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Chapter 10

Edward

I woke up and looked around the room--the lights were still on. I chuckled softly to myself. Couldn't even turn off the light.

I looked at the clock and read the time. It was just after seven. Bella had moved herself away from me sometime in the middle of the night. I looked over at her to see the covers down by her waist, her naked breasts on display. Her hair was splayed out on the pillow, and her pretty, plump mouth was slightly open. Her arm was resting on the pillow beside her head.

She'd given me a part of herself that she'd never given anyone else, and it made me love her even more. She was in every way mine, and even though I wondered briefly if I'd let her make the decision a little too rashly, I knew there was no way I was going to be able to stay away from her. Being with her like this was too wonderful.

I reached over and softly stroked her face, moving my hand down her neck to her breasts while I grabbed another condom out of the box. I wanted desperately not to use them, to be able to feel all of Bella when I made love to her, but things had progressed so quickly between us, I knew the last thing we needed was an unplanned pregnancy, complicating things further.

Instead of lingering there at her breasts like I wanted, I moved my hand down her stomach, stopping at the lowest part of it and tracing circles with my fingers before I slowly retraced my steps, making my way back up her body. I repeated this a couple of times, my eyes never leaving my hand, before I looked back at her face. Her eyes were open and she was looking at my face intently.

"Good morning, beautiful."

She smiled sleepily. "Good morning."

I leaned down and kissed her jaw before I opened my mouth and licked a trail to her ear. My hand was still repeating the same pattern over her body, but this time, I drew lazy circles around her nipple before making my way down her stomach. I could feel her body shiver with my touch as I traced patterns over her hip bones. I moved my hand further down her body, my fingers slowly trailing down her slit.

Her eyes never left mine. I ripped the condom open with my teeth and rolled it on with one hand. My other hand was too busy at the moment to be bothered. I pulled her knee up and positioned myself over Bella before I slowly entered her. She felt so good around me, I struggled not to lose control and just fuck her senseless. I moved in and out of her slowly, going deeper each time, my eyes never leaving that perfect face.

She bit her lip and knit her brows. "Edward, you're driving me crazy," she whispered breathlessly. "Go faster."

"No." It was all I could do not to go faster, but I wanted to feel her writhe and twitch in anticipation.

I grabbed her hips and shifted her body so I could go even deeper inside her. "Edward," she moaned. I would never tire of hearing my name on her lips.

I could feel every part of her begin its ascent toward that sweet release. I pushed into her slowly, but with more force. "Say it again, Bella."

"Edward," she moaned again, this time louder. Her back arched and she was moving her hips under me. She was so close.

"Again." I grabbed her thighs and pushed her knees toward the bed, allowing myself to go even deeper.

"Edward!" she cried, as her walls pulsed around my dick. She felt so good I almost came right then. But I wasn't finished with her.

"You want me to go faster, love?" I growled in her ear.

"God, yes."

I flipped her over on her knees and grabbed her ass and pulled her back to me. It was so round, so perfect, I had the urge to spank her, but I wasn't sure how she'd respond.

I thrusted forcefully into her, making her gasp. I smiled. "You like that?"

"Yes," she whispered. "Harder, Edward."

I slammed my hips into her, grinding them upwards as her body met mine. I reached down and flicked her clit with my thumb. I felt her whole body twitch as I did it.

I did it again and again, in time with each thrust and felt her body tighten around me again. I wasn't going to be able to hold out any longer. With a final thrust, we were sent into a blissful, orgasmic haze together.

I must have fallen asleep again after I collapsed on top of her. I glanced at the clock on my way to the bathroom. It was after ten. I turned on the shower and brushed my teeth as the water heated up. I stepped in under the stream, letting the water pound my head. My head was swimming with thoughts of last night. I couldn't imagine what I could have done to have deserved to have her--to be this lucky. She had no experience, but it didn't seem that way. The way we connected made it seem like we'd known each other so much longer and knew everything about one another.

I got out of the shower and got dressed. I tiptoed quietly through the bedroom, trying not to wake Bella, and went to the kitchen to make her blueberry pancakes and sausage. I was going to spoil her while she was here.

The sausage was sizzling, and I was whisking the pancake batter when I saw Bella walk into the kitchen. She was wearing a short, silk slate blue robe and nothing else. Her hair was still dripping down her back from her shower. I dropped the whisk, making her giggle.

"You have no idea how much I like the color blue with your skin." I walked over to her and kissed her gently. "How are you this morning?"

She looked up at me and smiled. "A little sore." I instantly felt horrible for waking her up like I did this morning. I should have given her more time to recuperate.

My thoughts must have been clear on my face. "But in a good way," she hurried. She ran her finger down my chest, looking up at me from behind her lashes. "I love knowing it was you who made me feel this way."

