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As I pull away, he looks me in the eyes. “Do you think you’re up for it? Own feeling like shit and go for it?”
I muster a smirk, appreciating how he’s referencing Kacey’s words of wisdom.
“Let’s try.” I push to my feet, collecting myself as I scan the skating rink once again for that image.
Ty and I walk up to the entrance, and I inspect the ice, taking a moment before getting on the other side and joining with the others already moving in clockwise motion around the rink. I’m a little unsteady, like I was when Kacey and I were first learning together. When I stumble, Ty grabs hold of me, keeping me on my feet.
“Whoa,” I say, laughing.
“Gonna have to keep an eye on you, aren’t I?”
“Maybe. It’s obviously been a minute.”
“You know damn well I can take it slow to begin with.”
I sneak a look at him, his smirk assuring me the play on words was intentional.
We skate around the rink a few times, and I get the hang of it again. Even though memories with Kacey are coming back to me, there’s something nice about being here with Ty, creating new memories.
At one point, Ty spins around and says, “Here. I wanna try to go backward.” He gives it a try but doesn’t really go anywhere. “What’s the trick?” he asks, assessing his feet.
“They have to actually move.”
“Very funny.” He gives it another go, moving slowly but managing it. “Hey, come on. That’s not so bad.” Admittedly, it’s not. And as he gets the hang of it, he stands a little taller, clearly proud of himself for his little stunt. “Fast learner,apparently.”
“I could have told you that,” I tease, and there’s a playfulness in his expression. I’m sure he’s thinking about the stuff we started messing around with a couple of months ago.
“We need to get out of everyone’s way,” he says, and when I make a face, he grabs my hand and guides me toward the middle of the rink, turning to me.
“If you think I’m skating backward after just remembering how to skate forward, you’re out of your mind.”
“Naw. It’s just been too long since I kissed that sexy mouth.”
“You wanna kiss me here.”
“I want to kiss you everywhere.” The way he says it, I can hear the desire in his tone, just how much he means it, and he moves quickly, taking my lips.
For having enjoyed our secret relationship for so long, I find that I enjoy being public like this even more.
No more need to keep our hands to ourselves.
No need for me to pretend I’m not totally into Ty.
I’m loving the way his lips and face are warming me up again. I embrace the joy I feared before we stepped out here. Don’t want it to end, and he doesn’t seem to either by the way he keeps nibbling at my lip before finally pulling away.
“Speaking of me not being able to keep my mouth off you, after we catch a few more rides, whose place we wanna head back to?”
“We’ve gone to your place a few times, so mine?”
He winces. “Wrong answer.”
“What? Why do you want to go back to your place?”
He glances around before leaning close and whispering, “Because I like fucking you in my bed.”
A rush of excitement moves through me. “That’s naughty,Rocky.”
“Whatever. You like getting this rock there too. So you can choose the easy way or the hard way.”