A/N: I know, I know, I'm late. I meant to post yesterday but document manager was down. Anyhoo....thank you to everyone who reads and reviews, I enjoy hearing your thoughts on the story. Thank you to jujubee27 and prplnoodles for looking over my chapter and cheering me on when I wanted to smash my keyboard with a hammer. Love to Rosella Whitlock and Melooza who made me blush when they read and reviewed this little smut-fest of mine, and who also dragged my ass over to Twitter this weekend further distracting me from RL. I'm officially Twitterpated now.

This chapter is looong, in both CPOV and BPOV, but I saw no way to split it or cut it. I almost scrapped it three times and started over, but thanks to a little pep talk, I'm posting it. Review and let me know whatcha think and you'll be rewarded with a teaser of the next chapter, 'The Date'.

And for those concerned, no babies in my story, I promise.

The Long Week

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CPOV

I spent Sunday morning making the arrangements for my weekend trip with Bella. I wanted our trip to be special, something Bella would remember. I contacted the Fairmont Olympic Hotel and reserved The Cascade Suite, which was acclaimed to be their signature suite, and arranged to have the room decorated with various bouquets of Gerber Daisies, Roses and Carnations, all of which I'd learned through our late night conversations were Bella's favorite flowers.

After arranging the hotel accommodations, I proceeded to go online and purchase tickets for the Teatro Zinzanni dinner theatre. I'd heard excellent reviews about the little theatre located near the heart of downtown Seattle. It had been describe as an interactive cirque type cabaret show and I made certain to reserve the best seating available in the center ring. I then arranged for a limousine to take us to and from dinner.

Assuming we were able to get an early start Saturday, I thought Bella might enjoy being treated to a little shopping down in the Financial District, and then possibly a trip over to Pike Place Market to visit the original Starbucks store. Bella and I had previously discussed her love of Starbucks and since there wasn't a store in Forks, she had not enjoyed her favorite beverage, a Carmel Macchiato, since moving from Arizona. I figured we could play Sunday by ear; I would let Bella lead the day. There were so many things we could do, from museums to touring the Space Needle.

Once I finished planning out our itinerary, I moved on to work on the upcoming week's curriculum at school. Between all the time I'd been spending with Bella inside and outside of class, as well as on the phone, I hadn't been taking the time I usually would to plan out the curriculum and grade last week's papers and tests, which were now laying in a neat pile on my desk at the school. I was writing out my course plan, occasionally distracted with thoughts of Bella, when the phone vibrated in my pocket. I quickly dug it out and flipped it open. "Hello?" I answered trying not to sound too eager.

"Hi." She sighed out, sleep still heavy in her voice.

"Bella. I'm so glad you called." Truth be told it took everything in me not to call her this morning when I woke up. "I miss you."

"I miss you too."

"Bella, I wanted to thank you for this weekend. You made me a very happy man."

Bella giggled on the other end, "It was a good weekend, wasn't it?"

"I would say that is an understatement." And it was. I can't remember the last time I've felt so…so, happy. "Speaking of weekends, I made a few reservations for our trip to Seattle next weekend. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with what I have planned for us."

"I'll just be happy to spend more time with you."

I had to agree. While I planned to make things as romantic and fun as possible, I was just as happy to have the time with her. We spoke on the phone for a little while before she had to eventually let me go so Rose and Emmett could drive her home. I ended up spending the rest of the day working on my novel and talking on the phone with Bella, who would call me periodically. Amazingly we never ran out of things to discuss.

Monday morning I spoke with Bella on the phone before school and I couldn't wait to see her. The night before had been long without her there. Having had her show up at my door two nights in a row, my affection and desire for Bella had increased exponentially. I craved her.

When she finally walked into class I found it difficult not to gather her in my arms and kiss her. She didn't help matters any by wearing a short black skirt and form fitting lavender sweater, casting me that golden smile of hers that warmed me to my very soul as she walked by.

