I don't own any of the songs in this at all or moves... and sorry for the long bits, I get carried away... I'll try and cut them down.
(B POV)
I woke up feeling better, I felt like someone was watching over me through out the night, keeping me safe. Charlie must have came to check on me every so often. I was awake earlier then usual.
Getting up I grabbed my sweats and vest top, I had a shower washing off the sweat and sickness out of my skin from yesterday. I felt so much better and I didn't know why. Was it that I was aloud to skate today or was it something else.
I couldn't recall the dream I had but I new it had made me feel better, I woke up smiling and I never usually did that.
Getting into my sweats and vest top I grabbed my skates and silently tip toed down the landing and down the stairs, taking each step slowly and carefully, I didn't want any injuries, yet. Leaving my bag by the door I walked to the kitchen, grabbing the pen off the side I pulled some paper out he draw;
Dad, gone early wanted to get a good session,
I'll be back at usual time, bring back some fish
I'll cook some for dinner when I get home.
Grabbing a granola bar from the cupboard I made my way back to the front door, slipping my jacket on I pulled my woolly hat off one of the pegs and shoved it on. Pulling the door open quietly I slipped out.
Tossing my bag in the passenger side I started the engine and pulled out onto the road. I was an hour early so there was no rush
Parking in my usual place I grabbed my bag and pulled my 'MP3' out my pocket, Cathy was already here, it was like she never went home.
Walking in I turned to the locker rooms, I would need my locker on the weekends, the rink was open to the public so it wasn't safe for people to leave their things in the seats like we do during the week. Shoving my jacket and bag in I pulled out the arm warmers I left in there for when ever I was cold. They were knitted and went from just past the elbow and covered the majority of my hand, I had cut holes for my thumbs to fit through, it just made it easier then trying to grab things with something covering your hands.
Pulling my skates on and grabbing my MP3 I walked to the rink, holding onto the wall like always. Taking my blade covers off I stepped onto the ice and pushed off. Stretching my arms above my head and out to the side I loosened my muscles, warming them up for a day of hard work.
I loved the feel of the ice scraping across the point of my blades, turning some music on I listened to any thing that was playing first. I matched my skating to the beat. Doing laps and stretching my legs, spinning and skating backwards.
(I was listening to this song as I was writing and the most amazing dance popped into my head. Within temptation Memories.)
A new song started off and I smiled to myself, I skated in half circles, spinning slowly every now and then as the intro built up. The first verse started and I let my arms move to the flowing tune.
I pushed myself harder into a faster pace, turning I skated backwards an pulled my right foot up and let it fall slowly and I spun myself back around, skating faster as the chorus began I spun myself round never taking my feet of the ice, lifting my left leg up I folded it under me and lent back whilst still moving.
Rolling up I forced my toe pick down and pushed my self off the ice, landing smoothly I let my leg swing out and carry me back, swinging the same leg round I pushed myself into a slow spin and built it up, arching my back I raised my arms in third position above my head keeping them there as I arched my back further letting it have a nice curve, my leg raise following my arms, the curve was what the judges looked for when judging this move.
Raising myself I slowed back down and pushed myself back into a skate around the rink, switching my footing and spinning combining the both. Hitting my toe pick back to the ice I forced myself up spinning in the air and landing harder, swinging my leg out I smiled to myself. I just pulled out a triple Axel... I grinned and turned pushing my self faster around the ice.
I jumped doing the slips in the air and landing lightly on my toes, I rocked before running across the ice on the toe pick and dropping skating faster, bending one knee I lowered myself letting my still stretched out leg to scrap across the ice before pulling myself up and making my feet parallel and skated straight across the ice of the other side of the rink as the music started to slow then picking up.
I forced myself to spin faster then before, I lowered my self letting one leg out straight. Coming up out of that I pushed myself into a skate once more and lifted my leg up behind me letting the song finish.
=v=
(E POV)
I drove to the ice rink faster then usual, I wanted to see her to skate with her again. I was becoming addicted.
