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Chapter 1 - Quarter Notes on the Bass Drum
BPOV
Oh.
Oh my God.
He kissed me.
He loves me.
He kissed me and he loves me.
Wow.
Brilliant, Bella. Really eloquent, aren't you? That's all you can come up with for the best kiss of your life … 'wow'?
I try to lift my fingers to my lips, which are still tingling from his kiss, but I can't; Edward's hanging onto my hand.
I
don't want him to let go because if he does, I'm not sure I'll be able
to keep myself upright. My legs certainly don't seem as if they're in
any condition to support me considering they feel like cooked spaghetti
noodles.
"That was totally worth waiting three months for." He chuckles and then leans forward to brush his lips over mine.
I
sigh. My whole body still trembles, not to mention the flood of
emotions from simply being right here, right now, with him. I look into
his eyes; I can't stop staring at them. They are so green. So, so green.
I didn't even know eyes could be that color green, like the color of a
green apple Jolly Rancher. Clear and bright and so pretty.
I'm
vaguely aware of the sound of retreating footsteps and fading voices. I
glance around. My heart races and my fingers twitch and not in that good
'I want to touch Edward' kind of way either. The large entryway is
almost empty and that makes my stomach drop. How many people witnessed our little ... well, actually it was epically huge ... moment just now? Maybe
I should care that others saw it, but unsurprisingly, I don't. We could
have been standing in the middle of Rockefeller Center at Christmas and
it wouldn't have mattered to me. The second I saw Edward, there was no
one else but him - his friends, other students, teachers be damned. Now
that our little Creeper/Drummer Girl bubble has burst, at least for the
time being, the reality of where I am and what's about to happen makes
me want to turn around and run right back out the door.
"Hey,"
Edward says softly, and his voice instantly makes me feel better.
There's a dip between his eyebrows as he stares at me; I want to reach
up and rub it away.
"You can do this." He's so sure, so confident
that I can't help but smile. He gives me one back, and it's enough to
make me take a deep breath.
"Come on, the last bell's about to
ring and we can't have you getting detention already," he urges as he
squeezes our joined fingers and leads me toward my first class. He
smirks as he leans in close. "Besides, I think we've probably given
everyone enough to talk about."
There are a few students lingering
in the hallway lamenting the end of summer vacation. The bang of a
locker door. The squeak of sneakers on the shiny floors.
"Okay,
you have World History, right?" Edward asks as we walk down a hall to
the left. We went over our schedules last night, so I know he's just
making sure I know where I'm supposed to be; I have no doubt he already
has mine memorized. I nod, nerves making my whole body break out in
goosebumps, or maybe it's just the fact that for the first time, Edward
is with me, out in public no less.
Holy shit. Talk about jumping from the frying pan straight into the fire.
I
gasp, my chest is tight and I feel lightheaded. So many things are on
the tip of my tongue, but he's babbling, and I can't follow what he's
saying. I try to pay attention to which direction the classroom is, but
realize it's pretty much an effort in futility … he just keeps talking a
mile a minute. He's so excited - his eyes bright and his cheeks pink.
He's adorable and everything I hoped he'd be and about a hundred things
more. I stumble as he pulls me along behind him. When he stops and turns
to look at me, I bump into him.
The look on my face obviously
makes him worry. I suppose my wide eyes, the fact that I'm gnawing on my
bottom lip like a dog with a bone, and that I can't quite seem to catch
my breath are enough to make anyone wonder if I'm okay. I'm kind of
wondering that myself.
"Bella, what's wrong?"
He's so
concerned; it's written all over his otherwise perfect face. Furrowed
forehead, lips turned down, and eyes pinched. His thumb is tracing
endless circles on the back of my hand and I'm almost positive he
doesn't even realize he's doing it.
I huff then words just tumble out, like an overloaded apple display at the grocery store.
