My Love

chapter 7

"I am not going on that" I say, looking at the ice rink. "Come on" he smiles, tugging on my hand gently. I follow him to the rental skates.

"We'd like to buy a pair please" he says. "No, derek.. I dont have the money for-" I say. I do have the money, I just don't want to waste it on these. "I'll pay" he says. "But I'm never going to use them again" I say.

"But look at how pretty they are, compared to the rentals" he says. I look at the black rentals that are basically falling apart, compared to the pearly white ones for sale.

"You can't ruin your whole outfit by putting those on" he says. It's like he knows me already. "Fine.. I'm a size seven" I giggle. "And ill take some rentals.. size thirteen" he says. I look at him.

"This is your first date.. you'll have something to remember it by this way, I don't need anything" he says. I smile. "I have my roses" I grin. "They'll die" he chuckles. I sigh.

"Plus the white wouldn't suit your outfit anyway" I say. "Exactly!" He says. I giggle.

We sit on a bench to put our skates. "See? They look so much nicer" he says. I giggle, nodding. "Thankyou" I say. "You're welcome" he says.

"I'm scared, I'm gonna fall" I giggle as we get closer to the rink. "I won't let you" he holds my hand. I look at him and smile.

We go onto the rink and slowly start moving. I scream, grabbing onto his arm as I slip. He laughs, helping me stand up straight. I laugh, looking into his eyes. He smiles. I look down as I realise his hands are on my waist.

He pulls his hands away quickly. I laugh, grabbing onto him quickly as he slips. He grabs onto my arms, standing back up straight. We both laugh harder.

We start skating again, holding eachothers hands. We're just talking about ourselves and getting to know eachother.

I sneak a picture of us skating to send to Kathleen. I've been texting her recently. We want to meet up soon, seeing as we haven't spoken in a while. Plus, she wants to know how it's going with her brother.

I put my phone back in my pocket. I look at him as he tells a story about his family and smile. He's very interesting. I like a man who can tell a good story.

"Really?" I ask shocked. "Yep, Kathleen was sad for months after you two lost touch" he chuckles. "Oh my god, I feel so bad" I say. "She's fine now" he chuckles.

"I just- I had so much going on with my job and.. after a while, it felt weird texting her after not being in touch for so long" I say. "Don't feel bad, she didn't text you either" he says. "That's true" i say. He smiles.

"Although I'd be full on suicidal if you ghosted me like that" he says. "Hey! I didn't ghost her" I giggle, hitting him playfully.

We spend another half an hour skating and talking until we decide to stop. We take off the skates and put on our shoes.

He returns his rental skates. "You wanna walk or take a cab?" He asks. "We can walk" I say. "Okay" he smiles. He takes my skates for me. "Thanks" I say. He entwines our fingers as we walk back to my house.

We walk in. "So.. movie now?" I giggle. "Sure" he chuckles. I turn on the TV. We sit next to eachother on the couch.

"Has this been a good first date?" He asks. I nod. "Definitely.. I love my ice skates" I look at them sitting in the corner of the room. He chuckles softly. "And my roses.. thankyou" I say. "You're welcome" he says.

"So you'll tell my sister I was nice to you?" He asks. "What?" I giggle. "She thought I was going to kill you or something.. wouldnt shut up giving me rules and stuff" he chuckles. I chuckle.

"Well, she's my friend and you're her brother" I shrug. "I was going to be nice to you either way, though" he chuckles. I giggle.

"Do you want another glass of wine?" I ask. "I'm driving home.. I shouldn't" he says. "Right" I say.

He checks his watch. "Infact, I should be heading off now.. I have an early day tomorrow" he says. "Okay" I look into his eyes. We're silent for a few seconds, just looking at eachother.

We stand up. I walk him to the door. "Derek" I say. "Yeah?" He turns around. "I can't keep the roses.. my parents will know" I say. He takes them. "Sorry" I say. "Its okay" he smiles.

He snaps one of the roses heads off and hands it to me. "You should at least be able to keep one" he says. I smile brightly. He puts them in the bin. I sigh. What a waste.

He looks at me. "I had a great time too, by the way.. thanks for going out with me" he grins, tucking a strand of my hair behind my ear. "You're welcome" I giggle, looking down.

I look into his eyes. "We should do this again sometime" he says. "Definitely" I smile, nodding. "I'll call this time I promise" he says. I chuckle softly.

"Bye" he says. He looks down at my lips. He's going to kiss me. I can't. I'm too nervous. I hug him instead. He hugs me back.

"Bye" I say. He smiles small at me before walking away. I close my door. Shit shit shit. I fucking hugged him. HUGGED HIM. Oh my god Oh my god Oh my godddd.