A/N:

Thanks to my friend *slash* beta *slash* co-author WOLFYFANGRL. Check out her story too! Bella's got some awesome powers!

Everyone seemed to like the baseball game with Charlie and Billy. And it seems the backseat game and pool antics with our favorite couple made everyone happy as well! Hopefully there will be more lemons to come!

Disclaimer: I own nothing here, except Sami and Rose.

CHAPTER 10

I think I woke up as the happiest woman in Seattle! I couldn't believe what Jake and I did last night in the swimming pool. Well, it was more like what Jake did to me... I was just the happy recipient! I just had my first orgasm! Can you believe it? Nearly 19 years old and my first orgasm?

Don't get me wrong, I've taken care of business myself for a few years, thank you very much, but never with someone else. And I never imagined it could feel that good! Jake was right, it was amazing. He was amazing. I would've been content to kiss him all night but my body had something else in mind I guess. I do feel bad for Jake though. He made me feel incredible, and I left him high and dry. What kind of girlfriend was I?

It's not like we planned it or anything. And even if Jake was willing to feel some 'relief' for himself, what would I have done to make him feel good? Oh god! Jake is experienced and I'm not. He knows what to do and I don't. What happens next time? It's not like I have anyone I can ask advice about this. I don't have any female friends here yet, except maybe for Rachel (Ew! I can't ask Jake's sister for advice on how to pleasure him! Gross!) or that Emily girl. But I don't know her well enough yet to just call her up and say 'Hey, how do I make Jake feel good?' No. There has to be someone… wait! Cara! I'll call Cara! She's experienced and she's been my best friend for 4 years. She'll be more than thrilled that I'm not with Edward any more. I have to call her soon. I want to make Jake feel as good as I did last night. I was brought out of my fantasies of how to pleasure Jake when my dad exited the bathroom of our hotel room.

"Hey, Bells. You're up!"

"Yeah, dad. What time is it? Are you ready to leave?"

"It's 9 o'clock. I'm all packed. Why don't you get your stuff together and I'll call over to Billy's room and see what time they'll be ready to head out."

"Do I have time for a quick shower?"

"Yeah, I guess so. I didn't hear you come in the room last night."

"Um, Jake and I just went for a swim and you were snoring when I came in," I mumbled and ran into the bathroom before my dad could see my face blushing at the thought of our swimming expedition.

I showered and got dressed quickly. Charlie said Billy and Jake had just woke up too and we'd all meet in the lobby for breakfast. I threw my things into my overnight bag and about 20 minutes later we hopped in the elevator to met the Blacks in the lobby.

My eyes were searching for Jake as soon as the elevator doors opened. I spotted Billy a few feet ahead of us, showing off his signed ball to some other Mariner's fan. Billy called Charlie over to retell the story about meeting Ichiro. I looked to my right but didn't see Jake. He's hard to miss at 6'5" so he has to be here somewhere! I looked to the left of the elevator doors and found him at the reception desk. I started to blush instantly, just thinking about what he did to me last night.

As I began to walk closer to Jake, I heard him talking to the woman at the front desk and laughing. She giggled and reached out and touched his arm. I felt like I wanted to rip her eyes out for touching him. I stopped dead in my tracks. Whoa! I've never been jealous before. But then, I was never with Jake before. I don't want anyone else to touch him, especially not after the way he touched me last night. I could be a brat about this, turn around and walk out of here and expect him to chase after me. Or I could be mature about this and stand up for myself and let Jake and every other skank around here know that they should keep their hands off my Jake. Hmmm... I like that, my Jake.

I marched myself right up to Jake and plastered a smile on my face. This hoe-bag, I mean receptionist, was still touching his arm. I cleared my throat to get both of their attentions.

"I'll be right with you," the slut said without ever taking her eyes off of Jake.

Jake turned around, saw me and his face broke into the biggest smile I had ever seen. It was contagious and a big, goofy smile appeared on my face for him. "Bella!"

