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Last time...
"Stay with me, Let me old you, let me feel your heartbeat?" He asked
"Forever" I told him and laid my cheek on his chest to do the same to him.
BPOV
I awoke the next morning sore; it had been a long time since we had been together in such a forceful way as we had last night. I got up to go to the bathroom and he must have noticed in the way that I moved.
"Was I too rough last night baby?" he asked, regret at hurting me in his voice.
"No, it's all okay, promise." I answered with a smile and made an effort not to look sore; after all sometimes I like it rough. I went into the bathroom and decided a long hot shower was what was needed.
I poked my head back out the door into our bedroom, "Babe, I was going to take a long shower, are you okay for time before work or do you want to shower first?"
"How about I join you now and you can stay in as long as you would like?" he answered.
"Perfect, get your cute ass in here then." I said going to warm up the shower
He came in a few moments later and joined me in the shower
"What took you so long?" I asked
"Oh, I just had to call Charlie, and tell him we wouldn't be making it down to Forks this weekend, he had wanted us to come down Friday and stay till Sunday, but now with the dinner at Carlisle's Friday night and you preparing for your TA classes I think the weekend is going to be too busy." He said as he started to wash his hair.
"Oh, crap, I had totally forgotten about Charlie's this weekend, thank goodness you remembered. Hope he was fine with the change of plans." I asked
"Yea he was great actually, I guess it worked out for him because Amanda's sister called the other day and is coming into town for a visit, so now she can stay in your room." Will told me
"Oh No, Tiffany is coming for a visit? Poor Charlie. Remember that time this summer when she came for a surprise visit? How Amanda can be related to her I just don't understand, they're such polar opposites."
"HEHE yea well Tiff, sure did make our stay at your dads interesting while she was there. Actually I think I have to thank her, it was when she showed up that Charlie and I started our fishing together, so he could get away from her without hurting Amanda feelings. If it wasn't for her, who knows, if Charlie and I would be on such good terms now."
"Oh, I think you would have, Charlie was just trying to make you sweat, he liked you from the beginning" I told him
"What makes you think that?" he asked, starting with his body wash
"Come on Will, you know Charlie, If you had not been in his good books from that first day he would have made your life a living hell, and he certainty would not have allowed you to stay in my room while we were there this summer, If he didn't like you it would have been 'not under my roof' while hanging up his gun belt and saying ' P.S. I installed security cameras'. "
"You think?" he asked
"No, I know" I said." Plus he probably would have asked a lot more questions about us right up front, you know, trying to find even more reasons to hate you."
"Wow, I'll take your word for it, but still I think the fishing trips cemented our relationship. I actually kind of feel like his son you know, it's nice." He said finishing in the shower.
"Yea I know, I love how well you two get along, I don't know what I would have done if the two most important men in my life didn't get along." I told him truthfully.
"Well it looks as though you will never have to find out, we get along great." He gave me quick peck on the lips and told me he was off for the day. Today I had class, and then had to study up so I could take my Thursday exam to get early credit.
The rest of the week went by extraordinarily fast. In a blink of an eye it was Thursday evening and I was walking out of my Final with a smile on my face and an armful of papers, to begin making lesson plans for the two classes I'll be teaching as a Teacher's Assistant. I was so happy and relieved, one class down and over with.
I made my way home exhausted but happy, it was Thursday night which for me meant the start of my weekend as well as Will's. When I got to our apartment and walked through the door, it smelled lovely.
"Mmmm, Honey I'm home! And what is that delicious smell?" I yelled out while hanging up my coat.
"I made you lasagna. Thought it would be nice after the week you have had to come home to a home cooked meal that you didn't have to prepare yourself." He said " It's almost ready, the garlic bread is just warming up."
"Thank you babe, it exactly what I needed, you are too good for me I swear." I told him while I came up behind him, wrapping my arms around his waist to hug him and kissing his neck."Do I have time to get changed into something more comfortable?"
" Yup go ahead, what kind of dressing do you want on your salad first?" he asked.
"Mmmm, Ranch please." I said going into the bedroom to change; I came back out in my WWU sweatpants and my Forks Spartans sweatshirt, Comfortable for the first time today.
" So by change into something comfy, you really did mean comfy." Will said with a smile on his face while finishing setting the table.
" Yup, sorry but you won't be getting a sexy comfy tonight, I'm too drained."I told him sitting down at the table.
"Well, I would have to disagree with you there baby, you look sexy in those sweatpants" he told me leaning down for a quick kiss.
"You're losing your eyesight then honey, I look like a bum in this outfit but that's okay." I told him.
"Pff. Losing my eyesight, that's nonsense, I have perfect vision, and it tells me your cute little ass is stunning so don't argue." He said sitting down in his own seat." So tell me how did everything go today?"
