Dougy’s POV
Isabelle had talked a lot about how wonderfully romantic she considered the snow up in the mountains to be during the drive up to Snoqualmie Pass. So of course I thought that might be why she wanted to go there with me. Once there, though, it feels as if her total focus is entirely on skiing, and I just happened to be one of her friends along for the fun.
But she was happy, and we were together, so I didn’t mind very much. She was quite thankful during the break we took for lunch, apparently very appreciative that we all brought her up here. But after lunch, she went off to one of the more dangerous runs without a care in the world how I felt about that. I tried to talk her out of it, but she was determined. She even laughed at my concern.
I decided to watch her sk
