DISCLAIMER: Though I very well could be a Russian Skating Judge, I am not
making a profit from this story, because I do not own the characters.
Ashley arrived first. A cold wind picked up and chilled her. She wrapped her shawl tighter around her stick thin body. She tromped toward the front steps of Third Street School. Why they had decided to have at the Elementary School, and not the high school was a mystery to her. She yanked open the heavy front door. She peered down the eerily lit hallway. She cautiously stepped forward, not feeling particularly safe, and watched as the motion sensor lights came on. She breathed a huge sigh of relief when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She jumped and gasped. She tumbled to the floor, the high heels she was wearing not helping her balance. She peered up at the person who had frightened her. "God! Think about what you are doing!" Ashley said as she rose and wiped her skirt flat. "You don't just go around." she gazed at the face in front of her, "scaring girls like that." The last part barely came out. "TJ?" Her breath suddenly didn't come so easily. He nodded, with a grin on his face that looked like it came straight from fourth grade. She looked him over carefully, not sure what she was looking for. br She lightly brushed the tiny wisp of hair from in front of her face. "Spinelli! It is so great to see you!" TJ opened his arms to embrace her. Ashley quickly whipped around, her back to TJ, and said, "It's Ashley to you." She walked away, her heels clicking on the floor. TJ stood there, looking and feeling dejected. He watched her beautiful figure sway as she scampered down the hall. br Vince parked the car and Gretchen slid out. Vince sprinted around the hood of their sports car and took her hand. Suddenly he turned, unsure if he wanted to go inside. "Gretch? I'm." he paused and let out a enormous sigh, "I'm scared."
Ashley arrived first. A cold wind picked up and chilled her. She wrapped her shawl tighter around her stick thin body. She tromped toward the front steps of Third Street School. Why they had decided to have at the Elementary School, and not the high school was a mystery to her. She yanked open the heavy front door. She peered down the eerily lit hallway. She cautiously stepped forward, not feeling particularly safe, and watched as the motion sensor lights came on. She breathed a huge sigh of relief when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She jumped and gasped. She tumbled to the floor, the high heels she was wearing not helping her balance. She peered up at the person who had frightened her. "God! Think about what you are doing!" Ashley said as she rose and wiped her skirt flat. "You don't just go around." she gazed at the face in front of her, "scaring girls like that." The last part barely came out. "TJ?" Her breath suddenly didn't come so easily. He nodded, with a grin on his face that looked like it came straight from fourth grade. She looked him over carefully, not sure what she was looking for. br She lightly brushed the tiny wisp of hair from in front of her face. "Spinelli! It is so great to see you!" TJ opened his arms to embrace her. Ashley quickly whipped around, her back to TJ, and said, "It's Ashley to you." She walked away, her heels clicking on the floor. TJ stood there, looking and feeling dejected. He watched her beautiful figure sway as she scampered down the hall. br Vince parked the car and Gretchen slid out. Vince sprinted around the hood of their sports car and took her hand. Suddenly he turned, unsure if he wanted to go inside. "Gretch? I'm." he paused and let out a enormous sigh, "I'm scared."