I could hear someone skating from out side as I walked to the main door, I recognized the pattern and the weight of the lands and foot work, I was obsessed. Bella had come early, obviously she couldn't keep off the ice for long.
Walking in I heard the soft buzz of music, walking into the guys changing room I followed what Cathy had said weekends use the lockers it's open to the public and you don't want your stuff to go missing. To be honest I didn't really mind, I had more then enough money to get new things. Pulling my gloves on, I didn't want to make her fell the iciness of them and make her cold when we had to work together.
Making my way back to the ice it followed the sound of the skates on ice. There she was, graceful and beautiful, her body in perfect form for everything, I sighed quietly. The woolly hat on her head neatly keeping her hair in place. It was quite cute.
I heard the song change and I noticed the head phones in her ears, the wire wrapped around her body under her top... yeah I wont tell you what ran through my head cause you can probably guess, but I was envious of the little wire.
She smiled and I felt my own mouth move in response, she began to skate in soft swaying movements following the beat. Oh how she was made for the ice. Each movement was free and made precise.
I was awe struck when she landed the triple Axel, she had never done that in front of me before either when she know I was watching or not... in most cases. Taking my blade protectors off I padded up to the small door to the ice.
I knew Cathy was watching in the small office, good let her see how good she was.
I skated on to the ice slowly trying not to scare her when she finally noticed I was there. A small gasp escaped her lips as she froze, I smiled letting her know I was amazed, who wouldn't be. I saw her lose her balance her feet slid across the ice.
I flew over to her as she began to fall backwards, I caught her before she even got close the the ice. Her eyes opened from their screwed up state and she looked at me in confusion... oh god she knew. I moved to fast to be human.
"How did you... get here so quick?" she asked, I was right she knew it was to fast.
"I was making my way to you anyway and it took you longer to fall then what you thought." I lied, I was good at lying but I hated to, especially to her. "That was amazing." I said side tracking her.
It worked she blushed and looked around, I pulled her up and let her go. I could feel the space between us already and I didn't like it. Looking down she took her head phones out and wrapped them round the small music device.
"Your here early." I stated when she didn't say anything.
"I wanted a good days skate session, and we have a lot to do, we need a routine, we don't have long left." she said her eyes still on the ice.
"Right," was that what she was doing?
"We should really get warmed up, we have a busy day to day." she turned and skated to her water bottle on the side, taking a swig she placed it on the ice. My smart comment I had planed to say, 'you already seem warmed up' was lost as I watched her glide away.
She skated out and made her way in making laps again, pushing myself forward I went to join her. "How do you feel today?" I asked, I wanted to have a conversation with her, find out everything about her I could.
"Good... thanks for yesterday, I really appreciate it." a soft smile touched her lips, a slight blush lighting her cheeks.
"No problem, I just find it funny how you pass out at the sight of blood." I chuckled, it was ironic, I was a vampire who drank blood to survive.
"Smell..." she muttered bowing her head. I smiled, she was unique in most ways.
"So how long have you been skating?"
"Since I was six." the smile returned.
"Have you always lived in Forks?"
"No I used to live with my mom in Phoenix, California... she got re married and I came back to live with Charlie... it was about five years ago." she looked up and out to the wall before her.
"Why did you come here?" I was so curious, I knew she hated the rain and by the look of it the cold... again it was ironic, I was stone cold.
"Well I've always been mature for my age and I thought that with Phil travailing a lot and mom staying to look after me, well the opposite way round but still, I thought she'd be sad. So I moved, Charlie needs me here... he so can't cook."
"But do you like it here?" she was so self sacrificing, she would move from a sun filled location, warm and bright to a small town where it rains constantly and is cold just so her mother could be happy.
"I didn't at first but I got used to it, and I found this place and I was happy." she looked at me and her eyes shone, "so why did you move here?"
"My day, Carlisle saw the need for doctors at the hospital and he could resist, Esme my mom, well she likes small towns, never one for the crammed streets and blearing cars." I grinned, it was true but not the full truth, if we lived in a largely populated town, for one thing it would be harder for us to hide out true selves and secondly it would be to hard to resist temptation.
