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Chapter 7--Kelly Is Delicate
"I'm going to train now!" I called into the house before walking out the door without a reply. Mom and Dad were both in there and Erika was out with a bunch of her Forks friends-if she sees me with Brady I am so dead.
I quickly jogged through the rain and into the garage to grab my bike. I hopped on and zoomed out of the driveway and down the street, loving the purr of the engine. I am going to feel so bad if I'm late! When I pulled up to the diner Brady was already there, leaning against his bike casually as he smiled brightly at me. "So, where are we going?" he asked easily as he hopped on his bike.
I shrugged. "You tell me," I said. I don't really know any good spots around here yet.
He thought for a second then grinned widely. "Follow me," he said before kicking off the ground, I zoomed after him instantly so we were riding side-by-side.
He lead me easily through the town and onto a dirt trail surrounded by woods. I dropped back a bit as the trail became more narrow until the trees cleared and we ended up on a secluded cliff top where you could look over the edge and see smaller cliff tops and First Beach. There we huge rocks protruding from the ground and two picnic tables set up around a heavily worn fire pit.
"Wow," I muttered. "This place is so cool," I said incredulously as I got off my bike and looked around, trying to take everything in.
He smiled at me with a strange look in his eye-strange but not bad. "I always like to come here-by myself or with the guys," he told me as we both sat down on one of the picnic tables. He was close enough to where I could feel the heat radiating off his body-which surprisingly wasn't even that close.
"So where did you move from?" he asked curiously.
"Northern California," I told him with a little smile. California: the exact opposite of here.
"Really? How do you go from the sunniest place on Earth to the tropical rainforest?" he asked with a grin.
I laughed and sighed. "It was my Dad's idea," I told him. Brady looked at me curiously, somehow knowing there was more to the story than I was giving him. Aw, what the heck? I'm sure I'll eventually tell everyone anyway-it's too much of a dominant part of my life to hide. Even though I try with all my might to beat it down in the depths of my closet. "it was for my motocross racing. He wants me to have a sponsor by the time I graduate so I can go pro quicker. It makes traveling easier too if we already have the funds," I told him in a tone that clearly stated I didn't like this.
"You really compete in motocross?" he asked, sounding impressed.
"Uh-huh," I muttered.
"But you don't like it," he said certainly.
"I don't like it being the focus of my life. I love riding and competing but I don't want to make a career out of it," I confessed to him.
"Well what do you want to do?" he asked, sounding genuinely interested in what I was going to say.
"That's the problem," I sighed. "I don't know," I admitted. Racing has just been shoved down my throat so much that I never even got a chance to form an opinion of what I wanted to do. I seriously don't even have half of an idea.
His brows furrowed and he thought for a second. "I can help you figure it out if you want," he offered, looking at me with honest sincerity.
A huge smile spread across my face-I don't even know why! It just happened. "Thanks but I have no idea how you're going to do that," I said grinning.
He smiled. "Easy. You tell me everything about you and I tell you what job would be perfect for you," he said, clearly satisfied with his answer.
"That could take some time," I pointed out.
He grinned even wider. "I'm counting on it," he said so quietly that I'm sure I wasn't meant to hear it. "I've got plenty of time," he assured me, dramatically spreading his arms in a sweeping motion.
I laughed. "Good. Because I think we're going to need it-feel free to catch up on your sleep if you get too bored listening about my life," I offered with a laugh. But seriously; I wouldn't blame him.
He rolled his eyes. "You think I could sleep when you're talking to me?" he asked with an amused grin.
"I don't know. You're a guy-aren't you supposed to be able to drop anywhere, anytime?" I asked with a smirk.
He grinned. "Maybe," he offered with a smile.
I laughed. "My brother can-that's for sure," I said with a smile.
He raised an eyebrow. "You have a brother?" he asked. "I thought it was just you and your sister…"
"Erika," I finished for him. Secretly pleased that he didn't even remember her name. "Yeah, my brother Derek. He's in college right now-Washington University. He's studying mechanical engineering," I told him smiling brightly. I'm so proud of Derek. He made it all on his own, without Dad and without motocross.
"So I'm guessing you two are close?" he asked with a knowing smile.
I grinned. "Way more than Erika and I," I said with a laugh. "We've always been pretty close. We both had to deal with Dad and his psychopathic training methods," I said rolling my eyes. Maybe I was exaggerating a little…nope. No, I wasn't.
"Training methods?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.
I snorted. "You can't tell me you didn't hear about the weird new girl and her mini bike doing all the push ups in the parking lot?" I asked with a slight smirk. He can mock me if he wants, I've got a pocket full of comebacks courtesy of Derek.
