A/N: Okay so here's the next chapter as promised! It's a nice long one too and long awaited because it will answer some questions people have been having :) So enjoy!!!!
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YOu Knew?!
When I woke up the next morning, a huge smile spread across my face, as the memories of last night came flooding back to me. Edward's arms were still wrapped around me. I couldn't get rid of the huge smile I had, even when I bit my lip.
Edward was in love with me and he was mine.
I thought to myself, feeling giddy. I let out a content sigh. I felt Edward shuffle behind me and then he started planting soft kisses all over my naked back and shoulders. I turned around to face him, realizing he was still naked too. I looked at him, running my fingers down his jaw and all the way down to his perfect chest. He smiled at me and then grabbed my hand in his, kissing it. "Morning love" he whispered against my hand.
"Morning" I whispered back still smiling, as I moved closer to his lips. He pressed his lips to mine and our kiss was slow and sensual. When it ended he brought his hand up to my face and stroked my cheek, then cupped his hand around my chin, bringing my lips back to his. I could kiss Edward forever I thought to myself as my lips moved against his.
"I love you" he murmured against my lips, still kissing me.
"I love you too" I murmured back, smiling against his lips. I would never get tired of hearing him say those three words to me, nor would I ever get tired of saying them to him. I felt complete, now that I had the one thing that I felt was missing from my life. There were no more secrets, Edward knew how I felt now and he felt the same. I almost felt like a new person.
We both sighed; grinning at each other when our kiss broke. I laid my head against his chest relishing in the warmth and closeness of his body pressed against mine, and he wrapped his arms around me. I never wanted to leave this bed; I wanted to stay like this forever.
Then we both heard a knock on the door right before it flew open and Alice came barging in as I gasped.
"Hey sleepyhead it's ti…." she cut herself off when she saw Edward in my bed with his arms still wrapped around me.
"Haven't you ever heard of knocking then waiting for an answer before you barge in" Edward asked his sister, as I pulled the cover up more over us, making sure our naked bodies were fully covered.
Alice turned to glare at her brother, not saying anything. She glanced at us both, and then rolled her eyes. "Well it's about time" she said as she turned to leave.
I gasped at Alice's words, shocked.
So she knew?!
"Hurry up and get ready lovebirds, before I have to come back" Alice threatened as she left the room and closed the door behind her, interrupting my internal panic.
I turned to Edward, still shocked, and he laughed when he saw my expression, and then pressed his lips to mine. As soon as his lips touched mine, my worry and anxiousness seemed to fade away, as I got lost in the feeling of his lips against mine. I blushed when he pulled away.
He let out a loud sigh when his lips left mine. "We have to get ready, or she really will come back" he said with a smirk, as he climbed out the bed.
I pouted when he left, as I looked over his perfect naked body. He picked up his shorts off the floor and slipped them on while I watched, biting my bottom lip. I was mesmerized by how the muscles in his arms moved as he brought his shorts up his body. He grinned at me, when he caught me watching him, and I blushed and turned away.
I still hadn't moved from my spot in the bed as I thought about Alice. I was going to have to have the embarrassing and awkward conversation with her, asking her if she knew that I was madly in love with her brother all along.
"We'd better hop in the shower, love" Edward said grinning, as he came over to me, holding his hand out to me. I smiled and blushed at the new nickname he seemed to have given me. I absolutely loved it. I took his hand and he helped me out the bed. I realized I was still pretty sore from last night as I climbed out the bed, and winced slightly. Concern crossed Edward's face when I did, but I just wrapped my arms around him and reached up to kiss his lips and he kissed me back smiling.
My conversation with Alice would have to wait, there was no way I was turning down a shower with Edward and his naked body. I slipped on my tee shirt and sweats, and we left the room hand in hand.
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The shower took much longer, since we both ended up getting side tracked from the task at hand, probably due to our nakedness.
When our shower ended we both headed to our rooms to get dressed. I dressed quickly and came out before Edward did. I went to find Alice to have this conversation I was dreading. I didn't want Edward around when we had it, making it even more awkward.
