Love on the Ice (Victor Nikiforov Love Story)

Chapter 4: Tryout

Disclaimer: Everything besides Katerina and her family belong to Mitsuro Kubo.

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One week later.........

"Hi Katerina. Are you ready?"

Today, we were meeting with an instructor who was in charge of the recital. There were many kids waiting to try out so that they could have a part in the recital. Ages ranged from my age to old as teenagers.

From what I had heard from Victor and other kids, many kids ended up being dismissed by the instructor for various reasons. I was really nervous.  "I guess." I looked around to see many kids practicing their choreography. They were very good.

The recital was open to different disciplines of figure skating. The disciplines were singles for both male and female, pair skating, ice dancing, and a few others that were not well known or not recognized in the country.

Victor gave me a smile. "You will do fine," he assured me. I gave him a nod.

Soon, a woman stepped onto the ice with a clipboard in her hands. She looked like the same age as my mother. She had golden blond hair, piercing blue eyes, and a heart shaped face. She looked like a nice lady.

"Everyone, please line up on the ice please," we heard her say. Everyone lined themselves up onto the ice. She gave everyone a smile. "Hello. My name is Polina. Welcome to the annual ice recital tryout. Today, I am expecting great talents to skate on the show," she told us.

{Great talents.....}

My hands shook from the nervousness. My mind was going blank that I wasn't listening to Polina.  I had good reason to be nervous. I only been skating for about a month and I am trying out for the recital.

Next thing I knew, I felt a hand on my hand. I looked up to see Victor giving me a smile. I returned a small smile and look at Polina.

"First, I would like to see Evgenia Kovtun on the ice. Everyone, please stand outside of the rink," she told everyone. We skated out of the rink and sat at the stands to watch Evgenia skate. Polina watched the program very carefully.

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"Sorry. I will have to dismiss you."

It had been an hour since the try out started. So far, 5 female and male for singles and 4 pair skaters were chosen so far to skate in the recital.

"Victor Nikiforov."

Victor stood from his seat next to me and gave me his jacket. Luckily, we didn't have to wear a costume for today. He wore a t-shirt and black pants. "Wish me luck," he told me. I gave him a smile. "You can do it," I told him. He returned the smile and got onto the ice.

Once he got into position on the ice, Polina turned on the music. Once the music was on, Victor got into the music and started to skate his choreography. He was dancing to "Carmen." The rhythm was fast that he had to skate fast on his step sequence.

Everyone's eyes was on him. You couldn't turn away from his skating because he was skating gracefully. Also, he was getting into character. Polina seemed to be really focused that she wasn't writing anything on her clipboard.