I leaned down to kiss her and saw her eyes were full of lust. "Ready again so soon, love?" She blushed and looked away.

I hesitated for a moment, making sure she was really all right, before I pulled her face back to mine and kissed her, moving my hands to her thighs. My fingers played with the hem of her robe before I slipped them under and worked my way up to her hips. I was just about to pick her up and set her on the counter, food be damned, when her stomach growled.

I broke away laughing. "Apparently, your stomach has other plans." She pursed her lips. "Let's get you something to eat. We have the rest of the weekend for this." Well, the rest of forever, but that sounded a little too corny for a first weekend together.

"True." She was such a paradox. Smirking at me confidently while her cheeks reddened at the same time.

I turned the sausages and poured the batter on the griddle. I was just about to offer Bella some coffee when my cell phone rang. I looked at the caller ID before I mouthed 'Seth' to Bella. She smiled.

"Hey, Seth! How's it going?"

"It's good. How'd the party with Bella go?" I had told him a few days ago that my Bella was actually Bella Swan, which made him extremely excited. It doesn't take much.

"Great. Still going actually." I looked at her and smiled.

"She's still there?"

"Yeah." I flipped the pancakes and poured Bella a cup of coffee.

"Tell her I said 'hey'!"

I handed Bella the coffee. "Seth says' hey'."

She grinned. "Tell him I said 'hey' back and that we need to get together sometime."

"She says' hey' and she wants to get together sometime." This was beginning to get ridiculous.

"Cool. She got any single friends?"

"Uh, I'll have to check." I plated the pancakes and sausage and took them to the table, motioning for Bella to follow.

"Dude, you're a lucky guy. Do you know how many guys liked Bella in high school? She didn't give them the time of day."

"I know." I was grinning ear to ear now.

"So anyways, everyone was wanting to get together tomorrow night and play ball. You game?"

"Yeah. Bella's got plans with Alice tomorrow night and I'm off work until Monday morning. What time?" I handed Bella the butter and syrup.

"Sevenish."

"Sounds good. Later"

Bella

We finished eating and Edward started cleaning up. "Let me get that!" I scolded.

"No, I've got it. Just sit down."

"No!" He looked at me curiously. "You made it; at least let me load the dishes in the dishwasher!"

He seemed to realize that I wasn't going to let it go easily. "Okay," he relented. He sat the plates down by the sink and sat on one of the bar stools.

I went to the sink and rinsed the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher. I looked back at Edward and saw him watching me with dark eyes. I was a little confused at first before it hit me. I had nothing but a short robe on. I was sure Edward was getting a pretty good view when I bent over. Of course, I started to blush. I turned back to him and looked at him as seductively as I could. Might as well make the most of it.

"You like what you see?" He groaned and nodded his head furiously.

I giggled and started the dishwasher before turning to go to him. I didn't have to go far; he was standing right in front of me. He pushed me against the counter and crushed his mouth to mine. I fisted my hands in his hair and pulled him closer, causing him to gasp. I loved his reaction every time I did that. He started to untie my robe when my cell phone buzzed on the counter.

"Fuck!" he shouted, causing me to laugh at him.

I wiggled free of him and grabbed my phone. "I'm sorry, it's Renee." He nodded. I flipped open the phone and took a deep breath. "Hi, Mom. How's everything?"

"Hi, baby! It's good. How about you? You still dating that Edward boy?"

"Yeah. I'm actually at his house now." Edward walked back over to me and put his hands around my waist, nuzzling my neck. I tried to push him away, only for him to hold me to him tighter.

"Really?" she squealed. "Oh, honey, that's great! Wait, you're being safe, right?"

I laughed. "Of course." Edward's hands were sneaking down further.

"Well, listen, I just wanted to find out if you had plans with your dad for Thanksgiving yet."

"Yeah. I was going to cook for him." Edward spun me around and lifted me on the counter. I had to stifle a gasp from the contact with the cold granite. "I mean, he doesn't have anyone but me up here."

God, I hate divorce.

"Oh, okay." She was clearly disappointed. "Well, I want to see you for Christmas then."

"Yeah. Definitely." Words were beginning to fail me as Edward had untied my robe and had his mouth on my breast while his other hand was moving its way up my thigh. I had to bite my lip in order to keep from moaning. "Listen, Mom. I've got to go. I'll call you next week, okay?" Edward looked at me smugly.

"Okay, baby. I love you."

"Love you." I snapped the phone shut just as Edward put his fingers inside me. "Oh, God," I whimpered.

"Problems?" he asked slyly.

I carelessly tossed the phone aside. "Not anymore."

I finally managed to get dressed around noon. I walked back to the living room and found Edward sitting at the piano, playing a beautiful song I'd never heard.