"What about Alice she seems like the one to love the malls and shops?"
"She goes on regular trips there with Rose so she's happy, but we all like the nature side of living." again the truth but not the whole truth.
Music filled the large hall making Bella jump and almost fall, she caught herself and quickly straightened herself. "Sorry." came Cathy's voice from the speakers. I grinned at the window as she waved an apology.
I heard Bella giggle silently, I skated forward and turned facing her head on. Pushing myself backward I looked at her, her eyes widened a fraction at my sudden movement before returning to normal.
I grinned at her, pushing harder I skated faster, backing faster away from her. She eyed me suspiciously. I was going to make her have some fun.
Turning quickly ripping my eyes off her face I very humanly made myself lean forward to gain more speed as I pushed my feet harder. Smirking to myself I copied one of her move she did before, raising to my toe picks I ran forcing my self to go faster, of cause at human speed, not very exciting compared to my normal fastness.
Skating to one of the side walls I grabbed hold, again not to hard, I didn't want to crush the wood, and lifted my self of the ice kicking each leg up till I was one hundred and sixty degrees off the small wall, landing I used my toe picks again and pranced around, I heard her laugh quietly, this is the response I wanted.
I did odd little jumps like the in line skaters on these extreme skater programs I once watched, they used ramps but I could change some of the moves, pushing off harder I kicked my toe pick down copying her once more and mirroring her triple Axel, skating backwards I used my arms and toe pick once more making myself flip over backwards.
I turned and skated back to her as she kept up with her laps, a grin breaking on to her lips, I felt so happy. "Show off." she said smiling widely at me. Stretching my arms out I reached out for her hand, her smile faded and she looked at me with horror and confusion, what was she thinking? What did she think I wanted? I let my grin soften as I skated up to her, taking her hands in my gloved ones and pulled her out of her path she was used to doing.
She looked hesitant, scared almost. I was going to change that. Letting go of one of her hands I turned her with the other, twirling her like in a ballroom dance.
She let out a small gasp, she wasn't expecting that, I smiled. When she was back facing me I raised an eyebrow at her and she blushed.
"I can't dance." she whispered.
"And yet you figure skate." I commented to her, I couldn't see the logic.
"They are completely different... the ice carries you, the floor is a danger to me, I can't dance." she argued, I was going to show her and make her have some fun. Yes, I am stubborn, she needed fun, a chance to be stupid and free, more so then she is on the ice.
"That's besides the point... and anyway it's all in the leading," I looked at her cautioning her with my eyes, "trust me for a second."
Her eyes widened at that, I knew she didn't completely trust me I knew that, that was soon going to change. I pulled her closer still leaving a small gap between us, I knew she would feel better with the gap then how I originally planed this a second ago. Placing my hand carefully on her back keeping my strength in check.
"What are you doing?" she asked, her voice panicked and forced.
"Dancing... like I said all in the leading." she was scared but not for the reasons I could come up with, did she truly believe that I would hurt her, leave her, could she honestly not trust me? I will change that, I thought promising mentally. I smiled kindly, "Trust me, I wont let you fall."
I pushed us off and her hand gripped at the shoulder of my jumper, her eyes and head turning to the ice watching her feet as I made her skate backward, I made my feet move in sync with hers not wanting to make her stumble. Her grip loosened when she got the hang of what I was doing.
"See... I wont let you fall." I chuckled.
"You better not do." she threatened, I found this highly amusing, she was so soft and warm how could she possibly hurt anyone or anything... especially me. I chuckled louder rolling my eyes.
"I wont." it seemed she had a hard time trying to trust me.
My grip never changed as I turned us both around and around like a waltz. She let a slight smile appear on her lips, her eyes on her feet at all times.
When I felt her get used to me holding her and turning us both I tried something new. I wanted to make that trust she had just got for me to grow, was it to soon? We'll soon find out.
