Tiana leaned her head against the window, seeing her breath fog over the glass. Her earbuds plugged in her ears, and the sound of loud music playing could be heard. Her sad eyes glazed over as she gazed out the window. Dark bags were underneath of her eyes, and her blue orbs were bloodshot from crying. Sitting next to her was a broad man with black hair with a grey pepper mix in it and grey eyes. Her father was named Boris Petrov—a three-time world champion gold medalist in the male's single figure skating. It was at the world cup series where her father met her mother, Meredith. Her mother was an American figure skater who was also a one-time world champion gold medalist for the women's single. The two married and moved to America where they had Tiana and raised her there—till today. Today, Tiana and her father were moving to St. Petersburg, Russia. The plane ride there was long, and the time change was going to take a while to get used to. Not only that, it was freaking cold in Russia! She was going to miss the Florida beaches and the hot weather. Good-bye to year round bronze skin.
The brunette closed her eyes, picturing her almost perfect life back in Orlando, Florida. Her mother was always smiling and cooking dinner. After her parents married at the age of 25, they both retired from the world of figure skating. When Tiana was a small child, they coached her to figure skate. Everything was going fine and dandy at first, till something dawned upon them…
Tiana Petrov, the only child of Boris and Meredith, both world champions of figure skating, was cursed to be a horrible clutz. No matter what Tiana ever did she always tripped over everything. Her feet, her bag, her skates, going down the stairs, going up the stairs—everywhere and everything. It didn't matter. After embarrassing herself at her last competition two years ago she quit competing. She never made it pass Let's Skate America, and even then, she ended dead last for not making none of her jumps. She couldn't even land a simple toe-loop… It was embarrassing to call herself the daughter of the Petrov family…
Despite all of that, she was close to her family, especially with her mother. Growing up, her mother took care of her while her father worked a full time job during the week. They had money, but her father had a saying that went, "We all have work to do that needs to be done." When Tiana was small, her father didn't work as much because he wanted to coach her during competition season, but after she said she quit, he began to work even more. Tiana felt like she disappointed her father to the point he didn't want to be home with her…
As for her mother… After her father started working, her mother began to act weird. She was hardly ever home, and she rarely cooked dinner. She said it was because her father always returned late from work, so it shouldn't matter. Eventually, Tiana could hear yelling in her parents rooms all the time. It wasn't long afterwards when they broke the news to Tiana that they were divorcing…
The divorce made headlines in the figure skating realm. Boris and Meredith were nicknamed as the king and queen of ice—essentially, the perfect couple. After nearly seventeen years of marriage, they called it quits. Why? Because her mother had an affair with another male figure skater who was twenty years younger than she.
Tiana blamed herself for the divorce. If she didn't suck at figure skating, her family would be happy and continue coaching her to strive to her best. Instead, she quit. Because of her quitting, it led to her father working more hours and her mother's adultery.
"Yuri Plisetsky made history after winning the gold medal in today's Grand Prix Final."
Tiana lifted her head to see the image of the blonde male with green-blue eyes on the screen. He finished dancing to his final program. She watched as Yuri fell to his knees, tears streaming down his face from sheer ecstasy. She removed her earbuds to hear what the reporter was saying.
The screen showed of a crowd called Yuri's Angels standing in the lobby, waving their poster boards and yelling his name. "Yuri! You're so beautiful! Yuri! Yuri!" Screamed the fans and Yuri nodded to them and thanked them for their support.
"What is your plan now that you've won the Grand Prix Final?" Asked a female journalist.
Yuri looked at the camera, his steely cool gaze sucking the breath out of Tiana.
"Next is the International championship. I'll be taking the break to prepare for it this February." He explained with a fiery passion sparked in his eyes.
Tiana watched him closely, seeing his face growing serious.
"I will be the champion of that series as well!"
Yuri's Angels cheered in the crowd, and Tiana tilted her head to the side. The camera moved over to show Viktor and Yuuri, with Yuuri showing off his silver medal to Viktor.
"It was a close competition, wasn't it?"
Tiana turned her head to see her father was watching the screen. Her chin knelt down to her lap. "I guess…" She replied.
"You'll return to the ice one day." Her father chimed in her thoughts and she turned her head to look at him, her bangs covering her eyes.
"What makes you say that?" She asked, feeling slightly taken aback from his comment. She had no intentions of ever returning to the rink. After her last competition, she couldn't face herself to return.
Her father smiled. "It's in your blood. You are the daughter of the king and queen of the ice rink."
Tiana turned her head to look out the window again, her head leaning against the glass once more.
"We'll see about that…" She replied.
Her father chuckled and he turned his attention back to the TV screen. Tiana couldn't help but look and watch replays of Yuri's final performance on the ice. Just as she thought, he was beautiful in every way. No one like him would ever notice her…
Tiana plugged the earbuds back in her ears and prayed that the move would be smooth.
