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"What happened to the small gifts?"
EPOV
I had just finished lighting the candle representing the sixth day of Hanukkah, on the menorah. I loved the holiday season. There was snow on the ground outside and a fire burning in our living area. Everyone was either taken aback with a good spirit or was miserable. Our families attempted to have eight days of peaceful union between the lot of us.
Our families were all coming over tomorrow and I was apprehensive to have them all here. My younger sister, Alice, had converted from the Jewish faith for Christianity--her husband's faith, and my father always made a scene over it, every chance he got.
As I turned to take my seat at the table, I saw the glimmer in Bella's eye. We had been married for ten months and this would be our first holiday as a married couple. But we had known each other since high school, so she knew what to expect come family get togethers.
Bella had made a wonderful dinner. I said prayer and then inhaled the scents of the food spread out in front of us. There was a small brisket and a pot of matzoh ball soup, latkes and a fruit salad.
I savored the flavor of the latkes--they were my favorite-- and until Bella shot me a disapproving look I hadn't touched anything else. We ate quietly and I was so happy that we have never felt the need to fill the silence with mindless chatter.
Bella began clearing the dishes and she looked so beautiful. Between the fire's glow and her creamy ivory skin she looked radiant. I felt so lucky to have had this woman in my life for so long..to have taken our friendship into a loving and caring marriage.
I stood staring at her, admiring her when she pulled me out of my little admiration session. "Edward, are you going to help or just stand there and stare?" She laughed at my absentmindedness.
"I like the view." I taunted her. "I could stare all night."
But Bella wasn't buying it. "I'm sure you could, but the dishes would never get put up if you did." She reprimanded in a teasing tone.
I rounded the table and took the plates out of her hands, set them on the table, and pulled her close to me. I wrapped one arm around her waist and with the other lifted her chin up to me. Placing one chaste kiss on her lips I reached into my pocket and pulled out her gift.
The tiny blue rectangular box felt so light in my palm. I hoped that she would like it. When she caught a glimpse out of the corner of her eye i felt the corners of her mouth turn up in a smile.
"Edward, what happened to small gifts?" She mumbled against my mouth.
I cocked a grin at her and shrugged my shoulders. "Look...it's small." Bella grinned and playfully slapped at my chest, before taking the box from my palm. I watched with anticipation as she lifted the lid. I heard her gasp as she drew out the intricate white gold charm bracelet.
I went into Tiffany's a month ago to get it. The sales lady helped me pick it out and I selected two charms to start it out. A little heart shaped diamond bordered in white gold with our wedding date inscribed on it. The second charm was festive menorah that I thought was juvenile but the sales lady assured me it would be a good representation of our first Hanukkah together.
Sure enough, Bella squealed and linked her arms behind my neck. Peppering my face with kisses she kept going between 'I love you' and 'Thank-you'. I was so elated that when she pulled away with a bright happy smile I wanted to nestle back close to her.
"Let me go get your gift." Bella's beautiful deep brown eyes twinkled with excitement. I kissed the tip of her nose and dropped my arms from her waist.
Bella rushed from the room and I heard her rustling around in our room. A few minutes passed and she returned. I had cleared the table and set the dishes next to the sink and put the leftover food into the fridge.
She stopped short of the now clear table and her surprised expression made me laugh loudly. "What? You don't think I know how to clean up for my wife?" My teasing made her eyes snap to mine and her smile grow even bigger.
From behind her back she produced....the same blue box I had just given her. I looked from the box to her hand. The bracelet was there, clasped around her slender wrist. So what in the world is in the box? Staring at the taunting box told me nothing. And Bella shook her head when I looked up at her.
"Just open it." She urged, pushing it toward me.
Holding the box in my palm like it was going to turn to dust, I lifted the lid. Nestled inside was something wrapped in tissue paper. I pulled it out and unwrapped it. What I saw made my breath catch in my throat and the box fall from my hands. I didn't even realize that I had let it go until I felt it bounce off my shoe and hit the floor.
I held the gift between my thumb and forefinger and eyed it reverently. Hoping to the heavens that I was guessing right, I felt tears well up in my eyes. Bella stood in front of me nervous and fidgeting. Did she not think I would like the gift? It was the best gift I could have ever gotten....ever.
My eyes bore into her and as soon as she nodded an answer to my silent question the flood gates broke open. All at once I was crying and hugging my wife and professing my love and adoration to her.
"You're pregnant?"
"Yes!" She exhaled the word out like a breath that she'd been holding for....
"How long? I mean how far?" I stumbled and stammered for what I wanted to know.
"I took the first test a week ago, then another today." Bella's radiance and glow now made perfect sense.
"I'm gonna be a daddy." I yelled and then laughed and locked my wife in my arms before spinning us both in a circle. Her feet swung out behind her and giddy giggles erupted from her body.
Both of us had tears streaming down our faces. I wiped hers away with the pads of my thumbs then made sure to kiss every inch of skin on her face and neck.
My kisses turned urgent ad the excitement of knowledge coursed through my veins. I couldn't get over the feelings that I was going to be a had just given me the second best gift of my life....the first was when she accepted my marriage proposal.
Bella kissed me back with a force I recognized. She was becoming as aroused as I was. My hands traveled from her face, over her shoulders and down her back. I brushed my hands along her spine searching.
Once I felt the tie of her dress under my hands I set out on a mission. I needed to get my wife naked and lavish her with kisses and affection. The string untied easily and my fingers grabbed at the pull for the zipper.
I pressed into Bella careful not to be rough as I heard the buzz of her zipper being undone. Without breaking our passionate kissing she shimmied out of her dress and allowed it to pool at her bare feet.
