Montana Mansion

Skating Plans

Charlene's POV:

"Hey, Amanda, Jess," I popped into their room.

"Yeah?" Jess looked up from unpacking, knowing that I must want something.

"Do you guys want to go ice skating with me?" I asked, hopeful to get all of my friends to go with me. I really wanted to teach them all. And, let's be honest, show off my new routine. At their hesitation, I offered, "We have skates for you to borrow."

Amanda glanced over at Jess to check her agreement, who shrugged, "Sure. Why not?"

I beamed, "Great! Meet you there in an hour." 

I left their room and stood in Willa's doorway, "Hey, Willa. The 'sisters' and I are going skating in an hour. Wanna come?"

"Yeah! I even brought the skates you got me for my birthday. Meet you guys down there later," Willa resumed folding her clothes.

"Cool!"

Confident in my abilities to talk the boys into coming, I skipped into their room.

"Hey, guys!"

Philby looked up at me from the desk where he was working on something on his computer, "Ever heard of knocking?"

"Yeah, I just don't happen to believe in it," Finally. Outsmarted Philby. I was high on my luck today! "I was wondering if you guys wanted to come skate with me in about an hour. I have some skates for you to borrow."

All together, the boys pasted big, fake smiles on their faces, giving me false hope, only to loose them the second they responded in unison, "No."

I thought for a second, "Willa and Amanda are going to be there."

"You know what," Philby started, "College would appreciate a boy that skates. I'm in."

"I'm with Philby," Finn smiled, "I need to broaden my horizons. I'll see ya down there."

"I'm going to go with no," Maybeck stayed strong in his opposed position.

"Oh, I get it Maybeck. A lot of guys can't skate. But they're mostly bookish. I thought that you'd be able, but I guess you can't," I bluffed, not sure what other stance to take with Maybeck, "Oh, well. I'll see you down there, Finn and Philby," I pretended to leave.

"Hey!" Maybeck exclaimed, "Of course I can skate!"

"I guess we'll never know for sure though, will we? I mean, if you're not coming..." I let myself trail off.

"I'll come," Maybeck quickly added, "But only because I want to."

"Stellar!" I flashed a smile, "Gotta go get ready, see ya'll down there!" 

I left the room, pleased with myself. All of my friends were about to come do one of my favorite things with me. 

This was going to be fun.