On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me,
Ten lords a leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a milking,
Seven swans a swimming,
Six geese a laying,
Five gold rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.
24th December 2012
Bella:
It's Christmas Eve! Or, more importantly, Alice and Jasper's wedding.
"Could you put some clothes on?" Edward whines. I'm currently walking around the room naked, trying to find something casual to wear. I'll be putting on the bridesmaid dress soon, so there's no need for a proper outfit.
"Why, don't you like my body?" I grin over my shoulder at him, wiggling my ass. Ever since the first night we had sex, Edward has been insatiable. Well, I have too. But Edward more.
"No, the complete opposite, actually," Edward wraps his arms around me from behind, placing soft kisses along my neck and collarbone. I felt him hardening against my thigh as his hands freely roam my body.
"Edward," I moan, moving my hip for friction. All of a sudden Edward backs away from me, putting some distance between us.
"We can't. We don't have time," Edward reminds me.
"Ugh, but you can't just work me up like that and then leave me high and definitely not dry!" I whine, turning to face him.
"You're worse than a man being denied sex," Edward chuckles, bending over to look for some clothes.
"You know about that?" I tease him, also bending over to pick up my bra.
"Fuck, Bella, do you have to bend over like that?" Edward groans, once again coming nearer to me again. I can feel his penis at my entrance and all I want to do is push back to get him inside me.
"I need you, Edward," I move my hips a little; scared he's going to move away again.
"We're going to have to be fast," Edward warns me.
"I'm good with that," I moan, as he teases my entrance. Finally, he pushes inside me, as I'm still bent over.
"Shit you're tight in this position," Edward thrusts hard and fast, making me struggle to stay standing. "Put your hands against the wall," Edward commands, slowing just a little to allow me to do this.
My arms are shaking as I lean against the wall and Edward picks up his fast pace again. I feel a tightening in my abdomen, and soon I'm clenching down on Edward, shivers running through me. Edward wraps his arm around my waist to hold me up as he orgasms along with me.
"I said we'd be quick," Edward says, kissing my cheek and slowly sliding out of me.
I take a quick shower, wrapping a towel around me while looking for clothes. I see Edward's dressed, and he leaves the room when I'm getting changed to check on Nicola.
I put on some jeans and a jumper, since it's cold today. When I look out of the window, I notice it's snowing fairly heavily outside.
"Bella! Can we make snow angels?" Nicola asks, running over to me.
"Of course we can," I smile down at her. "Come on; let's go now and then I'll get us a hot chocolate after, ok?" She nods enthusiastically, so I grab a hat, scarf and some mittens while we go downstairs.
Edward comes with us, though he says he'll just watch. Boring.
We go out to the side of the hotel, where there's a small garden and play area for children. It's practically deserted, everything covered in a thick white blanket. The snow is still falling, covering all of our clothes.
"You looking forward to Christmas tomorrow, Nicola?" I ask her as we walk over to the garden area.
"Yeah! I asked Father Christmas for loads of books and this really cool bike!" Nicola says, tugging on my arm to get me to lie in the snow next to her.
"Hopefully Father Christmas will get you everything you want," I lie down, about a metre away from her, and look up to see Edward laughing.
"Aren't you two freezing?" Edward chuckles. Nicola shakes her head from side to side, beginning to move her arms and legs. I copy her actions, looking up to see Edward taking pictures of us on his phone.
We keep moving our arms and legs for another few minutes, before I start to get cold. I sit up, and carefully move away from the angel shape I created in the snow. I pick Nicola up and carry her away from her snow angel, and place her down next to Edward.
"It's a snow angel!" Nicola squeals in delight, grabbing Edward's phone so she can take a picture of her snow angel.
I slyly lean down and make a ball of snow, quickly throwing it at Edward. Nicola giggles while Edward stands there, shocked, though he soon retaliates. He grabs a big handful of snow and drops in on my head, so I make a bigger snow ball to throw at him.
"Bella! You're meant to be getting dressed and having hair and make-up done!" Rose huffs, hand on hip as she stares at the three of us.
"This was totally Nicola's fault," I point over to Nicola, who shakes her head and points back at me.
"Nuh uh! It was Bella!" She huffs, looking all cute and pouty.
"Whoever it was, you need to come now," Rose warns me.
"I'll buy you hot chocolate after the wedding then, deal?" I shake hands with Nicola, give Edward a quick kiss, and leave with Rose.