After class I pulled her to me for a kiss, moving us over to my desk where I sat down and pulled her into my lap, continuing to place small chaste kisses on her lips. Eventually, I pulled away and smiled at her. "Would you be opposed to doing something different today?" I chanced asking. "I really needed to get homework graded so I can pass them out in my remaining classes. Would you mind helping?" I was both relieved and disappointed when she agreed with a smile. Relieved because I could use the help and disappointed because that meant I wouldn't be reacquainting myself with Bella's body.

Bella slid a chair over to my desk and we spent the remaining hour side by side working through a portion of the papers that needed grading. Ten minutes before class was over, Bella threw down her pen and crawled into my lap, gripping my hair in her hands and pulling my face to hers for a kiss. We spent the last few minutes we had together engaged in that same kiss.

Tuesday started off well with Bella and I acting out one of my fantasies. The hour started with us grading papers again. I was torturing myself reading what was supposed to be an essay written by that Newton kid, when I looked up at Bella who was chewing on the end of the red pen she was using to correct last week's tests. Her hair was tucked behind her ears and she had a little crease formed between her brows as she concentrated on correcting the paper in front of her. I had to kiss her.

I stood and reached over to her, pulling her out of her chair and sitting her on the desk in front of me. Bella giggled and smiled at me curiously as I stepped between her legs, wrapping my arms around her and pressing my lips to hers. She, in turn, threw her arms around my neck and wrapped her legs around my waist, causing her dress to gather up around her hips.

She'd gone sans panties again and I could feel her heat seeping through my pants against my already hard cock. Running my hands lightly down her sides, I slipped them under the hem of her dress and dragged it up and over her head. Her lips returned to mine as soon as the dress was off and her tongue slid into my mouth, entangling with my own.

Heaven.

Bella moaned as she reached for my belt, quickly unbuckling it first, then popping open the button on my pants and sliding the zipper down, allowing them to puddle to the floor. Yanking my boxers down, she grasped my cock in her hand firmly. "Do you have a condom?" She whispered against my lips.

It just so happened that after last week, I decided carrying a couple in my wallet wasn't such a bad idea. I bent down and retrieved the wallet from my pants, pulling the square little package from it and waiving it in front of Bella with a smirk on my face. Bella giggled and snatched the condom from my hands, tearing it open and rolling it over my erection. She then leaned back on her elbows and brought her legs up so her feet balanced on the edge of the desk, with her knees spread wide, putting her glistening pussy on display for me.

I cheered internally when I realized she was playing out a particular fantasy I had mentioned to her the previous evening.

I was impossibly hard when she grabbed my cock and guided me to her entrance where I gripped her thighs and slid into her. Bella's head fell back as I entered her, her hips lifting from the desk to meet mine as she commanded, "Please, baby…fuck me."So I did.

Pumping into her roughly, the desk began sliding a little across the floor with each thrust. In this position she was so incredibly tight around my cock and I was able to thrust into her so deeply, that I knew I was not going to last very long. Still gripping her thigh with one hand, I brought my other between us and began rubbing my thumb over her clit.

I looked down over her gorgeous body to where we were joined, watching as I slid in and out of her perfect little pussy. We looked exquisite together. I dragged my gaze back up to her breasts, which were bouncing slightly, then leaned forward and began lavishing them with attention, suckling on each of them equally. Bella brought one hand up to my neck holding me to her. Her silent panting turning into small moans just as her walls clenched around my cock tightly and she whimpered out my name. Her nails dug into the skin on my neck and I was momentarily blinded with pleasure as the force of her orgasm milked me of my own.

As I lay between her breasts trying to catch my breath, Bella stroked my hair with one hand while the other still supported her on the desk. Slowly I lifted my head and kissed her on the lips before withdrawing and grabbing some tissue from my desk to wrap the used condom in. I would need to dispose of it down the toilet in between the next class.

We quickly re-dressed and Bella picked up the pencils and papers that had fallen off of the desk while I slid it back to its original spot on the floor before bell rang. The rest of the day I found it difficult to concentrate as I sat at behind the desk where Bella had been displayed before me earlier that morning.

Wednesday there was a pep rally which cut into my time with Bella and I was only able to steal a quick kiss before we both had to go to the auditorium. I couldn't keep my eyes off her as she sat talking with her friends in the bleachers, which to my surprise included Edward. She'd mentioned that they had spoken on Sunday and he was acting normal around her again, but I was still surprised to see her sitting with him, and even more surprised that I was bothered by it.

