Alright. Here is Christmas fanfic number 2! I like this one better than yesterdays. And tomorrow is my favorite. :) Enjoy!
The Second Day of Christmas
Theme: Ice Skating
Title: Breakthrough
"Umm, Jake?" Rose gave her boyfriend a questionable look as he dragged her along to the front counter.
"Yeah, babe?" He paused for a minute to look at her. The look in her eyes told him that she was scared of something. "What's wrong?" He asked in concern.
"It's just that," Rose started and looked down at the ground, "I've never been ice skating before, and," she hesitated for a brief moment, "I'm kind of scared."
"Oh relax," he put a reassuring hand on her shoulder, "I'll help you learn. It's really not that hard."
"But…ummm," Rose hesitated once again, "people get hurt ice skating."
"Bsh," Jake waved his hand, "it doesn't happen very often."
Just as he spoke, an ambulance pulled into the parking lot and ran out onto the ice with a stretcher.
"But yes," Jake cursed inwardly the bad timing of some kid wiping out, "it does happen…occasionally."
"Hey," Jake continued when he saw Rose's horrified expression, "don't worry about it too much. I'll hold your hand," he promised. "If you fall, then I fall with you."
"Okay I guess," she spoke uncertainly and squeezed his hand a little tighter. "But if I die, I'm going to kill you," her voice suddenly turned from scared to threatening.
Jake laughed warmly in response. "Don't worry," he smiled brightly, "I won't let anything happen to you."
Rose saw the sincerity in his eyes and felt that she had no choice but to believe him.
Jake brought her forward to the front counter to get her some ice skates, and then he proceeded to drag her out onto the ice.
"This is REAL ice skating," he explained to her while holding onto her to keep her from slipping. "Most ice skating places in New York make ice, where this place is an actual frozen pond," he continued. "Isn't that cool?" He asked her, but he quickly realized that she wasn't paying much attention to him. Rose was too busy trying to keep her balance.
"Ja…Jake?" She stuttered. "I don't like this."
"I gotcha," he assured her as he tightened his grip on her. "There is absolutely nothing to be afraid of."
"Whoa!" She slipped clumsily, but Jake caught her in time.
"See?" He helped her stand up straight again. "I'm not going to let you fall."
Rose simply nodded in reply.
"Here," he spoke softly, "I have an idea. Why don't you try to stand on your own for a minute, and I'll stand right behind you just in case you start to fall?" he shared his idea with her.
"Umm," Rose hesitated. "I don't know about this, Jake," she frowned. "And it's not that I don't trust you. It's more like I don't trust myself."
"Well," Jake scratched the back of his head, "you never know unless you try," he suggested.
Still, Rose looked worried. "Alright," she finally agreed. "I'll try to stand on my own for a minute but you have to stand right behind me," she looked at him very seriously.
"Deal," he agreed instantly and slowly let go of her until she was standing completely on her own.
"Great!" Jake encouraged her as he tried to back up a little in order to get in a better angle to catch her in case she fell.
However, in the process of skating backwards, the heel of Jake's skate got caught in the ice and he tumbled onto the cold, frozen ice.
"Ow," he moaned as he tried to get up. It was extremely slippery, and every time he tried to make a move he just slid right back down on the ice.
Rose on the other hand was still standing all on her own, but she was laughing so hard that she was in danger of falling herself shortly.
"You promised," she managed to say between laughs, "that you were gonna stand RIGHT behind me just in case I fell," her laughing quieted down a bit. "You can't even keep yourself from falling. How are you supposed to keep me from falling?"
Jake growled as he finally got back up on his feet. "You try skating backwards and see how you do!"
"Hey," she smiled and threw her hands up defensively, "I'm not the skater boy here."
"Whatever," Jake mumbled quietly.
"I think I'm gonna try to actually skate now," Rose decided. "Wanna watch?" She smirked. "Maybe you'll get to see me fall and then you can be the one laughing," she offered in attempt to bring his Christmas cheer back up.
"Here," he spoke softly, "I'll skate next to you just in case you need some help. Start off slowly," he warned her.
He watched her carefully as she slid one foot and then the other very slowly and very cautiously to make sure that she did not slip. At first, she was doing pretty good, and Jake decided that she did not look like she was going to fall, but then Jake noticed something that he should have noticed before. The ice was cracked in the particular area she was skating. This meant that she could trip over one of those cracks and land face first on the ice, or even worse, it could mean-
Jake thoughts were interrupted when they suddenly turned into real life. The crack in the ice slowly began to grow, and Jake could hear the ice breaking with his dragon ears as Rose came closer and closer to approaching it.
