Twilight belongs to S. Meyer
Bella's song: "Crush Crush Crush" by Paramore
Edward's song: "The Lazy Song" by Bruno Mars
Up Love's Creek
Chapter Seven
"You did what?" Alice's screeched. Bella had come to Ali bright and early, okay not so early since Bella would never get up before ten in the summer, but she came to Alice for help, advice. Someone to help her find some Zen and work out these problems. So far, Alice was about as Zen as a Chihuahua drinking Red Bull.
"Cullen and I.. " Bella felt like she was about to throw up. Or die. Maybe both. She was still in shock. "Cullen and I-"
"You had oral! Say it, Bella. Out loud." Alice's face was a mix of humor and worry for her friend.
"Oral." Bella whispered it like the wind might carry the word around town. She was so blissed out after.. that she didn't stop to think about the morning after. Sweet Lord the fact there was a morning after to consider was terrifying!
"Its not like we had full on sex. I just made out with Cullen, naked. And got him off a couple times.. using my hands, and mouth. Oh Alice, I'm a whore!" Bella cried. Alice came to sit next to her to offer any comfort she could. But she was really finding this whole thing funny. Bella was kind of freaking out.
"No you're not. But I must admit even though I knew there was a underlying sexual tension there, I didn't think you would give in to it."
That didn't really help Bella. It only caused her to freak out more. The problem was that she let herself down.
"I'm a weak whore! I should have just punched him and been done with it. But oh nooo, I had to let him do those things to me. Those wonderfully, delicious- behind closed doors- things. And let me tell you, Cullen may be a piece of shit, but wow does that boy know how to use his hands. And his tongue." Bella broke out of her day dreaming to see Ali watching her with a small smile.
"What?"
"Good for you girl. You get you a little somethin' somethin'. There's nothing wrong with that. Better to make love with Edward, than to make war." She laughed.
Frowning, Bella tried to deny it. "Alice, it's not like it was the person who did it, per se. More like my body just needed it and Cullen, the nasty troll that he is, happened to be the one there ..to give it to me. No big deal and it will never happen again." Bella didn't know who she was trying to convince- Ali or herself. She started thinking about just how well Cullen had given it to her..
~*ULC*~
"Hey man. Ouch! What the hell was that for?" Edward had answered his door, in just his boxers apparently, to be clocked by his best friend. Good thing his parents were off shopping for the day. His mom would have a fit to know he wasn't dressed when answering the door. Heaven forbid!
"I know what you did with Bella and I'm here to beat the shit out of you. You ain't got no business treating her like one of your weekly tricks." Jasper was shorter than Edward and weighed less, but you had to respect a guy who would still throw down with someone bigger over a friend. Even if it was Edward's face he wanted to make ground beef out of.
"First of all, nice right hook." Edward rubbed his jaw, running his tongue over a tooth to make it wasn't loose. "Second, how the hell did you find out?"
They both looked at one another, then spoke at the same time, "Alice."
Edward closed the door as Jasper came in.
"Man, girls just can't keep anything private can they?" He never thought Swan would tell anyone. Mostly because he thought she'd be too ashamed to anyone she let him near her. Maybe this whole thing wasn't as bad as he thought. Was she asking for advice or getting some hot tips for the next time? Edward mentally scolded himself because no matter how much his dick liked last night with Bella, there would not be a next time.
"Jasp, nothing happened between me and Swan that she didn't want to happen. I might be an ass sometimes, but I would never force a girl to be with me. You know that."
"Yeah, I do." Jasper ran a hand through his thick blond hair, making it even messier. "But you need to leave B alone. I'm serious Edward. She isn't like the girls you sleep with. She's had a hard time of it since her parents died, and I don't want her hurt. I know you. You know you. Just back off."
Edward didn't know why, but he was kind of insulted at Jasper's warning to leave her alone. He felt a tug at his heart over his best friend thinking less of him. But then again, Edward knew his track record with the girls he "dated" wasn't so good.
"Man, whatever is going on between me and the Swan, I promise I won't hurt her. But you need to let me handle it on my own." Jasper reluctantly nodded his head in agreement.
"Fine. But just let it be known that if you hurt Bells, I'm gonna lay a hurtin' on you like you wouldn't believe. You get me?"
"I get you." The boys shook hands, said things were cool and proceeded to go play some Xbox. But Jasper couldn't shake the feeling that one of his best friends was about to hurt the other one- he was helpless to stop it.
LATER ON THAT DAY..
"Hello?"
