Loving The Enemy

13: Roller Skating

That night, Clary and I parked outside of the roller skating rink. I was feeling a bit nervous, since I absolutely sucked at roller skating. Clary and I walked in, and immediately spotted everyone else, well everyone except Alec. He had gotten sick, and couldn't come. We walked over to them, and smiled. After a few minutes, we all went and got our skates. We all put them on and tied them, and started to skate. I grabbed onto the sides of the rink, to steady myself. Clary, Cecily, and Isabelle all stood with me, chuckling. It was a dark, and there were lights flashing everywhere.

"Just try moving, Tessa." Cecily coaxed.

"I'm going to fall." I said, nervously.

"Well you can't just stand there the entire time. Just try." Clary said.

I sighed, and tried to skate. I almost fell, and had to grab the side again. I looked at three of them in dismay.

"I can't do it." I sighed.

They all looked like they were about to say something, and then suddenly stopped, looking at something behind me. They then smirked at me, and then skated off. Oh, well thanks a lot guys, I thought to myself. Suddenly, I felt someone slip their hand into mine. I looked to my left, to see Will. He was smirking.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"I said I'd hold your hand, didn't I?" He said, amused.

"I can't skate, Will." I stated.

"Not yet, you can't." He grinned gleefully. "I'm going to teach you."

Will then started to skate a bit, and he pulled me along with him.

"Copy what I do." He instructed.

"I can't do it, Will." I shook my head, clinging to his arm.

He made an impatient noise. "Just try, Tess."

I sighed, and tried to copy his strides. We were going pretty fast, and I held his hand tightly, trying to ignore the electricity running through me at his touch. Pretty soon, I was actually skating well.

"I'm going to let go of your hand now." Will said.

Before I could protest, he dropped my hand, and I was skating on my own.

"Look, you're doing it." Will smiled.

"I am!" I exclaimed excitedly, and he chuckled.

Will then faced me, skating backwards.

"How the hell are you doing that?" I asked, bewildered.

He smirked. "Because I'm amazing."

I rolled my eyes at him. "You're so arrogant."

"Hmm, but you love it." He said casually.

Suddenly, "Hit the Quan" came on. I groaned, ugh really this song? Will started to grin.

"You don't like this song?" He asked, amused.

"No." I huffed, and then smirked at him. "Can you do the dance?"

Will then suddenly doing the dance, and he actually wasn't that bad. I laughed my head off, and he looked pleased.

"That was the funniest thing I've ever seen." I laughed. "You're actually not that bad."

"I told you, I'm amazing." Will winked.

Suddenly I felt two people take either of my hands. I looked to see that they were Cecily and Clary.

"Tessa! Look at that boy in the tank top over there." Cecily instructed.

I followed her gaze, to see a boy in a tank top, with white blonde hair skating gracefully, laughing with his friend. The boy looked our age, or a year older. My mouth dropped open, he was hot. Really hot.

"Oh my god, he's hot." I said, staring at him.

"I know right!" Clary squealed.

Will rolled his eyes at us, and huffed. Jace then skated up to him, and they a started to talk to each other, while us girls drooled over the boy. All of us then stopped at one spot, not too far away from where the boy was standing with his friend. We were all talking, and then suddenly I felt someone bump into me. I turned around, to see the boy standing.

"Sorry, babe." He winked, and then skated away.

"Oh my gosh!" Clary exclaimed.

"He totally just flirted with you!" Cecily grinned.

I blushed. "He did."

For some reason, my eyes went over to Will. He was looking annoyedly at us, and there was something in his blue eyes that I couldn't place. He was glaring at the boy, and I wasn't sure why.

"You should ask him his name." Isabelle smirked.

"Yeah." Clary added in.

I shook my head. "No."

"Okay how about this, if he stops by us again or bumps into you or something, then you have to." Cecily said.

I sighed. "Fine."

We all talked for a bit, and sure enough the boy stopped by us again. Cecily shot me look, and I sighed, and nervously skated towards the boy. I stopped beside him, and he smiled at me.

"Hi." I started awkwardly.

"Hey." He replied.

"What's your name?" I blurted out. Nice one Tessa.

The boy smiled wider. "Mark. Mark Blackthorn. What about you?"

"Tessa Gray." I smiled slightly.

Mark and I spoke for a few minutes, and then he skated off and I went back to everyone else. The girls looked at me expectantly, and Will looked annoyed.

"Well?" Isabelle asked.

"He gave me his number." I said.

The girls squealed, and Will clenched his fists. What the hell was wrong with him?

"You have to call him!" Cecily exclaimed.

I shrugged. "I probably won't."

They only shook their heads at me. Suddenly a slow song started playing, and we all looked at each other awkwardly. Suddenly, Jace took Clary's hand and they started skating. The same thing happened with Simon and Isabelle, and Cecily and Gabriel (much to Will's dismay) until it was only Will and I. Will held his hand out to me, and I took it. We both began skating casually.

"Are you actually going to call that guy?" Will asked.

"No. Why?" I asked.

"Just wondering." He mumbled, small smile playing at his lips.

Suddenly, I lost my balance, and fell. I pulled Will down with me, and suddenly he was on his back on the floor, and I was laying on top of him, our faces centimetres apart. Oh god, I thought to myself.

"S--sorry." I stuttered.

"No worries." He looked amused.

I stared into his blue eyes, and I was lost in them. We stayed like that for about ten seconds, and then I quickly snapped out of it. I scooted off him, and he stood up. As hard as I tried, I couldn't stand back up. Will only laughed at me, and took me by the waist and stood me up.

"Thanks." I blushed, and he took my hand again.

"Anytime, baby." He smirked and winked.

I blushed. God, he drove me crazy.