Bpov
"Don't let him take my baby, not my baby. Alice please" the panic in my vice was rising. "Shh…shh it'll be ok shh" she said while trying to console me. My head was buried in shoulder by now. "But where can I go were he won't be able to find me. I can't stay with you. Alice he knows you that won't work." I should just go back now and beg James to have mercy on me. What about my baby though? If I did that it would surely die. I took a deep breath trying to clam myself. It didn't work.
"Then you'll just have to stay with me" my head shot up at the sound of his voice. "Thank you but, I don't even know your name, I couldn't impose on you in that way."
"Edward Cullen," He said as his mouth turned up into the most beautiful crooked smile. "Now you know my name, so there is no reason why you can't stay with me." The sound of his voice had a claming affect on and it held such beauty in it. My heart melted which triggered my blush.
"Bella, I would like you to meet my bother." Wait what, bother, I so did not see that coming. I turned to look at her; she had that look in her eyes. I knew that look; it meant that she up to something. I turned away from her and in doing so my eyes landed on Edward. Edward, I rather like that name it suited him, quit well if I my say so.
His eyes flashed with something so briefly before they softened that I was not even sure that it was there to begin with. Was it rage, pain, why would that be. "Edward thank you again, but" I paused not sure how to say the next part. I bowed my head in shame; I really had not thought this out very well had I. I was just now realizing that the only cloths I had to my name were on by back, and wet at that. Plus I didn't have shoes either. "but, I have nothing to ware" I admitted in a small voice.
The next thing I know my face was heading towards the floor. Before I could put my arms out to stop my fall, two strong and very solid cold arms encircled my waist. It took me a moment to realize what had happened. As my head stopped spinning I registered that Edward was, dare I say holding me rather snugly to his chest. There was a coldness to him that chilled and comforted me at the same time. It in no way diminished the heat in my blush.
My musings were interrupted by a shrieking little pixie jumping up and down. "Yea a shopping trip!" she said continuing to jump up and down. By this time Edward had helped me to my feet and to my delight his arms had stayed around my waist. "Ah….Alice I don't think I can afford that right now." I said frowning.
"Oh Bella who said that you would be paying for it? Any way we can talk about that tomorrow, right now we need to get dried off and into some warm clothes. Oh but wait I guess that I need to do a little shopping tonight seeing how you have no personals and such." She said while jump up and down, again I might add. Hyper little pixie wasn't she.
"Ok Edward, take Bella back to your place and get her into something warm. I'll be back in a little while." She said as she rushed out the door into the night. "Hyper little pixie isn't she?" the laughter that rang out made me turn my head. I blushed as I realized the fact that I had said that out loud, and Edward had heard me. "You should have seen her a couple of years, you think she is hyper now." He shook his head remembering. I blushed again at his statement. "Come on you heard the little pixie drill Sargent I have to get you home and into something warm." He smiled at me and I shyly returned the jester.
As we walked thorough the door of his condo I was amazed at the size of it. It seemed to be too vast a space for just one person. The color scheme was masculine but still had style. With light browns, gold's as well as blacks. It all tied together very well. "Your home is lovely, Edward." I turned around to see that same crooked smile on his face.
"It is now that you are here." The sound of his voice made my breath hitch. He smirked at my reaction causing my blush once again to kick in. In a practiced move I bowed my head to hide it form him. As soon as the action was complete there was a finger under my chin urging me to lift my head. The coldness I had felt in the bar was present again. It didn't chill me but rather had a calming effect on me.
As I lifted my eyes met his; there was such a fierceness in them that I was startled for a moment, but there was also tenderness that it instantly set me at ease. Everything about him seemed to calm me.
"Bella, don't hide. You are more beautiful then you know." My blush deepened at his statement. "Now let see if we can't find something that is not dipping wet to wear till Alice gets here." He said leading me down the hall to were the rooms were. He turned to me then and with a twinkle in his eye he said "This can be your room if you like. Mine is down the hall, in case you're wondering."