His eyebrows shot up. "That was you?" he asked incredulously. "That explains the gut wrenching garbage can day," he muttered to himself.
"What?" I asked in confusion. Gut benching garbage man what?
"Nothing," he said, shaking his head a little bit. He looked up at the sun and his brows furrowed. "What time is it?" he asked suddenly.
I took my phone out of my pocket. "Six fifteen, why?" I asked, snapping it closed and putting it back.
"We're late," he said, blinking in surprise. I was surprised too. We were talking for what? An hour maybe? But I guess if you subtract all the staring we both did….yeah. We're late.
I looked at him and grinned. "I'll race ya," I said with a smirk.
He grinned. "You seriously think you beat me?" he asked doubtfully. "I mean, you may race but I've been riding for a couple years now," he boasted playfully.
I snorted. "I guess we'll just have to see about that," I said as we both stood up. "Third in the world versus third year of riding. Let the battle begin," I said before hopping on my bike while Brady's mouth popped open.
I laughed as I kick started the engine and zoomed off, not missing Brady's shout from behind me. "You cheated!" I laughed again as I heard his engine kick in and the whizzing sound of the wind as he raced to catch up-and he did. Not that I was really trying or anything.
When we whipped around the corner of the street that Sue's Diner was in we both skidded to a stop next to the curb, a couple cars already lined up around us. We looked at each other as we parked and started laughing. Oh wow. We are idiots.
"Hey guys, sorry we're late," Brady said, sneaking a smile at me. I grinned back. Yep. Definitely late. He introduced me to everyone quickly and then looked at Collin, his best friend. "Vi, this is Andrea-Andrea, Vi," he introduced quickly, pointing to the girl Collin was standing next to-the same girl he was talking to at lunch today.
"Hey," she said with a smile.
"Hi," I grinned back easily.
"Alright! Let's go!" Seth said, pushing Vi who was closest to him straight into Collin. He caught her quickly and set her upright as he talked quietly to her. Aw. They're so cute.
"Okay, who's going in what car?" Embry asked once we were all outside.
"Alex, me, Seth, Collin, and Vi will all go in Herb while you losers go in Embry's piece of crap," Paul said grinning.
"Fuck you," Embry said childishly as he headed towards a crappy looking gray SUV. I laughed as I walked with Brady towards his car.
"Herb?" I asked curiously.
"Alex's car," he explained, turning around and pointing to a really nice blue mustang. Wow.
"Nice," I said, impressed.
"I know. Paul worked for hours fixing that thing up for her birthday last year," he told me. Aw, that's so sweet.
"Okay," Embry said, stopping in front of his car and turning to us all seriously. "Now I want you all to be nice and gentle with Kelly. She's very delicate and needs to be handled with care," he said, patting the hood of his car. We all tried to hide our laughter but it didn't really work.
Brady opened the back door for me and I hopped in, scooting to the middle as Brady hopped in after me and Claire on my other side. Quil and Embry both got in the front. "What the hell is up with that smell?" Quil asked suddenly.
Right when he mentioned it my nose wrinkled up in disgust. What is that? "What smell?" Embry asked as he pulled onto the road behind the other half of our group, Kim and Jared in their car behind us. Lucky.
"The one that's suffocating the entire population of the car," Brady said.
Embry rolled his eyes in the rearview mirror. "So what if there's a couple of old burritos in the back-or even my dead pet bird Gary that I found on the side of the road. You all need to calm down and embrace the magnificence that is Kelly," he said easily.
I looked at Brady cautiously, sending him an is he serious look. I mean really? A dead bird?
"He's over exaggerated," Brady whispered to me.
"As far as you know," Embry muttered to himself, obviously hearing Brady. Don't know how, but he did. The rest of the car ride there pretty much was used up with all of making comments about 'Kelly.' It really did smell.
"Air! Sweet, sweet fresh air!" Quil exclaimed as he jumped out of the car, inhaling dramatically as we all laughed and Embry came around and smacked the back of his head.
"Come on, moron. They're all waiting," he said as he lead us over to the other group while we laughed behind him.
"Seriously thought, what the fuck is up with the smell in your car?" Quil asked as our group came together again.
"My care does not smell," Embry defended once again.
Brady snorted. "Yeah man, it does," he said certainly.
"Well you know what?" Embry said. "I hate you," he said.
"I'm just going to cry now," Brady said, feigning hurt as we all laughed.
We kept laughing as we all walked in. "Do you guys want food?" Kim asked.
"Yes," all of the guys answered simultaneously.
"Okay then," Kim said as we all laughed. "I'm just going to go demand they dump all the popcorn they have in a huge bag and fork it over," she said as she and Alex walked over to the concession stand laughing.
