I have no idea where this story is going next, Aiden is disappearing for a while. But he shall return! I might need him later anyway…but otherwise, I don't know what to do. Perhaps someone of Edwards past? Well we'll see as I write this chapter….
Bella POV
I stood there slightly in shock. Did he really just ask me that? "Um…I don't know." I murmured, a blush creeping up onto my cheeks. Edward merely sighed, suddenly throwing me over his back. "PUT ME DOWN!" I screamed. "Nope. You're staying here for the night." He told me, walking into his bedroom. Edward threw me down then crawled on top of me.
"Edward…" I warned, I seriously had enough drama today, and I wasn't going to end it with Edward all over me.
"Shh, Bella just go to sleep." He whispered, kissing my neck. "I can't go to sleep if you're doing that!" I murmured, although I had no reason to be using a quiet voice.
"Doing what?" he said against my neck. I could picture him clearly, smiling and flashing his glowing white teeth.
"That!" I hissed, trying to push him off. But Edward wouldn't have it. He simply grabbed my hands playfully and placed them above my head, and held them there.
"My dear Bella, I have no idea what you're talking about." He smiled, complete humor in his voice. I tried struggling against grip.
"Edward stop." I said simply. Apparently, something in my voice made him react. Before I knew it, Edward had flipped us around so I was laying across his chest. "Sorry." He murmured, wrapping me in his arms.
I think I fell asleep sometime after that, but I can't be sure. All I know is that I woke up to an empty bed that was full of Edwards scent. I was too lazy to open my eyes and I felt around to try and find Edward. However, I found the end of the bed and fell off, hitting my head on the nightstand. "Good morning to you too." I growled at the night stand.
I got up and lazily walked through Edwards apartment and found him in the kitchen making something that smelled incredibly amazing. "Food…" I moaned.
Edward laughed and turned around, he laughed harder. "I know I slept in the same room as you in France but you've never looked this…ridiculous." He smirked, placing a plate on the table. I shrugged. "Get used to it. When I have bad days, this is the result." I snapped at him, my head still sore from the fall. "Get up on the wrong side of the bed?" he asked as I sat down and stuffed some eggs into my mouth. They tasted absolutely amazing.
I moaned in response. "You even cook." I smiled as I wiped my mouth. Edward sat down across from me and touched my cheek.
"The Food Network taught me a few things. Usually I just go with cereal and call it a day." He murmured, observing me. I felt a blush flood my cheeks as I ate.
"Well then the Food Network did a good job." I looked down at myself then and suddenly realized I was in my clothes from yesterday. "Not good." I murmured.
Edward smiled. "You can borrow a t-shirt or something. Or I'll just drop you off at home and you can change." He said, getting up and washing my almost clean plate.
"What will the neighbors think?" I said sarcastically. Edward chuckled and returned to the table and picked me up from the chair. "Who cares?" he murmured in my ear, sending a chill up my spine.
When we did get back to my apartment, I was relieved. Aiden was gone. And so was all his marriage ideas.
Edward had taken a shower while I was asleep, which left me to take mine. I happily ran to my bathroom as I ordered Edward to stay in the living room and watch the news or something.
I took a long shower, needing the alone time, and the time to wash away all my unhappy memories of the past few days. All of the drama was taking a toll on me. And work wasn't for another two weeks. As seeing the show had gone so well that they didn't need me around while it was going on every night.
I sighed and stepped out of the shower, throwing on some clean clothes. I walked back into the living room to find Edward gone. "Edward?" I called, looking around the corner. He seemed to be missing.
"Edward?" I called again, turning around and running right into someone. I toppled backwards, but two very strong arms caught me. "Don't do that!" I hit Edwards arm. He merely laughed at me and massaged my shoulders. Edward picked me up and tossed me on the couch. "What is it with you and making me angry?" I snapped at him.
"Ah…love don't be mad. You don't see how adorable you are when you're mad." He smiled crookedly at me. My anger vanished.
Edward leaned down and brushed his lips against mine. "I love you." He hummed into my ear. What was he doing? Trying to lure me to bed again? If so, it might have worked if my phone hadn't started ringing. Why did my phone interrupt everything.