Oh those eyes I could get lost in those eyes for days and not care in the sliest. I shook my head a little to come back from my daydream realizing that he was waiting for an answer. "Oh yes this will be fine, thank you." I said while stepping through the door into the room.
It was beautiful. There was a black leather sofa up against the far wall. The bed had a soft gold coverlet on it, the frame seemed to be made of iron decorated in ivy. It was lovely.
"About the clothes" he paused seeming to gather his thoughts. I turned just in time to see him run his hand through his hair putting in even more of a haphazard state. It made him look, well to put it bluntly even sexier. "All I have is T-shirts and shorts." He smiled sheepishly while crossing his arm accosted his chest, emphasizing the muscles in his arms.
God he was beautiful. My eyes snapped back up in hopes he hadn't caught me ogling him again. No such luck his smirk said that he had. My head went down as I felt the heat rise in my checks. Once again I felt a finger on my chin urging my head up. "What did I say about hiding Bella? You are far too beautiful to do that." Did he really think that, no he couldn't? If he only know what I was.
"I guess I should go try to find you something to ware. The shower is through that door, if you would to warm up." He gestured toward the door located on the left wall. As he turned to leave my eyes wondered down his frame. Oh nice butt. Oh my god I can't believe that I just said that, bad Bella. Blushing once again for the umpteenth time today I turned and headed into the bathroom.
As the light came on my eyes went wide. It was huge. The colors here were much different from the rest of the house that I had seen so far. The walls were a soft light sky blue. With the fixtures and trim done in silver. It was so calming here. I went to the shower going to turn it on; wait was that six showerheads? One….two…three.. yes there were six.
Why on earth would any one need six shower was beyond me. I turned the dial shaking my head. As I stepped in I gasped; the water was coming at me from all different directions making my body hum. Ok so this was why people had six showerheads.
As I stood there, it hit I had nothing, nothing no home no clothes, a baby on the way. What was I going to do? As my back hit the wall I couldn't take it. Sliding down I clinched my legs up to my chest tightening my arms around them as it came crashing down. I don't know how long I stayed there it didn't seem that long.
But soon I felt two strong arms encircle me while lifting me up and out of the shower. I clung to the figure continuing to sob. The cold porcelain of the toilet registered at the same time I felt the fabric of a towel being rapped around me.
Then a familiar finger was under my chin urging me to look up. I lift my head tears steaming down my face. He lifted his hand to my face, cupping my check. I turned into the warmth of the coldness it provided. Looking into his eyes they seemed to burn with a fury beyond reason, but some how I know it was directed at me. He lifted me up and cradled me to his chest.
I didn't even realize that we were in the living room till he sat down with me in his lap. He just held me as I tried to calm myself down. "I'm…I'm sorry y-you sh-shouldn't have t-to see this" no should see this, it was my pain to bear. I took a deep breath to try and calm my self one more time. I looked up from my hands that were in my lap into his emerald green ones. The pain I saw there was so intense that I could not look away.
"Bella you wouldn't believe the stuff I fond at Wal-Mart. You know that I only went there as last resort but you know…." Alice stopped so abruptly that I looked up.
The smile she had on her face went from ear to ear. It reminded of the part in the movie
How Grinch Stole Christmas. The cartoon one not the one with Jim Carry. Where the Grinch smiled and got wonderful awful idea. I looked form Alice to Edward and back forth several times. Then I realized what she was smiling about and blushed crimson.
Here I was sitting in Edward's lap with nothing but a towel on. My hair dipping wet. To top it of all he had on was a pair of jeans. His hair wet as well. "Was I interrupting anything that I should know about?" she asked while still grinning like the Cheshire cat. "Ok, fine don't tell me you know I'll just find later." She sang as she danced down the hall towards the bedrooms. "Yes Edward I know, the first bedroom." He just smirked watching her go down the hall. "Annoying little pixie, isn't she." He said his lips were next to my ear blowing cold air into it. The shiver that went down my spine was not because I was cold. How could someone's voice have such an effect on me? I turned to see his face. His eyes held a teasing light to them. "Hey, I heard that." Her voice floating down the hall.