanks. Do you snowboard?”
    “No, but I would love to learn.”
    Aiden was well aware of his cousin’s flirting. “You know, Drew, Lexi is studying at Ancaster as well.”
    Lexi, knowing all too well, that Aiden was getting ready to ramble to torture her, she took action. “Drew, I have an idea. Both Aimee and I want to learn to snowboard, so why don’t you teach me and LJ can teach Aimee?”
    Before Aimee knew it, she found herself standing on a bank, acting as if she had no clue how to snowboard. Aimee was feeling silly, acting like she had no clue as how to snowboard. She had spent almost every Christmas on the slopes. Her dad was a fanatic when it came to ski resorts. She has been boarding since she was eleven. She preferred it to skiing.
    Piper stood on the bottom of the slope, cheering everyone on and encouraging Aimee and Lexi when they would pretend to fall. Which was happening way more than Aimee would have liked, because right now, all she wanted to do, was make Drew eat her powder.
    Aimee started having fun, once she pretended she finally knew the basics of boarding. She did dread admitting it to Piper and Lexi exactly how much fun