I sat down on the bench next to him. "What is this?"

"I wrote it for Esme when I was seventeen. You like it?"

"It's beautiful." He stopped playing, and I frowned. "Why'd you stop?"

"I want to play something for you."

I nodded my head, and he began playing the most beautiful, softest song I'd ever heard. I listened to the sweet melody. It was almost like a lullaby. A wide grin broke out over my face.

He saw my reaction and smiled back. "I wrote it for you."

I was astonished. "What?"

"You inspired it. You inspired me. It's yours." The song came to an end and we sat there for a few moments, just staring at each other.

"Thank you," I whispered. "I love you." I felt a tear fall down my cheek.

He wiped it away and smiled softly. "I love you." He leaned down and kissed me tenderly, letting his emotions pour into it. "So, what do you say we watch a movie?"

I laughed at how he was trying to lighten things up. "Sounds good. Your pick? I need to take a look at the mail I brought from my apartment." He looked at me incredulously. "What?"

"You brought your mail with you?"

"Yeah?" I was extremely confused. "So?"

"You were only going to be gone for two days!" he said, laughing.

"I know, but my box is small and what if there's a bill or something I need to pay on Monday?" This just made him laugh even harder, causing me to flush in embarrassment.

He finally was able to speak after a few minutes of me glaring at him. "I'm sorry, love. But it's just so cute." He kissed the end of my nose before getting up. "I'll get the movie, you go get your mail," he said chuckling as he went over to the entertainment center.

I grumbled as I went into the master bedroom and took the mail out of my bag. I went through it, sorting through all the junk before finding a bill that needed to be paid and a letter from the owners of my apartment complex. Curious, I opened it up and read it. Then froze with shock.

October 30, 2008

Ms. Swan,

We regret to inform you that we have sold Garden Estates apartment complex to a developer from Los Angeles. He will not be keeping the property as is. He will be tearing it down and building a luxury hotel in its place. Demolition starts in approximately nine weeks .

All tenants have two weeks to find alternative living arrangements before the eviction process starts. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause you and wish you the best of luck.

Sincerely,

Bob and Sue Boyle

I don't know how long I stood there staring at the letter. My brain was going a mile an hour. I had no idea what I was going to do, where I was going to live. I vaguely heard Edward calling my name from the living room, but I couldn't make myself answer.

"Bella, are you all right?" I shook my head but didn't look at him. Edward led me to the bed and sat me down. I could feel myself getting angry now that the shock was wearing off. "Bella!" he shouted in alarm. "What's going on?"

Not trusting my voice I handed him the letter. He read the letter and ran his hand through his hair. "Shit," he breathed.

My eyes were swimming with tears. "Where am I going to find an place to live on such short notice?" I was fuming. "God fucking damn it!" I screamed.

He looked surprised by my outburst, but didn't comment. "I'm sure we'll find something," he said soothingly as he pulled me into his arms.

"Edward, do you know how many people live in that apartment complex? There are a thousand units in that complex." His eyes widened. "They go all the way up to four bedrooms, and none of them are vacant right now." I looked down, defeated. "I'm not going to be able to find anything remotely close to where I work in time." I covered my face with my hands and laid back, groaning. "I guess I can ask Alice if I can stay with her and Jasper for a few weeks while I look."

Shit. This is a disaster. I loved that apartment. It wasn't much, but it was convenient, and it was mine. The first place I had on my own after college. I took a deep breath and looked at Edward. The expression on his face was torn.

I had no idea what could have put that look on his face. "What is it?"

He took a deep breath and laid down next to me, his face hovering over mine. "Live with me," he said quietly.

"What?!" I screeched. "Are you serious?"

He shrugged. "Well, yeah. I mean, it doesn't have to be permanent if you don't want it to be..."

"Edward, I appreciate it, but let's be serious. You can't possibly expect me to have you rearrange your life for me."

"What's to rearrange?" He looked at me, his green eyes liquid pools of emotion. "I didn't have much of a life outside of the hospital before I met you."

"But..I...I have a lot of stuff!" I said as I looked around the room. "I couldn't intrude on your space."

"Bella," he said laughing. "This house has over seven thousand square feet. You've only seen the main floor. There's another bathroom and a game room in the basement. Not to mention my office, the four other bedrooms, and three bathrooms upstairs. I'm sure I have a little space I could spare for you."

Jesus, this house was big. "Are you sure?" Was I really considering this? "I'm sure Alice and Jasper wouldn't mind me staying with them for a while."

"You would rather live with Alice than with me?" he teased.

I couldn't help but laugh at his feigned shock. "No, not really."