I looked down at her hand on his arm. He followed my line of sight and seemed to be a bit surprised at her hand being on him; like he didn't notice it before (even though I saw it from across the lobby). He looked back at me and he had a worried expression on his face. I took a deep breath and closed the distance between us. I reached up and politely removed her hand from my man and Jake smiled. He leaned down to kiss me and just before his lips connected with mine, he whispered, "I only have eyes for you, Bella."

Our kiss must have went a little longer than I realized because the whore, er - desk clerk, cleared her throat. I pulled my lips away from Jake and glared at her. Jake saw my expression and smirked at me. He grabbed whatever papers she had for him, thanked her and took my hand to lead us over to our dads.

"I like it when you're jealous, Bells. It's sexy," he whispered in my ear.

We pried our dads away from telling their 'Irchiro moment' story and found the continental breakfast area. I expected some muffins and juice but they had scrambled eggs, sausage, all kinds of juices, coffee, tea, bagels, bread for toasting and they even had waffles with fresh strawberries and whipped cream! We all grabbed a plate and dug in. Thirty minutes later and bellies full, our dads grabbed another fresh cup of coffee so Jake and I told them we'd meet them out at the car in 15 minutes.

Jake and I walked hand-in-hand through the lobby and out the front doors. There was a beautiful pond with a small fountain. We sat on the stones and watched the fish in the pond. I was happy our dads opted to stay the night in Seattle. The game got over pretty late and to have to drive back a couple of hours would've been rough on all of us. Jake brought me out of my thoughts by calling my name.

"I was thinking Bells…"

"Yeah…"

"Well, we're together but we're doing everything backwards."

"What are you taking about Jake?"

"I mean we haven't gone out on a real date yet!"

"Oh! But we went to the drive-in."

"That doesn't count. We were with a ton of people and we weren't officially together at that point, right?"

"I guess so."

"Ok, then… Bella? Would you like to go out on a date with me?"

"Hmm… I'll have to check my date book. I'm pretty busy these days," I chuckled.

"Oh you are? Busy with anyone I know?"

"Nah, he's just this awesome guy I ran into at the airport last week."

"Really?" he laughed.

"Yeah."

"So there's nothing I can do to change your mind about dumping this 'airport' guy and going on a date with me?" he teased.

"Well, he's special to me…"

"How special?" he asked in that deep, sexy voice of his.

"He made me feel pretty special last night," I whispered shyly.

Jake chuckled, "Did he now? I can make you feel special too."

"I'm sure you could; but I love him," I smiled.

"I love you too Bells," he said and kissed me.

"Yes Jake."

"Yes what?"

"Yes, I'll go on a date with you!"

"Good. Break it off with that 'airport' guy and it's a deal," he laughed.

Our dads finally came out and we piled back in the car to head home, with Charlie behind the wheel this time. The drive went much smoother on our return route (no bumps for Jake and I to use as an excuse to play our game this time around) and we all decided to skip lunch, still a little full from breakfast.

We were about an hour from home when Jake's cell phone rang. It was Quil.

Jake covered the phone with his hand and whispered, "Do you care if I spend some time with Quil and Embry tomorrow night?"

"Of course not! I'm sure I can find something to do to amuse myself," I teased.

"Are you sure? You won't be mad or anything?"

"Tell you what… you take me on that date you promised tonight and the boys can have you tomorrow."

"Deal!"

Jake finished making plans with his 'boys' and hung up. That call made me realize that I didn't bring my cell phone with me on our little trip. I doubted there were many people trying to reach me. The only ones around here who knew my number were Jake and my dad and they were with me. I'll check it when I get back in case Cara or my mom tried to call.

We arrived home a short time later. Billy and Charlie thanked us both again and Jake said he'd pick me up at 6 for our date tonight. He hopped in the driver's seat and drove Billy home. Charlie unlocked the front door and I could hear the house phone and my cell phone ringing simultaneously. My dad gave me a weird look and he went to answer the house phone while I ran up the stairs in hopes to reach my phone before it went to voice mail.

