[h1]Annelise Brie & Alan Woodard, Outside of the Brie Ski Lodge.[/h1]

It had been several hours working in the resturant, Annelise finally had a moment to relax as the dinner rush stopped. She was about to clock out for the night when one of her co-workers named Sarah approached her. 


"Hey Anne, I know that your shift is about done but could you check on power box twelve?" The young woman looked at Sarah letting out an annoyed sigh, one of the bad things of working you had to go outside in the cold and make sure that the power boxes were all working.


"Yeah sure I'll get to it.." Annelise said before getting up from where she was sitting and headed towards one of the back rooms where she had her jacket she wore earlier putt it on along with her beanie and walked out of one of the back doors. Outside the sun had already set, most of the vacationers had already turned in for the day, and of course the power box was one of the furthest ones from the lodge. Feeling that the temperature had dropped a lot since this morning, Annelise wanted to be in her room as soon as possible and hangout with Daria and her sister.


***Resting his back against the brick wall in between buildings, Alan ran his fingers through his long brown hair, ruffling it out a bit as he felt the soft touch of a few snowflakes coming to rest on top of his head. Looking up, eyes squinting a bit as another few snowflakes dropped down onto his face and eyes, he realized that it had started to snow again, and that these little snowflakes weren't just blown off of a nearby roof or tree. He was grateful that at least he had been able to return to the lobby earlier that day and retrieve his pull-over green sweater, he had been outside for the better part of an hour now coming down from his slight buzz with Daria and keeping out of Illya's reach. Returning his head back down to look straight, he caught a blur of red out of the corner of his eye, passing by the alleyway. Turning his head and taking a few steps towards the entrance of the alley, he spotted one of the girls he was sure he had the phone number to in his pants pocket. Racking his brain, he eventually came to the realization that she had been the girl who had been with Daria earlier, the cute little red-head that turned him down for a kiss but the exchange of a possible 'private' show later. Rolling his shoulders and neck a bit, he exited the alley and jogged up behind her, eventually closing the distance between the two of them, ignoring that the falling snow seemed to be picking up a bit.


"You know, you're making this a bit too easy on me. And here I was about ready to spend twenty-two cents by giving you a call." He paused for a moment, stuffing his hands into his jean pockets. "I don't have unlimited calling." He then added, feeling the need to explain.


Annelise could feel a few snow flakes landing on her face, she looked up as she noticed that the snow was picking up slightly, she started to dig into her pockets to pull out her set of keys to the whole entire lodge searching for the right one she eventually found the right key, then she heard a familiar voice. The young woman turned around to see Alan as he started to walk alongside her. "I guess it's a small world." Annelise said with a smile as they started to walk into the nearby woods the power box was quiet a walk away. "So what brings you here?" Annelise asked.


Alan shrugged his shoulders, burrying his hands further into his pockets as he could feel the bitter sting of the cold air penetrating through the fabric a bit. A small gust of wind picked up, covering his entire body in goosebumps despite his slightly warmer attire than normal; though he supposed that with the sun no longer being up had something to do with the change.


"You know, beautiful night, beautiful landscape, beautiful girl." He replied noncholantly. "What about you doe-eyes? What brings you out into the cold tonight?"


Annelise blushed a deep red over her cheeks at Alan's compliment as she stuck her hands into her pocket to pull out her pair of black wool gloves feeling the gust of cold mountain air feeling it moving her long hair in her face. "Just checking out to see whats wrong with one of the power boxes for the lodge." She answered brushing the blonde streak of hair out of her face and tucking it behind her ear.


"Not showing off any of your magic tricks to the other girls?" Annelise asked turning around to face him as she walked backwards.


"So I take it you work here then?" Alan asked at the given information of what she was doing out here in the first place. "And I don't [i]just[/i] show off my magic to girls, I show off to everyone. Gotta get paid somehow." Another gust of wind picked up, stinging the skin on Alan's face and forcing his carefully kempt hair to start blowing in tangles with the wind. Frowning, Alan looked up to the sky, unable to even see the stars or the moon anymore. "I'm no weather man, but I think somethings getting blown in. If you're gonna fix that box you'd better hurry. I may be incredible, but even my talents of magic are restricted to controlling the weather."


