Chapter Seven: Splash
This is more of a continuation of Chapter Six. I'm sorry that I haven't written sooner, it's just that some of my favorite stories have been updated and I can't stop reading them. Plus, school is almost over and then I'll never be off of here! Yay!
And I wanted to clarify some things about my story. The characters are slightly OOC because I want Edward to be less angsty and more fun, and I want Bella to be a little more accepting, but I think I got most of their quirks in. Have fun. Review. Please?
Previously from Chapter Six…
I repeated his words from the night before, "No, I'm not scared of anything," I said, courage raging through my body.
Spontaneous.
I leaned my face to his slowly, making sure he wanted this, too. He leaned the rest of the way and pressed his lips to mine gently.
My dreams were nothing compared to this.
Alice really did know everything.
I couldn't get enough of him. His taste, his smell, his lips were all my mind registered. Here we were, standing at the edge of a diving board, sucking face. My reaction was certainly not something either of us had expected. My hands slid up his chest and his neck and my fingers gripped into his soft bronze hair and I held on as if for dear life.
I leaned into his body more and his good arm went around my waist and he pulled me to him. We were chest to chest and both half-naked and I could feel his eager heart against mine again.
I could get used to this.
Edward moved a bit and we broke apart, both of us were breathing heavily. My sudden spontaneity vanished, and I became too shy to look at him. I looked down at our feet, hiding my blush. I could still feel his gaze on me, though. He lifted his good arm and took my chin into his fingers, bringing my face up so that I would look at him.
Finally, my eyes met his and I was stunned by the fiery intensity of his gaze. He looked…hungry.
"Bella…" he started after about a minute, "I've wanted to do that since that day in the hospital. It feels like it was so long ago." I simply stared at him, lost for words. What he said was true; it felt more like a whole month had passed instead of just five days. I looked down again and noticed that his hurt arm was no longer in a sling. It was just in a cast now. I looked up at him again, my confidence coming back slowly. I smiled shyly. We were still just about an inch apart.
Edward leaned to me again as if to kiss me. When his lips met mine for the second time, the instant zinging electricity ran through my body like it had before. Edward kept leaning his body into mine, and before I knew what had happened, we were both in the pool with a giant splash.
"Edward! I can't swim!" I yelled, desperately trying to wipe my eyes and doggy-paddle at the same time. I must have looked like a drowning cat. I was finally relieved when I felt Edward's arm encircle my waist, holding me up.
"Bella, the pool's only five feet deep," he said, laughing.
"Oh," I said lamely, setting my feet down on the ground of the pool. I looked at his covered arm again.
"Does that hurt at all?" I asked pointing at it. Edward followed my gaze and shrugged.
"Not really. It just itches a lot. Carlisle won't let me take it off yet, though," he said, "I still have another five weeks, but I highly doubt I'm going to last that long. I'm about to just rip it off it's so aggravating." I noticed how he said "Carlisle" instead of "Dad."
Edward's arm around my waist tightened, and he started to glide us through the water slowly. This moment was so romantic. I wished I had floating candles and that it was dark outside, but it really didn't matter. A half-naked Edward equals perfect no matter what, where, or when.
And God, he was perfect. And wet…did I mention that? The tiny droplets of water cascaded down his chest, over his muscles, and then returned back to the pool. I had a sudden wish to be a drop of water.
Look at me, getting jealous over water droplets. Easy, Bella.
"What are you thinking?" Edward asked me suddenly, pulling me out of my fantasy.
Oh nothing, just eye-raping you again.
"Um…I was thinking about…uh…you," I mumbled. And your hot body, and your sexy voice and that cocky little smirk you give me when you know I'm embarrassed.
What? It was true.
Thank God he can't read minds.
Edward asked me more questions about my life and my childhood. I answered all of his questions, thinking he would get bored with me soon, but that time never came. He always seemed interested, like I was his favorite subject. I was never one to like much attention, but with Edward it was different. I wanted him to think I was special.
The subject of old boyfriends came up and I groaned internally.
"I've never had a real boyfriend," I answered his question easily, trying to be cool about it, but my blush of betrayal hit my face like wildfire. If Edward was asking about old boyfriends, didn't that mean something? My stomach did a flip as Edward looked at me with astonished eyes.
"What do you mean, you've never had a real boyfriend?" he asked incredulously.
"I mean just what I said. I mean, yeah, sure, I've been on dates, but I never went out with the same person more than twice. No one ever sparked my interest," I said.
"So you never found anyone you liked?" he asked, his eyes wide.
I blushed more.
"Not in Phoenix," I said. His face softened and he smirked. A smug smirk.
Yeah, that's right buddy, you're the only one.
I noticed the sun was starting to go down, and as much as I wanted to stay, I knew Charlie would be home soon, and I couldn't let my father starve.
"You have to leave," Edward said sullenly, reading my face. I nodded solemnly. I looked at his enormous house again.
"I'll give you a tour of the house another time….if you'd like," Edward said, helping me out of the pool. I smiled at him; he wanted to keep me around.
We dried ourselves off and headed to his car. I started asking questions to him about his childhood, but the subject seemed to make him uneasy. He didn't answer my questions fully, so I stopped talking about it. I was a little mad, however. How come he got to know everything about me, but he couldn't show me the same respect?
