Jelsa: A Tale Of Two High Schools

Chapt. 34

By the time Elsa and Peri had put on their ice skates the rest of the guys had finished. They were able to catch the last of Sled's routine and from where they were they could hear Rosetta cheering for him.
"From what we saw he might take it," Peri contemplated. Elsa nodded thoughtfully. Sled was good, no denying that. But the boy's event was only the warm up. Everyone seemed to know that. Even as they were waiting to see Sled's scores there seemed to be a change in the air.

The real competition began now. It was in the girl's category, after all where the strongest could be found. Peri, herself, Toothiana, Astrid and that was only the tip of the iceberg. Elsa took a glance at the other girls waiting with them and smirk appeared on her face despite herself. She was excited.
"What are you smiling about?" Peri asked.
"Oh, nothing..."
"Probably about how amazing your routine is," Peri laughed.
"It better be good Snow Queen," The voice made Elsa and Peri turn. Shira from Blue Sky was smirking at them, "Because I don't plan on losing."
"Hey, before you go around threating people maybe you should have as many medals as them, or at least a number that's somewhere close,"
"Ellie! Who's side are you on?" Shira snapped back at her friend how was still lacing up her skates.
"I'm just saying, save the big talk for after you win." Ellie looked at her, "I swear you can be just as hot headed as Diego,"
"So we're starting the trashing talking already. I can do that," Astrid said walking forward.
"Don't start," Tooth tugged her back, "Ignore her. She's just running some extra steam today,"
"We can understand why," Elsa said simply.
"I suppose we should wish you good luck," Tooth smiled.
Elsa and Peri shared a quick glance.
"It's good sportsmanship,"Peri agreed, "Good luck to you too."
Tooth nodded.

The announcements for Sled's scores interrupted them. The scores were marked on a scale from one to ten by five judges and added up for a total out of a possible fifty. Sled's scores were 8.8, 8.6, 8.7, 8.6, 8.2 for a total of 42.9, placing in first place ahead of Sid's 39.4 and Jake's 35.9.

"Well that one place for us today," Elsa stated.
"Are you kidding me, we're in eight and sixth." Astrid said.
"Well it isn't like we didn't know there'd be a lot of pressure on us," Tooth said.

They announced Ellie as the first skater in the women's event. She and Shira shared a quick hug before she took to the ice. Her routine earner her a 36.1.
"And so it begins," Peri said.
"That's a good score, not going to be easy to beat," Tooth commented. They won't speaking to anyone in particular. Shira was next and she scored a 37.4. Elsa smiled. The first two scores were in the high thirties, but she wasn't surprised. That was to be expected, especially from Blue Sky. The next competitors were Odette, Anastasia, Audrey, Coraline and Winnie. They scored 29.4, 31.2, 30, 34.7 and 31.5 respectively. And it was Astrid's turn. She skated on to the ice and One Woman Army started playing.
"This is the song she's skating too?" Anastasia asked.
"That's Astrid for you," Tooth laughed.

Elsa was always impressed with Astrid. Figure skating and hockey skating were two different things, yet Astrid was fantastic at both. She doubted that many people could say that, or at least there won't that many who were at Astrid's level in both. She'd heard once of a girl pursuing figure skating at university but she'd gotten in on a hockey scholarship, but that was one case. Astrid could very well do that if she wanted. She routine had a few high level jumps and spins. Of course DreamWork's were cheering like no one's business.

Astrid earned her a solid 41.
"She's in first place," Margo said.
"Not for long," Elsa and Peri said at the same time.
"Doesn't someone think highly of themselves," Tooth looked at them with sly smile as she made her way to the gate.
"Oh, but we won't talking about ourselves," Peri said.
"Did I just get a complement from two mice?"
"A complement? I wouldn't go that far," Elsa said. Tooth arched an eyebrow at her but didn't say anything.
"Think of it more along the lines that we know you're not going to hold anything back," Peri supplied.
"And you think Astrid was holding back,"
"Oh no." Elsa shook her head, "but no offence to Astrid but you've always used higher level moves that her."
"Does that mean you see as bigger competition than Astrid?"
"You could say that,"
"Whether that was meant as a complement or not I'm going to take it as one." Tooth said with a wink before she took to the ice.