I found Alice in the kitchen. She was leaning on the counter, sipping what looked like coffee. "Hey" I said when I saw her.
"There's more if you want any" she said, pointing to the pot on the stove, as she took another sip of her coffee.
"Thanks" I said as I grabbed me a cup and poured myself some. I sighed and then took a seat at the counter.
"Alice can we talk?" I asked, not sure how to start off the conversation.
"Sure" she said smiling and looking at me, waiting for me to continue.
"Alice did you know about me and Edward…how I…felt about him I mean? " I asked, staring at her as I traced the rim of my coffee cup nervously, biting my lip.
"Yes I did" she replied back, taking a sip of her coffee.
I blushed and was quiet for a while. "Why didn't you ever say anything?" I finally asked.
"Well I guess because you never said anything to me about it" she answered, staring at me as she sat her coffee down.
I was quiet not knowing what to say. That was true.
"Plus I know how you are and I figured you didn't feel comfortable and didn't want to talk about it so I decided it was best to not press the issue and that you'd say something when you were ready…and if you wanted to" she explained when I didn't say anything.
"But you knew" I said smiling nervously, feeling embarrassed and bad for not saying anything about it to her. I mean she was my best friend, but Edward was her brother.
"Bella…" she said grabbing my hand in hers and smiling at me.
"I know Edward is my brother and I know you are my best friend…I just felt it wasn't really any of my business unless you wanted it to be. I mean I know you and you were never big on when it came to talking about guys. I knew how uncomfortable it made you." She explained to me squeezing my hand lightly.
"Plus I figured it was best if I left it alone so that I wouldn't interfere and try and hook you guys up, so that if it didn't work out or something happened between you guys….I didn't want to be the cause of ruining you guys" she told me apologetically. "You know I believe in fate Bella…I knew that if you guys were meant to be together you would…on your own" she told me.
I smiled at her and went over to give her a hug. "It's okay, I understand and you're right" I said as I hugged her. "Was it really that obvious all along?" I asked feeling horrified and embarrassed.
"Yeah…it actually was. I mean you guys were ogling and drooling over each other this whole entire time. I mean unless you both are really into fashion then you were checking each other out, but that would mean my brother's gay…and after this morning…I'm pretty sure he's not." She said through her chime like giggles at my expense. I was quiet and I could feel myself turning bright red.
"But Bella…I also know my brother and I knew the dreams and plans he had to move to a University thousands of miles out of state" she told me serious now, when her laughter had died down.
We were both quiet after that. She was right Edward was going to a college in New York and I was stuck in Washington, with him living thousands of miles away from me. How would I be able to survive when he left and went back? I hadn't thought of that and it made my stomach churn thinking about it. My throat felt tight as I swallowed.
Alice was still looking at me concerned now. "Bella I…" but she cut herself off when Edward came into the kitchen.
He came in smiling with his hair still damp and a navy blue tee shirt on with light blue jeans. He had a huge smile on his face and he looked absolutely amazing. He looked as if he had just come from shooting a commercial.
"Good morning" he said in his velvet voice, as he came over and gave me a kiss on the lips, letting his lips linger on mine, instead of pulling away.
"Ugh, this is exactly why I didn't want to say anything, so you two could continue your bad pretense of not liking each other" Alice complained, seeming disgusted at the sight before her. "Are you guys going to be doing this all the time?" she asked us, still grimacing.
"Maybe" Edward replied, after we both had pulled away, smiling at Alice. He brought his lips back to mine, kissing me even more passionately and longer to emphasize his point. He moaned when he pulled way and stroked my cheek. I could feel myself smiling like a little kid in a candy store. Edward always had that effect on me, no matter how sad I was.
I decided to not think about him leaving yet and enjoy him as much as I could while he was here. I had just gotten him and I didn't want the mood to be dampened and to feel down when I felt the happiest I had ever been in my life. Alice scowled at Edward as he took a seat, still smiling. I went over to the stove and grabbed him a cup of coffee, and handed it to him. He took it and thanked me, giving me another kiss.
