Would believe in my love at first sight?
Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time,
What do you see when you turn out the light?
I can't tell you but I know it's mine.
Do you need anybody?
I need somebody to love,
Could it be anybody?
I want somebody to love.
- A little help from my friends (The Beatles)
Chapter 4- Two is a company threes.just prefect
"Come on just grab my hands and concentrate on staying upright." Mathew instructed Alex. "And try not to do anything that Lei is."
"That was uncalled for." I whipped my head around to find them both chuckling at my expense. "Just because I'm not the most graceful of people doesn't." I was cut of by my feet picking the very worst moment to slide out from under me.
"Up on your feet Lei." Mathew said skating elegantly over to me and offering me both his hands.
I took them and allowed him to skate backwards to pull me up just in time to see Alex taking slow, wobbly steps toward us. "Good job!" Mathew cheered as he jerked to a stop and almost over balanced, only his natural grace saving him for a spill onto the ice.
I grinned. "What is it with you and making me feel stupid." I joked.
"Oh come on Lei, you know we love you." Mathew hugged me as we watched Alex's steps become more and more confident.
Under an hour later Alex was comfortable enough on the ice to attempt skating backwards, a trick he picked up quickly. "Come on, get on one side of Lei and then just skate with her." Mathew instructed him looping his own arm in mine.
Sandwiched between them I was warm, but better then that I was graceful, I had never been before but with their grace combating my clumsy feet I was flying across the ice. An elated shriek ripped my throat, spurring them to go faster and faster until Alex made the heinous mistake of not skating around a rough ice and we all toppled forward onto the hard ice.
I was laughing so hard I could barely breathe but they couldn't seem to figure out what had just happened. "You're supposed to skate around the rough patches genius." Mathew laughed good-naturedly.
I giggled and accepted Mathew's hands and let him pull me to my feet. I rubbed my half frozen, red noes with a mittened hand and watched as Mathew made Alex skate around until he felt comfortable on his skates again. I tried a few of my own wobbly steps, I could stay up most of the time but I wasn't comfortable in my body like my two friends. "Come on I'll skate with you." Alex offered skating in front of me, holding out his hands for me to take.
He skated slowly backwards but instead of pulling me he counted telling me when to take my long, sort of graceful steps. I wasn't graceful by a long shot but I was upright and for the first time gravity seemed like an ally. "That's good." Alex praised.
I didn't quiet know why but my palms were sweating, luckily though I doubt he noticed through our thick gloves. His hands were warm, that must be it, I instructed myself.
"Way to go Lei!" Mathew encouraged, skating next to us.
I grinned widely, I was learning to ice skate.
The next Thursday was my birthday. The king was holding a session of court, which my father apparently couldn't miss so Areida, Mathew and Alex took it upon themselves to throw me a party. Areida baked me a wonderfully scrumptious cake, Alex and Mathew decorated, a task, which consisted of them making a huge banner but still took them the better part of a day. Later they revealed that instead of painting the cloth like anyone else would have they opted to cut letters out of red cloth and sow them on. About half way through they got tired of that and finished the rest with paint but it looked fine to me. When finished it read: Happy 17th Birthday Lorelei!
Mathew's gift to me was, as he promised jewelry, a ring in fact but the setting changed colors when you pressed it between your palms much to both our delights. Areida's gift, though I insisted her cake was enough was a wonderful watercolor painting of a bridge, the colors were soothing and perfect for relieving stress and Alex's was a new pair of ice skates. Areida didn't get it but the rest of found it amusing.
"Thank you guys." I exclaimed pulling them into a group hug.
"Well come on lets have cake!" Areida said kissing my forehead.
Areida had outdone herself on the cake, it towered four layers above the table surface and was ornately decorated with a rich white frosting. Once we had all eaten as much and more then we wanted we tottered into the living room and collapsed onto the futons she had laid for us. Partly because I was the birthday girl and partly just because I was a girl in general (we were after all getting older) I got to sleep on the couch.
"Thanks for the wonderful birthday guys." I mumbled just before sleep claimed me.
(Did you guys hate the last chapter cause I didn't get many reviews, please review or I'll be sad and thanks to all you who did)
Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time,
What do you see when you turn out the light?
