Lace Up
- Reads 107
- Votes 0
- Parts 6
Ongoing50m
Last published Sat, Apr 4, 2026
Calliope Bouras is a talented figure skater, having skated for her whole life but when an accident turns her whole life upside down, who would've thought that the one stable thing would be her least favorite person in the world, Antonio.
Antonio Marchetti is a hockey player, hoping to go pro. He's had his eyes hooked on Calliope for a while, especially since she's his younger sister's best friend. Calliope lives rent free in his head, even while he tells himself constantly that he despises her with every fiber of his being.
All Rights Reserved
#11
figureskater
Join the largest storytelling communityGet personalized story recommendations, save your favourites to your library, and comment and vote to grow your community.
You may also like
Going Full Throttle
~ 2021 WATTY'S SHORTLIST ~ "I-well, I..." I hesitated with my response. I wanted to let go. To not worry about what would happen in the future. I'd always loved staring into fires. It hypnotized me with its beauty and danger. It was so tantalizing to look at, but one little touch could destroy. I knew the heat between Tyler and I was similar. It started off small but it had only grown in the weeks he'd been here. We'd fed it unintentionally, and it had gone from an ember to a crackling flame. Every nerve in my body wanted to reach out and touch it, even though I knew I'd get burned. *************************************************** Pia Callahan always lived a carefree life with no worries. Her only responsibilities were to attend her college classes (sometimes) and keep herself fed (on ramen). When tragedy strikes, Pia is all of the sudden thrown into a whirlwind of change. She has to grow up and take on more responsibility than she could ever imagine: the custody of her best friend's son. Pia may not believe she is the best person for the job, but she is determined to do it. She'll trade in frat parties for PTA meetings and beer-bongs for apple juice. But what happens when the ruggedly hot motocross athlete Tyler Westwood shows up in her small town? Tyler lives on the fast track, never caring too much about consequences. You can't when your job is to do backflips through the air. Sometimes, you just have to send it and hope for the best. From the second Tyler meets Pia, he knows he wants her. But she is determined to ignore their bubbling chemistry. She has priorities now and a summer fling isn't one of them. Will Pia be able to stay away from Tyler? Or will she decide to hit the throttle? ***************************************************Complete
Fix the broken
Maria Rodriguez, she has to help take care of her two younger siblings since her mom left. Her dad does the best he can, but she still ends up taking care of them the most. She's best friends with Mae Emersyn. They do everything together. But what happens when Mae ends up getting into a relationship with Maria's enemies best friend and they start spending more time with each other? Lorenzo Diaz, His home life isn't the best. His dad is abusive. He abuses his mom but Lorenzo tries as best he can to protect her. He's best friends with James Madden, their on the basketball team together and they've been friends since 7th grade. What happens when James gets into a relationship with Mae, Maria's best friend? Maria and Lorenzo, She hates him, he definitely does not hate her. He protects everyone he can, she has an abusive boyfriend. Will he help protect her or no? Will she hate him forever or will he get what he want? Her.
𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑪𝑶𝑳𝑫 𝑬𝑺𝑪𝑨𝑷𝑬
★ 𝑰𝑺𝑨𝑩𝑬𝑳𝑳𝑨 𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑬𝑹𝑺𝑶𝑵 a 18 year old figure skater who moved to england with her family to enter a prestigious college. On the way of doing that she meets a bunch of new people, who flip her whole life upside down. ★ 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑶𝑵 𝑩𝑹𝑶𝑶𝑲𝑺 a 19 year old guy. Who is the capitan of his college's hockey team. He seems intruged when the new girl enters the college so he bugs her every chance he gets. Mason and Isabella. Will they end up together? Or will still be the same rivals they always were.Complete
Figurine
She swore she'd never skate again, but the ice has a way of pulling you back-especially when the town's hockey star is watching. When Calliope Brooks loses her mother, her life is turned upside down. Forced to leave behind the familiarity of her old world, she moves to the small town of Lakehurst to live with her estranged father, the coach of the local boys' hockey team, the Lakehurst Sirens. Once a promising figure skater, Calliope has sworn off the ice-until a chance encounter with Grayson Maverick, the Sirens' star player and school heartthrob, ignites something she thought she'd lost. As Calliope finds herself drawn back to the rink, she's thrust into the chaotic, competitive world of hockey. Navigating budding friendships, lingering grief, and her growing feelings for Grayson, Calliope discovers that sometimes the only way to move forward is to embrace what makes you whole-on and off the ice. But as she steps into a role no one expected, Calliope must prove she has what it takes to be more than a fragile figurine-and face the pressures of skating with, and against, the boys who dominate the game. #1 icehockey (19th May 2025) #1 hockey (13th April 2025) #1 figureskating (20th April 2025) #1 coachesdaughter (20th April 2025) #2 greif (20th April 2025)Complete
Lonely for you only
Book 1 of the Mayer Familly series After a messy break-up from her NHL all star hockey player boyfriend of 2 years, Allison Mayer winds up from Colorado to New York, a new Job, and a clean slate. She swore off dating athletes, especially hockey players. So the last thing she expected was for Danny Callister, NHL's infamous playboy to be someone she would even care for let alone fall for no matter how charming he was she would do everything in her power to resist but can she? Danny Callister himself is a walking sex god on skates. Women wanted him and Men wanted to be him. Danny always knew he was Hook-up able but commitment unattainable. But one night he locks his eyes on Allison and his whole world turns upside down. Will he change for her? Will she even believe that? Will she be able to trust again? will he be able to finally give his heart to a woman?Complete
All The Right Wrong Turns
Abigail Patel has spent her whole life protecting her younger brother, Kiran. After losing their parents young and bouncing from one foster home to another, the only constant in her life has been him. Now at twenty-five, she's working long hours at a jewelry store to put him through college, determined to give him the stability they never had. Kiran, on the other hand, is struggling. College isn't easy, especially when he's got a relentless tormentor-Aiden Callahan, the rich, cocky, too-charming-for-his-own-good campus golden boy who seems to have made Kiran his personal project. But then Aiden walks into Abigail's store, and suddenly, he isn't so cocky anymore. Turns out, the arrogant bully has a weakness-her. He's smitten, and Abigail? She's furious. No way is she falling for the guy who makes her brother's life miserable. Not when she's spent years shielding Kiran from every hardship. But Aiden isn't backing down, and the more she pushes him away, the harder he tries to prove he's not the villain she thinks he is. Between love, loyalty, and a whole lot of misunderstandings, Abigail has to figure out if some people can change-or if this is one battle she can't afford to lose.
Winners Don't Have Bad Days (Watty 2020 Winner, Romance)
When a total stranger knows what eats you, maybe they are your one true love. Even if you don't know it yet. || On Friday the 13th, two twenty-something, Daya and Mike, end up in a mutually beneficial arrangement: she is his caregiver after he breaks his foot; he provides room&board to help her out with a teeny-tiny cash flow problem. Not a whiff of a romance, strictly business. And for a while, all is good... for about five minutes, that is. What can an overweight man, a video game obsessed librarian, know about her quitting a challenging sport of figure skating, Daya scoffs. He needs to get off her case and sort out his binge eating! What does a celery-chewing skating diva care about his failure as a PhD candidate, Mike wonders. She is just replacing her dreams with his non-existing problems instead of pursuing her one true passion! With the two already teetering on the brink of mutually assured destruction, oil splashes onto the flames when Daya resumes her never-ending quest for skating triumph at Canadian Nationals. (Well, that should make Mike happy, right? Right?) But isn't there *something* worth fighting for *together*? Like, you know, love? COMPLETED. First Published: August 19, 2019 Trigger warning: This story contains themes of eating disorders and body image insecurity (male).Complete