I let go of her hand and held her waist, dropping her back like in the old movies when a couple would dance and the man would lean the woman back romantically, in my case not so romantic as trying to trust build, I usually laugh at them and change the channel, but it was a useful thing to be able to do.
Looked me in the eye when I raised her, "see, all in the leading." I said smiling at her.
=v=
(B POV)
he brought me back up and I looked at him, what was he trying to show me? Was it he wouldn't drop me? Was it that he wanted me to trust him and wanted to prove that I could? Did he find some sort of kick out of this? What was he doing?
I wanted to believe that but look what happened last time. Maybe I should trust him... but he was to perfect to want to be partners with me for long... but I can't keep shoving him away when he tries to get close to me, how will we perform the lifts if I can't be close to him, I have to trust him to be able to pull them off.
His eyes were bright, I couldn't look away from them, they were looking straight into mine as if trying to tell me something.
"And I told you I wouldn't drop you." he whispered. He was right, he had said that he wouldn't drop me.
He let me go, took a step back away from me and a second later I heard the door go, looking up I saw Cathy, she climbed onto the ice and began to skate to us.
"Now your all warmed up, we need to get these routine's sorted out, we only have a week till sectionals and you need at least four routines, two compulsory dance, one original dance and one free dance, as you know ice dancing is very competitive and after the first short program you will make enemies, they will try and psych you out... and you cant let them do that, you must protect each other and not fight or let your selves be pulled down by then, this is how you lose." she said not wasting any time in telling us how it works. "The rules have changed, there is no longer the need to go through regionals, thats for single skaters, so you are both at sectionals.... thing is, one bad fall or to many mess ups could lose you your place and be disastrous to your chances."
I sneaked a peek at Emmett's face, he was taking all the information in and not letting anything slip past. He was serious about this.
"Know we need a fresh routine, we can't go for one of the others because if your traitors of ex partners were to do them we would be disqualified straight out... we need new ideas." she said looking away, this was going to test us all, we only had a week to get the two routines and a back up then we needed to perfect them, I hope Emmett can do this... I hope I can do this. "The short program, needs the eight required moves."
"Well..." I started both of them turning to look at me, "What if we did a fast pace to the short program and a slow for the long, that way they are completely different and make people want more."
Cathy smiled, "Perfect, do you have any moves or steps?" she seemed almost hopeful.
"No, sorry." she sighed and began to skate round her usual way of thinking.
"I'll leave the lifts up to you two, we'll show Emmett the ones that will get most points and the fillers and then if you can make some your own more points are added if you do that... and you'll need as much points as you can get... in the long program no more then six lifts."
"Well I could ask my sister's, Alice and Rose if they could help, they like dancing, I know it's not ice but it could help." Emmett said, Cathy gaped at him whilst I was shocked.
"They would help?" Cathy asked.
"Alice will for sure but I'll have to ask Rose." his face stayed the same but a small part of his eyes darkened as he said Rosalie's name, I took it she didn't approve of what he was doing... or me.
"That would help so much, I've organized the training schedule, you will be in here no till nine, then in the dance studio from nine till three, then you'll swap with jess and Ste and be in here from three till seven, dinner is at your own time...the dance studio will be shared so." Cathy said, she knew I hated trying to make a new routine with Jess and Lauren watching me.
"Right they will be testing on moves in the field, free skate, pairs, compulsory dance and free dance, the compulsory moves are flying spin, a spin combination, a footwork step sequence, a double Axel, a double or triple jump preceded by connecting steps, and a jump combination consisting of a double-double, triple-double, or triple-triple ,sit spin and side by side double Axel, know if you want you can make it a triple but you cant go under the double or it doesn't count... lets try the sit spin first Emmett watch how I move carefully."
She moved to me and took my hand, she pulled me into the skate around the rink and as we built up speed she spun me to face her, and took my other hand, I helped her push us into a spin, pulling me closer she held my waist and brought me down to a squat, wrapping my arms around her neck I let my leg out reflecting her moves, as she brought us back up we carried on spinning and she shifted placing her hand under my still lifted leg she lifted me off the ice slightly, before placing me down and letting me spin off on my own.