I figured it was Cara or my mom calling since I hadn't talked to either of them in a couple of days. I heard Charlie say hello to Renee on the house phone just as I entered my bedroom, so I assumed Cara was calling me to get some dirt on Jake. I crawled across my bed and grabbed the phone off the nightstand.

I opened it and said hello at the same time I heard Charlie scream, "Bella! Don't answer your phone!"

Then I heard him on the other end of the line.

"Hello, Bellllllaaaahhhh. I knew I'd find you."

It was Edward. I dropped the phone and screamed.

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CHARLIE's POV

I answered the phone and immediately heard Renee crying and she yelled my name. She started ranting something about Edward and the house in Arizona and Bella and I knew Bella was running to answer her phone. I had a gut feeling that it was him trying to reach her. I screamed Bella's name and told her to not answer the phone. I told Renee I'd call her right back as I heard Bella scream.

I ran upstairs and saw Bella standing in her room staring at the cell phone on the floor. She looked like she had seen a ghost. She was so scared, she was shaking. I walked over and picked up the phone.

"Listen here you son of a bitch. Don't you ever call my daughter again, you hear me?" and I hung up the phone.

I pulled Bella into my chest and hugged her for dear life. I was scared for her. This guys was sick. He wouldn't give up. I had to call Renee back to find out what was going on. I told Bella to take a long, hot bath to calm down.

"Oh, Charlie! What are we going to do? I'm so afraid he's going to hurt our little girl!"

"I'll do everything I can to keep her safe Renee. Tell me from the beginning again, what happened exactly?"

Renee went on to explain that she and Phil were in Florida looking at rental properties yesterday when she got a call from one of her neighbors that their house in Arizona had caught fire. Renee tried to get a flight back immediately but couldn't get one until today. She talked with the police chief on the phone and he said the fire wasn't an accident. It was started with an accelerant in Bella's old bedroom. The chief told her that he was already aware of the PFA that was filed the same day he got the call about the fire. Right now, there wasn't any hard evidence to link him to the fire. He told Renee as soon as the arson investigator finished his report he'd send a copy to me.

After I hung up with Renee again, I was even more pissed. That little **er tried to burn down Bella's old house in Arizona. Why would he do that? He knew she wasn't there. Most likely as a message to Bella. I wasn't sure if I should tell Bella what happened. She was so scared as it was, I didn't want her to live in fear.

I knew she and Jake had made plans for tonight. Jake was making her happy and keeping her sane right now. I called him up to let him know what happened but he had just stepped out. I explained everything to Billy and he said he'd pass the info onto Jake. Billy told me I was doing the right thing by letting the law handle this. It was funny hearing it come from him - since I was the law - but my best friend knows exactly what I'm thinking… I want to kill him.

I called Detective Smith and let him know of the latest text message threat and forwarded it to him. Then I explained everything that happened with the house in Arizona. I heard Bella come out of the bathroom. I tried to calm myself down and collected my thoughts before talking to Bella.

I knocked softly on her bedroom door and walked in. I found my scared little girl sound asleep on her bed.

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We got home and I unpacked my things from our little trip. My dad yelled from the kitchen saying I had a phone call.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Jake? It's Sami. I'm sorry to bother you."

"No, I just got in. What's up?"

"I had a little accident with my car and you're like the only one I know who can fix it. Can you help me?"

I laughed, "Sure, sure. Where are you?"

Sami gave me directions and I met her about 10 minutes later. She was sitting on the side of the road with the hood up. I got out and walked over to her.

"Oh thank god, Jake!"

"What happened Sami?"

"I hit a deer or something and then it started smoking and I couldn't see so I pulled over."

"You didn't get hurt or anything?"

She shook her head.

"OK, let me take a look."

The hood was a little dented and she blew out her right front tire but other than that, the car seemed to be fine.

"The smoke is nothing. The car overheated when you hit the deer. But it looks like you'll need a new tire and I can probably fix the hood pretty easily."

"You're a life saver! I'm not even allowed to be driving right now so if my parents knew about this, they'd kill me!"
"Why aren't you supposed to be driving?"

