(I don't own anything except my second slightly humorous story, the red teenage ninja monkey, and a credit card. This is dedicated to ittybittyquigletfan because I thought, call it a wild guess, that she loved Quiglet. And she reviewed first on all my stories, so I am thanking her. You rock!)

Violet, however brave she may have seemed when she was rescuing her siblings, was, in actuality, a complete and total coward. Now, as you well know, this is obviously her own opinion, for no one else would agree for fear of being completely and totally hypocritical, however ironic that would be, but for some reason he scared her.

Out on the slope with anyone else, the frosty wind biting her rosy cheeks, she would've known exactly what to say, what to do, when to smile, everything. But he seemed perfectly content with looking at the wonderful view, and she was perfectly uncontent with just looking at him. So she finally cleared her throat and said awkwardly "Come here often?"

What the heck was that? Why couldn't her dang brain think in the cold? Or with the Quigley, whichever it was at the moment. Slowly he turned toward her and said "Nope." And that pretty much summed up the most intelligent conversation that happened on the slope.

Quigley, however intelligent he may have seemed when rescuing himself and the Baudelaires, was firmly stuck to the belief that he was very stupid. Now, as you well know, this was obviously his own opinion, because no one else would agree for fear of being very hypocritical, but for some reason she made him lose his intelligence.

Out on the slope with anyone else, the snow freezing his scalp now, he would've known exactly how to warm her, when to wink, when to smirk. But she seemed perfectly content with just sifting through the snow thoughtfully, and he was perfectly uncontent with just gazing at her. But she, forever the brave one broke the silence first with "Come here often?"

SHE SPOKE! Um, okay, think Quigley…So he turned toward her in what he hoped was a smooth way and replied "Nope." The stupidest answer in the history of the universe. And that was all the conversation that happened.

And there they sat, each too wrapped up in their own world of a brave inventor and smart cartographer to notice the other's staring.