"Shall we go dancing, now?" she asked, winking at me.
"Yes, we shall," I replied, recovering from my blush. I glanced over at everyone around us, my gaze lingering on Edward. I flashed a smile in his direction, not sure where my newfound confidence was coming from. "You guys coming?"
"Hell yeah, we are," Emmett boomed in his deep base voice, sweeping Rose along who let out a laugh. Jasper chuckled and walked over to Alice's other side, his arm loose around her waist. Alice stole a glance at me now, throwing me a wink.
"Talk to you later, Bella," her tone suggestive, Jasper pulling her onto the dance floor.
I heard a soft scuff behind me and turned to look at Edward, who was looking at his shoes. "Can… can I have this dance, Bella?" He had a soft blush playing on his cheeks.
I held out my hand. "Okay," I said simply, grinning. He looked up, his eyes blazing with relief, and took my hand softly, then suddenly bending down to place a chaste kiss on they hand. He began leading me to the dance floor this time, his arms pulling me to him once we got there.
"You know you look fantastic in your little white dancers dress. But I take it you're not much of a dancer?" he asked in his velvet voice, his eyes boring into mine, making me blush.
"No. I'm waaay to clumsy to actually dance, as you probably know by now." I looked up at him. His hands began their descent to my hips, which were slightly flared and angled at him. He ducked his head next to mine, his mouth right next to my ear.
"Its all in the leading," he whispered, sending brief shivers done my spine, before whisking me off towards the center, my feet knowing what to do with no conscious thought of mine. He pulled me close, his hands still resting on my hips as we both began twirling.
Towards the end of the song, he lowered me till my head was level to where his hips would have been, his head near my exposed throat. "You smell just like flowers, you know," he whispered in a husky tone before bringing me back up.
"And you dance like a professional, you know," smiling as he began lowering me down again, lower this time.
"So do you, especially now," he said in a clearer tone before I mustered up enough courage to let me headrest on his shoulder, my face facing his neck. His breathe hitched with the unexpected closeness, and I sighed in contentment.
"Well, you smell just like I'd imagine the sun to," my arms coming up over his head, which he ducked for. "With a hint of rain." He grinned, bringing me to where there was no space between us, his hands having moved up to the small of my back.
His hands were as warm as ever when I began feeling those sparks of electricity again. I pulled my head back and looked directly into those emerald eyes, which held so many emotions, that I almost lost my focus when they caught me. "Bella…" he mumbled before I took his lips with mine.
That sudden burst of confidence began fading when I didn't feel him respond, but when he began to, I grinned against his lips. I pulled back again, my eyes opening once I realized they were closed and I couldn't see his perfect face. "Wow, Bella," he said in the same husky tone from earlier.
It was then that I noticed that the music had stopped and there was clapping all around us. My brown eyes swept over the crowd, and then it dawned on me that they were clapping and cheering for us. I blushed, unable to hide it.
I looked around us again and saw that we were in the middle of the floor, no one surrounding us like earlier. We were the only ones present. "Well, I guess you're a much better dancer than I am."
"No. They're all clapping for us because we make a fine pair of dancers. Your dress might be helping though." I blushed tomato red under his praise.
"Oh my God, Bella! You just kissed Edward!" Alice screamed when she ran up to me. It was then I remembered what I just did, I looked at Edward, who had his hands on me still, a slightly dazed look on his face before he registered that as well.
"Best kiss ever…" he murmured into my hair before putting his arms at his sides again.
