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It was a Saturday night and I was bored out of my mind. Alexis had a girls night out with her friends Kelsey and Paige. She told me that she would be home later tonight. She called my apartment home now; she rarely slept at her father's loft now. I still hadn't told her that I would have to find a better, more secure apartment. It was one of Miss White's many tips. Many tips.
"Hey." I greeted as she came through the front door.
"Hi." She said yawning dropping her bag and coat on the back of the couch.
"Did you have fun with your friends?" I asked sitting my laptop down on the coffee table.
"Yea, I had a lot of fun. They wanted to stay out longer but, I'm tired and didn't feel like partying with them." She said sitting herself on my lap, laying her head on my shoulder.
"Look at us. We're twenty and we're acting like an old married couple. Getting tired at eight and not wanting to go out."
"I never said I didn't want to go out. I just said I didn't want to go out with anyone else." She said playing with the buttons on my shirt.
"Do you want to get out?" I asked.
"Where?"
"Come on, put on some warm clothes. We're going ice skating."
"Ice skating?"
"You know where you skate on ice. Unless you're scared?" I said jokingly.
"You're on." She said smirking.
"I'm not really good at the whole skating thing." Alexis said as I rented two pairs of skates.
"Don't worry, I'll catch you if you fall."
"It'll be embarrassing, if I do though." She whined as we sat down on a bench.
"Please, half the people out there don't know how to skate. Besides you have the master of ice skating right here." I said pointing towards the skaters who were holding onto the rail for dear life.
"Oh really?" She said taking off her shoes and putting on the skates.
"Yes, I could be in the Olympics."
"Uh-huh." She said giggling, bumping me with her shoulder.
"So, shall we Miss Castle?" I said standing and holding out my hand.
"Jasper, it's not funny." She said glaring at me as she grasped the railing. I was laughing as I stopped next to her.
"Hey you were the one that said you didn't need any help." I stated.
"Well, now I need it. There I said it. Does the boost your ego?" She said angrily.
"Come on, take my hand." She just looked at it. "I'll go slow." And with that she took it. I was pretty much towed her around the ice rink. She was getting more comfortable with it.
After the second lap around, she spoke, "How'd you learn to skate so good?"
"My mom would bring me here every weekend during this time of year when I was little. She would sit on the benches and take phone calls while I skated around. It wasn't much but, it's one of my fondest memories of her."
"Why?"
"Because she was there. It's better for them to be there than not at all." I paused. "How'd you learn to skate so good?" I said with a smile.
"Ha. Very funny." She said sarcastically.
"Didn't your dad take you skating?"
"Once a year. I actually haven't been in a really long time."
"Maybe that's why you're so rusty." I stated.
She laughed.
"I can't believe her funeral is tomorrow…" I stated with a sigh.
"You know I'll go if you want me to."
"No, he'll be there and you shouldn't have to deal with him."
"You shouldn't either." She said.
"Well, I'm pretty tired. Do you want to go back home?"
"Yea. This was actually a lot more fun than I thought it would be."
"All my ideas are fun. You should know that by now." I said.
We walked back to my apartment in a comfortable silence. She changed into her pajamas and I changed into sweatpants. I started a fire and I started a movie in the DVD player. I needed a distraction for the rest of night. For I had a painfully long day ahead of me tomorrow.