"It went great actually, the exams were so easy Will, I feel really good about the outcome of them." I said pausing to take a bite of my dinner. " I was so nervous going in but like Susan said it was a walk in the park, I'm so grateful she let me challenge the exam otherwise it would have been painful to waste all that time in class." I said
"Yes, and now that you have it over with, you can start taking some more time for yourself, you have been working far too hard." He said.
I laughed," Hardly, and regardless I can't be taking any time I've traded two classes a week, for having to teach two classes a week. I'll be even busier then I usually am. At least I still have my books from when I took that class three years ago, so with Susan's notes and mine, it should be fairly easy to create a lesson plan. "
"Well if you ever need any help with anything, you know all you need to do is ask right?" Will offered
"Yes, and thank you, but I want to do this as much by myself as I can, you know?" I asked.
"Yes, I do and I'm sure you'll be fantastic." He said " You remember of course that we have dinner with Carlisle and his wife at 6:00 tomorrow don't you?"
"Yes of course, how could I forget?" I answered, really I had been trying to forget and couldn't.
"We should go to the store tomorrow and pick up a bottle of wine to take with us, what kind do you think they would like?"Will asked.
I almost laughed, if we were striving to get them what they wanted we might as well just take a Swiss army knife and open up a vein. "Umm, I think we should just take a nice Pinot Noir."
"Sounds good, what do you have to get done tomorrow?" Will asked.
"Well I was going to just take it easy tomorrow actually, do some house work, go grocery shopping since we're almost out of food, then I have to take some clothes to the drycleaners so they will be ready by Monday. What about you?"
"Well I'm actually not that busy this weekend, I already have most of my lesson plans ready and no marking to do, so I can just help you out tomorrow if you don't mind. Maybe if we get the house done early then we can drop the clothes off and head down to Pike Place Market to do our shopping, grab some lunch there and then wander and shop? It's been awhile since we have taken the time to shop there."
"Yea it has been a while hasn't it? That sounds fantastic actually, I've been wanting to go back to that Pink Door restaurant you took me to when we first started dating, and the produce is always so much fresher in the Market."
We finished eating, talking about nothing in particular, and then did the dishes together, me washing, him drying. We settled down on the couch together and he held me close to him while I snuggled into him. We watched a bit of T.V. together and the next thing I knew I awoke while being tucked under the covers of our bed.
"Mmm, sorry I guess I fell asleep." I said struggling to wake up a bit.
Will leaned down and kissed my forehead, "its okay sweetheart sleep, you have had a long week, I'll join you in a moment."I heard him checking to make sure the front door was locked, and turning off lights, and then soon he was in bed next to me holding me in his arms again while we both fell asleep.
The next morning was beautiful, the sun was out and it was surprisingly slightly warm. We got up early and cleaned the house, and together we managed to have it looking great in no time at all. We gathered the clothes for the dry-cleaners and made our way to Wills car. The drive was short and I ran in to drop off our clothes, when that was done we headed towards Pike Place Market for lunch.
We made our way to the nearly unmarked Pink door on upper Post Alley, and inside to enjoy some fantastic Italian food. We asked for a seat on the patio that looked out ever Elliott Bay and surprisingly they had room available. That was the nice thing about this place it was fantastic but not a lot of people knew about it.
We got to our seat and ordered some wine. The view was amazing, Water seemed to be Will and I's 'thing' ever since that first night at first beach together three years ago, we seemed to be drawn to the water, It made me feel at ease and closer to Will somehow, And I could not Imagine living somewhere like Phoenix ever again.
"I think we should get married somewhere close to the water, or maybe on the water? What do you think?" I asked will looking out over Elliott Bay
"Yes I think that's a wonderful idea, maybe at dusk like that first night in La Push?" he answered.
"I was just thinking about that night too." I told him but was interrupted when the waitress arrived with our bottle of Wine, asking for our orders. It did not escape my attention that she was shamelessly Flirting with Will. Will ordered the linguine alle vongole which was fresh baby clams, pancetta, garlic, peperoncini & white wine. The waitress reluctantly looked at me then, obviously choosing to believe me his sister or something; This is where the wedding ring came in handy, I used my left hand to point down to my menu and say, "I'll have the Puglia e fieno" which was white & green fresh fettuccine w/ exotic mushrooms, light cream sauce, fresh herbs & essence of truffle. Then I reached over to Will ignoring that the waitress was still there and said, "So you wouldn't mind getting married by the water then?" to Will.