"Rose!" He shouted as loud and fast as he could, but it was too late.
One minute, Rose was there, and the next, she had completely vanished into the cold, icy, and only seconds ago frozen pond.
Jake rushed over to where the ice had broken and reached in to pull Rose up by the arm. He yanked her arm up until her head finally popped out of the water, and she gasped for air.
"Hang on!" He shouted at her, but Rose was almost too cold to even hear him.
Eventually, he got his hands underneath her arms and was able to pull her up out of the water completely and set her down on a part of the ice that had not yet broken.
By this time, however, everyone in the skating rink was gathered around watching the two closely.
"Alright everyone," a scrawny kid who looked like he worked there piped up. "Please evacuate the ice immediately."
Rose, on the other hand, looked extremely cold. Jake noted that she was shaking badly, and her teeth were chattering loudly and quickly. She was soaked to the bone, and her cloths were stuck to her skin. Her hair was matted against her face, and the look in her eye told Jake two things: The first was that she was far too cold to speak, and the second was that she thought that this was entirely his fault.
"Are you all right Miss?" The kid turned to ask a still shaking Rose, who could barely even nod in reply.
"That hardly ever happens," he snorted. "Oh well. Have a safe trip home," he added and then turned to leave.
"Nice guy," Jake muttered sarcastically as he turned to leave.
"Rose?" He kneeled down and looked her in the eye. "I'm going to take you home and you're going to get warm again, okay?" He put a hand on her cheek, but the look on her face told him that she was completely pissed.
He sighed and lifted her up into his arms. He carried her out of the skating rink, and as soon as he was out of the view of others, he transformed into his dragon form and flew her back to his house.
He knew that the cold air rushing past them was only making Rose colder, so he tried his best to hold her against him for warmth.
When they got back to his house, he carried her up to his room and gave her some sweats to change into and a towel to dry off.
"Meet my downstairs when you are done changing," he instructed her softly. "I'm going to get a fire started and make you some hot chocolate, kay?"
She gave him a slight nod before he turned to leave his bedroom. He went down stairs immediately and started a fire. Then, he ran over to a chest in the corner of the living room and pulled out a couple blankets.
Jake ran into the kitchen and tore through the cupboards until he found the hot chocolate mix that he needed. Trying to get back into the living room by the time Rose came back down, Jake quickly filled up a cup with water and ran out of the kitchen, spilling a little as he went.
He plopped down on the couch just in time to see Rose walk down the steps in some of his old sweats. Her hair was still soaking wet, but otherwise, she looked a little bit warmer. She still had goose bumps, but she was no longer shaking.
Without saying a word, Jake held out the blanket for her, and she allowed him to drape it over her shoulders. She then proceeded to curl up on the couch in order to regain her warmth.
"I'll make you some hot chocolate now, okay?" He told her as he lifted the cup of water above his mouth and blew fire out of his mouth to heat it up. Once it was hot enough, he ripped open the packet and poured the mix in. He stirred it quickly with a spoon and wasted no time in giving it to her.
"You know," Rose finally spoke, but her voice was weak, "you can't just use the microwave like a normal person?" She gave him a weary smile.
"Ha! Babe please," he waved his hand and rolled his eyes, "since when have I ever been normal?"
Rose finally giggled a little bit before allowing him to snuggle in next to her. After all, he was extremely warm.
"Rose," he began apologetically, "I'm really sorry about what happened tonight. It seems that I always have a way of messing things up," he sighed and looked down at his hands.
Rose, in reply, simply leaned in to kiss him on the cheek, which happened to be incredibly warm against her cold lips. "It's okay, Jake," she replied understandingly. "I know that you didn't WANT the ice to break and for me to fall in."
"That's right," Jake nodded. "So please don't be mad at me. I just wanted to have a good time tonight."
"Well," Rose spoke softly, but her voice was finally starting to gain a little bit of strength, "I don't know about 'good time,' but I do know that I am never going to forget this, dragon boy," she gave him a sly smile.
"Me neither," he agreed with a short snicker.
"Oh well," Rose shrugged. "At least one good thing came of this."
Jake eyed her suspiciously. "And that would be…?"
Rose narrowed her eyes and shot him an evil grin. "I got to watch you fall on your ass," she smirked. "That was pretty entertaining."
"Whatever," Jake laughed and rolled his eyes. "I think you're just jealous because I'm a better skater."
"Yeah," Rose rolled her eyes, "that must be it."
Jake shook his head in amusement. "You know I love you," he said softly.
"I love you too, Jake."
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Thanks for reading! :)
~ada
