When Nadia Marsh; a cheerful and popular ice skater, is overtaken by a mystery illness, everything changes.
When everyone around her is training for sectionals; Nadia is house bound, where even the smallest effort leaves her feeling exhausted.
Getti...
"Can I ask you a question? Did you ever have someone kiss you in a crowded room, And every single one of your friends was making fun of you."
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NADIA'S POV:
I'm feeling anxious right now as my brother will be home any minute. Today he had an interview with some guy from the England ice hockey Olympics team so it's safe to say that today is a pretty big deal for him.
Willem and I both wanted to be in the Olympics, with me on the figure skating lineup and him on the ice hockey team. It would have been an amazing accomplishment to have two Marsh's in the Olympic squad but now there may only be one. I hope that my brother can still live out our dream as he still deserves to get what he wants, even if it is without me.
I'm lying on the sofa mentally pacing backwards and forwards around the living room like my parents are as I wait for Willem to come home and when he finally does we all perk up at the sound of the door slamming shut.
The sound sparks some anxiety in me as him slamming the door may mean he is angry because the interview went badly. Willem finds us in the living room and it looks like he has been crying and his face looks like a slapped arse. I feel my heart drop at the sight of him and I feel the urge to push myself up off the sofa to wrap my arms around him in a hug.
I smell the strong aftershave when I approach him and now that I am so close to him, I can smell the slight scent of weed lingering and this causes me to let out a high pitch squeal.
"No way?" I screech, wanting to jump up and down but my body won't let me.
"Yes way!" He says excitedly back to me. "They said they loved me and will be in touch soon."
My parents now erupt in cheers, rushing towards us in our embrace to wrap their arms around us, finally understanding what is going. "How did you figure it out before us?" My dad asks me.
"I just knew," I reply, looking at Willem with a smile and he smiles back at me, knowing full well how I figured him out. "Anyway, how did it go? Tell us all about it."
"They have been watching our last few games and training sessions looking in on us and they interviewed those of us who they saw as good candidates," He explains, even though we already knew this but he is just reminding us. "Other than me it was Corey, Jasper, Zack, Liam and Nathan."
I feel oddly proud that Jasper has managed to get an interview with these guys as to be able to get one is a massive accomplishment in itself. He was a terrible boyfriend to me during the last few months of our relationship but that doesn't stop the care I have for him and the need to see him succeed in life. We were each other's first everything, that doesn't just go away just because we aren't together anymore.