I snatched it out of my pocket and brought it up to my ear. "Hello?" I asked shakily, completely aware Edward was attempting to distract me. He ran his lips along my jaw, placing gentle kisses there. "Bells! Hey, you know Thanksgiving is coming up! I was wondering where you were going to go this year…" my father said at the other end of the phone.
I immediately tried pushing Edward out of the way. I did not need him distracting me while I talked to my father who thought I was still four years old and played with dolls.
However, Edward chuckled at me and picked me up, bringing me to the couch and continued to kiss me. "Dad I already told you I would go to Forks this year. It means less traveling for me." I tried to keep my voice steady, but Edward was putting up a fight. He kissed my free ear and began nibbling on my ear lobe. I couldn't suppress the moan that escaped.
"Um…you okay Bells?" my dad asked. Edward heard it, he began chuckling. "Yeah dad I'm fine. Could you hold on for a second?" I asked, not waiting for his answer I took the phone away and covered it with my hand. "Stop it Edward! I'm not going to let my father know my boyfriend can't keep his hands to himself. He's the chief police officer and I know for a fact he won't refrain from using a gun on you!" I scolded him.
Edward smiled victoriously, but backed away, playing with my hair. As I put the phone back to my ear, I heard a very upset dad. And that's when I realized my yelling had been slightly loud and that I was covering the wrong side of the phone.
"You're boyfriend!" my dad shrieked at the other end. I glared at Edward. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE CAN'T KEEP HIS HANDS TO HIMSELF!!!!" my dad roared.
Edwards eyes went wide, like he was remembering something. "Forks…" he murmured. "Bella! My parents live in Forks!" he started cheering like five year old girl. I groaned. "He's coming with me anyway dad…" I groaned into the phone. My dad sounded like he was going to have a heart attack. "I'll see you at Thanksgiving…" I growled, hanging up the phone. I was in no mood to let my dad ruin Edward for me.
"Bella we can go to Forks together!" Edward smiled, taking my hand. I was glaring at him, and he soon caught on. "What?" he stopped, a frown taking over his perfect face. "Oh don't give me that look mon ange…" he started, "You're father isn't going to kill me." Edward stated, kissing my nose. I still glared at him, earning a sigh from Edward.
"Bella, I remember your dad. Once he knows I'm Carlisle's son, he'll stop freaking out on you." Edward smiled. That eased me a little. But only a little.
"Fine." I said, leaning back in the couch. Edward leaned on me, his face inches from mine. "So what do you want to do today?" he whispered huskily.
It amazed me how he could go right from bouncing in his seat to trying to lure me to bed. "Edward…" I groaned, kissing his temple.
"Bella…" he smiled, my name rolling off his lips.
"Did I ever tell you I believe in sex after marriage." I said, staring into his eyes. Edward immediately got off of me. "You mean…Aiden?" he stuttered. I shook my head. "Never."
A smile spread over Edwards lips. "Good. That makes two of us." He laughed. My mouth dropped open.
Edward has never had sex. A perfect man like him could probably land ten girls in the same night for crying out loud! Edward merely smiled at me and blushed. Wait, did I actually just see that?
Edward Cullen actually blushed. "Don't look at me like that." He murmured, pushing my chin up. I had an evil smile on my face. "So do we share the same beliefs, or were you really trying to lure me to bed?" I asked, moving on top of him.
Edward's blush didn't disappear. "Same beliefs." He muttered. "So why were you trying…" Edward cut me off. "To see if you actually did believe in that. I wasn't going to plain out ask you." He said. I almost sighed. He was such a gentleman. A very sneaky gentleman.
"So really, you've never had sex?" I laughed. Edward had turned about fifty shades of red by that point, and I was enjoying it to the fullest. I had discovered his weakness.
"Hmm…is that Alice at the door. Maybe I'll go get it…" Edward said, trying to push me off. But I held him down. This was far too much fun. Besides, I would know if Alice was at the door.
"Hold it. All I want is a yes or no answer." I said innocently. "I wanted a yes or no answer when I asked you if it was me asking you to marry me, if you would say yes. But I didn't get that now did I?" Edward snapped. Was it just me, or was he hotter when he was angry and blushing?
