Pranksters destroy the hockey team's ice rink, and the athletic director forces figure skaters and hockey players to share one rink.

Nathan and Anastasia meet for the first time at the athletic director's mandatory meeting, and he invites her to his party.

At his party, Nathan lies to Anastasia and denies that the hockey team had any involvement in the rink sabotage.

Aaron reveals a conflicting version of the rink story at Nathan's party, exposing Nathan's lie and destroying Anastasia's trust in him.

Nathan and Anastasia share their first intimate encounter alone in his bedroom during Robbie's surprise birthday party.

Nathan and Anastasia are physically intimate together in the back of a crowded Uber on the way home from a nightclub.

After Anastasia hides in his bedroom during a midnight chase game, jealousy over Summer pushes them into their first full sexual encounter.

Aaron falsely blames Nathan for a Halloween prank that injured his wrist, and Nathan confesses to Coach Faulkner to protect his team.

Aaron re-injures his wrist at sectionals when he drops Anastasia on the ice, sidelining both himself and Nathan for eight more weeks.

Nathan visits Anastasia after the sectionals accident and they confess their romantic feelings for each other for the first time.

Anastasia confronts Aaron about his dangerously unhealthy meal plan, and his angry response drives her to call Nathan and move into his house.

Aaron shows up drunk to the hockey team's Christmas party and insults Anastasia, prompting Henry to punch him.

Anastasia falls through the ice on Nathan's backyard lake, Nathan pulls her out and performs CPR until she starts breathing again.

Aaron kisses Anastasia against her will during their nationals routine, Nathan punches Aaron, and Anastasia quits pair skating permanently.

The hockey team wins the NCAA championship, Anastasia later wins Olympic gold as a singles skater, and Nathan proposes in Mexico.

The story begins when pranksters destroy the hockey team's ice rink, forcing figure skater Anastasia Allen and hockey captain Nathan Hawkins into each other's orbit against their will. Despite Nathan lying to protect a teammate, the two are repeatedly drawn together through shared friends and forced proximity, progressing from open hostility to a charged physical relationship. A Halloween incident falsely blamed on Nathan threatens both their athletic careers and their fragile connection, but a devastating accident at sectionals finally breaks down their emotional walls. As Nathan steps in as Anastasia's practice partner, their bond deepens into genuine love, confirmed dramatically when Anastasia nearly drowns in Colorado. Their relationship survives a final confrontation with Anastasia's abusive skating partner Aaron at nationals, and the story ends with both athletes reaching the peak of their careers and Nathan proposing marriage.

The central romance from rink rivalry to Olympic love story.

Coach Brady threatens to remove the quadruple lutz jump from Anastasia and Aaron's routine during a tense practice session.

Nathan interrogates his rookie teammate Russ and learns that an UCLA student's personal grudge, not the hockey team, caused the rink sabotage.

The athletic director organizes a mandatory speed-dating icebreaker event to improve relations between the hockey and figure skating teams.

Henry tells Anastasia privately in the library that Nathan lied solely to protect Russ's scholarship, not to deceive her.

Nathan transforms his house into a casino for Robbie's surprise birthday party and teaches Anastasia how to play poker.

Nathan watches Anastasia fall hard on the ice while attempting the quadruple lutz and carries her to the first aid room.

Anastasia and Aaron qualify at regionals, but Aaron immediately warns Anastasia not to get involved with any hockey players.

Nathan rejects Anastasia's drunken advances after the Uber encounter because he wants more than a casual hookup, and she cries and tries to leave.

Lola barges into Anastasia's room with hockey jerseys, and a group video call accidentally reveals that Anastasia has been avoiding Nathan.

Anastasia conspires with JJ to throw a party at Nathan's house while Nathan searches all of Maple Hills looking for her.

Nathan's wealthy father Ian visits the Maple Hills house and criticizes Nathan for allowing Anastasia to live there.

