Here is the next chapter, thanks to Ana Fluttersby for betaing, enjoy!
As usual I do not own any of this...
Chapter 7: Failed attempts
(Two weeks later…It's the first week of July)
"Bella! Earth to Bella!" Edward said snapping his fingers in front of her.
"Hey, don't do that! I'm listening." She batted his hand away.
"Then how come you haven't said a word in five minutes?" he complained.
"I've asked you the same question three times." At her blank stare he sighed dramatically. "I repeat, how was school today?"
"Weird," she answered simply.
"Why is that?" he inquired.
"It means that I don't want to talk about it!" Bella exclaimed.
Edward put his arm around her shoulders and pulled her close. "What's bothering you, love? You're very quiet today."
"I was thinking about what you said the other day."
"My words exactly being…?" Edward asked.
"You said you couldn't make love to me… How do you know that if you've never experienced it before?" Bella asked. Edward looked at her, shocked.
"I don't think have enough strength for that right now, Bella. I'm in a new medication, they are experimenting to see of it works. I really want it to work, for you Bella. For us…" He murmured.
"Have you ever tried?"
"No."
"So you're telling me that you are a virgin?" Bella asked, wide eyed.
"Ah, yes!" Edward admitted.
"How about… we find out?" she suggested while her hands traced his chest.
"No, Bella. I don't want you to regret it later," Edward told her, firmly holding her travelling hands in both of his.
"Why would I regret it, Edward? It's what I desire." Then, she kissed him, slowly and gently. Edward allowed her kiss for a few breathtaking moments, and then, slowly, he pulled away from her.
"It's not right, Bella, I..."
"Shh…" She put her finger on his lips. "I know you want this too." She kissed him again, passionately.
"Don't you want me, Edward?" Bella said, and Edward nodded.
"Then let your body speak." She kissed him again, this time Edward melted into the kiss.
"Whose loud heartbeat is that?" Edward asked a little dazed.
"Ours, Edward. Our hearts now beat as one," she replied.
They kissed for a few more minutes, but Bella's hands found their way underneath Edward shirt to his back again, and before she could make another move, he broke the kiss.
"Please stop, Bella," he begged her.
"I thought you wanted me," Bella reproached.
"And I haven't said the contrary; I just don't want to rush things, Bella. It's not the way I am," he tried to explain to her.
"You're making me look like I'm so sort of villain trying to steal your virtue," Bella said sarcastically.
"Is not that, Bella, please trust me," he begged her.
"Okay," she finally said after a few minutes.
"I love you," Edward said.
"I love you, too," Bella replied.
Edward leaned and kissed Bella's neck sweetly; Bella moaned and grabbed his shoulders.
"Are you okay?" Bella asked him, he nodded.
Edward smiled as Bella removed a lock that had fallen on his forehead.
"Please, Edward, just kiss me," Bella whispered. They kissed and cuddled together, the conversation forgotten for the moment.
After what felt like too little time, Edward gave her one last peck and looked into her eyes.
"You're so beautiful," he whispered.
"I love you," was Bella's reply.
He hugged her closer to him and rested his head on her shoulder, they laid there close to the each other; the only sound in the room was their breathing.
When Bella woke up, it was ten pass eight in the evening. Her shift was long time over, and it meant she had to go home now. She looked up and found that Edward was staring at her.
He smiled. "Hello there, my sleeping beauty"
"Hi."
"Bella, I..." He was interrupted by a voice in the hall.
"Edward, are you awake?" Someone knocked on his door
"Rose!" they said at the same time.
"She doesn't know that I was here! She doesn't know that I didn't leave either!" Bella said, frantic. The predicament they were in could be misinterpreted, Bella didn't have her shoes and she had taken her scrub top and was only wearing the tank top she always had underneath.
"Bella, what's wrong?" Edward asked.
"She's going to kill me!" Bella said in a rush, trying to gather her stuff and look presentable.
"Edward, open the door." Neither of them moved to let her in. "Okay then, I will open the door myself," Rosalie said, and then strode in.
"What is going on in here? And why didn't you answer the door?" Rosalie inquired; Bella noticed that Emmett was behind her, "I'm so sorry. I… I mean we, we were just talking and, and then we… we fell asleep," Bella blurted out. Rosalie looked at Emmett then around the room and finally to them again.
"It's okay, Bella. If you can go gather your things now; it's time to go," she instructed her. But before Bella could do what she asked, Edward spoke.
"Rosalie there's something Bella and I need to tell you," he grabbed Bella's hand.
The gesture didn't pass unnoticed, Rosalie raised an eyebrow.
"Bella is my girlfriend, meaning that we are a couple. It's actually my fault that she didn't finish with her duties today. I'm very sorry, I promise that it won't happen again," Edward reassured her.
Rosalie looked at them without talking.
"Bella, are you sure about this? Do you know what you're getting yourself into?" she asked her.
"I do, Rose."
"Very well, then. If you think you can handle it, congratulations!" Rosalie smiled warmly, hugging them both.
"I'll see you outside, Bella. Edward, do you want anything to eat?" Emmett asked him.
"Whatever there is that I can eat is fine," he mumbled, and Rose and Emmett left.
"Well, that went well…" Edward started.
"It did," Bella, agreed. After a brief kiss, Bella said goodbye and got ready to leave.
Emmett took her home since no buses were around that late. Her parents were waiting for her. "What time do you think it is, young lady? Where were you? You have no permission to be out. You're still grounded," he father clarified.
"I got holdup at the hospice, call if you don't believe me, and I know the rules, Dad, you don't have to remind them to me every day," Bella said with a hint of annoyance in her tone.
"Don't sass me, young lady. Now get ready for bed, it's late."
"Goodnight," she muttered and went up the stairs to her bedroom.
She had wanted to tell them about Edward, but once more they just reprimanded her and sent her to her room. She didn't know what to do. When were they going to forgive her and stop giving her the cold shoulder as if she wasn't their daughter, but a ruthless criminal?
"Mom, dad, I love you anyway," she whispered in the direction her parents were. Renée didn't even look at her tonight. With a sad sigh, she followed her father's order and went to bed.
Thinking of Edward made her forget her arguement with her parents. She slept that night with a smile on her face as she dreamt of Edward.
Small AN: I may have to post the next chapters UN beated, let me know If you are willling to wait for them to be beated (I have up until chapter 11) or if you want me to post them un-edited. See ya!
