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Kind of random, I promise soon there will be more action and drama!
I was still staring at Edward when Ruby jumped on the bed and settled on his knee looking at us strangely. She has red eyes…Edward doesn't! He is kidding and he will pay! I mean what kind of boyfriend does this after the first time? None, just Edward.
I raised my eyes to his and narrowed them, "Vampire?" I managed to say.
"Yes" he answered smoothly. Then, I saw it again, that flickering in his eyes that was there only when he was joking or making fun of someone.
I took the closet thing to me, a pillow, again and started hitting him repetitively in the head with it.
"Hey, easy! You don't want to ruin this one, too" he murmured.
"It wasn't funny! You made me believe! How can you do such thing, now?" he cocked an eyebrow and started scratching Ruby.
"Edward, I'm serious! What possessed you to say such thing? And after our first time, none the less!" I exclaimed. Edward moved, he took me in his arms, "See? I told you I'm not good at this stuff. I was kidding, but somehow I even believed myself. I don't know when to joke and when not to. Can you forgive me?" he murmured in my hair.
"Don't do this again! And –"
"Stop it!!" he screamed, startling me. Ruby had managed to get him excited again.
"Poor Edward, getting hard because of a cat! It's really crazy" I muttered.
"Well, you can help me…" he winked at me.
"No way! Ruby will help you, she did it!" I said giggling. Then I jumped out of the bed and went to the bath to take a shower.
"Not so fast!" Edward sprinted after me and pinned me on the door. His lips started sucking on my neck and then down to my breasts.
"Edward" I tried to stop him, but couldn't resist him long.
"I love you, Bella" he murmured in my ear. Then, he went to start the shower and walked me there. "I'll wash every part of your amazing body and then I'll love you again"
I kissed him, explored his mouth with my tongue and his body with my fingers, his muscles flexed under my touch. He washed me as promised and then got me in his arms and entered me right there in the shower. He was touching new places and I couldn't stop my moans.
"Shh urghh tight…Bella, love" Edward kept chanting.
"Edward…ugnhh I can't…"
"Cum" I couldn't deny him anything. I slumped on his shoulder, my fingers in his hair. Edward was supporting my weight, he carried me back to the bed after he dried me off.
"Do you like this dress?" huh?
"Bella, we have to get dressed, we've been in here for over five hours" Edward tried again.
"I…it's ok. Whatever you like on me" I told him.
We got dressed and went to the kitchen to get food. Edward had Ruby on his shoulder and an arm around me. We all got milk.
"Better, sis?" Emmett scared us when he talked.
"Oh…yes. Better" I said, blushing.
He looked at us suspiciously, "Took a shower?"
"Ye-fuck don't scratch me!" Edward took the kitten by its neck and put her on the counter, rubbing his neck. Then it happened, Alice came in and Emmett started screaming.
"What the hell happened to your neck?? Don't tell me the cat did it!" Emmett yelled.
"What's going on?" asked Alice.
Emmett took a hold of my dress and pointed to my neck. Then he turned to Edward, "If you as much as touched her, I'll kill you!"
"Emmett! Shut up, what I do it's none of your business" I told him.
"Hell it isn't! I'm your brother! Listen here, jerk, just stay away from her! I won't be responsible for what I do" Emmett threatened Edward, advancing to him.
"I will do what I want and what she wants. She's a big girl, she can choose whatever she wants. And besides, I love her" he didn't say that! Jasper had just come in the kitchen and he heard what Edward said.
"Em, let her choose, he is right" Jasper reasoned.
"On who's side are you?" now Emmett turned to Jasper.
"The right side. Really, do you think Bella approves of your relationship with Rose? No, but she let you be with her, because it's what you want"
"She…I…it's not…fine!" he conceded.
Edward, true to his word, went the next day and talked with the guys at the tattoo shop that were more than happy to have someone help them with drawing.
Emmett accepted that I am a grown-up and can do what I want.
And Tanya hadn't bothered us ever since that faithful first day.
Now, Halloween was a week away and Alice started decorating the house and asking us what costumes we'd like.
"Really, I don't care!" I told her for the thousand time.
"But you must be something! The typical things are ghosts, witches, devils, vampires….I don't know…come on, Bella" she insisted.
"I'll be the fairy Godmother" Rosalie told me.
"I'll be Tinker Bell" Alice said. It wasn't helping.
