Maddy: Am not!
Maddy: I just thought athletic people were athletic all around.
Maddy: Sooo?
Nate: Fine
Nate: I’ve been to a few times with friends for fun.
Maddy: And was it fun?
Nate: I guess
Nate: when you stop falling on your ass
Maddy: Huh
Nate: Mads?
Maddy: Yeah?
Nate: Is that your roundabout way of asking me to go ice-skating?
Maddy: Maybe?
Nate: :)
Nate: Are you sure you’ll be okay with the cold?
Maddy: How cold can it be?
Nate: It’s literally skating on ice
Maddy: * sigh *
Maddy: I know.
Maddy: Just trying to fake it till I make it.
Nate: You’re ridiculous.
Maddy: Thank you.
Maddy: So
Maddy: Ice-skating?
Nate: Name the day.
***
The outdoor skating rink was a thing of beauty. A dangerous kind of beauty, considering she would soon have to balance on thin blades and miraculously glide on the ice, but a beauty nonetheless.
Maddy had always wanted to go when she’d been in high school. It must have been so much fun, friends all gathering together, laughing at one another while trying to stay upright. Afterwards, grabbing some fast food or sweet snacks from the stands and shops all around the ice-skating rink.
Now the sun had already set by the time Maddy and Nate arrived. Nate had told her to dress warm and comfortably. As if she hadn’t already planned to do that. The only problem had been to fit ‘cute’ into that description as well. Dressing cute in winter was not an easy feat. She’d given up after quite some time of her going through her wardrobe. She didn’t know why she’d even bothered. It’s not like cute, winter clothes would magically appear of their own accord. She didn’t even know if they existed in the first place.
She’d finally settled on the thickest pair of leggings she owned that were fleece-lined inside and would probably spare her the embarrassment of her teeth chattering from the cold within the first ten minutes. She’d paired those off with a long, dark red cable-knit sweater, the warmest coat she owned, and of course soft gloves to keep her hands from falling off. She was actually satisfied with the result, and the cuteness to warmth ratio wasn’t half-bad either.