"My neighbors told my parents about the party the other night. They weren't upset about it really, just said they needed to teach me a lesson so they said I couldn't drive for a week. But I had to work today and my ride fell through so I just took the car."

"Well, let's get the tire changed and you can follow me back to my house and we'll look at the dent there, ok?"

I popped the trunk of her car and got out the jack, tire iron and spare tire and got to work.

"I, uh, wanted to say I'm sorry about what Rose did at my party."

"Yeah, she's a real piece of work. But it's not your fault Sami, you don't have to apologize."

"I know but she was my friend - not any more - and I just feel terrible that she upset you, and that girl. What's her name?"

"Bella. She's my girlfriend and everything turned out just fine for us. So don't worry, ok?"

"Oh good. I didn't want you or Quil or (sigh) Embry to be upset with me because of her."

"Like I said, it was her not you so don't worry. Besides, I hear you helped Em and Quil with a little pay-back!"

"Yeah, she deserved it. She was so mad! You should've seen her face... it was priceless! I haven't heard from her since."

"Well, no offense but you don't need friends like that. You're a nice girl Sami - don't let people like her change you."

"You think so? Thanks, Jake. That means a lot."

"I'm not the only one who thinks you're nice."

"Really?"

"Sure, Quil thinks you're sweet and nice," I said, knowing she was hoping I'd say Embry's name.

"Oh," she said sadly. "Yeah, Quil's a nice guy too."

"And Embry - he's told me a bunch of times how sweet and nice you are."

Her eyes lit up at the mention of his name. "Are you serious, Jake? He said that?"

"Uh huh."

"Well, he doesn't seem too interested in me."

"Sami," I said turning around to face her. "You have to understand that we all think of you like a little sister. We've known you practically our whole lives. He just needs to see you for the grown up woman you've become and not that little girl we used to hang around with."

She nodded and I finished up my work on the spare tire. As Sami followed me home, I called Embry on my cell. I know, I know but she's a sweet girl and if Em could grow up a little they'd be great together. They just needed a little push, that's all.

"Hey dude, you busy?"

"Nah. What's up?"

"I need help fixing something. I'll be home in about 10 minutes."

"Kay, see you then."

"Oh, hey Em!"

"Yeah?"

"I just saw Sami on the side of the road. She had a flat tire or something."

"Really? Where? Should I go help her?"

"No need. I took care of it."

"Oh."

"Alright - see you in a few," I said and hung up.

We pulled into my driveway and I motioned for Sami to pull around back. She got out and asked to use my bathroom to wash her hands from when she tried to fix the tire herself. Seconds after she walked into my house, Embry came jogging down my driveway.

"So, what did you break that you need me to fix?" he joked.

"I didn't break anything! This hood here had a run-in with a deer. Can you help me pop out the dent?"

"You hit a deer?"

"No. Does this look like my car, dude?"

"Uh, no. Who's car is it?"

Just then Sami came walking out of the house. She wasn't looking at us as she approached. Her head was down, pulling her hair up into a ponytail, exposing her midriff as she lifted her hands to the top of her head. I saw Embry's eyes dart right to her bare stomach. I had to stifle my laugh as I watched his face.

"Hey Jake, you have anything to dri-" she stopped in mid sentence as she lifted her eyes and saw Embry standing there. "Oh, hi Embry."

Embry shoved his hands in the pockets of his cut-off shorts and looked at the ground, "Hey Sami."

"What we you asking me before?"

"Oh, yeah, I wanted to know if you had anything to drink."

"Sure. There's stuff in the fridge. Help yourself."

"You guys want anything?"

Em shook his head.

"Nah, we're good," I said, eyeing Embry as Sami walked back into the house.

"Dude! What's wrong with you?" I half-yelled and threw a towel at him.

"What? Nothing!"

"Uh huh. You always ignore people when they talk to you."

"I didn't ignore her!"

"Yes you did. Look, if you like her that's cool. I already told you she's sweet, nice and funny. You two would have fun together."

"I don't know," he whined. "I've always thought of her as the little girl we hung around with, you know?"