Hard to love: Miguel Diaz
Calliope swore no one would ever love her. Abusive father and absent mother made sure of that. Then the boy at school changed that. Miguel Diaz never expected anything good to happen again after getting kicked over the railing at school and resulting in him being in the hospital. Maybe it was all worth it if he met Calliope over it. "Well for answer two I change it to Miguel Diaz" "Things that are hot?" "You worry me sometimes" "Says the boy in the wheelchair" "All my friends are assholes now" "Jee thanks" "Are you stupid?" "Not academically, but yes I am. I really miss you " "I think my brain has a problem deciphering what's real and fake" "Ok" "Who did this to you?" Rating Mature for Abuse and Self harm. If that makes you uncomfortable I really recommend you don't read this book. Calliope suffers from extreme depression and a lot of mental problems that aren't going to just go away because a pretty boy showed up. #1 in cobrakai #1 in Migueldiaz #1 in miyagi-doComplete
10 Seconds Left in Overtime (Anderson Series #1)
Alley is 24, she is a world class surgeon. She has worked her butt off to get to where she is. One day her assistant lets her know that she has a very famous client who requires her services. She is intrigued as her assistant is all, but giddy to tell her. She asks her who and her assistant informs her that it's none other than notorious, bad boy, player Ryan Anderson of the Boston Bruins. Ally freezes for a minute knowing that name all too well, not just as the infamous Bruin who makes headlines all the time, but as the boy who broke her heart 6 years ago. See Alley and Ryan grew up together, thick as thieves, but once he got drafted he changed or so she thought he did. Ryan Anderson is the notorious bad boy of the Bruins. Always the first into trouble along the boards, but knows when to score when the time is right. On night though in a playoff game he injures his shoulder badly and his team goes to the best to help. When he meets with his surgeon for the first time he recognizes her instantly as the girl who was always there for him, but one night after he got drafted she up and left the party and never spoke to him again. He never knew why and so to fill the void she left he tried to fill it with meaningless women, booze and anger. Can these two work past their misunderstanding and grab the future they both deserved? Or are the issues of the past too much to get past? **WARNING** Mild foul language Intimate scenes lol Cover by still_just_me Banners by: still_just_meComplete
A Two Year Desire
Two childhood best friends made a deal two years ago to have a steamy and secret relationship without any commitment involved despite the fact of them hating each other but full of sexual chemistry for one another. They call it quits after time but these types of relationships never end well. He needed her more than air itself. He was her breath of fresh air as up coming up from the water. They were never meant to be and they knew it, yet they continue to search for one another in every other person that crossed their path. Don't be fooled not every romance story is a story of love. Almost always heartbreak needs to play a part. - - - "If it's the right person there is no wrong time"Complete
~ 2021 WATTY'S SHORTLIST ~ "I-well, I..." I hesitated with my response. I wanted to let go. To not worry about what would happen in the future. I'd always loved staring into fires. It hypnotized me with its beauty and danger. It was so tantalizing to look at, but one little touch could destroy. I knew the heat between Tyler and I was similar. It started off small but it had only grown in the weeks he'd been here. We'd fed it unintentionally, and it had gone from an ember to a crackling flame. Every nerve in my body wanted to reach out and touch it, even though I knew I'd get burned. *************************************************** Pia Callahan always lived a carefree life with no worries. Her only responsibilities were to attend her college classes (sometimes) and keep herself fed (on ramen). When tragedy strikes, Pia is all of the sudden thrown into a whirlwind of change. She has to grow up and take on more responsibility than she could ever imagine: the custody of her best friend's son. Pia may not believe she is the best person for the job, but she is determined to do it. She'll trade in frat parties for PTA meetings and beer-bongs for apple juice. But what happens when the ruggedly hot motocross athlete Tyler Westwood shows up in her small town? Tyler lives on the fast track, never caring too much about consequences. You can't when your job is to do backflips through the air. Sometimes, you just have to send it and hope for the best. From the second Tyler meets Pia, he knows he wants her. But she is determined to ignore their bubbling chemistry. She has priorities now and a summer fling isn't one of them. Will Pia be able to stay away from Tyler? Or will she decide to hit the throttle? ***************************************************
More detailsContent Guidelines