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I woke to the sun seeping through my unclosed blinds. That's strange, I thought. I glanced at the clock on my bedside locker. 10:35, something purple and lacy caught my eye and I turned to see my skimpy underwear strewn across the floor along with a man's pair of boxers. Wha- I stopped my inner dialogue when I heard a soft snore and quickly shot my head to the right. Edward. Naked. In my bed. Oh my. As if on cue, all the events of the previous night suddenly came back to me. The club, Edward's hands, his coc-. Oh my.
I quietly got out of the bed and made my way into the kitchen to make coffee and do some much needed clearing of my head. I started the coffee machine and rested my head against the desktop. How the fuck had I let this happen? I reached up for a cup and only then realised I was naked. Shit, fuck, shit. As I was searching for something to quickly cover me, I heard a quiet chuckle and ''Oh please don't, I'm quite enjoying the view''. I gasped and turned to see a gorgeous Edward, wearing boxers. Asshole has an unfair advantage for this conversation. I yelped and scurried past him, into the bedroom to retriever my dressing gown.
Once I was acceptably covered, I head back into the kitchen to have the 'morning after the night before' talk. I sat opposite him at my kitchen table and muttered a thank-you for the coffee I'd made and he'd poured into my mug. ''So…'' I started awkwardly. ''Do you think it was a mistake?'' He asked abruptly. I glanced quickly up at his face, which was black and unreadable. ''I, I don't know, at the time I didn't but we can both admit dating your coach isn't the smartest decision'' I replied quietly, fearing his thought of the subject. ''Right, I agree.'' I nodded, figuring of course he'd prefer it to just be a one night stand. ''But, I never was one to make smart decisions'' I gasped and looked up to see him grinning wildly down at me. ''What? You're kidding, right?'' He chuckled, '' Bella, I like you and last night was, indescribable.'' I found myself grinning back at his words and then I was lifted and in his lap. ''We don't have to make a big deal and if you want to keep it quiet for a bit, then we can. I just want you.'' I'll be honest, his words melted me.
He captured my mouth with his and this kiss was different than the one that started this last night. It wasn't slow or gentle, it was hot and needy. He settled me on his lap so I was straddling and I could feel him pressing against me. He brought his hands up to shoulders and started pushing my dressing gown down my arms, kissing my neck as he did so. His right hand had descended to my heat and he was teasing me mercilessly. ''Edward'' I moaned, ''Please.'' I was begging but I couldn't help it. I needed it so he gave it to me right there on my kitchen table.
The next few days passed in a blur of ecstasy. I worked in the morning, hung out with the girls in the afternoon, trained in the evening and spent the night with Edward. We weren't hiding our relationship but we weren't showing it off either. We usually spent time at either his apartment or mine and at training we were always professional, well at group sessions that is.
It was two weeks since Edward and I started our relationship and I was in the lobby of the swim complex waiting for him so we could go to dinner when a car pulled up to the front containing no-one but the blonde goddess whom I'd assumed was Edwards girlfriend. Oh shit. I forgot about her. Edward came out of the men's changing room and slung his arm around my shoulder but noticed I wasn't moving. He followed my line of vision and cursed. I glanced up at him with a questioning look, expecting the worst. ''It's my sister, Rosalie.'' He replied. His sister? SISTER? Oh dear God Bella, you're an idiot.
''What's she doing here?'' I asked, once I'd stopped mentally slapping myself. ''I thought we were going out for dinner.'' He was still looking outside as if deciding what to do. ''We are'' He replied. ''My brother, Jasper doesn't have a car yet and doesn't like public transport, so when she wants to go into the city, I let her borrow mine and Rosalie usually picks me up and drops me home.'' He explained. '' I guess she was taking to Alice, discovered she'd taken my car into the city and assumed I needed a lift.'' I nodded but was still confused. ''So why can't you just telling I'll drop you home, I mean surely she must know something, I mean she saw us…'' I spoke slowly, sensing his reluctance to talk to his sister about this. ''She did, but she never broached the subject and neither did I, but once I do it'll open up a whole new world and I guess I wanted to stay in the honeymoon period for a while'' I was still confused. ''New world?'' I asked. He glanced at me and smiled. ''My family. They're a lot to handle.'' I smiled at the thought of meeting his parents and replied, ''Bring it.''
Meeting Rosalie was intimidating to say the least. She was incredibly beautiful and obviously protective over her younger brother but she was polite. Edward had called two days after that small incident and told I was meeting the family at the weekend. I was excited and very glad that I'd been proved wrong about my ideas on a relationship with Edward.
Sunday was the day. Judgment day as I'd started to call it, Edward told me I was silly and that no-one would judge me, but he was obviously clueless. I was dressed in a just above the knee blue and black, figure hugging dress paired with my 5'' red bottom Louis Vuitton's. I wore my hair down, a small amount of make-up and simple earrings that were hidden by my hair anyway. I looked young, but classy and dressy but not over-dressed. Edward picked me up at 1 and we drove together to his parent's house on the outskirts of the city. It was only when I say the beautiful, elegant house come into view that I began to feel nervous. Edward gave my hand a quick squeeze and got out to open my door.
An attractive older man with very blonde hair opened up the door with a beautiful smile on his face. ''You must be Bella.'' He greeted, still smiling. I nodded and smiled back shyly, '' I am, Carlisle is it'' ''Indeed, welcome to my home. Edward'' He acknowledged with a head nod and moved to let us in. I was soon introduced to Edward's mother, Esme, his brother, Jasper, Rosalie's husband Emmett and of course, I'd already met Rosalie. Esme was very enthusiastic and took a bit of getting used to, Jasper was pretty laid back, Emmett was very friendly though his size made his as intimidating as his wife and Rosalie was… Rosalie. But all in all, the dinner went better than I'd expected and I couldn't help but be hopeful that Edward's and my relationship could progress to a point where I could be considered a part of their family. Edward made me happy and I really thought that this could be the one for me. Of course, at the time, I'd thought he was happy too. Obviously he hadn't.
Finally, an update. And a cliff-hanger? I know it's a short update and I apologise but I know in my head where I'm heading with the story in the next few chapters so I should have them out quicker.
Burning Liberty.