Disclaimer- I sadly don't own Twilight or any of the characters. But they have the honor of being in my story! Haha. Enjoy Chapter 4.
Author's Note: Well, I hope you like this chapter! It took me a while to write it, because of a serious case of writer's block. But, thanks to my lovely friend Danielle (crazylove95), she left a great review on my previous chapter, giving me a great idea.
Thanks Danielle, for killer butterflies!
BPOV
I sat there on the bench staring at Edward, dumbfounded. My skates were only half laced, and I couldn't bring myself to finish. I leaped off the bench and grabbed Rosalie by her forearm. I yanked her over by the front doors and spun around to look at her. I must have looked pretty furious, because she took an involuntary step backward.
"Bells, please calm down. I just didn't want you thinking you were a third wheel." Her words became ragged, like she was frightened.
"How the hell do you expect me to calm down?!" I practically screamed at her. "I specifically told you NO blind date, no date at ALL! And you got me one anyway! And of all people!" I finished the last sentence quietly.
"What do you mean 'of all people'?" Rose asked, confusion crossing her face.
"You KNOW he has a major crush on you! I know that too! Why him?"
Rose scratched her head. "Bella, I don't know. I thought you two would have a good time together. You're both sort of quiet, well except for you right now. But that's besides the point. You two are alike."
"Whatever Rosalie." I spat back. I started to walk out the doors, but Rose caught my arm and spun me around to face her again.
"Look, Bella. You can't just walk out." she said, frustration showing heavily in her words.
"Oh yeah? Why can't I?" I challenged her.
"Two reasons." she stated simply. "One: you can't just leave Edward here by himself. That would be rude. And two," she pointed to my feet, where I still had on my half-laced skates.
I sighed in defeat. I could never win an argument with Rosalie. It just wasn't possible. Not with her persistence. And this was the day her persistence became the death of me.
I headed back to the platform with the skate rentals. Rose squealed and linked her arm through mine, dragging me back faster than the pace I was going. When we got to the platform, she unlinked her arm and headed over to Emmett. Her skates were by the bench waiting for her, so she started to put them on and lace up.
Subconciously, I looked around for Edward. He was sitting on one of the benches, the one farthest away from Rose and Emmett. He was slouching forward, his arms resting on his knees. His face showed complete frustration and hurt.
Figuring it was my job to at least show him a semi-good time, I went to stand in front of him. When I reached him, he looked up, confused. "You know, I'm not liking this any more than you are." he said darkly, and then went back to looking at his shoes.
"Let me guess, she asked you to come, and it sounded like she was asking you out on a date with her." I said, like it was totally obvious. His head snapped up to stare at me again. "Edward, I know you like her. We all know." I instantly regretted saying that, as embarrassment crashed over his features.
EPOV
What? I snapped my head back up at her in disbelief. She knew exactly how Rosalie's invitation sounded to me. The next thing she said killed me.
"Edward, I know you like her. We all know." Suddenly, I felt like I could throw up. She knew I liked Rosalie. All three of them knew I liked Rosalie. God, this was going to be the most awkward, terrible date of my life.
Bella sighed. "Look, I know you really don't want to be here. And I would say you can leave, but if you tried Rosalie might rip you to shreds just to get you to stay."
I chuckled and pressed my hands onto my knees to stand up. I might as well get this over with. I slipped my shoes off my feet and traded the normal 10 dollars for a pair of skates. Bella was finishing lacing up her skates just as I finished mine. We wobbled through the double doors.
Rosalie and Emmett were already on the ice, Emmett was barely able to stand up and Rosalie was twirling and jumping with absolute grace. There was a small set of bleachers directly outside the rink, so I headed over to them and plopped down. Bella stared at me confused, so I pointed to my skate. "I have to tighten it." She shrugged and walked over to the little opening that lead onto the ice. She set one foot on the ice, and steadied herself. Then she slowly brought her other foot out onto the ice. Her skates slid before she tried to move them, and she desperately gripped the wall for support. A small chuckle formed under my breath as I looked down and continued to tighten my skate.
When I finally finished with my skate, I got up carefully. I looked onto the ice to find Bella's hand gripped firmly onto the side wall, and she moved slowly around the ice. I made my way to the opening and quickly stuck both feet onto the ice. I moved too fast, and my skates came out from under me. My hand caught the wall before I actually fell, though, and I pushed myself up. I let go of the wall slowly, and pushed off with my feet one by one. This wasn't as hard as I thought. But it was for Bella. I cautiously skated across the ice. When I was halfway to Bella, her skate got stuck and she flew backwards right onto her butt.
I bit back my laughter and skated towards the fallen Bella. A small chuckle managed to escape my lips as I offered my hand to help her up. "Are you alright?" I said, chuckling again.
She stared up at me, her cheeks turning blood red. Then she smiled devilishly, and reached up to take my hand. Instead of trying to get up, she yanked down on my hand, causing me to fall face first on the ice. My whole face became freezing cold, and I could hear the hysterical laughter of Bella right next to me. I pushed up on my hands and glared fiercely at her. She caught my glare and smacked her hand over her mouth, trying to muffle her laughter. It didn't work. She dropped her hand from her mouth to clutch her sides and laugh loudly again. I couldn't help myself, I started to chuckle. Then I laughed too. People started to stare as we continued to laugh our asses off, but for some reason I didn't care.
