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"I'm fine mother," Leo said as he realized she wouldn't slap/hurt him. He was about to flinch so he'd be able to absorb the majority of the impact and make it not hurt as much. His shoulders then slumped with guilt. "I'm sorry mother. We didn't have a choice. We were caught in the snowstorm as we were driving home from the arcade in town. We tried leaving in plenty of time to beat it before it hit, but, obviously, we didn't leave soon enough."

The lie he told his mother was semi true. He and Trevor did go to the arcade in the mall, but it was earlier. Much earlier. His mother knew they had visited the mall earlier during the stay, and she knew they weren't too intrigued to just remain in the cabins. Leo just hoped that she didn't catch on to his lie. At least, not yet.

"I accept the punishment," Leo said dejectedly. It was more out of guilt for putting Trevor on crutches than anything else. "Besides, I think I'll want to remain inside the rest of the time anyhow."

(I kinda didn't want Leo to tell his mother the truth just yet. We all tell our parents the occassional lie, don't we? ;) )