"It's
all of this," I practically shriek and wave my free hand as if shooing
away an imaginary swarm of flies around my head. "Saying goodbye to Mom
this morning, then Phil and he was so nice, and then there was your
note, and then I was here and you were here, and you kissed me and you
love me, and now I have to walk in that classroom without you and
everyone's going to look at me, like they don't already do it enough,
but now you kissed me and everyone will know and I just … ugh … I don't
even know."
I have to close my eyes because even though I
seriously could look at him all day, every day and never get tired of
it, there's so much stuff swirling around in my brain that I can't see,
let alone think straight.
"Oh, shit. You're freaking out. This is
all too much. Damn it, I was worried this would happen. I should have
met you outside or something, or picked you up this morning instead of
making you walk inside all by yourself. Do you want me to take you home?
I'm supposed to go meet with Mr. Banner after first period, but I can
skip; he won't be too mad. Fuck, I must be the worst boyfriend ever …"
And
with that word, that one beautiful, scary, so big word, nothing else
matters but him. I grab the center of his shirt and tug … hard. He
catches himself, just barely, but we still wind up in an Edward, Bella,
wall sandwich. I like it. A lot. Every inch of his body that can be is
pressed against mine, and I don't want to move, don't want him to move. I
want him to stay right where he is, always.
His nostrils flare
and his eyes blaze, for just a moment, the blink of an eye really, then
they soften. He lifts a hand and runs his fingers through my hair then
lays his palm along my now very warm, and I'm sure very pink cheek. Our
eyes are locked together, and I know every second we stand here is one
more we shouldn't, but I can't make myself move, not now, not after
waiting so long to finally have him this close.
"Bella," he whispers.
"You said boyfriend," I blurt at the same time, but I don't think he minds the abrupt interruption. He doesn't mind at all.
"Damn straight I did." He grins. "You're mine and I'm yours, Bella, and everyone will know it soon enough."
I
blow a strand of wayward hair out of my face and Edward's smiling at
me. Cat that swallowed the canary smiling, dimples, gleaming eyes and
tongue in the corner of his mouth smiling. If I didn't love him and
think he was about the most amazing thing ever, I might be tempted to be
really pissed off at him. When the left side of his mouth lifts into a
smirk, I realize I'm in trouble. Big, big trouble because that smirk,
holy hell, it's going to be the death of me. I just know it.
I
glance around and notice that the hall is almost empty. My heart starts
pounding again just thinking about the fact that I have to walk into my
classroom by myself.
"Hey, stop," he pleads, covering my hands
that are still holding onto his shirt with his own. "You can do this,
baby. Remember what I told you? You don't ever have to do anything by
yourself again."
I lean my head forward and rest it against his chest and just breathe him in.
"I
can't believe you're really here, that I can touch you and look at you
and Christ, kiss you." He breathes out and all my hysterical thoughts
are gone … poof … like Dumbledore just waved his wand and made
everything but Edward disappear.
He tips my chin up and kisses me
really quick and then steps backward. "We still have so much to talk
about, but you need to go," he urges. "Shit, you really need to go," he
says glancing at his watch and then he practically pushes me through the
door to my history class. "I'll meet you after class. You've got this,
baby, trust me."
He winks then rushes down the hallway.
I take a deep breath as I watch him then turn toward the door. I can do this.
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Drumsticks and Penalty Kicks Chapter 1 - Quarter Notes on the Bass Drum
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Monday, May 28, 2012
3 comments:
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Erin--
Hopefully you know by now, but I'll tell you again: thank you, thank you, thank you for giving us more of these amazing characters. I absolutely can't wait to see where you take them! And what the whole drumsticks thing is all about, lol!
Debbie in S. Florida
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Wow! It's like no time passed between Watching Her and the sequel. Your recording of Bella's feelings are so spot on - it's just how I imagined she would react. Can't wait to see how Bella adjusts to so much interaction with so many people! You ROCK!
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It's perfect! Thank you so much for continuing this story!