Always the Wedding Planner, Never the Bride by Sandra D. Bricker

Author:Sandra D. Bricker [Bricker, Sandra D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781426731600
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 2011-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

"I used to come here as a kid. They only had the large rink back then, but now they've built the smaller one, and they host what's called a cosmic skate on Sunday afternoons."

Andy looped the lace on his skate before kneeling in front of Sherilyn and tying hers.

"What's a cosmic skate?" she asked him.

"Colored lights, fog machine, music. A real production." He offered his hand and helped her to her wobbly feet. She stopped along the way to brush a wad of white dog fur from Andy's sleeve.

"I hope I don't fall," she said softly as they made their way out into the arena. "I don't want to embarrass you."

"You're not going to fall. You always think you're going to, but you'll get your blade legs again the minute you get out on the ice."

With her arm looped tightly through his, Sherilyn allowed him to lead her through the gate and out to the ice. After a few shaky moments, she released her hold on him and grinned.

"Okay," she said over a deep breath. "Okay!"

"Are you good?"

"I'm good," she nodded. "Like riding a bike, right?" "Absolutely."

And in the next moment, she proved him completely wrong when her feet skidded out from under her and she bumped along about six feet on her fanny and klunked to a stop.

Andy placed his hands under her arms and pulled her to her feet again.

They made a jagged circle around the rink, Sherilyn clinging to Andy until the shooting pain of her grip on his arm finally caused it to go numb. On the second time around, she started to relax a little; and on the third lap, she actually grinned at him.

"Andy, I'm so happy you thought of this," she said, looking up at him with a warm smile. She noticed another clump of fur on his shoulder and plucked it off.

"I wanted to recreate something we did back in Chicago, something that would bring back a good memory."

"This was a good choice."

Colored lights and lasers lit up the place like a carnival show, blinking out the rhythm of 1970s disco, and Andy covered Sherilyn's gloved hand with his own as they moved about the rink. He hadn't been out on the ice in far too long. He'd almost forgotten how much he loved it. His preferred activity on the ice involved a puck and a hockey stick, but skating had been one of the first things he and Sherilyn had found in common after they'd met.

In front of them, a mother held the hands of two adolescents, both of whom possessed far more aplomb on the ice than she, and a couple of teenagers skated alongside them with eyes devoted only to one another.

"Did you come here with your mother?" Sherilyn asked, eyeing the mother and children ahead of them.

"Ha!" he popped with one hard chuckle at the thought. "Not to skate. She's more of a sit-on-the-sidelines-and-watchwhile-sipping-hot-cocoa kind of mother. My dad and I skated though." The memory warmed him. "He

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