She snuck a glimpse over the edge and
her body froze. She felt Edward squeeze her shoulder and then the gentle tap of
his lips on her temple. An action that immediately calmed her nerves. She turned
her face slightly so that she could see his beautiful face. His cheeks were rosy
from the cold and his lips were succulent and moist from the constant
application of lip balm. He gave her his deadly smirk before leaning down and
kissing her softly.
“We’re here,” he whispered against
her lips.
Bella smiled as the lift rocked just
slightly and then she felt her board hit the soft snow. Soon Edward was helping
her to the run they were going on today. Edward had finally convinced her to go
on one of the jumping runs with him. He hadn’t done it last year because he had
only learned to snowboard on that trip but this year he was desperate to try.
They listened to the man giving instructions to them and soon they were ready
for their first go at it.
“You first,” Bella said.
“But then I won’t know if you’re
okay?” Edward looked concerned.
“But I want to see you and if I’m up
front I won’t be able to.”
Edward stared at her for a long
moment before lowering his goggles and nodding. He then turned and was off.
Bella watched in awe as he picked up speed and flew off the ramp. There were
three ramps on this particular run, each one slightly more difficult. By the
last jump he already looked like he had been doing it for years.
“You can do this Bella,” she said to
herself taking a deep breath.
Edward turned just in time to see
Bella push off. She made the first and
second jumps perfectly but hesitated briefly on the third which threw her
rhythm off. She flew into the air and Edward could tell that her timing was not
right. He kneeled down, quickly unstrapping his boots from his board, watching
as Bella came down hard. Her board flew out from under her as she slid down the
mountain until finally slowing to a halt. Edward’s heart felt as if it was
going to beat out of his chest. He ran to her as quickly as he could and saw
several workers running towards her as well.
“BELLA!”
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