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He slides and spins with a twist of his ankle. I’m left holding both his hands at the edge of the gate, staring at him with wide eyes.
“I can’t look,” I say, my legs shaking. “I don’t want to look. I want to go home. Please. Please!”
“One more step and you’re on the ice,” Aiden says, giving my hands a gentle squeeze.
He gives me a reassuring look. I’m beginning to think that a creamy dessert was a bad idea, because my stomach churns as I clench my eyes shut and lift my foot. It swings and I feel the hardness of the ice beneath the blade of my skates.
“It’s slippery already,” I cry with an ear-shattering shriek.
“That’s it,” Aiden says, his voice deep, but gentle. “And now the other one…”
Without opening my eyes, I put the other foot in front of the one sliding on the ice. He holds me and I feel like my entire body is shaking. My hands are hot and sweaty in Aiden’s. I should be embarrassed by that, but there’s no time because my knees are wobbling under the slippery ice.
“Ease up.”
Aiden’s voice is more alert now that both feet are on the ice. I hold his hands, but it’s not steady enough. I need more. More balance. More stability. MoreAiden.
I launch myself forward and grab his shoulders, but at the same time I forget to move my feet.
“Argh!” I squeal.
I haven’t even opened my eyes yet, but when I do, I’m looking up at the amusement lifting the corners of Aiden’s eyes.
“You said you had me,” I growl, reaching out to slap him and I almost fall again.
He lifts me up and grabs me by the hips, laughter filling his voice. “Oh, I’m sorry… I didn’t realize you were face first in the ice right now…”
His brows flick up and my lip stiffens.
“I can’t do this. Take me back to the bench.”
“Yes, you can, come on…”
Aiden lets go of me and I’m in a sudden panic. My own two feet aren’t enough. He disappears from in front of me and I’m all alone.He’s left me. He’s fucking left me!I’m stranded in no-mans-land, trying my hardest not to move a limb so I don’t fall ass first on the ice.
Just as I start to think that this is some cruel joke and I’ve been disserted, my worst fear is realized.
My nose tingles. I feel the tickle in the back of my throat.
Fuck.
I’m about to sneeze.
“Aiden! Aiden, get back here this instant!”
My legs start to wobble again. I’m scrunching my face to warn the sneeze off. Not now. Not here.
“Aiden!”
But it’s too late.
My head launches forward under a violent sneeze that echoes around the empty stadium. My skates slide from the jolting movement and just as I see the hard surface beneath me getting closer and closer, the falling weight of my body is caught by strong, warm hands.
“Gotcha!”
Aiden’s hands wrap around my middle and slowly slide across my belly, moving down to my hips. My nose is still tingling, but now his hands are so fucking close to my ass I have another problem. I can smell him. Feel him. It’s all too much, and why God has waited for me to pull fucking ice skates on to throw this in my face I don’t know.
Aiden moves his hands around. His fingers are resting just below the roundness of my podgy belly and my body is more alive than ever. The tip of my nose twitches as the funny feeling fades and is replaced by another new feeling pushing against my body. I feel his chest against my back and when his warm breath swarms over my neck, sending a shiver through my body, I’m amazed I don’t collapse right here, right now.
