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Chapter One Hundred and Fifty Five "Is Hope alright?" Duer asked while holding onto Faith's hands and Adam looked over at Hope. "Yeah, she just scraped her knee," Adam said when Faith tugged on Adam's shirt and he looked down at her with wide eyes. "Yes, what can I do for you?" "Mommy made me put these on," Faith said as she pointed to the knee pads she was wearing and he noticed that they had Dora the Explorer on them. "Well, your mommy is a very wise woman," Adam said then saw Rose and Alan and smiled. "Unlike Rosie Toes, she is as wise as a brick!" "What did you say?" Rose asked as Adam placed his fists against his hips and gave her a smug look. "I said you are as wise as a brick!" he shouted and Alan's mouth dropped open. "How dare you talk to my wife like that," he said and Adam folded his arms over his chest. "You talk to her like that." "Well, she's my wife. If I think she's as thick as a brick then it's my duty to tell her so!" Alan said as Rose sighed, rolled her eyes and skated away. "Hey, come back here!" "No!" Rose said as she turned around and stuck her tongue out at him. "I'll teach you to be cheeky with me!" Alan shouted as he skated after her and Adam and Duer laughed. "Uncle Adam, that was rude," Faith said as Adam pouted and sniffed, rubbing his eyes with his knuckles. "Do you think I should go and tell her that I'm sorry?" he asked and Faith nodded her head. Spinning around, Adam fell onto his bottom as the others looked at him and he tried to get up. After failing to get up, Adam rested on his back then looked up at the ceiling and folded his hands over his stomach. "What are you doing, you goof?" Marion asked as she skated over to him and he smiled up at her. "I'm taking a skating break," he said and she rolled her eyes. "Get up before you get run over," Marion said as she helped him up and Adam looked at the others, waving at them. "Just so you know, I meant to do that!" he shouted as Marion led him toward Rosie and John and Duer smiled. "Uncle Adam is silly," Faith said as Duer nodded then took her hand and they started skating. Koschei felt sorry that there weren't any skates that would fit Aderyn's feet as they sat on the bench and watched Julie skating with Awinita, Amber and Donna. "Look, Baba, Mooma is flying!" Aderyn said while pointing to Julie when Julie skated over to the wall and looked at them. "Would you like to fly, Sweetie?" Julie asked and Aderyn bounced on Koschei's lap. "Yes, I want to fly!" she said as Koschei stood up and handed Aderyn to Julie. Holding onto her, Julie skating around the rink as Adeyrn giggled and held her arms out. Julie spun around in a circle when Awinita took Aderyn from Julie and spun around in a circle. One at time, the others spun Aderyn, or skated with her, and she giggled. "Baba, come and play!" "Ok," Koschei said as he walked to rink then held onto the railings and Donna smiled at him. "Don't tell me that you don't know how to skate," she teased and he shrugged, nodding his head. Softly laughing, Julie walked to him as she helped him and he held her tightly around her waist. After nearly falling a few times, he got the hang of what to do and Julie let go of him. He skated carefully to Donna when he took Aderyn from her and smiled. "Fly, Baba!" she said as he balanced her on his hip and skated around in a circle. "Look, Mooma, Baba can fly!" "I see that," Julie said with a smile then skated toward them and he kissed her cheek. "Baba, I'm hungry," Aderyn said as she played with his earlobe and he softly laughed, kissed her cheek. They headed off the rink then headed for the food court and Aderyn placed her head on his shoulder. "Oh my giddy aunt, I am not sure about this," Trevor said as Zoe helped him move around the rink and Zoe sweetly smiled at him. "You're doing fine, Doctor," she said and Jamesie nodded. "Aye, you're doing better than I am," Jamesie said while holding onto the railing and Zoe giggled. "Och, what are you laughing at?" "I was just thinking about when we went ice skating and you fell on your butt." "Oh yes, I remember that. You didn't have any underpants on under your kilt and you broke your tailbone," Trevor said with a nod of his head and Jamesie sighed, rolling his eyes. "You had tae go an' remind me," he said and Zoe skated over to him and kissed his cheek then skated back to Trevor. "Well, if you two don't mind, I think I have had enough for one day," Trevor said as they nodded, went off the rink and helped him sit down. Zoe helped him take the skates off