Well...what can I say? This was definitely a fun chapter to write.
Thanks for the many reviews, especially the ones threatening that if I didn't update soon, death may be involved...
I guess i am going to dedicate this chapter to aliceinlovexx(no bridge jumping please)
ENJOY!
Edward cupped her face and kissed her as passionately as he could, letting all of his anger and confusion turn to dust as she kissed him back
Edward cupped her face and kissed her as passionately as he could, letting all of his anger and confusion turn to dust as she kissed him back. He couldn't believe that after what had just happened, she was actually kissing him back. He trailed his tongue along her lower lip, testing the waters, learning the boundaries. Obviously this wasn't one of them because Bella opened her mouth to him, allowing his tongue to venture inside. She moaned into him, clutching his shoulders, her fingernails biting into his skin.
Edward pulled away, leaning his forehead hers, he kept his eyes closed, but she couldn't keep her eyes away from him.
She gasped when his lashes lifted and she stared into his eyes.
She could see that he definitely wanted more of her, and she was willing to oblige.
He shifted his weight, and put his hands on the wall behind Bella, letting his head sag.
"Edward," Bella whispered. His head slowly lifted as he once again looked at her.
"Bella," He caressed her, running his fingers down the length of her jaw, ending with his finger tips tracing her lips, "what have you done to me?"
She must have looked shocked because he bent down and kissed her again, a sense of desperation seemed to radiate from him in waves as he groaned into her mouth, wanting more…more…more.
He pulled away once again, not breaking eye contact with her.
"I have never felt like this before," he whispered, brushing a stray piece of her bangs away from her eyes.
Bella said what she was thinking, "Wow."
Edward's brows furrowed in confusion so Bella continued, "Let me rephrase that. Oh. My. God." She smiled, "First of all, that…that kiss! And then you tell me that you have never felt this way before?"
Edward looked like he was about to walk away, but Bella grabbed his had, keeping him in front of her. "Well," she started, but she hesitated biting her lower lip. She brought his hand up to her neck, wanting to know if he could feel her pulse. His eyes brightened, so she could guess so. She decided to continue with words even though she was pretty sure her actions explained everything. "Edward, I – I have never felt this way either. I was so mad at you, but at the same time, I wanted to jump into your arms, and I wanted to kiss the living daylights out of you. Now of course, I am way too reserved to do something like that," a smirk appeared on her face, "or at least I thought I was too reserved. Can I tell you something?"
Edward nodded, not believing his ears.
Bella raised an eyebrow and pulled him towards her. She leaned up to his ear and whispered, "It is taking all of my will power not to kiss you again right now."
Edward pulled back and looked at Bella.
Dear God. Was he really hearing this?
Bella shimmied out of his protective stance over her, and looked over her shoulder as she started to walk away, "I think I am going back to the hotel before I lose that will power." She winked and walked towards the hotel, leaving Edward gaping after her.
Bella walked through the intricate double doors of the Italian hotel, her cheeks burning with passion. She couldn't believe it. Had she actually just kissed Edward Cullen?
She pinched herself to make sure she wasn't dreaming.
"OUCH!" Okay, so she was definitely not dreaming.
She walked up the narrow staircase and down the hallway, coming to a stop in front of her door. She opened the door, stepped into the small hotel room, shut the door and leaned up against it. She slid down, putting her head against the closed door. She sighed, a smile spreading across her face.
She heard a gasp, and her head shot up, and she looked up at Alice, who had apparently been in the bathroom.
"Oh my GOSH! What happened? You look…like you were just mauled by a bird!" Alice shrieked excitedly.
"Wh-what are you talking about?" Bella tried her best to hide her emotions.
"Um, your hair! Can you say sex hair?" Alice handed Bella a hand mirror.
Good God.
"Uh, well…" Bella started to explain, trying to come up with a good cover story.
Alice's eyes widened suddenly.
"Oh. My. God. It was Edward, wasn't it!? No wonder he wasn't in his room when I went to go ask him for his opinion on the necklace I bought mom! He was with you!"
Bella's cheeks flared a deep tomato red.
"I KNEW IT!" Alice pulled Bella up and into a huge embrace. When she released Bella, she held onto her shoulders and squealed.
Now, Bella was definitely embarrassed.
"Uh, Alice? I'm going to take a shower, kay?"
"Okay, but don't think you are going to get out of this that easy. I'll be up when you get out."
Bella smiled and laughed nervously, "Okay."