"Em! Jasper!" I yelled for them. They came running in the living room. "What will you be for Halloween?"
"I'm Hulk" Emmett said proudly. Hmm he doesn't look green, but he is big enough.
"Peter Pan" Jasper said and went to kiss Alice.
"ARGHH!!" I screamed, getting annoyed.
"Everything ok?" asked Edward as he came in the living room, taking his jacket off. They had kept him at work late again!
"She needs to choose a costume for Halloween and she doesn't know what she'll be. What are you?" asked Alice.
Edward looked at me and started laughing, "Vampire, I think" he said chuckling. I threw him an annoyed look, remembering what he had done to me just a month ago.
"You can be human, my meal, you know?" he said laughing. That seemed to be extremely funny because everyone started laughing.
"Whatever! Is the meeting over, Alice? I have an essay due in two days!" I said.
"Yep, done"
I went to our room, took my laptop, got in the bed and started writing my essay…or I tried to.
"Hey, I didn't mean to upset you" Edward told me when he came in the room.
"It's ok…it's not you, it's me…" I whispered, trying to concentrate on my essay.
"Isn't that a breaking up line?" he whispered lowly.
"Huh? Oh…argh! I can't do this! All those things now…I feel like drowning"
Edward came next to me on the bed and put an arm around me, "What's wrong? You can tell me"
"Well…too many essays, Mom making me go to Phoenix for Thanksgiving Day and you, of course" I took a deep breath as I finished.
"Me?"
"Well…not you personally, they always keep you up late at work!" I told him.
"I stay late…there's something…I need…no, I have to tell you" Edward said in his pained voice, that he hadn't used in a while. What? This is scaring me.
"Edward?" I voice raised, close to hysterics. He took me in his arms and held me tight, "Shh, I just hope you approve. I…well…"
"Tell me, please. You're killing me here" I urged him.
"Bree and Brady think he's stupid…I'm stupid, but Collin helps me" Edward explained.
"Helps? What are you doing? What have you done, Edward??" I thought of the worst, he had promised he will stop!
He looked at me startled, then his eyes widened, "Oh silly Bella!", he said amused. "Why will I do that again when I have you here? I was talking about tattooing"
"You want to get a tattoo? Why are you asking my permission?"
"Technically…I want to learn how to tattoo, there I said it" he whispered and peeked at me from behind my hair, that had fallen on my shoulder.
"And where is the bad thing in this?"
"I don't know…you won't be mad?"
"WHY will I be mad? But…are you considering getting one?" I asked mildly interested.
"Maybe…" he said grinning.
"Edward?"
"Let me show you something" Oh God, he had already got one! Edward went to his backpack and got out a sketchbook.
"Here, I have a few drawn, but I don't know which one will look better on me…and I don't know where to put them" he sounded like a child that was allowed to eat candies before bed time.
I looked on the sketchbook and I saw a nice phoenix, it was unique, I had never seen one so beautiful, then there was a tiger and a stave.
"I love the phoenix!" I told him amazed. "Does it represent something in particular?" I wished I hadn't asked when I saw his face. His smile was gone and he had tears in his eyes. Why didn't I think?
"I burned and then I revived when I met you. You make me live again" he whispered and buried his face in my hair. I put my arms around him and kissed his shoulder.
"It will look good on your back or on your abs"
"Back, but not all my back. I want the tiger on my right shoulder" he whispered, trying to hold his tears.
"When?" I asked.
"Soon, I hope…by doing this…it will take some pain away" he murmured. I smoothed his hair away from his eyes and leaned down to kiss him. It was short and sweet, I felt him smile a bit against my lips.
"I want to come with you when you do it. Maybe get one myself" I told him.
Edward's eyes lit up, "Can I draw it? What do you want?"
"The sign for Celtic Eternity. On my lower tummy or wrist…not sure yet. I love that sign! And something else…What? No idea. Maybe you'll help me" I told him. I had thought of getting a tattoo since I saw James'.
Edward took the sketchbook and was about to start drawing something when I saw it. I snatched the sketchbook form his hands and looked at the page in front of me. I was speechless, my mouth hanging open. I looked between the drawing and Edward's face, who was looking at me horrified.
"You shouldn't have seen that one" he told me slowly.
"It's amazing! Tell me you will get it somewhere!"
"It is stupid, Bella! It's like first grade, writing our names on trees!"
