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Chapter 7
XXX – Secret Conversations – XXX
You are now friends with Edward Cullen.
My throat tightened and my hand twitched.
I closed my eyes and swallowed hard.
I was now officially no holds bar bat shit crazy.
My brain completely shut down and let my pussy take over.
My right hand held the mouse as it clicked on his profile. I read some random shit that was posted on there, trying not to click on the one thing I desperately wanted: pictures.
Edward Cullen is now Single.
No shit.
Edward Cullen is now friends with Isabella Swan.
Friends. Really?
Emmett McCarthy wrote: Dude, I heard. Sorry to hear about that. Sorry to say I'm not surprised. Give me a call, Buddy.
Alice Brandon wrote: We're going out next weekend. Come with us. You deserve a night off. Call me.
I scrolled through and noticed how everyone seemed to tell him the same thing: Tanya was a heinous bitch who clearly didn't deserve him and that he could do so much better.
He could do me – my pussy chimed in.
I took a deep breath and clicked on his photo album. He was so beautiful smiling and standing next to an older woman whom I remembered from the wedding as being his mother.
The next picture was one of him where he looked a little younger. Tanya was perched off of his arm and had a bitch face on. Typical.
Another picture had him looking out of a window. You could only see half of his face. His features looked soft and relaxed. He was just beautiful.
There was a pop-up on the bottom right hand side of my screen.
Edward Cullen: Hi.
Shit. I had left my status online and had been checking out his pics basically to get more images for my spank-bank.
Yeah, and you're still standing there stark naked, you perv – my brain reminded me.
Edward Cullen: Are you there?
I'm an idiot.
Isabella Swan: Hi :o)
Isabella Swan: brb.
Edward Cullen: k :o)
It felt so wrong and perverted to be standing there naked looking at pictures of him in order to make my hand and my pussy cooperate with my brain to jill off to pictures of him. I shuddered, and went to my bedroom to put some clothes on. I then came back to the laptop and took it to the living room. Sitting down comfortably on the sofa, I took a deep breath. This conversation could end me or mend me. Either way, I had to do it.
Isabella Swan: Back.
Edward Cullen: Was afraid you were too embarrassed to talk to me.
Isabella Swan: Truth?
Edward Cullen: Always, please.
I chewed my bottom lip and thought about how embarrassed I actually was when I spoke to Alice yesterday. In all honesty, Edward made me feel like I could truly trust him and just tell him anything. I had only been around him twice; once at his wedding reception and then at the library. But it was that strange pull and those tingling sensations that erupted throughout my body whenever he was around that made my brain and my vag wake up and take notice.
Isabella Swan: I was mortified.
Edward Cullen: Don't be. You're a breath of fresh air, Miss. Swan.
What the hell?
Isabella Swan: Seriously? Why's that?
Edward Cullen: I don't know. It's odd, I can't put my finger on it.
Interesting. You can put your fingers on me any day.
Isabella Swan: Okay. We can leave it at that for now. How are you?
Edward Cullen: Everyone seems to be asking me that lately. Truth?
Isabella Swan: Always, please ;o)
Edward Cullen: I'm great. Better than ever, actually.
Isabella Swan: Really?
Edward Cullen: Yeah. Even before Tanya and I were married, I suspected something. I thought I was crazy. I thought I was just getting cold feet, ya know, wedding jitters. I just didn't have the balls to man up and break it off with her.
Isabella Swan: Why not?
Edward Cullen: I thought I was happy with her the way things were. I thought that if I loved her enough, she would change her flirtatious ways. I'm pathetic, I know.
Isabella Swan: Did she? Change, I mean?
Edward Cullen: No.
Isabella Swan: Do you still love her?
Edward Cullen: I'm not sure I ever actually did. Does that sound bad?
Isabella Swan: No. How do you not know?
Edward Cullen: I see Emmett with Rose and Alice with Jazz. They have something I never had with Tanya.
Isabella Swan: I know what you mean. It's hard to find that special someone.
Edward Cullen: You're single?
Isabella Swan: Didn't Alice tell you?
Edward Cullen: She never mentioned, and I never asked. In spite of your Freudian slip about your vibrator, I just figured you had a special someone and left it at that.
Great. He really just wants to be friends. Like there had ever been any other choice.
Isabella Swan: I'm perpetually single.
Edward Cullen: Really?
Isabella Swan: You're surprised?
Edward Cullen: Yes.
I giggled and shook my head. This conversation was starting to be very real to me. Revealing more of him, his true personality. And mine as well. He thought I had a boyfriend and a bad vibrator habit and was still willing to talk to me.
Isabella Swan: Why's that?
Edward Cullen: You seem so easy to talk to. I don't know how to explain it.
Isabella Swan: ?
Edward Cullen: Alice has said so many good things about you. My cousin is very peculiar about her friends. She hated Tanya, even back in high school when we had started dating.