His eyes locked on mine. "Bella, I'm not going to force you. But you know as well as I do, this is your home, too. It doesn't have to be now, but we both know it will be eventually." He smiled a dazzling smile as he stared at me.

Damn. "Do you always get your way?"

"Pretty much," he answered in amusement. "Is that a yes?"

I glared at him, but he knew I wasn't really angry. "If it doesn't work out, I'm moving out and blaming you for the early demise of our relationship."

Who was I kidding? It would work out.

He smiled triumphantly at me. "Thank you, you won't regret it." He kissed me hard.

I pulled back. "Wait, I don't want you to pay for everything. I mean, I know I don't make much money, but I want to contribute somehow."

"Um..." He ran his hand through his hair again.

"What? You've got a mortgage and utilities. You have to buy food somehow."

He seemed to be self-conscious. "I, uh... Well, I paid cash for the house. There's really not many expenses."

He paid cash?!

I tried to be as calm as possible; I could tell he was already embarrassed enough. "Then I'll buy the food." He looked like he was going to argue. "No, no arguing with me. I will not mooch off of you. If you want me to live with you, you'll agree to this."

He watched me closely for a while before finally exhaling deeply. "Fine." He flashed his crooked smile at me. "Let's go find a moving company."

He jumped off the bed and held his hands out to me. He looked like a kid on Christmas morning. I was sure I did, too. I knew we were moving too fast, but I couldn't stop it. I was happier than I'd ever known I could be. I felt my face beam in response. Edward and I are going to live together!

I took his hand, and he pulled me close. "What are you thinking, Bella?"

I cupped his face in my hands. "I was just thinking how unimaginably happy you make me."

His whole face lit up. "Come on, let's get to work."

I left Edward's on Sunday in a blissful daze. I had plans to meet Alice at the Chinese restaurant we loved so much. I pulled into the parking lot and saw Alice's yellow Porsche. The death trap, I liked to call it. I pulled in next to it, but she had already gotten out of the car.

I went inside and spotted her black hair immediately. I walked over to the table and sat down. "Hey, Alice. How was your weekend?"

She looked me over and smiled knowingly. "Apparently not as good as yours." I immediately blushed. "Isabella Swan, you little slut!"

My face was now a tomato red. "Oh, God. Alice, you don't really think I'm a slut do you?"

The waiter came over and took our drink orders, telling us we could go to the buffet whenever we were ready.

As soon as he was gone, she answered me. "Of course not! I think anyone would have a hard time calling a twenty-five year old girl who's only had sex with one man a slut."

My stomach rumbled. "Can we grab our food and talk about it while we eat? I'm starving."

She nodded, and we got up to fill our plates before we sat back down.

She tore apart her spring roll. "So, how was it?"

"Amazing."

She looked at me incredulously. "Is that all I get?"

"What do you want?"

"I want it all. I want to know when, where, how many times, everything!" Her face lit up with excitement.

"Great," I grumbled. I told her everything, trying not to leave anything out or blush any more than usual. "Alice, you don't think I made a mistake, do you?"

"Well, I think the question is 'Do you think you made a mistake or are you worried about what everyone will think of you, after losing your virginity to a guy you've known for only three weeks'?" Alice: never one to mince words.

I thought about it for a minute. "The second." I took a sip of water. "I don't think I made a mistake. It felt right. Well, it felt more than right." I blushed. Again. "I've never wanted to take that step before. I was afraid of it, I guess. He makes me feel safe, loved. I could never be afraid of anything as long as he's with me." I took a deep breath. "It's just so out of character for me. I thought I'd wait until I got married."

"Yeah, but then Edward came along." I looked at her questioningly. "Let's face it, Bella. That man has turned you inside out. Anything and everything that was typical Bella Swan behavior no longer applies." She shrugged her shoulders. "I think it's great. He brought you out of your shell."

"Huh. I never thought of it like that." I bit my lip, afraid to continue. "There's more."

"What more could there be?"

"I'm moving in with him." I cringed, waiting for her reaction.

She surprised me. "You are? When?"

"No shrieking?"

She laughed. "No. But why the suddenness?"

"I got a letter from the owners of my apartment complex saying they'd sold to a developer from LA and that he's turning it into a luxury hotel." Alice gave me a sour look. "I have two weeks to find a new apartment before they evict me. Edward asked me to live with him." I looked down nervously.

"You could have stayed with us until you found a new apartment."

"I know; that's what I told him. He said it didn't have to be permanent if I didn't want it to be. I don't know, I surprised myself by saying yes, but Alice," I looked at her seriously before continuing, "I really want to. I don't know how to explain it, but it feels like I should be there."

"As long as your happy."

"I am."

She grinned. "Good. But if you change your mind, you know you're welcome, right?"

"Thank you."