Chapter 7- Skating, Ice cream and kisses

Iris's POV

“How many times have you done this” I asked Adrian as i strapped my shoes. “A few” he replied standing up. I stood up and we slowly made our towards the ice rink.

Turns out he had decided to take me ice skating, I wasn’t too worried about making a fool of myself since a while ago my parents had gone to some performances and as they had to take me with them, they had gotten me a tutor to teach me a few things about it.

There was also something about Adrian that made me forget everything and just be comfortable.

As we stepped on the ice, he took my hand guided me to the middle. There were little kids racing around, people dancing and friends holding and helping each other but my attention was solely on Adrian. He looked like an expert as he lifted his foot and glided forward, taking me with him.

“So why did you need me to pick you up from the park?” There it was, the question I was dreading. Luckily, the excuse I had practiced was etched in my brain from how many times I had repeated it. Almost robotically I replied “My parents don’t really know about us, and they’re also really protective of me so they would kind of freak out” I tried to make it as believable as I could, but I don’t know if he bought it or not.

It was my second time lying so maybe he picked up on my nervousness or if he believed me, but he left the topics with a nod.

We continued talking and skating but also took breaks when we got tired. It was mostly me getting tired, maybe he did this more than a few times because he didn’t get tired.

We didn’t stay for too long and when we left, I couldn’t feel my fingers. Adrian took my hand again and intertwined our fingers and I felt the warmth of them. I blushed as he pulled me towards the food court.

“Which flavour?” he asked as I blinked. I blushed even harder when I realised that I had been staring at me.

When I didn’t reply he looks at me and smirks when he sees the blush on my face. I quickly look towards the various flavours.

It got so hard to focus on what was in front of me when I could feel his eyes on me, and my mind kept going back to his body, so I just pointed to any flavour. I didn’t trust my voice at that moment so i kept quiet while we waited for the ice-cream.

We got our cups and walked out “Why raspberry?” he asked. I turned my head to look at him confusingly then realised he was talking about the ice-cream. I had randomly chosen Raspberry flavour. I only ever had ice cream once before and I don’t even know what flavour it was because it was at this fancy restaurant and I didn’t order it.

“I’ve never had it before so I thought it would be nice” I replied. It wasn’t a complete lie because I really had never had it before.

We soon dived into another conversation as we made our way to his car and quickly finished our ice cream and sat inside.

He started driving back to the park as I turned up the radio. An unfamiliar song came on but i loved the sound. “I love this song” Adrian said as he started dancing to it, well as much as he could while driving. I laughed and started dancing along with him.

That was how most of our ride to the park was, dancing and singing along to a few lines that were in the chorus. It felt so natural and I felt so carefree, I wish we could stay like that forever but eventually, we had to turn it off when he parked near the park.

My happiness dimmed a little when I realised our amazing time had come to an end, but I didn’t let it take the smile off my face.

Iturnedtofacehim, only to find his face really close. Once again, I was drowning in those mesmerising green as i unconsciously moved forward. His eyes flickered to my lips and I don’t know what came over me, I bit my bottom lip and trailed my eyes down his face and to his lips. The next second, we were kissing and WOW!!!

It felt like my whole body was on fire as sparks shot through me. I had never done this before, but it was like I knew exactly what to do as I moved my lips with his. We were in perfect sync and I wished it to never end but unfortunately, we had to pull away when oxygen became a matter of priority.

My eyes flickered open as I found Adrian staring at me. He leaned down and pecked my lips again, and again, and again. I giggled and moved back to stare at his face. He had a bright grin on his face as he stared back at me. He raised his hand to caress my face.

I leaned forward as he whispered, “I’ll see you at school then.” I nodded my head and moved to open the door but stopped when I felt a hand around my wrist tugging me. I looked back at him confused when he spoke “Thank you so much for today, I had an amazing time.”

I looked at him for a moment, entranced by his beauty until his words registered in my mind. “I did too” I replied then turned and left the car and started walking towards the library with a permanent smile on my face.