The Phantom Wolf

Chapter 97 (Fun Day)

*3rd Person POV*

The next day, Alice suggested that the entire family go ice skating together in Seattle. A new ice rink had opened and they could book it for a private session. Pearl and Bree had never gone ice skating before, so Bree was really excited about the prospect of learning. Pearl was more hesitant, but still happy to try her best and join the family in their outing.

Carlisle booked the rink and paid quite a bit extra to be able to use the ice rink without any supervision, this meant that there weren't any humans around, and that they could all be totally relaxed and be themselves without any worries.

When the coven arrived at the ice rink, all of them split off into little groups to enjoy themselves.

Carlisle and Esme skated off as a couple in perfect forms, showcasing their experience when it came to ice skating. Edward stuck with his wife and daughter as they were new skaters. Emmet immediately started showing off while teasing Jasper for his stiffness. With Jasper's soldier background, he wasn't quite as flexible on the ice as the others, nor was he too comfortable on skates. Alice and Rosalie teamed up to help teach both Bree and Pearl how to skate. With neither of the two teenagers having gone ice skating before, the older vampires were prepared for a challenge.

Edward spent his time teaching his wife and daughter how to skate, as they had never been before. Renesmee got the hang of it fairly quickly, but Bella's human characteristics came through, and she ended up stumbling over a lot. Occasionally she would end up dragging Edward down with her, as he tried to keep her from falling. Edward couldn't help but chuckle every time Bella dragged him down, it reminded him of the time when she was human and tripping over her own feet. Renesmee ended up assisting her father in trying to teach her mother how to skate.

Bree managed to pick up Rosalie's and Alice's teachings really fast, and it quickly became clear to everyone after about 10 minutes of practice that Bree, was a natural ice skater. It also became incredibly clear, that Pearl, was not.

Despite Alice's advice, Pearl fell flat on her face once again, and groaned.

"This is hard." Pearl complained.

"You've just gotta practice. You'll get the hang of it!" Alice replied cheerily.

Just as she said that, Bella landed on her butt again and ended up pulling Edward down with her, causing him to land directly on top of her.

Seeing what had just happened, Alice quickly added to her previous statement. "You both will."

"Yeah right." Bella grumbled from beneath Edward.

Edward chuckled and gave her a kiss to comfort her, whilst he stood back up with ease. Renesmee giggled from beside them, having not been caught up in the fall, and encouraged her mother to get back up. To which Bella reluctantly did so, with Edward's help of course.

Looking down at the hybrid, who was still laying on the ice face down, Rosalie spoke up. "Come on Pearl. Get up. Try again."

Pearl muttered into the ice, not moving a muscle. "No thanks. I wanna leave with my face still intact. Staying down seems a lot less risky than trying to get back on my feet."

"You've only fallen down 8 times! You can't give up yet! Bella's fallen over 13 times, and she's dragged Edward down with her during four of those! And she's still going! You have no excuse!" Alice tried to encourage/scold the whiny hybrid.

"Hey-" As Bella began to complain about what Alice was saying, she cut herself off by loosing balance again. Edward made the wise decision to let go of her so that she didn't pull him down with her.