He looked up as she entered his bedroom. Without a word, she flopped down on the bed and into his arms. Gently laying aside the book he had been reading, he stroked her hair.

"Was it such a burden to shop with Alice, my love?"

She chose not to bother with an answer; a groan was much more satisfactory.

"I'm glad you at least found everything you were looking for in Seattle." Of course, he had already heard Alice's thoughts on their shopping adventures. She just hoped Alice would keep her promise and not think about a particular shop they'd visited.

"It was fine. Alice dragged me from one shop to another to buy a ludicrous amount of accessories and clothing I can wear as soon as I'm one of you. We even had to go back to the car once or twice in order to avoid falling over from the combined weight of the shopping bags."

With that, she finally kissed him on the mouth. As always, it felt like drinking water after an extended period of drought: the best feeling in the world. And as always, the tap was firmly closed before she could have a fill large enough to sate her. He pushed her away with his customary resolve not to get carried away so far he might hurt her with his passion.

But this time she would not let go that easily. Had she not spoken to Alice the entire afternoon about sex, even going so far as to visiting a secluded, tasteful sex shop, she might have given it a rest. But not today. She wanted him so badly it made her every muscle ache.

Even though she never really thought about sex before Edward Cullen entered her life, she had not been immune to the talks in the back of class rooms. One time she stumbled upon porn on the internet and yes, she was not too prude to touch herself. Multiple times a night if Edward was away and hunting. She needed him and she needed him before she would combust from the burning desire in her groin.

He had kept her at bay when she told him her one condition, promising to try after they had gotten married. And she knew she couldn't wait that long. 'Trying out the goods' was a prerequisite these days, when hardly anyone got married before having sex. She wanted that too, even if she had to convince him to give up his virtue. Her dreams were wicked and demanding and her sex drive extremely high. A proper girl, yes. But also a lust-crazed woman. And the latter won today.

"Edward…" she began, looking at him with her most pleading eyes.

"Yes, my love?"

"I agreed to marry you, didn't I?"

She could just hear the cogs ticking and whirring in his head, wondering where on earth she was going with this. But he went with it for now.

"Yes, you made me a very happy man."

This had to be done with the utmost care and precision so as not the scare the living shit out of him. She was glad he had been reading on the bed, that made this so much easier.

"Where are you going with this, love?"

Oh god, now she had to act, and fast.

"Close your eyes." He complied, never refusing her anything and granting her every wish. He must hear every move she makes as she unfastens the button on her jeans and unzips it, taking it off. His eyebrows shoot up but his eyes remain firmly close. She then takes off her tee and throws it in a corner but god knows which one. Only wearing a thong and bra and a very skimpy thong at that, she crawls back on the bed.

"You can open them again."

Before she even realises what happens, Edward scoots to the far end of the bed and buries his fists in the duvet. His eyes are wide, and…wanting? For the tiniest moment she spots a hunger in his eyes, a primal and carnage look.

"Bella, why on earth do you torment me so? What do you want?" The growl is veiled by his velvet voice, strained and low as it is. But a growl it is nonetheless.

She must be able to explain this correctly, making him see her side.

"Edward, I don't want to wait. I will be marrying you, making an already immortal pairing legal for everyone to see. But I cannot wait with our union. I will explode with lust before the wedding can take place if we do not fuck right now."

Wow, that was more pleading than she had meant to, and more blasé too.

As she crawled towards him, he scooted back until he had no more space behind him. The duvet was seriously hurting though, judging by the whiteness of his knuckles and the tearing sounds emanating from the fabric.

And then she did something she never expected herself to do so bluntly. She grabbed his member with her hand. Grabbed it. Wow. Needy, much?

But that member, his cock she forced herself to think, was hard. And not the marble hardness of his skin, just the hardness of a male enjoying himself.

"Bella, no, we can't do this now! I'll hurt you…aah." Apparently massaging said cock rendered a man speechless. This was better than she had imagined.

"You can never hurt me, Edward. You'll protect me."

"I do not mean hurting you in the biting and sucking you dry kind of way, Bella."

This was something unexpected. If he did not fear killing her, what did he fear?

"Care to elaborate?"

"Right now, I will not be nice…don't do that! I will not be nice and gently with you. Right now I hunger for a more vicious kind of sex, one that will hurt you. I do not ever want to …jesus Bella! ... hurt you."

He looked away, his eyes dark with shame and embarrassment. But she never ceased to touch his groin, never stopped massaging it until he looked at her again.

"Are you not afraid I will hurt you with my desires? You are still a virgin. You shouldn't let me touch you right now."

"Edward, if you can be swayed to have me right here and now, I'll let you do anything to me. Don't think I am an angel. I have my desires too."

An incredulous look followed, but for one time she did not flinch or look away. She was too jazzed up and adrenalin pumped to have feelings of anxiety as well.

Crawling against his marble chest, she kissed him like she had never done before, pouring all her need into one kiss. For once he didn't stop her, apparently being too stunned to pull her away like he usually did.

"Fine."

Wait, what? He agreed to it, for real?

"But only if you promise me to say, no, scream at me as soon as I hurt you or cross your boundaries in any way. In any way, do you hear me? Promise!"

"I promise, Edward."

Once more he looked deep in her eyes, searching for a hint of fear, perhaps just so he could blow it off. But not today. Today, she would get what she wanted. Him.