Love on the Ice (Victor Nikiforov Love Story)

Chapter 13: On Ice Again

Disclaimer: Everything besides Katerina and her family belong to Mitsuro Kubo.
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One year later......

It had been a year since we got together. Victor had been very sweet to me. When I worked long hours on costumes, he would make dinner for me. He brought flowers whenever he came to visit me.

After a few months, Victor convinced me to move into his apartment. He had a spare room where I could work on my costumes.

My family met him a few months ago. My parents liked him. They spent hours talking about me and our relationship. My siblings liked him too...but that's because he bought them too many sweets. My grandparents from my father's side met him when I went over to their place to help them around.

We managed to keep our relationship a secret. Of course, there were reporters asking if he was in a relationship. Victor managed to convince them that he was not in one. He wanted our relationship to grow naturally.

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"Are you sure that I'm allowed here?"

Victor took me to his skating practice. To be honest, I didn't want to go because I didn't want to distract him and bring attention to myself. He gave me a smile. "You are with me so it will be fine," he assured me.

Once we walked inside the facility, I was amazed by the size of the place. The rink was a big as a competition rink. There were many skaters training on the ice today. The lighting was very good.

Victor led me close to the rink where many skaters were skating. I could remember when I skated with Victor. Also, the rink reminded me why I loved skating. Victor helped me love skating.

"Victor!"

I felt myself jump a bit and turned my attention to se his coach Yakov. He was a very strict coach of all of Russia. Many skaters come to him for coaching. He wanted his skaters to win gold and be champions.

"Hello Yakov!" Victor waved to him. {He's not scared of him?} "Why are you late? The Grand Prix starts next week! I am expecting you to come to practice on time!" Yakov yelled at him. I felt really bad. {I distracted him.}

Victor took my hand and led me to the lockers with Yakov yelling at the background. "Go change into your skates," he told me. I gave him a worried look. "Are you sure that I am allowed to skate here? I mean...there are so many skaters practicing out there today," I told him.

He took his skates out of his bag. "It's okay. Don't worry about Yakov. Once he sees you skate, he would be very surprised," he told me. I let out a breath. {How can he be so happy in this situation.} I was very nervous.

After I wore my skates, Victor took my jacket off for me. "Thank you," I said to him with a smile. He kissed me on the cheek." Your welcome love," he told me. He put my jacket in his locker and helped me onto my feet.

We walked out to the rink to see many of the skaters looking at us. Once at the edge of the rink, Victor stepped onto the ice first and turned around to look at me. He gave his hand out. "Here," he said with a smile.

I took his hand and stepped onto the ice. "Go warm up and then we can start skating," he told me. I gave him a nod and skated off around the rink. {Good thing we stretched at home.} It felt great to be on the ice.

Victor skated around the rink a few times. Every time our eyes met, we would give each other a smile. As I skated around the rink, I would get stares from the other skaters. Sometimes, I heard whispers.

"Who is she?" "I heard that Victor has a girlfriend. It must be her." "She not a real skater."

Victor caught up with me and took my hand as we skated to the middle of the rink. "I gave the music to a skater to put on," he whispered to me. "Which one?" I asked him. "Scheherazade. Remember?" he said to me.

"Oh."

We never skated the program during a competition. We did plan to skate it at the next season and during a performance. I was a little nervous. I took a deep breath. Fear ran thorough my body. {What if I hurt him again....}

Victor took my hands into his. "It's going to be alright. I won't get hurt," he whispered to me. It took me a while to calm down. Once I calm down, I gave him a nod. {Remember.} We got to position. I had to stand away from him. {I hope he remembers.}

{Watch the video for choreography and music on YouTube.}

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{I can't believe we did it.}

Victor stood up from his position and gave me a hug. "You remembered," he told me. "Of course," I told him and pulled away. Some of the skaters were clapping. I felt my cheeks burn and covered my face.

Victor pulled me close that I hid my face in his chest. "They love us," he whispered to me softly. "Really?" I asked him. He pulled away and looked down at me. "Yes. Look," he told me. He turned me around and I saw the skaters with smiles on their face. Some of them nodded in approval.

"Victor!"

I felt myself jump from Yakov's voice. Victor took my hand and skated me to the his coach. Once we were in front of the coach, Yakov looked at Victor. "Who is she?" he asked him. Victor wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me close to him.

"This is Katerina Chernishova. I known her since we were little kids. We did ice dancing together," Victor explained to him. Yakov looked at me. "You skate pretty well," he told me. "Um...thank you?" I said to him.

He gave me a nod and walked away. "He likes you." I turned him Victor in shock. "Huh? How can you tell with that face?" I asked him. He gave me a smile. "It's in his eyes," he told me. "His eyes?"

{How can he possibly know?}

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"He has done it! He has gotten gold. A great start to the season!"

He won his first medal at the first competition of the Grand Prix. I got to go with him and cheered him on. He looked around the stadium and saw me. I waved to him. He gave me a smile and skated towards me.

"Huh?"

Once he was in front of me, he pulled me into a kiss. The press and media went into a frenzy with their cameras. Victor pulled away and looked at me. "Sorry. I couldn't wait," he said. "It's okay," I said to him with a smile.

We revealed our relationship to the world.