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11/21/2016

Chapter 10

BPOV

Edward lay above me with his thighs pushing my legs open as he thrust into me. His arms were under my shoulders, gripping them as he moved, using them as leverage. His face was buried in my neck as he sucked and kissed up and down. This was my welcome home after he'd been gone for a few days for an away game, and two weeks after our condom accident. I still hadn't started my period.

My arms were wrapped around him as my nails dug all up and down his back. Each thrust, I dug more. Up and down his back, I moved my hands, pushing on his ass, wanting more pressure. I was close to exploding around him. Each of us moaning and grunting with pleasure.

I raised my legs and wrapped them around him, more. His movements became harder, driving deeper within me. My body ignited sending me into a frenzy that I couldn't get enough of.

He moved one hand down and snaked it under one of my knees, pulling up, opening me further. I didn't know I could spread open any further. I could feel him more. He felt bigger; larger this way.

"Fuck." He grunted and slammed into me, picking up his pace. "You feel so damn good."

He breathed heavily into my neck, still kissing and sucking. He reached my mouth and began kissing me. I opened up, inviting his tongue into my mouth. We kissed hungrily and sloppy like it was our last time together.

My orgasm was approaching quickly. I could feel the tingles and heat start to spread across my lower body, working its way up.

He raised up from me, leaning back on his heels, grabbing my legs and putting them over the top of his thighs. He reached down and started rubbing my clit with one hand for a minute before slipping back inside of me. This new position would do me in. I just knew it would. "Oh! God, I'm gonna cum." My breathing was erratic as my release hit me, causing me to tense up then hold my breath as the euphoria washed over me..

"Me too! Shit!" All too soon, he grabbed both of my hips and slammed into me really hard and stopped as he exploded inside of me. I could feel him pulsing as his release ripped from his body. As his orgasm slowed, he slowly pulled out then pressed back into me.

"Holy! I just saw stars." He dropped back down, hovering over me and began kissing me. He palmed one of my breasts and rolled my nipple between his fingers. He leaned back and looked directly into my eyes. "It gets better and better every time."

I was still trying to catch my breath. "I know... what'chu mean." I panted the words out the best that I could.

Edward moved and plopped down on the bed, next to me, on his back. He was still breathing heavily, too. We were panting like dogs after a lengthy run. He reached down and pulled the condom off, tying the end before dropping it into the garbage can, next to the bed.

I glanced at the clock - it was seven in the morning. I was supposed to meet Jasper at the gym. I had missed the last couple of weeks with him. We usually spent a few hours on Friday evenings, sparing with each other. We finally had time to meet up.

I rolled over, looking at Edward. He was so freakishly good looking. I couldn't get over how much he made my heart race. "Why are you staring at me?"

"No reason." I loved being a creeper sometimes.

He rolled over to his side and grabbed my waist, pulling me to him. "It's not nothing. What is it?"

I sighed and brought my hand up to cup his cheek. "I just... I just really like having you here and waking up with you every morning."

"Me, too, baby." He placed a light kiss on my lips. "But what's bothering you? You look a little troubled."

"Nothing really. Just feeling a little nostalgic, I suppose." He palmed my face and pressed his lips to mine, firmly. We had gotten used to living together real quick. It had been close to three months and he was already a permanent fixture. There was always an Edward where there was a Bella.

He scooted up and wrapped his arms around me, placing open mouth kisses along my chest. "We're pathetic."

"I know and we're both pathetically in love." I pushed him back so I could climb on top of him. I kissed him along his neck, dragging my tongue up until I came to his earlobe and sucked it between my lips. I felt him grow hard, again.

His prominent erection, was now pressing against my opening. I pressed down just a little to tease him. "How much time do we have? When do you have to meet, Jazz?"

"Not till nine. What do you have in mind?" He reached over to the bedside table and pulled a condom out. He handed it to me, issuing a subtle hint that he wanted me again. I wanted him, too. I could feel the ache between my legs, growing and intensifying.

I loved our private moments together. After our second romp of the morning, Edward hopped off the bed and pulled some tissues from the box on the bedside table and handed them to me. I dropped the condom into the garbage can and cleaned myself up before making my way to the bathroom. I needed to get showered and make breakfast before I left. Edward was going over to the university to take care of a few things before we met up for lunch.

Alice and Jasper were joining us. We hadn't had much time to spend with each other. I thought Alice would have been staying with me, but she had been spending every last free minute with Jasper. I didn't mind. I knew those two were meant for each other. And, slowly but surely, all of her stuff had made its way to Jaspers place.

