Chapter 7:
The ice rink was noisy and lively. Everybody was happily skating around, enjoying the treat, which was a rarity in The Dumping Ground, as, because of the number of people, it was quite expensive to go anywhere. Carmen, Lily and Tee were skating in a group together, helping each other out. Lily was skating really well, Tee was slightly wobbly and Carmen was absolutely useless.
'This is fun!' Lily shouted. They had to shout because of the sound of the music blaring over the speakers.
'I THINK I'm getting the hang of it.' Yelled Carmen, but had to be saved by Lily, because talking had distracted her from skating, causing her to lose balance and almost fall backwards into whichever poor soul was behind her.
All three girls burst out laughing. They hadn't enjoyed themselves so much in months, possibly even years, and Lily had already started to consider taking up ice skating as a hobby, if her Dad would allow it, and if Mike would be willing to take her when she was on rest bite care.
'Hmm, well, I'm managing to stay upright.' Tee said cautiously, hanging on to the barrier to prevent herself from doing the same thing as Carmen.
Carmen fell backwards, but was caught by the boy she had previously skated away from.
'GO AWAY!' Screamed Carmen, who was obviously upset and angry with him.
Tracy heard Carmen yell and skated over as quickly as she could.
'Whoa, Carmen, what's the matter?' Asked a very confused Tracy.
'Just tell him to go away!' Yelled Carmen, who was now in tears again.
'Yeah, I think it might be time for you to go now.' Lily said sarcastically to the boy.
'Sorry about this, but I think it might be better if you were to leave now.' Tracy continued. Boy skated off, with a smug look on his face.
'Come on Carmen, its okay, he's gone now.' Tracy reassured her, as her, Tee and
Lily took Carmen off the ice and into the toilets.