"Fine, I would have said no because I've only known you for a short amount of time. Now give me my answer." I said, pouting at him.
Edwards face went blank. "You would have said no?" he asked quietly. I groaned. "For good reasons! One day…" I stopped to kiss his pout. "One day I will marry you. But really Edward, we've fallen in love so fast. I want time." I said. Edward wrapped his arms around my waist.
"But…if we know we're spending forever together…" Edwards sadness was written all over his face. I sighed and sat up, bringing him with me.
"My parents got married when they were eighteen. They didn't know each other very long and look at how that turned out. They had me and then split up. I just don't want that to happen to me." I said quietly, looking away from him. Edward took my chin and stared into my eyes. I got lost again.
"But they were eighteen. We're in our early twenties." He said. "Doesn't make a difference." I murmured, pushing his hand away.
Edward was quiet for a while. "So if I pulled out a ring right now…you would say no?" he muttered. My eyes went wide. "Please don't tell me…" I turned to look at him.
"I was going to ask you opening night. However, someone else interrupted my plans." Edward glared at the floor, obviously upset.
I moved over and sat in his lap. "Edward just give us time. I'm not doing this because I don't love you or because I plan on leaving you anytime soon. Trust me, you're stuck with me for life. But just give me some more time being your girlfriend." I said quietly, kissing his neck.
Edward looked at me then. "Do you want to see that." His hand went to his pocket. I smacked my forehead. "No. Let it be a surprise." I growled the word.
It was one surprise I could live with, and it obviously satisfied Edward. "You mean Ms. I-can't-stand-surprises-just-tell-me-where-we're-going, is asking me to surprise her? Ooh, this must be a touchy subject." Edward laughed. A blush flooded my cheeks.
Edward chuckled and kissed my cheek. "So no work for two weeks huh?" he smiled. "It's Sunday." My voice rang. I had two weeks off to do nothing. So that gave me…fourteen days off. I was going back two Mondays from now. Great.
"You never answered my question." Edward said. I looked up at him and frowned. "What are we doing today?" he smirked. I shrugged in response.
Edward rolled his eyes and grabbed my mouth. This time I knew he wasn't going to push me too far, so I gave in. It felt good letting my guard down around him. And he obviously could tell I did, as seeing he too full advantage of it.
Edward moved me under him and attacked my mouth. I swiped his bottom lip with my tongue, and he quickly granted my wish of entrance.
I'm not sure how long we sat there making out, but time was lost as I heard a knock at the door.
I groaned and pushed Edward off of me. His hair looked even more disheveled than usual, causing me to laugh. I opened the door and frowned.
"May I help you?" I asked, the tall woman smiling at me. "Yes, my name is Tanya, I'm looking for Edward…is he here by any chance?" she asked. I felt a very strong wave of jealousy take over me. I looked like a piece of trash compared to her.
She had strawberry blonde hair, tall, pale skin. Basically fit the image of a "perfect" person. "Um…yeah…uh…hang on." I said unintelligently. I turned around and called Edwards name, and he appeared almost instantly. "Edward!" Tanya smiled, and threw her arms around my boyfriend!
Edward patted her back and pushed her off. "Tanya. Nice to see you. Might I introduce my girlfriend Bella?" he said politely, with an inch of venom in his voice. Tanya backed up a few feet and glanced at me. "Oh." She said smoothly. "Nice to meet you Bella." She said.
I stood there awkwardly. "Edward I was wondering if I could talk to you…for a while in private." Tanya continued her eyes flashing to me for a short moment.
Edward looked at me hesitantly. "Of course. I was going to be leaving anyway." Edward said, his voice shaky. What the heck was going on?
Edward took my hand and ran back inside the apartment to grab his keys. "I'll be back tonight. Do not worry your pretty little head off. I'm taking you to dinner to explain this. I love you." With that, Edward was gone. I was left alone in my apartment.
I don't know what emotions flooded me. But this seemed completely unfair. Some gorgeous woman appeared at my door and took away the most perfect man I had ever held in my arms. And he just willingly took off!