We pulled into my driveway shortly with Edward's manic driving. I wanted to still be ticked off at him, but it just wasn't possible. I was already over it. God, he had me wrapped around his perfect finger like a vine. I couldn't remember being such a pushover.
I didn't want him to leave. He didn't want me to leave. Charlie would be back soon. I ran my options through my head.
"Would you like to come inside? And with my permission now?" I said as I got out of the Volvo, hoping and dreading each possible answer. Edward raised his eyebrows.
"My intentions are strictly honorable, I assure you," I said. Edward laughed.
"Really? I was under the impression that you wanted to rape me in the pool," he said with that crooked smile plastered on his face.
Dammit. Think of a good comeback.
"How could I not want to? But, of course, what I think and do are completely different things," I snapped. Take that, Hercules.
"Should your father know I'm here?" he asked.
"Ummm…." I debated.
"Well, that's okay then. I guess another time…" he said as he reached over and closed my door. Within two seconds he and his car were gone from my house.
What the hell?
Stupid, shiny Volvo owner.
I was so mad that I stomped into my house and slammed the door, making sure not to put my key under the pot this time. I walked to my room and started throwing all the flowers into a box and put them in my closet. I went downstairs and started to cook stuffed mushrooms for Charlie and myself.
When Charlie finally got home about twenty minutes later, he noticed something was wrong with me when I slammed his plate in front of him and ran to my room.
I wanted to cry. But I knew my tears would do no good. I took a hot shower and by ten I was in bed and tried desperately to fall asleep.
No such luck.
Around twelve, when I started to finally doze off, I heard a tap on my window. I figured it was just the tree branch hitting it, but the rhythm of the tapping was too even to be a tree.
Tap
Tap
Tap
Aggravated, I got up from my bed and fought my window open to see what was keeping me awake.
Edward.
Edward perched in the tree next to my window, holding little pebbles in his cast hand and throwing them with his other. I pinched myself to make sure this wasn't a dream. It hurt, so this was definitely real.
"What the hell are you doing here?" I whisper-shouted, hoping he could hear me.
"Is this a better time?" he whisper-shouted back. My jaw dropped.
"My intentions are strictly honorable, I assure you," he said. I had to laugh at that.
"How the hell did you get up there?" I asked.
"Oh, right. Well, see, I was raised by apes and…" he replied.
"Never mind, just get in here," I said. He walked the rest of the branch so gracefully you would have thought he really was raised by apes.
Then it struck me.
Edward Cullen was in my room. He was here and I was conscious. The human Adonis was here with me while my father slept in the next room.
"Where is your car?" I asked.
"At Emmett's. He doesn't live far from here. I parked it there and ran back. I hope you're not angry with me," he said. He was so adorable with that pout.
"No, of course not," I said, my anger, once again, evaporated.
He walked over to my bed, sat down, and looked over at me. He looked dead tired, still managing to look like a model.
Life is so unfair.
"Aren't you going to sleep?" he asked, patting the bed next to him. Butterflies erupted in my stomach again. Did he really mean what I thought he meant? He wiggled his eyebrows playfully.
"I can't sleep with you here!" I whispered. He frowned.
"Do you want me to leave?" he said sadly.
"NO!" I nearly screamed. We were quiet for a few seconds to make sure Charlie hadn't woken up. I laid next to him cautiously. How in the world was I supposed to sleep with this god next to me? I yawned involuntarily and pulled the covers over myself. I couldn't believe this was happening. Today I had kissed the most gorgeous man I'd ever seen, and now I was going to fall asleep next to him. I looked at him again, the familiar feeling spreading throughout my body. Did I love him?
When does someone start loving someone else? Is there a specific timer for that? I had never been in love. I had no idea. Maybe it was just like the whole first kiss thing. There's no specific time for it; you just dive in when you feel the time is right.
I had fallen in love with Edward Cullen, the sexiest man in the universe. Great. What do I do now? Tell him?
No.
That would be crazy. He couldn't feel the same way that I did. He would think I was insane for admitting I was in love with him after only five days of knowing him, wouldn't he? This was bad. He would reject me and I would be devastated. I pushed it to the back of my mind for the time being. He was here with me now and that was what mattered.
I saw his hand come up out of my peripheral vision and touch my cheek. His fingers started to trace my jaw and his eyes were dazzling me. I smiled and said, "Behave."
I turned and pulled the covers over my chest. I felt Edward move closer to me and felt him nuzzle my hair.
"Don't I get a goodnight kiss?" he asked sweetly.
"I'll think about it," I said, giggling.
"Please, Bella? I won't be able to sleep without the taste of your lips on mine," he said. I laughed quietly.
"You are so corny," I said and turned around.
"You are so beautiful. I can't help it," he replied. I giggled again. He puckered up and leaned toward me like a little boy. I took hold of his beautiful face and kissed him, over and over again until I was out of breath.
"There. Now you should be able to sleep," I said. He smiled and I fell asleep staring at the one person who had ever captured my heart.
A/N: Whoah that was a long chapter for me! It was pure fluff, I know. The next two or three chapters are going to be a lot like this one, it's kind of boring for me but I have to build up their relationship…I can't wait to get to the climax!!! It took me a while to pick between one ending or the other…And I think I've come up with a good title for my next story. How does Perfect Enemy sound? I got it from a song. Next chapter will be EPOV so review please and I'll try to hurry!