"Did she just look like a little girl to you?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Uh, no," he said shifting his weight on his feet.

"Well, I think you should ask her out. What do you have to lose? Don't be a baby - just ask her already!"

Sami came out with a drink and sat down on the back porch to watch us as we worked on the dent. "So, where's Bella?" she asked.

"She's at home. We just got back from Seattle this morning."

"Whoa! You spent the night with her in Seattle already?"

"Well, both of our dads were with us. We took them to a Mariner's game as a belated Father's Day gift."

"Aw, that's sweet. I bet they liked that."

"They did. I'm picking her up later for a date."

"Really? Got any special plans?"

"Um, not really. I want to do something nice for her. I guess this is our first official date. Any suggestions?" I asked Sami. Embry wasn't saying a word to either of us. He was focusing on the dent.

"Well, what does she like? Does she have any hobbies or things she likes to do?"

"Good question. She likes to cook - and she's really good at it - so I guess cooking is kinda her hobby."

"Oooohh! How about you and her go to a cooking class together?"

"What's that?"

"A cooking class. At the outlet shops in Port Angeles, there is a Wolfgang Puck store... he's a famous chef. They offer cooking classes using some of his famous recipes and cookware. You cook the meal together and then you get to eat it!"

"That sounds cool and I bet she's like that. Thanks, Sami! I owe you one! I'm going to go call there to see if we can get into the class tonight."

"You don't owe me Jake. You're helping me with my car so let's call it even, kay?"

Luckily for me, there was an opening for their 7 o'clock class. I made the reservations and told my dad about Sami's great idea for my date with Bella tonight.

My dad told me that Charlie had called and filled me in on what happened. I couldn't believe this psycho. He truly was insane. He has to be to set fire to Bella's old bedroom. Thank god he doesn't know where she lives now. I know Bella is still worried about him finding her, but hopefully with that PFA and the police here and in Arizona aware of his crazy threats, they would keep her safe.

I was even more excited about our date tonight. I didn't want her to think about him anymore. Hopefully, Sami's idea of a cooking school would surprise her and make her smile.

When I came out, Embry had the dent popped out and was just finishing up washing Sami's car.

"You can wash my dad's car when you're done," I joked with him.

He smiled and looked over at Sami, "I didn't think she wanted any remnants of the deer on her car."

"You almost done?" I asked.

He nodded.

"I gotta do something and then get ready for tonight. Thanks again for the great idea Sami."

"No problem. Let me know if she liked it. And thanks for your help with my car... you too Embry."

"You're welcome. I'll see you tomorrow, right Jake?" he said.

"Yep. Just us guys tomorrow. You need a ride home, man?" I knew he didn't. He only lived like 2 minutes from my house.

"I can give you a ride home Embry," Sami offered - like I knew she would!

"Uh, ok. Thanks. See ya Jake."

I laughed at the face Embry gave me when he and Sami pulled away. I had asked my dad earlier if I could borrow his car tonight and I wanted to give it a quick wash after our little trip. It wasn't terribly dirty but no matter how many times you try using the windshield wipers, you just can't get those darn dead bugs off!

I let the car air-dry in the afternoon sun and headed inside to take a shower. I sent Bella a quick text telling her I had a surprise for our date tonight. I looked through my closet for something to wear that was date-worthy. I found a pair of dark jeans and a white button-down shirt. I rolled the sleeves up to my elbows and left the top couple of buttons undone, exposing my dog tags. I put on my shoes and looked in the mirror. Not great, but I hoped Bella liked it.

After consulting Rachel on what kind of flowers I should get Bella for our first date, I stopped at the florist on my way to her house. I pulled up around 5:45 to Bella's house. As I walked up to the front door, I found myself to actually be a little nervous. I don't know why… maybe because I had always thought about taking Bella out on a date for as long as I can remember. I knocked and seconds later, Bella opened the door and the sight of her took my breath away.

She looked amazing. She had on some dress that wrapped around her and tied on the side. The dress came to right above her knees and I enjoyed the little bit of cleavage it gave to my eyes. She had on sandals with a small heel and her hair was pulled up on both sides to fall down the middle of her back.

