Ice, Love and Everything in between

Chapter 1

Ever since I could remember I loved ice skating, my parents said that I learned how to skate before I learned how to run and before I knew it, it became my whole world.

As a little girl it was easy to find time for something I basically lived for, after school I went straight to the ice rink where I spent the rest of the day.

But my little bubble routine suddenly fell apart as soon as I entered college. All the assignments and classes made me lose all my energy and I barely found any time for ice skating.

The closest ice rink was one hour drive away from campus and even though I was craving to feel the ice it just took so much time of my day to go there and back that I eventually gave up.

Well that was until they opened a new ice rink close to the campus. From what I heard it was apparently founded by another college since they needed a new place for practice for their hockey team

So as soon as it was opened for visitors I called the owner. She was very nice and assured me that I could skate there any time I wanted since the ice rink won't be open only for to the students of the founder college but for the other people as well.

The news made all my worries disappear and after a long time I was finally able to look forward to the skating session after school.

ONE WEEK LATER

I never liked chemistry, it never made sense to me and today's last class just had to be chemistry

As I was sitting at my usual seat trying not to fall asleep someone tapped my shoulder. I turned around seeing my best friend's face, Kate

"Gia do you have time after class?" she whispered

"I was planning to go check out that new ice rink that opened a few days ago" I whispered back

"That's great actually" she said as a smile appeared on her face showing off her dimples

"What are you plotting?" I asked turning my full attention to her

Her big grey eyes sparkled as she spoke "so there's this guy-" she was suddenly interrupted by the professor's voice

"Gia, Kate if my lesson's not interesting enough for you, you can always leave"

We both stayed quiet, knowing that if we say anything now we can say goodbye to our
after-class plans and say hello to the bunch of assignments

"Okay then, as I was saying..." the professor's voice faded away at the thought of my feet touching ice again after such a long time

I once again got lost in my own little world and
before I noticed, the class already ended. I was brought back from my thoughts thanks to Kate's voice

"Come on we need to go now if we want to be there before they finish training" I looked at her confused "like I was saying before there's this guy" she said as blushed

"Go on" I teased "he's from another campus and his team has a training in that new rink right about now" "a hockey player?"

She gave me that 'don't be like that' look "come on Gia stop with that stereotype hating, not all hockey players are fuckboys"

"I'll believe it when I finally meet on that's not" I said standing my ground, she groaned and for a moment I felt a little guilty

"Okay look, if you really think that this guy can be the one for you than we can go there for you two to meet" she looked at me with such joy that I can't describe it in words

"You won't be sorry, he's a great guy" she said smiling, showing off her pearly white teeth

"Where did you two meet anyway?"

"At that frat party that I went last week"

"The one where that guy tried to jump in the pool from the roof and broke both his legs?"

"Yeah that one" I know I shouldn't laugh at something like that but like we read each other's minds we both let out a chuckle

She continued to tell me how amazing and generous this guy is, how he's only one year older, that his name is Isaac and how he's a great kisser and so on

Time passed and we were already a few meters away from the entrance of the skating rink.

As we entered I was in complete awe, the ice rink was huge, the ice was so shiny, it looked like I could see my reflection in it

My eyes stopped at the group of people that were heading towards our way, Kate smiled and waved her hand at one of the guys

his eyes lit up and he walked up to us "Hi there beautiful" he said giving her a hug and then a kiss on the lips

"and you must be Gia, Kate told me a lot about you" he said extending his hand to me

"it's nice to meet you" I said as I shook his hand, I glared at Kate, she better not told him that I dislike hockey players

it's not like I crave that he makes a good opinion about me I just don't want him to think I'm here to sabotage his chances with Kate

he looks like a genuinely nice guy, so for now I'll just stay down and observe for a little while

she deserves happiness and if that means she has to date a hockey player then so be it

we chatted back and forth when a deep voice interrupted us "we need to go Isaac, the rink will soon open for other visitors"

the voice was deep and demanding, you could tell that whoever's the owner of this voice, he's the team's captain

I looked to the side and made eye contact with a tall, dark-haired guy, his dark eyes starring back at me

I didn't miss how he quickly checked me out and I almost puked right then and there

I hate hockey guys, why? Because the last time I had anything to do with one of them he ended up cheating and lying to my face

and since then I made a promise to myself to never fall for one of his kind ever again

"Do I know you?" he suddenly spoke up and I realised that he was talking to me

"No" I said

"then why are you glaring at me like I did something to you?" oh shit, I didn't even realise

"excuse my friend, she can be a little grumpy" Kate interrupted

"I am not" I hissed at her

"see, grumpy"

I was about to give her a piece of my mind when Isaac spoke up

"It's better that me and my team go before it gets too crowded but I'll call you later, okay?"

Kate nodded happily and he gave her one more hug before leaving

but that guy was still standing there like a statue, he tilted his head to the side and the sound of his voice filled my ears

"what's your name grumpy"

I glared at him "I'm not telling you"

"okay then I guess I'll just have to call you grumpy" he smirked as he walked past me, his huge figure throwing a shadow over my body

"it's Gia" I said finally giving in

"a pretty name for a pretty face" he mumbled quietly but still loud enough for me to hear him

"are you blushing?" Kate teased

"shut up" I said as I started walking to the changing room

There's no way that a guy like him could make me blush, I'm just going to pray to god tonight to never run into him again, guys like him are just bad news

I finally managed to put my skates on. I got up and walked to the ice rink. I took a deep breath of a chilly air surrounding me as my feet made contact with the ice after forever.

AUTHORS NOTE:

Hi guys!
I'm still new to all this and since english is not my first language I might have written some of words wrong, but I do hope you all liked the first chapter, please leave your thoughts in the comments, I'm looking forward to reading them :)