Chapter 26
**ADRIAN**
"Jesus Adrian, help the poor girl out before she twisted an ankle or something!" Amy shouted from afar and I shot her a look.
"Are you going to pay me if I did? These ice skating lessons will not be free."
She placed both hands on her hips and I could feel her glaring at me.
"Heartless much?" She shouted again and I double tapped my chest while smirking.
"Pretty much since there's nothing there."
I heard a scoff from kaia's side before another loud thump echoed and I see her back pressing against the rink glass.
Damn, the girl was really struggling out there
"Adrian, please!" Amy shouted again and I gave her my middle finger before leaning down to take off my ice skates.
"You're a dick!" Huh. Can't say I haven't heard that one before.
"Kaia! Try skating towards me. Like, slowly!" She yelled loudly.
I looked up while untying the lace of my ice skates. I watched her slowly move towards the center of the ice and my stomach dropped when she fell on her back, her head hitting the ice so hard I swear I almost heard a crack.
"Kaia!" Amy shouted in panic before she struggled to skate towards her but I was already on the ice again and was skating towards her.
She was laying still but her eyes were opened and when I finally reached her, she groaned in pain and slowly leaned up on her elbows.
"For fuck's sake. Are you alright?" I quickly asked while crouching down by her side and scanning the back of her head for any sign of injury.
"Mm-hmm." She mumbled while rubbing the side of her head.
"Are you okay, Kaia?" Amy asked while finally joining us, her hand grabbing my shoulder to keep herself steady.
"I'm fine. I didn't break anything, I promise." Kaia answered with a small voice.
That was a close call
Does the girl ever listen? I told her to give it up and go home already.
"You still could've gotten hurt." Amy said and then dug her nails into my shoulder.
"Adrian." I looked to the side at her and rolled my eyes while sighing.
"Fuck. Alright! I'll do it."
"Do what?" Kaia asked while staring back and forth between Amy and me, confusion.
"I'll teach you how to skate," I grumbled with irritation. "The basics at least."
"You don't have to." She quickly declined.
I stood up and hold out my hand towards her.
"Get up." She slightly narrowed her eyes up at me before slipping her hand inside mine and I pulled her up to stand.
"Okay, I'll leave you two to it." Amy said before giving us a little wave and skating back towards Nate who was waiting on the other side.
I glared after her before looking at Kaia who had suddenly grown silent by my side.
"Are those laces tight enough?" I asked her while glancing down at her ice skates.
She also did the same and then nodded.
"Good. Now stand stall, soften your knees a little bit and keep your head up."
She followed my instructions and I slide to the back to check out her posture.
It wasn't bad for a beginner but she still has a long way to go.
"Get a feel for your skates and the ice. You need to feel comfortable enough to move around in those or else, you'll be falling on your butt every single time."
She did a little twist with her ankle and glides the blade of her ice skates across the ice several times before looking at me.
I clenched my jaw and looked away. This feels weird, what am I doing?
I was supposed to leave ten minutes ago.
"Balance is the key." I informed her while moving up closer and stopping right behind her back.
Her sweet flowery scent immediately invaded my nostrils but I couldn't stop myself from inhaling it.
She smells really nice anyway
I swallowed hard before placing my hands on her shoulder and felt her whole body tense up under the palms of my hands.
"Turn with your shoulders." I said lowly while angling her shoulders to the side.
"Push," I said closer to her ear while moving my hands lower till they stop around her waist.
"And glide." I gave her a little push without taking my hands off and she slowly started to skate across the ice with ease.
I couldn't help but smile at the progress. I pushed her forward and wrapped my hand around her wrist before slowly helping her to turn around and face me.
"Slowly, there you go."
A smile spreads across her face as she grabbed onto my free arm to maintain her balance.
I glided backwards and she skates forward, with one hand on my arm while I kept my other hand wrapped tightly around her wrist.
"This is scary as fuck." I chuckled after hearing what she just said.
"You haven't seen anything scary yet."
Her eyes immediately looked up and met mine. The sudden eye contact got me stuck in a trance for a moment that I didn't realize I had stopped moving.
Which caused her to lose her balance when she almost crash into me but before she could hit the ice, I pulled her up by the wrist and caught her on time.
Her body collided with mine after pulling that move and her eyes widened with surprise at the sudden close proximity.
I was even surprised too. I didn't mean for it to happen, I was only trying to save her from that fall. I didn't think it would lead to this...
Her warm brown eyes softly penetrates into mine and everything else suddenly blurred into the background.
I don't know what's happening but I could feel the tension between us. Even hotter than our body temperature combined.
Her eyes slow dart back and forth between mine and I gently pushed her back away from me.
It was too much to handle.
I was almost tempted to do something I never thought I would've done with Kaia Lilian. It almost put a stop to my heart just by entertaining the thought and that fucking freaks me out.
I don't like it one bit.
If there's one thing I should only be freaking out about, it's anything that relates to hockey or family emergencies. It should not be anything that has to do with attraction towards the opposite sex.
No fucking way.
If anything, the girls I flirt with should be expressing that feeling in their own way. It can't be the other way around.
But her...
She made me feel that within seconds and I'm starting to fear that the space in my heart that used to hold nothing but hatred for Kaia, was slowly starting to vacate and fill up with something new.