Ice Skating! ((Aaron & Ingrid))

[haydenhinson]

Hayden was rushing around her room, trying to get ready to go to the ice skating rink. She had been bugging her mom all morning to take her, and finally, she was. Hayden pulled on a pair of gray sweat pants, her favorite rainbow striped sweater, and pulled out a scarf and her rainbow 'snow hat' off the top shelf of her closet, with a little difficulty. She called that hat her snow hat, because she always wore it when it snowed. She looked a bit too overdressed for summer, but she was going to the ice skating rink, and her mom always made her dress warm.

She rushed downstairs, to see her mom packing a lunch that they were going to eat there. Her dad was at work, so just her mom, her, and her older brother Ian were going. "Mom!" exclaimed Hayden. "Come on! Come on! We'll get drive through for gosh sakes." she said, while trying to push her mom, to make her start moving. Her mom gave her a look that didn't need any words to come out of her mouth to explain, and Hayden backed away slowly, with an innocent smile on her face. "Umm... sorry...." she said. Her mother soon went back to work and Hayden sat on one of the bar stools, her legs swinging happily, while humming a little tune. "Shut up Hayden." her brother told her. Hayden stuck out her tongue sarcastically to her brother, and ducked just in time, for his hand to swing over the top of her head. The result of almost getting hit playfully hit by her brother. "Ha ha." she said.

When her mom was finally done, Hayden pushed her mother and brother into the car, and waited not so patiently in the back seat of the car. Her mother was a witch, yes, but after she had met Hayden's father, and they got married, they started living more of the muggle life. Hayden always thought that it was cool, because it was like they had two sides of their life! When they were finally there, Hayden rushed out of the car, and pulled her two family members out of the car and all the way inside. She quickly pulled on her favorite ice skates, that she always wore to figure skating practice and championships. Her mom had put a shiny, sheer, pink lace for the strings, and that's why Hayden liked them so much. Once she had them on perfectly, she said, "Bye mom, I'm going in!"

Her mother and Ian sat outside the rink, eating and talking and doing what not. Hayden got out onto the ice and started skating around the rink a couple of times. She smiled, because she hadn't fallen down yet, and she usually did by now. Yes, she was a very good skater, but not so good just going around, doing freestyle. It really, didn't make much sense to her, but she was impressed by herself all the same.

[Aaron Byers H4]

"Must beat super alien!" Aaron said in his voice sounding like a dead zombie person with his eyes fixed to the TV screen. Since seven o'clock that morning Aaron had been glued to the television screen set playing Alien take over the world zombie rehab! Brad Byers had bought the game for Aaron just the day before for a present of not getting in trouble for three day! Do you know how much mayhem Aaron could cause in those days. Sitting on an over stuffed bean bag still in his pajamas Aaron controlled his spaceship to dodge the lasers and moving along with it. Aaron's mom was out at work and Brad was here to spend more time with the children.

Sticking his tongue out in concentration Aaron pushed the X and O bottom and blew up another space shuttle. "You have gone to the final level." the game talked back to him. "Boo! Yeah! Last level!" Aaron shouted standing up from his bean bag chair really getting into the game. Continuing the game entering the mother ship. He was almost close to destroying the ugly calien queen when some one opened his door and scared the pants off Aaron causing him to lose. "NO LENORA! I WAS ON THE LAST LEVEL!" Aaron shouted throwing his controller down and storming off toward his sister who seemed to be more bubbly than ever. "Aaron daddy said he could take us to the ice rink! You don't have to go if you won. No one if forcing you but I would really like you too." Lenora said with one of her giggles and skipped off down the stairs.

"Aaron hurry up were leaving in two minutes!" Brad called up the stairs as Aaron was trying to find some warm clothes to wear in the rink. His room was a mess and all he could find was a long sleeved white turtle neck and jeans. But where were his gloves and green hat! Searching his closet he dug deep down inside holding his nose. "Note to self get mother to clean out closet or use it against Lenora." Aaron told him finally finding his cap and gloves. "Aaron come one were leaving!" Lenora shouted as Aaron skidding down the stairs trying to put his feet into sneakers. Than it hit him when he took a seat in the car and was driving. How was her supposed to skate? Lenora was OK at it and so was his father but Aaron wasn't exactly Mr. Graceful.