"It's not! You must have worked so hard on this one! The most elegant script…and how you combined the letters, B and E never looked so good together before! It's like they're one" I whispered and traced the drawing carefully.
"My wrist" he said and took the sketchbook back and started working on the Celtic Eternity sign.
"Me too" I said after a few minutes.
"You too what?"
"I want it, too. On my wrist!"
"You're out of your mind! It's…it won't"
"Edward, I want it! It may sound silly, but I want it!" I insisted.
"Really, Bella?"
"Really"
Edward let the sketchbook down on the floor, moved my laptop on the night stand and turned to me. He took my face in his hands and kissed me, he licked my lips slowly trying to get inside my mouth, I granted him access. We battled for dominance and he let me win, he tasted deliciously. I wanted to lick every inch of his skin. I tried to take his shirt off, "No, just kiss me, please" he whispered against my lips. What boy in his right mind says 'no' to sex? So we continued to kiss and touch each other, but nothing more. We managed to fall asleep some time later, tangled in each other.
You'd think I'd have nice dreams after that kissing session, but not me. I dreamt that Laurent still had a copy of the video and put it on for the whole school to see it, then Kevin tried to attack me for some unknown reason and then stuck a knife in my stomach. The pain woke me up. It seemed so real…and why is it hurting if it was a dream? I checked to see if I was truly injured, but found nothing, then another wave of pain hit. NO! I had just realized what was happening and tried to disentangle from Edward to go to the bathroom. No such luck!
"Edward, move your hand" I whispered trying to push it away. I finally managed to move his arm away and got up to go to the bathroom, when tripped over something soft in the middle of the dark room. Something sharp cut the skin on my ankle and I yelped. This awoke Edward!
"Bella?" he asked sleepy and confused. "What are you doing there? Oh God…you're bleeding!" he was alert now.
"I think my period came" I whispered blushing, "I was going to the bathroom and I think I tripped over Ruby…she scratched me" I concluded, watching little drops of blood fall from my ankle.
"Go check if you are…ummm….ok…you know? And then I'll come see how's your ankle" Edward said uncomfortably.
I went to the bathroom and sure enough my monthly friend was here. I took care of it quickly and then called for Edward.
"Sit there on the closet and put your leg on my knee" he said as he kneeled in front of me. "What have you done to the poor cat to make her do this to you?" he whispered mortified. I looked at my ankle for the first time and wished I hadn't. Ruby had taken a lot of skin away and you could see raw flesh there. The amount of blood made me dizzy.
"Breath through your mouth, I need to clean this" Edward instructed. He worked on my ankle carefully, I barely felt his touch there. I saw when he took a bandage and some cotton, soon I lost count of the things he was doing to me.
"Done" he declared. "Try and walk" I got up wobbly and gripped the sink, my foot felt on fire and I moaned.
"Ok, don't walk" he said and took me in his arms and carried me to the bed. "I'll get some Tylenol" he kissed my forehead and turned to leave. When he was close to the door, he bent down and picked something up, the cat! Then he opened the door quietly and got out.
Edward was back in record time with Tylenol, water and milk for Ruby that was nestled on his shoulder.
He gave me the pill and put the cat on the bed. She hissed angrily at me and scouted away from me in Edward's thigh.
"It's clear now. She officially hates me" I huffed.
"It's not your fault! You didn't see her. Does it hurt?"
"Yeah…but I'll survive. Is she ok?" I asked squinting at Ruby.
"She seems alright. Now it's time to sleep" he whispered and took me in his arms again, kissing my temple. "I love you" I heard him whisper.
I turned my head and kissed his neck, the closest thing, and whispered back "Love you, too". I settled against his chest and felt something soft close to my hand. Ruby was already on his chest purring softly. I glanced at Edward and grinned, he smiled back and I put my head on the crook of his neck, finally falling asleep.
I woke up first and got up of bed, forgetting about my ankle. When I put pressure on it, I saw blood filling the white bandage Edward had wrapped around my ankle last night.
"FUCK" I hadn't realized I screamed it, until Edward woke up startled.
"Bella? Let's go change that. Why did you put pressure on it?" he asked, running a hand through his hair and tugging at the end of it. He carried me to the bathroom, changed the bandage and let me take care of my 'friend' and brush my teeth.
"Edward?"
"Wait right there, I'll get in a second" he screamed.
He appeared in the door way a minute later, breathing hard, with his hair more tousled than usual. He looked as if he had been in a battle with a wild animal. Edward was grinning and scooped me up and carried me to the bed.