I stood there speechless, taking all of her in, as she smiled the brightest smile at me. I felt like the luckiest guy in the world.

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I opened the door and saw Jake standing there holding a bouquet of flowers. He looked incredible and literally took my breath away. His bronze-colored skin against the white shirt was so appealing that I think I began to drool a little. He looked a little starry-eyed too as we stared at each other with goofy grins on our faces.

"Wow, Bells. You look…"

"Yeah, thanks. You too."

"Here, these are for you. I hope you like them," he said handing me the most beautiful and unique display of wildflowers I had ever seen. I'm not a fancy girl. I'm not into candy and roses and all that crap. I like the simple things in life and Jake showed me that he knows that by choosing these flowers.

"They're so beautiful Jake. Thank you. Come in so I can put these in some water."

He came up behind me at the kitchen counter and wrapped his arms around me as I placed the flowers in the vase.

"You smell good Bella," he whispered as he leaned into the side of my neck.

I moaned in response.

"Where's your dad?"

"Upstairs… in the shower," I whispered back and leaned back against him. I turned my head and lightly pressed my lips against his. I heard my dad coming down the stairs and tried to wiggle out of Jake's arms.

"Jake, my dad!" I half-whispered. He groaned and finally let me go.

"Hey kids, you both look great! Where are you off to?" Charlie asked.

"It's a surprise," Jake said to Charlie and winked at me.

"Alright, well have a good time and be safe."

"We will. You ready Bells?"

"Yeah. Bye daddy," I said, hugging him a little longer than usual, thinking about how wonderful he's been with all the trouble with Edward. I kissed him quickly on the cheek and we left.

Jake and I shared shy glances the whole way to Port Angeles. That was the only thing he would tell me about tonight, that we were going to Port Angeles. On the drive, he told me about fixing Sami's car and his little plan to get her and Embry together. I laughed at the thought of Jake playing matchmaker.

We pulled up to the shopping outlet area. I hadn't been to this place yet and it looked neat. Jake held my hand as we walked to what looked like a kitchen store on one side and a little restaurant of some sort on the other. I looked up and saw Wolfgang Puck's name and picture on the front of the building.

"What is this place, Jake?"

"This… is our date! We're going to take a cooking class at Wolfgang Puck's kitchen school."

This was so awesome! I couldn't believe Jake would bring me to a cooking school with one of my favorite chefs! I could just kiss him!... so I did!

"Thank you Jake! This is the best idea ever!"

"I'm glad you were surprised, but I can't take all the credit. Sami helped me come up with the idea."

"Well, remind me to thank her!"

The cooking class was so much fun. We got to use the best cookware, Wolfgang Puck's of course, and choose from 4 of his signature recipes to create the meal. Jake let me pick the Angel Hair Pasta with fresh Tomato, Basil and Garlic recipe. But he said plain pasta was boring so he opted to add diced chicken to the dish. We prepped and cooked together, side-by-side. Jake did great and only cut his finger once when chopping up the cooked chicken! I put him in charge of boiling the water after that.

We finished making our meal and the instructor made his way over to our area. He seemed impressed with Jake's idea of adding the chicken, which boosted Jake's ego more than it already was. The instructor liked my presentation of the food and was pleased with my cooking style and asked if I was a professional. Jake spoke up and started bragging about my cooking skills, completely embarrassing me. Then the instructor asked if I would be interested in working at the cooking school. I was floored! He sampled our dish, took my name and number and said he would call after he spoke with the director.

We dished out the food onto our plates and walked over to the eating area that was set up with little round tables and 2 seats on either end. One of the staff members brought us drinks and we chowed down!

The food was great and I thoroughly enjoyed cooking and eating our meal together. I was so touched that Jake chose cooking, something he knows I like to do, for our first date. How did I get so lucky?

Dessert was included (and prepared by the staff, not us); we chose the caramelized banana cream pie to share. .God. This pie was nearly as good as kissing Jake… I said nearly as good. Nothing is better than his kisses I assure you!