"I love you" he said kissing me again.
"I love you too" I said against his lips.
I heard Alice make a gagging sound. I had almost forgotten she was there; I was so lost in kissing Edward. Edward laughed at his sister when our kiss ended.
"Sorry" I apologized to Alice, feeling sorry for her.
"Don't worry about it I'm happy for you two" she said smiling at us, as she playfully hit Edward in the shoulder.
"So what do we have planned for the day?" Edward asked looking at Alice as he took a sip of his coffee. He frowned when he took a sip of his coffee and I realized why, so I grabbed the sugar and put some into his coffee and stirred it in. He smiled at me and gave me another kiss as he took another sip of it.
"Lucky for me Jasper called, so I'm going out to lunch with Jasper and you two can have some time to yourselves." She told him, shaking her head with what looked like relief of not having to be around us.
"When are you leaving?" Edward asked looking over at the clock.
"In a few minutes, I just need to get my purse" she replied back, frowning at him.
He just laughed again as she left the kitchen and went to her room. Edward looked over at me grinning and Alice came back in with her purse and car keys. "Here" she said throwing the keys to Edward. He caught them in his hand.
"Don't you need those?" I asked frowning down at the keys.
"Nope, Jasper's downstairs and I figured I should leave them with you guys,… just in case you decide to leave the house today" she said raising her eyebrow suggestively. I smiled, blushing again as Edward thanked his sister. He put his hand on top of mine and I looked over at him still blushing. He smiled and kissed my lips.
"Geez you guys, I'll be gone in a minute" Alice said frowning at us. "Well bye I better go" she said coming over and giving me and Edward a hug.
"Bye Alice" we both said as she left.
"So what do you wanna do, we have the whole house to ourselves" Edward said turning to me and smiling. Before I could answer him, my stomach growled loud enough for us both to hear.
We both laughed. "We better get you something to eat first" Edward said getting up and heading over to the refrigerator. He took out some ham, eggs and cheese, and then he went to get a skillet and everything else he needed, whistling the whole time. I watched his graceful movements around the kitchen, completely mesmerized.
He made us some ham and cheese omelets with toast. It was absolutely delicious probably the best omelet I ever had. "Mmmm" I moaned in appreciation, when I took another bite.
Edward smiled at me chuckling lightly. "I'm glad you like it so much" he said giving me his crooked smile.
"I forgot you could cook this good" I told him looking at him as I took another bite. He shrugged taking another bite of his omelet.
"I used to help my mom around the kitchen, she always said I had a knack for it" he told me, as he grabbed my empty cup and poured me more coffee.
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When we were done eating Edward took both our plates and washed them and put them away, smiling the whole time. "Hey do you mind if we go to the grocery store? I need to pick up a few things" I asked him when he was done with the dishes and drying his hands. I wanted to make dinner for him tonight.
"That sounds perfect" he told me smiling and coming over and giving me a slow kiss. I could feel his tongue dart out of his mouth and rub across my bottom lip and I took it into my mouth. We kissed like that for a while, until we both needed to breathe.
"When do you want to leave?" Edward asked me, when he caught his breath.
"Whenever you're ready" I told him, shrugging my shoulders.
"We can leave now if you want" he told me, grabbing the keys off the counter.
"Okay" I said smiling at him. He held his hand out to me and I took it and yelped in surprise when he threw me over his shoulder. He carried me out the apartment and all the way to the car, with me laughing the whole time. He even put me in the car and went so far as to buckle me in. He held my hand the whole time he drove, glancing over at me often, instead of keeping his eyes on the road. That part made me nervous even though I knew he was a great driver, and he kept doing it because it made me blush every time.
When we got to the store Edward rushed out the car first to open my door for me and help me out, acting like such a gentleman that it made me blush. He also pushed the cart around inside, while I put stuff on it for the apartment and for the dinner I wanted to make. I got a lot of things too, that I knew Edward and I liked a lot, for his stay. Edward picked out some very much needed condoms since he only had two left. I blushed when he picked those out.