Nathan takes Anastasia to a swimming pool to practice figure skating lifts and helps her gradually overcome her fear of being dropped.

Nathan shops for Christmas presents at the mall with Henry and JJ and runs into his ex-hookup Summer working as a cashier.

Anastasia tells Nathan she is moving back in with Aaron to prepare for nationals, and they have a serious argument.

Nathan learns from UCLA hockey captain Cory that Aaron was actually injured playing football with UCLA friends on Halloween.

Before the romance between Anastasia and Nathan can fully develop, a web of secondary events lays the groundwork for everything that follows. The rink sabotage mystery is quietly resolved when Nathan interrogates his rookie teammate and learns the real culprit, while a forced speed-dating event slowly chips away at Anastasia's hostility toward the hockey team. Their physical relationship advances through awkward morning-afters, mischievous games, and mixed signals that must be carefully navigated by both parties. Domestic moments like shopping for Christmas presents and practicing difficult lifts in a pool reveal the couple's growing tenderness and mutual investment. The tension peaks when Anastasia decides to move back in with Aaron before nationals, and Nathan finally receives definitive outside confirmation that Aaron deliberately lied about how his Halloween injury occurred.

Behind-the-scenes moments that shape Anastasia and Nathan's relationship.

Nathan overhears Aaron disparaging Anastasia at the rink and threatens to punch Aaron if he ever speaks about her that way again.

Anastasia tells Ryan and Lola what happened with Nathan at Robbie's birthday party, and they both strongly encourage her to pursue him.

Nathan notices Anastasia is significantly undereating and asks to review the meal plan Aaron designed, suspecting it is harmful to her health.

Anastasia tells Nathan she began using her day planner at age nine as a therapy exercise to manage her anxiety and fear of failure.

During a therapy session, Dr. Andrews helps Anastasia recognize she has genuine feelings for Nathan but is paralyzed by fear of his rejection.

Nathan officially offers to be Anastasia's skating practice partner, and they agree on a no-sex rule to prevent romantic distraction.

Nathan and Anastasia break their no-sex pact and make love without a condom for the first time in their relationship.

Henry and Nathan reveal to Anastasia that Aaron has been spreading false and damaging rumors about her to Coach Brady and his UCLA friends.

Anastasia asks her parents not to discuss skating during their visit, and her mother reassures her that their love is completely unconditional.

Nathan reveals to Anastasia that his father cheated on his dying mother with a young ski instructor during her illness.

Nathan's father Ian privately tells Nathan that Anastasia reminds him of Nathan's mother and that Nathan is lucky to have found her.

Nathan's roommates confront him about his jealous obsession with Aaron and insist he needs to apologize and trust Anastasia to handle it herself.

Nathan takes Anastasia to a Malibu restaurant and sincerely apologizes for not trusting her judgment about how to handle the Aaron situation.

Director Skinner informs Nathan that an independent investigation confirmed Aaron lied about being injured on Halloween and that Aaron has transferred to UCLA.

Anastasia discovers she is pregnant and reflects on having won Olympic gold while Nathan won the Stanley Cup with his Vancouver team.

Beneath the surface romance lies a series of pivotal revelations that transform both Anastasia and Nathan as individuals. Early warning signs about Aaron's controlling behavior appear in how he treats and talks about Anastasia, while her therapy sessions with Dr. Andrews help her recognize her own buried feelings and deep-seated fears of rejection. Nathan's discovery of Anastasia's dangerous meal plan marks a turning point in how she understands her own self-worth and her long-damaged relationship with food. Their time together in Colorado unlocks deeper truths, including the painful story of Nathan's father's betrayal and Anastasia's fear that she is fundamentally unlovable. After a conflict fueled by Nathan's jealousy threatens the relationship, honest conversations and a sincere public apology repair their bond and make it stronger than before. The story closes with the official confirmation of Aaron's deception, Nathan's vindication, and the discovery of a new life beginning for Anastasia and Nathan.