Christmas Time

Ice skating

London

5th December 1974

It was 8 in the morning, Roger had just got up, while Brian was already dressed, ready to get in studio with Freddie. Brian saw that Roger was waking up "I'm jelous of you" he told him "I have to go in the studio while you can stay here and just sleep as much as you want. Freddie and I are leaving in a bit; don't you blow up the house. Be careful to stay as far as possible from the kitchen" Brian smiled defiantly at Roger, who was stretching in the bed. "Fuck you Brian" he just said; Brian wanted to look serious but after that he just couldn't, so, he burst out laughing. When he calmed himself down, he smiled at Roger "Take care of yourself, we'll be back home for lunch" he then left the room.

Roger followed Brian with his eyes. "Everything of him is just perfect" he told himself, nodding at his own thoughts. He had always wondered how it could be to run his hands in his bestfriend's curly hair; he found them so fascinating... But suddenly his thoughts were interrupted by Freddie shouting from downstairs "We're going to the studio! See you later dears!" Now, John and Roger were defenetly lonely at home.

Immediately, John appeared in Brian and Roger's room "Hem... if you want we can have breakfast right now, but I first need to prepare it. What would you like to eat?" Roger thought about it for a while, but then he had an illumination... "Today we have a free day, don't we?" John looked pretty insecure: sometimes Roger's ideas would be really frightening, but not as scaring as Freddie's "Yes, but, what's on your mind?" A grin grew up on Roger's face; John was really scared by Roger now "We can have breakfast at the cafe down the road, and then, we can go ice skating!" John's eyes widened. On one hand, he loved the idea, but on the other, we was kind of worry... He used to ice skating when he was a child, but he had not ice skated since he was ten... But, how could he refuse that suggestion? Even thought he was scared, that idea sound pretty endearing "Ok, It isn't a bad idea. Are we getting out at 9? Does it work for you?" Roger nodded "Yes! It's perfect. For now we can relax, then we'll get ready to get out" John smiled shyly and got out the room.

An hour later, Roger and John finally went to the cafe. They had breakfast. Roger and John ate some pancakes and drank some coffee. After they came out the cafe. "Are you ready to iceskate?" John stared at Roger, and blinked his eyes twice "Oh yes, of course. I forgot it..." Roger was already laughing at the scene; he was sure that they would have fall lots of times. "Let's go then!" He told, and began to walk followed by John, who was both insecure and excited at the same time.

They walked for about 10 minutes, bet then arrived at the iceskating rink. They paid for entry, and they wore skates. Roger was already in the rink, while John was hesitating: he was sure that if he entered he would immediately fall. "John! Come here! It is so funny!" Roger screamed at John. He was about to fall down while he was trying to convince his friend. At some point, Roger decided to just pull to himself John "Stop being so childish John!" He told when he pulled John in the rink. But, the immediately fall down together, so Roger began to laugh "Why did you do it!?" John asked a bit embarrassed. Both Roger and John tryied to get up, but they kept slipping "I give up!" Roger began to laugh more and more after John's complaint "Try to get up together. Give me your hand" Roger told to John. They finally got up from the cold ice, and tryied to skate better than they could.

After a few attempts, Roger started to iceskate better than before, while poor John skated attached to the edge of the skating rink. To Roger, that scene was too funny; he couldn't stop laughing! John was having fun too, and at some point, he decided that it wasn't just Roger who had to laugh at him, so he went in the centre of the skating rink as slow as possible, and tryied to scare Roger. Roger jumped for the fright, and fall down. John was laughing at him this time; he couldn't help himself. Roger pouted at that point, but then he laughed as well "Ok, you won this battle, but.." Roger pulled John down "But not the war! Let's see who his the fastest!" Roger got up, and began to skate as fast as he could "This is not fair Roger!" John yelled at his friend, while attempting to get up. He slipped several times, but when he finally got up, he began to skate as well. Roger and John looked so stupid in that moment, but we cannot exclude the fact that they were enjoying themselves so much.