AN - I didn't make this clear in the last chapter, but I meant ice skating, not skating skating. Sorry for the delay - life has been hectic.

Alice went nearly full skating gear. Our ice skates themselves were beautiful; Alice made us try them all on to see if they would fit. Instead of standard white, black or even skin-toned colour, she had specifically designed them all for us. Rosalie's matched her outfit. She had a beautiful, short –very short – red dress with gold sparkles covering the bodice. The skates were the exact shade of red and had gold sparkles on them also. She looked like a figure skating goddess. Alice had a sky-blue dress, that was a little longer on one side than the other, and had silver patterns sewn into it. Esme's dress was longer – to her knees, and white, but if flowed unlike any fabric I had ever seen. Even more so than the dress I had worn when I said goodbye to Charlie.

Emmett had a skin tight shirt, which was black, with gold embellishment. His pants were black and his skates matched his shirt. Jasper was in blue, his shirt having a large v-neck that dipped extremely low. Carlisle was in white, his shirt similar to Jasper's, but sleeveless. Edward was – by my request – in green. His muscles were incredible, just as I had remembered them from the shower incident, and now I was free to ogle them. His shirt was more like an undone waistcoat, being tucked into the extremely tight black pants he was wearing. He looked beyond god like. I was practically drooling. I was sure Jasper could feel the lust pouring off of me, but I gave no outward sign of appreciation.

My dress was the length of Esme's and was the same emerald green Edward was donning. It had darker green panels in the skirt though, so it looked like a different green. I was actually really happy with it – I looked beautiful. Edward seemed to think so anyway. He wouldn't take his eyes off of me as I twirled in my new outfit, not falling over in the skates.

We all drove to the skating rink in our outfits, though we opted to put our skates on once we arrived. Made sense really. Edward kneeled in front of me, as I was sitting on one of the benches and deftly laced up my skates for me, running his hand sensually up and down my calf. His feather-light touches were driving me insane. He carried me to the ice and I could feel the reduction in temperature. HE put me down first and my feet nearly slid from under me.

I had only ever ice-skated a few times as a child and only usually on my bottom. Being upright on ice, despite my superior balance skills, was a little unnerving. I gripped tightly to Edward who chuckled, although he too looked a little unsure at first. Esme and Carlisle got straight into it and before long I could see them performing the most beautiful dance. Carlisle would lift Esme up suddenly and twirl her around, her dress flittering with the motion. They looked incredible, like fashion models or something. So inhumanly beautiful that their dance looked almost ethereal.

Rosalie and Emmett were performing a more sultry dance, to their own beat also, and watching the two couples on the same rink was a little odd. They both clearly had their own beats, their own counts, but they didn't match. I didn't understand how they could do it. Alice and Jasper were simply racing around the edge, nearly knocking me over in the process. I tentatively began skating forward, Edward, holding onto my hands, began skating backwards.

I bit my lip gently until he brought his fingertips to it, gently stroking my lip until I let go. He leaned forward and picked me up gently, circling with me in his arms. After a bit he put me back on the ice, but continued to turn. We were now circling together. We broke apart, only to come back together and Edward began skating us faster. He flipped me backwards, then slid me between his legs, before pulling me back up sharply. I was in the air for a few seconds and suddenly Edward's hands were under my waist and he pushed me into the air.

I suddenly understood how easy it was to dance to your own tune. Edward and I were creating a dance pattern, skating around on the ice together, just as the others had made their own patterns. By this point Emmett and Carlisle were racing, Alice and Jasper were dancing and Rosalie and Esme were watching the dances. Alice and Jasper moved so quickly and happily, like they had been skating for years. Edward and I felt a little clumsier, but we were still dancing beautifully together. I didn't know I could move that gracefully.