"Yes I do actually work here, my father owns this place so you can kind of think of me as one of the managers." Annelise answered feeling another gust of cold air, she started to rub her arms trying to warm herself up despite wearing a winter coat. Annelise looked up at the sky as well seeing that the moon wasnt out and covered by the clouds. "I guess its a good thing that I have help then." She said as she walked until there was a very small clearing, there was a small building there was a small lamp post.


"Oho! So I'm being drafted into helping now am I? Sorry doe-eyes, my services aren't free... it's gonna cost you." Alan retorted with an amused tone, clearly just messing around with her.


Annelise approached the door as she stuck the key into the door trying to open it up but the door was frozen shut. "Damnit the door is frozen." She muttered to herself trying to open it again.


Furrowing his eyebrows as they came to a stop, Alan tried to focus on the door that the red-head was trying to get into. Gods why couldn't he remember her name? Folding his arms over his chest, he looked from the door to the girl and smiled. Frozen doors were easy, it was all about leverage and a slight bit of strength. And if that didn't work, he wasn't exactly above breaking a window.


"Payment now, or payment later with a bit of interest?" He asked with a coy smirk. The Snow had started to come down harder, the flakes thicker and with the added wind it was almost more blowing horizontal than just falling straight down. Taking note of this for a moment, Alan shook his head and answered for her. "Later with interest, works for me. We stand here too much longer we're ice sculptures." Unfolding his arms, Alan braced his hand against the wooden door, feeling the hinges and slight gap between the threshold and the door. Bracing himself, he slammed his shoulder into the door. The door, in turn, creaked a bit, but otherwise remained solid. He tried again, and once more until finally the ice around the bolts chipped away and the door opened to them.


"Well if we get out of here sooner then i'll give you whatever payment you want, also my name is Annelise I guess you forgot it already." Annelise said teasingly as Alan had his go with the door hearing him slamming his shoulder into the door and eventually the ice that formed on the hindges finally gave way. And the door opened, by now the snow was starting to fall even harder and the wind started to pick up. She quickly entered the small shed, inside of the room conatined the power box, a few shelves of other equipment and other tools.


The young woman approached the power box and opened it with her key getting a good look at it some of the wires had been disconnected. "And I guess you can have whatever payment that you would like for helping me." She said with a smile as she plugged the wires back in and the power came back on in the room.


"I know your name." Alan lied, though grateful that she had given it to him again. Now he remembered, Daria had given him both of their names earlier that day. He closed the door behind them to keep the chill of the evening air and snow out, leaning his back against the wall and folding his arms over his chest again as he watched her examine the power box. The shack was small, and a bit cozy if you got past the dust that had collected over the tarps that covered... whatever they were covering. Blinking a bit as the power came back on to the building, as his eyes hadn't been used to the light for a little over an hour now, he moved his hand to rub his right eye and nodded at her success. "Well I guess your payment depends on what you're willing to offer me. We street magicians don't always just settle for money."


Annelise turned around hearing Alan closing the door behind them, she leaned herself up against the wall she was pretty sure that he didnt remember her name but she let it slide she crossed her arms over her chest blushing slightly. Annelise didnt have any money on hand, she didnt even have anything valuable. "Well I lack money, what do you want a free meal or free room for the rest of your visit?" Annelise asked eyeing Alan up and down for several minutes.


Tilting his head to the side a bit, looking her figure up and down for a few moments, he pushed himself off the wall and approached her, never taking his blue eyes off of hers even until their bodies were a hairs width apart from one another.


"You know, I'm remembering you turning me down for a magic trick earlier... in favor of a more... private show." He said, lowering his voice to a near whisper and deeper tone. He lifted a hand slowly, taking a strand of her red hair and tucked it behind her ear for her gently. "You gonna cash that in now? Or are you gonna make me beg, Annelise?"


Annelise watched as Alan eyed her for awhile just as she was and blushed deeply as he took a few steps forward until they were face to face near inches from each other feeling his hand gently touching her red hair and tucking it behind her left ear."Yes I do remember saying that." She said gently running a hand through her red hair. "What did you have in mind?" She asked softly.