I sat on my couch and couldn't stop a few tears as worst case scenarios flooded my head.
My phone rang after an hour, and I randomly picked it up, miserably muttering a "Hello?"
"Hey Bella! It's Emmett, Rose ditched me to go shopping for her moms birthday and I have these tickets for an afternoon concert." He said. I felt bad for him. "What kind of concert?" I muttered. "Whoa, Bella. You okay?" Emmett suddenly realized my miserable tone. "No." I answered.
Emmett was quiet for a moment. "Where's Edward?" he asked quietly. "With some blond girl that showed up at my door." I said angrily. Emmett cursed on the other end of the phone.
"Go put on something warm and I'll pick you up in ten minutes." Emmett said, hanging up the phone.
This added to my thoughts. Edward had a past with this Tanya. That much I knew.
And before I knew it, Emmett was at my door, all bundled up, making him look even bigger than he was.
"Let's go my sis-ta!" he said excitedly. "What concert are we going to?" my mood somehow influenced my his enthusiasm. "I don't know. Some rock concert. Rose and I were planning something to do last week, but she decided to ditch me last minute. And Alice would probably be crushed in the crowd." Emmett laughed.
I let out a laugh myself, I could only picture Alice getting run over easily by a mob of people, and Jasper frantically trying to save her.
For some reason, I laughed at the thought.
"So…some blond chick?" he asked as we got in the car. Way to ruin my improving mood Emmett!
I nodded as he started the car.
"Any more description?" he asked. I glared at him. "Tall. Strawberry blond. Beautiful. Happy?" I growled. "Bella don't get pissed. It was probably Tanya." He almost spit the name.
I nodded. "See you left that out didn't ya?" he laughed. I glared again. "And why is Tanya significant?" I asked, looking out the window of his gigantic jeep.
"Edwards longest and only relationship. She was pure evil. He broke up with her two years ago, hasn't gone on a date since. Well…I guess she was the only person he ever went out with." Emmett said. "She's evil?" I asked.
Emmett nodded. "She took advantage of Edward way too much. She got him into a lot of trouble too sometimes. Jasper and I finally knocked enough sense into him to break up with her." Emmett explained. I nodded. "Why is she back?" I asked.
"Probably to use him again. That was the only reason she was with him anyways. And because he wouldn't get in bed with her, she cheated on him constantly. But he would always overlook it and try to find some sort of good in that bundle of evil." Emmett explained.
I nodded. "Will he leave me?" I asked, hurt coating my voice. Emmett laughed. "If he does, I'll kill him. You're the best thing to happen to him…ever! But no…I don't think he will. He loves you too much. And if you hurt my little bro, well I might just keep you myself. He deserves it for staying with that witch since high school." Emmett grinned. I couldn't help but grin back at him
Emmett made complete sense when he wanted to, and he was like the older brother I never had. "Thank Emmett. You've help a lot." I smiled.
Emmett laughed, "No problem my sista." He said.
The concert wasn't so bad when you were with Emmett. He had gotten it completely wrong. It was a country concert with some unknown band and singer. And it hurt my ears. However, Emmett made so much fun of it, it was impossible not to stay and listen to him.
However, we eventually left and got something to eat. We got pizza, and it was an incredibly nice change from the cold outdoors. Emmett was a great guy, and I could get used to spending time around him.
But the hour hit five and I realized Edward would probably be waiting at my apartment to take me out to dinner. And to explain a few things. Although I had a good idea of what was going on now.
I got home and thanked Emmett about fifty times for cheering me, then changed into some more suitable clothes.
I waited for about half an hour. Then checked my phone to see if I had any missed calls.
I didn't so I waited some more. I think I waited so long I forgot I was waiting.
The last time I checked the clock, it was about eleven. And I finally knew, Edward wasn't coming.
Poor Bella. Two things.
-no offense to country lovers out there. I chose a random genre
-mon ange means "my angel" in French
So now you know that, I think I like the way the story is going. I especially liked how Bella got to spend some quality time with her "brother." Oui? Non? Review por favor? Whoa, you just got French AND Spanish.
