torso and well defined arm muscles. She didn’t know where to look – muscular chest, tight thighs. Her head felt like it was spinning.
‘ Come on, come onto the ice. I’ll take you all round,’ Jimmy spoke kindly and he took hold of Jane’s tear-soaked hand and helped her to walk gingerly from the safety of the floor of the arena and onto the ice rink.
‘ You don’t have to do that. In fact I’m sure it’s against the insurance regulations. I mean if you were to injure yourself assisting us then…’ Samantha began as Karen and Felicity followed Jane’s lead and teetered onto the rink, their fears forgotten at the mere appearance of a handsome man.
‘ Come on Sam, you’re going to be the last one out here. That’s OK Jane, you can hold the side or you can hold my hand on the first go round and then we’ll have you going round on your own before you know it,’ Jimmy encouraged as he helped Jane coordinate putting one skate in front of the other.
Samantha watched as he spoke to all three women, advising them on what to do and how best to start off, while effortlessly gliding around the ice with Jane holding onto his hand. Jane was beginning to calm down, in fact she was almost smiling. Samantha didn’t think she had ever seen Jane smile before, certainly not like she was now.
‘ Remember, knees bent and body weight forward,’ Jimmy instructed.
Samantha stepped onto the ice, tried to remember what to do and then took a deep breath and launched herself forward in the hope that it would all come flooding back to her. She hurriedly skated across the rink to join the others, very aware that the performers were now looking at the action on the ice and not concentrating on their warm up routines.
‘ Hey Sam, check you out. You’ve done this before, you can skate quite well,’ Jimmy remarked as she joined Felicity and Karen in scooting along the edge of the ice area.
‘ She used to skate when she was younger. She went to ice discos,’ Felicity informed him as she wobbled sideways and had to catch hold of Samantha’s arm for support.
‘ It was a long time ago, I didn’t go all that much,’ Samantha responded, her cheeks flushing with embarrassment.
How did Felicity know that? Damn her CV. Who else had read it?
‘ Well, you have good movement,’ Jimmy complimented as he skated backwards, facing her.
‘ I bet he says that to all the girls,’ Felicity remarked with a wide smile and a wink in Samantha’s direction.
‘ I think we should just try and concentrate on the task in hand. After all, we’ll want to be able to stay on our feet tonight won’t we?’ Samantha spoke, feeling nauseous.
‘ Well I think Jane is doing great now. And Felicity I think you can take her round the next turn. Karen, you can put on some speed on the next circuit. Sam, you can come with me,’ Jimmy told the women and he took Samantha by the hand and set off skating, pulling her towards him.
‘ I can’t skate away from everyone, I’m supposed to be supervising them,’ Samantha blurted out, as a hot flush engulfed her whole body.
‘ I’ll supervise them. Show me what you’ve got,’ Jimmy encouraged, smiling as he held her hands and increased his speed across the ice.
What was going on? She couldn’t hold his hand. She didn’t do handholding with anyone - ever. She had never done handholding. She even remembered being ostracised at infant school because she wouldn’t take part in ‘Ring o Ring o’ Roses’. It wasn’t her. It displayed too much emotion towards people you barely knew and it spread germs. She was handholding with someone in a turquoise Lycra vest, that wasn’t right at all.
‘ I beg your pardon,’ Samantha responded in horror at his question.
‘ Show me some crossovers,’ Jimmy replied.
‘ How about you show me a triple Axel,’ Samantha snapped as he continued to move her forward at speed across the rink.
Jimmy smiled and let go of her hands. She stopped herself and watched
‘ Come on, come onto the ice. I’ll take you all round,’ Jimmy spoke kindly and he took hold of Jane’s tear-soaked hand and helped her to walk gingerly from the safety of the floor of the arena and onto the ice rink.
‘ You don’t have to do that. In fact I’m sure it’s against the insurance regulations. I mean if you were to injure yourself assisting us then…’ Samantha began as Karen and Felicity followed Jane’s lead and teetered onto the rink, their fears forgotten at the mere appearance of a handsome man.
‘ Come on Sam, you’re going to be the last one out here. That’s OK Jane, you can hold the side or you can hold my hand on the first go round and then we’ll have you going round on your own before you know it,’ Jimmy encouraged as he helped Jane coordinate putting one skate in front of the other.
Samantha watched as he spoke to all three women, advising them on what to do and how best to start off, while effortlessly gliding around the ice with Jane holding onto his hand. Jane was beginning to calm down, in fact she was almost smiling. Samantha didn’t think she had ever seen Jane smile before, certainly not like she was now.
‘ Remember, knees bent and body weight forward,’ Jimmy instructed.
Samantha stepped onto the ice, tried to remember what to do and then took a deep breath and launched herself forward in the hope that it would all come flooding back to her. She hurriedly skated across the rink to join the others, very aware that the performers were now looking at the action on the ice and not concentrating on their warm up routines.
‘ Hey Sam, check you out. You’ve done this before, you can skate quite well,’ Jimmy remarked as she joined Felicity and Karen in scooting along the edge of the ice area.
‘ She used to skate when she was younger. She went to ice discos,’ Felicity informed him as she wobbled sideways and had to catch hold of Samantha’s arm for support.
‘ It was a long time ago, I didn’t go all that much,’ Samantha responded, her cheeks flushing with embarrassment.
How did Felicity know that? Damn her CV. Who else had read it?
‘ Well, you have good movement,’ Jimmy complimented as he skated backwards, facing her.
‘ I bet he says that to all the girls,’ Felicity remarked with a wide smile and a wink in Samantha’s direction.
‘ I think we should just try and concentrate on the task in hand. After all, we’ll want to be able to stay on our feet tonight won’t we?’ Samantha spoke, feeling nauseous.
‘ Well I think Jane is doing great now. And Felicity I think you can take her round the next turn. Karen, you can put on some speed on the next circuit. Sam, you can come with me,’ Jimmy told the women and he took Samantha by the hand and set off skating, pulling her towards him.
‘ I can’t skate away from everyone, I’m supposed to be supervising them,’ Samantha blurted out, as a hot flush engulfed her whole body.
‘ I’ll supervise them. Show me what you’ve got,’ Jimmy encouraged, smiling as he held her hands and increased his speed across the ice.
What was going on? She couldn’t hold his hand. She didn’t do handholding with anyone - ever. She had never done handholding. She even remembered being ostracised at infant school because she wouldn’t take part in ‘Ring o Ring o’ Roses’. It wasn’t her. It displayed too much emotion towards people you barely knew and it spread germs. She was handholding with someone in a turquoise Lycra vest, that wasn’t right at all.
‘ I beg your pardon,’ Samantha responded in horror at his question.
‘ Show me some crossovers,’ Jimmy replied.
‘ How about you show me a triple Axel,’ Samantha snapped as he continued to move her forward at speed across the rink.
Jimmy smiled and let go of her hands. She stopped herself and watched
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