She obviously got way more nervous after I told her where we were going. It was a really personal place, but if I wanted to get closer to her and find out more about her, then I had to open up a little bit. When we landed I lowered her to the ground, but I on the other hand flew to the water and froze the lake.

"What know?" she asked as I turned to look at her. "Do we tell each other our darkest secrets or what?" she added sarcastically.

I just stood there looking at her, examining her, carefully. She had those wide hips and thick thighs. She wasn't one of those skinny and 'perfect' people. She had a lot of freckles and a small mouth. But it all looked good on her. She was beautiful.

"What?" she said in a raspy voice.

"I-um…" I stuttered violently blushing ( I don't know if I can actually blush ). "Um, let's just skate, for now."

"Skate?"

"Mhm."

"You do know I can't skate at all, right?"

"I assumed. That's why I've brought you here: to teach you how to skate. You're missing out on a lot of fun stuff, you know?" I said stretching my arm out towards her. "Are you coming?"

"I don't know if I can trust you, Jack." she said, but still took my hand. She stepped on the ice, insecure, at first, but then regaining her balance she took a few steps towards me.

"You okay?" I asked.

"Yeah." she said giving me a nervous smile. "Where are the skates?"

"Right here." I said waving my hand towards her boots. "Don't worry it's not that cold."
"Easy for you to say." she said looking down to her newly made ice-skates, then up at me.

"Well," I stuttered when her eyes met mine. I quickly looked away. "you have your boots on, so it shouldn't be that freezing."

"What about you?"

"I can't feel the cold."

"Oh." she said looking curiously onto the ice. "Are you going to teach me how to skate or what?"

"Yeah," I said a bit too fast, and then tried to correct myself, speaking softly and slowly. "Yeah."

"So…" she said gripping my arms and looking down at her feet. "How did you die?"

"Mmm, touchy subject, but-"

"Oh! If you don't wanna talk about it it's fine."

"No, no, it's okay." I said studying her face.

"In my past life-"

She tripped and flew into my chest.

"I had a sister. And one day we came here to skate."

She obviously seemed flustered.

"The ice was cracking under her feet." I continued as the memory flashed in my head. "And I saved her. I fell into the water instead of her"

"That's a heroic way to die." she said smiling at me as we kept making circles around the lake.

"I think I've got the hang of it." She said letting go of my hands.

"You sure?"

"Yeah." And with that she started circling the lake as I slowed down to see her go.

"You're doing great!" I shouted to her when she was on the other side of the lake.

"Thanks." She shouted back. After a while she stopped in the middle of the lake. Looking deep into my eyes. Hazel started to smile a genuine and peaceful smile. Happiness creeped up my face too. But then the ice started to crack under her weight.

"Oh my god!" I panicked.

"Jack…" she looked at me with fear in her eyes and at that moment I knew what she was gonna say.

Jack I'm scared.

"I'm scared." But she wasn't a kid anymore and I had to use some other technique.

"Your fine, Hazel, just relax." I tried to calm her down as I reached for my staff. I made the skates disappear from my feet as I took a few steps forward, staff in hand. "You're gonna be just fine…"

"Jaaack." She said her voice quivering. i noticed the ice crack some more. My heartbeat sped up so much I could hear its beating in my head.

"Take a few steps forward!" I told her.

"Yeah right, Frost." she said still nervous, but did what I wanted her to. Then the ice cracked and she started to scream and my heart stopped when she disappeared.

"Hazel! No!" I screamed standing in one place, not daring to come closer. "I-"

"Ha ha ha." I heard her laugh as my heart sank. That was the worst prank anyone could ever play on me.

"You forgot that I could fly." She mocked landing on the ice beside me. "You forgot that you could fly."

"That was not funny." I spat in her face, inches away from her. "You just made fun of the time I almost lost my sister." I said as tears started to build up in my eyes.

"But you saved her." She argued still looking confused.

"Yes, but you reminded me how it would have felt if I didn't." Turning away from her, I didn't let the tears escape.

"Jack-"

"Just-! I thought you were different! That you'd understand."

"I do-"

"How could you possibly understand?"

"I've lost my brother." That did the trick. I turned to see her gaze fixed to her feet.

"What?" I asked getting a bit closer.

"I failed, Frost." She was obviously remembering a painful memory. "My brother died building a treehouse. We were in the woods and when we thought we've finished, he made me climb on first. He stood under the tree house when it came tumbling down. I died with him." Tears started to flow down her cheeks. She looked up at me with puffy eyes, she was one of those people who easily got red when crying.

"I killed him." she cried into the cold air. The temperature got dangerously low and it wasn't me.

"No, you didn't." I said hugging her.

"Yes I did. I should have been more careful."

"You were just a kid-"

"I was 17, Jack. I should've known better."

"But you went up there first so if it falls he wouldn't be the one to crumble down with it." After that she just buried her face into my chest. And I thought What if this is just about to work, Hazel and I. Maybe we're not so different after all.

A huge thank you goes out to all the people who have read my story this far! THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH FOR READING!