As I sat in my room all was silent. Except for the clock on the wall.
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Every second, mocking me.
Reminding me, that there was a party of my dreams outside, that I couldn't attend.
I looked at it. It read 9:48. It wasn't too late to go, I could go now. But at the same time I couldn't.
Or could I?
I slowly opened my bedroom door and peeked into the hallway. All the lights were off.
They were asleep. I didn't like the idea of sneaking out, but before I could think I was tiptoeing down the stairs.
I opened the front door as quietly as possible, and headed across the street.
When I got there, it was too late. Everyone was gone. The party was over.
But the he sky was painted a cold blue, and the leftover streamers blew left and right.
Party or not, it was still a beautiful place.
I found a nearby bench, painted dark navy blue and covered in confetti. I sat.
I looked up at the darkening sky, filling with night. I sighed. "After the whole day, I still haven't got to ice skate." I whispered to myself.
There was a sudden voice coming from behind the bench. "You still can." Said someone near the fountain.
I turned around to see a familiar girl with blonde curls and a sequin sweater dress.
I sighed. "Hey Callie." I said, expecting her to torture me with stories about the party.
I decided to get things over with. "So how was the party?"I asked pretending to be interested.
She looked at me with a slight frown. "I didn't go." She answered, and looked down, as if ashamed.
I felt both relieved and a little sorry for her. She seems very upset, like I was, when I couldn't go.
"Well, I didn't go either. It was probably boring anyway." I said, trying to be sympathetic.
She gave me a small smile. The next couple moments were silent, but not awkward, just quiet.
We sat at the bench looking at the scenery until she looked at me with bright eyes.
"I know the party's over, but can we still go iceskating?" She asked with excitement.
I tried to find the right answer, but I sat there, speechless.
After a few stutters, I managed to mumbled out, "yes". Though that was all I said, she could tell I was excited about this.
Callie giggled, then she took out a pair of ice skates from under the bench and handed them to me.
She already had hers on. They were grey and covered with silver rhinestones, of corse.
"Now we have to be quiet, because everyone's probably sleeping." She said as I finished tying my skates.
"Did you sneak out too?" I asked while standing up. "Yeah, sort of..." She answered and got up.
We wobbled for a few seconds. Then we headed towards the ice rink next to the fountain.
At first, I kept sliding everywhere. "Callie! Help!" I screamed, trying to get my balance.
"Hold steady." She said as she held my arm. As we slowly skated.
"Ahhhh!" I screamed because I felt like I was going to fall. "Shhh, quietly." She said, calming me down.
I closed my eyes as we glided gracefully along the rink. Well, Callie glided gracefully.
I was trying not to fall.
After a while Callie let go of me. I didn't even notice as I skated across by myself, trying new technics and stuff.
Soon, I was as steady as Callie. "Hey, I think I got this!" I said with joy.
Callie, who was next to me gave me a smirk. "Oh really? Is that a challenge?" She asked mischievously.
"You're on!" I answered. Then she sped past me. I caught up to her, and we raced each other across the ice.
It was a tie each time.
"I clearly won." I bragged, as we took a break by the fountain. She raised her eyebrow.
"No way, you started like an hour ago, I've been skating for years." She said, popping her collar.
I scanned our surroundings, looking for a way to break this tie.
I looked at Callie and smirked. "Oh no, what're you thinking about?" She asked.
I pointed over at a small icy log, across the other side of the rink. "See that ramp over there?"I asked. She nodded.
"Whoever gets there the fastest, AND jumps over it." I explained. She looked at me with wide eyes.
"No way! That's dangerous!" She exclaimed.
"Oh, I see. You're too scared." I teased. She looked at me, then the log, then back at me.
"Okay, fine. I'll do it." She finally gave in.
"Yes!" I skated to the starting point. "Ready, on your mark, set, GO!" She exclaimed.
We both raced across the rink so fast we left a thick line on the ice behind us.
As I looked behind me to see how Callie was doing, I didn't know she was right in front of me, about to attempt the jump.
I turned to face the front but I couldn't stop in time. CRASH.
Callie fell.
I knocked the log into the ice.
And it cracked.
We panicked as the water rose up and down. The crack spread to the rink and cracked the ice!
I tried running, but I was on skates. Still, I kept trying. "Callie!" I screamed.
She was in the water now, trying to swim. "Belle! Help!" She screamed back.
I jumped from pieces of ice that looked sturdy.
I got on a long piece and started running, bad mistake.
I tripped and fell in the cold water.
It was freezing. I moved as fast as I could to Callie, but the moving cold waves and pieces of ice made it almost impossible.
I felt dizzy and my vision became blurry, and soon everything started getting darker....
