he catches her eyes , the smile on her features enough to have the apples of his cheeks flushing ( that and how frigid the rink was. no matter how used to the cold was , his cheeks and nose always got red from it ) . his reflexes kick in to catch her once more , ensuring anna remained on her skates as he let her hold his bicep captive in order to keep her balance .
" i am letting you practice properly , " he titled his head , raising his brows as if to say her clumsiness was cause itself for the delay in twirling . " we're still working on making a full lap without wobbling . what kind of coach would i be if i set you up to get hurt ?? " then , too weak of a man to deny anna , even if it were for her own good , kristoff held out his arm for her to take once more . " c'mon , let's do another lap . if you don't fall , i'll THINK about letting you twirl . "
For a girl that loved the snow so much, and had an ice manipulating sister, it was a little ironic Anna couldn't ice skate. But she hadn't tried since she was a child, holding her big sister's hand as they circled the frozen ponds. Everything she had learned back then was long forgotten. But she would figure it out, and she was confident when she did, she would be excellent at it. There was just the matter of getting to that point.
Her eyes lighting up at his offer, she stood up straighter, squared her shoulders, ready to take this challenge on. "We can do three laps, I won't fall. I'm as graceful as a swan out here." The words were barely out of her lips before she was slipping, fingernails digging into his arm to steady herself, a sheepish grin on her lips once she was sure she had avoided landing on her butt. "That didn't count. The laps hadn't started yet!"