"What will the lady like to wear?" he asked in a gentlemanly way.
"Jeans, shirt and Chucks"
"Pity, I saw a nice skirt there…I wished" he sighed and went to rummage for what I asked.
"Ok, get me the skirt. But you have to be my bodyguard"
"Gladly" What's wrong with him? Why the god mood?
He started tugging at my shirt, "Hey" I slapped his hand away.
"You can't! So let me help you" he murmured.
So he dressed me and even convinced me to put some boots because they will keep my ankle safe.
Edward carried me downstairs, went to the kitchen from where I snatched two Granola bars and then made his way to his car.
"What happened? What did you do, Bella?" asked a concerned Alice.
"She tripped over Ruby and she scratched her" Edward explained
"You're not leaving the house dressed like that" Emmett exclaimed when he saw me.
"I have my bodyguard with me" I said, kissing Edward's cheek which warmed under my touch. Was he blushing?
When we got to the campus, Paul greeted us.
"If it isn't the damsel in distress herself!" he exclaimed when he saw Edward picking me up and settling me gently down.
"Get lost" I said annoyed.
"I bet he'll pay me to take care of you today"
"About that, here, I give you a cigar and you bring her back intact. Deal?" Edward said.
"Make that three cigars and you've got yourself a deal" Paul said grinning. Edward thought for a second and nodded, giving him three cigars.
"What am I here? A precious jewel you have to leave for sometime and need to leave it on good hands?" he was annoying.
"I couldn't have put it better. My little jewel" Edward murmured, leaning down to kiss me. I forgot that I was supposed to be mad at him. "Go with Paul, I'll see you soon"
That day passed impossibly slow. When I got to Edward's car, I was beyond exhausted and my ankle was hurting.
"Do you want to come and see the shop? Meet the infamous trio I've been telling you about?" Edward asked me once we were in the car. I nodded.
"Man, you made it! Here, we hav- ooohh you got a customer! And a lovely one" one guy said the moment we got inside.
Edward got defensive or possessive and put his arm around me.
"Collinr. She's Bella. What do you want me to do?" he asked, still gripping me. Conner looked as if someone had kidded his puppy.
"The devil. You need to finish that one!"
"Oh, right. Let me show my masterpiece" Edward told me, taking me to the back of the shop. "My desk" I plopped on his chair and watched his drawings. Perfect, all of them!
"Masen! Oh…later, then" a girl around twenty five said, she must be Bree.
"No, not a client. What is it?" asked Edward.
"Oh…you must be Bella" Edward had the decency not to look at me.
"I hope you said only good things about me"
Another guy came there, "Clumsy as you said, man. What happened with her leg?"
Edward threw a cloth at the guy, "Shut up, Brady! Does it hurt?" he asked turning to me.
"A bit. But I want to know what you told them about me!" I demanded.
"Nothing too bad" he murmured, taking me to the bathroom, taking care of my ankle.
Around eight, Bree came again to us. Edward had finished for the day.
"I thought about what you asked. I'll do it" she said grinning at him. His face lit up and took her a big hug.
"When?" Edward asked eagerly.
"Whenever you are ready"
"Now!"
"Well, then let's get started" What were they talking about?
To my astonishment and horror, Edward took his shirt off and straddled Bree's chair. He looked at me and saw my shocked face.
"The phoenix" he murmured happily. I got it. She decided to start his tattoo.
"Don't move, I have to put the stencil on you" she said.
Then she started making the contour.
"Tell me if it hurts. It's your first time" she said worriedly.
"I'm tough" Edward said. But I could see it was hurting him.
I sat next to him and took his hand in mine and caressed it, then traced his face slowly.
"I have just the tail to draw. But next week! You know what to do. I won't let you see it until it's done. Bella don't let him see it and tonight wash his back with a soft cloth" Bree instructed. Edward was pouting like a child.
"Just another week and you'll see it. Don't sleep on your back! Good bye"
We muttered our good byes and left.
When we got home, it was too late for anyone to be still downstairs. So we just got in our room, took a shower, together. Me washing him carefully and then going to bed.
"I'm happy, I'm finally doing something to deal with the pain. Thank you for taking care of me, Bella" Edward whispered in the darkness of the room.
"Always, Edward" I vowed and kissed him sweetly on the lips.
He nestled himself between my breasts and feel asleep, I followed him soon after that.
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