Warm Skates on Thin Ice

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ALEXANDRIA

We were standing in front of my room door. My left arm wrapped around my right arm, and I was leaning against the wall.

'Well since we are friends now' Marcus sassily quoted, 'contacts?'

I rolled my eyes. I don't just give my phone number out like that. 'Whatever. Give me your phone.'

'Ugh'

I yanked the phone off him, and typed in my number, naming myself "Alexandria" with those ice skates emoji's at the end of it. I gave the phone back to him.

'Just Alexandria? With the "ice skates" emoji?'

'Yes. So that you could differentiate me from the thousand other girls on your phone.'

He smiled at me and wandered off. Then in my peripheral vision, I caught Niamh staring me down with her hands placed on her hips.

'You have some explaining to do.' Niamh pulled me by my arm into her room.

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Niamh pushed me into her room, and closed the door behind us.

'Marcus huh.' she smirked.

'What about him Niamh.'

'Hand me the the ten dollars. Now' she motioned her hand.

'I didn't!'

'Then why didn't you answer my texts Lex.'

'I was on the rink with him⎯'

'you were on the rink with him?'

'yes. I was on the rink watching him fall on his ass a million times trying to do a cartwheel'

Niamh stared at me quietly. "hm."

'Okay I'm gonna go. You are so fucking annoying Niamh'

I left her room, while flipping her off at the same time.

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I was texting Jonathan on my phone. He said that Anderson might be at rink tomorrow, early in the morning, so it was perfect for Jon and I to practice for our competition. I'm still taking in the whole "Nationals" thing that happened, but I always have next year, so I'm getting over it. It was quite late after the ice time I had with Marcus, and I was tired too, so I got prepared to go to bed. I took a short shower, and did my night routine, and went to bed.

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My "4:30 AM" alarm went off right beside my ear. I didn't want to get out of my bed because of how toasty it was, but we really need to update Anderson on our skills since he hasn't been there for us in a while.

I took a short shower, wore my lulu defines and leggings, and styled my hair into a slicked back high ponytail, and used a curling iron to make it look extra bouncy.

'Should I do the cantilever to impress coach today. . .'

I did soft makeup, and packed my duffel and made sure nothing was out of the ordinary. Everything was going great, so I headed down to the rink to grab a quick snack and get to my warm up session.

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'Wheres my caramel slice' Marcus speaks into my ear from behind.

'You scared me,' I rolled my eyes at him, and smiled.

I walked up to the counter. 'A granola bar and a. . .' I hesitated for a moment, and looked behind to be met with his begging eyes. 'and a caramel slice please.'