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Embry paced around in his house. Only a few more hours before Bella was done with practice. He would meet her at the rink. Grab lunch, shop around and then to her place. This small plan made Embry jittery; what Bella had said yesterday was still fresh in his mind. "Then I guess we'll start tomorrow." He shivered at the thought of being on the ice again. He knew it would take forever to become the cocky, sarcastic skater he was but, maybe he could try. His cell phone rang and he picked it up in flash. "Hello?"

"Hello, my ever so moody friend!" he rolled his eyes

"Hi Leah: What's up?" he hears her sigh.

"The baby's' making me feel like crap! I swear I've gone through like ten jars of peanut butter this week!" Embry looks at the clock, still a few more hours!

"Well I don't know anything about babies, so I can't really do anything to make you feel better."

"I'll give you points for honesty." She says grumpily. Embry gets a water bottle from the fridge.

"Thank you…?"

"You sound distracted: Something up?" he guzzles down half the water bottle.

"Not really, I'm just getting ready to pick up a friend."

"Is this friend the famous Bella?" Leah couldn't hide her giggles, Embry rolled his eyes.

"If you must know, yes, I'm hanging out with her today."

"UGH! I have to meet her! You've been spending a lot of time with her…you know, I think you like her!" Embry felt heat go to his scarred face.

"S-she's my friend!"

"Ha-ha! I can practically see you blushing Embry! You like her, you like her!"

"Hush you she devil!" this only made her laugh. He heard a door in the background and jakes voice.

"Well, this she devil has to go! Her fiancée just brought food! Bye!" he heard the click of the connection being canceled. Embry wanted to scream. He loved Leah like a sister, but she knew how to get under his skin. He buried his face in one of his couch pillows and let out a long groan. Damn Leah and her childish ways.

Xx

Bella did a triple flip and landed perfectly. James clapped like a mad man and made Bella smile. Her couch was so quirky. "Wonderful, wonderful! Just a couple more twirls and you can head home." She obeys and gracefully moves on the ice, her mind fading as practice time came to an end, with Embry. She was eager to see him, his scarred face that only she saw when no one else was around, his unique grin that rarely showed up on his face, the way he sighs an almost content sigh when she snuggles into him. Bella sighs and trips off the ice, right into James arms. He clicked his tongue. "That boy has got you by a rope, and he hasn't even kissed you yet." She huffs and takes off her skates. "He's my friend, I'm pretty sure there's not a law about think of your day with a buddy." James smirks. "Whatever you want to think girlie…in fact I think I hear your "buddy" now." Sure enough Bella looks past James shoulder to see Embry in his usual attire; a pair of jeans and a hoodie big enough to shadow his face. Bella waves as a smile stretches across her face. In the corner of her eyes she sees James shake with laughter. She wants to punch him, but she finds herself instead walking toward Embry. "Hey, ready to head out?" Bella nods eagerly and gets her bag, James giving her a wink. Her and Embry walk down the streets towards Alice's Diner, the cold wind biting at her face. She slips her hand into his. It was so natural now after such a short time. His hands were always a different temperature, but at that moment they were warm, most likely from being in his pockets. They made it to the diner. It was just a few minutes after the lunch rush so there was plenty of room. "Bella!" the little pixie known as Alice gave Bella a big hug, letting go of Embry's hand. "Great timing! The last group of workers just left. EDDIE, GET IN HERE!" "ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT HERE I COME YOU CRAZED PIXIE!" A man with bronze hair and a white robe walked in. when he saw Bella he smile. "Bella! It's nice to see you. Sorry I missed her last visit." The man gave her a hug. Embry felt something bubble in his chest, but he pushed it away. "It's nice to see you too Edward. How's Tanya?" Edward smiled. "Oh, you know, Mike keeps her busy." She smiles and grabs Embrys' hand, who had zoned out. "Edward this is my friend Embry." He smiled. "Nice to meet you. Why don't we get you guys a table?"

Bella sits awkwardly across from Embry, eating a big bowl of chili, Embry having some kind of soup she couldn't recognize. "So what's the agenda after lunch?" she shrugs. "I need to pick up some books I ordered, but after that we might just go to my place. Is that okay?" He nods. Alice smiles as she peaks through the widow at her friend. "I think Bella's' got a crush." She looks at her older brother, who's doing the dishes. "Good for her. I just hope Emmett doesn't scare this one away." Alice giggled and sighs as she watches the guy pay the bill, holding Bella's hand like it was the most natural thing in the world. She feels slightly giddy as she pictures her friend in a pretty white dress. Yeesh, talk about jumping the gun and she wasn't even the one in the relationship. She shakes her head and starts to help Edward with the dishes, wanting to talk to her friend more often.

