Breaking All The Ice

"Melvin, just shut up and listen, ok?! Geesh, I'm nervous as f**k, and I don't know how to say this." He raised his voice, and I tried not to flinch. I knew Trenten was dealing with a lot of new emotions so I remained quiet until he was finished. Here he was thinking he had feelings for his boy cousin and I was neither a boy nor his cousin. I bit into my bottom lip in guilt without thinking. "God, why is that the hottest thing I've ever witnessed? Now all I can think about is kissing you," he whispered as his eyes kept shifting between my lips and eyes. I don't even think he realized he said that out loud. If he keeps it up I'm going to end up risking it all, so I broke eye contact first. That seemed to bring him back to his train of thought. "I'm not gay or anything. I mean, I've never been attracted to a guy before, and I'm not attracted to other guys. Not that I think that its anything crazy with guys who do like guys... f**k I'm rambling again" He let out a heavy sigh as he raked his hands down his handsome face. I just stayed quiet. I couldn't speak. "What I'm trying to say is... I like you... a lot Mel.... More than a guy is supposed to like his friend." He stepped closer and eliminated all space between us. He lifted my chin up with his finger. "Tell me you feel it too." He begged. I wanted to. God, I wanted to so bad. I, Amelia Lockwood, wanted Trenten Adams, more than my next breath. But there was just too much on the line, and I wasn't the only one with something to lose if my secret was exposed. So despite my heart screaming to tell him the truth. To be his safety and tell him he wasn't crazy and that I wanted him just as badly. To foolishly give in and forget about everyone and everything...... Instead, I did the next best thing for both of us. I turned away without a word and ran.

Amelia just wanted to fulfill her dream of being on the ice and going after all it has to offer. Right now, it offered a championship title in the 2022 U.S. Figure Skating competition. All she ever spent time at was on the ice. It didn't matter why or how. It was her safe haven. Competing on the ice took away all the pain that told her to give up every day. It was a struggle to get through the day without it. Her traumas and fears seemed to follow her wherever she went. That is until someone sabotages her chance at competing, and she's forced to think outside the box in order to stay in her frozen circle. When she's faced with an ultimatum, she chooses the one that keeps her safe from her own emotions..... Or so she thought. What she hadn't expected was to fall for a man who made her face her emotions head-on. Including the ones that were new to them both. That man was Trenten West. A professional hockey player who skidded straight to a stop in her heart. Except Amelia held a secret that could ruin everything she worked for if it were ever exposed. Join Amelia and Trenten as they fight for a love that was never meant to exist.