Frozen Barriers by Sara Shirley Read Free Book Online

twenty-two and have no future path, go ahead. I don’t see you with the big NHL contract, so that evidently means your big BU hockey player status didn’t get you very far if you’re still here and skating at the Forum.”
    Ouch. This one has fire underneath her façade.
    “Oh my God!” Josh leans up to signal Emily for a high five. “That was fuckin’ awesome, girl! I don’t know where you just pulled that from, but damn, you just put Jeremy back in his rightful spot!” Everyone starts laughing, including me, because I’m truly happy where I am and contract or no contract, this is my life, and I’m still having fun. But, when I see Emily sitting there no longer chuckling, I know I fucked up.
    Of course, at that moment, the waitress steps in and asks the girls what they’d like to drink. I’m more than shocked when Emily orders herself a Shipyard Pumpkinhead beer with a rim job. I glance at her, completely engrossed in her boldness, when the most amazing words come out of her mouth. “I don’t know about you, Jeremy, but I just love licking off those rim jobs!” Time for me to readjust my cock again, thanks in part to my naughty little ice princess sitting next to me.

Who does he think he is? He has no idea what my life is like, and to make it sound as though I’m some perfect little snotty brat with nothing but a face and bank account? True, my parents have funded my skating career; however, I’ve managed to do a few shows and won competitions that have allowed me to earn my own money. It hurts that he actually sees through my worst fear. What will I do when I can no longer compete? What happens when the endorsements are no longer there and the next generation of skaters is on the cusp of hitting it big? I honestly have no idea. I never wanted to continue with this lifestyle after high school, but once I managed to advance to the senior level, my parents wouldn’t hear of me quitting. All they kept talking about was winning and making the family proud.
    I must have been lost in my own mind, as I’m brought out of my thoughts by snapping fingers in front of my face. “Hello, Earth to Emily. Your rim job just arrived,” Suzanne jokes.
    “Oh, sorry. I didn’t mean to zone out,” I respond quietly.
    I glance back over toward Jeremy who now has his phone out tapping on his screen and sipping his beer. I must have offended him or something because he’s no longer even paying attention to the group. Fine, he wants to ignore me. I’ll get his attention. Gathering up all my courage to act sexy in front of people I barely know, I pick up my Pumpkinhead beer and more than eagerly start licking off the cinnamon sugar rim with my tongue, moaning as if it’s the best thing I’ve ever tasted. I can see out of the corner of my eye Sue, Josh and Courtney all chuckling at my apparent sexual bravado. I then look up to my right to see Jeremy’s eyes bugging out of his head, his mouth hanging open, and his hand slightly tugging at his shorts. I stop my licking while staring him straight in the eyes, and because I can’t hold it in any longer, I begin laughing hysterically.
    Suzanne wraps her arm around my shoulders and exclaims, “Oh my God! You little vixen! I see I taught you well back in high school!”
    “Hey, Jeremy. When is your next practice?” Courtney asks. Practice? I thought he was just skating around at the Forum.
    “The team starts back up next week, but we’ve got meetings all this week, so I’ve got to work on some conditioning skills before then,” he says, lowering his phone into his jeans pocket.
    “Are you going to get us tickets again this year? You know Dad is your biggest fan, and he loves seeing you skate,” Courtney says as she picks at the label on her beer bottle.
    “Yeah, don’t forget about your brother over here either, or the next time you drive down Route 93 you are getting pulled over,” Josh says teasingly since he knows I drive that route all the time to get to the