We left and walked along the shops. Jake held my hand and I leaned into his arm, occasionally putting my head on his shoulder and rubbing his huge bicep with my other hand. He pointed to a bench in the middle of the plaza and we sat down. I tried to put everything that was happening with Edward and Jake leaving out of my mind and enjoy this very second, this moment with Jake by my side.

"We made a pretty good team in the kitchen, huh?" I asked.

"Yeah. I never thought I would enjoy a cooking class, but it was fun."

"It was fun. Thank you so much Jake. We could've gone anywhere or done anything and it means a lot to me that you picked something that I would really enjoy."

"I know things have been rough lately and I wanted you to have fun and not worry about anything. Plus, we needed to have a great first date to tell our kids about someday!" he joked.

Did he just say kids? Wow. It's not like I don't want kids or anything because I do. I just can't believe he's already thinking that way. I guess I must have been quiet too long because my pause made Jake a little nervous about what he had just said.

"Geez, Bella. I didn't mean… I just, you know. It's something to say. I'm sorry."

"It's OK Jake. I wasn't upset, just surprised. You're right though… it will be a nice story to tell our kids."

"You really think so?"

"Of course… I can't wait to tell them how you cut your finger and nearly ruined a pot of boiling water!" I laughed.

"No Bells, I mean… Do you, can you see us together… having kids?"

"Jake, I love you. I want to be with you… now and in the future. I know we're still young and you're going to be traveling a lot but this is what I want. I want you, us, kids, a future together."

"You have no idea how happy it makes me to hear you say that. I love you."

We kissed and professed our love to each other for what seemed like hours, not caring about our public displays of affection.

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I have to admit the cooking school was fun. And I was so happy for Bella when the instructor talked to her about working there. That would be awesome for her! He also liked my idea of adding the chicken to the pasta too! The food turned out to be really great… even with me cooking!

We walked for a bit in the plaza and then found a place to sit. I blurted out something about telling our kids about our first date and wanted to smack myself. I had already envisioned me and Bella together in the future but I didn't mean to just throw it out there like that. She reacted way better than I anticipated. She saw a future for us with kids too. That made me unbelievably happy and I showed her how happy I was with some kisses.

We walked back to the car and headed out of Port Angeles. I didn't have any other big plans for our date. I just wanted to spend some more time alone with Bella and she agreed. We decided to go to the beach near my house.

Bella and I took off our shoes and left them in the car as we headed down to the beach. We walked hand-in-hand, enjoying the cool breeze coming off the ocean, talking about everything and nothing. We sat down next to an old log, her in between my legs, and watched the waves roll in. I was softly rubbing her shoulders as she rolled her head back.

"That feels really good Jake."

I chuckled, "Good."

She laid her hands on my legs and began caressing my skin in the same motion as I was rubbing her.

"This was the best date I ever had, Jake. Thank you."

"Me too Bells."

She turned around, sitting up on her knees and faced me. Her fingers began toying with my dog tags and tracing the skin on my chest where they were hanging. She looked lost in her thoughts. I wished I could read her mind to know what she was thinking. I hoped it wasn't anything about Edward.

I leaned forward and gently brushed my lips against hers once, twice, three times… just like our first kiss right here on this beach. She smiled and continued our replay of that day by snaking her tongue out across my bottom lip.

Our lips and tongues continues to caress each other until the wind picked up to the point where we were getting sprayed with ocean water and had sand blowing around us. We got up and ran back to the car as a storm approached. We shut the car doors just before the rain came pouring down. I waited until it let up a little before attempting to drive.

Since it was getting late, I drove towards Bella's house. With everything that had been going on, I didn't want Charlie getting worried or wondering where we were. We ran together up to her front door and went inside. The lights were off.

"Dad?" Bella called but didn't get a response.

"Bells, there a note here on the table."

Bella,

Call me when you get in.

Dad

She called down to the station.

"Dad? Is everything ok?"

"Yeah, honey. You're home?

"Jake just brought me home."