Isabella Swan: Alice is my best friend. She's been there for me through thick and thin. I love her, even when she goes all manic-pixie on my ass. LOL
Edward Cullen: Ah, man, I've seen THAT Allie too many times. You missed out on our high school days, LOL.
Isabella Swan: Yeah, apparently.
Edward Cullen: I have to go to work. Can I talk to you later?
Isabella Swan: Yeah. :o)
Edward Cullen: :o)
Edward Cullen is now offline.
I put the laptop on the coffee table.
So, he wasn't actually too broken up about the whole divorce thing. That was good, right?
Rain hadn't let up and I was in no mood to be around people. Except if those people's initials were EC. I spent the remainder of the afternoon cuddled on the sofa with a book. Peeta and Katniss kept me on edge but once in a while, my thoughts would drift off to Edward.
I wanted more. I wanted to get to know him. Things had changed for me. He was no longer just a pretty face with pretty green eyes that could see all the way to my soul. In one quick conversation, he had quickly turned into a real person. A real person that I needed to get to know better.
XOXOXOXO
I ended up having a pretty good week. Since I was alone in my department and Lauren had yet to hire someone, some of our projects had been pushed back a bit, leaving me with a hectic but manageable workload. I did end up putting in some overtime, but nothing too overwhelming.
I ended up getting home around seven every night. Surprisingly, every time I'd log into Facebook, Edward would be the first one popping in to say hi.
Speaking to him, even through IM felt like speaking to an old friend. We laughed and told jokes. He told me about his family, I told him about mine. Turns out, Edward Cullen and I had quite a bit in common.
Things that even Alice couldn't have told either of us about. Things that went beyond books and family. Things like bad habits and a very warped sense of humor. Things that made us click. Or, from my point of view, things that made me like him a lot. Probably more than I should.
Getting to know Edward had been easy. Like really, really easy. He was nice and sincere. Nothing like any other guy I had ever met. He was making this friends-only thing pretty damn hard for me because I was falling for him in a pretty hard way.
I didn't tell Alice about this friendly bonding that Edward and I had been doing. One night, I was entertaining conversations with both Edward and Alice. To my surprise, Edward was also entertaining a conversation with his cousin. Needless to say, we had a good laugh at her expense. It totally made my evening worthwhile.
By the time Saturday rolled around, I was thoroughly aware that Edward would also be going out with us this evening. Alice hadn't mentioned to me that Edward was going. She had also not said anything about the two of us being Facebook friends. I wondered if she really didn't know or if she was just biding her time trying to devise some devious plan. Knowing her, it was probably the later.
I spent the afternoon at the hairdresser's, getting a haircut and then got my eyebrows done. None of this for Edward, of course.
Yeah, keep telling yourself that, Swan.
Shut up, she's allowed to make herself look desirable.
I rolled my eyes at my inner monologue. Seriously, it's not like I could jump him right there.
Cause we're just friends.
Riiight, just friends.
Cause our friends will all be there and none of them even know that we've been chatting with one another.
Shit, this evening should be fun.
I picked out a pretty blue halter top that dipped perfectly in front making my cleavage look phenomenal and paired it with some black skinny jeans and black heals.
Again, none of this for Edward.
I put on just a hint of eye make-up and mascara with some light lip-gloss, the idea was to highlight my best features – my eyes.
After getting ready, I noticed it was only six and since I was meeting Alice and Jazz at their house at eight for drinks, I still had a few hours to spare before leaving my house.
My fingers twitched as they always did when I turned on the computer and waited for the telltale Windows background to pop up. As soon as Facebook turned on, I swallowed hard and gnawed at my freshly glossed lips. Nerves taking over as I waited to see if he would also be there. Knowing that I would soon be face to face with him made me extra nervous.
Edward Cullen: Hi :o)
Isabella Swan: Hi ;o)
Edward Cullen: Will I still be seeing you later?
Isabella Swan: Do you want to?
Edward Cullen: Of course, I can't wait.
Isabella Swan: Sure, sure. Is this how you charm all the ladies?
Edward Cullen: Not all of them, just one.
Isabella Swan: Do I know her.
Edward Cullen: I think so. You'd like her. I know I do ;o)
My insides were quivering and my breathing was shallow. The boy was being flirtatious and I wanted it. I wanted the flirting. I wanted it all.
Isabella Swan: Hmm, well, don't forget to introduce us when I get there.
Edward Cullen: Are you going to Alice's first?
Isabella Swan: Yeah, I have to be there around 8. You?
Edward Cullen: I'll see you there. Just remember, Alice doesn't know that we've been speaking.
Isabella Swan: Not telling her was a good idea. This should be fun, LOL.
Edward Cullen: I agree. I have to go get ready. See you later :o)
Isabella Swan: See you later :o)
I turned off the computer and paced around my apartment before leaving for Alice's house. This evening would either be a complete disaster or the best night of my life.
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