"Swan."
"Cullen?"
"The one and only."
"Thank God."
"Well, I am a gift."
"No you big fidiot! I meant thank God there aren't more of you."
"Oh. Right."
"So was there a reason you called? How did you even get my number?"
"I got it from Jasper."
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"Cullen?"
"Swan."
"What do you want?"
"You?"
"What?"
"Come over."
"Um, are you high? I can't just come over."
"Why not?"
"Cullen, you and I are like mortal enemies.. I've never even been to your house before."
"My parents are gone."
"Even worse. No one to save us from killing one another!"
"Swan." He breathed out her name like a plea. Or a command.
"What?"
"We could .. be alone. "
The word alone hung in the air like a dark cloud in a otherwise blue sky. Bella felt herself growing weaker and wetter by the minute as she thought about being alone with him again- what being alone with him meant. She knew it was a bad idea. The worst idea ever! But then images of Edward's lips on her, his hands roaming over her most feminine curves, wore her down. Broke her resolve.
"When?" She wanted to punch herself out. Her inner slut put on a cheerleading outfit complete with pom pons, and spelled out 'Go Bella! Get us laid!'
A smile crept up Edward's face. But he also remembered the talk with Jasper. He wouldn't worry about that because this wasn't going to go that far. He and Swan would be fine. They could totally handle this.
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As Bella walked up the stone pathway to the Cullen home she kept thinking to herself that this was bullshit and stupid, that she needed to turn around and walk her ass home. When she first walked past the stone and copper mailbox, to the stone driveway that lead to a house that looked like something Martha Stewart would live in, Bella started to laugh. A nervous, border-lining on hysterical laughter bubbled up. She stopped at the front door, her finger hovering over the doorbell. She just couldn't push it. She grabbed her right hand with her left just trying to force herself to push the button. This was a bad idea. Sure she wanted to make out with Cullen again, but that just proved how off her rocker she was. God, but what he did with that mouth of his.. and then he added his hands and she was gone. Bella turned around to go- she could walk off the lust and confusion on her way home- Her small home that wasn't really even a home to her anymore. The home that was always empty, soon to be too full with no room for her..
"Swan."
Bella stopped at the sound of his voice. Damn she didn't even hear the front door open. She looked down to her white flip flops, thinking of an excuse to tell him for why she couldn't stay. She really thought about it, but as she turned around the sight before her kind of made rational thinking, or any thoughts for that matter, fly out the window. There stood Cullen in nothing but navy blue Abercrombie board shorts, his hair wet, drips of water rolling down his toned, smooth chest to his abs that had her wanting to wash something on them.. her panties, her inner whore cried out. This was bad, bad, bad.. but would feel so, so, so good.
"Hey there, Cullen. I just remembered I have to.. " Bella looked around like the answer would magically appear out of thin air. "I have to .. go?"
At this point Edward had stepped out of the house and was walking slowly toward her. The sunlight caught all the red and gold tones in his brown hair. It also reflected off the water on his chest making him look shiny. Lickable. Kind of like a really hot slip 'n slide.
"Don't run. Look, let's just hang out and see what happens."
"I don't know Cullen. You, me, alone? That has 11 0' Clock news written all over it."
"You really think we're going to kill each other, don't you?"
He stepped closer to Bella as she nodded her head. He could smell the clean scent of her skin as the wind blew around them. The neighborhood was quiet, as always, and Edward suddenly had a want to know what it would be like to fill the quiet with the sounds of Bella coming. To take her right here on the front lawn. What a scandalous thing to do- his parents would freak out. Maybe someday, he thought.
Leaning down like he was telling a secret, "I want you to come in. While I can promise we won't kill one another, I can't promise we won't tear each other apart." He licked at the drop of water that had fallen from his hair and onto her neck. Bella made a moaning sound that almost had him picking her up to take her without her approval. He had never felt so out of control with someone. He didn't know what all that was about, but he was willing to explore it all.
"You're the devil aren't you." Her voice carried softly in the air around them.
It wasn't a no, so Edward just smiled.
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The sound of Bella's flip flops on the marble floors made an echoing sound like that of impending doom. The house was just as perfect inside as it was on the outside. But as big as the home was, it felt cold. It felt impersonal. Like everything in it was meant to be seen and not lived in or on. It was beautiful, to be sure, but it wasn't a home.
"You want something to drink?" Edward asked as he walked off toward what Bella assumed to be the kitchen. She followed, enjoying the view of his ass in those board shorts. Bella rolled her eyes at her weakness for a pretty boy- the inner slut made sure her boobs looked good in the push-up bra.
