Willows POV
"Hockey players can skate right?"
"Well yeah" he chuckles as stating the obvious.
"You can fill in for Timothy", I say while crossing my arms and looking up at him.
"Wait, what!?. No, I'm not doing that", he says
"You said you'd do anything", I say
"Yeah but not this"
"It's not like I'm asking you for a fucking kidney"
"What would I get out of it?"
"The happiness of fixing a problem that you caused"
"How about we make a deal?"
"A deal?"
"Yeah. If I do this for you, then you need to come with me to a party that my family is hosting" he says
"Fine" I sigh
"As my girlfriend" He adds
"What!?" I reply
"Just my fake girlfriend and it will only be for one night. Have we got a deal?" He asks, putting his hand out for me to shake.
I think about it for a second and then shake his hand "training starts Monday"
He nods.
*
It's now Monday morning, luckily it's the start of summer vacation so I don't have school. I'm sitting at the breakfast table with my dad and brother.
"So, what are you both doing today?" My dad asks us both
"I'm going out with a few of the boys" Austin says while eating his pancakes
My dad nods "What about you Will?" He turns to me
"I'm skating" I say
"Oh right of course you have the semi-finals this weekend. How are you going to do the duet with out Timothy?" He asks
"Well this weekend is just solos, and I found a new partner. We have two weeks to train until the finals" I take a sip of my apple juice
"Who is he?" My brother asks
"Oh he's just this other skater from training who's partner couldn't skate either", I lied. I knew my brother and dad would be weird about it.
*
I've been waiting in the rink for almost 40 minutes and he still hasn't shown up.
I've finally had enough of waiting. I begin taking off my skates and walk towards my locker to get my bag out. As I'm walking towards the door it flies open. It's Gabe, holding his hockey skates.
I can't help but let out a small smile "You came" I say as I walk up to him
"Yeah", he replies
I look down to his skates then back to his face "okay, then let's begin"
*
We both make our way onto the ice. "Okay, just show me what you can do first", I say
"Like what?", he asks
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RomanceWillow Lopez, a teenage figure skater. Wanting to attend her dream University Skating programme. The only way to do so if she wins a competition. It's hard to do that when a hockey player crashes into your partners car. Gabe Fitzgerald, the hockey...
