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More Than Words - Chapter Four - Can't Forget
Now that I've tried to talk to you and make you understand
All you have to do is close your eyes
And just reach out your hands and touch me
Hold me close don't ever let me go
More than words is all I ever needed you to show
Then you wouldn't have to say that you love me
'Cause I'd already know
We sat there in silence for a while as the tension rose, unbeknownst to me. I wasn't expecting a talk now after the night we'd had, but she apparently had other ideas.
"What the fuck are we doing?" she asked incredulously.
"I'm sorry?"
"You. Me. Is this a thing? What the fuck are we doing?"
EPOV
"Bella, I-" I stumbled.
"Look. It's cool. I get it. I just wanted to clear things up before we wasted too much time." Looking down at her coffee, she said, "thanks for the coffee."
Now I was confused too.
"Wait. What? Bella, that doesn't clear anything up!"
"It's fine that you don't like me like that. We can just be friends and move on with our lives."
"Just friends? That isn't what I want at all. Where would you get such an idea?" I asked. "What in my actions would have given you that impression?"
"I don't know. You only ever want to talk on the phone and only about our friends, families and day to day lives. And it just seems like you force yourself to touch me or kiss me and can't wait to get out." Tears had started to well in her eyes.
"That's not it at all," I said, looking at my nervously twitching hands in my lap. "I think you are beautiful, but I-"
"It's fine, Edward. Don't stress out about it," Bella said. She turned her head away from me slightly, obviously trying to hide her tears. She put her coffee down on her end table.
"No! Just shut up for a minute and let me talk, please!"
"Okay," she said quietly.
"I think you are beautiful, beyond so. I've never seen any woman who's beauty could even compare to yours." I took a deep breath. "Look, in my past, I was a bit, uh, loose, um, with any female companions and I didn't want to fall into that same pattern with you. You're different, special to me, in a way I never thought I'd find. I- I really think I, uh, care about you a lot."
I just couldn't do it. I had no idea how she felt towards me, other than she was obviously rather we weren't just friends, but I couldn't tell her I loved her. Not yet.
"Really?" she asked as her she turned to face me. Her cheeks were stained with tears. "I care about you a lot too, Edward."
She lunged across the couch at me and caught me in a hug. I squeezed her tight and kissed her head. She lifted her head and bumped into my chin.
"Ow."
"Oh! I'm so sorry!" she said as she looked at my face.
She leaned in and kissed my chin. "Is that better?"
I raised my eyebrow at her suggestive tone. "I don't think so. Maybe you should try kissing somewhere else?"
Bella looked hesitant for a moment, but leaned in and kiss my lips softly.
BPOV
Edward and I had been heavily making out on my couch for about ten minutes when we were interrupted by a low gurgling noise. I pulled back and looked at him, puzzled.
"Was that my stomach?" I asked.
"I think so," he said, laughing. "Do you want to go get some breakfast?"
"Only if you're hungry too."
He lifted us both off of the couch and looked me up and down. "You might need some more clothes though."
I blushed. I was so horny that I almost wanted to skip breakfast anyway, but when my stomach complained again, I ran up the stairs to change.
I took my hoodie off at the top of the stairs and turned around and saw Edward staring at me from the bottom of the stairs. I tossed it to him with a wink and said, "Can you just put that in the basket there? I was taking a load of laundry down and I don't want to forget these."
He raised his eyebrow at me again. "These?"
I reached down to the hem of my camisole and walked into my room to take it off and leaned around the corner to toss it down to him along with my shorts.
"Bella, are you sure you're hungry?" he said as he started to walk up a couple of the stairs.
"Yeah, pretty starving..."
Damn.
"Then hurry up! Please!"
I actually think I'm going to enjoy this power I seemed to have over him.
We finished our breakfast at the cafe down the street from my apartment and began to walk back. The sun felt good on my skin that was left exposed by the light sun dress that I'd decided on.
I looked at Edward and caught him staring at neck again.
"Do I have something on me?" I said reaching my hand up to my neck.