Will looked confused for a moment, knowing he had already told me he liked the idea and then his eyes flicked to the waitress and back to me smiling. "I think that is a wonderful idea honey." Will said " Could we get some bread to start?" Will said to the waitress who was still standing staring at us, sending her away. "I do love when you get jealous my love." He said to me.
"Well can you blame me, could she have been any more obvious?" I said, "I may have to hold my tongue at school but I won't just smile through it here, your mine" I said determinedly.
"That I am, yours and only yours, forever" he said leaning in and kissing me softly and then whispering in my ear."And I like that your possessive of me, it's sexy when you get all jealous like that."
We ate slowly looking out at the harbour and the day was still beautiful and warm. We talked about the previous week and what we had missed in each other's lives from being so busy. He told me that he had already talked to the dean about teaching two summer classes this year, and that the dean also asked to see him and Carlisle on Monday to talk about a new idea. He didn't think it was anything to worry about. We talked about making a quick trip next weekend to see Charlie and Amanda, Will wanted to take Charlie fishing next Saturday. I thought it was a good idea and hell, after tonight's dinner with the Cullen's I might need to escape to Forks next weekend. He said He would call Charlie and arrange it all. I swear Will talked to Charlie more often than I did now, it truely was like Will was the son Charlie never had.
We finished Lunch and started to make our way through the Market buying fresh seafood, meat and produce. We were picking out some specialty cheeses and olives when Will asked, "So have you called and told your mother about the engagement yet?"
Remorse spread through me instantly, I had totally forgot to tell my mom I'm engaged, I really hope that her and Charlie haven't talked by some fluke and he let it slip."No, honey, to be completely honest I was waiting to have enough time for a good conversation and then after talking to Susan I completely forgot I haven't told her already."
"Yes, well, it has been a long and busy week for you." Will said understanding.
"I promise I'll call her tomorrow morning, it will give me plenty of time to talk to her."I told him, "Plus she will probably want to talk to you too afterwards so it'll be good that your there with me." I said smiling at him.
"uh-hum" he said picking up some crackers. Will and my mom had an Interesting relationship, they have never actually met and when we broke the news to her that we were dating she pulled out all the questions, asking the same questions to both of us and comparing the answers. Poor Will was on the phone for 3 hours the first time they spoke. Then when I had gotten back on the phone she had told me all the reasons dating a professor wasn't a good idea and how when it didn't work out it would be messy. I listened as politely as I could trying to remember my mother's prior troubles with her relationships, and finally when it got too much I just told her ' those are your issues not mine mom, I love you and I'll call you soon' then I had hung up and taken Will out to dinner so we wouldn't be home to hear the phone ring.
After that the conversations got better but I could always tell that she didn't think we would last and she never asked to talk to Will again only speaking to him when he would be the one to answer the phone and even then just keeping it to small talk. I knew Will was hurt by her reaction to us, but I told him about her past issues with men, and how she couldn't judge anything fairly regardless, never having met him and seen us together, let alone taken the time to have a proper phone discussion between them. Still I know it bothered him, he thought that he was creating a gap between my mother and me, even though the truth was, that gap had nothing to do with him, it had started that first day I had moved to Forks.
I loved my mother don't get me wrong, but she had Phil now which meant I know longer had to look after her, and I liked not having to be so responsible. Even Charlie didn't need much looking after, sure he couldn't cook worth a damn and when I lived with him he was more than happy to let me take over the household chores, but he knew when his bill's came out, and he remembered to get gas, and he always had chains on my truck when it was going to snow.
I was wondering what Renee's reaction was going to be when Wills voice pulled me out of my reverie, "Shall we go pick out a wine for tonight?"
"Yes, sure, sounds great." And we made our way towards the little wine store inside the market.
CPOV
I had left Will's office Monday speechless. Bella, My daughter Bella, Was engaged to be married, she had moved on, and I had just stumbled into her life unannounced.
I prayed that she wouldn't hate me for it, it wasn't intentional at least, I honestly thought she would have gotten as far away from forks as she could, I always saw her moving to Jacksonville to be close to her mother.
Then there was her attitude towards me when we were alone, If only Jasper had been there to know for sure, Sadness, Anger, confusion, hurt, maybe even a little happiness.
Then there was the issue that her Fiancé was not only someone who I had come to think of as a friend, human or not, but was also a professor breaking the cardinal rule at WWU, NO RELATIONS BETWEEN STUDENTS AND FACALTY, I didn't know if she had ever been one of his student or not, but either way it was a big no no in the eyes of the school. But then again I liked Will, he was such a good guy, and up until I knew who she was, I could see clearly that he loved her.
Oh gosh he really did love her too, Edward, what was Edward going to do when he found this out?