It was really cute, and I felt like such a couple walking around the store with Edward like this. I knew it was such a couple thing to do, shopping like this together and I wished it could stay this way. When we got to the checkout line Edward argued that I should let him pay, but there was no way I was going to let him. So while he was finishing up unloading the cart I snuck and paid the cashier.
We held hands all the way out to the car and when we got there, he opened my door for me again and helped me in and unloaded everything into the car himself. I really wasn't used to being pampered like this, especially since it was Edward doing it. It all just felt so surreal and I couldn't seem to stop smiling, even though my cheeks were starting to really hurt. Edward seemed to be having the same problem too.
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When we got back to the house Edward helped me put up all the groceries. It was still pretty early so we had a lot of time left before I needed to start preparing dinner. So I decided to show Edward this pond me and Alice had found, not that long after we moved here, when we were just exploring and checking out the area. We walked there instead of taking the car. It wasn't too far away but it did take some time getting there, especially with me and Edward hugged up the way we were. He had his arm wrapped around me the whole time holding me closely to him and I had my arms wrapped tightly around his waist. It was slightly difficult for us to walk, holding each other this way and of course I stumbled a few times, causing him to stumble too. We laughed when it happened and would kiss, but I didn't even almost want to let him go, it just felt so intimate.
We finally made it too the pond and Edward thought it was beautiful. There weren't many people around and the water was a nice shade of deep blue and the way the sun was set on it, made it look even more beautiful. We tossed a few rocks and had a little rock tossing contest, when Edward showed me how to get the hang of it better. At first all my rocks were just sinking but Edward showed me how to make them actually skip like his.
Afterwards we just lay in the grass by the lake, cuddling each other and making out. We moved closer to the water's edge and I stuck my feet into the water and splashed Edward a few times, laughing. He got me back so that turned into another game but we didn't end up getting too soaked.
After we left the pond area, we headed back to the apartment, but ended up stopping at the park around there. Edward had always known I loved to go for walks through the park. The three of us used to go all the time and sometimes just me and him a lot too. So we ended up walking through the park and sitting down on a bench for a while, just enjoying the breeze and each other's company as people passed us by.
We saw a man playing fetch with his dog a few yards away and we both watched laughing when the man would have to struggle and play tug of war to retrieve the stick from the dog's mouth. Edward had always loved dogs and wanted one. He had told me that he'd had one when he was little, but it ran away and he cried for weeks and put up flyers, looking for it. He hadn't gotten one since, but had always planned to.
"We'll have to get us a dog one day. Maybe even one like that one" Edward said into my hair, kissing it and hugging me closer to him. It was a golden retriever and he'd always loved those kind the most. That's what his old dog was. I turned to stare up at him, still shocked and incredibly touched by his words. I couldn't believe what he'd just said. He had said that he wanted to get a dog with me, meaning that he wanted to live with me one day. I could feel my eyes get the familiar burn, signaling that tears were threatening to come, but I fought them back, not wanting to ruin the moment ,as I stared up at him. Somehow I felt even more in love with him. I felt as if I was burning inside with emotion but I couldn't say anything. He leaned in and pressed his lips to mine and we just kissed for who knows how long.
We headed back to the apartment when the sun was starting to go down and I went into the kitchen to start cooking. Edward helped me around the kitchen while I prepared dinner saying that he wanted to be with me, which of course made me all but melt, as I kissed him. We made a pretty good team working in the kitchen, I thought to myself as we worked side by side getting everything ready for dinner.
Edward was chopping the carrots when the phone rang, but I had my hands full, trying to put the steak in the oven.
"Can you get that?" I asked him.
"Sure love" he said, sitting the knife down and rushing to the living room. I put the steak on, setting the timer and started getting the ingredients I needed for the family gravy recipe, I got from my dad.
"It was Alice" Edward told me as he came back into the kitchen.
"She said she's having dinner with Jasper and some of his friends so she probably won't be back till late" he continued.
"Oh okay" I said stirring the gravy ingredients.