At their close proximity to one another, Alan gave her a white smile, brushing his hand past through her hair and holding the back of her head delicately.


"Magic. The best kind of magic. The kind that makes you unsure whether or not you are experiencing real life or reality; the kind you can get drunk off of with nothing but each other's emotions, playing off one another until you just wanna burst." He paused, letting his fingers play with the strands of hair on the back of her head. "Close your eyes, and I'll show you."


Annelise continued to blush slightly seeing Alan smiling at her, she didnt move letting him touch her hair, feeling his hands gently running through her red hair quietly listening to him explain she nodded towards Alan as she closed her eyes. "You better not hit me or anything." She said with a laugh she stood there quietly hearing the buzzing of the machinery in the room as well as hearing the wind starting to pick up as the snow storm started to get worse.


He smirked quietly to himself at her small jest, but before she had any time to change her mind, or think twice about the offer, he bent his neck forward and brushed his lips against hers in a feather-light kiss while simotaneously taking his other hand to wrap around her waist, pulling her body flush against his.


She stood there quietly, Annelise could feel Alan's lips pressing against her's gently she didnt move, feeling Alan's arm wrapping around her waist she started to return the kiss before breaking it blushing slightly looking into Alan's eyes.


He kept his face close to hers, keeping her body against his with the gentle hold of his arm around her. His eyes flicked down to the rosy-red hue of her cheeks before looking back into her eyes again, a confident smile playing across his lips.


"Now, was that so bad?" He teased, keeping his voice soft.


"It wasnt bad at all." Annelise answered smiling shyly at him as she gently started to run her hands affectionatly up and down Alan's arms, she looked out towards the window seeing the snowstorm has already started to get worse now. "I guess we are stuck here until the storm passes."


Lifting his gaze from her face, he turned his head to follow her eyes out the window, seeing nothing but a blur of white that went with the howling of the wind.


"Man, it's really coming down." He observed, his eyebrows knitting together slightly, though lifting back up when he realized that the circumstances could have been far more worse... Turning his attention back to Annelise, he moved his hand from the back of her head down to hold the other side of her waist. "Good thing you've got just the thing to keep you warm while we wait."


Annelise felt Alan's other hand going down to the other side of her waist, she never got so close to anyone before until tonight. And from watching the weather on the news the storm wouldnt pass until early the next morning. "You said you had some other magic tricks mind showing me?" 


His once, gentle smile turned into something a bit more... perverse. He could tell by her gentle tones, the blush on her cheeks, and slightly elevated breathing that this was all entirely new to her; explaining why she didn't want to kiss him earlier. There was an audience, she was the more private type, one on one just as she had told him earlier that day. 


"It's a bit much for someone who hasn't been... exposed to that kind of magic before..." He said, sounding more like a warning than anything though the undertone laying down the line of exactly what it was that he was talking about. This might have been new for her, but he knew she wasn't stupid. [i]Especially[/i] if she was close friends with Daria; he could still feel the slight sting of her nails on his back from a few hours ago even now. "But I can be patient and teach you a few tricks... if you're open." He nearly had to choke back a laugh at the double implications, though settled for a mental high-five to himself instead.


She thought for a moment what Alan was saying, she was open minded to trying new things, her eyes meeting his. "I'm still open minded to trying new things once." Annelise said leaning forward pulling Alan into another kiss and wrapped her arms around his waist, before breaking it brushing some hair out of her face looking slightly nervous. "What do you need me to do?" Annelise asked completely new to the whole thing she took off her jacket laying it on the floor standing in her wool sweater she had under it. 


He kept his smile on her, eyes looking back into hers. She was cute. Shy, timid, reserved, a little daring with her words and actions... a stark contrast to Daria; a refreshing change of pace, he wasn't sure if he could handle another Daria right now. Returning her kiss, keeping it soft and passionate, he pulled back and watched her take her coat off and put it onto the floor, unwanted.


