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“Hire a hitman?” I asked. It was certainly an option…
“No,” said Rosalie. And then at the same time she and Ash both yelled, “HOME ALONE!”
“You want to booby trap the resort?” I asked. “I actually kind of love that idea.”
“Let’s do it!” Ash pulled some wrapping paper out and started to roll it out with the white back showing, but there wasn’t enough space in our tiny dorm room. So I suggested we head back to the common room.
Ash brought the wrapping paper, Rosalie brought the sharpies, and I brought our lists for Santa.
We had almost gotten past the oversized presents when someone tore out and lunged for Ash.
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“Ah!” screamed Ash at the sound of the giant present tearing open.
“Congratulations on birth of Christ!” yelled Slavanka as she pushed the torn wrapping paper aside.
Ash screamed again and tried to knock Slavanka’s head off with a roll of wrapping paper. Slavanka just stood there and took it right in the face. And then she yanked the roll out of Ash’s hand and hit her in the head too.
“You celebrate with Christmas beating too? I no realize.” Slavanka looked so happy as she handed the wrapping paper back to Ash. “You hit again? Harder, like I home in Russia.”
I was about to tell her that beating each other with wrapping paper wasn’t an American Christmas tradition. But then I realized it was more funnotto correct her.
“Merry Christmas, Slavanka!” I said and gave her a big hug. “I was wondering when you’d pop out.”
“Sorry, I fall sleep. Present very comfy. Remind me of childhood when I bad and Papa put me in bear cage.”
“Like…with the bear?” asked Ash.
Slavanka waved her off. “Not important.”
“It feelsveryimportant. It’s the difference between a slightly unorthodox punishment and child murder.”
“Speaking of murder,” I said. “Let’s get started on our battle plan.” I grabbed the wrapping paper and rolled it out on the table with the white back showing.
“Who we fight?” asked Slavanka.
I explained the situation to her while I sketched a rough map of the resort. I’d been there every Christmas since I was little, so I knew the place inside and out.
“Okay,” said Ash as she looked over the map I’d drawn. “The first thing jumping out at me are those ski lift cables.”
“Gotta cut them,” agreed Rosalie. “But not all the way. Just like 75%. And then when Isabella gets on…” She made a popping noise and then mimed a ski lift dropping to the ground and exploding.
I looked back and forth between them.
“What?” asked Ash.
“Just surprised by the level of violence. I would have expected that more from Slavanka.”
“When I was young I was scared of getting murdered in my sleep,” said Ash. “So Rosalie and I did drills for how we’d take down an intruder.”
“Yup,” said Rosalie. “We came up with the perfect plan. I’d throw glitter in their eyes while Ash ran them through with a curtain rod.”
Fascinating.“Got it.” I drew some wire cutters next to the ski lift on the map. “What about you, Slavanka? Any ideas?”
“Landmine on ski slope.”
