I sit at my desk during math. My worst subject, but it was fine because I was next to my best friend, C/n.

"Ugh. I hate algebra." I say, looking out the foggy window to see snowflakes coming down quickly. "I wanna be at home, building a snowman or making a snow angel. Not seeing what x equals." He chuckles.

"Well maybe we can go skating tonight."

I drop my pencil. "Oh. Jeez." I giggle. "That would be fun!" I say, bending over to grab my pencil, with a few teeth marks in it. "Sweet." He says.

"Y/n, C/n, do you have something to share with the class?" The teacher asks. My eyes shift down to my binder as my face turns bright red. I don't like when teachers put you on the spot. Especially when she wasn't even teaching us anything.

"No, miss. If we did we'd put our hand up. It's not like we were interrupting anything." He says. A small grin forms on my face. I could tell that fed her up due to her awkward stance and no comeback.

"Detention. Both of you. For an hour after school." C/n rolls his eyes. "We can still skate." He leans over to me and whispers.

I smile.

*

After stacking and sorting books in the library we finally went home and got ready to skate. I knew how, and to be honest I was ok. So I wasn't very nervous.

But I was nowhere near as good as C/n, due to him being a hockey player. A few minutes after dinner I hear a knock at my front door, causing my dog to go ballistic.

I unlock the door and see C/n smiling. "Ready?" He asks, grinning. "I believe so." I reply, grabbing my bag off the wooden bench.

He leads me to his old baby blue car and opens the door for me. "M'lady." He mumbles, making me giggle. "Thank you." I say, sitting down onto the heated leather chair.

"Prepare for some wicked Christmas music. It's all they're playing these days." He says, starting to drive towards the ice rink. "Good, because I'm in a jolly mood." I say, making him chuckle.

He pulls up into a parking lot and parks the car whilst racing over to let me out. "C/n, I can open a door myself." I tell him, laughing at his effort. He gives me a wide teethy smile.

We slip our ice skates on and glide onto the ice. I skate facing towards him as he skates backwards. We talk about things like how gravity works and politics.

I glance around the ice rink and notice a group of girls checking C/n out while having those evil looking "sexy" smiles... If that makes sense.

I knit my brows together and feel... jealous? I didn't know why until it hit me. No, like actually. I hit the icy rink with my butt. I fell. But I realized that I like C/n.

I stare in the distance, zoning out on the ice. "Y/n? Y/n! Hey, you okay?" He asks, snapping me out of my moment. "Y- yeah?" I reply, my eyes shifting to his face, realizing all the things I never really noticed.

Like how he has an amazing chizzled jaw, or how his dimples really made him much cuter, or how his completion glows in certain light, how his hair flops a lot.

"You need a hand?" He asks, extending his arm to my reach. "Oh uh no thanks I'll do it." I smile.

As I finally end up almost standing the blade on my skates makes me slip and sends me flying back to the ice ground. Or so I thought, until I feel C/n's hand steady me by my wait. He grips on with both his hands and smiles.

"You sure you don't need help?" I roll my eyes and scoff. "I can take a small fall." I tell him as he steadies me. "Mhm." He mumbles.

I feel a bony shoulder bump into mine, causing me to slip and accidentally land on C/n's shoulder. "I told you." He says. I look into his e/c eyes and become memorized. He leans in, pressing his soft lips to his. It felt right. I lean back for a breath and see a crowd surrounding us.

"Uh... Hi." I squeak. People leave us, making me feel less awkward. "So, how bout dinner?" He asks.

"Smooth, C/n. Smooth."

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i'm officially on break so time to celebrate! sleeping in and going to bed late w/ pizza all the time woop woop!

ps. nine days till christmas💚❤️