Later that afternoon I was in the break room having lunch when Banner came in and took the seat next to me. "Hey Hot Bitch, haven't seen much of you lately."

"You never change do you Bob?" I told him annoyed.

"Why change perfection?" He laughed. "What did ya think of the rally? I never get tired of whatchin' them cheerleaders doing those kicks and splits."

I snorted, "Figures."

"Hey. Did you catch and eyeful of the Swan girl today?"

Now he had my attention. "Excuse me?"

"You know, Bella Swan. Her skirt was so short I got a semi when I watched her bend over in the auditorium. Man I'd love to take her under the bleachers and…"

"Why don't you watch your fucking mouth Bob?!" I spat out a little too defensively. It was hard to control the jealous anger that was boiling in my veins at what he was saying about Bella. My protective instincts had me wanting to punch him in the mouth.

"Don't be such a prude; you do like women don't ya?" He asked me arrogantly. "Cause I sure as fuck do and I'll bet that Swan girl has one tight, pink pussy too."

Seeing red I shot up from my chair so fast I caused it to fall over and raised my voice to Banner. "So help me Bob, you better shut the fuck up if you know what's good for you!" I'd be damned if I was going to listen to this fucking pig talk about Bella like that.

"Whoa Cullen, what crawled up your ass?" He looked at me with an expression of surprise and shock.

I closed my eyes, scrubbing my hands over my face and taking deep breaths in an effort to calm myself. "You disgust me Bob." I told him as I picked up the chair and tucked it back under the table before grabbing my things. I could hear him call out to me as I quickly exited through the door, cursing myself for overreacting so carelessly when he spoke about Bella. I was in a bad mood the rest of the day.

Bella managed to make light of the situation with Bob when I spoke with her on the phone that night. She kept calling me her Knight in Shining Armor, telling me she was flattered that I "protected her tight, pink pussy". Even I had to laugh at her, although I didn't find Bob's comments funny by any means. Unfortunately it did nothing to abate the foreign thoughts that kept running rampant through my head, nor the burning feeling of jealousy that accompanied those thoughts.

Banner's comments had me thinking. Bella was, without a shadow of doubt, beautiful, sexy, and smart. I couldn't really blame Bob, that sick fuck, for noticing what was so obvious to me. What bothered me even more was that I was certain other men and boys, boys that I likely taught in class every day, had to see it as well.

I couldn't help the jealous feelings I got as I watched her talk to Edward in the bleachers. As far as he was concerned, Bella was as single as they come, nothing prevented him from trying to win her affection. To be honest, we still hadn't defined what our relationship was exactly. I knew I didn't want to be with any other woman but Bella, the thought of it seemed absurd to me, but I didn't really know what Bella wanted. What was to stop her from dating someone else?

Acid was starting to form in my stomach and I had to go upstairs and pop a couple Tums. I knew I needed to talk to Bella, find out what she wanted and expected from our relationship and hope that it was what I wanted as well.

My mood improved little by Thursday morning and as soon as first period was over and all the students left the room, I was all over Bella, assaulting her mouth with my own. The caveman in me needing to claim her as mine after the day before and I wasted no time pushing her against the wall and dropping to my knees in front of her.

Sliding my hand down her thigh and behind her knee, I lifted her leg over my shoulder, shoving her skirt up, gripping her ass tightly, and burying my face deep in her sweet flesh. Bella moaned quietly as I thrust my tongue into her swollen cunt, exploring her inner walls and drinking in the juices that were flowing from her. She was divine.

Bella was practically whining as I continued to explore her, tracing the contours of her pussy with my tongue. I sucked her little nub into my mouth, teasing it lightly with the tip of my tongue and her body began to tremble signaling her need for release. "That's my girl," I whispered around her swollen clit, "that's it baby, just let go." With that, I sucked her clit into my mouth and she came undone around me. "OH!" she gasped loudly. I felt her hands fist into my hair, and I continued to brush my tongue over her clit while she rode out her orgasm.

