Katie

It felt like forever, but the ski patrol finally came and took over. They bound his legs, strapped him to a backboard and tied him to a sled before slowly maneuvering down the rest of Devil's Hill. Mr. Panetta waited with an ambulance at the bottom.

I just wanted to sit somewhere and cry. My hands were still shaking. Oh God, Will, I thought as the paramedics slid him, sled and all, into the back. Be okay.

Shane and Brad joined Devan. I took off my skis and walked over, not sure what I wanted to say. But I had to say something.

Devan still held Will's hat in his hands. I snatched it away and glared at Shane.

"You ... you owe Will ten dollars," I said, my words like ice. "He made it to the bottom. He made it " my voice cracked. I stared at each of them. "You owe him."