My lips pushed against her for one more hasty kiss before I fell to my knees. Her belly would soon be round with my child and as odd as it sounds a new type of devotion soared in me. The thought the Bella's body was cultivating a rare gift...a child... like a delicate pearl.
Joy filled me down through my toes as I let my cheek rest below her navel. I kissed her softly and then peered up at her face. Tears shone against her skin and highlighted with the light of the fire.
"Thank you." I whispered to her and then, with my lips flush against her stomach I spoke. "I will love you 'til the end of time and make sure you and your," I felt choked up as I thought the word. "your mommy are happy and adored daily."
My hands traced their way to Bella's slender hips and I made sure to be gentle when I hooked my thumbs behind the lace of her panties and pulled them down. I then reverently lifted each of her feet, kissed the inside of her ankle and placed her feet back on the ground. Her body now devoid of clothes was half hidden in the shadows.
I wanted to see her. I stood and gently took ahold of her hand--leading her into the living area. Stopping in front of the fireplace where her bodies contours and curves were highlighted by the flickering flames, I drew her to the floor.
Caressing her shoulder I nudged her to lie back on the plush area rug. Her dark mahogany hair fanned over the thick white carpet. My eyes hungrily devoured her bare skin. Kneeling beside her I unbuttoned my shirt and tossed it on the couch. Unbuttoning my pants and finagling out of them was the only time my eyes left her.
Before tossing my pants with my shirt I grabbed a small tin from my pocket. It was a small gift I had gotten for myself and Bella. The candle was small--the size of a tealight, or so the sales lady said--and smelled wonderful, like honey and vanilla. It was a massage candle.
I lit the candle and allowed the beginnings of liquid to pool. Tilting the metal tin the warm liquid poured into my hand. The sales woman assured me that it wouldn't get too hot. It was made of several different soothing oils, when it melted it turned into a sensuous massage oil.
I began my devotion at her feet. I rubbed the arches of her feet, with warm oil as I vowed myself to her. "I love you, Bella. Thank you."
Placing soft kisses just behind her ankle, I eagerly placed kisses along her sleek calves. Then lifting her leg, my mouth worked on the crook of her knee. Bella's moans told me that I was doing my job.
My hands replaced my lips as I pulled her slightly closer and rested her knees on either side of my body. I then laid between her soft, pale thighs. I kneaded into her skin at the apex of her legs.
"Edward, please." Bella pleaded
My fingers were so close to where she wanted me to be and I would not deny her anything she desired. Index finger and middles fingers were delved into her moist folds. My fingers slid with ease, she was already so wet. I pushed one then two fingers inside of her, pulling them out slowly. I felt her muscles clench around them.
"Yes, Ed-ward." My wife's beautiful moans filled the air. "Faster....please."
I increased my speed and started kissing her thighs, each peck closer to her clit than the one before. Finally, my mouth closed around her sensitive nub. Her hips bucked up and I had to press her back down with my free hand.
My forearm splayed over her middle while my tongue worked in circles over her. I could feel her wetness seeping over my fingers and down my hand. My teeth grazed against her and her hips fought against my arm's restraint.
"Oh...yes....Edward...Oh my...yes, yes, yes." Her affirmations grew louder and soon her moans were mixed with screams of pleasure. Her walls clamped down around my fingers and I slightly bit down on her clit, sucking it into my mouth all in one instance.
Her screams softened and her hips stilled in movement. I withdrew my fingers after placing a quick kiss just above her pubic bone. My tongue darted out and I ran it from her bellybutton up between her breasts, and across her collar bone. My teeth nipped between wet open mouthed kisses along her neck and the curve of her shoulders.
"I love you so much, Bella." I repeated to her.
"I love you too, Edward." She whispered into my hair--where I just noticed her hands were tangled. "I can't wait to have your baby...our baby."
My lips crashed into hers, my tongue pushing through her lips to swirl and twist around hers. Bella pulled back and caught my bottom lip between her teeth. She bit it and sucked my lip into her warm mouth. The erotic feeling drove my need for her.
Grabbing my erection at the base I lined it up with her entrance. I pushed into her fast, full of desire. Her walls stretched to accommodate me, as the molded around me. The tightening of her muscles as I hit her G spot was almost my undoing.
I moved inside of her slowly..wanting to feel every pulse and twitch.
"Oh baby." She moaned in my ear--her tongue tracing the shell of my ear.
Slow was no longer and option. My ministrations grew fast and greedy. I wanted nothing more to stay inside of my gorgeous wife for the rest of the night. But I was so close to the edge. I felt the tightening in my abdomen and my head fell back. Staring at the ceiling I found a steady pace of pumping in and out...in and out.
Bella's wetness covered me and the slick warm tightness the enveloped me was overwhelming. Breaths were coming fast and catching in my throat with each thrust.
"Bella......ung....baby...I'm sooo" I moaned out, unable to even finish speaking. Words seemed needless at that point. I felt her tiny hands wind into my hair and pull my face to her.
She kissed my so sweetly...so full of love. Soon I felt the warmth of my orgasm taking over my body, my dick twitched inside of her and I buried myself within her spasming walls.
The monumental orgasm I had was something more than I had ever felt. It was too good, so good that I couldn't force myself to pull out of her after.
I stayed laying between my wife's thighs, my now soft dick still in her, and kissed her. I was going to be a father, have a child with the love of my life.
I pulled away, breathless from our lovemaking and smiled at her.
"Bella, what happened to small gifts?" I replayed her earlier question to me before lowering to kiss her sensless again.
This was going to be the best Hanukkah ever.