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"Can we please go? I can help pay to get in!" Aya was skipping along on the sidewalk, holding Bram's hand. She had been begging him to go to the roller-skating rink all day. "Would it even be opened at this hour?" Bram questioned, he was acting tired despite being wide awake, he didn't want to go because he knew he'd embarrass himself. "Please? I think it's still open! Besides, you should have enough energy to go, right?" Aya pleaded, she hopped in front of him to stop him from walking.
"Its just over there!" She pointed to the rink, it was still opened surprisingly. "See, Its still open!" She smiled and started running over to the rink.
"Wait!" Bram sighed and followed along, he watched Aya closely, he noticed a large pebble in front of her. "Aya! Wait!" Bram watched her tumble over, he ran over to her. "Is everything alright?" Her knee was slightly scraped. "...Yeah... I'm fine!" Aya stuttered a bit, she was holding back tears.
Usually, Bram had an animalistic reaction to blood, but this time he had sympathy. Maybe there was a difference when you see blood streaming from someone you care about, or maybe because it was a very small scrape. Aya searched her bag and found a small band-aid. "Can you put it on, I can't reach" Aya was obviously being over dramatic, but Bram nodded and slipped the band-aid on. The surfacing blood wiped off easily.
Bram helped her up, she seemed fine. "Walk with me this time." Bram still seemed to feel bad, but he was stern. "Alright!" She smiled and wiped her watering eyes. She held his hand again and smiled, they both walked to the rink.
The place reeked of wrapped bubblegum and the standard smell of any place, the funky colors all over hurt Bram's eyes. Aya raced around, excited to even just be there. "We should probably rent some roller-skates..." He sighed and pulled out his wallet, he walked up to the women who was renting out the roller-skates.
"2 pairs please, one a 12, Aya, what size shoe are you?" Bram looked over at her messing with a candy machine. "I'm a 5" She gleefully smiled and went back to messing with the machine. "A 5 as well please." He slid his credit card through the machine and went back to her.
"Do you know how to roller-skate?" Bram helped her tie the skates. "I do!" She nodded, still with the same grin on her face. She rolled into the rink and moved more towards the center, Bram was still tying his skates. "I don't really know how to skate, I'll just follow you..." He got on the rink and tumbled over, Aya giggled. "Its not THAT hard!" She teased. Aya helped Bram up and started guiding him through the rink.
After a little bit of skating, Bram decided he was bruised enough and told Aya that they were going to go home, they turned in their skates. And smiled about the fun night they had at the roller-skating rink.