Hello everyone!
Thanks for reading!
This will just be a series of oneshot about Jem and Tessa doing a bunch of stuff in the 21st century that he'd never done before.
Sorry if I don't post these as often as I'd post a regular fanfic.
I hope you like it!
"Tessa, please explain to me what I am about to drink and why it looks so odd." Jem picked up the Starbucks Frappuccino and examined it.
"One, it's a Frappuccino, and that is how it's supposed to look. Two, just drink it, and you'll find out. This is chocolate flavored," Tessa said waving her hand, gesturing for him to drink the cold liquid.
"I don't—"
"Just do it, already!" Tessa pushed the drink towards him, and he reluctantly took a sip.
"This is amazing!" Jem drank some more. "Why have you never brought me to this..." He looked at the sign. "This mysterious Starbucks."
Tessa laughed which made Jem smile. He loved to make her laugh.
"We can go ice skating later if you want." She grabbed her steaming drink and took a sip.
"I... I don't know," he said worriedly.
"Why? It's fun. You should try it," she said grabbing his hand from across the table they sat at.
"Fine. I'll ice skate, but I won't be very good."
"Neither am I, but no one really cares. Half the people on the rink can't skate," she told him reassuringly.
"If you say so." He took another sip, then said, "This is delicious." Tessa laughed again.
"Okay, now, put one foot on the ice and grab onto the wall."
"Tessa, I can't do this." Jem looked absolutely petrified.
"Come on, it's easy." The ice was very fresh at the park. There wasn't many people there in the early afternoon. Only a couple families and their kids.
"No, it is not!" He managed to get both his feet on the ice now, but he was clinging to the wall as if it was life or death.
"Give me your hands," she said. He looked up at Tessa with wide eyes. She held out her hands for Jem to take.
He grabbed onto her, and she started skating backwards. She pulled him along as his legs wobbled.
"I thought you said you weren't good? You can skate backwards when I'm having trouble standing."
"I've been trying a lot of new things since the nineteenth century." She gave him a sad smile.
"Want to try on your own?" Tessa asked. Jem replied with a furious shake of his head. She gave him a smirk and let go of his hands. His eyes widened for a second, then he realized he was doing it. He was skating.
Then, Tessa said, "You have to skate, Jem."
"I am."
"No, you have to move your feet."
"What," he said baffled, "I have to move my feet too!"
"Yes," she said smiling. "Come on." She came back over to him and grabbed his hand. They skated side by side until Jem could go on his own.
"Umm... Tess?"
"Ya?"
"How do you stop?" She saw a tinge of panic in his eyes.
"The easiest ways is to right up to the wall and then turn." Jem looked at the wall and skated toward it. Then, right when he got to the wall, when he was supposed to turn, he didn't.
"Jem, you have to turn." I said as he hit the wall. He fell back onto the ice. Tessa skated over and stopped right next to him. "Are you alright?" She crouched down next to him.
"Ohh, I'm great," he said. Tessa stood back up and held out her hand. Jem took it, and she helped him up.
"Do you want to go back to Starbucks and try something else?" Tessa asked him as they reached the rink's exit.
"Ohh, please," he replied giddily.
Please review if you like it. Also if you have any ideas for another oneshot I could make.