Weak from her climax, I had to hold her up to keep her from sliding down the wall while I fixed her skirt. Bella giggled as I stood up and kissed her. "Not that I'm complaining, because trust me, I'm not, but, what was that for?"

I hung my head, too ashamed to tell her that my jealousy had taken over and I was marking what I wanted to be mine. Taking a deep breath I spoke, "Bella? Can we talk about us?"

Bella tensed in my arms and I watched her smile fade as what appeared to be a look of fear, came over her features. "What about us?" She asked tentatively.

"Well, it's just that…I know I don't want to see anyone other than you Bella. I couldn't even fathom it. But…" I hesitated a moment, taking another deep breath, "I don't really know what you want. I keep thinking that there's nothing stopping you from dating other boys closer to your age, and why wouldn't you? It would be less complicated and you wouldn't have to sneak around. I'd hate it, but I'd have no choice but to let you go if that was your decision." I shuddered at the thought of her with someone else.

Bella brought her hands up to my face and kissed me softly of the lips. "Is this about Mr. Banner?" She pegged me. "You silly man, I'm so yours. I don't want to date anyone else. You know, the same could be said for you. Who's to say you don't meet some other woman your age that you don't have to hide and risk your career to be with? You could go fuck around every night and I wouldn't even know it."

"Nonsense." I told her.

"Exactly."

I kissed her, trying to convey everything I was feeling; want, need, lust and…it was still too soon to say it. I realized as I kissed her, that I don't deserve her and I deserve her both at the same time. I wasn't good enough for her, but I'd sacrificed my own happiness for far too long. All too soon the bell rang and we had to once again part ways, but I felt better after our discussion knowing that we were committed to each other exclusively.

I woke up Friday in an extra good mood. Tomorrow, Bella and I would be driving to Seattle for our weekend date.

We'd spoken until late the previous evening making our final arrangements to meet up on Saturday. She was going to spend the night at Rosalie's house so they could hit the road early Saturday morning to meet me at a little known waffle house in between Forks and Port Angeles that the girls liked to dine in. It was safer this way; we obviously couldn't drive out together from Forks and meeting in Port Angeles was risky because that's where most of the teens from Forks would congregate on the weekends for fun and shopping.

She had been stressing over what to pack and I kept trying to calm her, telling her just to pack something casual as well as something to go out in. I wanted to tell her she didn't have to pack anything, I planned to take her on a shopping spree anyway, but since I was planning it as a surprise, I had to just try to reassure her whatever she packed would be fine.

Friday morning the English department had a staff meeting, so I wasn't able to spend free period with Bella, but was fine with it knowing that I was going to have her all to myself come tomorrow. I shuffled into the staff room, where the other teachers were already congregating, and took my seat.

Principal Laurent began the meeting, first going over the department's budget for the final quarter of school, then discussing details of the upcoming English Honor's Society black tie dinner event. Lastly he announced that a new teacher would be joining us to take over Mrs. Clay's class while she was out on disability after breaking her hip in a fall. I'd heard it was possible she would take early retirement and not return.

"Miss Platt will start her position in two weeks, and a sub will continue to teach the class in the interim." Laurent explained to us. "I'd like you all to welcome her and make her feel at home here at Forks High, as she may be Doris' replacement if she chooses not to return. Miss Platt is coming to us from Ohio where she taught sixth grade. High School will be new for her, so I expect you all to show her the ropes and not let these little shits run all over her."

Sixth grade huh? Well good luck to her, high school is a whole other ball game.

The rest of the day went by rather quickly. When I got home I double-checked the reservations and packed my bag, picking out a tailored plain black suit and white dress shirt to wear Saturday night. I would pick up a tie in Seattle once I knew what color dress Bella would be wearing. I dug through my night stand and pulled the box that contained the diamond and onyx cuff links that had belonged to my father, and packed them in my bag with the rest of my things, then carried everything to the car.

I went to bed as soon as I Bella called to tell me goodnight. We were hitting the road at six in the morning and I wanted to make sure I had a good night's rest. As I lay down, I was glad the week was finally over. Looking forward to the following morning, I quickly fell asleep dreaming of Bella.