The Cullen kitchen was something out of a Food Network show. It was nothing short of amazing. Bella used to cook all the time with her mother. She felt a stab of longing at that thought. So she pushed it down like she always did at thoughts of her parents.
"Cullen what are we doing? Why did you invite me over here? Just for sex?" For some reason that thought- that he wanted sex- made her feel alive but also sad and scared.
Edward turned around from getting the sodas from the subzero to look at Swan standing in the arched doorway- her arms folded, looking around. She was wearing white shorts and a blue and yellow tank top. Her hair was falling around her shoulders, she wore no make-up. Again, she was breathtaking just as she was. Shaking his head to get rid of those stupid thoughts, he held out the can of Coke.
"Swan, I thought maybe we could take this time to you know, hang out."
Bella's raised eyebrow told him she wasn't buying the whole I-just-want-to-talk bit.
"If we ended up making out after our talk, sweet. If not, I'm okay either way." He stood there all calm and cool.
She looked at the can of soda like it was a peace offering. For all she knew it was. It sure felt like it. But Bella had always been a hard sell.
"But why, Cullen? We have never been friends. In all the times we've hung out it's only been because of our mutual friendship with Jasper. Why now?"
"Swan, we gave each other orgasms! We've seen each other's genitalia! I don't know about you, but for me, that was one hell of an ice breaker."
They both just stood there after his outburst, then started laughing. It felt good to laugh it off. Like some of the stress and awkwardness fell away. Plus, Cullen actually knowing what genitalia was, that was kind of hot.
"Okay Cullen," She took the drink. And as her fingers brushed up against his, they both felt a spark. Bella watched as Edward's gaze darkened and grew intense. That reaction stirred her more than she wanted to admit. "Let's talk." She walked past him to the sun-room that overlooked the pool in the backyard.
"You know you shouldn't swim alone. It's dangerous." Bella felt his eyes on her ass. Heat run up and down her spine. She felt it when he walked up to her and whispered in her ear.
"Good thing you're here now. You can give me CPR if I need it." His finger brushed the hair away from her neck where his breath fanned across.
"Would you do that Swan? Would you press your lips to mine and bring me back? Will you keep me from drowning?" There was a double meaning in that question.
Her quick intake of breath was all the answer he needed. The fact he was effecting her like she effected him, that made Edward bite back a smile.
"You want to head for the family room?" Edward tried to keep the lust out of his voice.
"Sure. Lead the way." Bella was so hot she had to stick the ice cold can of Coke under her shirt while he wasn't looking.
)ULC(
"Cullen! God, you're doing it wrong."
"Swan, shut the fuck up and let me be the man."
"Fine. But when this ends badly, don't blame me. Mr. Man."
"Shit, shit, shiiiit. How the hell did you know to do that?"
"I have an Emmett at home."
"Right. Damn it, you killed me!"
Bella did a victory dance as she smoked Cullen at Halo Reach. They had decided talking wasn't going to happen. Ironically, while playing the Xbox, they were able to talk some. And Edward was shocked that a girl could play The Box like this. Watching Swan kill a bunch of grunts was hot as hell.
"I told you to use the grenade launcher instead of the Magnum!" She was all smiles. Normally that would have pissed Edward off something awful. Now he couldn't help but be turned on when she spoke about grenade launchers. What the hell was happening to him? Something came over him. He just wanted her under him. He wanted to dominate her and get inside of her body.
"That's a hot little dance you got going there, Swan." Edward stood slowly, eyeing the skin that was exposed from Bella's t-shirt riding up while her hands were in the air.
"Cullen." Her face showed worry, but her voice sounded like she was on the verge of a squeal. She backed up until her knees hit the coffee table. With nowhere left to go, Bella just watched and waited to see what Cullen would do.
"It's really hot how you can play Xbox." His movements were like a lion; strong and slow. His eyes held an animalistic fire. Bella was in for it and a part of her couldn't wait.
"Cullen?"
"Yes, Swan?"
"You're in my personal space." Bella cursed herself for her the tremble in her voice. All of a sudden with Edward as close as he was, the house didn't seem so large after all.
Edward ran a hand down Bella's arm, to the hand that still held one of the Xbox controllers, he took it from her and set it on the table behind her. "I know. I want to get way more personal." And then somehow they were kissing. The kind of kissing that left your face red, your lungs burning from lack of oxygen, and made you feel like you were going to go crazy with the need to crawl inside the person you were with. An all consuming fire..
