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There's a lemon towards the middle of this chapter so if you don't like it don't read it. This chapter is more of a transition chapter than anything else...

I didn't have the time to edit this that much.I apologize for any mistakes

Chapter 9 – Desire

EPOV

I spent most of the day not being able to fully concentrate on anything. My mind kept going back to Bella and how amazing she was. I found her immensely fascinating, even more so than before and I thought that was impossible!

I kept thinking about how good it had been to make love with her and how beautiful she looked naked beneath me, with her hair spread on the pillow. How amazing it had felt to be inside of her and how I had loved to hear her moan and say my name.

I felt absolutely primitive but I found myself wanting to make her, mewl, moan and gasp again. I wanted to find out exactly what I need to do to gain that sounds from her again as well as what she liked. I wanted to be able to make her scream my name again. Yes, like I said, absolutely primitive…

Emmett hadn't said anything since this morning but I was sure he would make his appearance soon. He wouldn't, after all, lose an opportunity to have a good laugh on my account. He never did! At least he seemed to like Bella, which was good to know, and she thought he was nice. I wanted them to like each other.

After flipping through the TV channels several times I went to my computer and tried, unsuccessfully, to finish an article for work. I gave up trying soon after. I couldn't write about anything when Bella was so presently in my mind.

I got up and headed to the bathroom in order to take a shower. I stood under the shower for a long time, letting the warm water hit the muscles in my back.

When I stepped out I wrapped a towel around my waist and immediately looked at the clock. It was almost 7 pm, maybe Bella was already free.

I had not wanted to let her go this morning; in fact I never did want to let her go. I had wanted to keep her in bed and safely in my arms the whole day, but she had to go help Alice.

I got dressed and picked up my cell phone so I could call Bella. It rang three times before she picked it up.

"Hey."

"Hello love." I took a deep and slow breath. Damn it, I had let that slip. I had come to the realization I loved her but I didn't want to say it to her like that, over the phone. It seemed too impersonal. Gladly, she didn't seem to notice it.

"What have you been doing?"

"Not much to say the truth." I just spent the whole day thinking about you. "What about you? Are you done with Alice?"

"Yes. She just went out to meet Jasper. She was pretty excited I must say."

"That's good. So are you alone already?"

"I am, Rosalie already went out with some friends as well. I was just going to take a shower before I called you." I groaned slightly while imagining her taking a shower…

"What is it, Edward?"

"Don't do that to me Bella."

"Do what exactly?"

"Make me imagine you naked and in the shower. The water running down your body where my hands should be. It's not fair to do that when you're not here with me and I can't touch you." I could hear her take a deep breath. She went silent after that, making me think that maybe I had scared her. Maybe I shouldn't have told her that. I sounded just too desperate, which I more than probably was… Bella had that strong of an influence over me.

"I would very much like to have your hands running along my body again." I let out a breath I didn't even know I was holding at her words. Even though she wasn't near, my hands already itched desperately to touch her.

"Really? Because that's all I could think about all day long."

"Yes." Her words were music to my ears. "Edward, how fast can you be here?"

"As fast as you want."

"Good. Can you pick up some food and come as fast as possible then?"

"Of course." There was nothing else I wanted more than to be there with her.

"I'll take that shower and wait for you then."

"I won't take long." Especially if I get to see you wet.

"I'm counting on that." I hanged up and almost ran out of the apartment.

I wanted to be with Bella too much to waste time with anything.

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When she opened the door for me I couldn't help but to groan to myself and take a deep breath. She looked absolutely beautiful and tempting in her tank-top and pajamas pants, with her still wet hair falling down her back and shoulders. I could smell strawberries all around her.

She reached out to touch my face and I immediately wrapped one arm around her waist, pulling her against my chest so I could kiss her.

I almost let the bag with the food I was still holding fall in the ground when she licked my lower lip and granted me access to her mouth. I kept kissing her with all my will, not paying any attention to the fact I needed to breath, until she pulled away gasping for air.