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BPOV

By the time Rose and I made it back to her house Saturday night, it was almost three-thirty in the morning. Exhausted from my lack of rest all weekend, I was asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow. I ended up sleeping most of Sunday away at Rose's house in the guest room, and only awoke when Rose came into the room with Emmett following behind her. Yawning and still in her baby-doll pajamas, Rose approached the bed motioning for me to scoot over as she crawled in and laid down next to me.

"What the hell girls, its one o'clock in the afternoon. If I'm up then you have to get up." Emmett said before he launched himself on to the bed between me and Rose, his weight practically causing us to bounce off of it.

Rose laughed and snuggled up to Emmett, "Sorry baby, you wore me out last night."

"Well what didja expect when you showed up at my house with your bag of goodies." He said as he rolled over Rose and nuzzled her neck making her giggle.

"Oh man, come on guys, I'm lying right here next to you. Take it back to Rose's room." I told them before they forgot I was there. Emmett rolled off of Rose and onto me. Sitting on top of me and pinning me to the bed, he gave me a big sloppy wet kiss on the cheek then started tickling me. "Ahhh Bella, what's wrong, are you feeling left out? Do you need some Emmy lovin' too?"

"No…no, Emmett…stop…no tickling…" I laughed while trying to squirm away.

Rosalie laughed again and rolled out of bed, heading for the door. "I'll just give you two some privacy, if you need me I'll be sleeping next door."

"Baby, wait!" Emmett jumped up and ran after her. "Later Bella."

When the door shut I sat up and grabbed my cell phone off the night stand then snuggled back into the bed and called Carlisle. We spoke on the phone for almost an hour when Rose peaked through the door to tell me we were heading out to the diner for lunch. I reluctantly hung up with Carlisle, promising to call him later when I got home.

Crawling out of bed, I grabbed a change of clothes from my bag and went to the bathroom to get ready. When I looked in the mirror, I was happy to see the dark circles under my eyes had faded after getting some much needed sleep. I quickly washed my face, brushed my teeth and combed my hair then packed my things up in my bag and met Rose and Em downstairs to head out.

When we got to the diner, Edward, Alice and Jasper were already there sitting in a corner booth. Alice waved us over as soon as she saw us. "Hey guys! What are you doing here? Come sit with us, we just ordered."

We walked over and Rose and Emmett slid into the booth next to Jasper, leaving me to sit next to Edward.

"Hey." I greeted him.

"Hey." He replied looking at me with a forced smile.

I hadn't spoken with Edward since yesterday in his living room when he stormed off to his room. I wasn't sure if we were still cool or not. I hoped so. I sure as hell liked him better when he wasn't being such a jerk to me.

"Listen Bella," he began, "I'm sorry about coming down on you the other night, I really shouldn't have acted like that. It's none of my business what you do anyway."

"It's okay." I forgave him. "I'm sorry too; I probably shouldn't have been sneaking out of your house."

"Forgiven." He told me. "So are we good….again?"

"I guess so." I sighed exaggeratedly.

He smiled. "Good."

Emmett motioned for the waitress and we put in our orders. Hungry, I ordered a classic cheeseburger and a side of garlic fries with a Coke. Once the waitress left, I turned my attention to Alice. "So how was the new club in Port Angeles?" I asked.

"Oooh! It was so much fun!" Alice said clapping her hands together and bouncing in her seat. "We should all go there sometime. They had a live D.J. and there were two dance floors, one on the lower level and one on the upper level, both of which were packed. Jazz danced with me all night, didn't you baby?" She said turning to Jasper.

"Yup. Alice is right; we should all go out there one night, it was a lot of fun. What are you guys doing Saturday night?"

"Oh, uh, Saturday? I can't." I declined.

"Why not?" Jasper asked.

"Well, first of all, I don't dance."

"Liar!" Alice called me out. "You told me your mom made you take dance lessons to help with your coordination cause you were so clumsy. You said you used to go out dancing all the time back in Arizona."

"Oh, yeah, well my coordination hasn't improved much and I don't have anyone to dance with anyway. I'm not into strange guys grinding up on me."

"Edward will dance with you, won't you Edward." Jasper said with a wicked smirk, motioning between me and Edward.

