A/N: I re-read this whole story from the beginning up until now and I realized that I have made multiple spelling errors, grammar errors, and I wrote things that just don't make sense. In fact, I think I have made some sort of error in everyone of my stories so far. There are so many that I can't even name them all. I hope my errors don't ruin the whole story. I will try to re-read each story/chapter better.

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Never give up. Definition: to face challenge with determination and not giving up. At some point in the various journeys we embark on in our lives, we get to a part where we feel like giving up. Sometimes we give up before we even start and other times we give up just before we are about to make that huge break-through that we have been putting so much effort in to achieve.

Three words that can push you to do your best, just three words that can change a person's life around. Never give up to me means to fight for what you believe in until you succeed with no second thought, which was exactly what I was going to do.

I have made up my mind, after breakfast I would take a pair of ice skates and walk to the patch of ice without anyone knowing I was gone. I will try to skate on my own to prove to myself that I can. I know I can do it. I can do anything as long as I put my mind to it. Usually, when I was trying my best, I had Miley or Oliver right there cheering me on. Like the time I learned how to skateboard, or the time I learned how to surf, or even the time Miley tried to teach me how to sing. I always had them by my side. Now, I was by myself, and I was determined to achieve my goal.

After some bacon and eggs, I removed myself from the conversation between Miley, Oliver and I. Miley's and my conversation the night before gave me confidence, even though Miley may not have realized it. Miley had fixed her own problems with her brother and they were now on speaking terms. I was happy for the two siblings.

Without being noticed, I went up to my room, grabbed my warm jacket, and headed out the front doors with a pair of skates over my shoulder. It was cold. Colder than it had been the days before. During the night, it had snowed leaving a new thin layer of snow on top of the old snow. I hugged my jacket to my body as I walked through the snow leaving a track of footprints. As I made my way through the trees, I stopped and looked around. It looked like a place you would go camping when you were in Malibu, except these trees were covered in snow. I wondered if people did camp in this forest of trees during the warmer seasons.

Off in the distance I could hear the sound of bushes rustling. Deer's, I presume. I walked further into the trees and to the other side. The thin white blanket of snow that had fallen during the night had disintegrated on the ice leaving it looking fresh. I sat on a pile of snow that I could use as a chair to put on my skates. I untied the laces and slipped each skate onto my feet. I stared at my feet. I tried to picture Oliver tying my skates. I remember him criss-crossing the laces up my foot using the picks on the side. I tried. It only took me eight times but I finally succeeded in tying both skates correct, or what I thought was correct.

I took a deep breath. Should I really do this or was this all just one stupid idea? I had to face my fears at some point, and that point was now. I slowly got off the bitter ground, trying to keep my balance. I stumbled a little, but I stayed on my feet. I made my way towards the frozen water taking baby steps. "Here we go" I sighed doing the one thing I never thought I would be doing when I arrived. I put one foot on the ice, my second foot following shortly after. Left right, left right, that's all I had to remember. "I'm doing it!" I stated to no one in particular. I skated to the middle of the ice very slowly keeping my balance. I guess skateboarding had an impact on skating in some ways.

I continued to skate picking up speed every now and then. I had just completed my second lap and I was pretty proud of myself. Yes, I did stumble a couple times and a few times I fell, but I didn't give up, I got right back up again. On my forth lap, I made a decision of picking up the speed even more. I was doing great! I was now able to skate on my own. I didn't need the help of anyone anymore, not that I didn't mind the times I was holding hands with Oliver while he was teaching me how to skate.

I increased my speed a little more. Everything was going great! That is until I tried imitating how I saw Maddie turn the corner. I put one foot out in front of the other and lost my balance, falling forwards making my left foot cock inwards and landing on it in an uncomfortable position. I quickly reacted, screaming in pain. I sat up holding onto my left ankle. I felt tears welling up but I wiped my eyes with my backhand before they could fall. I sat there on the hard ground, holding my ankle hoping the pain would ease away. I untied my skates hoping it would make a little difference but it didn't. I slowly crawled to the edge of the ice wanting to desperately get off. Sitting on the powdered ground, I held onto my ankle in pain. I wanted to scream for help, but I knew no one would be able to hear me.

I lifted my foot and extremely slowly, I moved it in a complete circle. Thanks to my first aid classes, I knew at that moment it was not broken, just a horrible sprain. I didn't however, know what to do next. Maybe it would have been a good idea to pay a little bit more attention in first aid. Should I call for help and hope that someone is close enough to hear me? Or should I wait here for someone to find me? Eventually they would have realized that I had left and would come and look for me, wouldn't they?

I sat there waiting. I refused to get up in thought that if I tried I would fall right back down. It grew later and later, as snowflakes soon began to fall from the sky. I was becoming tired and cold. Without thinking, I tightened my grip on my jacket and laid down on the cold ground. The last thing I heard before I fell asleep on the freezing cold ground was my name being called multiple times.

A/N: was the ending predictable? Did you like it?

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