Happy Hanukkah! Today we light our first candle with the Cullens. To kick it off, your truly has done a little one shot for the occasion. Each day a new chapter will be posted by another fabulous author. 8 days is featuring the lovely il_bel_mondo, laraisawkward, Lexiecullen17, redsaucy, & Sleepvalentina.
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"A Great Miracle Happened Here"
It was the first night of Hanukkah. I lightly held the shamash in my hand as I lit the first candle of the Menorah. The sun would be setting soon marking the beginning of the Sabbath. I glanced over to my wife and smiled. She looked beautiful this evening.
Bella and I had decided to convert to Judaism a few years ago when we had moved. I had found the traditions and history an answer to something I had been seeking my entire life. Reaching out, I lightly grasped Bella's hand as we recited the Chanukah blessings together.
I felt content with the world as I gazed upon the flickering light of the candles that reflected off the windowpane. A blanket of soft white snow had been shaken out and laid neatly down on the earth. The silence of the cool winter air was sterile yet, calming as the quite creaks of the house settling echoed throughout the room.
Pulling Bella into my arms, I lay back against the couch, running my fingers through her soft hair. We had been together for nearly twenty years now. Having left Forks several years ago, my family had all relocated to the east coast, Bella and I to a small house out in rural New Jersey. Esme and Carlisle had moved back to an apartment in New York, Carlisle was working for one of the hospitals in Manhattan. Alice and Jasper also had joined them, as Alice had wanted to try her hand as a personal stylist. After years of being the only "clients" she had, the rest of the family had been very encouraging of her seeking out that particular profession. It was a chance for her to focus her fashion obsession elsewhere.
Rosalie and Emmett stayed with the rest of the family here and there, but they had found a place up state where Rose was able to work on her cars and actually get to drive them. A few decades back Rose had almost had another slip up when she had tried driving through Manhattan. It had taken Jasper intense focused energy and concentration to keep her from ripping the heads off many a taxi driver, and from flipping cars out of her path. I chuckled to myself at the memory, before my thoughts drifted off towards my daughter, Renesmee.
Nessie and Jacob had been married several years ago and had remained in Forks. Grandpa Swan and Mr. Black were getting up there in years and they wanted to stay near family. I snuggled my wife tighter against my chest and kissed the top of her head. I felt bad that we couldn't stay longer in Forks for Bella's sake. We had stayed much longer there than we typically would any other city. People were beginning to talk, so it had been time.
But I knew how much she missed her family, which is why; I had the best Chanukah gift she could want this year. I had planned it perfectly. Charlie, Nessie, and Jacob would be arriving later this evening.
I grasped Bella tightly in my arms and spoke up. "What are you thinking, my love?" I asked. I begged to know her thoughts sometimes, but I was thankful at the same time too, I respected her privacy. But after decades of knowing everyone's inner most secrets, I found myself asking Bella that question a lot. She twisted in my arms and turned to face me as we lay horizontally on the couch together; her golden eyes glanced up at mine.
"Nothing really, just remembering," she sighed softly against my chest. Her human reflexes had been perfected over the years and almost second nature to her now.
"What were you remembering?" I asked her curiously. Bella paused and bit her lower lip, another human trait that I loved about her.
"The one winter, Christmas, you were gone," she confessed quietly. My dead heart ached; it still panged me that I had given her that much heartache that year. I still don't know if I would ever forgive myself. The only blessing in that curse had been the bond of friendship she had formed with my son-in-law Jacob.
"I'm sorry, my love, I promise that I will never leave you again," I told her truthfully and lightly pressed my lips against hers.
"I know," she smiled up at me, her eyes full of adoration. I sometimes missed Bella's brown eyes, but now with the lights low, the flicker of the candles reflected off the golden irises of her eyes, making them dance mysteriously. I felt my need for her beautifully sculpted body grow between my legs and stiffen against her form. Twenty years together, and Bella still made me feel like I was seventeen again. I suppose I was. Frozen in time and the stamina of an everlasting gobstopper had made for a very active marriage, which is why Bella and I had chose to live in our own home. Perhaps in another fifty years we might be ready to join the family again.
"Hmm…Bella?" I asked her, rubbing her check gently with my long pianist fingers. I was feeling oddly frisky all of a sudden, knowing her family would soon be here time was precious.
"Yes?" she asked me sweetly.
"You want to play a game?" I tried to hold back a smirk, but my eyes deceived me. Bella glanced at me knowingly, trying to read between the lines.
"What game?" she asked suspiciously with a grin.
"Just the dreidel," I told her plainly. Shifting her body from mine, I stood to my feet and crossed the room to retrieve the small object.
"You want to play a child's game?" she laughed lightly at me as I twisted it back in forth between my forefinger and thumb.
"Well I thought, instead of gelt we could use clothes…" I explained coolly. I tried to keep my eyes transfixed on the object between my fingers, but a flicker of mischievousness flashed beneath them when I glanced at my wife.
"Okay then, how do we play?" she asked and sat up on the couch. I took a seat beside her and placed the dreidel on the coffee table between us.
"Go ahead," I offered her to spin first. "Let's spin to see who goes first." Bella picked up the dreidel and snapped her fingers, making the object spin at lightning speed. We watched as it spun….and spun… and spun, until it finally began to slow and wobble before falling down on its side.
"What does the slashy line mean?" She asked pointing to the face up side.
"Well, nun is the highest, so you would go first," I explained to her. "And we need to ante up before we begin." I arched an eyebrow at her and loosened my tie and tossed it on the table. Bella paused for a very long moment before making a move. She arched over seductively and slowly pulled a sock from her foot, added it to the pile.
"Well then, now that we are settled." I gestured Bella to spin the dreidel again. She snapped it again with the same precision as last time, setting off the toy to spin exceptionally fast on point. Satisfied with her precision Bella watch and waiting until the toy finally fell over again.