"So it looks like it's just going to be us tonight" Edward whispered in my ear and wrapping his arms around my waist, surprising me since I didn't hear him come up behind me.
I laughed and turned around to face him, forgetting all about the gravy. "Yeah looks like it" I murmured back, wrapping my arms around his neck and kissing his lips tenderly. We kissed for a while, tasting each other's mouths, until we heard the gravy start bubbling and we broke the kiss, both laughing and got back to work.
We made steak & gravy, with mashed potatoes and steamed carrots. We laughed and talked the whole time as we ate. Edward really enjoyed it which made me extremely happy. I loved cooking for him. We had a lot extra, when we finished since Alice didn't come home for dinner. So we put the leftovers in the refrigerator and cleaned up the kitchen and dishes together.
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Afterwards we watched a movie. Edward let me pick it out so we ended up watching an old action flick. I was cuddled in Edward's arms and laying on his chest. We shared a carton of Rocky Road ice cream; taking turns feeding each other, even though we both had our own spoons.
When that movie ended we popped in another one. About half way through the movie, we heard Alice come in through the door.
"Hey" I said, smiling at her as I took another bite of ice cream.
"Hey Pixie" Edward said smiling at his sister.
"Hey guys" she said sighing, seeming tired. I looked over at the clock and it was a little after one in the morning.
"Did you have fun with Jasper?" I asked her raising my eyebrow at her suggestively.
"I did actually. What about you two? What have you guys been up to all day?" she asked, copying my gesture and raising her eyebrow at me and Edward with her hands on her hips.
I giggled at her. "Nothing much, Edward made us breakfast, we've just been to the store, went for a walk, I showed him the pond and we came back here and made dinner, ate, watching a movie and eating ice cream, and now we're sitting here talking to you." I said making gestures and laughing, knowing that I was giving her an ear full of too much information.
"Thanks for the play by play" she said rolling her eyes. "Geez, you guys weren't under interrogation!" she said laughing and rolling her eyes again. "What did you make anyway?" she asked looking toward the kitchen.
"I thought you didn't want a play by play" I answered instead as I put more ice cream in my mouth.
"I don't, I'm just curious" she answered back. It was my turn to laugh and roll my eyes now.
"Well we made steak, carrots and mashed potatoes" I answered her. "Leftovers are in the refrigerator" I told her.
"Okay, but I think I'm going to go to bed. I'm exhausted" she said taking my spoon and scooping herself a big bite of the ice cream. "Goodnight" she said with a mouth full of ice cream, and handed me back my spoon and left.
"Goodnight" Edward and I both said in unison, laughing. We turned our attention back to the movie and I took another bite of the ice cream and fed Edward another bite too. I filled the spoon too full and since the ice cream was already starting to melt, some dripped down his chin and he looked incredibly sexy, with his mouth full and the ice cream running down his chin. I licked my lips and then I wiped the ice cream off his chin with my finger and sucked it off, while he watched with his lips slightly parted. His eyes were transfixed on my mouth as I slowly removed my finger. I noticed I had missed some on his chin, so I rose up some and licked it off him slowly, earning a low moan from him and a kiss.
When the movie ended it was pretty late. "I think I'm going to go take a quick shower" I told Edward getting off the couch and stretching.
"Okay" he said smiling and putting the DVD away. He came over and kissed my lips long and slow. I pulled away and headed to my room first. When I looked back he was still standing in the same spot watching me leave. I turned around smiling to myself and went to my room and grabbed some pajamas and went into the bathroom. I adjusted the shower and quickly took off my clothes and hopped in. As the water ran down at me I couldn't help but wonder if Edward would be coming into my room again tonight……………
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A/N: So…..what did you guys think? I'm dying to know what everyone thought of everything and Bella and Edward's relationship! So please review and it'll bring a quicker update, and trust me the next chapter will be quite a…..TREAT *wink* It's funny because it was suppose to be in this chapter but nothing ever seems to go as planned. LOL This chapter ended up really long as they always seem to do which makes the story longer and longer which seems to be a really good thing so far. :)
