Whether I wanted a surprise or not I got one. Haru picked me up in his car and started driving, still not allowing me to know where I was going. I groaned and moaned and complained, but he still wouldn't tell me where we were going. So, I tried another approach. I begged…and pleaded.

Surprise, surprise. That didn't work either. (Have I ever mentioned that I don't really like surprises?)

He pulled into some no name road. Businesses lined either side of the drive. What was he going to do? Take me to work?

The good news is that he didn't take me to his work. He took me to a place called Skate Land instead. And considering that there was a hockey puck on the sign, I think he was taking me ice skating.

I had never ice skated before. I have a feeling-and I'm pretty sure that I'm correct-that I will be a total klutz on the ice. First off, I'm on ice. (Put a lot of thought in that one) Second, I have to stand on a blade that's only like a few centimeters thick. And third, I was going to fall flat on my face. I just knew it.

Haru took me in by the hand and paid. They stamped our hands for the rink time and the skates and then we went to rent our skates.

They were ridiculous looking blue plastic things. They strapped onto your feet by orange buckles and yet you still had about an inch of space, so your foot could move. Haru told me that you want them as tight as you can get so you don't get blisters, but mine, oh mine, they did not get any tighter, even if I wanted them to, and take note, I did.

Haru helped me on my feet and to my surprise and his as well, I didn't fall. My ankles didn't wobble. I could walk in a straight line unlike Haru. In fact, this seemed easy. Maybe I wouldn't have to worry about standing on that centimeter wide blade after all. One problem down, two to go.

We walked through a door which led to Rink A. There were stacks of things that looked like walkers yet seemed to be made out of…plumbing. I grabbed on and placed it on the ice. Haru didn't.

I stepped onto the ice and felt myself falling already, so I grabbed the walker tightly and balanced myself. I took some baby steps and suddenly I was moving.

Haru didn't move. He fell immediately. Straight onto his face.

"Are you okay?" I asked worriedly.

He nodded and grabbed the wall to pull himself up, and then he used the wall to pull himself along.

Meanwhile, I zoomed ahead of him and circled him a few times before he finally got his balance and stumbled away from the wall only to fall on the ground. He grimaced as he got up.

I was skating by him and did my best to stop somewhere near him. "Are you okay?"

"Just fine," he answered as he pushed himself off the cold ice.

This obviously wasn't what he wanted to happen. He had probably wanted me holding onto him the whole, completely dependent on him. And I would have held his hand or something…if he hadn't kept falling.

At the very least, I stayed near him and we talked. He seemed to enjoy that, and I did as well.


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