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"Alright, here's everyone's room assignments." Grace walked up to the rest of her friends, who were gathered around the large fireplace in the ski lodge. She passed out all the key cards to everyone before sitting on the loveseat next to Jill.

Jackae looked at her key card and glanced at Kiki's next to her. Both said 308, and she wasn't surprised at all.

"Guess we're roomies again," Kiki said, before putting the card in her coat pocket.

Jackae thought about how she and Kiki were always in the same room assignment whenever they went on a trip with their friends. Not that Jackae minded it, she and Kiki became closer after her friend left her husband and split the custody of their sons.

The rest of the group gathered their luggage and headed toward the elevators. Jackae looked suspiciously at her friends as they all found their way to their set of rooms in the resort.

"Do you ever find it weird that we are always roommates on these trips?" Jackae asked Kiki as they walked down the hall, as Kiki looked at the room numbers.

A few yards in front of them, Amber turned around to look at the two behind her. "No, why would you think that's weird?" she asked.

Ronnie glanced behind her shoulder, "Didn't you ask that during our trip to the lake last spring?" she added.

"And you said that to me on our camping trip last summer too."

"Jill, you aren't helping." Jackae rolled her eyes as she and Kiki turned the corner to where their room was.

Kiki walked in first and ran her hand along the wall to find the light switch. "You know, I never really thought about it before that we always share a room on these trips."

Jackae tilted her head in thought as she still waited in the hallway, "Really? Ever since the trip after my divorce, Grace always bunks us together." She said as Kiki found the light switch and clicked it on.

Once she looked at the room, it all made sense.

On the bed, there were two towels folded to look like two swans kissing, surrounded by several rose petals. The coffee table had a small ice bucket, accompanied by a bottle of champagne and two tall glasses. Lastly in the corner of the room, a hot tub had a cover and instructions for use.

"Why did they give us the honeymoon suite?" Kiki wondered aloud.

"Because our friends think they are hilarious," Jackae responded as she walked closer and sat her suitcase down. She came to the realization that this was definitely on purpose, and so were all the other times they roomed together.

They wanted her and Kiki to get together, and their efforts were anything but subtle.

The next morning, after meeting everyone for breakfast in the hotel restaurant, Jackae pulled her sister to the side as everyone else got ready to go to the ski slopes.

"Why do I feel like you have something to do with the room Kiki and I got assigned," Jackae said in a low voice.

"Oh, why I have no idea what you mean by that," Jill said in a mock-innocent tone.

"You booked the rooms since your wife's family has connections to this place," Jackae responded in a deadpan tone. "You know very well that you booked us the honeymoon suite on purpose."

Jill rolled her eyes as she tightened her ski boots. "We all know that you've both had sexual tension for months. You're both single, just talk and get it over with already!" she said in a loud whisper.

Jackae looked to the other side of the room, as Kiki was talking to Grace as she zipped her coat. She couldn't disagree with her sister, she did find herself attracted to Kiki the more they became closer. But she still wasn't certain if her friend felt the same way or not.

"Are we ready to go? I need to get on the slopes before the non-resort guests get there and take up all the good slopes." Ronnie said as she carefully put her goggles over her hair.

Everyone nodded and started to leave to go outside, but Jill suddenly stopped in her tracks.

"Actually, I forgot my watch in the room." She said, and glanced at Grace, "Can you open the door for me?" she asked, giving the other woman a knowing look.

"Of course, the rest of you go ahead," she said as she glanced at Ronnie and Amber. "We'll catch up with you soon," she said as she and Jill quickly left in the other direction.

As she followed everyone else outside to the slopes, Jackae had a sinking feeling that her sister was up to no good.

The feeling didn't last long as the group started their brief ski lesson and started on the smaller hills. Grace and Jill eventually joined the group again, but seemed to act normal around everyone else.

But the feeling came back as Jackae found herself sitting on the same ski-lift seat as Kiki. The others were still on the ground, but the mechanics of the lift came to a sudden halt.

"Are we stuck up here?" Kiki asked, looking over the edge of the seat to the operator.

"We're having some technical issues, but we are working on getting moving as soon as possible." the operator responded, before looking to the group of friends on the ground.

"Are you guys okay up there? You might be up there for a while." Amber said, slightly out of view. She was just out of sight to take out her small wristlet and hand something to the operator discretely.

"I think we'll be okay," Jackae said, but shivering from the breeze. She noticed that kiki felt the chill in the air as well.

"It's freezing up here," Kiki said, rubbing her hands together. "Do you think we could...like share body heat?" she asked, gesturing to the space between them.

"Oh, yeah that's a good idea," Jackae said, as she carefully moved closer to Kiki, feeling the warmth from the other woman.

Jackae never felt so awkward around her close friend before. They slept in the same room tons of times and even slept in the same bed the night before.

But being on a small bench on a broken-down ski lift felt a lot more vulnerable, for some reason.

They were stuck on the lift for a little over an hour, invested in small talk. Jackae nearly forgot that the ski lift was actually broken, until they both felt a sudden jerking motion.

"It's just working out the kinks, but we'll get you ladies down soon!" the operator said. Their friends were sitting on a nearby bench, all drinking hot chocolate from styrofoam cups.

"Before we get down, I wanted to ask if you knew why everyone is acting so weird on this trip," Kiki said.

"Like how they are trying extra hard for us to be alone?" Jackae asked, glad that she wasn't the only one to notice.

"Yeah, it's like they want us to-" Kiki was interrupted by the sudden jerking motion of the seat, causing both of them to collide to be much closer. Their faces were now inches apart, and Jackae could feel Kiki's breath warm her cold nose.

Jackae wasn't sure who leaned closer to who, but she felt a pair of soft lips on her own. It was desperate and greedy, but she felt just the same in that moment

As the ski lift moved into a smother motion, they both pulled away, but close enough to notice the details in each other's eyes.

"I've been wanting to do that for a long time now," Jackae admitted, barely under her breath,

"Me too," Kiki said, as their gloved hands met.