I quickly showered and Edward hopped in after I did. I got dressed and went to the kitchen to start breakfast.

As I was sliding a spinach and mushroom omelet onto a plate, Edward wrapped his arms around me from behind, nuzzling his nose into the side of my neck. "You take my breath away. You surprise me with new things every time I turn around."

"How so?" I turned my head to get a glimpse of him.

"Well, for starters, that thing you did... ya know, with your finger." I turned and placed my hands on his chest, looking up at him, an he smiled down at me. "I'm sure you remember."

"Oh, you mean, when I licked your cum off my finger?" He nodded at me. Our second love making session consisted of him pulling out, ridding himself of the condom and cumming on my stomach. I had dragged my finger through it and licked it off. "It's not like you haven't cum in my mouth before. What's the difference?"

He backed away from me, stepping toward the breakfast bar to sit down on one of the stools. "Nothing; I just wasn't expecting something like that. I mean...I just...You're...Shit. You just surprised me, that's all."

"Is that a good thing or bad thing? Talk to me, sweetie. If stuff like that bothers you, I won't do it. I thought it would be kinky to do something like that. I'm still new at this whole sex thing." I brought our breakfast over before grabbing the juice from the fridge.

"No, no, no. It was erotic, actually. You still strike me as this pure, innocent woman. When you did that, I kept thinking that I was one damn lucky bastard," he smiled and stuffed some of his omelet into his mouth. "You've turned into a nymph."

"Are you complaining?" I sat next to him.

"Oh, hell no; I love it," he said through a full mouth.

I leaned over and kissed him on the corner of his mouth. "Only for you."

"I sure the fuck hope so. I really don't wanna end up in jail for killing some asshole for touching you," he chuckled and continued eating his food.

"No need to worry. I'm all yours, baby. And now that you're living with me, we can explore a whole lot more." I trailed one of my fingers up the length of his arm, seductively, until I reached his mouth. He opened and let me stick my finger in. He sucked on it and swirled his tongue around my finger. My eyes rolled into the back of my head, imagining him sucking on my clit that way. I had definitely turned into a sex crazed woman.

He noticed my breathing picked up and released my finger. "You're getting all worked up again and we have to leave here in a little bit. Let's save it for later, okay?"

"Yeah." I whispered. I had no clue what the hell was wrong with me, but all I wanted to do was have my wicked way with him. He definitely knew how to look at me just the right way and make me wanna jump him.

A couple of hours later I was padded up and sparing with Jasper in the ring at the gym. We had been going at it full force. So far, he had gotten a few jabs in on me. I was currently wearing a fat lip, but I honestly thought he was too afraid of hurting me worse if he used his full strength. It never failed, though, I always ended up putting him down.

We were doing our little bouncing on the balls of our feet, maneuvering around the ring. Our fists were brought up in front of our faces. I was starting to get bored, quickly. "Come on, Jazz. Stop being a wussy and step up your game, buddy. I know you can do it. I've seen you spar with Demetri before." With Demetri, I knew Jazz never held back.

He stepped forward and used a fake punch on me before trying a Roundhouse Punch. I blocked him of course. I took him down with a T-Strike. He fell to his knees in front of me then I used a Blitzkrieg on him making him fall, and sprawling out on the mat. "Come on; Get up." I was trying to antagonize him. I think he was turning soft now that he was with Alice.

"Alice turned you into a pussy." I was trying intimidation, again, but he just laid there shaking his head no.

"You're evil." He got up on his knees trying to catch me off guard, but I was too quick for him, so I pounced. I got him into a Headlock Reverse, though. I could hear him breathing heavily before he tapped my elbow to release him.

I was bouncing around the ring, throwing air punches, waiting for him to get up. He looked exhausted and I could go a few more rounds. I was so energetic.

Off to the side of the ring, I heard hands clapping. "Woo Hoo! That's my girl!" Edward was standing next to Alice. They had just witnessed me kicking Jasper's ass for the umpteenth time today.

"B, are you ever gonna let my boyfriend win?" Alice had her hands perched on her hips with a scowl on her face.

I chuckled. "No. You wanna try?" I wanted to bait her, too.

"Uh... I don't think so. You're too brutal. You'd have me bleeding from every orifice of my body." She climbed into the ring and headed straight for Jazz.

"How about you, Edward? Wanna try and take me?" Oh, poor Edward; if he only knew.

"Oh, I'll take you alright, but not like this. Come on, go get showered and changed; we're meeting my mom for lunch." I stopped my bouncing abruptly and scrunched up my face, pursing my lips together. I wanted to spar some more, but Edward had to pull me away from my fun.