Eventually we joined the others in the races. Alice said that there was no surveillance system in the rink, so we could go as fast as we wanted without needing to worry. The boys were very good at racing, but not so good at stopping. Emmett crashed into the metal side panel and left a huge dent. Alice simply vaulted over the side and banged it back out from the other side. It didn't look perfect, but it didn't look like a vampire had beaten the crap out of it either. They raced very well, speeding so quickly down the ice. Although it was a massive skating rink and they were circling it to increase the track length, it still seemed too small for them.

They were almost streaks of colour darting around the edges. I couldn't believe how sexy the men looked. They had the bodies of Greek gods and the movements of lithe dancers. You wouldn't believe that this was their first time in an ice rink. They had been to skating rinks, like wheels on shoes, but not ice skating before. It was hard to believe, especially with their agility in skates and their remarkable balance. The races let Edward win pretty much every time.

The girls, not with me included, decided to try their hand at jumping. I wouldn't leave the bench and Edward came to sit with me as we watched them go. Alice twisted and turned in the air, Rosalie flipped and spun and Esme floated like a bubble in the breeze. They all looked fantastically gorgeous.

"I would have thought you would be one of the ones eager to jump. Especially with all of the gymnastics you were so enthusiastic about."

"I was only enthusiastic about that because I was curious, and because..." I stopped, biting my lip gently. Edward caught my face with his hands and pulled my gaze up to his.

"What?"

"Because you were doing it with me. You were helping me, and I felt safe, confident almost." I admitted. His smile lit up his face and he pulled me to my feet, practically throwing me onto the ice.

We began skating together quickly and Edward crouched in preparation for a jump. I bent my legs also and suddenly he began pushing up and twisting. I mirrored his actions and suddenly we were both airborne, our bodies automatically spreading and balancing as we flew through the air. I couldn't help but smile as we both landed, at exactly the same moment. We both stopped and Edward pulled me into a quick, gentle kiss.

"Not so bad?" he asked. I shook my head.

"Not so bad."

After that Edward began leading me through the jumps and I flew through the air multiple times. Sometimes he would throw me, sometimes we would both jump together and sometimes we would be on opposite sides of the rink and jump towards each other. Our jumps were much longer than any human's could possibly get, so we were able to do flips and twists in larger numbers. I loved it and I loved being so close to Edward without needing to touch him. We were insanely connected and I felt so powerful.

We didn't even notice that the others were simply watching us until we heard Rosalie talk about how we were monopolizing the rink. I looked over to the side to see that Kate, Irina, Tanya, Carmen and Eleazar had arrived, dressed in similar skating apparel. We asked the others to join us and soon we were all in an intricate dance, looking like a scene from a choreographed movie. In reality we were all just improvising and reading each other, seeing what the others were doing and matching or countering them. It was so fun, if we were human we would have been exhausted. Kate and Irina were having a whole bunch of fun, especially when Emmett or Jasper would invite them to a skating duet. Tanya did not dance with any of the men, probably because Edward never left my side. I felt slightly possessive and very lucky. As we weren't, we continued, until finally an alarm went off somewhere. We looked to Alice, who skated over to her bag.

"It's time to go guys. We've been in here nearly eight hours."

We all looked back at the rink. It looked as though it had been used by hundreds of people over the course of days, not just several people in eight hours. I smiled as we all changed out of our now heavily used skates. They were holding on, barely, especially when it came to the boys, who had pretty much abused them. Eleazar had been fantastic when it came to racing also, nearly beating Edward.

As we left, an old man began walking towards us. Jasper and Alice were inside, Rose and Emmett were already in the car, Esme and Carlisle were still taking off their skates inside, with most of the Denali clan. Edward moved between me and him and I shook my head. I could do this. He nodded politely to me and I smiled back, still breathing normally.

His scent burned in my lungs, in my throat, and venom filled my mouth extremely quickly, but I never actually wanted to attack him. My smile grew after we had created a sufficient gap between his beating heart and my ready-to-kill body. I threw my arms around Edward instead.

"I didn't hurt him!" I sighed happily.

"That you didn't, love."