When Bella emerged from the bathroom she was greeted with Alice's contagious smile.
"Mmm…vanilla. Edward's favorite," Alice grinned, the smell of Bella's shampoo wafting through the room.
Bella's face burned.
Alice crawled over to Bella's bed and sat cross-legged looking all business.
"So?"
"So…?"
"Well? What happened between you and my brother?!" Alice was giddy.
"Why are you so excited?" Bella asked trying to redirect the conversation.
"Okay. Lets make a deal. Kapish?" Alice said, raising her eyebrows, making her look like a stern mother.
"Okay," Bella said uncertainly.
"Okay. I will tell you why I am so excited, and you will tell me everything that happened tonight after you left." She said it so matter-of-factly that Bella couldn't say no.
"Okay. You go first."
"Fiiiine," Alice whined, "You want to know why I am so excited?"
Bella nodded.
"Well, I had this…this feeling, you could say, that something good would happen while we were in Italy,"
Bella interrupted, "Doesn't everyone? Isn't like," she did air quotes, "'the thing'?"
"This was different Bella. I'm not talking "just a feeling". I am talking, weird, déjà vu feeling. And I guess déjà vu is the wrong kind of thing, because I didn't think this would happen, but it was one of those – gut – feelings that I got. I don't know, it was almost ominous, but not in a bad way." Alice looked at Bella, hoping she understood. Bella did. Oddly enough, she had gotten one of those weird feelings right before Edward got on the bus at the airport. At first she thought it was just that butterfly feeling in her stomach while she read Romeo and Juliet, but now, as she looked back on it, it was one of the weirdest sensations ever.
Alice interrupted Bella's thoughts, "Okay, your turn."
Bella sighed, "Well, I walked out of here, and I was walking down the street when this guy started to talk to me,"
"Uh-oh,"
"Anyway, we were talking, and no worries, he was quite annoying,"
"Yes?"
"Alice? That is getting really annoying. I like to tell my stories as a whole, not be interrupted after every other word." Bella smiled.
"Oops, sorry!" Alice said, throwing her hands over her mouth. She then proceeded to "zip the lips and throw away the key".
"Anyway, that's when Edward came along…" Bella told the story, including every little detail, not leaving out even the long silences that took place while both Edward and Bella were looking into each other's eyes. Bella actually may have amped the story up a but to please Alice, including parts like, "we stared into each other's eyes, the moonlight shining in his, and he slowly brought his lips to mine" when in reality, their movements were harsh and definitely not graceful like in the movies. Of course, to Bella, not even movies could compare.
"…So then I came back to the hotel, and that is where you came in." Bella finished her story.
Alice was struck silent, her mouth hanging slightly open. "Wow. That is so…so…so romantic!!" Alice threw her arms around Bella.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
Alice "oooo'ed" and whispered to Bella, "I wonder if that is Edward!"
She bounded to the door and threw it open.
"Hi! Oh. Hello Mr. Simkons." Bella could hear the disappointment in Alice's voice.
"You and Bella both in there?" Mr. Simkons voice rumbled.
"Yes sir, we are both here."
"Okay, well, lights out, we have a busy day a head of us tomorrow."
"Okay, bye Mr. Simkons!"
Bella heard the door shut and saw Alice reappear around the corner.
Alice's eyes were wide with annoyance, her mouth turned into a grimace.
"Time for bed Bella!" Alice mocked Mr. Simkons, turning off the lights and climbing onto her own bed.
Bella felt blindly around for her iPod in the dark, and when she found it, she said, "Night Alice."
"Night Bella." Came Alice's reply.
Bella put the buds into her ear and turned the music to shuffle.
Bella mentally laughed to herself as one of her favorite songs came on…
I wanna wanna wanna get get get what I want
Don't stop
Give me give me give me what you got got
Cause I can't wait wait wait any more more more more
Don't even talk about the consequence
Cause right now you're the only thing that's making any sense to me
And I don't give a damn what they say, what they think think
Cause you're the only one who's on my mind
I'll never ever let you leave me
I'll try to stop time for ever, never wanna hear you say goodbye (bye bye bye)
I feel so untouched
And I want you so much
That I just can't resist you
It's not enough to say that I miss you
I feel so untouched right now
Need you so much somehow
I can't forget you
I've gone crazy from the moment I met you
Untouched…
Mwahahahah! Okay, so the song is called Untouched by The Veronicas, and I basically was listening to it repeat the entire time I wrote this chapter. I thought it would be a good "so ironic" song for Bella...