FP stood up again, hearing Alice sniffle in the dark as he wiped away her tears with his thumbs and kissed her. They each felt a swirl of emotions wrapping around them, tying them together in the abandoned skating rink. This was their chance to try again. Their moment to truly feel the happiness that overpowered their painful past. Their love had created another, yet again. This time they'd do it right. They'd do it together.
Mr. Jones took her by the hand, kissing the back of it before he kissed her on the mouth once more. "Wait here." He whispered. "I'm gonna go find the lights."
"Okay." She whispered back. "Be careful."
"I mean it..." He warned her. "...stay right there. I don't want you tripping over anything."
"I'm not moving, Jones." She reassured him with adorable annoyance.
"Okay." His voice moved farther and farther away from her.
Only a few seconds passed before Alice called out to him again. "Are you alright?" She wondered.
"I'm okay." He answered, even further from her.
Suddenly, the sound of a bang resonated throughout the building, causing an echo and Alice's heart to leap. "FP?" She spun around in the dark as if she'd be able to see him.
"I'm fine." He called out immediately.
"You tripped, didn't you?" She asked with her hands on her hips.
"Yupp." He responded receiving a laugh from the woman. He laughed too with a pained groan. "That's gonna bruise tomorrow."
"You alright, baby?" She wondered, finding it funny that he was so worried about her tripping when he was the one they should've worried about.
"I'll be fine." FP giggled from a corner of the room and he finally found the lights. "Got it!" He called out, turning them on.
When Alice was finally able to see, she turned to see the open rink and the old skating floor that she actually kind of missed. The disco ball over the center of the room spun and she let out a relaxed sigh. She turned to find FP walking toward her with a hand on his bicep, rubbing away the pain from his fall. "Are you-"
"I'm perfect." He interrupted her, putting his hands on her stomach once more. "You're perfect. This is all perfect."
"At least let me take a look at it." She insisted, grabbing the sleeve to his Serpent jacket and pulling his arm closer. "Come on...Take it off." She looked up into his eyes as he held back a joke. "FP." She basically scolded him for having such a dirty mind. "Come on." She demanded once more and he obeyed, removing his Serpent jacket to reveal the gray t-shirt he wore underneath. Alice examined his reddened bicep and put two of her fingers over it to feel its small bump. "You'll live." She playfully smacked him on the arm and he grimaced in pain.
"Hey!" He chuckled, finding it hard to be mad at her at the moment. "Do you wanna see if they left any of the rental skates here?"
"FP, I haven't skated since junior year."
"Come on. You were always a natural and besides..." He brought his face centimeters from hers, "...I'll catch you." He put his lips to hers, about to kiss her and her eyes closed, practically begging for his lips upon hers, but he quickly pulled away, teasing her.
Alice shook her head as she glared at him, walking away to jump over the employee counter. "You're such a child." She joked as he disappeared, ducking down behind the desk.
"Hey, look!" He shouted, standing up and placing a pair of skates on the counter. "Your size!"
"Oh no." She said, walking over and setting her purse down. "Why would they leave these here?"