After thirty minutes of getting to the rink Aaron was sitting on a bench trying to figure out how this skates work. "If I just put this lace here and the other one here..." Aaron began but didn't work out. "Having trouble Aaron?" Brad asked sitting down next to his son tyeing his shoe laces. "How am I suppose to tie these things and skate?" Aaron asked watching his father tie up his skates and give him a chuckle. "Son you are always going to fall it's how you learn." Brad said helping his son up and walking onto the ice. Aaron just stood at the door look at the slippery ice. Taking timid step forward he heard someone call him name and slipped on the ice landing hard on his but. "Thats going to leave a bruise." Aaron said moaning and stood up handing onto the rail waiting for that person who startled him to come out.

[Ingrid Lewis H4]

Her blond hair was tied into tight bun with a string of false pearls around it, and she wore her ice skating outfit. Ingrid jumped out of the mini-van before it came to a full stop. She grabbed her figure skates and ran into the skating rink. Her shoes were already off by the time she was sitting on the bench, and she was furiously lacing up her skates. Her fingers worked super fast as she tied the laces and pulled her ankle warmers on over the ankle part. She loved to ice skate and she hadn't done it in awhile.

Stepping on the padded floor, Ingrid walked over the rink and stepped on. Already starting to let the floor dance below her. She glided across the ice, doing a quick wally jump- then a spread eagle. Her mind raced as she did a double axel and landed on one foot. She did a sit spin and smiled as she gained her speed. Finishing off, she slid to a stop and smiled with satisfaction. She was going to begin again when she spotted someone she knew. Ingrid smiled and called, "Aaron!" Across the rink. She watched as he painfully fell. Ingrid winced and skated over to him, helping him up.

"Sorry, didn't mean to make you fall." Ingrid apologised with a giggle. She grabbed his wrist, which he should be used to by now, and pulled him out onto the ice, "I take it you don't know how to skate? Here step onto the ice- use me as a balancer. I won't let you fall, you can trust me." Ingrid smiled slyly and grabbed his other hand, leading him out onto the rink. She skated backward as he skated toward her, Ingrid smiled and tilted her head, "See not too hard."

[haydenhinson]

Hayden skated around for a bit, and she noticed a girl, about her age figure skating to the side of the rink. She smiled when she saw how good she was. She then noticed a boy talking to the girl, that looked her age as well. She smiled again. She always loved meeting new friends, and who knows, they could be going to Hogwarts as well. They would be just great!

She skated up to the pair, putting a little skip into it. When she reached the two, she smiled widely and said, "Hi! I'm Hayden! What's your name?" she then turned more to the girl and said again, "I saw you figure skating, and you were really good! I love to figure skate too! How long have you been doing it? I've been doing it since I was five, but that's just me. How 'bout you?" she babbled on happily, a huge grin on her face. She often wondred if she talked too much for some people, but she hoped that these kids would be just as hyper and talkitive as she was!

[Aaron Byers H4]

Aaron tried to stand up from the ice and not falling again. Looking up he saw a blond haired girl that he met at Diagon Ally a couple days ago. "Ingrid! I thought I wouldn't see you until the school year started." Aaron said trying hard not to mention the word Hogwarts. He smiled as she helped him up and gave him a mini ice skating lesson. Holding onto her hands Aaron looked down on the ground and placed one foot in front of the other and tried to glide over the ice. With each step Aaron build the confidence to look up at his friend and smile. Opening his mouth to say another word an hyper girl skated over and introduced herself as Hayden. "Hi..." Aaron said and was yet again cut off as she talked about figure skating to Ingrid. Sighing Aaron freed from Ingrid's grip, which was pretty strong, and placed one foot in front of the other but slipped and knocked into the hyper girl sending both of them to the ground. "Ow! Another big bruise." Aaron said laying down the ice his back hurting. "Ingrid can I give up now?" he asked in too much pain to lean forward.

[Ingrid Lewis H4]

Ingrid giggled, "No. Didn't you know that once you meet me you'll never get rid of me?" She asked as she watched his feet skate forward. Ingrid looked up at Aaron and was about to instruct him on the next thing, when some girl skated toward them. Ingrid's eyebrows raised and she smiled a mischevious smile. She sent Aaron a quick look before introducing herself:

"I'm Ingrid Lewis. I started skating last winter." She answered slowly. For once she wasn't rambling on and on. Ingrid looked back at Aaron as he fell on the ground- she giggled again and bent over, offering her hand to him, "No you may not give up! Mister, you must learn to skate! Skating is great! Besides, when school comes around I'm going to force you to go skating on the lake!" Ingrid pulled him up, grabbed his hands once again- and pulled him in a small circle.