I ran my hand along her cheek, letting her brush her slightly swollen lips against mine when she wanted to.

"I brought the food you asked for." She pulled back making me come in with her and looked at the bag that was still in my hand.

"Thank you! I'm really hungry and didn't feel like cooking today." I kissed her forehead and followed her to the kitchen where I helped her with the plates never taking my eyes off of her. The way she kept moving her hips was truly hypnotizing and as everything else that was amazing about her, she didn't even seem to notice it.

We ate dinner quietly, like we usually did, and she told me about her day with Alice. She was sure Alice would get the job as a fashion sales representative. After all, fashion was something Alice definitely knew about. I was certain she would get the job as well.

After we finished dinner we went to the living room in order to watch a movie I wasn't even pretending to pay attention to anymore. Bella was cuddled in my arms; her head was in my shoulder as she kept tracing the muscles in my chest and stomach with her little hand.

She was beautiful when she was like this. Peaceful and relaxed.

I was memorizing every trace in her face as well as every expression that crossed it when she turned to look at me.

"What are you doing?" She ran her fingers along my jaw and I moved slightly to kiss her cheek.

"Watching you."

"Shouldn't you be watching the movie instead?" I shrugged, kissing her face once again.

"You are much more beautiful and interesting than any movie." Her cheeks turned an endearing red and I once again leaned in to kiss both of them before claiming her lips in a soft kiss.

"I think you're a helpless romantic Edward Cullen and to say the truth I like it." She moved to kiss me again before I could say anything in my defense. I guess she was right, since I met her I had begun to see things in a slightly different light.

When she moved to sit in my lap I started to kiss her deeper, more hungrily. She moaned against my mouth, making me crush her body against mine. I had wanted to hear that sound all day long.

"I have been thinking about having you like this all day. In fact, I hardly could think about anything else." She smiled shyly and kissed my neck, keeping her head buried there.

"I also spent the whole day thinking about you." Immense happiness suddenly overtook me.

"What have you been thinking about exactly?"

"I have been replaying last night and this morning in my head." She lifted her head to look at me and bit her lower lip. "I want you to touch me like that again, make love with me." I couldn't help but to attack her mouth. I took her lower lip in between mine and sucked on it.

That insane desire was taking over me again. I really needed to come up with a way of controlling it. I pulled back and spoke near her ear, feeling her shiver slightly.

"I have unleashed a monster haven't I?" I surely had and it was my own monster that craved for her more than anything else. She giggled and kissed the corner of my mouth.

"Do you want to go to my room?" I definitely did. It was taking all my strength not to jump her right here. I took a deep breath while leaning back to look at her.

"You are going to be the end of me, aren't you? I can already tell you will."

"Not at all. I want you well alive and healthy. I might drive you to exhaustion like Emmett suggested tough." I raised an eyebrow at her.

"He did that?"

"Kind of. He asked me if I had exhausted you with all our activities since you where still sleeping when he got to your house."

"What did you say?" I definitely had to have a little talk with Emmett later. The blush I loved rose to her cheeks again.

"Don't let it boost your ego too much, ok?" I raised an eyebrow again, wondering what she had told him. "I told him that I was pretty sure you could go on all night long..." That made me snap. I wrapped her legs around my waist and lifted her up so I could take her to her room.

I fully intended to show her she was right. With her I could, without a doubt, go for as long as she wanted me to.

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After I took Bella to her room we made love twice and were now lying together in bed.

She was lying on her stomach and was, absentmindedly, tracing patterns in one of my arms while I lay half on my side. My free hand was lightly running up and down her spine. I would, ever so often, lean in and substitute my hand with my lips, feeling her shiver beneath me every time I did so.

It was good to know I had that kind of influence over her, to say the truth.

I moved to brush my lips along her cheek and she closed her eyes, looking like she could fall asleep.

"I thought you were getting ready to stay awake all night long." She smiled and buried her head in the pillow, knowing perfectly well I was teasing her.