"What? Why are you looking at me that way?"

I walked over to the ropes around the ring and started climbing through. He helped me hop down and started following me to the locker room. "Nothing. When did this happen? With your mom, I mean."

"She called me about an hour ago and asked if I was available. I told her we were having lunch with Alice and Jasper. I just invited her to come. I didn't think you would mind," he explained. And I honestly didn't care. I loved his mom when we met a few of weeks before.

I turned toward him, once we reached the locker room. "That's fine; I love your mom, but you stopped my fun in the ring."

He grabbed me by the hips and pulled me up against him, hard. "How about I give you some fun in the bedroom tonight?"

"Yes." I kissed him and turned away from him, trying to get into the locker room before he could catch me, but I wasn't fast enough.

He grabbed me around the waist and planted a toe curling kiss on me. It took my breath away. He was gonna make my heart beat out of my chest.

He pulled back and smiled at me, and I asked, "What the heck was that for?"

"Because, I love you. Now hurry and get changed." He smacked my ass when I turned to walk away.

As I was pulling my sweaty clothes off, I noticed a spot of blood on my underwear about the size of a fifty cent piece. I knew I was due for my period any day. I sighed, I feeling happy and sad at the same time. I wanted to be pregnant, but then again, I wanted to wait until it could be planned.

When I walked out of the locker room, Edward was leaning up against the wall waiting for me. I stood up on my tip toes to give him a kiss. "Looks like no nookie for you tonight."

"Why?" He sounded hurt.

"I just started my period," I stated, matter-of-factually.

"Oh. Well, there's always the shower," he teased, grabbing my hand and lacing our fingers together. Alice and Jasper were waiting out front for us when we walked out. We climbed into our separate cars and headed to Jack's Fish Spot by Pike Place Market, for lunch. We had ordered food for carry out from this place before and I absolutely loved it.

As we all pulled in, I noticed Esme was standing out front waiting for us. We all got out and sauntered over to where she was. "Why'd you pick here? They don't serve alcohol."

"I thought you liked the food here?" Edward had his hand on the small of my back as we approached his mom.

"I do. I love it, actually. I just thought maybe you and Jasper might want a beer or something with your lunch." If I knew my boyfriend the way I thought I did, a beer would be perfect with lunch for him.

"Nah. Not really in the mood. I'd rather drink you for lunch, though." He poked his finger into my side, causing me to giggle.

I smacked his arm as he opened the door, ushering everyone in. "That's just gross."

"What?" He played innocent, then whispered, "And, if I remember correctly, you didn't think it was so gross the last time I had my face buried between your legs."

"Edward!" I scolded, lightly smacking his chest. "Let's just get some food; I'm starving." We were seated close to the back of the restaurant. All of us were involved in casual conversation. Esme was telling us that she was planning on redecorating two of her guest rooms. I wasn't really paying attention because it wasn't my forte.

We also told everyone that Edward was living with me for good even though he had already been living with me for more than a month, now. They were all excited and proclaimed, "It's about time."

Alice piped in once Esme was done talking and told us how she had just booked a huge photo shoot on Bainbridge Island at some historic mansion. Apparently, Esme knew of the place because it was close to where she and Carlisle's home was. I congratulated her and wished her luck. She was finally getting her business back on track since she moved to Seattle. I was so proud of her. All she wanted to do was make something of herself and she was finally getting on track to do it.

We were all finishing up our meals and waiting on the check to come. I needed to make a pit stop at the bathroom before we left. When I got up from the table, I glanced up and noticed that douche-bag Michael was sitting and watching us. I didn't think twice before marching over to confront him.

"What the fuck are you doing here?" I was seething. I wanted to get to the bottom of this, once and for all. I didn't normally cuss the way I just did, but damn it, this guy was becoming a huge thorn in my side and bringing out the devil in me.

"Well, hello Ms. Swan. It's nice to see you. What, no bodyguard?" He smirked at me as he folded his hands together and placed them on his lap.

I started to step closer to him, but I felt an arm snake around my waist. "I don't need a fucking bodyguard. Why the hell do you keep following me? Who the hell hired you?"

"Start speaking Mr. Newton. We know you're a private investigator. I think Isabella deserves some answers from you. I advise you to speak up before I release her on you because that won't be pretty." Edward still had his arm around me, but eased up to stand next to me. I knew he was trying to hold me back and I was letting him.

"Yeah, I can attest to that." Jasper appeared next to us, sporting a nice shiner from our sparing match earlier. It pretty much matched my fat lip.

"Who's this?" Esme approached us. She straightened her stature, getting into lawyer mode. She must have heard my seething tone toward the asshole.

