01.Jan.21, 07:02 PM
There was a brief moment of unsettled panic as A'tay skated away and left her alone. Zelana flailed ever so slightly, skates sliding back and forth a tiny bit, but she managed to stay. She grinned, heart racing as she watched him skate away effortlessly in demonstration, or at least that's what it looked like to her. She was quite relieved when he returned so she could grab back onto him. "You can never call yourself boring again, Pickle. You can skate backwards! I wouldn't have even thought of that. And I won't hit my head if I can help it."
First one foot, then another, Zelly took the tiniest little glides with the skates at first, her hands squeezing her boyfriend's perhaps a little bit too tightly. She was starting to get the hang of things though, gradually sliding along for longer before she had to push off again with the other skate. The faster she let herself go, the easier it was to keep her balance and the more natural she felt, and eventually she released her grip on A'tay so that she could give it a proper try on her own.
She laughed as she skated along, gliding across the ice and taking a few slow practice turns. Zelana turned back to find A'tay, skating back to him only to realize that in her eagerness she hadn't really contemplated how stopping would work. She'd watched her boyfriend perform the maneuver, but she was going too fast, and trying to dragon one skate to slow herself down just led her to veer wildly off to the side, off the pond and face first into a snow drift to the side.
After a moment of awkward flailing she at least manage to roll onto her back, face red from the cold, embarrassment, and thrill from the tumble as she laughed. Zelly reached up as soon as she saw A'tay come into view. "This is amazing! Help me do that again! Maybe with less falling this time. How do I stop or slow down?"
First one foot, then another, Zelly took the tiniest little glides with the skates at first, her hands squeezing her boyfriend's perhaps a little bit too tightly. She was starting to get the hang of things though, gradually sliding along for longer before she had to push off again with the other skate. The faster she let herself go, the easier it was to keep her balance and the more natural she felt, and eventually she released her grip on A'tay so that she could give it a proper try on her own.
She laughed as she skated along, gliding across the ice and taking a few slow practice turns. Zelana turned back to find A'tay, skating back to him only to realize that in her eagerness she hadn't really contemplated how stopping would work. She'd watched her boyfriend perform the maneuver, but she was going too fast, and trying to dragon one skate to slow herself down just led her to veer wildly off to the side, off the pond and face first into a snow drift to the side.
After a moment of awkward flailing she at least manage to roll onto her back, face red from the cold, embarrassment, and thrill from the tumble as she laughed. Zelly reached up as soon as she saw A'tay come into view. "This is amazing! Help me do that again! Maybe with less falling this time. How do I stop or slow down?"