"Who's idea was this again?" Stella asks as she holds up a pair of bright blue ice skates.
The group of teens had decided to go ice skating together in a new ice rink that had opened a city or two over, celebrate the holidays with a typical activity fitting of the season.
"I believe this was your ideas, sunshine." Branson responds with a small - almost teasing - smile.
People swarm around the group of friends, chaos unravelling as everyone who hasn't pre-booked attempts to grab a remaining ticket and those who have booked try to lace their skates in the labeynrh of bodies.
"Oh come on Stella! It'll be fun!" Aisha exclaims with evident excitement.
"Well yeah, there's not a sport - or any physical activity for that matter - that you and Nabu don't master." Riven states as he begins to lace Musa's skates for her, the action being almost instinctual as his fingers unconsciously twist the string between his fingers.
"Come on you guys, it's not that hard! Sure, you may be a bit shaky at first but it's easy." Nabu promises as he takes Alisha's hand in his own and leads her to the entrance of the rink, the two of them stepping onto the ice and gliding flawlessly across it's surface.
"Us next." Tommy declares suddenly as he leads Texan onto the ice, stumbling over himself in the process as he mutters something about lessening the probability of injury by getting on the rink before everyone else.
"Here." Helias says softly as he adjusts Flora's skates for her before lacing up the boots comfortably on her feet. "You ready to try?"
"Well whilst you two have your little moment, sky and I are going to try this." Blooms states determined as she waltzes off toward the rink, sky trailing behind her not wanting to be left behind.
"Timmy's actually doing quite wel-... oh no, never mind, he's on the floor now..." Musa chuckles softly watching some of her friends slipping over the ice as others glide gracefully around them.
"Okay, I'm ready." Flora declares softly to Helia with a deep breathe.
Helia smiles softly in response as he takes her hand, the two making their way to the currently uncrowded rink.
Stepping onto the ice for the first time was probably the most difficult element. The two could feel themselves slipping at the loss of friction with the ground but remain holding onto one another.
After a few minutes, the two begin to figure out the movement, moving their feet diagonally to build up speed but still nowhere near the standard of Aish and Nabu who were capable of spinning, cross overs and even going backwards.
"Brandon you better not let me fall!" Comes a shriek from behind the pair as Stella grips onto Brandon for dear life as Brandon calmly glides over the surface, leading his girlfriend carefully around the rink.
Flora can't help but become mesmerised watching Nabu spin his girlfriend in his arms, so much so that she doesn't notice herself slipping until it is too late to regain her balance.
Her hand grips onto Helia - moreso than it already had been - before she falls, causing them both to tumble. Helia lands on his back on the ice with the brunette on top of him, their lips only centimetres apart.
"Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I think you may have fallen for me." Flora teases softly knowing she was indeed the reason he fell.
If only she knew how right she was.
A/N Hey guys! Here is today's chapter, I hope you enjoyed it! I have one more day of school left before the Christmas holidays are finally here but one day seems like so longggg.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter and thank you all so so so so so much for all of your wonderful reviews - I was going to mention some names specifically but I started writing pretty late and I really want to sleep so I'll do that tomorrow's chapter (probably).
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- Mae xxx