All of me

The hours dragged. Its 12 o’clock. Finally. I catch the T and make it home around 12:15. Time to get dressed.

Dress warmly. Hm. I pull out my dark jeans, a cream colored winter sweater. I also decided to put on my fuzzy sock. Hey, they kept my feet warm. I then put on my black leather flat boots. I curled my hair and made a cute side ponytail wrapped around with a braid. Makeup was just the usual, liquid eyeliner, mascara and a shimmery pink eye shadow.

“About to leave the house now!” Reilly texted.

“Ok! See you soon Reills!”

After 10 minutes.

“Here :)”

I grab my gloves, shove them in my bag and put on pea coat and my beanie.

As I walk downstairs, I see Reilly leaning on the passenger seat of his car. He was wearing dark blue jeans, black sneakers, his winter coat and he had his Ray Bans on. He looked so good.

He was on his phone until he noticed me walking and flashed me his precious smile. He pulls me into a hug.

“Hi!”

“Hey you!”

“Ready?”

“Yes!”

He opens up the car door.

“What a gentleman!” as I gently grab his cheek.

“I try, I try!” He goes around the car, hops in and starts the car and we’re on our way.

“How was your day?”

“It was okay, the usual, it dragged. How was practice?”

“It was good, not as much fun as when you have someone there who you want to impress...” chucking, eyes still on the road. This guy.

“I’m sure there were many girls there to impress. Oh is there a particular girl? Just curious” I attempted to play along.

“Oh! You don’t know her. She’s awesome though. Smart, funny, beautiful, the whole package”

“Wow! Well aren’t you a lucky guy!”

“I am, but there is one problem...”

“What’s that?” Heart started racing.

“I’m not sure how she feels about me yet...”

“I’m sure you’ll find out soon!” I give him a smile.

“I look forward to it” He turns his head to face me and smiles back. That smile left me breathless.

“Ok, Question.”

“Shoot!”

“Have you ever been ice skating?”

“I’ve been skating at Frog Pond a few times but other than that not really. I usually figure skate but last time I was there I tried hockey skates...It was interesting.” scratching the side of my head.

“Haha! Did you fall?”

“Nope, I have never fallen.”

“I don’t believe you.”

“Believe it! Ok, I’m not that great, I would have to say I’m decent. A few more practices and I’ll be good for the Olympics.” Laughing after realizing how ridiculous I sounded.

“That good huh? Well I guess we will have to see about that since that’s exactly what we are doing.”

“Seriously? Oh God! It’s going to be so intimidating skating next to a hockey player. Promise you make fun of me?”

“I would never do that! Promise.” as he grabs my hand and squeezes it.

We pulled in a parking lot and the place looked strangely familiar.

“We’re here!”

“Reilly, Is this the rink in Wilmington?” as I look around.

“Yep”

“Wait, Are we allowed in? I don’t want you getting in trouble.”

“Yes, Its fine! See!” as he pulls out the keys from his pockets. He grabs my hand after we get out of the car and head for the door. We go inside. It looked so big because it was completely empty.

“What size skate are you?”

“I think a 6 in hockey skates?”

“Okay, I’ll be right back.” A few minutes later he returns with a pair of skates.

“Here we go, let’s try to see if these fit.” I take off my boots as he undoes the shoelaces.

“Fuzzy socks huh?” as he starts laughing. I gently give him a little shove and start laughing along.

“You said dress warmly so I did...”

“I know, I’m just messing with you.” He got both of my shoes on and tied them fairly quickly. By the time I took off my jacket and beanie, he had already put his skates on.

“Wow. That was fast!”

“Hockey player remember?” As he took off his coat and was just in a white long sleeve winter shirt.

“Right, sorry, forgot for a second.”

“Now let’s get in there. You ready?” He sticks out his hand and I grab it, as I take a deep breath.

“It might get me a few minutes to get the hang of it.”

“Ok, take your time” as we took a few laps around the rink. I started getting the hang of it.

“You are not bad at all, you got to give yourself more credit. Maybe not an Olympic skater just yet, but you can definitely skate. I’m impressed.” he laughs.

“You’re too sweet. That means a lot coming from you.” I smile.

