Take Me To Bed: Bedtime Quickies Collection

All I get back is a “You’ll see, Brent.”

I guess I will.

5

Night Skate

Aubrey

I have the best feeling about this. Brent is already in a great mood on the way down to the training facility, and our skates are in hand.

Okay, not exactly “in hand.”

They’re in the back seat, all sharpened and ready to go.

As am I.

I’m freaking brimming with excitement, in fact. So much so that I can’t stop bouncing my leg over in the passenger seat.

Placing a calming hand on my knee, which really does help, Brent says, “Are you sure you don’t want to tell me what’s going on?”

“No.” I shake my head adamantly. “This has to be a surprise. You’ll find out soon enough.”

What Brent doesn’t know is after I finished up with Lainey today, I stopped by the training facility to have the ice reserved for just the two of us for the night. I asked that the lights be dimmed to a romantic glow and that there be soft music playing in the background.

All because Brent and I will skate tonight, a night skate that will hopefully help us find our way. I truly believe our being on the ice together is the answer we seek. It may get us back on track.

Brent has spent so much time skating alone, when maybe all he’s needed all along is to skate with me.

I smile over at him, and he smiles back.

“We’re almost there,” he says.

“Yes, we are.”

A short while later finds us on the ice together—skating and having so much fun!

We’re playful and carefree.

This is exactly what we needed.

No worries, no troubles, just Brent and me.

Zooming up ahead of him, I call back over my shoulder, “Bet you can’t catch me.”

Like that’s a challenge for him.

“You’re on,” he says before racing up to me an

d snatching my hand. “And just where do you think you’re going?” he asks, chuckling.

Shrugging, I reply, “I guess nowhere. But then again…”

I slip out of his grasp, giggling and speeding away.

“Hey, what the—” I hear Brent say.

“Fooled you,” I call out.