"You don't gotta do anything sweetheart." He told her figuring his best chance in [i]this[/i] situation was to be delicate, compasionate and loving. He helped her to brush back her red hair behind her ears, bending his neck forward to place a kiss on her forehead before pulling away from her. He needed to find out what was under these tarps, and if they could use anything. Making quick work, Alan began to throw the tarps off of what they were covering, finding only just a bunch of useless junk at first but then finally stumbled upon a mattress that looked like had once been used for one of the hotel beds. Using the strength in his arms, he pulled it out and pushed it onto the small space on the floor, finding it to be a perfect fit. 


Squatting down, he lifted up the mattress again and grabbed her coat and handed it to her before going back to one of the tarps, shook it out a bit, and then laid it over the top of the mattress before taking her coat again and laid it down on top of the tarp. In return, Alan pulled off his own sweater, fanning it out and laid it down onto the tarp underneath her jacket before he moved onto the mattress, sitting down on the tarp next to the makeshit 'sheets' big enough for one person and extended his hand out to her, helping her down and eased her onto his lap, moving his arms to wrap around her middle in a protective hold.

Annelise laid on her back her naked body pressed up against Alan's breathing heavily from the whole ordeal, she looked up at Alan blushing deeply she looked out towards the window seeing storm had passed. She looked back up at Alan and smiled at him, she enjoyed her first time with him and gently gave him a loving kiss on the cheek. She reached over towards her phone seeing that it was 12:15AM, she realized that they had been gone for awhile now.


She slowly got up reaching for her clothes looking back down at Alan and smiled at him. "Thank you for that." Annelise said softly as she started putting on her bra along with her shirt once she fastened the clasps together and then started putting on her shirt.


Alan had been awake for an hour or so already, but as the storm was still coming down a bit hard when he had awoke, he merely laid there, naked with the cute little red-head snuggled up so close to him for warmth. When she finally woke, his attention was brought back to the window, realizing then that the storm had let up, giving him the perfect opportunity to slip away before she started talking about  'dates' or 'love' or anything else of that matter that usually followed the intimate type of affection he had given her a few hours ago.


Propping himself up on his elbows, he watched her get dressed with a small amount of interest, and nodded at her thanks.


"You've got my number. I'll be in town for a few days more yet I think, so you just give me a call anytime and I'll show you that any time after your first is [i]far[/i] more pleasurable."


her eyes loooked down meeting Alans and smiled at him softly as she started sliding her panties back on along with her snowpants. "I might call you later then." Annelise said with a wink as she handed Alan back his clothes and blushed slightly. "If you want you can call me anytime while you are here." She said as she stood up to grab her sweater and jacket. Annelise walked over towards the window seeing the fresh layer of snow on the ground and trees. "You should go first i'll clean up and lock things up here."


Grabbing his clothes as they were handed to him, he nodded and got up, beginning to dress himself feeling a bit sluggish from the amount of effort he had exhorted that day on just two women. Pulling on his shirt over the scratches and love-bites from the first girl that day, with a few new ones added from the cute little red-head, he looked to her and nodded. She was willingn to clean up and stay back? Even better! Throwing on his sweatshirt last after tying up his shoes, he headed towards the door, opening it up and feeling the immediate relief of fresh, cold air on his skin as the room had gone quite humid during their time in there.


"I'll see ya around Annelise." He said giving her a mock salute. "Don't worry, I'll keep your number in mind." He added on with a quick wink. Before giving her a chance to reply, he stepped out of the threshold and shut the door behind him before she had a chance to change her mind and make the entire thing incredibly awkward. Gods knew he had more than enough experience with women like that.


Before she could say anything Annelise turned to watch Alan leaving the small shed, with a sigh she gently rubbed between her legs sliightly sore from the experience. Annelise turned to grab the matress putting it back where Alan had found it as well as pulling the tarps back over the equipment. Annelise started to head out towards the door, feeling the cold mountain air on her face.


Annelise closed the door behind her putting the key inside making sure that the door was locked. She looked down seeing fresh shoe prints knowing that they were Alan's as she started to follow them back towards the ski lodge. A few minutes later Annelise finally got back to the lodge, but turned off towards her house near the lodge. The moment she got back in the young red head walked over and sat down on the couch and turned on the tv.