"Huh?" Edward's eyes grew wide as he looked at Jasper, "Uhhhh…"

Both Emmett and Jasper gave him a strange look when he hesitated. Letting out a sigh, he turned and looked at me, then visibly relaxed. "I'm sorry. Yes, of course I would. What do you say Bella? Want to go with me?"

"Um…" Talk about being put on the spot.

"Weren't you supposed to go on that fishing trip with your dad this weekend Bella?" Rose saved my ass…again.

"Yes! I mean, yeah, yeah I am. Sorry guys, maybe another time?"

Edward looked disappointed. "Sure," he said, "another time."

Lunch arrived and I ate almost everything. After we were done eating, we said our good-byes then Emmett and Rose drove me home. I went upstairs and dumped my bag on my bed, then grabbed a couple towels and took a long hot shower. When I was done, I went downstairs and started a load of laundry then called Carlisle for a while.

Charlie came home around six o'clock and I had dinner prepared and waiting for him. We sat down and ate dinner together, engaging in light conversation about the weekend. I returned his credit card and showed him my new iPhone, and then he proceeded to tell me that my truck was dead. I apparently blew a rod, whatever that meant, and Jake was going to have to rebuild the engine which meant I would be without transportation for a while longer.

When we were done eating, my dad went to the living room to watch the ball game and I retreated to my room to first call Rose for a ride to school in the morning, then to call Carlisle. I briefly wondered if I was calling him too much, but he seemed as eager to talk to me as I was with him and we never ran out of things to say.

The week went relatively well, my friendship with Rosalie was blossoming, Edward and I were getting along, and things with Carlisle were better than ever.

On Monday, Carlisle asked me to help him grade papers he was falling behind on. Unable to tell him no, considering I was the one responsible for occupying his time, I agreed and we sat side by side working through the stack all morning.

Tuesday began much the same, with us grading papers again, when Carlisle pulled me from my chair, sat me on the desk in front of him, and kissed me. Remembering our conversation from the night before when he described to me in detail, a particular fantasy he had of fucking me on his desk, I reached for the belt on his pants and asked him if he had a condom. I internally cheered when he said yes, and I proceeded to help him act out said fantasy. It was fantastic.

Wednesday was a weird day. We had a pep rally during second period so I didn't get to spend time with Carlisle which was disappointing. I hated losing any time with him considering we had so little time together as it was.

When I entered the auditorium I spotted Alice and Edward at the top of the bleachers. Alice was waving her arms over her head at me, so I hiked up to them and took the spot next to Edward who grinned at me as I sat down.

"Ready to show your school spirit?" Edward asked, playfully nudging me in the ribs with his elbow.

"What's this all about anyway?"

"It's the big football game between Port Angeles and Fork High School's. It's a big deal every year." Alice explained to me.

I hated sports. "When is it?"

"Next weekend." Edward answered. "You should go, it gets really crazy, most of Forks is there and Em, Jazz and I are throwing a party afterward at back at my house."

"What about your parents?" I asked him.

"Dad has business in New York and he's flying mom out for the weekend."

"What are you two whispering about?" Emmett asked waggling his eyebrows at Edward and I as he, Jasper, and Rose joined us on the bleachers.

"Hey man," Edward reached out and clasped hands with both Emmett and Jasper. "I was telling Bella about the game and our party."

"Oh yeah? You're so going Bella. We're gonna rock the fuckin' house!" Emmett told me enthusiastically.

"Of course she's coming." Alice answered for me.

"But…" I tried to butt in but Alice threw her hand up in my face.

"Oh no you don't. You're coming and that's final!" She said to me.

"Okaaay."

Nothing more was said as the cheer team came bounding into the auditorium cheering on the football team, who followed closely behind, while some weenie in a Spartan's costume chanted through a bull horn. The whole auditorium came to life with kids jumping up, cheering and chanting, including my little group of friends. Not wanting to be the only one not showing school spirit, I joined them, standing in my seat and chanting with the rest of the student body. It was a blast.

