her devil

25

"what the hell is this?" jack asked, looking at the news article on his phone.

"someone saw us walking back to the hotel last night." esmeray said, totally freaking out.

"what's the team gonna think? what's the whole facility going to think?" esmeray questioned. she was pacing back and forth while jack was laying on the bed.

"calm down esmeray. it'll all be fine." jack assured.

"calm down? you're telling me to calm down? i could lose my job over this jack. what am i gonna do then?" esmeray asked.

"you wont lose your job, i wont let that happen." jack replied. he got up from the bed and grabbed esmeray's hands, making her stop pacing.

"we'll find a way through this. i promise." jack assured.

"what are we gonna do?" esmeray whispered.

"we're gonna go skating to get our minds off of this." jack said. esmeray's eyes widen, forgetting that she agreed to go skating.

"you forgot?" jack asked.

"yeah.." esmeray admitted.

"you still want to go?" jack questioned.

"no.." esmeray said truthfully, "but i guess i'll go for you."

"i love you." jack smiled, kissing esmeray.

the two got ready for the rink and carefully made their way to the rink, hoping nobody would catch them.

jack out on his skates, handing his extra pair to esmeray.

"you expect me to fit into these?" esmeray asked, raising an eyebrow.

"no," jack chuckled, "i bought you skates in your own size."

jack grabbed the right skates and gave them to esmeray, receiving his extras back. esmeray put them on and struggled to get the laces tied.

esmeray knew how to tie them, but she kind of forgot how it went. jack tied her laces and stood up, holding his hand out for esmeray to take.

the two walked to the ice and jack stepped on, immediately skating away. esmeray put one foot on, scared to put the other on.

it had been a while since she last skated, and she didn't know if she was ready to be back on the ice.

esmeray didn't want to have a panic attack. not in front of jack. she started breathing heavily and jack skated back over to her.

"hey, you're alright. look at me," jack said. esmeray looked up at him and started to get calm, "i'll hold your hand. i'll be right there next to you."

esmeray nodded her head and took jack's hand. with the help of him and the wall, she got her other foot on the ice. the two started skating, jack pulling esmeray more than her actually skating.

"you know you have to move your legs to move?" jack asked.

"shut up. i haven't been on the ice in a long time." esmeray said.

"you haven't skated since the whole incident, have you?" jack asked.

"yeah." esmeray said.

jack could usually tell when esmeray lied. her nose would normally scrunch up, and when jack looked at her nose, it scrunched up.

of course jack didn't just flat out ask her, instead, he would wait and ask at a later time.

"you think you can go by yourself?" jack asked.

"yeah." esmeray said. jack let go and she started skating forward. she was doing it well, starting to get her rhythm back.

jack grabbed his hockey stick and a puck and started bringing it up to the net, shooting on goal. he did this a couple times, trying different techniques and things.

esmeray continued to skate around in a big circle. she was a little nervous to start getting faster, but she was also ready. the adrenaline wanted her to do it, but esmeray was fighting it.

"hey esmeray, i'll be right back!" jack called out to her. she gave jack a thumbs up and watched as he exited the ice.

this was her opportunity to see if she still could do all her tricks.

esmeray did a few, forgetting where she was and who she was with.

jack came back and saw her doing her tricks. he stood their amazed and confused. amazed that she was doing all these cool things, but confused on why she didn't tell him.

"i didn't know you could do all that." jack yelled out. esmeray stopped spinning and stood there on the ice, frozen.

esmeray had been caught and now, she would have to tell the whole story.

"i just wanted to see if i could do what the other girls did." esmeray said, her nose scrunching up.

"you're lying." jack said, skating out to her.

"am not." esmeray defended.

"yes you are. i know when you lie esmeray. your nose scrunches up a little and believe me, this isn't the first time i noticed it." jack said.

esmeray lowered her head, realizing she had been caught in all these lies.

"why didn't you tell me you could still skate? more importantly, why didn't you tell me you could do all those tricks?" jack asked.

"it's a very long story." esmeray chuckled nervously.

"i've got some time." jack answered. esmeray rolled her eyes and skated off to the bench, jack right on her heels.

esmeray started untying her laces and jack stopped her.

"why aren't you talking to me?" jack asked.

"because i really don't want to have this talk. not now, not ever." esmeray said. jack regretted asking her. esmeray finished unlacing the skates and she gave them back to jack.

"i'll see you tonight before the game. i need to make sure your shoulder is good enough for tonight." esmeray said flatly before leaving.