I shake off some snow as we walk into the hotel lobby, to which Rose scowls at.
"What?" I roll my eyes, taking off my hat and shaking it in her face.
"You're leaving a trail of water!" Rose points to said trail of water.
"I'm creating a fancy water feature," I smirk, getting into the lift with her.
We ride up silently to Alice's room, which is filled with make-up and dresses everywhere. Angela and Alice's mum are putting make-up on Alice's face when we enter the room.
"There you are!" Alice huffs, scowling at me.
"I was just with Nicola…" I mumble, crossing my arms.
"Get in your dress, and you Rose, then you can both have your hair and make-up done," Alice instructs us, pointing for us to go into the bathroom.
I pick up my dress as Rose picks up hers, and we both go into the hotel bathroom to get changed.
"So…you, Edward and Nicola looked…well, like a proper family," Rose comments as we both get undressed to put on the bridesmaid dresses.
"I really love both of them," I shrug, slipping on the dress. We both zip up each other's dresses, before emerging from the bathroom.
Alice's mum – who owns her own make-up company – does both mine and Rosalie's make-up. Our hair is both done differently, with mine partly tied up, but most of it left down.
Nicola looks gorgeous in her dress :') ~Edward xxx
Just before we're about to leave the room, I get the text. I can't wait to see both her and Edward, and what they're wearing.
As we leave the room, Alice quickly grabs her flowers and makes sure everything is perfect. Which, of course, it is.
The wedding is being held outside, on the patio with a view of the beautiful lake. Some snow has been cleared but since it's still falling, there will still be some. Then, the after party will be held inside the restaurant because of the cold.
Angela walks out first, along with Jasper's friend Ben, then Rose and Emmett are walking out, then of Jasper's brother, Peter, and I are walking out.
"You nervous?" Peter asks me as Rose and Emmett begin walking.
"I think Alice is pretty nervous. I'm just shivering from the cold," I chuckle, linking my arm with Peter's as we walk down the aisle.
I glance over at the guests, spotting Edward on the front row. There's a spare seat next to him, which is where I'll go to sit once Alice has arrived. I look to the other side of him and see Nicola, grinning widely. She's wearing a purple dress, looking ever so cute.
I take my seat and turn to watch as the music changes, and see Alice walking down the aisle. She looks incredibly elegant and beautiful in her wedding dress. Her father is walking her down the aisle, towards Jasper.
Jasper grabs both her hands as soon as she stops in front of him, and then rests one of his hands on her stomach. They are too sweet, and just so in love.
The ceremony goes perfectly, Jasper and Alice exchanging a loving kiss at the end of it. Everyone moves inside, to try to warm up, and to head to the after party in the restaurant.
I sit on a table with Alice, Jasper, Rose, Emmett, Edward and Nicola while we eat our meal. After the meal, the tables are cleared to create a dance floor.
"Come on, let's dance," I drag Edward with me, over to the dance floor, while Nicola hangs out with the other children.
I see Rose and Emmett dancing, with Rose already looking pretty tipsy. I roll my eyes at her, dancing slowly with Edward.
"Your dress is beautiful," Edward compliments, leaning down to kiss me quickly on the lips.
We head over to the bar to get a drink, and see Rose getting yet another drink. I think she's had more than enough.
"I'm so happy you two are together," Rose slurs, pointing to the two of us.
"Thanks," Edward chuckles, drinking some of his beer.
"You're so much better than Tyler. I don't know why you were with him for so long," Rose says. Edward chokes on his drink while my eyes go wide.
"Rose, what the hell?" I demand angrily.
"All I'm saying is; why would you want to marry someone like that?" Rose says before walking off. She didn't just do that…
"You were married?" Edward grits out, staring down at me angrily.
"No I wasn't!" I retort.
"But Rose just said!" Edward points over to Rose, who's dancing with Emmett, completely oblivious to what's going on.
"How about we talk about this outside?" I suggest more calmly.
"There's nothing to talk about," Edward stalks off, sitting down near to Nicola. I quickly go over to him, to try to talk to him again.
"Edward, just let me explain," I plead with him.
"Go ahead, explain," he mutters, sounding bored as he drinks more of his beer.
"Outside," I demand.
"Fine," he huffs, getting up and walking out, not waiting for me. I hurry to catch up with him, standing next to him in the hallway outside the restaurant. "You have two minutes," Edward tells me, looking at his watch.