Later that night when I was on the phone with Carlisle, he told me about what happened with Mr. Banner in the staff room. He was upset about the whole thing, ranting how he wanted to bust Banner in the mouth and how he reacted badly and hoped Banner wouldn't read too much into it. I was flattered that a comment from someone like Banner would get such a rise out of him. I joked around about it and tried to reassure him it was no big deal and to let it go but I could tell he was still bothered by the time we hung up that night.

On Thursday, as soon as the first period was over and everyone left the room, Carlisle ravished me, shoving me against the wall and eating my pussy so good I could barely stand when he was through. Asking what I did to deserve that, he told me we needed to talk. He hung his head a little when he said this which caused me to fear the worst. For a brief moment I thought he was going to dump me when he surprised me by telling me wanted to date me exclusively and confessed his worry I would find some other guy my age and dump him. Ridiculous. I didn't want anyone but him. He was all I wanted since I moved here and I'd be damned if a stupid high school boy could pry me away from him. His mood noticeably improved after I reassured him I was committed to seeing only him.

By Friday I was growing anxious. I was so excited for the next day I could barely contain it. The morning flew by and before I knew it I was sitting in the lunch room with the rest of the gang. The boys were grouped off at one end of the table, discussing their plans for that night and the girls and I sat on the opposite side having our own conversation.

"Rose, what are you doing after school?" Alice asked.

"Nothing, why?"

"Wanna drive me into Port Angeles? I need to go to the clinic and refill my birth control."

"Yeah, I can do that, I'm due for my Depo shot anyway." Rose said to her.

"Ew," Alice said, "I hate the shot. I'd much rather take a pill everyday than have needle stuck into me."

"Please," Rose scoffed, "you only have to do it once every three months then you don't have to worry about it. I don't trust myself to remember to take a pill every day."

"What about you Bella," Alice turned to me and asked. "Do you take the pill or the shot?"

"Um…well, I used to take the pill but I haven't had a chance to fill my script since I moved here." I answered. I knew after the other night when Carlisle and I carelessly had sex without a condom that I needed to get my prescription filled as soon as possible.

Rose looked at me slack jawed and with wide eyes. "You mean to tell me you're not on any type of birth control right now?"

"No." I told her, suddenly feeling like a child who was about to be scolded by her mom.

"Bella, that's very car…" she began before catching herself. "Well, then you can come with us to the clinic. It's completely free, totally confidential and you don't need an appointment. Better to be safe than sorry." Her eyes bore into mine as she emphasized the last sentence.

"Okay. To the clinic it is then." I said to her trying to avert her gaze.

"Alright!" Alice piped up, oblivious to the silent exchange between me and Rose. "Road trip after school!"

Sure enough, after school we drove to the free clinic in Port Angeles. I felt slightly uncomfortable when we walked into the small building. The waiting room was fairly empty, with the exception of two women and a small toddler playing with some toys that were set up in the corner. The walls were painted a soft blue and there were various informational posters about teen pregnancy, STD's and abortion displayed on the walls. We walked up to the women sitting at the desk behind the glass window where we signed our names on a clipboard and informed her of the reasons we were there. Because I was a new patient, she handed me a clipboard with papers to fill out about my health history, which I completed and handed back before sitting down.

A few minutes later, the receptionist called Alice up and handed her a white bag with her birth control pills in it. Shortly after that, a nurse came out and called Rose back in the room for her shot. About ten minutes later Rose walked back out with the nurse who called me back. I followed her through the door where she had me stop and step on the scale, then she led me to an exam room where she had me sit down on the exam table.

"Are you sexually active?" the woman asked without warning, her face buried in a clipboard scribbling something down with a pen.

"Huh? Um, yes."

"Ever been pregnant?" She continued questioning me without looking up to me.

"Uh, no."

"Could you be pregnant now and not know it?"

"I hope not." I murmured under my breath.

"What was that?"

"Oh, sorry, no, not pregnant."

"Ever had a sexually transmitted disease?"

"What?! No! God no!"

"Okay." she said, tossing a hospital gown in my lap. "Undress and put this on with the opening in the front. The doctor will be in to see you in a moment."

I undressed and put the gown on, then climbed back onto the exam table to wait. Before long the doctor came in, a short, stout and balding man, with large wire framed glasses. The nurse followed behind him pulling out a tray of exam tools and setting it up next to the bed.