He reached over and grabbed my hand and pulled it over to kiss the back of my hand.
"Nope," he mused.
"Then what is it?" I asked, eyeing him suspiciously.
"You're just so goddamn beautiful. I can't keep my eyes off of you."
I blushed and looked down at my feet as we walked. He stopped and stepped in front of me. Reaching his hand out, he lifted my chin softly and leaned in for a sweet kiss.
"Don't hide your beautiful face from me, okay?"
"I'll try," I murmured.
When we got back to my apartment, I unlocked the door and let us in and he started to stop.
"What's wrong?" I asked him.
"If I come inside your apartment with you, I'm not sure we'll come back out for some time and I don't want to move too fast for you," he confessed.
"Edward, we can't move too fast," I said as I pulled him inside the door and shut it.
He mashed his mouth to mine and pushed me against the wall. I ran my hands under his shirt and up and down his spine. He groaned into my mouth and moved to leave a trail of kisses down my neck and onto my collar bone. I pulled his shirt up, trying to get it over his head. Understanding what I wanted, he pulled away and removed his shirt and came right back to kissing my neck. I traced my fingers over his abs and moaned from the feeling of his tongue on the base of my neck.
"Bella," he moaned. "Please tell me if you want me to stop."
"Don't," was all I could find the air for as my breathing became more labored.
We started, unsuccessfully, to climb the stairs. I tripped while going backwards, but Edward caught me in his arms before I landed. He took this opportunity to kiss the tops of my breasts as my back arched over his hand.
"Oh, Edward."
We managed to make it into my room at the top of the stairs and I started to fight with the button on his jeans. Edward slipped one strap of my dress off of my shoulder and kissed the skin he left exposed. I moaned into his shoulder and finally unbuttoned his jeans and started to slip that off.
"Are you sure," he asked again. "I don't want to rush you."
"I'm sure. Don't stop," I replied.
I leaned back to take in his mostly naked sight. I slid the other strap off of my shoulder and let my sun dress fall to the ground leaving me standing there in just my pink lace panties.
"Fuck, you're beautiful," he exclaimed as his eyes appreciated the sight before them.
"Now get your ass over here," I joked.
We spent most of the week in bed, leaving it only for bathroom breaks and trips out to gather food from my kitchen. Our phones rang a few times, leaving us to play one of our new favorite games- seeing how long it would take for one to distract the other enough that they were forced to hang up before the person they were speaking to realized what they were doing. I seemed to be winning this game, especially when my tongue found it's way to my new favorite part of him.
"Gottogomombye," he slurred into the phone the last time I'd done this. "Bell-a! You win, you win!"
"Good," I said, stopping. "Now I'd like to claim my prize."
"Which is?"
I put my mouth back to his hardon and watched his eyes roll into his head.
"Yep. That's all for you. I love you, Bella."
"What?"
EPOV
I can't believe I just blurted that out. I can't believe I just blurted that out! Damn it! I can't believe I just blurted that out! Fuck!
"What?" she sat up asking. Her cheeks were a light pink from our arousing actions and she was so fucking beautiful that I wasn't even thinking.
I sat up on my elbows and looked intensely into her eyes.
"Bella, I didn't mean to say that. I'm sor-"
"But do you? Do you love me?" she asked tentatively.
"More than words could ever express. I love you more than I'd ever thought was possible for me to love another person," I confessed.
She tilted her head and that odd look passed over her face briefly again. Backing off of the end of her bed, she turned around so that her back and perfect ass were facing me. My stupid mouth had seemingly just ruined our perfect week.
"Bella?" I asked, hoping she'd turn around and talk to me.
"Hmm?" she replied.
"Let's just forget I said anything, okay?" We can just go back to what we were doing." She snorted. "Well not exactly what we were doing just this second," I said quickly, realizing what I'd implied. "I mean, we can just lay here and be with each other like we were before. Just forget it."
"I can't forget it," she said and grabbed some clothes and walked into the bathroom and locked the door behind her.
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