[haydenhinson]

The boy had fallen down, and had brung Hayden down with him. Hayden smiled when the girl helped the boy up. The two looked like very nice people, and Hayden was glad that she had met them. Hayden put her hands, on the ice beneth her, and carefully. The girl introduced herself as Ingrid Lewis. "Ingrid..." mused Hayden. "I like that name! Pleasure to meet you Ingrid!" The boy hadn't introduced himself, but Hayden hoped he would.

Ingrid also said that she had started figure skating last winter. Ingrid then started telling the boy that he couldn't give up because skating was a lot of fun, and that she would make him skate on the lake at school. "It really is!" she exclaimed. "Hey, I'm going to a school that has a lake too. What school are you going to?" she asked, but regretted it a bit, since she knew that they would probably ask her what school she was going to as well, and she remembered that mom and Ian had told her not to tell any other people ouside of the wizarding world, unless she was sure that they were a witch or wizard as well.

[Aaron Byers H4]

((Terribly sorry about making you two wait. I've been a bit busy at the moment.))

Aaron laid down on the cold ice just staring up into the ceiling. His back began to ache and his legs felt like jell-o. He really wanted to just sit down and have a cup of hot chocolate. But no Ingrid wouldn't let him. Leaning forward Aaron turned his head toward the other girl, "Sorry. Names Aaron Byers." he said in greeting before Ingrid could yank him back up. "OK fine I will continue. I better be getting hot chocolate from you!" Aaron told Ingrid letting one foot in front of the other, his legs still feel like Jell-o.

The girl by the name of Hayden followed them and said something about a lake at her school. Aaron was about to answer when she asked about what school he went too. "Woh!" Aaron said his left skate sliding sending him back down on the ice again. "INGY! Now can I give up? Seriously my legs feel like a cup of orange jell-o." Aaron said siting up on the ice. He didn't know how to respond to what Hayden had just asked. It wasn't safe to talk about the school his sister and mother went too. Staring up at his best friend Aaron raised and eyebrow toward Ingy hoping she will cover this. She was quite smart and witty and could answer this question better than he could.

[Ingrid Lewis H4]

Ingrid nodded furiously, "Yes! Hot chocolate with marshmellows! Don't worry, Aaron!" She smiled that toothy smile and twirled her hair around her finger. Ingrid watched Aaron skate a little ways, then giggled as he described his legs as orange jello. She nodded; "Oh, fine! We'll get some hot chocolate then, and afterward we will come back out. Okk?" She asked with another toothy smile. It wasn't a minute after she said that, Aaron raised his eyebrow at her about the school thing. Seeing as Aaron and Ingrid had met in Diagon Alley, they both knew they were magical- but they weren't sure whether or not this girl was.

Quick thinking and strong wit, Ingrid turned to the girl with a sharp semi-circle and said; "We go to a boarding school in Scotland! It's sooo beautiful there! There are hills and hills of green green grass and flowers and the lake gets frozen over in the winter- I imagine! And, it's just, oh my goodness gracious and leapin' lizards!" Ingrid did a quick axel and landed by Aaron. She grabbed his hand and pulled him toward the concession stand- purposely leaving the girl behind. "Hey, I have an idea. Let's pull a prank on her!" Ingrid whispered so the girl wouldn't hear.

[haydenhinson]

Hayden watched as the boy fell down yet again, and she giggled slightly. She then listened to Ingrid's description to their school that they were going to, and the story sounded vaguely familier... "Hey!" said Hayden. "That sounds like the school that I'm going to." Hayden's eyes widened, and a smile spread across their face. What if they were going to Hogwarts too? Hayden was very excited to know that she would already know some people when she went to Hogwarts for the first time, but after a few seconds, Hayden shrugged and figured that it was just a coincidence.

Hayden opened her mouth, and was about to say something, when Ingrid pulled Aaron someplace else. Hayden felt a wave of disappointment wash over her, as she frowned. She shrugged and gave herself a sad smile, as she skated off. 'Well, that was fun, while it lasted...' she thought to herself as she shrugged again, and continued to skate in the different direction.

((Sorry it's so short. I couldn't think of anything else to type.))