"So what happens now?" she asked curiously.
"Hey, which means you take half of the pot," I explained. Bella smiled happily and took my tie, placing it on her lap. Reaching over for the small object, I spun the dreidel at a slower, more human pace, hoping to speed up the game.
"Hmm…" I frowned and slowly began to unbutton shirt.
"What?" Bella asked, still trying to figure out what each character meant.
"Shin, I need to add another item to the pot," I explained, as I continued to make at my buttons. I noticed Bella's patience waning as I shrugged off the shirt and added to the pile. Her pink tongue darting out for just a second to lick her lips as she eyed my bare chest. Despite my luck, I cheered victoriously inside.
"Your turn," I told her. She grasped the object to spin it quickly, and knock it over impatiently, not wanting to wait.
"Nun," I shook my head. "Nothing happens." I jokily snatched the toy away and spun it again. Bella drummed her hands against her thighs as it slowed and fell over.
"YES!!!" she shouted, knowing that I had to remove another article of clothing. I pulled off one of my socks and added it to my pile of clothes.
"My turn," Bella sang sweetly and spun the toy.
"Gimmel," I told her. "You take the pot." Bella chuckled teasingly and snatched up my clothes, and proceeded to put her sock back on.
"Hey! You can't do that!" I remarked. Bella shrugged her shoulders innocently.
"Why not? I won it back," she smirked and dropped the dreidel into my palm. We need to ante up again, Bella added her sock back to the pile, and I removed my last one.
"Fine," I huffed and spun it again, crossing my fingers.
"Ha!" She laughed when I had to remove another article of clothing. I rose to my feet and sighed, rubbing my thumbs against the waist of my pants. Tucking them under the fabric, I trailed them back and forth. I noticed Bella's tongue flicker out again and wet her bottom lip.
I hooked them at the waist and pulled the fabric away from my body, snapping it loudly against my cold hard skin. Slipping the button from the loophole, I pulled at the tiny metal clasp to release the hard on that had ignited with the menorah.
I shrugged down my slacks and stepped out of them, tossing them to the pile of my own clothes. Satisfied with her luck, Bella moved to spin the dreidel with a smug look on her face. I counted the rotations as it spun tirelessly, before she eagerly knocked it down.
"Yes!" Bella cried and jumped to her feet, when she received another Gimmel.
"Pay up!"
I sniggered as I stood and immediately dropped my boxer briefs, releasing the straining need beneath it.
Stunned, Bella stared at my new look.
"What did you do, Edward?" She asked referring to the trim I had received.
"I uhh, got circumcised," I confessed. Had I been able to, I would've been blushing.
"What?! When?" she was completely taken aback. I eyed her cautiously as she slowly reached out to make contact.
"Um… recently. I had Carlisle help me," I told her, not really wanting to go into further detail about the painfully strange experience. She nodded and paused before touching the newly exposed flesh.
I flinched in pleasure for a brief moment at her light finger. Feeling more courageous, Bella gently ran her hand down my shaft, and then back up again. I shuddered; I was so much more sensitive that I had been before.
"Bella," I whispered quietly into the cool night. The candles had long since burned down, the room had grown dark.
"Edward," she whispered back, still in awe at my transformation. I hitched my breath as I watched her lean over and take all of me in her mouth. I let out a loud growl and roughly grasped her hair, pulling her against me.
"Ugh…Bells," I grunted. Had I known it would feel this good, I would've been converted a long time ago. Encouraged Bella began to work me over vigorously; the venom that flooded into her mouth provided a slick lubricant for her ministrations. Lost in the sensations that overcame me, my eyes were hooded with pleasure. With each stroke I chanted her name in my mind. Bella, Bella, Bella.
I finally had realized that all the years without her, I had been wandering aimlessly around a desert, looking, searching, needing, but never finding. Then there she was: my savior, my promise land, the land of milk and honey.
I hardly noticed the hours slip by as Bella slowly and torturously ascended me towards my climax. I felt the distance rolls of thunders begin to rumble inside, but I couldn't let the lightening strike just yet. I gently nudged at my little jezebel, and helped her to her feet. With one swift tear I ripped the fabric from her form. I needed her naked, now.
Moving Bella quickly to the couch, I parted her legs faster than Moses and slipped myself into the budding red sea before me.
I felt her legs hook around my waist, pulling me tighter against her body. My need and love for Bella was exponential, I had never in my life imagined finding someone with whom I could spend the rest of my existence with, someone who could be the mother to my child. I bore into her golden eyes; the look behind them expressed a shared longing. I steadied myself as I paid close attention to her body, answering every request. The elation our bodies shared was immeasurable.
Rocking steadily into her, I studied the twitching muscles of my wife's face as she began to ride out her orgasm over my hard member. Her walls were tight having been changed at such a young age it never failed to send me over the edge. Crashing deep into the abyss, I spilled out my venomous seed. Every time I gave myself over, I couldn't help but remember the miracle that had happened the first night on Isle Esme; when a one-hundred and eight year old vampire conceived a child with a young beautiful human woman. It had seemed an impossibility that I would ever have anything other than a damned existence. But with Bella, the dreams I had once had as a human had come true. I had a family of my own now.
I held my love tightly in my arms as we both came down from our high; I lightly grazed my hand across her face and tucked a lock of hair behind her ear. I grinned as I knew her, our, family would be arriving shortly to surprise her, so I relished a few more quiet moments with her.
"What are you thinking about, Edward?" Bella asked me softly as she played with my sexed up bronzed hair. I turned and glanced up at her satisfied face.
"Just about you, my love," I told her honestly glancing over to the dreidel beside us.
A great miracle had happened here.
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