I stepped back, pulling Edward with me and allowed Esme to step up.. "This is Michael Newton and he's been following me for some reason. My dad ran a check on him and he appears to be a private investigator. But, we can't seem to figure out what he's investigating."

"Oh, Ms. Swan, on the contrary, I have a very legitimate reason for following you. Now that I can get your attention and not his." He pointed toward Edward and smirked. "I can tell you a little about the reason I keep showing up."

"Please start explaining to Ms. Swan or I'll be filing every injunction I can possibly find, against you. Mark my words, your stepping across a line that you don't wanna cross." Esme, pulling out the big lawyer guns that she has, placed her hands on her hips, glaring at Mr. Newton. I suppressed my laughter after a surprised look appeared on his face. He probably didn't expect me to be having lunch with a very high profiled, respected attorney known throughout Seattle.

Mr. Newton stood from his table and extended his hand towards Esme. "My name is Michael Newton of Newton Investigations." Esme was reluctantly looking down at his hand, speculating whether or not she should shake it.

"Esme Cullen. Law offices of Cullen, Masen and Associates." She pulled her hand back and out of the corner of my eye, I saw her wipe her hand down the side of her pants. "Now, can you please explain to my daughter in-law why you keep following her?"

Daughter in-law? WTF?

"Daughter in-law? I didn't realize Ms. Swan was married." Mr. Newton looked between me and Edward, quizzically. I was sure he was trying to figure out why he hadn't come across that information. There wasn't any, but Esme was planting the seed.

"Yes, Daughter in-law. For someone who's supposed to be a private investigator, you sure as hell don't do your homework, very well." I giggle-snorted. Mr. Newton glanced at me, but I hid my face behind Edwards arm.

Edward and I stood, watching as Esme informed Mr. Newton about my rights and why he was completely doing his job wrong. "Now, where were we? Oh, yeah, my daughter in-law; start speaking."

Mr. Newton glanced at me and sighed heavily. "I was hired by a Mr. and Mrs. Dwyer."

"WHAT?" I exclaimed. My heart rate picked up and I started clenching my fists. I wanted to hit something and I wanted to hit it now.

Why the hell were those people looking for me? I thought they would have been dead by now. I wanted nothing to do with them. They were a part of the hell that my mother and I went through before Phil died.

Edward wrapped his hand around my arm and began to pull me towards the door of the restaurant. "Let's take this outside, shall we?"

Everyone followed us as we exited the restaurant. I stood, seething and glaring daggers at Mr. Newton. If he didn't tell me more, I was sure to beat the ever living fuck out of him. "Why?"

"I don't know. I didn't expect to have to deal with this prick more than you." He stated, pointing towards Edward.

And before I could stop him, Edward drew his fist back and punched Mr. Newton, causing him to fly back from the force, landing flat on his back.

Esme and Alice stood back, hands covering their mouths. I was just as shocked as they were, but if it weren't Edward decking the guy, then it would have been me.

Edward started stepping toward Mr. Newton, but Jasper stepped in his way. "Don't Edward; he's not worth it. You could end up in jail."

"You better fuckin' believe he's goin' to jail!" Mr. Newton pulled his phone from his pocket and called the police. "Yes. I've just been assaulted in front of Jack's Fish Spot by Pike Place Market. Yes, he's still standing here...Thank you." He flipped his phone shut and stuck it back into his pocket. "The cops are on their way. Aren't you gonna run?"

Esme stepped forward and placed her hands on Edwards' chest. "No. Edward's staying right here. We have witnesses that you instigated him."

"Yeah, we'll see," Mr. Newton said, snidely.

The cops showed up about seven minutes later and of course approached Mr. Newton first. There were two officers asking questions and taking statements from people who stood on the sidewalk before they even came to talk to Edward. Esme watched their actions and just shook her head in disbelief. It was like they weren't even interested in Edwards' statement.

Finally, one of the officers approached him. "Mr. Cullen, you're under arrest for the assault of Mr. Newton."

"Excuse me. You can't just take everyone else's statements and not even bother to ask for his; that's not fair." I was pissed. I needed to call my dad immediately and see if he could handle this.

Esme stepped up. "She's right."

"We have all the information we need to make an arrest," declared the cop. He had Edward turn around, placed his hands in cuffs and began to read him his rights. Edward was then placed in the back of the police cruiser.

I was livid by this point and wanted nothing more than to strangle the life out of Mr. Newton. "YOU MOTHER...!" Jasper grabbed me before I could even take two more steps. "JASPER! LET ME THE FUCK GO! NOW!"