Edward had Bella under him. Lying on the couch in the entertainment room, they had a good rhythm going. His hand was up her shirt moving toward her bra. Bella's tongue was working with Edward's and her hands were firmly gripping his ass. He couldn't stop himself once they started kissing- it was like a fire had built up so fast, so hot that nothing was left in its wake.
"You taste so good." He said as he licked at her lips.
Bella had always wore strawberry chap-stick, and Alice had told her she needed to invest in some lip gloss. But Bella hated the way it made her mouth feel sticky on hot summer days. Apparently, she didn't need the lips gloss after all. She smiled as she felt Cullen's hand move up to her breast. His hands were magical. Her inner slut agreed wholeheartedly as she was putty in his hands-literally.
Edward ran other hand, the one that wasn't feeling up Swan's boobs, down past her hips and gripped her thigh. He hitched her leg up around his hip and felt Bella moan into their kiss. He could tell how wet she was and how much she was liking where this was going. Who would have thought Xbox could lead to a heavy make-out session. Then again, Bella was the only girl he had ever known to play The Box and kick ass.
Cullen, being the evil SOB he was, started to rock his hips into Bella. The most amazing feelings rushed through her body. Her inner slut was so frickin' happy. But Bella knew she needed to go. She shouldn't be doing such things with this jackass- Oh, but it felt so good!
He grunted out a "Does that feel good?" The bastard knew it did. He just wanted to make her say so. Well, Bella wasn't going to give in. She wasn't going to say how amazing his mouth was or how whenever his hands touched her girl parts, she felt like she was going to melt into a puddle of Bella goop. So he ran his hands under Bella to her ass. He squeezed and ground her into his hardness. Bella felt her eyes start to cross from the pleasure. He was an evil, evil boy!
"Cullen." She whined.
"I asked you a question, Swan." He moved his face so he could look in her eyes. As he kept eye contact he pinched a nipple and rolled his hips again.
"Now tell, does this" When he said 'this' he really worked his hips in deep with an upward thrust between her legs to drive home his point, "feel good?"
"Damn it! Yes! God, you arrogant prick it feels un-frickin-believable! Now do it again or I'm going to knee your balls."
"She's demanding. I like that."
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Sometime later, after both Edward and Bella's shirts were in the floor, she heard something. But when Edward swirled his tongue around her belly button all other thoughts, other than getting him naked, vanished. And that was why neither Bella nor Edward heard the throat being cleared from the doorway into the family room.
"Okay you two that's quite enough."
Bella yelped, pushed Edward away from her and fell off the sofa into the floor. Very gracelessly she covered herself with Edward's t-shirt that was on the ground and turned around to face both Edward's parents. His father, who Bella thought looked just like Edward, was showing no signs of amusement. Mrs. Cullen already looked like a good strong wind could blow her over- right now she looked like she was about to have a heart attack.
"Edward. Care to tell me what the hell is going on in my house?"
Cullen simply got off the couch, paying no attention to the massive wood he was sporting, helped Swan off the floor. Turning to his mom and dad, said, "Well, I'm a seventeen year old male. You found me with a half naked girl under me.. what do you think was going on?" As his parents looked on with shocked expressions, Edward took it even further. "Good God, I was sexing up a chick. It wasn't like I was doing a line of coke or having an Orgy!"
Mrs. Cullen gasped and Mr. Cullen looked like he was about to kill his son. Bella was humiliated and wanted to crawl under a rock. Forever. Even the inner slut was embarrassed.. although she was slyly checking out Mr. Cullen- talk about a DILF!
"Edward, it's time for guests to leave and then you and I will be having a conversation about respect."
Nodding, Edward helped Bella gather and right her clothing. He noticed Swan's face was the color of a tomato.
Bella wanted to say something, but she didn't know what. But she forged ahead anyway. "Mr. and Mrs. Cullen, I apologize for this. Really, it won't happen again." She brushed some hair out of her face.
Edward mumbled something about 'yes it would if he had anything to say'. So not helping here was the look Bella sent him.
"What's your name honey?" Mr. Cullen seemed bored at this point.
"Bella. Bella Swan." For some reason the way he said 'Honey' made her feel stupid and dirty. So the inner slut decided that DILF would have to have a ball-gag before they could get down..