"Hi." The doctor said shaking my hand. "I'm Dr. Askereli. What brings you here today?"

"I just moved to Washington a little over a month ago and I need to have my birth control filled." I told him.

"Alright," he said as he snapped the rubber gloves over his stubby hands. "We're going to do a pap exam first and then I'll give you a script. Now go ahead and lay back and put your heels up in the stir-ups."

I gulped and lay back, doing as he asked. I always hated this part.

He pulled aside the robe and examined my breasts for lumps first, running his fingers in small circles around the areolas' and then pinching my nipples for any signs of discharge. I always thought that was weird. He then moved down and sat on the stool at the end of the exam table between my legs.

I bit my lip and tried to concentrate on the poster of a beautiful circular meadow that was tacked to the ceiling above me as he slid the cold goop covered speculum into me for the exam. I always found this part embarrassing and uncomfortable when my personal physician back in Phoenix would examine me and she was a woman. I felt even more embarrassed and uncomfortable with this troll of a man between my legs, swabbing at me with those giant q-tips I hated.

Soon, but not nearly soon enough the exam was over and he advised the nurse of what pill to give me, then told me they would be contacting me if anything abnormal came up with my pap. The nurse handed me a wad of paper towels to clean up with and advised me to pick up my script from the receptionist before I left. I cleaned up the goop the best I could and rushed to get dressed; I couldn't get out of here quick enough.

I retrieved my pills from the receptionist and the girls and I left the clinic, stopping for something to eat at Denny's before heading back to Forks. We dropped Alice off at home first, she and Jasper were going to the club again tonight, and then Rose and I drove to my house so I could grab my stuff.

When we pulled up to my house, Charlie was busy packing up his fishing gear in the boat that was attached to Billy's truck in the driveway.

"Hey Bella." Billy called out to me, "Come give me a hug. Why haven't you been out to the rez to see us yet?"

I walked up to Billy and bent over to hug him. Billy was in a wheelchair, having been paralyzed in a car accident a few years back that also killed his wife, but he never let his disability prevent him from doing the things he loved, like fishing with my dad.

"Hey Billy, it's good to see you." I told him. "Where's Jake?"

"Oh, he's staying home this weekend, said he'd rather crawl under the hood of your truck and get greasy than go fishin' with a couple of old men." Billy explained.

"Hey Bells. Rose." Charlie hollered over to us.

"Hey dad." I said.

"Hi Charlie." Rose greeted him.

"Billy and I are gettin' ready to leave. Probably won't be back till late Sunday afternoon. What're your plans this weekend?"

"Oh, nothing much, I'm just going to be hanging out a Rose's house." I hated lying, especially to my dad. Unfortunately I'd been doing a lot of it lately, even if for good reason. "You can reach me on my cell phone if you need to."

"Nah, probably won't be getting any reception where we're goin'." Charlie told me as he helped Billy get into the truck and then folded up the wheel chair and set it in the truck's bed.

"Well you girls stay outta trouble. If you need anything, you can always call Ed and Liz you know."

"I know dad. You guys have fun. Good luck, I love you!" I waved to them as they pulled out of the driveway and drove off.

After they left, Rose helped me with my chores then we grabbed my bags and went back to her house. We sat around all night, watching movies, talking and giving each other pedicures. The more I hung with Rose, the more I liked her. She was letting her tough girl guard down and was beginning to show me a side of her I don't think she let many people see. We gossiped about the kids at school, talked about our respective men and squealed like school girls together over both Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie when we watched the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

Rose and I went to bed around ten o'clock. I went to the guest room and changed into my sweats and a tank, then brushed my teeth before crawling into bed and calling Carlisle to tell him goodnight. We spoke only for a few minutes before hanging up, and I snuggled into bed anticipating our trip to Seattle tomorrow. Tomorrow we would be going on an actual date and I would finally be able to spend the night in his arms. I smiled at the thought, squealing and kicking my feet in excitement under the covers before rolling over and closing my eyes.

Morning would not come soon enough.

A/N 2: You know what to do! :)