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    Aditus
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Prickly Prompts - 8. #805 - Resolution #3

Use the following in a story - a romantic song, a blanket, frozen peas, a pair of skates, and a cracked mirror.

Prompt 805 - Creative

Sitting on the couch with a bag of frozen peas on my knee was not what I had in mind with my not New Year’s resolutions:

#1. Do more sports; #2. Finally use the damned guy/eyeliner and mascara I bought myself for Christmas.

I angrily kicked the scuffed pair of skates laying by my feet. ”Ouch!”

“It’s super easy, Daniel. Like riding a bike. You can’t unlearn skating.” Pat had scoffed my doubts away. “After a few minutes of getting used to it, you’ll be elegantly gliding over the ice again; like you always did when we were teens.” I could still hear my best friend’s voice in my mind. I’m going to kill her.

They were playing all those romantic songs for the couples skating effortlessly hand in hand. When "Is This Love?" by Whitesnake started, something nice and slow and just right for stumbling me, I let go of the banister, and took my first step, ready to impress Pat’s hunky brother with my mad skillz, and ‘bam’, I landed on my ass. Not one to be easily discouraged, I got up and tried again. And again.

The next time I landed on my behind, something broke. I crawled back to the banister with as much dignity as I had left, pulled myself up, and fished the little leather case with my new make-up mirror out of my pants’ back pocket. It was smashed. My first thought was: Shit! Seven years of bad luck. I wasn’t superstitious but enough was enough. Wobbling over to the gap in the banister, I had only one goal. To go home. Finally on solid ground, I took a big step, and my skate caught a corner of the rubber mat. I landed on my bad knee. Outside of the rubber of course.

To hell with resolutions. No sports. No makeup. One gaze into the mirror in the ice rink's bathroom had me cured. Everything was smeared. I looked like a panda bear.

“Here you go.” I snuggled into the warm blanket Leo wrapped around my shoulders. “The hot cocoa is in the works.”

#3. Getting Leo Bach to see me.

This time a little less prickly. Thank you for reading. Comments are always welcome. :)
Many thanks at @comicfan for the idea. And always  :thankyou: @Valkyrie.
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dughlas

I enjoy watching ice skaters, it's lovely the way they glide and swirl. It's just not for me. Ballet is lovely too. Don't do that either.

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Timothy M.

If Leo is the protective type, getting hurt while skating may be a better strategy that 'gliding over the ice'.

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7 hours ago, dughlas said:

I enjoy watching ice skaters, it's lovely the way they glide and swirl. It's just not for me. Ballet is lovely too. Don't do that either.

Ballet is nicer, it's doesn't require winter gear. ;)

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7 hours ago, Timothy M. said:

If Leo is the protective type, getting hurt while skating may be a better strategy that 'gliding over the ice'.

Quod est demonstrandum. :)

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Aditus
3 hours ago, Parker Owens said:

I like this one! And Leo is the lucky one. 

Thank you!  They can practice together.

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Headstall

Ah, a 'damsel' in distress approach... it's a tried and true method, and fortunately, men haven't evolved much at all. :P  Adorable. teeny tiny story, Adi, and superb use of the prompt. Well done! Cheers... Gary.... 

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6 hours ago, Headstall said:

Ah, a 'damsel' in distress approach... it's a tried and true method, and fortunately, men haven't evolved much at all. :P  Adorable. teeny tiny story, Adi, and superb use of the prompt. Well done! Cheers... Gary.... 

Thank you, Gary.  :)  Although, IMO men have evolved plenty. Otherwise we would trample the fallen, rob them and take everything useful.  Mwa-haha :evil:.   

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13 hours ago, aditus said:

Thank you, Gary.  :)  Although, IMO men have evolved plenty. Otherwise we would trample the fallen, rob them and take everything useful.  Mwa-haha :evil:.   

Be careful about which neighborhood you fall in. I’m not certain what would happen to someone who is visibly an outsider in my neighborhood. It depends on who was closest. (There are some who would go out of their way to help anyone as well.)

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I’m never going to try ice skates! I can’t even stand on my own on roller-skates. I’ll enjoy watching male ice skaters during the Olympics instead! (John Curry, Brian Boitano, Brian Orser, Rudy Galindo, Johnny Weir, and Adam Rippon are just a few that came to mind.)

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6 hours ago, droughtquake said:

I’m never going to try ice skates! I can’t even stand on my own on roller-skates. I’ll enjoy watching male ice skaters during the Olympics instead! (John Curry, Brian Boitano, Brian Orser, Rudy Galindo, Johnny Weir, and Adam Rippon are just a few that came to mind.)

All is nice - on the TV. Never live. Ballet however, taking place in heated theaters or opera houses, is best enjoyed live. 

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15 minutes ago, aditus said:

All is nice - on the TV. Never live. Ballet however, taking place in heated theaters or opera houses, is best enjoyed live. 

Kristi Yamaguchi shows up on local TV once every couple years. Brian Boitano has been on local TV once or twice since his career ended. But I haven’t seen Rudy Galindo on local TV since he left skating.

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