"What the hell! Why are you giving me a time limit?" I angrily ask him.
"30 seconds has gone," Edward is still looking at his watch.
"I wasn't ever married, just engaged," I begin to explain to him.
"So you were planning on getting married? Were you ever going to tell me?" Edward asks, finally looking up at me.
"It didn't seem important…" I mumble, looking down and shuffling my feet.
"Not important? Not important that you were almost someone's wife?" Edward practically shouts at me. "Why was the engagement called off then?"
"I'd rather not say," I keep my eyes locked on the ground.
"Tell me, Bella," Edward demands.
"Fine, you really want to know?" I shout at him, glaring. "I caught him fucking some other girl!" I finish, running off, away from him.
I go to the other bar in the hotel, ordering a vodka shot. Just as I'm about to drink it, a hand reaches out to stop me.
"I'm sorry, Bella," Edward begins.
"Cut the crap and let me drink my shot," I try to snatch it back from him, so he pours it onto the bar top. "What the hell, Edward? I paid for that!" I huff, going to order another one.
Instead, Edward pulls me back, and pushes me down into a seat.
"I really am sorry, Bella. I just…got a little jealous when I thought you'd been married," Edward admits.
"So you act that out by storming off from me?" I raise an eyebrow at him.
"I understand that you've been hurt in a previous relationship, but so have I," Edward tries to reach out and grab my hand, but I quickly pull it away.
"Oh, I didn't realised you'd walked in on your partner fucking someone else, despite having them promise more than once that I'd never happen again," I glare towards him.
"What do you mean?" Edward looks up at me, looking saddened by what I said.
"Tyler and I were together for four years, all together. Over those four years he was probably constantly cheating on me. I caught him twice, before he proposed, but I always took him back. I don't know why. Then, one day, he proposed. Still I don't know why I said yes, Alice and Rose kept trying to talk me out of it, but I didn't listen. I was too stubborn. Basically, the whole relationship was rubbish, though I could never see it," I explain to him, quickly brushing away tears.
"Why did you finally break up with him?" Edward asks gently.
"Because… This time when I caught him, I was livid. I shouted, screamed and cried at him. I told him I was leaving, but he wouldn't have that. He threw out the girl, and tried to tell me I was the only one for him. I knew I wasn't, and began packing my stuff. He…he suddenly just flipped. Told me I couldn't leave him. I tried to run out of our apartment but…but," I pause for a moment, trying not to cry. "But he pushed me up against the wall, and punched me again and again. As soon as he'd realised what he'd done, he ran off. I collapsed on the floor, and it was Alice and Rose who found me," I end up crying anyway, despite trying not to.
"Bella, I'm so, so sorry," Edward shuffles around in the booth and wraps his arm around me, hugging me tightly.
"Don't worry, he's in prison now," I tell Edward.
"You should have told me sooner," Edward says, kissing my cheek.
"I was scared how you'd react," I mumble, snuggling into him.
"I wouldn't have let you out of my sight for a while," he chuckles, trying to lighten the tension.
"We should probably head back to the party," I gesture back towards the restaurant.
"I'm truly sorry about before," Edward leans down to kiss my cheek again.
"It's ok, I'm sorry for not telling you sooner," I move around to kiss him properly.
We stay in the bar for a few more minutes while the last of my tears go, and then head back to the party. Sneaking back in, we take a seat and pretend we've never been gone.
Soon we all depart, as Alice and Jasper want some alone time. They're not leaving for their honeymoon for a few days, but we've all agreed to spend Christmas with our partners. After leaving and wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, Edward carries a sleeping Nicola back up to our room.
He puts her in her bed as I get dressed into some comfy pyjamas.
"I'm actually looking forward to Christmas," Edward says as he gets into bed next to me.
"You sound surprised at that?" I turn to lie on my side so that I can face him.
"It's because I have a beautiful girl to wake up to," Edward grins cheesily, leaning forward to kiss me.
"You're so cheesy," I chuckle, rolling my eyes at him.
"Least you still love me," Edward shrugs, rolling on top of me. "Want your first present early?" Edward kisses along my jaw, his hands slipping under my top.
"Only if it involves you naked," I wink, kissing him.
A/N: What do you think of Alice and Jasper's wedding? :P
Merry Christmas to everyone tomorrow!
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