Ice Skating
Jonah Upstead; 2109


It had been Matilda’s idea to skate across the great lake. Jonah’s idea of fun was sitting in a dark room for hours on end, but his red headed counterpart was far more adventurous and, somehow, more persuasive than she knew. Something that only ever worked to Jonah Riley Upstead’s disfavor. It was funny then that when they stepped onto the ice, it immediately became apparent that Jonah was a far better skater than she was. Where Matilda wobbled, Jonah wove around her in effortless figure eights.

“How’d you get so good at this?” She laughed hard trying to keep her balance.

In reply, Jonah offered an easy shrug and skated towards her, angling his skates ~just so to cover her foot in the shaved up ice. Something that prompted both of them to laugh. “Do you trust me?” He asked in earnest.

“Of course, I do!” What kind of question was that, Jonah?

“Give me your hand,” he insisted, reaching out to intertwine their fingers. Ice skating wasn’t too bad after all.