Falling for Him

Chapter 22

Chapter 22

"You are so bad at keeping your balance!" Chase snaps at me as he tries to keep me balanced, trudging heavily towards the ice skating rink, dragging me along.

"Im sorry! But I'm pretty sure these skates were made to be used on ice not on dry land!" I snap back,annoyed.

"I know, but I've never seen anyone so bad at walking towards the ice with skates on." Chase laughs,pulling me along.

And that ticks me off right then and there, so I push Chase aside and walk toward the ice without his help.

I finally manage to get to the rink on my own about 10 minutes after ditching Chase. When I got there, he was already skating on the ice with Noelle and Gage and I had just made it. What a nice date he is.

I slowly step on the ice, trying to keep my balance, and some dude skates past me and pushes me hard and I start to lose balance. I crash into the railing and I land on my butt.

"Woah are you ok?" A strange yet familiar voice says behind me.

I look up and there's this guy awkwardly leaning on his skates in front of me, wearing silly clothes that cover him everywhere, except his eyes. (He has a face mask on for that)

Who the hell would wear that, he looks like a burglar in an ice skating rink.

Without me answering, he starts to help me get up to my feet. I have no idea why I let him help me when he can possibly be a criminal. But for some strange reason I have a feeling I know this person so I was somewhat comfortable with him.

Instead of thanking him, I say, "Why are you wearing all those clothes? The rink is cold but it's not that cold"

"Umm I have a uh, a uh a cold! Yeah my mom told me to keep warm." He replies awkwardly,scratching his head.

I'm still trying to figure out who this guy is. He sounds like a teenager, but no teenager ever wears THAT to an ice skating rink. Maybe he's a ninja....

My thoughts were dispersed when Chase calls me from behind.

"ALLY! Over here!" He says as he gets closer and closer to me, waving in my direction.

Once he finally gets to me, he looks suspiciously at the guy that helped me up.

"What's up dude. Aren't you hot wearing all of that?"

"No. I uh gotta go now." The mystery boy says and skates away almost gracefully.

"Do you know that guy?" Chase questions.

"No but he helped me up when I crashed on my butt when my boyfriend was nowhere to be found ." I say.

"Boyfriend... I like that." Chase says and winks."C'mon I'll hold your hand and we can have a good time together, sorry for not being there." Chase says as he grabs my hand and leads me around the rink.

Every time we pass the mystery boy I swear he gives Chase the dirtiest look.

After about 45 minutes of somewhat entertaining skating, Chase and I get hungry and tired so we invite Noelle and Gage to grab something to eat with us.

"Should we eat here or somewhere else?" Noelle asks.

I look around for the mystery boy and I see him wobbling out of the rink.

"Um let's go somewhere else to eat." I suggest.

"There's a Chilli's right around the corner." Gage says.

"Let's go! I'm starving!" Chase says.

We head out of the place and towards our cars.

"Last one there is a rotten egg, and has to pay!" Chase yells as he rushes me into the car.

"That's not fair! Our car is parked all the way back there!" Noelle yells back,running with Gage.

"Sucks to suck!" Chase replies, laughing.

He get into his car and start the engine and drive to Chilli's and we arrive there about 5 minutes later.

We get out of the car as Gage and Noelle finally reach Chilli's.

They get out of the car and Chase smiles says "You both are rotten eggs!"

"Would rotten eggs be nice enough to pay for your dinner?" Gage says. "Let's head in its my treat tonight."

As Noelle walks by me she whispers giddily, "Isn't he amazing?"

I laugh and head inside with Chase.

Author's notes

Who do you think mystery guy is? Let me know :)