I wake up at around 2 am and roll over to face Connor, whose eyes pop open. He grins and pokes my stomach. I try to cover my laugh but fail. He tickles my sides and I poke at his thighs making him laugh.

"Ow," I giggle.

"Evaannn," Connor moans jokingly.

"C'mon, Connor, Zoe's gonna thing we're f- having sex!" I laugh.

"Let her think whatever," Connor kisses me forcefully. His teeth bash against mine until I part my lips to let his tongue travel. He pulls away.

"Connor noo," I moan, giggling.

"Can Zoe think right?" Connor smirks.

"Okay," I grin back, kissing him.

When I wake up again Connor is already pacing the room. "Lets go roller skating," he turns to me, grinning.

"Connor it's February, it's still winter," I laugh sitting up.

"Ice skating then! We can invite Zoe and Alana and Jared."

"Well," I say, I can't ice skate at all. I've tried, and tried, and tried. "I don't know how," I admit.

"I can teach you," Connor pulls me out of the bed and into his arms against his chest. He kisses my forehead.

We call Alana and Jared and they both agree to meet us here at Connor's house at eleven. We're all skipping school. We go down the hall and downstairs to wake Zoe up.

"Jesus you guys," she groans. "I didn't get any sleep, you guys were fucking too loud."

"Connor was just tickling me," I retort, defensively.

"Then after that?" Zoe grins, scrunching up her nose. My face goes red. "Pfft ha!" She laughs so hard she falls off the bed. "Don't worry, I know you guys have been having sex for oh so long."

"Yeah yeah whatever, you wanna come ice skating with me, Evan, Jared, and Alana?" Connor asks, gripping my hand.

"Hell yeah!" Zoe says, scrambling back up onto the bed, and pulling her blanket around her shoulders. "God, it's cold!"

A couple hours later the doorbell rings and I pull on one of Connor's hoodies over my bare chest. I greet Alana and Jared as they come in. "Jeez it's cold in here! It's like 50 degrees outside too!" Jared yells, as he always does.

"Wait really?" I ask.

"Woah," Connor says, wrapping around me from behind.

About half an hour passes before we put on hats and coats and head to my house to ask my mom for the car.

"Hey, kids," my mom greets us. "Aren't y'all supposed to be in school?"

"One, Mom, you sound like you're from Texas," I say and Connor and Zoe snicker behind me. "And two, yes, but we're going ice skating and we're wondering if we could borrow the minivan."

"Sure I just got back from work a few hours ago but I can ask Margaret to drive me for my later shift! Have fun skating, kids! I haven't gone since I was in about seventh grade!"

once again heidi is the Best Mom™️ - vgl

We pile into my mom's minivan and Alana reads me the directions to New York City, and the ice skating rink near Rockefeller Center. We arrive and try to find a garage to park in, but end up settling for a parking meter which we fill with quarters.

"Jeez, you guys, it's freezing what are you talking about 50°?!" Connor complains.

"Well maybe if you actually wore a coat..." Zoe laughs.

"I'm gonna find a tourist shop and buy another hoodie," Connor puffs out his chest and Zoe shakes her head.

"I'll go with him and we'll meet you at the skating rink?" I say.

We walk around trying to find a shop, gripping each other's hands.

"Go to hell, homos!" A stranger yells at us. I frown, feeling paranoid. But, I find Connor grinning.

"I pass!" He squeaks. I realize what he means within a couple of seconds and grin as well.

"Heck yeah!" I kiss him.

We find a little shop and Connor buys a huge I ❤️ NY hoodie that falls almost to his knees, which is insane considering how tall he is.

"Let's go ice skate!" Connor grins. And we make our way to the rink.

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ICE SKATING PT 1 WOOO this is like a side quest bc i'm bullshitting my way through this book.

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