Embry holds Bella's hand as they walk to the book store she talked about. He felt like the silence was no longer heavy, it was comfortable, simple. He saw a group of teenage girl walk by. They were giggling and heard part of the conversation. "There like a freshman couple! Holding hands, really? So 6th grade behavior." Embry rolls his eyes, and a start to swing his arm along with Bella's just to erk them a little. Bella looks up and smiles. By then there at a small book store that's toasty warm and smells like paper. "I'm going to the check line, I'll be right back." Embry nods and starts browsing the shelves. He brushes his finger against the rough heels of the books until one caught his eye. It was bright green with the words "guy secrets on the side. He opens it and blushes.

Chapter one: Girls and how to get em'

There are many types of girls. Shy, sassy, catty, hyper, all in all there's a girl for every guy. Choose your crushes personality and flip to the category's page to learn something about her. Embry diffidently felt like a middle school kid, he looked to see which section he was in; young adults…perfect. He fights with himself. Part of him wants to close the book, look for Bella and leave, while the other part desperately wants to keep reading…the other part wins, and he's flipping to page 23, where the shy category begins. Ouch, a shy girl. Sometimes shy girls will act almost distant when they're interested in you, mainly because they are not out going or merely want you to make the first move. If you lucky you'll get a girl that labeled as emotionally shy. In other words there not afraid of PDA, or the thought of a relationship. It's the emotional turmoil. Shy girls are sometimes very insecure, or have had older sibling that kept them innocent, so they've never dealt with a broke heart which makes them paranoid when they start dating. They don't know what to do, and who to believe. So it's like there a new student; they are completely lost. The best way to know how a girl like this likes is-"Embry, did you find something you want?" he snaps it shut, his face in flames as he hurriedly puts back the book in its spot. "no." he feels his heart racing. What was he thinking? Bella was his friend, one of the few willing to be around him when he had a fear of something that was around all the time!

Bella frowns but lets it pass. "Alright, well I got my books. Are you ready to go?" he nods and follows Bella out the door. The walk is silent as Embry relishes in what he just read. Some of that stuff in that book had been so accurate. What about himself? How did he feel about her? In all honesty, he didn't have experience with girls. They weren't his biggest concern back then. He's so comfortable around Bella…accept those rare moments where his chest gets fluttery and he finds himself looking at her longer than necessary. But even then it's a nice feeling, especially when she snuggles into him. They walk inside the house and have some coffee, watching some weird comedy. "c'mon, let's go outside." "What for?" Bella smiles and puts on a pair of gloves "You'll see." Embry gets up and follows her to the front yard. They just…stand there for a minute. "Embry, what is ice?" Bella looks at him with some kind of glint that make him hesitate. He knew this was coming. "Frozen water." He turns around and walks around the yard. "What's snow?"

"Same thing."

"But you not afraid of snow." Embry feels confused.

"…No."

"I think I know what to do."

"And what's that?"

"You need a happy place? Where would that be?"

"Well…we could start with THIS!" Embry feels something hit his ass and reflexively covers it. He whips around to see Bella smirking, a snow ball in hand. He drops his jaw in surprise, but quickly recovers and makes one of his own. "Oh you just started something you can't finish my friend!" Bella giggles and he hears her start to scamper off. He feels a rare mischievous grin cross his face as he gives chase. Let the war begin.

Xx

Emmett sits awkwardly in his jeep. He was nervous to see victoria, but he sucked it up and waited patiently for her to come out. He heard the door shut and saw her next to him. "Hiya! So, where to?" "if you don't mind, we could go to my house…I should probably warn you I have a sister." She smiles. "That sounds nice." The drive is silent and Emmett is choking on his tongue trying to think of something to say, when they pull up to the house. Victoria giggles, because right there in the front yard, Embry and Bella are wrestling. He watches with surprise as his sister stuffs snow in her friend's hood and tries to put it back up. Then he realizes; Embrys face is showing.

He has a huge smile on his face as he tackles Bella, tickling her, making her flail around. Emmett looks at Victoria who is smiling. Embry pushes Bella down panting. "Say uncle!" Bella laughs as he assaults her neck with his fingers. "Okay, okay! Uncle!" he drops his hand and laughs breathlessly. Bella wants to gasp. Embrys smile was so bright, outshining his scars, his eyes sparkling with amusement. She brushes some snow out of his hair and watches his breath let out small clouds from the cold air. Embry drops his head; making their foreheads touch…it's such a nice moment. He leans in a little closer and…*HONK!* He jumps as Emmett's horn knocks them both out of the special zone. Bella sighs and nudges Embry gently to let her know she wants up. She tries to get all the snow off, but most of it as clung her thick jeans. She greets her brother and politely introduces herself to Victoria, before she runs off into the house taking a one again hooded
Embry with her. Emmett chuckles. "I like your sister." The two walk together to the house. "Yeah, she's quite the character." When they walk into the house, Embry and Bella were laughing and talking quietly in the kitchen, in warn dry clothes. Emmett felt a spark of excitement; His little sister was falling for someone…and bringing them out of there shell at the same time.

TADAAAAAAAAAAA! WOULD YOU BELIEVE I STARTED FROM SCRATH? PHEW! IT LIKE THREE IN THE MORING! OH WELL! IT WAS WORTH IT! LOVE, VICKY!