Winter Hearts by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2018-11-16T07:00:00+00:00

DECEMBER 13

The skating rink was a popular holiday destination and there were already a few dozen people on the ice by the time Liv and Serenity arrived. They rented skates and wobbled over to the edge of the rink, then as Serenity stepped onto the ice, she reached for Liv’s hand.

“I really don’t know how to skate,” Liv warned.

“I told you I’d hold you up,” Serenity said.

“The ice is hard,” Liv objected. “It’s going to hurt if I fall.”

“I won’t let you fall,” Serenity said, then with a laugh she added, “and you can cling to the retaining wall the whole time if you want to, like the little kids do.”

Liv smiled and rolled her eyes. Serenity knew that if there was one thing that would motivate her, it was providing her with remedial options for completing a task. She stepped onto the ice, one foot starting to get away from her, and Serenity grabbed her arms to steady her. She pulled Liv onto the ice.

They made it about a quarter of the way around the outer edge of the rink, slowly shuffling their way along, before a young kid in hockey skates flew past them and Liv lost her balance. She fell into Serenity’s arms and pushed them both up against the wall. Serenity grabbed it, laughing, and pulled Liv over to it.

“Not bad for your first try,” she said. “You’ll get the hang of it.”

“I don’t know how you do it,” Liv said. “It’s so hard to keep my balance.”

“The rink was always my favorite part of Christmas in Angel Valley,” Serenity said. “When I was a kid, I read Ice Castles about a thousand times and thought I was going to be a figure skater.”

“Never heard of it,” Liv said and Serenity gave her a look of horror.

“How is that possible?” she asked. “It’s a classic!”

“You and your classics,” Liv said. “Well, if you’re a figure skater wannabe, show me what you’ve got.”

“You want to see my moves?” Serenity asked, grinning.

“Yeah,” Liv said. “Go ahead – I’ll just cling to the wall here.”

Serenity laughed, then left Liv on the side of the rink as she skated into the crowd. It had been a few years since she’d had the time to come out here so she was rusty, but she managed a few turns and even a small jump. It was nothing very impressive – her parents never had the money for lessons when she was young so what little she knew she’d figured out by watching figure skaters in the winter Olympics.

When she skated back over to Liv, though, all she had to say was, “Wow. That was impressive!”

“Nah,” Serenity said, waving away the compliment.

“Way better than I could ever do,” Liv said. “What do you say we take a break and get some of that hot cocoa you mentioned?”

“Sure,” Serenity said. She wrapped her arm around Liv’s waist and it took them another ten minutes to make it around the perimeter of the rink and back to the opening in the wall.

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