Love on Thin Ice
Chapter 1: A Dream Waiting to Come True
"Alright," Mrs. Joule began, "I want everyone to turn your books on Chapter 17. Remember, you must read and understand the selection carefully. I'm going to give you a graded recitation after 15 minutes."
She closed her book and rested her head on her palms. She looked at the clock and stared back to her book. "8 minutes more?" her mind whined. What is she going to do in order to kill time? Then, an idea flashed in her mind. She yawned. "Just…in…time."
In her Dreamland…
"Where am I?" she wondered.
Suddenly, she felt something cold underneath her feet. She looked down and realized it was ice.
She looked up. Strange, there seems to be something out there.
As she slowly glided her feet, the figure started to move and then disappeared.
She looked everywhere. "Where did it go?"
All of sudden, a girl with long, silky pink hair appeared. Something fishy is going on. The girl turned around to her direction. Lacus gasped. It was her! The girl with pink hair was no other than her!
She began moving her legs to get near, but there was another body standing near her other self. "Who is he?"
"Lacus…"
"Is he calling me?"
"Lacus…"
"Lacus!"
Lacus woke up suddenly from her slumber. When her vision was already clear, she noticed that everyone was looking at her.
"Lacus!" her best friend whispered loudly.
"What's going on?" she asked in a low tone.
"Ehem…Ms. Lacus Clyne!" Mrs. Joule's voice was very stern.
Lacus turned around and quickly stood up.
"Didn't you know that one of the major violations in our school is sleeping during class hours?"
She was silent. She overslept!
"Do you have anything to say?"
She gulped. "Mrs. Joule," she began, "I'm sorry if I overslept. It was just…umm…after I finished reading the selection you gave us; I noticed that there was enough time for me to take a nap. I didn't realize that you had already started your discussion."
Luckily, the school bell rang and saved her from more humiliation.
"Alright, class!" Mrs. Joule transferred her attention back to the rest of the students. "We will continue this discussion next meeting. After that, I'm going to give you a short quiz regarding on the topic."
After her announcement, all the students rushed to the hallway except for Lacus who was still fixing her things. When she was about to leave the room…
"As for you, Ms. Clyne, I'm going to give you an additional task as your punishment for violating one of our school rules," Mrs. Joule said.
After an hour…
Finally, she was finished. She glanced at her watch and noticed that it was already 4 o'clock. "Cagalli must be finished already with the volleyball practice," she thought to herself.
When she was already inside the gym, she saw her best friend fixing up the equipment along with some of her teammates.
"Cagalli!" she called out.
"Hey, Lacus!" replied Cagalli.
After putting the equipment to their proper places, Lacus and Cagalli decided to walk home together since their houses are only a street away.
"There seems to be a change in you, Lacus," said Cagalli, "I've never seen you go home late."
"Oh, that's because Mrs. Joule gave me an additional task as a punishment for sleeping in class," she replied.
"What was it?"
"She assigned me to clean and fix the classroom after the day."
"Are you going to do it for a whole week?"
Lacus nodded. "She even told me that she really wants me to be in-charge of this task because I'm so organized."
Cagalli laughed. "At least you know got a job that fits you well even though you're not one of the class officers."
Lacus smiled. "Yeah, I guess you're right."
Cagalli looked at her friend who suddenly fell silent after her reply. "Did you have a dream while you were sleeping a while ago?"
Lacus nodded. "It was kind of weird actually."
"Why?" Her best friend was obviously interested to know.
She sighed heavily and told everything she could remember.
"There was a guy! Did you get to see what he looks like?"
"Unfortunately, no. But, there are a few things I noticed. First, his hair was spiky. Second, he was wearing beautiful black skates with a unique style. And third, my other self was also wearing skates.
"Skates?" Cagalli eyed her suspiciously. "Isn't it you had been ice skating back at Augustus City?"
Lacus nodded. "But, it has been almost a year since my mother and I moved here."
Finally, they arrived at the street where Cagalli lives.
"Well, this is the end for me," said Cagalli, "By the way, it's a weekend tomorrow, isn't it? Are you going to do anything tomorrow?"
"Well, it isn't that much. I'm only going to run a few errands around the house to help mom out."
"Great! We could probably hang out." Cagalli paused. "You probably wouldn't mind if I bring Athrun along, would you?"
Lacus giggled then smiled. "Of course, I wouldn't mind. In fact, you and Athrun make a great couple."
"Thanks," Cagalli said with a smile.
After the girls said their goodbyes, Lacus headed to her own home. As her feet led the way, her mind kept on swimming with her thoughts about herself and the man in her dreams.
Meanwhile…
A young man stood near the entrance of an enormous skating rink. He walked inside and noticed the place was empty. He grinned because he rather chooses to be alone. He opened up his bag and took out his skates. He remembered his reaction when he first saw them. It looked amazing because of the unique style. After putting on his beloved skates, he stepped on the ice and glided gracefully to the middle.
A/n:
(raises her fist to the air) Finally! I'm sorry if some of you waited for this story to come out. I have been kind of busy and uninspired on what ideas I should put in. So, who is the man in Lacus' dream as well as the young man in the skating rink? Kind of cliffy, isn't it? Well…you don't have to worry because I'm going to reveal him in the next chapter as well as a little surprise. Don't forget to send in your reviews, OK?
Btw, for those who have experience in ice skating, please be free to send in the stunts or techniques you know. I'm not an ice skater, so I am hoping you could help me out to make this story a success.