"I must have just missed you. Listen, there's a bad storm and it washed out the bridge. One car is stuck in the middle of the bridge with people trapped. I'm not sure when I'll get home."

"Wow, ok."

"Did you have a good time on your date?"

"Yeah we did."

"Good. I gotta run. The storm doesn't look like it'll let up anytime soon so get the flashlight and some candles out of the hall closet in case the power goes out, ok honey?"

"Alright dad. Be careful."

"I will. You call me if you need anything, ok?"

"OK. Bye dad."

I could tell she was a little nervous about being alone in the house. I didn't blame her. If I had a crazy guy threatening me, I'd be scared to be alone in the middle of a raging storm with the possibility of no power.

"Do you want me to stay til Charlie comes home?"

She nodded.

We got the flashlights and candles ready and Bella ran upstairs to change out of her dress. I took off my shoes and put the weather channel on the TV. Bella came back down in some sleep pants and a tank top and had her hair pulled up into a ponytail.

She came and snuggled up beside me on the couch and we watched TV… until the power went out. She jumped a little when I got up to grab the flashlight. I held her hand as we walked around the house, lighting candles along the way. She was so jumpy and on edge.

"Bells, would you feel better down here or up in your room?"
"My room I guess. I don't like being down here with all the windows and the lightning coming in. It makes it look like a scene out of a scary movie or something!"

"OK, well let's go up to your room. Grab some candles."

We got to her room and placed the candles on her nightstand and dresser. She sat on the floor and placed another candle beside her as she pulled a box out from under her bed. I sat down next to her.

"I want to show you something," she said and began flipping through some pictures.

"Oh wow! Look at that! What were we, like 10 years old?"

"Yep. That was when you tried to braid my hair!" I laughed. We continued looking at the photos, finding some of my mom and even one of Bella during her last summer here. I held onto the photo of my mom and continued staring at it.

"You look a lot like her," she whispered.

"You think?"

"Uh huh," she said standing and pulling me up with her and sitting on her bed.

"You have the shape of her eyes," she said as she placed feather-light kisses on each of my eyes.

"You have her nose," she said, kissing the tip of my nose.

"And your beautiful, full lips are just like hers," she said tracing my lips with her finger.

I kissed her finger as it was on my lips and cupped her cheek in my hand. She removed her finger and leaned in to kiss me. Once my tongue swept across her lip, she pushed on my shoulders to have me lay back on the bed. Her leg crossed over my lap so she was straddling me, with her core right on top of my already hard dick. Her kisses became more forceful. My hands had a mind of their own and roamed all over the top-half of her body. She started rocking her hips and I responded in kind.

Her moans became louder.

"Ungh, Jake."

The setting was perfect – a storm outside with thunder and lightning in the background, soft candlelight throughout her bedroom and her dad gone for the next couple of hours. When else would we get a chance to be alone like this for this length of time?

I wanted nothing more than to make love to Bella right then and there. But I didn't know if she was ready and didn't want to push her so soon. I mean, the girl just had her first orgasm last night for heaven's sake! But I didn't want to let the moment completely pass us by.

I rolled her over to I was on top of her, in between her long, soft legs. I pulled back a little so I could see her face.

"Bells, baby. You feel incredible," I panted.

"You too," she breathed heavily. "Jake, I want you."

Oh god, I thought. She said she wanted me.

I sat up and pulled off my shirt. I began kissing and licking along her neck, down her collarbone to her cleavage. I lifted her tank top a little and began kissing her stomach. She smelled incredible and tasted even better. I couldn't get enough of her. She was digging her nails into my shoulders and arms and letting out these amazing sounds that sent a shock right to my dick.

I started sucking on the skin right under her ear. Her hand reached down and grabbed my ass and pulled me closer to her core. I licked my way down to her breast and took it into my mouth. She was grinding against me so hard I thought I might blow my load right there. I nipped, sucked and bit lightly at her nipple. She started pushing at my chest, confusing me a little.

Then the worst thing happened.

"Stop Edward!" she screamed.

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