Eventually, Rosalie came gliding over to us and stared like we were insane. "Are you two okay?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.
I couldn't muffle my laughter long enough to create a response. Bella spoke up instead. "Haha. Yea we're fine, Rose." Then she burst out laughing again. Rosalie shrugged and skated off to Emmett again. Emmett picked her up bridal style and spun around in an awkward circle, Rosalie giggling the whole time. I stopped laughing and glared after them.
My hands pressed down onto the ice and I pushed myself up. I turned to Bella, who was still sitting on the ice giggling. I sighed dramatically. "Well, are you going to make me fall again, or do I have to make you get up by yourself?" She stopped giggling and stared up at me, smiling.
"I won't make you fall again, promise." she said all too sweetly. I chuckled and offered her a hand again. She took it, and this time actually tried to get up. She was alot lighter than I thought, so it was easy to get her back up onto her feet. When she was standing, she wobbled, threatening to fall over again. I grabbed her elbows to steady her, then guided her to the wall so she could hold onto it.
"Uh, Edward. You can let go now." she said. I looked down and saw I was still holding her elbows, even though she already had a hold of the wall. I quickly dropped my hands.
"Sorry." I said, and started to skate forward. She skated next to me, wobbling every couple feet.
"See? I told you I was clumsy." she said, mid-wobble. I chuckled, remembering the time we ran into eachother. She colored red again, then pushed off with her foot and skated ahead of me.
BPOV
I tried to skate away to hide my blush, but it didn't work. My skate caught in the ice, AGAIN, and I started to fall forward. I shut my eyes and put out my hands to try to catch myself.
I never hit the ground. Instead, a pair of hands locked around my waist and pulled me up to my feet again. When I was securely standing, he dropped his hands quickly. Again, I felt my face turn red.
"Thanks." I mumbled. He smiled and stuffed his hands in his pockets.
"You're-"
"EMMETT MCCARTY!!!! YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT!!!!" screeched a very pissed off Rosalie. She was skating fiercely towards Emmett, her hair and shoulders coated in ice shreds. Emmett was trying to, and sort of successfully, skating away in a frenzy. He circled the rink twice before stopping where Edward and I stood watching and laughing, then he went behind me and tried to use my tiny frame to hide his grizzly body.
"Help me Bella, I'm going to be attacked by a killer butterfly!!" he said in a tiny scared-boy voice.
"Did you just call your girlfriend...a killer butterfly?" I asked cautiously.
Emmett grinned while he answered. "Yes, because she's as pretty as a butterfly," his smile faded, "but when she's pissed, she will try to kill you!" he practically yelled.
At that moment, Rosalie had skated to the spot by the wall we were all standing, and crossed her arms. She raised an eyebrow expectantly, and narrowed her eyes. Emmett cowered behind me more, and I could've sworn I heard him whimper. I grinned devilishly and reached my hand behind me. I found Emmett's arm, and yanked on it as hard I could. He came tumbling from behind me, and landed on his side on the ice. He stared at me in disbelief, then reluctantly stared at Rose. She was in the same position, but she was facing where Emmett was lying on the ice. I couldn't help it anymore. I doubled over in laughter. I grabbed my stomach and threw my head back, my laugh echoing through the rink. Water formed at the corner of my eyes, but I didn't notice. I just kept laughing, all the while Rose was glaring at Emmett, Emmett was looking like he just saw a ghost (or in this case, a killer butterfly), and Edward was staring at me questioningly.
"I'm..I'm sorry Rosie. I was only kidding around. I-I didn't mean to mess up your gorgeous hair." he stuttered through his entire apology.
Rose's face softened. Her eyes shined a bright blue as a smile spread across her face. She squatted down in front of Emmett, and leaned down close. "That's all I wanted to hear. You're forgiven, Em." she said softly.
My laughter had slowed down by now, but I was still giggling every now and then. Edward was still staring at me, looking confused. But not at me. That confused me too. But whatever.
Emmett hopped off the ice and scooped up Rose. He tossed her over his shoulder and skated around, pumping his free arm in the air yelling, "I'm not getting killed by my pretty butterfly today!" Rose squealed and giggled and yelled for Emmett to put her down. He skated one lap around the rink, then finally set her down. She threw her arms around his neck and planted a kiss on his lips.
EPOV
I wasn't expecting to be mesmerized by her laugh. I wasn't expecting to be mesmerized by anything about her. But I was. Her laugh....it was like music. When she was in hysterical laughter from the scene portrayed by Rosalie and Emmett, it echoed around the entire rink, singing in my ears. It sounded blissful to me, which was what put me into shock. I stared at her while she was laughing, confused out of my mind.
Then I noticed the way her hair fell gently around her shoulders. The way her smile shows all of her teeth when she laughs. The way she tilts her head back slightly when she bursts out laughing. And her eyes..they were the perfect shade of chocolate brown.
I internally slapped myself. What. The. Hell. ?
Am I falling for Bella Swan?
I sighed. Yea, I am.
Oooo what's gonna happen?
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~Ashleyy