Tony Cullen knew of the Swan family. It was a tragic loss when Chief Swan and his wife, Renee, were killed all those years ago by a drunk driver. He knew the older Swan, Emmett had taken over as legal guardian for his sister. He also knew they lived in a tiny red house on the 'wrong' side of town.
As Mr. Cullen's eyes went up and down Bella, Edward could already tell his father had written her off as no good. And as he watched his father dismiss Swan, something inside Edward reared up and became angry. He walked over to Bella, took her hand in his and shot his father a look that clearly said 'Fuck You'.
"I'm going to drive Bella home. I won't be long." As Edward pulled a shocked Bella toward the front door, his father's voice rang out behind them.
"Make sure you come straight home Edward Anthony. I won't put up with anymore trouble from you."
Edward lead her outside all the while mumbling something about no privacy... and being tired of choking his chicken? Bella wondered if he was crazy.
~ULC~
"Where am I taking you?" Edward asked as he backed out of his driveway. He looked over to Swan who looked so small and shy against his black leather seat. He was still pissed, but not at her.
"You can just drop me off at Jasper's house." She was still looking out the window and wouldn't look at him. For some reason that bothered Edward. He had this strange urge to take Bella's hand and hold it while he shifted gears. He didn't do this of course, but the want was there.
"Jasper's? Why not your house?"
"Um," Bella seemed to take a deep breath before speaking again. "Because.. my boat is tied up there and I need it."
Edward looked over at her again, her face was still hidden. Frowning, he wanted to ask Bella what was up, but figured it was better not to start a fight.
Soon as they hit the Whitlock's driveway, Bella was out of the car and headed for her small rowboat tied at the end of the long dock. Edward had to throw the car in park and run after her.
"Swan? Damn it. Will you wait up? Swan!" He caught up to her.
"What do you want Cullen?" Bella stopped inches from the edge of the dock, but wouldn't turn around to face him. That pissed him off. Why it did, he couldn't say.
"I'm sorry, okay. I know that was kind of weird back there-"
Bella spun around. "Weird. Weird? Cullen, your parents walked in on us making out and me with my top off! I already looked like some stupid skank. But then when your father heard my name." Bella shook her head and went back to the boat, untying the rope that kept it from drifting away.
"Whoa, Swan." He stopped her by grabbing her arm. "What are you talking about?" Although he think he already knew what was going on.
"Your father looked at me like I was dirt. Or that I might steal something right from under him. And I'm sure he has seen enough of your Dixie-girls to know I was a short term thing and that you were slumming it."
What the fuck?
"What the hell? Swan, no. You're wrong. And can you please tell me what a 'Dixie-girl' is?"
Sighing, Bella's voice was empty. Making Edward even more on edge. "Dixie-girls are what I call the girls you date. Because you throw them away after one use. It's stupid, but that really seems to be what you do- fill a girl up, empty her and then toss her away.. like a Dixie cup."
That made Edward feel about as tall as a penny.
"Swan, I don't know what's going on with us. But I know that things have changed- are changing. Don't let my father get to you. He looks at everyone like that." Edward hoped he was getting through to Bella. Though he didn't know why it meant so much to him.
"Whatever you say."
"Can we talk later?" Edward felt like a sissy asking that, but he found himself really wanting to call her later. He must be insane. But the smile that broke free across her face, he didn't seem to care.
"Sure Cullen. Yeah, you can call me." She laughed which in turn caused him to laugh as he rubbed his neck and stared at the dock.
"Okay, cool. I'll, uh, yeah I'll call you." He said while walking backwards to his car. He was smiling at her. Bella felt a flutter. And didn't that make her feel even dumber.
As Edward got back into his car, the scent of Bella remained in the air. He found himself leaving the windows up, air off and breathing deeply the whole way home. He was in some serious shit- and not because his father was waiting for him..
Bella watched Edward pull out and drive off. She got in her little rowboat and headed home. All the while the image of Mr. Cullen looking down at her playing over and over again in her mind. She was right for not allowing Cullen to drive her home. She knew it wouldn't be long before she and Edward were fighting again, and it was better to not allow him the ammo of knowing any more about her life and where she came from. Because after all, this was Edward Cullen she was dealing with. This was the boy she had spent most of her life at war with. And a couple of make out sessions and stupid butterflies weren't going to change things overnight.
A/N: FFN is being a pain, and this wasn't edited- so sorry for any mistakes! Thanks for reading and those who leave me reviews: You make my days better. You really do! And SnazzyJazzy17, I couldn't reply to you in PM, but Thank you for your kind words! More creek fun to come!