I let my eyes trail up and down her body then. She looked so beautiful like this, naked and with her pale skin glowing due to the light that was coming in the room from outside.

I had to let her know how beautiful she was. I brushed a strand of her hair away from her face and spoke near her ear.

"You're so beautiful. Did you know that?" She shrugged slightly but said nothing. "You are. You are beautiful my Bella." She opened her eyes to look at me and I made us move so she was lying on top of me with her legs wrapped around mine.

"You make me feel that way." I smiled at her and kissed her eyes, letting her lay her head in my shoulder. That was how I always wanted her to feel.

I started to run my hands up and down her body once more, reaching one hand down further so I could gently squeeze her ass. She giggled against my neck when I did so, making me stop.

"What it is?"

"Nothing really, it's just that you always seem to do that when we are like this." She giggled again and bit my neck gently making me groan in the process.

"Do what exactly?"

"Squeeze my ass."

"Oh." I hadn't fully realized I did that before.

"It's ok. I like it." I placed one finger beneath her chin so I could make her look at me.

"You do?" She bit her lip and nodded.

"Yes, I do."

"Good because I really enjoy doing it." I looked down at her perfect and round bottom and squeezed it again. "Yes, I really do like your bottom." Using the hand that was still on her bottom I slid her up my body so I could kiss her better and heard her moan at the contact.

Before I could claim her mouth in a kiss she was already kissing me, her tongue massaging mine.

"I thought you were getting ready to sleep. You looked tired."

"I am not anymore." She spread her legs and sat up, straddling me. Her hands immediately started to run up and down my chest making my breathing become faster.

From this position I had an amazing view of her body but I wanted to feel her pressed against me so I too sat up, holding her in my lap with her legs still straddling me.

She kissed my mouth and I moved my hands to her waist, pulling her closer to me.

With a little movement from her she allowed me to slide inside of her.

"Oh Edward!" She started to move slowly on top of me and I immediately grabbed her ass making her move up and down faster.

In this position I could thrust completely inside of her, fell her all around me and hear those amazing sounds from her I had been waiting to hear all day.

She started to move faster and faster with my help and I soon found myself lost in the amazing feeling of her all around me. Her soft skin was all I could feel, her moans was all I could hear, her delicious smell was all that surrounded me and her face, expressing what I could tell was pleasure, was all I could clearly see. All my senses were attuned to her and only her.

I buried my head in her neck and bit it gently, tasting the skin there.

When her thrusts became more erratical and her breathing faster and shallower I began to squeeze her ass gently and repeatedly and pulled her upper body a little back so I could take one nipple in my mouth. I licked and sucked on it feeling her walls clench around me and her hands move to my hair, pulling slightly on it.

"Yes, Edward!" She kept bouncing on top of me and after a few more thrusts her clenching walls, squeezed me once more making me feel like I was free falling. I let her name slip from my lips at the same moment she screamed mine and bit her neck gently once again.

I collapsed into bed with Bella on top of me and wrapped my arms around her as she laid her head in my chest.

Her smell lingered in the air around me and her weight on top of me made me realize I was the luckiest man in the world. It was a cliché but it was also the truth.

After a few minutes she moved to kiss my chest and lay her head in my shoulder. She let her hand stand still in my chest and I moved mine to cover hers. Sleep was clearly starting to take over her.

"I could get used to this." She whispered while burying her face beneath my chin.

"I truly hope so." I kissed the top of her head and pulled the covers over us so she wouldn't get cold. "Sleep my Bella, my love." She made a little noise and was soon asleep not seeming to notice my words.

I stayed awake looking at her peaceful sleeping form but soon felt sleep take over me as well as I thought that with her I could definitely do this forever.

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Alice decided to organize a little party at their apartment for us all to spend some quality time together. I was in charge of making sure Jasper would be there and of taking Emmett with me since Bella had, apparently, found him hilarious.