I can't tell you but I know it's mine.
Do you need anybody?
I need somebody to love,
Could it be anybody?
I want somebody to love.
- A little help from my friends (The Beatles)
Chapter 4- Two is a company threes.just prefect
"Come on just grab my hands and concentrate on staying upright." Mathew instructed Alex. "And try not to do anything that Lei is."
"That was uncalled for." I whipped my head around to find them both chuckling at my expense. "Just because I'm not the most graceful of people doesn't." I was cut of by my feet picking the very worst moment to slide out from under me.
"Up on your feet Lei." Mathew said skating elegantly over to me and offering me both his hands.
I took them and allowed him to skate backwards to pull me up just in time to see Alex taking slow, wobbly steps toward us. "Good job!" Mathew cheered as he jerked to a stop and almost over balanced, only his natural grace saving him for a spill onto the ice.
I grinned. "What is it with you and making me feel stupid." I joked.
"Oh come on Lei, you know we love you." Mathew hugged me as we watched Alex's steps become more and more confident.
Under an hour later Alex was comfortable enough on the ice to attempt skating backwards, a trick he picked up quickly. "Come on, get on one side of Lei and then just skate with her." Mathew instructed him looping his own arm in mine.
Sandwiched between them I was warm, but better then that I was graceful, I had never been before but with their grace combating my clumsy feet I was flying across the ice. An elated shriek ripped my throat, spurring them to go faster and faster until Alex made the heinous mistake of not skating around a rough ice and we all toppled forward onto the hard ice.
I was laughing so hard I could barely breathe but they couldn't seem to figure out what had just happened. "You're supposed to skate around the rough patches genius." Mathew laughed good-naturedly.
I giggled and accepted Mathew's hands and let him pull me to my feet. I rubbed my half frozen, red noes with a mittened hand and watched as Mathew made Alex skate around until he felt comfortable on his skates again. I tried a few of my own wobbly steps, I could stay up most of the time but I wasn't comfortable in my body like my two friends. "Come on I'll skate with you." Alex offered skating in front of me, holding out his hands for me to take.
He skated slowly backwards but instead of pulling me he counted telling me when to take my long, sort of graceful steps. I wasn't graceful by a long shot but I was upright and for the first time gravity seemed like an ally. "That's good." Alex praised.
I didn't quiet know why but my palms were sweating, luckily though I doubt he noticed through our thick gloves. His hands were warm, that must be it, I instructed myself.
"Way to go Lei!" Mathew encouraged, skating next to us.
I grinned widely, I was learning to ice skate.
The next Thursday was my birthday. The king was holding a session of court, which my father apparently couldn't miss so Areida, Mathew and Alex took it upon themselves to throw me a party. Areida baked me a wonderfully scrumptious cake, Alex and Mathew decorated, a task, which consisted of them making a huge banner but still took them the better part of a day. Later they revealed that instead of painting the cloth like anyone else would have they opted to cut letters out of red cloth and sow them on. About half way through they got tired of that and finished the rest with paint but it looked fine to me. When finished it read: Happy 17th Birthday Lorelei!
Mathew's gift to me was, as he promised jewelry, a ring in fact but the setting changed colors when you pressed it between your palms much to both our delights. Areida's gift, though I insisted her cake was enough was a wonderful watercolor painting of a bridge, the colors were soothing and perfect for relieving stress and Alex's was a new pair of ice skates. Areida didn't get it but the rest of found it amusing.
"Thank you guys." I exclaimed pulling them into a group hug.
"Well come on lets have cake!" Areida said kissing my forehead.
Areida had outdone herself on the cake, it towered four layers above the table surface and was ornately decorated with a rich white frosting. Once we had all eaten as much and more then we wanted we tottered into the living room and collapsed onto the futons she had laid for us. Partly because I was the birthday girl and partly just because I was a girl in general (we were after all getting older) I got to sleep on the couch.
"Thanks for the wonderful birthday guys." I mumbled just before sleep claimed me.
(Did you guys hate the last chapter cause I didn't get many reviews, please review or I'll be sad and thanks to all you who did)