"Who's going to go get seats while we get food?" Paul asked.
"Lettie and I will go," Collin volunteered instantly while Vi grinned at him.
"Alright. Now go before all the good seats are taken!" Quil ordered, giving Collin a shove so that he knocked into her. He instantly steadied her as we all snickered. It was just too funny.
"Long mother f-ing line we have here kiddies," Embry said. "Why don't you all go make yourself useful and win me tickets so I can get a Ring Pop," he suggested, slapping a ten in Brady's hand and shoving him toward me.
Brady rolled his eyes but turned to me. "Want to play some games really quick?" he asked me with a grin.
"Why not," I smiled as he lead me towards the games.
We ended up standing in front of the Ski Ball machines. "Okay, so you may have been able to beat me at racing Miss Third-In-The-World, but I totally dominate at this game," he said confidently.
I smirked. "You know, second place isn't really that bad," I assured him as he slipped the coins we collected into the slots for both of our machines.
"Oh really?" he asked.
"Really. Second place is first loser you know," I said with a smirk.
He mock glared at me. "Well, I guess we'll just have to see about that," he said before pressing the start button.
"I guess we will," I said, pressing mine.
We both quickly started playing the game. After the first couple tries I was definitely in the lead. Brady paused and looked over at my score. "Are you cheating?" he asked me.
I snickered. "You can't cheat in this game," I said, rolling my eyes.
"Yeah you can," he said certainly.
"Oh really? How?" I asked as I pulled my arm back to roll another ball.
"Like this," Brady said just as I was about to roll it, he knocked into me sideways and my ball rolled into the ten point hole.
I glared at him. "You cheated!" I exclaimed, not being able to stop my smile.
"Exactly," he said with a nod before going back to his game. I snorted and rolled my eyes at him, starting to play my game again. But then he knocked into me again. And I knocked him back. Soon we just played while trying to shove each other and get each other to mess up. It was pretty fun.
When we used up all of our coins we were laughing so hard we could barely breath. We quickly collected our tickets and walked back over to the guys who just got out of the ticket line. "Tickets!" Embry exclaimed as we walked over, snatching them excitedly out of our hands. He looked back at my pile and then at Brady. "Pathetic. You can't even beat a girl at Ski Ball Brady," Embry said before heading towards the little ticket collecter guy. "And this is not nearly enough for a Ring Pop!" he exclaimed loudly, making several people look at him and all us to crack up.
"I think he's snapped," Seth muttered.
Just then Kim and Alex showed up with a bunch of popcorn and candy. "Here. Everybody's sharing because we couldn't carry enough," Kim said as she handed out popcorn.
"Okay, I'm ready for the movie!" Embry said as he walked back while playing with a little blue yo-yo. He hit Seth with it.
"Touch me one more time Embry and I'm going to steal some of the Cullen's clothes and-"
"-Alright kids, settle down," Alex intervened quickly. "We need to get in there and find Collin and Vi and our seats," she reminded us.
Brady and I followed everyone to theatre two and walked in. It was already dark and the place looked pretty filled up.
"Hey guys!? Guys!?" Quil shouted into the theatre. People automatically turned and glared at us. "Hey!" he called again. Paul elbowed him in the side. Hard. "Ow! Paul, what the hell?!" he exclaimed, jumping back and slapping Paul away.
"Shut up!" we all hissed at him as we tried not to laugh at the angry people staring at us.
"Found'em," Embry mutter before we all shuffled into the row.
"Aw hell," I heard someone mutter from behind us. "We always get stuck behind the fucking giants," they grumbled before I heard some shuffling as they left the row behind us.
Our group all exchanged looks and started laughing quietly as the lights dimmed even more and the previews began. The first one was of a girl who looked like a Barbie going to college and falling for the geeky guy on campus. "That looks terrible," I muttered, mostly to myself as Brady nodded in agreement.
I heard Collin and Lettie both mutter "lame" at the same time and snicker.
"Shut up you guys," Seth hissed jokingly.
"Seth is a very intense movie watcher," Collin whispered loudly so our entire row and the people around us could hear.
"Well, let's hope he doesn't start yelling at the characters," Vi scoffed jokingly.
"You know, I'm right here," Seth pointed out.
"Yes Seth, we know," Alex whispered to him loudly. "So shut up or I'm going to shove a ruler down your throat," she threatened. I heard Paul's chuckle and Seth pretending to be shocked and hurt.
I looked at Brady and grinned. "Your friends are hilarious," I told him as we I snickered.
"They're a good group," Brady said back quietly. "We're even missing a couple of the pack," he added.
"There's more?" I asked incredulously. I've never really had all that many friends and it was kind of strange hanging out with this many people at one. It was nice.
