Ice Skating with Jess

“Ughhh, you’ve got to be kidding me…” Mark complained.

“Hey, you asked for this, you made me pick something,” Jess said with a grin.

The two were putting on ice skates at an ice skating rink nearby the campus grounds. They sat together on a bench, right in front of the indoor rink, others doing laps in their view.

“I can’t skate to save my own life Jess,” Mark complained, “I went once with Tiff in New York and I was a complete disaster.”

It made Jess laugh, “Excellent, that’ll make this even more fun.”

She got to her feet and did a little twirl on her skates, going in a circle in front of him. The girl was a natural on the skates and looked fantastic in her black yoga pants and white sleeveless tank top. Jess was showing a lot of cleavage in front of him. They weren’t the biggest things he had ever seen but they sure were nice.

Jess held out her hand for him, waiting for Mark to take up the offer and grab it. He hesitated but the twinkle in her eyes and smile on her face reminded him why he was here.

“I’ll help lead you out there,” she said, skating slowly, guiding in him to the rink.

The first few laps, Jess was kind enough to help him out, never leaving him on her own. But the cheeky tease eventually wanted to put him to the test.

She began to skate away from him, forcing him to be on his own. Almost immediately, Mark began to stumble. Without any idea of how to control his balance on the skates, he began to panic, slipping over time and time again.

Jess on the other hand was gliding around the ice like a ice skating model. She twirled and glided around the ice as if she did this for a living. The girl moved a lot better than Tiffany who he had the experience with in New York.

After an embarrassing five minutes of falling over time and time again and clinging onto the side rails, Mark was relieved to see that his superstar angel like friend had come over to help him out again.

“Here,” Jess said, “Let me help you out.”

“You’re not going to ditch me again are you?” he asked with a bit of playfulness.

She smirked, “Hmm you never know… guess I’ll give you a bit of a break though considering you kind of helped me out last night.”

Jess held onto both of his hands as she began to lead him around the ice. She seemed to be dragging him out further into the middle of the ice, far away from the edge of the rink that made him uncomfortable.

“You’re so good at this,” he admired, clutching tightly to her hands, “How long have you been doing this for?”

She smiled at him, feeling his nervous energy, “My mother used to take me when I was little, every weekend.”

As she said that, Mark almost slipped again, Jess keeping him balanced enough to stay on his feet.

“I swear to god Jess, if you leave me stranded out here, I’m going to kill you,” he joked.

Laughing, she let go off his hands just for a second to see him panic before grabbing them again, “Oops, my palms just got a bit sweaty.”

“Nice joke,” he said, trying to pretend that he didn’t get worried then.

As they skated together, the music behind the speaker changed to a much slower song. As Endless Love by Lionel Richie played, Mark and Jess found themselves in the middle of the rink together.

“It’s like the middle of the day, what’s with this place putting these slow songs on,” Mark asked, still holding her hands tightly.

She smiled, “I love this song.”

“The one they played in Happy Gilmore? That scene with the two of them alone on the ice? It’s that song isn’t it?” Mark asked her.

Jess shrugged her shoulders, “I’ve never seen the movie.”

The two were some of the only people on the ice right now but it felt as if they were completely alone. Mark felt a tingling sensation inside him, his heart fluttering a bit as he used her hands as a guide.

“Well we’ll need to watch it together then,” Mark said.

“What exactly happens in that scene?” Jess asked, narrowing her green eyes.

Mark starting explaining the scene, “He made a bet with her or something and then they ended up kissing for the first time, they were alone out there.”

“The first time huh? Too bad we’ve already kissed before,” she said softly.

“Done a lot more than kiss,” he smirked.

She bit down on her bottom lip, just a little facial action but something that drove him wild.

“Maybe we can pretend it’s the first,” she then said.

Without another word, Jess leaned in and the two began to kiss, lips on lips.

It wasn’t just any kiss, this felt different.

It was the first time that he had kissed Jess where it wasn’t all about sexual lust. It also wasn’t just a friendly kiss, there was something more about this. Mark didn’t know what to think, he completely forgot where he was or what he was doing. All he could think about was kissing Jess.

There was just the right amount of tongue, slow and tender.

The song ended and Jess finally pulled back, smiling just a little at him.

“Come on, I think I’ve punished you enough out here,” Jess said as she started to pull him off the ice.

Forget the punishment, this had just turned into a reward