After that first, Allison and Robert became friends. It turned out that they had the same interests - except for horror movies (Allison still couldn't figure out how he could like them!). They both wanted to become doctors and as it turned out they had almost every class together. That meant that they could be (as Allison liked to call it) "Study Buddies". That phrase usually made Robert want to throw up.

After one month of being there Allison came to their study group with no work.

"Where are your books Ally?" he asked.

"We are not working tonight." she said.

"Ohh then what are we going to do?"

"Well Rob, I thought I show you one of my favorite things to do back in Illinois." she said, "put on warm clothes and meet me out in my car."

He put on sweater and went out to her car. When he got there he found her with a pair of shoes slung over her shoulder, and when he went to get into the car he was told that they were walking.

"Then why did you tell me to meet you out here?" he asked

"Don't know"

She led him down the street

10 minutes later…

"You have got to be kidding me!"

"Nope," she said giggling.

"Ice skating!?! Ally, in case you've forgotten I grew up in Australia. ASTRALIA for crying out loud!"

"So you're telling me you've never been ice skating before."

"There's no ice!!" he practically yelled.

"Good" she said.

"Good? How is it "good"?"

"Here's somethingI can teach you."

He sighed as he was lead into the building with her talking about what skates he should get.

"Now you should definitely get hockey skates because then you don't have to worry about a toe pick or anything like that"

"A toe what?" he asked.

"A toe pick…haven't you ever seen the Cutting Edge?" she asked sounding a little annoyed.

"No"

She sighed and led him into the rental shop where he spent 25 bucks ON RENTAL SKATES!!! I can't believe I'm letting her do this to me! But he didn't complain and when he got out onto the ice he actually enjoyed it until… WHAM! Rob fell flat on his back spread eagle.

"Ouch that had to hurt" he heard Allison say. She skated up to him and pulled him up on to his feet.

"Well that wasn't that bad" she said. "You almost made it one complete lap around before you fell…are you ok?"

"Yeah I'm fine" he said, "I just think I'll sit down for a little while."

"Suite yourself"

Robert managed to skate over to the benches and sit down. At least I'll be able to see how good Ally is. He didn't have to wait long to see just how good she was. As she went skating by she quickly turned around so she was skating backwards to wave at him. Then she quickly leapt into the air. Ohh my God! was all that Robert could think as he watched her land a triple. She landed and the quickly skated back towards him.

"So what did you think?" she asked when she reached him.

"There is no way on earth you will make me go back onto the ice again." he said.

"What if I hold your hand?" she asked smiling sweetly.

"Maybe"

"Pleeeeeease!!!" she begged making puppy eyes at him.

"Ohh alright," he said, "but if I go to bed bruised tonight I'm not talking to you for a week!"

"That's what you say now. But after this I'll take you out to dinner so even if you are bruised you better be willing to talk." she said.

One hour and 3 falls later Allison and Robert came out of the ice rink.

"See," Allison said, "It wasn't that bad, and you are most definitely not in any serious pain."

"Fine you win" Rob said half heartedly. He really didn't want to admit defeat because it meant she might make him do it again. The thought alone made him shudder. "So where are you taking me to dinner?" he asked.

"Jays" she replied.

Jays was a great restaurant just a little bit out of Williamstown and not cheap. Rob argued with her the whole way there that she did not have to buy them both dinner. In the end she agreed to let him pay for drinks and desert. She would pay for the meal.

The meal was wonderful and when they got to their dorms Robert was actually very sad to see that the evening was over.

"Well we must do that again sometime." Allison said breaking his train of thought.

"Yes we should…except next time I choose where we're going."

"I think I can deal with that," she said "Goodnight Robert"

"Goodnight Allison"