Hello! Here's the next chapter of Hiding in the Present! Thanks for reading. I don't own anything you recognize.
Even though I wasn't looking forward to facing the class, I couldn't wait to get back on the ice. I didn't change from my skating clothes after an early morning practice and this, combined with the gossip that I was Ellie Hart, had earned my many stares. The moment the bell rang from 6th period I took off. For once I didn't care about the fact that I had left my boyfriend behind. The only thing I cared about was skating. Since I hadn't change into my street clothes all I had to do was put my skates on, which took me just a couple of minutes. I was on the ice way before the others had even made it to the rink.
"Pull in tighter!" Jackie yelled as she made her way out of the office. I turned around and launched myself into another triple salchow-triple loop combination. "Better." She was about to say more when the rest of the class came onto the ice.
"You'll never cease to amaze me." Edward whispered in my ear as he wrapped her arms around me.
"Okay, today where going to work on waltz jumps. I know that some of you have already learned these, but your skills can never be to perfect. Bella, would you show us your jump?" I knew that when Jackie asked something she was really ordering someone.
I started the backwards crossovers to gain speed before jumping. I turned so I was skating on the back outside edge of my right foot, then I put the left foot down, bent my leg, and kicked my right leg through and launched into the air. I landed softly on the toe-pick before rocking onto the blade.
"Y'all won't be able to jump just like that yet, but you should be striving to get that that level. Bella has been doing these jumps for years and they are still not perfect. Bells, can you show them how to do it in slow motion?" Jackie once again ordered me.
"Coach, can I show the class. After all my old coach told me that allof my jumps were prefect." Lauren said before I could move.
"Ummm… Have you ever done it slow enough to teach people the jump? I know that Bella has and is able to hold the positions long enough." I could tell that Jackie didn't want to be mean and say HELL NO. She was going for the soft approach of trying to stop her.
"Of course I can. Like I wrote on that paper, I'm the best of the best. Even if Bella is supposedly is Ellie Hart." I knew that Jackie wanted to slap her. I knew that Jackie was going to let Lauren try so that she could tell her what all she was doing wrong before having me do it.
"Fine them. Make sure that everyone can see what you are doing." Lauren shot me a sneer before taking center stage.
She had barley started backwards crossovers before Jackie corrected her.
"To go slow enough to show everyone what you have to do you have to do it from a stand still." Rolling her eyes, Lauren came to a complete stop before lifting her right leg and beginning to jump. "You have to bend your knee more so you can get height. And make sure to exaggerate the motions. On second thought, Bella, can you show the class instead? Lauren, please go stand with everyone else."
I skated to where Lauren had failed to jump properly. I made sure to exaggerate the moves even more than I usually do when helping Jackie. I was in the air less than a second, but because I made the movements so big it look like I was up longer.
"See how she kicks her leg through to gain height. I want everyone to take a minute and try to mimic what she did. Both of us are going to watch and help everyone out." I stared at Jackie for a minute. Since when was I helping coach?
"I'm sorry, but we are going to help everyone?" I asked, shock filling my voice.
"The coach that was supposed to help me, Coach Jon Scott, quit the last minute. I need an assiant coach and you are the most qualified." I just stared at her in shock. "Don't worry, you'll get paid. I've already talked to your dad and my boss."
"Are you serious!?" I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
"Come on Bells! You know how to coach and you love skating. Stop staring and get to work." I blinked and stared at her for another minute. She just rolled her eyes and started helping some student, assuming that I would follow her lead.
"You can help us. We don't bite." Alice said to me, winking at her last sentence. I continued to stare in shock.
"Look Bellsy!" Emmett shouted at me before he jumped. My instincts kicked in and I started to analyze his jump.
"Make sure that you kick through and bend your knee when you land." He nodded to show he heard me before jumping again. "Much better."
The rest of the lesson continued much like this. It seemed like no time had past before the bell hand, singling that it was time to pack up and go home. I stayed on the ice a few minutes and talk to Jackie about a few random things before heading to the locker room to get ready to go home. When I walked into the locker room I noticed two things. One was that Rosalie and Alice weren't there. There other was that everyone seemed to be waiting for me to walk in.
"Ummm… Hi?" I said, my voice betraying my emotions. My nervous were worse than before the Olympic trails.
"So, you're Ellie Hart. Is that how you got Edward Cullen to like you? Told him your deep dark secret. Did you also tell him something about that supposed injury you had to make him feel even sorrier for you? Maybe tell him you sustained some brain damage. Oh wait, that wouldn't be a lie!" I wanted to slap Lauren. It didn't help matters any that Jessica was sitting there like a wing-man.
"Be quite Lauren. I, for one, think that it is an awesome thing that we get to skate with Ellie Hart. I never thought I would ever get the chance to meet someone famous, let alone skate and be coached by an elite skater." Sally Mino said. I didn't know what to say to that. It also brought tears to my eyes.
"She's not a good skater. I mean, she can't even do a beliman spiral without slamming her head into her wall." Jessica spoke up.
"And I bet you couldn't do anything she can do." Rosalie said as she and Alice walked into the room.
"Whatever." With that last word both of them flipped their hair and walked out of the room.
"Thanks Rose. And thanks Sally. If you want, we can stay after or come early one day and I can help you. It wouldn't be a problem. And I love to have an excuse to be on the ice" Her eyes we wide with surprise and exciment.
"Really! That would be awesome! Are you sure that you wouldn't have a problem with that? I mean if you don't mind I would love it!" I couldn't help but smile at her exciment.
"It's not a problem. I'm up here helping Emmett all the time anyway." It looked like she was about to faint with shock.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" with a very Alice like squeal she hugged me before running out of the room."
I stared at her for a minute before turning to my sisters.
"I really hope I don't have another Alice on my hands." I tried not to laugh at Alice's face as I turned to change clothes. I smiled even wider when I heard my brothers and Edward's laughter through the walls. This was a great ending to a semi-prefect day.
Hope you enjoyed! I love writing. I know these chapters are pretty fillerish, but I'll get more content in later. Once again, this isn't officially off hiatus because I don't know when I'll be able to write regularly.