"Stella, how are you feeling ?" Ethan asked as he took a seat on the bed , I sat on the window side and shocked my head . " I Know this is hard for you , I lost my bro too … Stella we can get through this okay " He reassured me
"What do I do now? … Damien's gone , I'm going to be a single mother , how am i going to explain to my kid next time that oh sorry your dad died before you were even born and your dad is younger than me by 4 years " i huffed as tears rolled down again …
"You are going to keep the child?!" He Exclaimed , I nodded my head . Ethan hugged me so tightly i couldn't even breathe for a sec he let me go and gave me a peck on the forehead " Damien will be very happy to know that you have his child " he said…
"If only he was still alive I would have told him on our anniversary but because i have to be in Europe for almost a month we decided to push it back and now this happened i don't know what to do anymore…. " i said
"Stella , you have our support . Damien's parents support mine even! You don't have to worry about it we will be with you every step of the way " Ethan reassured me and patted my head
"Where was he going? How did the accident happen ?" i asked Ethan
"It was meant to be a surprise … he was supposed to fly to Singapore to visit you before you fly on the weekend but the officers said there was no foul play, the car just crashed into another car and exploded and that car had Damien's stuff inside but he wasn't the one driving …" Ethan said as he lowered his head.
"Wow… that's a lot to take in for now … " i said i looked up at Ethan who was just fiddling with his fingers there on the bed he looked up and me and pulled me into a hug straight away hearing him break down for the first time made me want to cry even more but no tears could come out anymore but yes all of us are indeed very sad that Damien had left us too early ..
The both of us just sat at the window edge mourning our loss. When Ethan was feeling better he thanked me for listening to him and went back into his room to sleep and when i looked over at the clock it was already 3am in the morning … we have been talking about Damien the entire night
*Flashback*
"Come on babe this will be fun! You've done this before! " Damien screamed as he went down the snowy hill with his board
We were on the snowy mountain for holiday with his family , while the rest of them were chilling in their rooms Damien and i were already out and about skiing away but it has been so long since i skied and looking at Damien with his snowboard going down hill so quickly
Oh crap ! He just hit the tree. I quickly skied my way down there and helped him get up ,
"I told you not to go so fast right , how could you not see that giant tree right in front of you , Are you alright ? Do you know who I am ?" I said in a rush
"You are My wife ! , and we have 2 kids together, one boy and one girl ." Damien said with a smile on his face
"You moron , get up " i grunted as i was trying to pull him out of the snow
He got up and dusted of all of the snow and gave me a big smile and patted my head "You Skied down quick , you haven't lost your skills im proud of you " he patted my head again
I took off my skis he helped me carry it back to ground one from there we went a few rounds as we were waiting for our turn to get on the ski lift we saw a poster for a competition happening tomorrow evening he tapped my shoulder and told me to apply i said he was being crazy like i'm just an amature and this is racing against time
We got on the lift and he was afraid of heights so he clung on to me like a bear i laughed throughout our whole ride and when we finally got off at the top i picked up a few snow balls then threw it at him and quickly skied down the mountain as quickly as i could and when i got to the bottom of the mountain i removed my head gear and looked at the time he came down 10 mins after that which was pretty long.
"What took you so long?" I questioned him. He looked at me and picked me up and swung me around .
"You should enter the competition ! you were amazing! " he exclaimed , he puts me back down and i looked at him all curiously
"Were you timing me the whole time?!" I exclaimed , "Yes and No but okay! Please enter the competition . " he begged
I nodded my head and he took my hand and went to the counter to put in my name and be clear of the rules and regulation and yes to everything. Once we were done we packed up our stuff and headed back to the hotel to get well rested .
We met his parents and Ethan for dinner around 6.30 and we joined them at the restaurant .
"So Stella is going to enter in the competition tomorrow evening " Damien said with all smiles , Ethan dropped his chicken back onto the plate jaw dropped.
"Woah , don't think that's acceptable bro " Ethan exclaimed , " Why not ?! She has a record of less than 5 min going down the hill! " Damien answered back
Both of them started to argue back and forth. The rest of us just smiled at them arguing away. I talked to Damien's parents while they were arguing and they didn't think it was a bad idea either. They let me decide what I want to do since I already put my name in the list .
Once the both of them calmed down from arguing , Ethan agreed and said he will give his utmost support tomorrow evening despite it being an evening competition but just imagine how pretty it will be skiing through the night with all the lights on.
After dinner I told Damien i will head out to practice more just to get a feel of the night and yeah still within 5 minutes still holding on to it plus i am competing in the adult range it has to be perfect . Damien was there the entire time helping me time and watching my every movement just in case I made a mistake .
Even after training , we headed to the sauna after we were done and to bed .
The next day …
We got up in the afternoon skipping breakfast with the family since we were up having fun erm, okay we finally rolled out of bed at around 3pm to get ready for the competition we met up with Ethan at the lobby before heading over to the venue to train a few more times and have late lunch together .
6PM
The 3 of us were already at the bottom of the mountain waiting for them to start calling people to head up to the mountain to try out the course for the other competition and i sat there shaking no because its cold but Damien took my jacket and ran back to the hotel to get me my other one since it has coffee stains thanks to Ethan not being careful enough .
When my name was called Damien gave me a long kiss and told me to look straight and don't turn my back , i laughed at what he said and kissed him back and went to take a seat on the lift up the mountain , sitting alone sucks i admit that but whatever right , i get to enjoy the sunset which very little to be seen since 99% of the sky is already darken but nice view still.
When I got off at the top the person gave us a briefing about the rules once more and told us to put on our headgear and do whatever we needed to do before stepping onto the starting line. Once the majority was ready i also stepped on the line and saw my name on the board number 10 seems like my lucky number , i put on my glasses and waited for the horn to sound ~ ~ ~
BEEP! - - - - -
And everyone raced down the min it sounded , i pushed my way through the snow looking directly in front of me seemed like i was ahead of everyone i could see the finish line , going down at such a fast speed its amazing! The buzzer went off and I stopped. I looked at the board with my name " Stella Wong : 4.30 mins " OMG I DID IT !
I took off my headgear and glasses to see Damien and Ethan came running to me and giving me big hugs and many kisses. With Damien screaming " THAT'S MY GURL ! I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT !"Ethan told Damien to keep it down making it sound like we won the lottery hahahah, it was all smiles that day no doubt , the prize was a $5000 cash and a lifetime membership with them amazing and HEY! I got a trophy too !
That was the best day of my life with Damien encouraging me all the way and finally winning in sports. Haha , i think without Damien , i wouldn't compete to begin with ….
*End of Flashback *