5. Dance

"We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams."

"Don't worry," said Alice, lightly. "You're going to rock it."

The Dance Team was about to perform for the half time show. Lukewood was beating us forty-five to sixteen. Our basketball team here at Forks High School was the worst in the reign...possibly the worst in States. Or maybe even the whole world. People only went to the games to see us dance and to see the cheerleaders. We had won lots of trophes in competitions. Yeah, we were that good.

I was usually never nervous before performing. Dancing was the only thing I was graceful at.

"Ryan is going to like it. And by the looks of it, he's going to like it more than he should," Alice whispered as the team approached the gym doors. My heart began to race.

"Shut up," I snapped, but I couldn't help but smile...

"They'll be arriving in a few minutes!" Alice announced loudly from downstairs. She was yelling, of course, only for my benefit. Vampires had excellent hearing.

Tanya, Irina, and Kate were going to be visiting us for a few months. Eleazar and Carmen were somewhere in Ireland. They weren't able to come. Kate was bringing her current boyfriend as well as Irina. Tanya was single. Something told me that she was going to be doing some major flirting with Father. I did not like her whatsoever. Nor did Mom. Father tolerated her.
I was upstairs changing the sheets on all of the guest room beds when Alice informed us about our visitors. I finished up with the last bed and made my way downstairs. Carefully, I placed my hands onto the railing. It was a rule that I had to hold onto them on account of how much of a klutz I am. I sucessfully made it perfectly to the ground floor without hurting myself. Kudos for me.
Once they arrived everyone exchanged greetings. I hadn't seen the family since I was about seven. It was nice to see them again, even Tanya, though she was practically all over Father. She gave him a kiss his cold cheek. Mom, I noticed, scowled slightly. Irina clung onto her devilishly handsome boyfriend, Conrad. He had blonde hair, an oval face, and a slender body. Kate introduced us all to Will, her love. He had dark hair and a muscular body like Emmett's. He had a younger brother that was my age. His name was Ryan and I think that I must have swooned when I set my eyes on him. He looked exactly like his older brother, except he wasn't as big and was slender like Conrad. As soon as he locked his eyes with mine as we were being introduced, he smiled with enthusiasm. Ryan came over to me and took my hand.

"It's so nice to meet you, Cecilia," he said in a soft, deep voice. I was in such a state of shock that I didn't say anything. It must of shown on my face because I heard Emmett hold in laughter and Alice quietly giggling.

Ryan then bent down to kiss my hand. Once his cool lips touched my warm flesh I swear that my whole body shut down. It felt so...so...I can't even explain it. After he kissed my hand, I noticed that he looked at my wardrobe. Gooseflesh developed on my skin. I blushed terribly, wanting to go lock myself in a closet. My uniform. I suddenly felt very awkward wearing it. The top is long sleeved but ends just an inch above the navel. On the front in huge glitter lettering says FHS, obviously the initials for Forks High School. At the moment, I could live with the shoes and jazz pants, they're wasn't anything embarrassing about them...

We all stood in position in the middle of the gym, our heads facing down to the ground. Cat-calling and whistling came from the audience. We were use to it by now, so it didn't bother us that much. My heart was pumping madly, I knew Ryan was among the people in the crowd. No doubt he was sitting with my family and Tanya's. I hoped and prayed that I wouldn't mess up. I never did, but now I had a good chance of that happening.
The introduction to the music began and all of our heads popped up. The song we were performing to was an oldie, "Tainted Love" by a band called Soft Cell. We all loved this song. I saw my family and Tanya's, their god-like features glowing, making the rest in the room looking plain. Ryan caught my eye. He was looking at me, cracking a small smile. I smiled to myself. Their faces gave me a sudden boost of confidence. I could do this. I knew I could.
Everything was going fantastic. I wasn't thinking about anything, just dancing. But when it was suddenly coming to my solo, I still felt confident. I remembered Alice telling me that Ryan was going to like it. I cleared my head after I thought this. I was going to do this for him. All of the girls were suddenly on the ground, looking as if they were worshiping me. I was in the middle of their circle that they created, doing some high kicks with my legs. More cat-calling erupted, and I had a feeling that my father wanted nothing more but to strangle (or possibly even bite) them. I did some turns in the air and evenually landed onto the ground, bending my knees. Everyone then got up and we formed a straight line, doing more kicks. By the end, everyone in the gym was clapping. I smiled to myself.

"He loved it, kiddo," Alice whispered to me, winking.