as he wiggled his toes and sighed. "Oh, that feels amazing." "Anyone want anything to eat?" Zoe asked. "Aye, I could go for something," Jamesie said and she nodded, took the skates off and walked away. Jamesie sat down next to Trevor when he started taking the skates off and smiled, looking at Trevor. "You ken, Doctor, that I do ken how tae ice skate." "Then why did you fall?" he asked and Jamesie watched Zoe headed for the drink area. "I got distracted by that perky, wee bottom of hers," he said, nodding his head toward Zoe and Trevor looked at her then smiled. "Jamie," he said and Jamesie softly laughed, placing his boots on. "Attention Clan McCrimmion, gather around an' get ready for a game of Crack the Strap!" Angus shouted as Jamie and Jenna looked at each other and Jamie smiled. "What is he talking about?" Jenna asked as Frazer, Angel, Alexander, Donald, Zoe, Victoria, Conner, Ian, Robbie, Derek, Colleen, Toni, Melissa, Catherine, Lucy, Zoe, Moira, Douglas, Annie, Gregory, Cathleen, Duncan, Mark, Charles, Andrew, Ben, Polly, Patrick, Anna-Marie, Trevor and Malcolm gathered around him and Jamie looked over at Hamish. It hurt Jamie when the manager said that Hamish couldn't skate due to his blindness and Jamie frowned, his lower lip sticking out. "Hold on," he said as they watched him leave the rink and walked to Hamish. They had gotten a pair of skates for Hamish as Jamie sat down next to him and tapped his shoulder, making him look toward Jamie. "Put those skates on." "But..." Hamish stammered and Jamie smiled. "Are you really going tae let someone tell you that you cannae do something?" he asked and Hamish blinked, wrapping his fingers around the stick. "No, I'm nae!" he said as Jamie smiled then helped him put the skates on. Jenna came to help Hamish stand up as they headed for the rink and Jamie held onto the stick. Hamish held his hand out when Zoe took his hand and Hamish smiled. She led him to the others when Angus nodded and looked at the others. "Right, this is how you play the game. We grab onto each other's hips then start skating around the center of the rink. When we pick up enough speed, I'll tell you tae let go an' the last one standing gets either a beer or ice cream," Angus said as they looked at each other and Frazer tilted his head to one side. "What do you mean by the last one standing?" he asked. "We're going tae be going around an' around until we're dizzy, which will make it hard tae stay up," Angus said and Frazer nodded. "Should we make two circles, Angus, one for us an' one for the wee ones?" Ian asked and Angus looked at the children. "Aye, that sounds like a good idea," he said then they skated to the center of the rink and Alan frowned, looking at them. "What are they up to?" he asked as they gathered into two circles then started skating faster and faster. "I think they're going to play Crack the Whip," Adam said. "Is that Hamish?" John asked, pointing at him. "They wouldn't do that with him there. He can't see." "Looks like that's not a problem," Alan said as they started skating faster and faster and Hamish smiled, holding onto Frazer's hips. The others watched when Angus told them to let go and, one by one, they let go as the others kept going and nearly all of them fell onto the floor. Frazer was holding onto Angus' hips as they sped around in a wild circle and both of them knew that it was time for Hamish to let go. "We cannae let him do this," Frazer thought after putting up a privacy block then his mouth fell open as Hamish let go and went sailing toward the wall. The others had been laughing at them staggering around but they were now watching Hamish sailing toward the wall and Lucy gasped, watching Hamish lose his footing and crashed to the floor. "Hamish!" she shouted as they skated to him and Hamish was lying on his back, his eyes closed and one leg was bent under the other. "Let us through!" Grace said as she and Martha knelt down next to Hamish and Grace placed her fingers against his wrist, feeling the double beat. "Dinnae fash," Hamish said as he opened his eyes and Grace hushed him. "Does anything hurt?" she asked. "No," he said then slowly slid his right leg out from under his left leg and they helped him sit up. He grunted when Lucy hugged him then looked toward Angus and smiled. "Can we do that again?" "NO!" Lucy said as he smiled and rubbed her back. They helped him up then left the rink and a few minutes later Angus brought him a large glass of beer and Hamish smiled, sipping on the beer.
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