"I can't do that, B. You'll go to jail, next." He wrapped his arms around me to try and calm me down. I was shaking uncontrollably.

Alice finally composed herself and wrapped her arms around me, too. They both had a tight hold on me. I was ready to rip that guys head off and he was lucky Alice and Jasper were holding me back.

"Aunt Esme, is there anything that we can do right now?" Jasper, being the calm one, out of all of us, was trying to get the next step under way to get Edward out of jail.

"Let me make a few calls." She pulled her phone out and got to work. Before she did, she stepped toward Mr. Newton. "Mr. Newton, I would highly advise you to take what information you have on my daughter in-law, and get out of town. I won't be accountable for her if she gets her hands on you."

Jasper spoke next. "I'd listen to her. I've already been on the other end of her fist today and we were just sparing."

"Sparing? Like fighting?" Mr. Newton had a look of disbelief cross his face. He kind of looked scared, too.

Alice laughed. "Yeah, Sparing, dumb-ass. As in kick boxing...Ju Jitsu...Karate... ya know, all that stuff that could leave you in a hospital, not able to walk. Our Ms. Swan, as you call her, has lethal weapons as hands and I quote my aunt when I say this 'If you did your homework correctly, you'd know this'." Then Alice giggle-snorted. Now I know where I got my giggle-snort from.

I needed to call my dad. If he was home, he could be down here within four hours. I'd hate for Edward to sit in a jail cell for that long. I only hoped there would be something Esme could do before my dad got here.

I pulled my phone from my pocket and dialed my dad's number. "Hey, baby girl."

"Hi, Dad." I sighed, heavily.

"What's wrong? You sound stressed,"he inquired. He knew when I was upset.

"I am Dad. Are you home? Edward was just arrested for punching that asshole, Michael Newton. I think we need that extra little information you have on him to get Edward out of jail. Esme's already doing what she can."

"Sure, honey. Let me throw some stuff in a bag and tell your mom what's going on. I'll be there as soon as I can," he sighed before he spoke again. "Just try and take it easy before I get there. Don't kill the guy, either. I don't think I have enough info to keep you out of jail for his death."

"I'll try Dad. Jasper and Alice are with me. All of us are heading over to the police station, right now," I said, exasperatingly. "That guy took off anyway. Probably going to the police station to try and make sure the charges stick on Edward."

"Okay. Well, call Edwards attorney and have him get down to the police station and explain to him what's going on," he sighed and groaned. "And for God's sake, Bella, tell Edward to keep his hands to himself."

"I know, Dad. Oh and Esme is Edwards attorney. Don't you remember from my birthday?"

"Esme Cullen? That's right; I'm sorry." I was about to tease him about his age and forgetting, but it wasn't exactly the right time for joking.

"That's fine, Dad. Drive safe and we'll see you when you get here." We ended our call as I walked toward Esme and she wrapped her arms around me. I was still so upset over all of this. I felt like I could cry my eyes out.

"Everything will be okay," she assured me. "Your dad will get here and then you can take my son home."

I felt a tear slide down my cheek. "Why me, Esme? I feel like this isn't even close to being over with."

She stopped us from walking and placed her hands on my cheeks. She used her thumbs to wipe my tears away. "It'll be okay. I can promise you that. My son wouldn't be who he is if he didn't defend the woman he loves. He takes after his father in that matter. Carlisle did the same for me, many moons ago. Back then, though, people weren't so fast to call the police."

Esme definitely had my attention. "What happened?"

We started walking, again. She had her arm looped through mine as we made our way over to where Alice and Jasper stood waiting on us. "Carlisle and I had only been dating about four months when he became my real Knight and Shining Armor. We went out to dinner one night and when we were leaving the restaurant, some guy slapped my behind. Carlisle saw everything and didn't hesitate to punch the guys lights out. His buddies just sat there with their eyes wide open, wondering what the heck just happened. Nothing else was said, so we just hightailed it out of the restaurant. When we got in the car..." She hesitated for a second before continuing. "Let's just say, the windows in his car got pretty steamed up."

I couldn't help the giggled that escaped me. "Okay, that's more than I wanted to know, but thank you for sharing that with me. I needed the laugh."

"You're welcome." We stopped in front of Alice and Jasper. "Let's go get Edward out of jail."

Not quite as long as other chapters, but I hope you still like it.

I think Edward did what a lot of us wanted to do...PUNCH that asshole. And he's already done it twice.

I'll be posting Chapter 11 tonight after I get home from work. I don't want to keep everyone waiting to see what happens.

XOXO

Steph