#Chapter 25: Romance on Ice

Nina Enzo skated over to the edge of the rink, gesturing for me to come. I felt strangely magnetized to him and walked over to meet him at the railing, which he leaned on. As he leaned and gazed at me with his shining brown eyes, I felt my heart skip a beat. “Skate with me,” he said, his voice a little stern. I blushed and looked around. “I… I don’t know how,” I said. Enzo simply shrugged, his lips turning up a bit at the corners in a bit of a smirk. “I’ll teach you,” he said. “Don’t worry.” He gestured toward the rack in the corner where the rental skates were. I hesitantly walked over to the rental skates and picked out a pair in my size, then sat down on a bench to put them on. It was hard to lace up the skates and get them tight enough; Enzo must have seen me struggling, because he came off the ice and got down on one knee in front of me. “Give me your foot.” My face was officially beet red now as I stuck my foot out and watched Enzo lace u