I couldn't stop thinking, millions of thought running through my head. I some how managed to make my way through my last class of the day and was in my car trying to clear my thoughts. There was no way I could go home until I had control of myself or more importantly, my thoughts, so Edward wouldn't go crazy. I wondered if Alice had seen anything.
I made my way home and thought about inviting Esme to 'surprise me' at work one day, If Edward was listening in he would defiantly tune out at that.
I parked the car in the garage and made my way in at human speed.
"Esme dear I'm home," Edward was in the living room and when I came in he gave me a look, cringed and then went upstairs, grabbing his iPod as he went. Well that was easy.
Alice came running in and joined Jasper on the couch her with a fashion magazine, Jasper with a Civil War book and a scowl on his face.
"Alice, Jasper how was school today?"I asked
"Good, same old, same old you know. All four of us have a short week this week since I guess our TA for our mandatory intro English course isn't finalised yet." Jasper said
"Really, that's nice, hopefully they will get it all sorted soon."I said not really caring, it's not like they didn't already know what was going to be taught. "Alice have you seen any changes in our future, any threats or visitors?" I asked it was the closest I could come to asking what I wanted to know.
Alice's eyes glazed over for a few moments and then she snapped back into reality. "Nope nothing out of the ordinary, No threats or vampire visitors, but I do see you invited a man over for dinner on Friday, Why?" she asked confused.
"You just see a man?"I asked
"Yes, he's handsome for a human, but it looks like him and the entire family at the dinner table, but there is an empty seat next to him, that's odd. Why do we have to pretend to eat Carlisle?" she asked
"You don't Alice only Esme and I are required to entertain our guest, you may say that you have already eaten."
I was confused, only Will, Empty seat, whole family at the dinner table, Alice must not be able to see Bella at all, otherwise we wouldn't be in this mess in the first place. I decided not to tell anybody about Bella's Visit on Friday, I didn't want to give Jasper time to panic and leave worrying that she would hate him, or Edward time to do something stupid. Alice wouldn't be able to stay away and I thought Bella needed time to come to terms with us being here, and It wouldn't be as easy to get to her, her living with Will and all. I wanted to tell Esme, to bring a long absent smile to her face but couldn't without the risk of Edward finding out. I went up to my study and started making lesson plans. When I heard Edward tell Esme he was going hunting I gave him a few moments to get out of range and then thought. I think it's important everyone see's Bella on Friday, It might be better if it's like a band-aid and just get it over with. Plus with Will there everyone will have to be on their best behaviour. I decided that Friday morning I would tell them all that I wanted them all to meet someone, and that after they were introduced they could decide to stay for dinner or not.
The Week flew by and Friday was stressful. Jasper kept throwing me funny looks but didn't know what to make of my nervousness. Finally it was 3:00 on Friday, only 3 more hours until Bella and Will showed up.
BPOV
Will and I finished our shopping in no time and made our way home; we had 2 hours until we had to leave for the dinner at the Cullen's so I helped Will put the groceries away before I jumped into the shower. I showered quickly and was out blow-drying my hair straight in no time. I was nervous and needed to keep busy. A lot has changed since the last time I saw the Cullen's, all of them at least since I had just seen Carlisle, I Cared how I looked now, putting in more of an effort everyday to look my best, I wore makeup, granted not a lot, but still more than before, and I liked to dress up. I took the flatiron to my hair and made sure that it was all straight before starting on my makeup. I wanted to make Will proud tonight and I wanted to be different then the Bella the Cullen's had known all those years ago.
When I was done with my makeup I went to the closet to pull out some clothes for Will while he showered, Black slacks and a White button up with a black T-shirt underneath.
I wanted to match Will tonight so I pulled out my white and black cocktail dress, It was strapless, and white around the bust, and high waisted, just under the bust the dress turned to black and hugged my curves that I hadn't had at 18 perfectly. The dress fell to just above the knee and was perfect for tonight, dressy yet casual, sexy yet conservative, and elegant. And I matched Will perfectly. I put on a pair of black pumps, I had finally figured out how to walk in them and then transferred my cell phone and wallet into a black clutch. Will held up my Black cashmere trench for me to wear and then we were on our way.
A/N: Well my lovely readers sorry for the wait. I have the next chapter written and ready to post as soon as I get 10 new reviews!
The poll results are as followers 17 in favor of Bella ending up with Will, 2 for Bella/ Edward which means this story is heading in the direction of Bella/Will!! but I have some twists in mind for some drama up ahead.
I was thinking though that perhaps when I'm finished this story I will write an alt ending for those wanting to see Bella/Edward, it will all depend on time and interest in it though.
Hope everone is enjoying the Olympics, I sure am!!
Special thanks to all who have reviewed so far, you know who you are, you really are my insperation.
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