It was not hard to convince them to come. Jasper was more than willing to spend more time with Alice and Emmett was always ready for a little party. He was a people person.

As Bella opened the door of her apartment to us Emmett jumped in front of me and hugged her before I could even say anything.

"Bella! It's so nice to see you again. And look you're fully dressed this time!" Her eyes widened slightly and she began to blush heavily... I smacked Emmett's arm and made him move out of the way. Embarrassing my girlfriend was not why he was here.

"Behave Emmett."

"I'm just kidding Edward. Bella knows I like her." Bella smiled at Emmett and reached for my hand while I rolled my eyes.

"I'm glad you could come Emmett."

"Thanks for inviting me."

"Hello Bella."

"Hi Jasper. Alice and Rosalie are in the kitchen." The guys nodded and walked into the apartment. After Bella pointed the way to the kitchen to them, they went in to greet the girls.

When they were out of sight I took the opportunity to pull Bella towards me and wrapped my arms around her.

"Hey." She smiled at me and stretched a little so she could kiss me. I met her half way and took her lips in between mine.

She moved her little hands to my hair when I deepened our kiss and I pushed her even closer to me. Her hair was still slightly wet and she smelled as good as she tasted. She was intoxicating and I could never seem get enough of her.

We only stopped kissing when everyone came into the living room and Alice cleared her throat before speaking.

"We knew you guys would be here making out!" I unwillingly let go of Bella as she scowled at Alice.

Emmett flashed me a grin and went to sit down on the couch, perfectly at ease already. Those two together would not make life easier for Bella and me…

After about an hour Alice decided it was time for us to have dinner and so we did. Once we were finished we went to sit on the couch so we could talk properly.

Besides Alice and Jasper's clear chemistry it seemed like Emmett and Rosalie were very at ease with each other. At least they seemed to have a few things in common. They both had an underlying and undeniable love for cars, for instance.

I could tell Emmett though Rosalie was absolutely fantastic due to the fact that her knowledge about cars could, in fact, rival with his. A very interesting relationship was starting to form there.

I knew Bella was thinking the same as I was when she leaned further into me and spoke near my ear.

"What is there about your friends and brother that has my girlfriends falling for them?"

"I think you have it backwards. It seems like your friends are the ones making the guys fall for them." If it was anything like it had been for me and if Bella's friends were half as amazing as she was, Emmett and Jasper had no choice but to fall in love with them.

"Either way this could be very interesting." Bella giggled and leaned in to kiss my neck. I let her do it while enjoying the feeling but soon made her move so I could kiss her lips properly.

I was completely concentrated on Bella and the feeling of her lips moving with mine when Emmett's booming voice brought me back to reality.

"Get a room you two!" Bella hide her face in my neck while laughing and I scowled at Emmett.

"You need to stop doing that, Emmett"

"Then you two have to stop showing us things we don't want to see, little brother." I shook my head in disbelief and kissed the top of Bella's head with the intention of ignoring Emmett and his comments about my relationship with Bella.

I knew I couldn't fully keep myself from constantly touching or kissing Bella when she was near me but it couldn't possibly be that bad. Emmett just enjoyed making fun of me too much.

The rest of the night went by uneventful. We stood until late talking and then watching a movie Alice had picked up.

Emmett was too concentrated on Rosalie to pay attention to Bella and I so I took the chance to watch her during the movie. Alice and Jasper didn't seem to pay too much attention to the movie, either. Something told me it wouldn't take long for me to find out they were dating…

After the movie ended and the guys left Bella asked me to stay the night, which I gladly did. I jumped into bed with her and let her cuddled in my arms as she pleased.

"I'm tired." I smiled at her as she yawed involuntarily and kissed the top of her head.

"Sleep sweetheart." I started to run a hand up and down her back that seemed to quickly make her fall asleep. I guessed she really was tired, she usually took a little longer to fall asleep.

Soon after and with her safely cuddled in my arms I too allowed myself to get a quiet and satisfying night of sleep.