"That is the sit spin, know you try." she said, he skated over to me and I instantly felt myself blush, I held out my hand wanting to get this over with, he took it in his gloved hand and skated with me. "You need to lead her." Cathy shouted.
I felt him take control, spinning me to face him he took my other hand just like Cathy did, pulling us into the spin I helped him build up the speed. He pulled me into him and I let go of his hand and wrapped my arms around his neck, I felt right doing this, it scared me a bit, he wrapped his arms around my waist and spun pulling us both down into the squat, again I reflected his movement letting my leg fall straight out to the side. Lifting us both up he fluently replaced his hand on my out stretched leg and lifted me with ease and care.
Placing me back on the ice he let me go and I spun off. My heart was going ten to the dozen, he moved perfectly, like a pro. He was a quick learner I'll give him that, maybe we could do this.
"Perfect... you're a natural, right well do you want to try the side by side double Axel?" Cathy asked, I could see the spark in her eyes as she smiled at Emmett.
"Yeah." he said grinning.
"Right make sure your seven feet away from each other, and skate into the double Axel like normal and try and time it right so you are mirroring each others movements." I nodded and began to skate, Emmett fell in line with me and I spun to skate backwards to go into the jump... my word he was good, he mirrored me perfectly moving with me at exactly at the right time and speed, turning slightly I kicked my toe pick down and spun before landing.
I heard him hit the ice the same time I did. I turned to him and he smiled, grinning the grin that without fail made me smile.
"You two look perfect together." Cathy said, pulling me away from his face.
The door opened and in walked Jess and Lauren, they looked up at us and then back to their gossiping, or what ever they were talking about. I was still embarrassed about the comment Lauren made yesterday.
"Right shall we see what other lifts we can do whilst we have time." Cathy said, I could feel Emmett's golden eyes on me and I made sure not to look at him.
=v=
We worked on so many different lifts, each one Emmett managed to get perfectly with only being shown once, I was nervous the everyone was watching, but no matter how many times I told myself lots of people were going to be watching if we make it, I was still embarrassed.
Emmett kept me from falling when ever I tripped, he seemed to sense when I was going to even before I did.
When people started to fill in to the room for the public skate Cathy left to put the net up at the far end, blocking it from access for our individual skating time.
I heard the bell go off and skated off to my bottle and MP3, I looked up as I saw something behind me. Emmett stood leaning on the small wall, " we need to go to the dance studio," I said, "next door."
"Right."
=v=
(E POV)
I followed Ste to the changing rooms and changed my boots for my sneakers and followed Ste to the dance studio. Bella was already there sat on the floor in the far corner, Jess was stretching her legs on the dance beams.
She looked at me when I walked in, her eyes quickly left mine as I looked back at her... I wanted to laugh, I scared her.
I walked over to Bella she didn't look up as I approached her, her cheeks turned a slight pink. I dropped gracefully to the ground, one leg folded under me and I rested my elbow on my raised knee. I watched her as she unwound her head phones from the small music devise.
"We should look for a song." she said switching the thing on.
"What kind of music do you normally have." I wanted to have something she felt comfortable with but I was really wanting it not to be classical, I heard enough of that with Edward and his Mozart, his piano I did like, it calmed me down and made my family happy.
"Well, mainly classical, but I think we should go for something different, if we blend in we wont get noticed." her voice was low almost a whisper, was she scared of people over hearing, she seemed to notice my expression, I thought I had hidden it pretty well but obviously not. "I don't want people to take our ideas, she wont but she might accidentally might let it slip to another team." she had to much trust.
"Do they have their routine's?" I asked pointing to Jess and Ste.
"Yeah, it's really good." she smiled and looked at me. Selfless.
"So what were you thinking?"
"Er... I have no idea." she sighed, looking down she skipped through the songs on her MP3, "something soft that builds up maybe?" she asked looking back up to me.
