Warm Skates on Thin Ice

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ALEXANDRIA

I sat on my freshly made bed, patted down the imperfections and sat there thinking about all the imperfections in my jumps and spins, especially my triple lutz. Sectionals got me hella stressed out.

But then I heard two quick knocks on my door. It had to be Niamh or something.

'I just got off the rink, and Mr Anderson told me to tell you to meet him in the office. Since you and Jon weren't there for the kiss and cry, he wants to talk to you about your results.'

I raised an eyebrow up at her 'shit.'

'yep.'

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I was walking past all the trophies and I soon ended up at Mr Andersons office door. Weirdly Jonathan was sitting in there too. My heart sank. God hopefully I'm not in shit.

'Sit down'

Anderson glares at me and I sit in the sinking seat, and I play with the hem of my shorts

'You two are ready for the Nationals; don't disappoint me. Getting 3rd in sectionals is quite impressive.'

Suddenly a wave of relief rushed through me and I let out a sigh.

'wow..'

Jonathan smiles at me, and glances back at Sir 'When is it?'

'You have a term and a half to practice, and you perform somewhere during May.'

My heart sank again. A term and a half was NOT enough for me and Jo to practice a new program.

'Sir that is 3 months?!'

'Jon, that is more than enough time for you and Alexandria to practice.'

'But⎯'

'If you maintain a constant and a stable schedule it is very possible.'

Jonathan stood up and walked away from the room.

'Sorry coach about Jo; It was such short notice and he may be stressing about it, but I am sure he appreciates the fact that we are in Nationals.'

'I know Perez well enough to know how he acts about things like this Alexandria, good luck.'

I smiled at Anderson and walked through the old door Jo slammed open.

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I scurried back to the dorms and I clicked "4" on the elevator, and used my card to get into my room. I sat on my bed again, and my phone buzzed repetitively inside my bag. Of course it was Niamh.

"WHAT DID ANDERSON SAY!"

"GOD NIAMH"

"..."

"the whole block can hear you"

"WHAT DID HE SAY"

"NIAMH IM RIGHT NEXT TO YOUR ROOM JUST COME OVER DUMBASS"

"I am too fucking lazy Alex."

"Fine I'll come to your room"

I ended the call, and violently knocked on Niamh's door.

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'Anderson said I'm in the nationals!'

'NO FUCKING WAY!'

'YES FUCKING WAY!'

Niamh rolled her eyes 'I am so jealous'

'don't be. We literally only have 3 months to do it'