"Oh yeah," Brady laughed. "There's Leah, Tony, Sam, Emily-their son Carter-Les, Dane-their daughter Cassie-and Jake and Nessie," he said.
"Wow. Must be a party when you guys all get together," I said with a quiet laugh.
"Pretty much," Brady chuckled as the movie started.
I honestly had a really hard time focusing on the movie. I mean, seriously, Brady was right there next to me. I kept glancing at him the entire time. Glancing, glancing, glancing! I'm so glad it was dark in here or he'd probably think it was a twitch or something.
Then when I was finally paying attention to the movie…a zombie was impaled with a fence post. I jumped and Claire shrieked a couple rows away from me. "You scared?" Brady asked with a little smile on his face as he leaned over.
"No, not really. I'm fine," I lied. Ha-no. I almost just freaking peed my pants here!
Brady looked at me for a second longer and then leaned back in his seat and started watching the movie again. About two minutes later, he pulled the move. You know the one I'm talking about. He scratched the back of his neck and very subtly put his arm behind me where is slowly slid down and rested on my shoulders. I kinda wanted to scream-but in a good way.
So, I started very slowly inching my way closer to him in my seat. What my parents don't know won't kill them and if I don't get too distracted I think I'll be able to really make this work. Oh, who am I kidding? I don't care anymore.
I looked back at the screen, a small smile playing on my lips as I thought about my family's face if I actually started officially dating Brady. Ha. That would be funny.
Just as I refocused on the movie another scary part came up and I jumped a bit again. No hiding that one, Brady definitely knows I was scared now. He looked over at me with a raised eyebrow and a knowing smile.
I rolled my eyes. "Okay, I lied. I don't like the scary parts. Will you protect me from the big, bad zombies?" I asked, half sarcastic, half hopeful.
A slow grin spread across his face as he took my hand with one of his that wasn't around my shoulders. His hand was so ridiculously warm in the super air conditioned room that it surprised me. But, it was more comforting than anything.
The rest of the movie kind of went by in a blur. I kept hearing Paul and Alex snickering every now and then and couldn't for the life of me figure out what they could possibly find funny in this movie but it kept me a bit distracted from the scary parts. Then there was Brady. He would squeeze my hand gently and rub soothing circles every time I jumped or flinched or closed my eyes during the movies. It was so sweet.
When the movie finally ended we all stood up and stretched out, Brady almost reluctantly letting go of my hand.
"Wow. That movie sucked, it wasn't scary at all," Paul scoffed as Alex huffed in agreement. I stared at them incredulously. That was what they were laughing about?
"They are definitely two of a kind," Brady told me with a grin.
"You're telling me," I said.
"You all ready to go?" Embry asked.
"Yep," Brady said, grinning at down at me and cautiously taking my hand again.
We all walked back out to the cars while we grumbled about having to smell Kelly the rest of the way home. But it wasn't a long ride-everyone making comments about the movie was entertainment enough.
"Bye guys! I'm glad you and Andrea could come Lettie," Claire said, giving both Lettie and I a hug.
"It was really fun," she told her.
"Yeah, it was a good movie," I nodded before Claire walked away with Quil. Okay, I lied. The movie scared the crap out of me and I'm never going to watch it again. "It was nice meeting you Vi," I added, smiling cautiously at her. I hadn't really talked to her that much but she seemed really cool.
"You too, we should talk more at school," she said easily.
"Yeah, definitely," I said before Brady came up behind me and took my hand. I grinned at her before following him over to the bikes.
"Do you want me to ride home with you?" he asked cautiously. I could tell he wanted to; one because he was a guy and two because he just looked at me like it.
"Yeah, but you don't have to. It's in Forks and that's probably the complete opposite way you're going," I said. Ugh. Why did I say that? Of course I want him to ride with me!
"It's no problem," he said smiling easily, his teeth practically glowing in the dark.
I smiled back and we hopped on our bikes, cruising down the street at the slowest pace we've gone all day. I didn't really want this to end to be perfectly honest. I pulled off at the end of my driveway-my Dad would definitely hear that there was more than one bike that close to the house. And being him he would come and check it out. "Thanks for inviting me Brady. It was really fun," I told him as we stood in front of each other.
"Yeah. It was," he said softly. He leaned down and softly kissed me on the cheek, the warmth from the contact instantly spreading throughout my entire body. "I'll see you tomorrow?" he asked, his eyes nervous but I could still see how bright they suddenly were.
"Definitely," I grinned at him as a huge smile spread across his face. After a couple seconds I grabbed my bike and lead it down the driveway, knowing the entire time that Brady was still standing there, watching me go with that smile on his face.
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