Notice Me, Please

Ice skating (Delilah's pov)

I groan as I stuff my feet into the skates. My friends are gonna be here soon. I have no idea why I agreed to this. I'm gonna embarrass myself in front of her, and god, that would be awful. I start to chew on the part of my hoodie where the strings used to be. "Delilah!" I hear a voice call my name. I turn and see Shawn, Nico, Thalia, and of course, her. My hands start to slightly shake. Stay calm. 

"Hi guys!" I call. They start to walk over to me. Mental note: she looks amazing today. Nico sits next to me and the others pile in on the bench. "Delilah, you know you need to tighten your skates, right?" Thalia calls from the end of the bench. "Can you help me? I've never done this shit before," they laugh. "I got it," Nico says and completely unties my laces. "Dude, really!? All of that was wrong." He stares at me, "Every last bit girl." He ties up my laces so tight it literally hurts, " Ow, what the fuck, Neeks?" "Sorry, princess, but you'll thank me later, I promise," I sigh. She talks, "Hey, is everybody ready? I wanna skate!" We all say yes. As I stand up, I start to wobble.  She grabs my arm. "Hey you sure you wanna do this?" she asks. I nod and walk towards the rink. Nico and Thalia rush on, they race around the rink already lapping me once. "Do you want me to help you?" she asks. "No, I don't wanna be any trouble," she looks at me unsure. "I'm sure it'll be easy to learn, I promise I'm fine" Still uneasy, she nods and skates off eloquently. I step on the rink and immediately grab to the wall feeling my skates wobble underneath me. Shit shit... I try to walk and fall on my ass. Hard. Thalia slides in next to me. "Shit, Delilah, are you okay?" I nod and get up. Then she laughs "You should've seen your fall!" Shawn skates up "Delilah, let me teach you how to skate" I groan and mutter my agreement.

 "Okay left foot, right foot, slide, left foot, right foot, slide." Shawn instructs me, patiently. Oh and believe me he needed patients. I don't learn well. I look up and see her and Nico racing around the rink. "Hey Shawn, I'm gonna get a drink of water," he nods and skates off. I try to reach the gate, it stings at every sweep of my feet. My nose feels a little chilly, I can tell it's probably red by now and running disgustingly. Not that it would really be red because I'm hispanic, but, whatever. As I walk up to the hot chocolate stand I notice Thalia talking to some girl. She's pretty. "Thalia!" I call to her. She looks over at me and waves me over to them. "Delilah, this is Anna and Anna, this is Delilah" I reach out my hand and as Anna takes it she exclaims "How are your hands so warm?" I chuckle and respond, "I actually have no idea, they've just always been like this." Cool," she says. I nod. "So does anybody want hot chocolate? I'll buy." Thalia asks us both. Anna instantly says yes. "You don't have to buy it for me Thalia, I can pay," she shrugs and walks up to the stand. "Two large hot chocolates, please." The man looks at her with a mundane look on his face. " That'll be eight dollars and fifty cents." She pulls out a crumpled up tell dollar bill and hands it to him. He shoves it in the register and makes change. It's my turn. "One small hot chocolate, please." He stares at me blankly "one dollar" I frown at his curt response and hand him a perfect dollar bill. They get there drinks before me.

 I turn around and see the rest of them heading toward us. "Hey y'all" Nico yells. "Everybody, this is Anna, Anna this is everybody," gesturing to them. She waves adorably. Yes, I even think her wave is adorable! "Delilah, can I have some of your drink?" She asks as her coat makes contact with mine. I nod and hand her the drink. " As long as you don't mind my nasty lips." She looks at me very seriously. "Your lips are not nasty." I hold my hands up as if I'm surrendering, "Yes ma'am." She laughs. We walk back over to the rink. 

"Delilah, it's my turn to help you," she says. I nod a little bit to excitedly, I think she notices. As soon as we step on the rink, I start to fall. She grabs my hand, holding on tight. "Alright now, just do what Shawn told you but hold my hand." Just the feeling of holding her hand makes me feel a little bit safer and a little bit more alive. I sweep left foot, then right foot and glide. It's working perfectly. "There you go!" She says enthusiastically. I continue to do this until it gets to the point I don't have to hold her hand anymore, I don't wanna let go. I don't think I ever wanna let go. But I know I have to.