Promises

girls night

*Song: Paper Rings by Taylor Swift or Mine by Taylor Swift*

t/w: talks of depression and EDs. 

After the verbal assault, you faced thanks to Chad and his girlfriend, you, Flip, and Ron were on clean-up duty. Having Felix and Connie there raised a lot of questions. Mostly from Felix. Your cover story for this was that you worked at the diner but mostly depended on Flip for everything. And most importantly you had lied and said you didn't go to college because all you wanted was to be Flip's housewife one day. 

Felix knew all this and got super suspicious but at least, on the other hand, Connie was easily fooled. You just told her that yes you were at the mock trial but you were a fake witness because a girl in my church asked me to help since they had no one. Connie seemed satisfied with that answers so you figured you are in the clear with her. 

As for Felix, you felt terrible for Flip. He had been called to either Felix's house or the bar every day this week. You barely saw him. It's not like you could complain it was your life who made a mess of it all but it sucked nonetheless. 

After Chad and Vicky attacked everything about your intelligence and your appearance you couldn't lie it hurt and every brutal thought you had pushed away about yourself seemingly came back at full force. You didn't want Flip to worry about you, so you did what you always did in public you acted fine but in private you were broken. Not to mention the eating disorder that you tried so hard to overcome was slowly creeping back into your life. 

It was like a constant battle in your head. You were tired constantly and slept way more than you normally did. If Flip was home you were awake or if you had work but other than that you were in bed. 

You wanted to get out of his headspace. You just didn't know-how. You had overcome so much and beat this before so you wanted to stop before it got to a place of no return. So you decided to go skate. 

You weren't good or professional but skating was always something you did when you were depressed or stressed. You skated as a child and in high school but when you moved you stopped skating competitively. But you still like the feel of the ice beneath your feet as you glide feeling the coldness of the ice slowly make its way up your body. 

When you got to the rink you checked in with the manager who you actually friended since moving here. She informed you the next hockey practice wasn't for two hours so you had free range of the rink and music. 

You threw on your Ariana Grande playlist and just skated around mindlessly. The music was basically just a piece of background music in your mind but Dangerous Woman came on and you lost yourself in the routine. You glided across the ice with such ease. The song was about to end so you threw yourself in the air and landed a triple Salchow. It felt so good to land it perfectly and for the first time in a week, you actually smiled. 

You hadn't noticed but on the benches, you had an audience. Flip was sitting there admiring you. Once the song ended you stopped on the ice and froze due to the sudden sound of clapping. You twirled around to find Flip now making his way to the door closest to you. 

You skated quickly over to the door only stopping when you reach him and basically throw yourself into his arms. He smiles down at your and happily catches your lips in a kiss. He broke the kiss then looked down at you again. 

"Now darlin' you going to tell me what's wrong?"

You looked up at him with a curious look. "What do you mean?"

"What I mean is your skating. You know I'm your best friend right? I know you only skate when you are either sad or stressed and I'm guessing sad because this entire week you have been down." Of course, he noticed that man knew you better than you knew yourself sometimes.