He lets go of my hand and tells me to catch up to him as he skates backwards just a short distance in front of me. I try to catch up but there is one problem. I don’t really know how to stop.

“Reilly, I can’t stop” I didn’t realize how fast I was going. He comes from the front and grabs my hips and slows me down.

“You’re okay, I got you”

“Thank you! I can’t really stop the right away. Can you please help me?”

“How would you usually stop?”

“I usually glide until I eventually stop or most of the time I just slam into the boards...”

He stops, bends down and starts laughing out loud.

“You’re serious?”

I just looked at him. I let go of his hand. “Never mind then, sorry not all of us are professional hockey players who do this for a living.”

“Okay, okay I’m sorry” trying to contain himself. “What you do is you have to gain a little speed, slightly rotate your hips and put most of your weight on your front foot while your other foot is planted back, which helps you with your balance. Let me show you.”

“You make it seem so easy.”

“You can do it, you just have to practice...ready?”

I nod as I skate over to the other side of the rink. I gain a little bit of speed and as I try to rotate, my feet tangle with one another and I fall.

“Try again, you can do it” trying to contain his laughter.

Same thing happened. I landed on my butt. Reilly bursted laughing.

“I’m sorry, I don’t mean to laugh...its just...try one more time”

By this time I’m slightly annoyed.

“You’re really enjoying this aren’t you?”

“A little bit, I’m sorry, its just that you’re so cute when you get angry” as he sits down on the ice.

“I’m glad I amuse you” as I took a bow.

I decided to do this one more time. I gain a little bit more speed and skate towards Reilly. Before I approach him, I fully stop in front of him and spray him with shaved ice. I couldn’t stop laughing. He started laughing as he was trying to get up but I pushed him back down before he could get up and I skated away as fast as I could.

“Oh you better run.”

This causes me to panic, it was a combination of laugher and a scream. I managed to get to the boards and before I could hop both of my legs over, Reilly caught up.

“No!” I started laughing, still trying to get out of his grip. No chance.

“You think that was funny, huh?” as he managed to swing both of my legs on either side of him as I sat on the boards.

“A little bit. Aw you’re all wet” trying not to laugh.

“Thanks to you.”

“Well, that’s what you get for making fun of me Mister. But aren’t you proud that I finally did it!”

“I guess I deserved it” he said smiling “And yes I am, I’m a great coach that’s why”

“No, I’m sorry, I apologize for spraying you with ice, and don’t flatter yourself, you’re adequate” putting my hand over my mouth, trying to hide my laughter.

I could see his face and hair were dripping wet. I grabbed my sleeve and started wiping some of the droplets from his face. He just looked me, staring at my lips then locking his eyes on mine. He starts moving in as I tightened my legs around his waist. He leans closer and our lips meet. I finally understood what sparks felt like. I put my hands behind his neck, limiting the space between us. His tongue traced the outline of my bottom lip, begging for entrance. I finally open my mouth, catching my breath and deepening the kiss. Our lips gently moving in sync. The softness and warmness of his lips, combined with his scent drove me crazy. After a few moments he slowly pulls away, as our foreheads touch.

“Woah” was all he whispered.

I didn’t say anything. All I could do was smile because I know what I just felt, he felt as well.

“Maybe I should make you mad more often if it will result with a kiss like that...”

I laughed. “Maybe next time you’ll get a different reaction from me, like a slap in a face or a-”

He cuts me off by slamming his lips into mine once more. This time he lifts me from the boards, I tighten my legs around him as he skates around the rink.

He eventually puts me down, and we just skate around, inseparable. Laughing. Twirling. Spinning. Jumping. I just wanted to freeze this moment and hang onto it forever.

“Do you want to get out of here?” he asked.

“Yeah, I can’t feel my face or fingers”

He grabs my hands and rubs them against his and kisses them.

“You hungry?”

“Stahving”

“Bostonians...” he laughs “Alright! Let’s go!” as he gives me a soft peck on the lips.

I could get used to this.

Notes

Hey Hey! Thank you so much you guys! I hope you enjoy reading this chapter as much as I did writing it. But the day is not over yet! I had to separate the chapters because it would have been very long otherwise.
Enjoy! :)