"What song were you listening to earlier?" I asked remembering the smile on her face when it started.
"Within temptation." she said blushing.
"Should we listen to some more of them." I suggested, the song she was dancing to sounded good and she liked it, and it would be different.
=v=
We spent a good part of an hour listening to songs, I made some wise comments about some and was happily awarded with a laugh and her smile.
I found she was quick at times with little come backs, she wasn't the best at small play arguments but it was fun non the less.
When we gave up on the song we began on moves. We had a laugh at me when I 'tried to' do a salsa quick step. Of cause I could do it if I wanted to, but I wanted to make her laugh and I didn't want her to get intimidated at the fact I pick up everything better then anyone.
When Lauren entered the room her mood changed, she went quieter and less open in her moves. I made her laugh and distracted her from the looks Lauren was throwing at her.
When it was our turn to go on the ice we both left to grab our skates. I came into the large hall the public on the ice on the larger side, there I saw Carlisle and Esme. I smiled they looked so happy together.
They saw me and waved, waving back I grinned, "Come to keep an eye on me." I said quietly.
They laughed, "No we came to watch our son skate." Esme said smiling innocently.
I heard Bella's firs touch on the ice and turned to her, her hat and arm warmers was back on, I smiled, she looked so... cute.
She smiled at me as she skated over to me, I had forgotten to put my gloves back on. The thought caught me by surprise and I had to quickly cover my face, what if she noticed something about my cold hard skin.
"I just thought of a sequence we could do." she said not noticing my quick change in expressions.
"Really?" I grinned, she nodded and looked down.
"well, it may need changing depending on the song, but, skate eighteen beats then two side by side toe loops followed into two separate sit spins, coming up to an Axel and gazelle leap."
"Impressive lets try it." I grinned, she began to skate, I followed her, taking her by the waist and holding one of her hands. A small shock ran through me and I smiled.
I saw the small smile on her lips grow as we moved on the ice, I knew my adopted parents were watching. She was so warm in my hands, her scent still the most amazing thing I had ever smelt. She shifted and lent forward raising her leg behind her, I had an idea... with out telling her I let go of her hand and took hold of her out stretched leg lifting her up and spinning as I moved across the ice. Placing her back down I let go of her completely and followed her sequence, we skated perfectly in line and sync with each other, keeping my distance I followed her in the two toe loops, landing each at the same time we fell in to the sit spins, out speed growing as we got further down.
As we came back up I saw her arms follow gracefully and fall out to her sides as she pushed off into a backward skate the same time as me, kicking my toe pick down we took off and landed the Axel perfectly and at the same time, I had no idea how I was meant to go a gazelle leap, well I did but she didn't know that, I followed her leaving a small space for her to do the move.
She raised onto her toe picks and took three long steeps before pushing of the ice and kicking a leg out behind her with one in front bent under, I quickly, human pace, caught her around her waist and leg and spinning with her for a few steps before letting her slide to the ice.
She spun and faced me smiling, I could see the joy in her eyes, she was happy, she had forgotten everybody in the room and skated, trusted in me and skated with me.
"That felt so..." she breathed and looked away unable to say what she was going to. I grinned.
"Good." I finished off for her. She looked up and smiled, "Do you want to go through it again?" I asked, I wanted to feel her body in my hands once more, and I needed to make it look like I needed to remember it.
"Yeah." she smiled widely back and I grinned wider.
She skated off again and I followed, taking her in my hands again feeling the shock go through me once more. Lifting her leg I raised her and spun her, separating we skated and prepared for the two toe loops... I saw her smile fade, her rosy cheeks paled and her eyes widened in horror.
She was already going into the toe loop, and unlike me she couldn't come out of it quickly. I saw her take off wrong and her boots caught, I skated to catch her but I had to go at human pace, there were to many witnesses. She landed wrong, her blades slipped from under her and she crashed to the ice with a sickening thud. She didn't move as I skated up to her.
"Carlisle" I said knowing he could hear me, and knowing he had seen and was already on his way.