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do.  I just had to deal with it.
     
       I was slowly starting to hate my life, in April I traveled to Paris for an invitational competition with one of my, up and coming pairs.  When I came home, my house was echoing and dark, just like my life had become.  I was falling into a deep depression and it was not like me at all.  I had always been an eternal optimist, but my heart had been painfully broken.  I feared at this point in my life, I might never recover. 
     
       My best friend Justin was trying to talk me into coming back to Chicago to stay with him for a little while.  He hated it when I was sad, and he wanted to cheer me up.
     
       Justin Melbourne had been my skating partner years ago and we’d been best friends since I was twelve.  Greg had always been jealous of my close relationship with Justin, so I didn’t think it would be a good idea for me to go stay with him just now.  It might bring more bang to my divorce proceedings than I was willing to deal with.  I wouldn’t put it past Greg to accuse the two of us of having an affair.
     
       I tried to throw myself into my work but my two most promising skaters were gone.  I had another promising pair, but the female half was turning into quite a princess and I was pretty much done with her.  I was sure she would never make it to the top with her attitude.  At this point, I didn’t have a lot of hope for the future, at least, not with the skaters I was coaching now.
                 
       It was a chilly April evening, I was at home, vegging on the couch.  I had a fire in the fireplace and I was on the couch wrapped in a fleece throw and I still couldn’t get warm.  I had the TV remote and was flipping through the channels, restlessly trying to find something to watch. 
     
       I rolled my eyes as I scrolled though the titles.  I had to admit, I was a bit surprised, I had access to more than 500 channels, and still, there was nothing to watch.  Watching TV was not really my cup of tea anyway, it was kind of Greg’s thing, he loved the sports channels and the movie channels.  I would rather read or surf the net.
     
        I was completely lost, now that I had the house to myself I really didn’t know what to do with myself.  I didn’t even need to clean the house, it didn’t really get that messy with just me there, it was kind of amazing. I was startled when the phone started ringing.  I figured it was probably one of the kids.
     
       “Hello?”
     
       “Hey Lane, it’s me,” it was Justin.
     
       “Hey bud, what’s up?” I asked, smiling at the sound of his voice.  Justin was my one true friend in the whole world.
     
       “Hey I just got the word on a job that would be perfect for you, if you’re up for it,” said Justin.
     
       “What kind of job?” I asked.  I was leery.  Justin had his own company.  He did ice shows all over the world, he always had some sort of kooky job lined up for me.  In the past, I had never really been free to move, when the kids were at home and I was married, now that it was just me, maybe I could finally take him up on one of his kooky job offers.
                 
       “Well I think you are going to be intrigued, it’s maybe a little bit out of your comfort zone,” said Justin.
     
       “What kind of job?” I repeated.  At this point in my life, I was game for whatever.  Really, what did I have to loose?
     
       “Don’t laugh, but it’s a reality TV series.  Here’s the deal...”
     
       “I don’t think so Justin, I detest reality TV...it’s just so...”
     
       “I know, I know, but this is going to be super cool.  I think you’re going to like this idea.  The network is going to take professional athletes and pair them with professional skaters and try to make pairs skaters out of them,” said Justin.
     
       “Sure, kind of like that show they do in Canada, right?” I asked.  I was already rolling